State of Platform Engineering Report Volume 2
Platform engineering is one of the hottest trends in DevOps and infrastructure, and for good reason: platform engineering is redefining the cloud-native world.
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Overview
This year, we compiled the best insights from top platform practitioners to answer the most commonly asked questions. The report dives into:
- The rise and permeance of platform engineering
- The first platform engineering maturity model
- Platform engineering salary comparison
- Best practices and reference architectures
- AI and the future of platform engineering
Annual Salary
We asked platform engineers in Europe and the USA about their salaries.
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Tech
We asked platform engineers what their main areas of focus were. This is what they said:
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AI
We asked platform engineers about their usage of AI. This is what they said:
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State of Platform Engineering Report Volume 2