Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Platform Engineer during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Platform Engineer during 2025 is USD 163,755

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The average mid-level / intermediate Platform Engineer salary lies between USD 124,000 and USD 230,000 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Platform Engineer
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 230,000
Top 25%
$ 230,000
Median
$ 163,755
Bottom 25%
$ 124,000
Bottom 10%
$ 124,000

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Mid-level / Intermediate Platform Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Platform Engineer job listings are Kubernetes, Cloud and AWS. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Kubernetes | 7 jobs Cloud | 7 jobs AWS | 6 jobs Java | 6 jobs Linux | 6 jobs Terraform | 5 jobs Helm | 5 jobs Threat detection | 4 jobs Strategy | 4 jobs Azure | 4 jobs Encryption | 4 jobs Risk management | 4 jobs Rust | 4 jobs GCP | 4 jobs Application security | 4 jobs IAM | 4 jobs Python | 3 jobs Clearance | 3 jobs Agile | 3 jobs CI/CD | 3 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Platform Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Platform Engineer job listings are Career development, Startup environment and Health care. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 4 jobs Startup environment | 4 jobs Health care | 2 jobs Insurance | 2 jobs Team events | 1 jobs

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