GCP Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring GCP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 28 19
Rank change year-on-year +3 -9 +3
Contract jobs citing GCP 1 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 0.63% 2.67% 2.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.44% 10.81% 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £463 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £475 £675
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -29.63% +17.39%
75th Percentile - £509 £688
90th Percentile - £549 -
County Antrim median daily rate £650 £475 £675
% change year-on-year +36.84% -29.63% +17.39%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Belfast

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 Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 41 37 36
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 25.79% 24.67% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 25 23
10th Percentile £390 £201 £463
25th Percentile £400 £325 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £470 £563
Median % change year-on-year -8.51% -16.44% +12.50%
75th Percentile £488 £530 £638
90th Percentile £631 £575 £680
County Antrim median daily rate £430 £470 £563
% change year-on-year -8.51% -16.44% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile £23.52 - -
25th Percentile £24.31 £22.50 -
Median hourly rate £26.11 £24.18 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.98% - -
75th Percentile £27.42 - -
90th Percentile £27.90 - -
County Antrim median hourly rate £26.11 £24.18 -
% change year-on-year +7.98% - -

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

GCP job vacancy trend in Belfast

GCP
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing GCP

GCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (100.00%) Visualforce
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce