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Lead Platform Engineer - Remote - Outside IR35 - AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Pla...
Posted 3 days ago by TrinIT Talent Ltd
Job DescriptionYou will take a leading role in delivering a large-scale cloud platform transformation, helping to build...
- Rate £500 per day
- Category Outside
- Work type Remote
- Location Remote , UK
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Lead Engineer, Full Stack Platform Engineer (Agentic AI AWS Dynamo AWS Elastic S...
Posted 4 days ago by Sun Technologies,Inc.
Pay Range: $70- $85/hr. The pay rate may differ depending on your skills, education, experience, and other qualification...
- Rate Not specified
- Category Outside
- Work type Remote
- Location Remote
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Outside IR35 Contract Senior AWS Cloud Engineer (AI Platform)
Posted 4 days ago by 83zero Limited
Outside IR35 Contract: Senior AWS Platform Engineer (AI Platform)Day Rate: Up to £600 Outside IR35Location / Arrangement...
- Rate Not specified
- Category Outside
- Work type Hybrid
- Location UK; London; Birmingham; Manchester; Glasgow; Liverpool; Leeds; Edinburgh; Bristol; Cardiff; Nottingham
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Principal Web Analytics Engineer / Web Analytics Platform Architect - Contract -...
Posted 4 days ago by Activesoft, Inc.
Job Title: Principal Web Analytics Engineer / Web Analytics Platform ArchitectLocation: RemoteDuration: 6+ Months Contra...
- Rate Not specified
- Category Outside
- Work type Remote
- Location Remote
Senior Principal OpenShift and Linux Platform Engineer - Remote
Posted 4 days ago by UnitedHealth Group
DescriptionOptum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help p...
- Rate Not specified
- Category Outside
- Work type Remote
- Location Remote or Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Product Engineer (Backend-Leaning) | Python, TypeScript, AWS | Billing, Pricing...
Posted 4 days ago by Owen Thomas | B Corp™
The CompanyWe're partnering with an ambitious technology business building software within a highly regulated, data-inte...
- Rate £550 per day
- Category Outside
- Work type Remote
- Location United Kingdom
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About Our Outside IR35 Platform Engineer Contract Roles
What does a platform engineer contractor do?
As a contract Platform Engineer, you are hired to build and operate the internal developer platforms, tooling, and infrastructure that enable software development teams to deliver code reliably, securely, and at pace without managing low-level infrastructure concerns themselves. Platform engineering is an evolution of DevOps practice that focuses on building self-service capabilities for development teams, reducing cognitive load through abstraction, and treating the internal development platform as a product in its own right. Contract engagements arise when organisations are building a platform engineering capability from scratch, modernising their CI/CD and infrastructure tooling, implementing an internal developer portal, or when a platform team needs specialist expertise to accelerate delivery of a specific platform capability.
Platform Engineer contractors are expected to bring a combination of strong infrastructure engineering skills and a product-oriented mindset about how developer tooling should be designed and operated. Proficiency in Kubernetes for container orchestration, Terraform for infrastructure-as-code, and Helm for application packaging is a common requirement. Experience with GitOps tooling, particularly ArgoCD or Flux, for managing platform and application state through version-controlled manifests is broadly assumed at senior level. Knowledge of developer portal technologies such as Backstage for service cataloguing and self-service infrastructure provisioning is growing in relevance as the platform engineering discipline matures. Cloud platform expertise on at least one of AWS, Azure, or GCP, combined with experience designing golden-path templates and paved-road patterns that make it easy for development teams to do the right thing, is the defining architectural capability of a strong Platform Engineer contractor.
What is the market like for platform engineer contractors?
The Platform Engineer contract market is one of the fastest-growing and highest-value segments within the broader DevOps and infrastructure contracting market. The discipline has matured rapidly over the past three to four years as organisations have recognised the commercial value of reducing developer friction and improving deployment reliability through well-designed internal platforms. Financial services, technology companies, and large digital product organisations are the most active buyers of Platform Engineer contract resource. Supply of contractors with genuine platform engineering experience, as distinct from general DevOps or infrastructure experience, remains limited relative to demand, supporting premium rates. The combination of Kubernetes, GitOps, Terraform, and cloud platform expertise defines the most in-demand platform engineering contractor profile in the current market.
What does Outside IR35 mean?
IR35 is UK tax legislation that determines whether a contractor is genuinely self-employed or working in a manner that resembles employment. When a contract is classified as outside IR35, the engagement is treated as a business-to-business arrangement. The contractor operates through their own limited company, invoices for services, and manages their own tax affairs including corporation tax, self-assessment, and VAT where applicable.
Outside IR35 engagements are assessed against three key factors: the degree of control the client exercises over how the work is delivered, whether the contractor has a genuine right to provide a substitute, and whether there is a mutuality of obligation between the parties. Contracts that demonstrate contractor autonomy, project-based delivery, and the absence of ongoing employment obligations are more likely to sit outside IR35. Since April 2021, responsibility for making this determination sits with the end client for medium and large private sector organisations.
On QualityContracts.co.uk, approximately 28% of roles with a stated IR35 status are classified as outside IR35. The proportion varies by sector and role type, with some disciplines seeing a significantly higher or lower share of outside IR35 opportunities. Each listing on this page displays its IR35 status where provided by the hiring organisation.
What platform engineer roles are usually Outside IR35?
Platform engineering sits at around 35% outside IR35 among contracts with a stated status. Outside IR35 platform work concentrates in build-phase engagements: standing up a new internal developer platform, implementing a service mesh, or building a golden path for application deployment. These projects have defined architecture and delivery milestones. Technology companies and organisations establishing platform engineering as a discipline for the first time offer the strongest outside IR35 opportunities.
How much do platform engineer contractors usually earn when working Outside IR35?
Contract rates for platform engineer roles typically range from £550 to £950 per day, depending on the scope of the role, required expertise, and the delivery expectations of the engagement. Rates shown are for outside IR35 engagements and reflect the gross day rate paid to the contractor's limited company before any personal tax obligations.
How many Outside IR35 platform engineer vacancies are there on Quality Contracts?
Over the past twelve months, we have tracked over 200 platform engineer contract roles across the site. Of the roles currently listed on our site, around one in four are Outside IR35. Data reviewed up to July 2026.