Google Compute Engine Contract Job Trends in Central London

Google Compute Engine
London > Central London

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 125 135
Rank change year-on-year -9 +10 +39
Contract jobs citing Google Compute Engine 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.039% 0.10% 0.042%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.10% 0.24% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -41.18%
London median daily rate £533 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +6.50% - -31.03%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Central London

Google Compute Engine 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 975 819 972
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 38.12% 42.90% 40.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 680 525 686
10th Percentile £350 £363 £353
25th Percentile £463 £450 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year - +2.33% -8.90%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £650
90th Percentile £749 £751 £744
London median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 6
10th Percentile £20.51 £22.00 £12.75
25th Percentile £23.16 £24.66 £14.88
Median hourly rate £51.44 £28.79 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +78.70% +27.93% -66.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £47.50 £26.19
90th Percentile £75.35 £96.63 £38.63
London median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £26.00
% change year-on-year +22.12% +11.81% -50.48%

Google Compute Engine
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Google Compute Engine relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Google Compute Engine job vacancy trend in Central London

Google Compute Engine
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Google Compute Engine.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Google Compute Engine

Google Compute Engine
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 Google Compute Engine within the Central London region over the 6 months to 9 June 2026. 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 -10 1 £450 - 1
Google Compute Engine
London

Google Compute Engine
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 1 (100.00%) Cloud Functions
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Google App Engine
1 1 (100.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google