GCP Contract Job Trends in Basildon

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Essex > Basildon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basildon requiring GCP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 4 12
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 -5
Contract jobs citing GCP 10 7 4
As % of all contract jobs in Basildon 25.00% 33.33% 7.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.67% 63.64% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 3
10th Percentile £500 £315 £535
25th Percentile £501 £316 £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £320 £675
Median % change year-on-year +63.44% -52.64% +27.36%
75th Percentile £595 £435 -
90th Percentile £600 £479 -
Essex median daily rate £570 £321 £550
% change year-on-year +77.36% -41.57% +2.80%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Basildon

GCP falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Basildon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 24 11 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon 60.00% 52.38% 7.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 3
10th Percentile £340 £315 £535
25th Percentile £500 £317 £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £321 £675
Median % change year-on-year +58.69% -52.39% +29.06%
75th Percentile £588 £430 -
90th Percentile £600 £478 -
Essex median daily rate £425 £318 £500
% change year-on-year +33.55% -36.36% -2.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £52.00 - -
25th Percentile £53.13 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £30.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile £59.00 - -
Essex median hourly rate £17.50 £200.00 £88.00
% change year-on-year -91.25% +127.27% +257.43%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Basildon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GCP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basildon.

GCP job vacancy trend in Basildon

GCP
Daily Rate Trend in Basildon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing GCP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basildon citing GCP

GCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basildon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 8 (80.00%) GitHub
2 1 (10.00%) AWS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 8 (80.00%) Git
1 8 (80.00%) JUnit
1 8 (80.00%) SonarQube
2 6 (60.00%) IntelliJ
General
1 9 (90.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Banking
3 2 (20.00%) Automotive
4 1 (10.00%) Legal
4 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Architect
1 3 (30.00%) Cloud Architect
1 3 (30.00%) Developer
1 3 (30.00%) GCP Architect
1 3 (30.00%) GCP Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) GCP Software Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) Java Architect
1 3 (30.00%) Java Developer
1 3 (30.00%) Java Software Architect
1 3 (30.00%) Software Architect
1 3 (30.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Backend Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) GCP Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Programme Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Java Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Java Software Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (80.00%) Spring
1 8 (80.00%) Spring Boot
2 3 (30.00%) Node.js
3 1 (10.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (10.00%) CMDB
2 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) BDD
1 8 (80.00%) CI/CD
1 8 (80.00%) TDD
2 7 (70.00%) Software Engineering
3 6 (60.00%) Code Quality
3 6 (60.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 6 (60.00%) Open Source
3 6 (60.00%) Security Testing
4 5 (50.00%) Application Security
4 5 (50.00%) Architectural Design
4 5 (50.00%) DevOps
4 5 (50.00%) Static Application Security Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Process Improvement
5 3 (30.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 3 (30.00%) SDLC
6 2 (20.00%) Agile
6 2 (20.00%) Software Architecture
6 2 (20.00%) Software Testing
7 1 (10.00%) Information Security
7 1 (10.00%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) Java
2 5 (50.00%) Python
3 3 (30.00%) Go
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) PgMP
1 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (10.00%) PMP
1 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (10.00%) GDPR
2 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (10.00%) PMO
2 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Google
2 8 (80.00%) Checkmarx
3 1 (10.00%) Cadence