GCP Contracts with Work from Home Options

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 65 63 58
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 -1
Contract jobs citing GCP 459 915 1,850
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.04% 3.64% 4.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.44% 9.22% 10.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 342 702 1,345
10th Percentile £413 £450 £450
25th Percentile £500 £513 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £612 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% - +10.62%
75th Percentile £759 £738 £725
90th Percentile £888 £811 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £615
% change year-on-year -4.00% +1.63% +9.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 12
10th Percentile £39.70 £62.00 £25.06
25th Percentile £46.75 £63.25 £32.66
Median hourly rate £55.00 £80.00 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +82.86% +57.77%
75th Percentile £58.75 £86.25 £73.34
90th Percentile £68.50 £95.00 £77.17
UK median hourly rate £51.75 £70.09 £43.75
% change year-on-year -26.16% +60.20% +58.43%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,438 9,928 18,314
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.02% 39.52% 41.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,910 7,301 13,707
10th Percentile £350 £370 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 126 169
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £14.85
25th Percentile £17.00 £21.08 £19.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £54.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +66.15% -17.72%
75th Percentile £50.25 £70.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +59.09% -2.22%

GCP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing GCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

GCP trend for jobs with a WFH option

GCP
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing GCP.

GCP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

GCP
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing GCP over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

GCP daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

GCP
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing GCP.

GCP hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

GCP
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing GCP over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

