GCP Architect Contracts in Cardiff

Google Cloud Platform Architect
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Google Cloud Platform Architect daily rate in Cardiff is £250, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - 43
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a GCP Architect 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 1.88% - 0.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.95% - 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £239 - £523
25th Percentile £243 - £539
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - £565
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £250 - £565

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cardiff with a recognized job title 154 197 325
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.25% 92.92% 96.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 160 259
10th Percentile £184 £199 £185
25th Percentile £257 £377 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% +8.89% -
75th Percentile £492 £550 £550
90th Percentile £619 £620 £626
South Wales median daily rate £400 £460 £460
% change year-on-year -13.04% - -3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 6
10th Percentile £12.21 £11.32 £13.00
25th Percentile £13.79 £11.75 £13.81
Median hourly rate £20.51 £13.50 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +51.89% -21.75% -7.99%
75th Percentile £23.75 £18.00 £22.34
90th Percentile £38.75 £39.45 £24.38
South Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £22.68 £18.14
% change year-on-year -0.79% +25.03% -8.89%

GCP Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings that featured GCP Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for GCP Architect in Cardiff

GCP Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for GCP Architect in Cardiff

GCP Architect Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, GCP Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cardiff region featuring GCP Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) NHS
1 3 (100.00%) Google
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Metadata Management
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Science
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Metadata
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Databricks
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps

GCP Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Metadata
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Data Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Data Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) Data Science
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Metadata Management
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Google
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Databricks
15 GCP Architect jobs Nationwide