GCP Contracts in England

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for GCP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GCP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 69 63
Rank change year-on-year -4 -6 0
Contract jobs citing GCP 1,010 1,683 2,638
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.73% 3.33% 3.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.58% 9.09% 9.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 745 1,295 1,993
10th Percentile £424 £456 £463
25th Percentile £505 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £613
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +2.04% +11.36%
75th Percentile £750 £720 £715
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £618
% change year-on-year -4.00% +1.09% +12.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 12
10th Percentile £30.55 £62.00 £26.56
25th Percentile £35.00 £64.69 £43.44
Median hourly rate £55.00 £75.09 £69.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.75% +7.66% +101.73%
75th Percentile £67.00 £83.44 £77.68
90th Percentile £77.60 £90.00 £80.24
UK median hourly rate £48.50 £70.18 £47.50
% change year-on-year -30.89% +47.74% +59.05%

All Cloud Skills
England

GCP is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,773 18,509 27,357
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.85% 36.62% 38.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,477 13,536 20,079
10th Percentile £290 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 316 348
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £20.77 £32.30 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.70% +53.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £32.50 £65.75 £42.00
90th Percentile £61.60 £78.00 £64.83
UK median hourly rate £20.99 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -40.04% +62.79% -5.54%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing GCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for GCP in England

GCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GCP in England.

Daily rate trend for GCP in England

GCP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCP in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GCP in England

GCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GCP in England.

Hourly rate trend for GCP in England

GCP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GCP in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for GCP in England

GCP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCP within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +2 733 £650 +2.16% 380
North of England -8 91 £525 -8.70% 89
Yorkshire -8 48 £538 -2.27% 25
South West +27 40 £563 -13.46% 68
North West -7 40 £513 -11.83% 57
South East -24 36 £469 -14.77% 61
Midlands +4 30 £575 +9.52% 28
East of England +13 27 £500 -15.61% 27
West Midlands +13 25 £588 -2.08% 18
East Midlands +8 5 £500 -28.57% 10
North East +22 3 £600 +14.29% 7
GCP
UK

GCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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
1 140 (13.86%) Apache Airflow
2 112 (11.09%) Apache
3 35 (3.47%) Confluence
4 20 (1.98%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.89%) nginx
6 7 (0.69%) CMS
6 7 (0.69%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.50%) Apache Solr
8 4 (0.40%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.40%) SharePoint
9 3 (0.30%) Cloud Foundry
9 3 (0.30%) Drupal
9 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.20%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.20%) SAS
10 2 (0.20%) Traefik
11 1 (0.099%) Luigi
11 1 (0.099%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.099%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (1.09%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.20%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.099%) CPLEX
4 1 (0.099%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.30%) Shopify
2 1 (0.099%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.099%) Magento
2 1 (0.099%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.099%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 667 (66.04%) AWS
2 538 (53.27%) Azure
3 76 (7.52%) dbt
4 63 (6.24%) GitHub
5 55 (5.45%) Snowflake
6 39 (3.86%) Cloud Computing
7 38 (3.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 28 (2.77%) Power Platform
9 26 (2.57%) Vertex AI
10 25 (2.48%) PaaS
11 24 (2.38%) Apigee
11 24 (2.38%) Serverless
12 22 (2.18%) SaaS
13 20 (1.98%) Google Analytics
14 19 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
14 19 (1.88%) OpenShift
15 17 (1.68%) GitHub Actions
15 17 (1.68%) IaaS
16 16 (1.58%) AWS CloudFormation
16 16 (1.58%) Google Compute Engine
Communications & Networking
1 57 (5.64%) Firewall
2 44 (4.36%) HTTP
3 43 (4.26%) DNS
4 39 (3.86%) VPN
5 35 (3.47%) TCP/IP
6 24 (2.38%) WAN
7 21 (2.08%) LAN
8 20 (1.98%) DHCP
9 18 (1.78%) Network Security
10 16 (1.58%) VLAN
11 15 (1.49%) OSPF
11 15 (1.49%) SD-WAN
12 14 (1.39%) HTTPS
13 13 (1.29%) BGP
13 13 (1.29%) SAN
13 13 (1.29%) Wireless
14 12 (1.19%) IPsec
14 12 (1.19%) MPLS
14 12 (1.19%) NAS
15 9 (0.89%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (12.18%) BigQuery
2 98 (9.70%) Apache Ignite
3 91 (9.01%) PostgreSQL
4 85 (8.42%) Data Warehouse
5 78 (7.72%) Data Lake
6 67 (6.63%) NoSQL
7 57 (5.64%) Amazon Athena
8 55 (5.45%) Apache Arrow
8 55 (5.45%) Dremio
9 54 (5.35%) Big Data
10 38 (3.76%) Relational Database
11 35 (3.47%) Apache Cassandra
11 35 (3.47%) MongoDB
12 29 (2.87%) SQL Server
13 28 (2.77%) Power BI
14 24 (2.38%) MySQL
15 22 (2.18%) Looker
16 19 (1.88%) Metadata
17 16 (1.58%) RDBMS
17 16 (1.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 109 (10.79%) Jenkins
2 93 (9.21%) Git
3 53 (5.25%) JIRA
4 48 (4.75%) GitLab
5 31 (3.07%) Cypress.io
6 17 (1.68%) Postman
7 14 (1.39%) Maven
8 11 (1.09%) CircleCI
9 9 (0.89%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 9 (0.89%) SoapUI
9 9 (0.89%) TeamCity
9 9 (0.89%) Travis CI
10 8 (0.79%) Bitbucket
11 7 (0.69%) Spinnaker
11 7 (0.69%) Subversion
12 6 (0.59%) MLflow
12 6 (0.59%) Selenium
13 4 (0.40%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.40%) Hudson
14 3 (0.30%) Gradle
General
1 308 (30.50%) Finance
2 201 (19.90%) Social Skills
3 169 (16.73%) Front Office
4 146 (14.46%) Banking
5 87 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
6 54 (5.35%) Investment Banking
7 39 (3.86%) Retail
8 33 (3.27%) Public Sector
9 23 (2.28%) Telecoms
10 20 (1.98%) Marketing
11 14 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
13 10 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 10 (0.99%) Manufacturing
14 9 (0.89%) Legal
15 7 (0.69%) Advertising
16 5 (0.50%) Automotive
16 5 (0.50%) Tech for Good
17 4 (0.40%) Electronics
18 3 (0.30%) Law
Job Titles
1 305 (30.20%) Developer
2 213 (21.09%) Architect
3 141 (13.96%) Software Engineer
4 126 (12.48%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 113 (11.19%) Senior
6 100 (9.90%) Python Developer
7 86 (8.51%) Solutions Architect
8 69 (6.83%) Python Engineer
9 68 (6.73%) Data Engineer
9 68 (6.73%) Python Software Engineer
10 59 (5.84%) React Developer
11 58 (5.74%) GCP Engineer
12 52 (5.15%) DevOps Engineer
12 52 (5.15%) Finance Manager
12 52 (5.15%) Java Developer
13 50 (4.95%) Cloud Architect
13 50 (4.95%) Consultant
13 50 (4.95%) Lead
14 41 (4.06%) Full Stack Developer
15 37 (3.66%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (13.07%) React
2 110 (10.89%) gRPC
3 109 (10.79%) Protocol Buffers
4 90 (8.91%) Redux
5 74 (7.33%) Pandas
6 69 (6.83%) Node.js
7 67 (6.63%) RESTful
8 65 (6.44%) Kafka
9 60 (5.94%) NumPy
10 58 (5.74%) Material-UI
11 52 (5.15%) SciPy
12 50 (4.95%) .NET
13 47 (4.65%) AngularJS
13 47 (4.65%) HTML
14 44 (4.36%) REST
15 40 (3.96%) CSS
16 30 (2.97%) Spring
17 28 (2.77%) Vue
18 27 (2.67%) Akka
19 26 (2.57%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 163 (16.14%) Fixed Income
2 125 (12.38%) Hedge funds
3 112 (11.09%) Equities
4 90 (8.91%) Derivative
5 82 (8.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 52 (5.15%) Public Cloud
