GCP Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring GCP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 53 55
Rank change year-on-year +10 +2 +3
Contract jobs citing GCP 102 72 72
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 4.25% 4.23% 3.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.16% 9.72% 8.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 49 50
10th Percentile £450 £373 £374
25th Percentile £500 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £586
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -6.18% -9.81%
75th Percentile £678 £688 £686
90th Percentile £751 £751 £830
Central London median daily rate £553 £600 £578
% change year-on-year -7.88% +3.90% -11.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £47.13 -
25th Percentile £72.25 £55.94 £46.75
Median hourly rate £74.50 £71.25 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.56% +46.91% -41.21%
75th Percentile £76.75 £85.94 £50.25
90th Percentile - £94.38 -
Central London median hourly rate £74.50 £71.25 £48.50
% change year-on-year +4.56% +46.91% -41.21%

All Cloud Computing Skills
City of London

GCP 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 914 741 879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 38.10% 43.49% 40.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 628 475 611
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £456 £456 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £543
Median % change year-on-year - +1.38% -9.58%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £751 £750
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £538
% change year-on-year - +2.33% -8.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 6
10th Percentile £20.51 £23.75 £12.75
25th Percentile £23.16 £24.66 £14.88
Median hourly rate £51.44 £34.65 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +48.46% +54.00% -72.73%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £26.19
90th Percentile £75.35 £100.00 £38.63
Central London median hourly rate £54.60 £28.79 £22.50
% change year-on-year +89.69% +27.93% -66.67%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

GCP job vacancy trend in the City of London

GCP
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing GCP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing GCP

GCP
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCP in the City of London over the 6 months to 11 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for GCP in the City of London

GCP
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing GCP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing GCP