GCP hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

GCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 75 (16.34%) Apache Airflow
2 57 (12.42%) Apache
3 24 (5.23%) Confluence
4 13 (2.83%) Apache Spark
5 10 (2.18%) CMS
6 6 (1.31%) Apache Solr
6 6 (1.31%) Cloud Foundry
7 5 (1.09%) nginx
8 4 (0.87%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.65%) SAS
10 2 (0.44%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (1.96%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.22%) CPLEX
Cloud Services
1 301 (65.58%) AWS
2 223 (48.58%) Azure
3 62 (13.51%) dbt
4 39 (8.50%) Snowflake
5 26 (5.66%) GitHub
6 22 (4.79%) Cloud Computing
7 21 (4.58%) Power Platform
8 19 (4.14%) Google Analytics
9 17 (3.70%) IaaS
9 17 (3.70%) SaaS
10 16 (3.49%) PaaS
11 13 (2.83%) Serverless
12 12 (2.61%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (2.61%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 11 (2.40%) OpenShift
14 9 (1.96%) Amazon EKS
14 9 (1.96%) Apigee
15 8 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (1.74%) Nutanix
16 7 (1.53%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.01%) Firewall
2 21 (4.58%) DNS
3 19 (4.14%) TCP/IP
4 17 (3.70%) HTTP
5 11 (2.40%) DHCP
6 9 (1.96%) VLAN
7 7 (1.53%) HTTPS
7 7 (1.53%) Kerberos
7 7 (1.53%) NAS
7 7 (1.53%) SAN
7 7 (1.53%) WAN
8 6 (1.31%) LAN
8 6 (1.31%) VPN
9 5 (1.09%) CTI
9 5 (1.09%) IPsec
9 5 (1.09%) Network Security
9 5 (1.09%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.09%) VoIP
10 3 (0.65%) Internet
10 3 (0.65%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (13.29%) BigQuery
2 51 (11.11%) Apache Ignite
3 48 (10.46%) Amazon Athena
3 48 (10.46%) Apache Arrow
3 48 (10.46%) Dremio
4 44 (9.59%) Data Lake
5 38 (8.28%) Data Warehouse
6 20 (4.36%) Power BI
7 18 (3.92%) NoSQL
8 17 (3.70%) Looker
9 15 (3.27%) PostgreSQL
10 14 (3.05%) Tableau
11 13 (2.83%) MySQL
12 12 (2.61%) Big Data
12 12 (2.61%) Relational Database
13 11 (2.40%) MongoDB
14 8 (1.74%) Metadata
15 7 (1.53%) Amazon Redshift
15 7 (1.53%) Apache Cassandra
16 5 (1.09%) Couchbase
Development Applications
1 47 (10.24%) Jenkins
2 44 (9.59%) Git
3 33 (7.19%) JIRA
4 26 (5.66%) GitLab
5 10 (2.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 7 (1.53%) Maven
6 7 (1.53%) Postman
6 7 (1.53%) TeamCity
7 6 (1.31%) Bitbucket
8 5 (1.09%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.87%) CircleCI
9 4 (0.87%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.65%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.65%) Storybook
10 3 (0.65%) Travis CI
10 3 (0.65%) Vite
11 2 (0.44%) Jaeger
11 2 (0.44%) rollup.js
11 2 (0.44%) Snyk
11 2 (0.44%) webpack
General
1 152 (33.12%) Finance
2 97 (21.13%) Social Skills
3 85 (18.52%) Front Office
4 62 (13.51%) Banking
5 39 (8.50%) Investment Banking
6 28 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (5.45%) Public Sector
8 20 (4.36%) Retail
9 18 (3.92%) Telecoms
10 10 (2.18%) Marketing
11 7 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.53%) Presentation Skills
12 5 (1.09%) Advertising
12 5 (1.09%) Legal
12 5 (1.09%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.44%) Billing
14 2 (0.44%) Czech Language
14 2 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.44%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 154 (33.55%) Developer
2 100 (21.79%) Architect
3 64 (13.94%) Software Engineer
4 59 (12.85%) Senior
5 57 (12.42%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 50 (10.89%) Python Developer
7 48 (10.46%) Solutions Architect
8 42 (9.15%) Java Developer
9 40 (8.71%) Lead
10 33 (7.19%) Data Engineer
11 32 (6.97%) DevOps Engineer
12 28 (6.10%) Lead Developer
12 28 (6.10%) Python Engineer
12 28 (6.10%) Software Developer
13 25 (5.45%) Python Software Engineer
14 23 (5.01%) Team Leader
15 22 (4.79%) Lead Software Developer
15 22 (4.79%) Lead Software Engineer
15 22 (4.79%) Senior Developer
15 22 (4.79%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (13.29%) gRPC
1 61 (13.29%) Protocol Buffers
2 54 (11.76%) Pandas
3 48 (10.46%) React
4 47 (10.24%) Node.js
4 47 (10.24%) NumPy
5 46 (10.02%) SciPy
6 29 (6.32%) REST
7 28 (6.10%) AngularJS
8 26 (5.66%) CSS
9 25 (5.45%) HTML
10 24 (5.23%) Redux
11 22 (4.79%) RESTful
12 21 (4.58%) Spring
13 18 (3.92%) SAML
13 18 (3.92%) Spring Boot
14 17 (3.70%) Kafka
15 16 (3.49%) JSON
15 16 (3.49%) Vue
16 15 (3.27%) Material-UI
Miscellaneous
1 82 (17.86%) Fixed Income
2 61 (13.29%) Derivative
