Here Is Why Platform Engineering May Be A More Lucrative Career Than You Think
Platform Engineering, Thursday, June 12th, 2025
While most of the cloud-native community talks about DevOps and its future, there is a sense of underestimation for the platform engineering stream, both as a career option and as a technological topic.
While the DevOps market is set to reach a valuation of $81.1 billion by 2033, the platform engineering services sector is not far away, with estimates of a $51 billion valuation by 2033.
Here, we are making a case for why platform engineering is a lucrative career option for 2025 and beyond.
To support our argument, we'll analyse the current state of the platform engineering job market, average salaries, preferred experience levels, and available working modes and compare these variables across other popular cloud-native positions.