GCP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 163 130
Rank change year-on-year -1 -33 -7
Contract jobs citing GCP 257 373 613
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.25% 1.59% 2.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.87% 4.77% 6.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 278 445
10th Percentile £329 £405 £413
25th Percentile £411 £480 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £558 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.07% -7.08% +14.29%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £675
90th Percentile £688 £711 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £615
% change year-on-year -4.00% +1.63% +9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 9
10th Percentile £29.20 £32.65 £20.75
25th Percentile £31.38 £55.00 £21.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £65.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.56% +87.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £61.50 £70.26 £55.25
90th Percentile £77.40 £76.11 £77.94
UK median hourly rate £51.75 £70.09 £43.75
% change year-on-year -26.16% +60.20% +58.43%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,280 7,819 9,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.73% 33.27% 32.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,735 5,787 7,266
10th Percentile £213 £250 £207
25th Percentile £368 £406 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £673
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 227 282
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £17.69 £25.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.24% +31.58% -3.80%
75th Percentile £26.50 £65.00 £25.19
90th Percentile £62.00 £75.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +59.09% -2.22%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GCP in the UK excluding London

GCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GCP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for GCP in the UK excluding London

GCP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GCP in the UK excluding London

GCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GCP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for GCP in the UK excluding London

GCP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GCP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for GCP in the UK excluding London

GCP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
North of England -4 90 £525 -8.70% 92
Yorkshire +2 49 £538 -2.27% 36
South West +29 44 £550 -15.38% 67
North West +1 38 £506 -11.96% 47
South East -36 38 £463 -15.91% 70
Scotland +41 28 £463 -35.09% 38
Midlands +1 25 £600 +14.29% 37
East of England -1 23 £525 -1.87% 29
West Midlands +2 22 £600 +9.09% 23
Northern Ireland +5 3 £675 +17.39% 17
East Midlands +5 3 £675 +0.93% 14
Wales +5 3 £539 -4.65% 13
Isle of Man - 3 - - 1
North East - 3 £600 - 9
GCP
UK

GCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 18 (7.00%) Apache Spark
1 18 (7.00%) Confluence
2 12 (4.67%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (3.50%) nginx
4 6 (2.33%) Apache
5 4 (1.56%) Apache Solr
5 4 (1.56%) CMS
6 3 (1.17%) Drupal
6 3 (1.17%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.78%) SAS
7 2 (0.78%) Traefik
8 1 (0.39%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.39%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 161 (62.65%) AWS
2 151 (58.75%) Azure
3 25 (9.73%) GitHub
4 19 (7.39%) Power Platform
5 13 (5.06%) Cloud Computing
5 13 (5.06%) OpenShift
5 13 (5.06%) Serverless
6 10 (3.89%) Apigee
7 8 (3.11%) Azure Functions
7 8 (3.11%) Snowflake
8 7 (2.72%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (2.72%) PaaS
9 6 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (2.33%) Google Analytics
9 6 (2.33%) Kong
9 6 (2.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (1.95%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (1.95%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (1.95%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 26 (10.12%) VPN
2 22 (8.56%) DNS
3 20 (7.78%) TCP/IP
4 18 (7.00%) Firewall
5 10 (3.89%) HTTP
6 9 (3.50%) HTTPS
7 7 (2.72%) VLAN
8 5 (1.95%) BGP
8 5 (1.95%) DHCP
8 5 (1.95%) Network Security
8 5 (1.95%) OSPF
9 4 (1.56%) IPsec
9 4 (1.56%) MPLS
9 4 (1.56%) SAN
9 4 (1.56%) Value-Added Service
9 4 (1.56%) Wireshark
10 3 (1.17%) LAN
10 3 (1.17%) SSL
10 3 (1.17%) WAN
11 2 (0.78%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (12.84%) BigQuery
2 26 (10.12%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (9.73%) NoSQL
4 18 (7.00%) Relational Database
5 16 (6.23%) Power BI
6 15 (5.84%) MongoDB
7 13 (5.06%) Data Lake
7 13 (5.06%) MySQL
8 12 (4.67%) Big Data
9 11 (4.28%) SQL Server
10 10 (3.89%) PostgreSQL
11 7 (2.72%) Hadoop
11 7 (2.72%) Metadata
12 6 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (1.95%) Apache Cassandra
13 5 (1.95%) DB2
13 5 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (1.95%) Tableau
14 4 (1.56%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (1.56%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 31 (12.06%) Jenkins
2 27 (10.51%) Git
2 27 (10.51%) JIRA
3 16 (6.23%) GitLab
4 7 (2.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 7 (2.72%) Bitbucket
5 6 (2.33%) CircleCI
5 6 (2.33%) Selenium
5 6 (2.33%) Spinnaker
5 6 (2.33%) Travis CI
6 4 (1.56%) Hudson
6 4 (1.56%) Maven
6 4 (1.56%) Subversion
7 3 (1.17%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.17%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.78%) Gradle
8 2 (0.78%) Mockito
8 2 (0.78%) Snyk
9 1 (0.39%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.39%) SpecFlow
General
1 71 (27.63%) Social Skills
2 38 (14.79%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (12.84%) Finance
4 24 (9.34%) Banking
5 15 (5.84%) Public Sector
6 5 (1.95%) Legal
6 5 (1.95%) Retail
7 4 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.56%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.17%) Automotive
8 3 (1.17%) Marketing
8 3 (1.17%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.78%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.78%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.39%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.39%) Publishing
10 1 (0.39%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 48 (18.68%) Developer
2 44 (17.12%) Architect
3 27 (10.51%) Java Developer
4 26 (10.12%) Senior
5 25 (9.73%) DevOps Engineer
6 21 (8.17%) Data Engineer
7 13 (5.06%) Lead
7 13 (5.06%) Software Engineer
7 13 (5.06%) Solutions Architect
8 11 (4.28%) Analyst
8 11 (4.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (3.89%) Network Engineer
10 9 (3.50%) DBA
11 8 (3.11%) Cloud Engineer
11 8 (3.11%) Data Analyst
12 7 (2.72%) Technical Architect
13 6 (2.33%) Consultant
13 6 (2.33%) Data Architect
13 6 (2.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 6 (2.33%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (10.89%) Kafka
2 25 (9.73%) Spring
3 24 (9.34%) Spring Boot
4 20 (7.78%) RESTful
5 17 (6.61%) Elastic Stack
6 14 (5.45%) REST
7 13 (5.06%) SAML
8 11 (4.28%) JSON
9 10 (3.89%) YAML
10 9 (3.50%) GWT
10 9 (3.50%) Restlet
11 8 (3.11%) JAX-RS
11 8 (3.11%) OpenTracing
12 7 (2.72%) AngularJS
12 7 (2.72%) HTML
12 7 (2.72%) XML
13 6 (2.33%) CSS
13 6 (2.33%) RabbitMQ
14 5 (1.95%) Node.js
14 5 (1.95%) React
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.89%) Public Cloud
2 22 (8.56%) Cloud Native
3 20 (7.78%) Data Structures
4 16 (6.23%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (3.11%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.72%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.33%) Private Cloud
7 6 (2.33%) Replication
8 5 (1.95%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.95%) PKI
8 5 (1.95%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.95%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.56%) Blockchain
9 4 (1.56%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.56%) Insider Threat
9 4 (1.56%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.17%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.17%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.17%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 33 (12.84%) Linux
2 11 (4.28%) Unix
3 9 (3.50%) Windows
4 6 (2.33%) CentOS
5 4 (1.56%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.56%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.56%) zOS
6 3 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.17%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (29.96%) DevOps
2 71 (27.63%) CI/CD
3 69 (26.85%) Agile
4 57 (22.18%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (14.40%) Containerisation
5 37 (14.40%) Infrastructure as Code
6 35 (13.62%) Microservices
6 35 (13.62%) Migration
7 31 (12.06%) Continuous Integration
8 27 (10.51%) Software Engineering
9 26 (10.12%) Computer Science
9 26 (10.12%) Roadmaps
10 23 (8.95%) Test Automation
11 22 (8.56%) ETL
11 22 (8.56%) SDLC
12 21 (8.17%) Analytics
12 21 (8.17%) Data Modelling
12 21 (8.17%) Technical Leadership
13 20 (7.78%) Collaborative Working
13 20 (7.78%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 72 (28.02%) Python
2 52 (20.23%) Java
3 41 (15.95%) SQL
4 30 (11.67%) Bash
5 24 (9.34%) JavaScript
6 22 (8.56%) PowerShell
7 18 (7.00%) Scala
8 14 (5.45%) Go
9 13 (5.06%) TypeScript
10 9 (3.50%) Kotlin
11 6 (2.33%) Ruby
12 5 (1.95%) Groovy
12 5 (1.95%) PHP
13 3 (1.17%) C
13 3 (1.17%) C#
13 3 (1.17%) Perl
14 2 (0.78%) Bicep
14 2 (0.78%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.39%) HiveQL
15 1 (0.39%) Rust
Qualifications
1 29 (11.28%) Degree
2 28 (10.89%) Security Cleared
3 23 (8.95%) SC Cleared
4 20 (7.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.50%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (3.11%) CCNP
7 4 (1.56%) CCIE
7 4 (1.56%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.56%) VCAP
8 3 (1.17%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.17%) CCNA
8 3 (1.17%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.78%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.39%) CISSP
10 1 (0.39%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.39%) RHCE
10 1 (0.39%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.61%) QA
2 9 (3.50%) NIST
3 8 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.33%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.33%) NCSC
5 5 (1.95%) GDPR
5 5 (1.95%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.56%) Government Security Classifications
7 3 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.17%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.78%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.39%) GRC
9 1 (0.39%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.39%) ISO 8583
9 1 (0.39%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 49 (19.07%) Docker
2 16 (6.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.72%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.95%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.56%) Active Directory
5 4 (1.56%) zsh
6 3 (1.17%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 3 (1.17%) HDFS
7 2 (0.78%) vSphere
8 1 (0.39%) ACF2
8 1 (0.39%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.39%) Firmware
8 1 (0.39%) IAG
8 1 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.39%) RACF
8 1 (0.39%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 71 (27.63%) Kubernetes
2 47 (18.29%) Terraform
3 34 (13.23%) Ansible
4 20 (7.78%) Prometheus
5 15 (5.84%) Grafana
6 14 (5.45%) Istio
7 11 (4.28%) Puppet
8 9 (3.50%) Progress Chef
8 9 (3.50%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (3.11%) Docker Swarm
9 8 (3.11%) Zipkin
10 7 (2.72%) Rancher
11 6 (2.33%) Kibana
11 6 (2.33%) logstash
12 5 (1.95%) Microsoft Intune
13 4 (1.56%) OPNET
14 2 (0.78%) FortiGate
14 2 (0.78%) Nagios
14 2 (0.78%) Packer
14 2 (0.78%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 103 (40.08%) Google
2 20 (7.78%) VMware
3 19 (7.39%) Microsoft
4 16 (6.23%) Splunk
5 15 (5.84%) Oracle
6 8 (3.11%) Cisco
7 7 (2.72%) Atlassian
7 7 (2.72%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.95%) F5
8 5 (1.95%) Informatica
8 5 (1.95%) LogicMonitor
9 4 (1.56%) Databricks
9 4 (1.56%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.56%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.56%) Sophos
10 3 (1.17%) Citrix
10 3 (1.17%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.78%) Instagram
11 2 (0.78%) PagerDuty
11 2 (0.78%) YouTube