Platform Architect Jobs

Platform Architect
UK

The median Platform Architect salary in the UK is £82,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 750 905 1174
Rank change year-on-year +155 +269 -284
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Architect 172 40 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.043% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.047% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 158 17 34
10th Percentile £57,500 - £71,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,000 £93,750
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -14.67% +17.19%
75th Percentile £99,375 £88,750 £114,375
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,000 £124,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% - +23.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

Platform Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Platform Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Platform Architect in the UK

Platform Architect
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Platform Architect.

Salary trend for Platform Architect in the UK

Platform Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Platform Architect over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Platform Architect in the UK

Platform Architect
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +137 150 £90,000 +12.50% 15
UK excluding London +58 124 £90,000 +12.50% 9
Work from Home +161 110 £90,000 +5.88% 16
North of England - 40 £100,000 -
West Midlands +27 39 £62,500 -21.88% 1
Midlands +6 39 £62,500 -21.88% 1
London +68 38 £62,500 -21.88% 6
Yorkshire - 30 £100,000 -
South East - 21 £90,000 - 6
Wales - 13 £67,500 -
North West - 10 £92,500 -
South West -24 7 £90,000 +12.50%
East of England - 4 £95,000 -

Platform Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Platform Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Platform Architect in the job title.

1 134 (77.91%) Power Platform
2 91 (52.91%) Dynamics 365
3 88 (51.16%) Microsoft
4 60 (34.88%) Azure
5 58 (33.72%) PowerApps
6 56 (32.56%) Power Automate
7 53 (30.81%) Artificial Intelligence
8 51 (29.65%) Power BI
9 50 (29.07%) Machine Learning
9 50 (29.07%) Business Intelligence
10 44 (25.58%) Data Modelling
11 43 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
12 36 (20.93%) C#
13 32 (18.60%) Social Skills
14 31 (18.02%) Degree
14 31 (18.02%) Security Cleared
15 30 (17.44%) SC Cleared
16 28 (16.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 27 (15.70%) Public Sector
17 27 (15.70%) Translating Business Requirements
18 25 (14.53%) Technical Leadership
19 24 (13.95%) Microsoft Certification
20 23 (13.37%) ERP
20 23 (13.37%) Computer Science
20 23 (13.37%) Computer Science Degree
20 23 (13.37%) Relational Database
21 22 (12.79%) Analytics
22 21 (12.21%) Workflow
23 20 (11.63%) Microsoft 365
23 20 (11.63%) Data Analytics

Platform Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (5.81%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 14 (8.14%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 134 (77.91%) Power Platform
2 91 (52.91%) Dynamics 365
3 60 (34.88%) Azure
4 58 (33.72%) PowerApps
5 56 (32.56%) Power Automate
6 20 (11.63%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.91%) AWS
8 5 (2.91%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (2.33%) Azure API Management
10 3 (1.74%) GCP
11 2 (1.16%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.16%) SaaS
12 1 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.58%) IaaS
12 1 (0.58%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.16%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (29.65%) Power BI
2 23 (13.37%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 8 (4.65%) Team Foundation Server
1 8 (4.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 32 (18.60%) Social Skills
2 28 (16.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 27 (15.70%) Public Sector
4 20 (11.63%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (6.40%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.91%) Finance
7 3 (1.74%) Local Government
7 3 (1.74%) Retail
8 2 (1.16%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.16%) Banking
8 2 (1.16%) Marketing
8 2 (1.16%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.07%) .NET
2 2 (1.16%) Spring
3 1 (0.58%) HTML
3 1 (0.58%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.07%) FMCG
2 3 (1.74%) Blog
2 3 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (1.74%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.58%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (30.81%) Artificial Intelligence
2 50 (29.07%) Business Intelligence
2 50 (29.07%) Machine Learning
3 44 (25.58%) Data Modelling
4 43 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 27 (15.70%) Translating Business Requirements
6 25 (14.53%) Technical Leadership
7 23 (13.37%) Computer Science
7 23 (13.37%) ERP
8 22 (12.79%) Analytics
9 21 (12.21%) Workflow
10 20 (11.63%) Actionable Insight
10 20 (11.63%) Cybersecurity
10 20 (11.63%) Data Analytics
10 20 (11.63%) Digital Strategy
10 20 (11.63%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 20 (11.63%) User Experience
10 20 (11.63%) Visualisation
11 18 (10.47%) Agile
12 16 (9.30%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 36 (20.93%) C#
2 1 (0.58%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.58%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (18.02%) Degree
1 31 (18.02%) Security Cleared
2 30 (17.44%) SC Cleared
3 24 (13.95%) Microsoft Certification
4 23 (13.37%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.65%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.16%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (1.16%) vSphere
Vendors
1 88 (51.16%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.16%) Google
2 2 (1.16%) Veeam
2 2 (1.16%) VMware
3 1 (0.58%) IBM