7 41 (4.06%) Cloud Native
8 20 (1.98%) Algorithms
8 20 (1.98%) Distributed Systems
9 19 (1.88%) Management Information System
10 18 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
11 17 (1.68%) Data Structures
11 17 (1.68%) Replication
12 16 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
12 16 (1.58%) Product Ownership
12 16 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
13 15 (1.49%) PKI
14 13 (1.29%) Distributed Computing
15 12 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (1.19%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 87 (8.61%) Linux
2 31 (3.07%) Windows
3 26 (2.57%) Unix
4 22 (2.18%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.79%) Oracle Linux
6 8 (0.79%) Solaris
7 7 (0.69%) CentOS
8 6 (0.59%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.40%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.40%) zOS
10 3 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.20%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.099%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.099%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 370 (36.63%) Agile
2 285 (28.22%) DevOps
3 224 (22.18%) Software Engineering
4 218 (21.58%) CI/CD
5 170 (16.83%) Asset Management
6 165 (16.34%) Machine Learning
7 140 (13.86%) Investment Management
7 140 (13.86%) Problem-Solving
8 136 (13.47%) Analytics
9 130 (12.87%) Microservices
10 129 (12.77%) Infrastructure as Code
11 121 (11.98%) Containerisation
12 106 (10.50%) Full Stack Development
13 105 (10.40%) Computer Science
14 103 (10.20%) Artificial Intelligence
15 97 (9.60%) Migration
16 88 (8.71%) ETL
17 80 (7.92%) Data Science
18 79 (7.82%) TDD
19 70 (6.93%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 411 (40.69%) Python
2 202 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 201 (19.90%) Java
4 185 (18.32%) TypeScript
5 181 (17.92%) SQL
6 73 (7.23%) Bash
7 63 (6.24%) PowerShell
8 59 (5.84%) Scala
9 52 (5.15%) C#
10 49 (4.85%) Go
11 24 (2.38%) Ruby
12 21 (2.08%) R
13 12 (1.19%) Kotlin
14 11 (1.09%) Groovy
15 9 (0.89%) PHP
16 7 (0.69%) Bicep
17 6 (0.59%) C++
17 6 (0.59%) Perl
17 6 (0.59%) Shell Script
18 4 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 106 (10.50%) Degree
2 82 (8.12%) Security Cleared
3 75 (7.43%) SC Cleared
4 73 (7.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.28%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (2.08%) AWS Certification
7 19 (1.88%) CCNP
8 18 (1.78%) DV Cleared
9 17 (1.68%) CISSP
10 10 (0.99%) Master's Degree
11 9 (0.89%) CCNA
12 8 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 8 (0.79%) Azure Certification
12 8 (0.79%) CISM
13 7 (0.69%) CCIE
13 7 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.40%) CRISC
15 3 (0.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 3 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
15 3 (0.30%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (6.34%) QA
2 36 (3.56%) Data Quality
3 26 (2.57%) NIST
4 19 (1.88%) GDPR
5 17 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.39%) PCI DSS
7 11 (1.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.69%) SLA
8 7 (0.69%) WCAG
9 6 (0.59%) NCSC
10 5 (0.50%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
11 4 (0.40%) ISO 31000
11 4 (0.40%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 2 (0.20%) GRC
13 2 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.20%) ISO 20022
13 2 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 131 (12.97%) Docker
2 35 (3.47%) Active Directory
3 31 (3.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.29%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.79%) ACF2
6 8 (0.79%) IAG
6 8 (0.79%) RACF
7 6 (0.59%) Firmware
8 5 (0.50%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.40%) Shibboleth
9 4 (0.40%) zsh
10 3 (0.30%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 3 (0.30%) HDFS
10 3 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.20%) KVM
11 2 (0.20%) vSphere
12 1 (0.099%) Apache Flume
12 1 (0.099%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.099%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 211 (20.89%) Kubernetes
2 185 (18.32%) Terraform
3 86 (8.51%) Ansible
4 36 (3.56%) Puppet
5 32 (3.17%) Grafana
6 30 (2.97%) Prometheus
7 21 (2.08%) Progress Chef
8 20 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
9 17 (1.68%) Istio
10 12 (1.19%) Docker Swarm
11 9 (0.89%) Kibana
12 8 (0.79%) EMC NetWorker
12 8 (0.79%) logstash
12 8 (0.79%) Netcool
12 8 (0.79%) Tivoli
12 8 (0.79%) Tivoli Storage Manager
13 7 (0.69%) Rancher
14 6 (0.59%) Kubeflow
14 6 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
15 5 (0.50%) Argo
Vendors
1 378 (37.43%) Google
2 74 (7.33%) Microsoft
3 56 (5.54%) Oracle
4 37 (3.66%) VMware
5 35 (3.47%) CyberArk
5 35 (3.47%) Splunk
6 33 (3.27%) Cisco
7 32 (3.17%) ServiceNow
8 23 (2.28%) BeyondTrust
9 19 (1.88%) Typelevel
10 17 (1.68%) IBM
11 16 (1.58%) Databricks
11 16 (1.58%) Genesys
12 15 (1.49%) F5
12 15 (1.49%) Informatica
13 14 (1.39%) Bloomberg
14 13 (1.29%) SAP
15 12 (1.19%) HP
16 11 (1.09%) Dell
16 11 (1.09%) Salesforce