GCP
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (6.86%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (3.92%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.98%) Apache
4 1 (0.98%) Camunda
Applications
1 1 (0.98%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.98%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 58 (56.86%) Azure
2 57 (55.88%) AWS
3 14 (13.73%) Power Platform
4 10 (9.80%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 9 (8.82%) Snowflake
6 7 (6.86%) GitHub
6 7 (6.86%) SaaS
7 6 (5.88%) dbt
8 5 (4.90%) Amazon S3
8 5 (4.90%) OpenShift
9 4 (3.92%) Boomi
9 4 (3.92%) iPaaS
9 4 (3.92%) Vertex AI
10 3 (2.94%) Amazon Kinesis
10 3 (2.94%) Anthos
10 3 (2.94%) Cloud Functions
10 3 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (2.94%) GitHub Copilot
10 3 (2.94%) Google Gemini
10 3 (2.94%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.86%) Network Security
2 6 (5.88%) Firewall
3 5 (4.90%) DNS
3 5 (4.90%) VPN
4 2 (1.96%) DHCP
4 2 (1.96%) Internet
4 2 (1.96%) SMTP
4 2 (1.96%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.98%) BGP
5 1 (0.98%) IPsec
5 1 (0.98%) OSPF
5 1 (0.98%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.98%) SSL
5 1 (0.98%) VLAN
5 1 (0.98%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.80%) Data Warehouse
1 10 (9.80%) Power BI
1 10 (9.80%) Tableau
2 9 (8.82%) NoSQL
3 8 (7.84%) BigQuery
4 6 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (4.90%) Snowflake Schema
6 4 (3.92%) Big Data
6 4 (3.92%) Metadata
7 3 (2.94%) Db2
7 3 (2.94%) MongoDB
7 3 (2.94%) MySQL
7 3 (2.94%) Redis
7 3 (2.94%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.96%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.96%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (1.96%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.96%) Hazelcast
8 2 (1.96%) OLAP
8 2 (1.96%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (4.90%) JIRA
2 4 (3.92%) Git
2 4 (3.92%) GitLab
2 4 (3.92%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.96%) Gatling
4 1 (0.98%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.98%) ERwin
General
1 30 (29.41%) Finance
2 27 (26.47%) Social Skills
3 15 (14.71%) Public Sector
4 14 (13.73%) Banking
5 10 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.90%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.94%) Back Office
8 3 (2.94%) Front Office
8 3 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.94%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.94%) Retail
9 2 (1.96%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.98%) Legal
10 1 (0.98%) Marketing
10 1 (0.98%) Military
10 1 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (22.55%) Architect
2 19 (18.63%) GCP Engineer
3 14 (13.73%) Data Engineer
4 11 (10.78%) Cloud Engineer
5 9 (8.82%) Developer
6 8 (7.84%) Cloud Architect
7 7 (6.86%) Lead
8 5 (4.90%) Analyst
8 5 (4.90%) Data Scientist
8 5 (4.90%) Security Architect
8 5 (4.90%) Senior
8 5 (4.90%) Snowflake Data Engineer
8 5 (4.90%) Snowflake Engineer
9 4 (3.92%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 4 (3.92%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 4 (3.92%) Enterprise Architect
9 4 (3.92%) GCP Data Engineer
9 4 (3.92%) Infrastructure Architect
9 4 (3.92%) Platform Engineer
10 3 (2.94%) Lead Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.80%) Kafka
2 7 (6.86%) React
2 7 (6.86%) Spring
2 7 (6.86%) Spring Boot
3 5 (4.90%) PyTorch
3 5 (4.90%) TensorFlow
4 4 (3.92%) AngularJS
4 4 (3.92%) Hugging Face
4 4 (3.92%) JSON
4 4 (3.92%) OAuth
4 4 (3.92%) OAuth2
4 4 (3.92%) OpenTelemetry
4 4 (3.92%) REST
5 3 (2.94%) Backbone.js
5 3 (2.94%) Bootstrap
5 3 (2.94%) Ember.js
5 3 (2.94%) jQuery
5 3 (2.94%) Middleware
5 3 (2.94%) Quarkus
5 3 (2.94%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 26 (25.49%) Cloud Native
2 7 (6.86%) Data Centre
3 6 (5.88%) Clustering
4 4 (3.92%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (3.92%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.94%) Derivative
5 3 (2.94%) Equities
5 3 (2.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.94%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.96%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.96%) PKI
6 2 (1.96%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.96%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.98%) Anti-Spyware
7 1 (0.98%) CMDB
7 1 (0.98%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.98%) Genomics
7 1 (0.98%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.98%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.88%) Windows
2 5 (4.90%) Linux
3 4 (3.92%) Android
3 4 (3.92%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.96%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.98%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (34.31%) AI
2 33 (32.35%) CI/CD
3 31 (30.39%) Analytics
4 25 (24.51%) DevOps
5 22 (21.57%) Infrastructure as Code
6 20 (19.61%) Agile
7 19 (18.63%) Machine Learning
8 17 (16.67%) Data Pipeline
9 16 (15.69%) ETL
10 15 (14.71%) Data Science
10 15 (14.71%) Migration
11 13 (12.75%) Business Intelligence
11 13 (12.75%) Data Engineering
11 13 (12.75%) Decision-Making
12 12 (11.76%) Data Governance
12 12 (11.76%) Data Modelling
12 12 (11.76%) Microservices
12 12 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
13 11 (10.78%) Event-Driven
13 11 (10.78%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 29 (28.43%) SQL
2 27 (26.47%) Python
3 10 (9.80%) Java
4 6 (5.88%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.94%) Scala
6 2 (1.96%) Bash
6 2 (1.96%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.96%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.98%) Elixir
7 1 (0.98%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.98%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 28 (27.45%) Security Cleared
2 25 (24.51%) SC Cleared
3 12 (11.76%) DV Cleared
4 10 (9.80%) Degree
5 4 (3.92%) CISSP
6 3 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.94%) CISM
6 3 (2.94%) PhD
6 3 (2.94%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (1.96%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.96%) CCNP
7 2 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.96%) SnowPro
8 1 (0.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.98%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.98%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.98%) CCNA
8 1 (0.98%) CRISC
8 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.84%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.92%) GDPR
3 3 (2.94%) GRC
3 3 (2.94%) NCSC
3 3 (2.94%) NIST
3 3 (2.94%) QA
3 3 (2.94%) SLA
4 2 (1.96%) EMIR
4 2 (1.96%) ISO 20022
4 2 (1.96%) ISO 8583
4 2 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.96%) MiFID
4 2 (1.96%) NIST 800
4 2 (1.96%) PSD2
4 2 (1.96%) SEPA
5 1 (0.98%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.98%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.98%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.98%) PMO
5 1 (0.98%) WCAG
System Software
1 18 (17.65%) Docker
2 2 (1.96%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.96%) BitLocker
2 2 (1.96%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (1.96%) Terminal Services
2 2 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.98%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 29 (28.43%) Kubernetes
2 17 (16.67%) Terraform
3 6 (5.88%) Ansible
4 4 (3.92%) Argo
5 3 (2.94%) Grafana
5 3 (2.94%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.96%) Istio
6 2 (1.96%) Nagios
6 2 (1.96%) Puppet
6 2 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.96%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.96%) vMotion
7 1 (0.98%) Karpenter
7 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.98%) QRadar
7 1 (0.98%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 44 (43.14%) Google
2 14 (13.73%) Microsoft
3 5 (4.90%) Salesforce
4 4 (3.92%) MuleSoft
5 3 (2.94%) CyberArk
5 3 (2.94%) IBM
5 3 (2.94%) Informatica
5 3 (2.94%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.96%) Citrix
6 2 (1.96%) Confluent
6 2 (1.96%) Databricks
6 2 (1.96%) HP
6 2 (1.96%) Oracle
6 2 (1.96%) Sitecore
6 2 (1.96%) Splunk
6 2 (1.96%) Symantec
6 2 (1.96%) VMware
7 1 (0.98%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (0.98%) Workday
7 1 (0.98%) Zscaler