GCP Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Data Engineer - Google Cloud Platform
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Data Engineer - Google Cloud Platform daily rate in Cardiff is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a GCP Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.44% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
South Wales median daily rate £450 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 214 176 213
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.11% 92.15% 97.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 130 166
10th Percentile £200 £172 £181
25th Percentile £290 £213 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £389
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +9.32% -13.61%
75th Percentile £511 £550 £525
90th Percentile £638 £653 £606
South Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £413
% change year-on-year -2.94% +3.03% -13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 4
10th Percentile £12.91 £21.02 £17.30
25th Percentile £13.50 £21.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £16.00 £25.00 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% -13.79% +87.13%
75th Percentile £17.30 £27.50 £45.31
90th Percentile £20.55 £38.00 £50.38
South Wales median hourly rate £19.09 £25.36 £29.83
% change year-on-year -24.72% -14.99% +81.41%

GCP Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'GCP Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

GCP Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Cardiff

GCP Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GCP Data Engineer job vacancies in Cardiff.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GCP Data Engineer job vacancies in Cardiff

GCP Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, GCP Data Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cardiff region featuring GCP Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform

GCP Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google