GCP Architect Contract Job Trends in Central London

Google Cloud Platform Architect
London > Central London

The median Google Cloud Platform Architect daily rate in Central London is £825, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 131 144
Rank change year-on-year +5 +13 +55
Contract jobs requiring a GCP Architect 4 5 7
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.21% 0.21% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.22% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 4
10th Percentile £735 £715 £543
25th Percentile £764 £738 £583
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £825 £800 £655
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +22.14% -15.48%
75th Percentile £838 £825 £750
90th Percentile - - £795
London median daily rate £700 £600 £700
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% -6.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,814 2,239 2,720
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.03% 92.83% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,254 1,400 1,940
10th Percentile £325 £363 £342
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £670 £675 £688
90th Percentile £759 £775 £813
London median daily rate £530 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 27 21
10th Percentile £19.33 £21.40 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £29.13 £21.25
Median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +40.00% -41.18%
75th Percentile £41.89 £70.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £60.25 £122.20 £68.75
London median hourly rate £27.25 £36.80 £36.14
% change year-on-year -25.95% +1.83% +3.26%

GCP Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'GCP Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

GCP Architect job vacancy trend in Central London

GCP Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GCP Architect job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GCP Architect job vacancies in Central London

GCP Architect
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCP Architect within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London -3 3 £825 +3.13% 2
West End of London - 1 - - 1
City of Westminster - 1 - - 2
GCP Architect
London

GCP Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 30 November 2025, GCP Architect 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 Central London region featuring GCP Architect in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) DevOps
1 3 (75.00%) GCP
1 3 (75.00%) Google
1 3 (75.00%) NCSC
2 2 (50.00%) BigQuery
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Edge Computing
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap

GCP Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 3 (75.00%) GCP
2 1 (25.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) BigQuery
2 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (25.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (25.00%) Edge Computing
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) NCSC
2 2 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Google