3 59 (12.85%) Equities
4 55 (11.98%) Hedge funds
5 42 (9.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 22 (4.79%) Cloud Native
7 19 (4.14%) Public Cloud
8 18 (3.92%) Algorithms
9 16 (3.49%) Data Structures
10 12 (2.61%) Management Information System
11 11 (2.40%) IVR
12 10 (2.18%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (2.18%) Replication
13 9 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
15 7 (1.53%) Clustering
16 6 (1.31%) Legacy Systems
16 6 (1.31%) Marketing Technology
16 6 (1.31%) Mobile App
16 6 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 30 (6.54%) Linux
2 17 (3.70%) Unix
3 12 (2.61%) Windows
4 11 (2.40%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.53%) Oracle Linux
5 7 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (1.53%) Solaris
6 4 (0.87%) CentOS
7 1 (0.22%) Android
7 1 (0.22%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (39.87%) Agile
2 128 (27.89%) DevOps
3 117 (25.49%) Software Engineering
4 107 (23.31%) CI/CD
5 87 (18.95%) Asset Management
6 82 (17.86%) Analytics
7 66 (14.38%) Investment Management
7 66 (14.38%) Problem-Solving
8 58 (12.64%) Migration
9 50 (10.89%) Computer Science
10 48 (10.46%) Microservices
11 46 (10.02%) Infrastructure as Code
12 43 (9.37%) Containerisation
13 37 (8.06%) ETL
13 37 (8.06%) Machine Learning
14 36 (7.84%) Data Science
15 35 (7.63%) Roadmaps
16 32 (6.97%) Data Engineering
17 31 (6.75%) Continuous Integration
17 31 (6.75%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 205 (44.66%) Python
2 123 (26.80%) JavaScript
3 112 (24.40%) Java
4 100 (21.79%) TypeScript
5 75 (16.34%) SQL
6 32 (6.97%) Bash
7 31 (6.75%) Go
8 24 (5.23%) Scala
9 22 (4.79%) R
10 21 (4.58%) PowerShell
11 15 (3.27%) Ruby
12 14 (3.05%) Kotlin
13 11 (2.40%) C#
14 9 (1.96%) Perl
15 6 (1.31%) PHP
16 5 (1.09%) Bicep
17 3 (0.65%) Groovy
17 3 (0.65%) Shell Script
18 2 (0.44%) MATLAB
18 2 (0.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (9.59%) Degree
2 38 (8.28%) Security Cleared
3 34 (7.41%) SC Cleared
4 29 (6.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.61%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.74%) Azure Certification
7 4 (0.87%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (0.65%) CISSP
8 3 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.44%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.44%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.44%) PhD
10 1 (0.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 1 (0.22%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.22%) CCNP
10 1 (0.22%) CCSP
10 1 (0.22%) CISA
10 1 (0.22%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.01%) QA
2 19 (4.14%) Data Quality
3 14 (3.05%) GDPR
3 14 (3.05%) NIST
4 8 (1.74%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.31%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.87%) Government Security Classifications
7 4 (0.87%) NCSC
7 4 (0.87%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.65%) WCAG
9 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 64 (13.94%) Docker
2 17 (3.70%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.87%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.65%) zsh
6 2 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.22%) ACF2
7 1 (0.22%) Firmware
7 1 (0.22%) HDFS
7 1 (0.22%) IAG
7 1 (0.22%) RACF
7 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 101 (22.00%) Kubernetes
2 69 (15.03%) Terraform
3 37 (8.06%) Ansible
4 14 (3.05%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (1.96%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.74%) Grafana
6 8 (1.74%) Progress Chef
6 8 (1.74%) Puppet
7 7 (1.53%) EMC NetWorker
7 7 (1.53%) Netcool
7 7 (1.53%) Tivoli
7 7 (1.53%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 6 (1.31%) Docker Swarm
9 4 (0.87%) Kibana
9 4 (0.87%) logstash
10 3 (0.65%) Zipkin
11 2 (0.44%) Argo
11 2 (0.44%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.22%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.22%) Packer
Vendors
1 164 (35.73%) Google
2 32 (6.97%) Microsoft
3 23 (5.01%) ServiceNow
4 22 (4.79%) CyberArk
5 20 (4.36%) Oracle
6 18 (3.92%) Cisco
7 16 (3.49%) Bloomberg
7 16 (3.49%) Genesys
8 14 (3.05%) Splunk
9 13 (2.83%) BeyondTrust
9 13 (2.83%) VMware
10 10 (2.18%) Databricks
11 9 (1.96%) IBM
12 8 (1.74%) HP
13 7 (1.53%) Avaya
13 7 (1.53%) Dell
13 7 (1.53%) EMC
13 7 (1.53%) Isilon
13 7 (1.53%) Qualys
13 7 (1.53%) Serena