GCP Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Data Engineer - Google Cloud Platform
Central London > City of London

The median Data Engineer - Google Cloud Platform daily rate in the City of London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 - 131
Rank change year-on-year - - +45
Contract jobs requiring a GCP Data Engineer 9 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.40% - 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% - 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £588 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -33.33%
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £600 - £450
% change year-on-year - - -33.33%

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 2,118 1,647 2,100
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 92.95% 95.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,431 1,039 1,495
10th Percentile £355 £350 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.68% -6.67%
75th Percentile £675 £678 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £791
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 17
10th Percentile £18.14 £22.27 £16.46
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £32.07 £32.83 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% +42.72% -34.29%
75th Percentile £52.33 £52.50 £27.50
90th Percentile £61.83 £96.38 £44.10
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £25.78
% change year-on-year -10.18% +12.76% -26.34%

GCP Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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 the City of London.

GCP Data Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

GCP Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

GCP Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 22 April 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 City of London region featuring GCP Data Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Analytics
1 9 (100.00%) Data Science
2 6 (66.67%) BigQuery
2 6 (66.67%) Data Analytics
2 6 (66.67%) Tableau
3 3 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
3 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 3 (33.33%) Fintech
3 3 (33.33%) GCP

GCP Data Engineer 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 3 (33.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) BigQuery
1 6 (66.67%) Tableau
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Analytics
1 9 (100.00%) Data Science
2 6 (66.67%) Data Analytics
3 3 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
3 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 3 (33.33%) Fintech