GCP Architect Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Google Cloud Platform Architect
Central London > City of London

The median Google Cloud Platform Architect daily rate in the City of London is £825, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
23 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 115 133
Rank change year-on-year -10 +18 +54
Contract jobs requiring a GCP Architect 3 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.16% 0.19% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.21% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile £735 £749 £542
25th Percentile £764 £766 £581
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £825 £800 £666
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% +20.08% -14.03%
75th Percentile £838 £825 £756
90th Percentile - - £797
Central London median daily rate £825 £800 £666
% change year-on-year +3.13% +20.08% -14.03%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,722 1,912 2,358
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 93.00% 94.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,206 1,174 1,695
10th Percentile £325 £363 £350
25th Percentile £420 £463 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -
75th Percentile £675 £683 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £543 £575 £566
% change year-on-year -5.65% +1.59% -1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 13 13
10th Percentile £19.98 £15.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.36 £22.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £31.00 £57.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.09% +130.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £43.33 £112.00 £46.75
90th Percentile £55.25 £132.40 £68.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -25.40% +40.00% -23.08%

GCP Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of 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 the City of London.

GCP Architect job vacancy trend in the City of London

GCP Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

GCP Architect Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 23 December 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 City of London region featuring GCP Architect in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) BigQuery
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) GCP
1 2 (66.67%) Google
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) NCSC
1 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap

GCP Architect 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 2 (66.67%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) BigQuery
2 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Data Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Roadmap
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (66.67%) NCSC
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Google