GCP Administrator Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Google Cloud Platform Administrator
Central London > City of London

The median Google Cloud Platform Administrator daily rate in the City of London is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 January 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 - 134
Rank change year-on-year - - +48
Contract jobs requiring a GCP Administrator 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.053% - 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% - 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £425 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,770 1,743 2,311
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 93.01% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,220 1,059 1,662
10th Percentile £350 £356 £350
25th Percentile £431 £463 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +2.22% -4.26%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £540 £575 £551
% change year-on-year -6.09% +4.45% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 22
10th Percentile £19.98 £13.18 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.37 £20.00 £19.18
Median hourly rate £37.25 £27.25 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.70% +13.54% -5.88%
75th Percentile £43.86 £58.19 £40.00
90th Percentile £52.96 £112.00 £50.10
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.91
% change year-on-year -25.40% +30.09% +6.55%

GCP Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

GCP Administrator job vacancy trend in the City of London

GCP Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GCP Administrator job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GCP Administrator job vacancies in the City of London

GCP Administrator Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 31 January 2026, GCP Administrator 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 City of London region featuring GCP Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform

GCP Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google