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 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 61 54
Rank change year-on-year +29 -7 +22
Contract jobs citing GCP 107 61 88
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.82% 2.96% 3.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 14.04% 7.61% 8.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 44 61
10th Percentile £449 £451 £463
25th Percentile £506 £463 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £544 £625
Median % change year-on-year +14.94% -13.00% -0.16%
75th Percentile £766 £700 £713
90th Percentile £856 £797 £825
Central London median daily rate £625 £525 £628
% change year-on-year +19.05% -16.33% +0.24%

All Cloud 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 762 802 1,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.46% 38.93% 40.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 574 511 727
10th Percentile £325 £400 £363
25th Percentile £419 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £662 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £758 £775
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 7
10th Percentile £26.41 - -
25th Percentile £32.13 £77.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £85.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.18% +347.37% -7.32%
75th Percentile £41.89 £92.50 £43.38
90th Percentile £44.72 - £58.75
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -27.23% +84.21% -7.32%

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 25 December 2025.

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 4 (3.74%) Apache Spark
2 3 (2.80%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.87%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.93%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.93%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 66 (61.68%) Azure
2 58 (54.21%) AWS
3 17 (15.89%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 14 (13.08%) GitHub
5 11 (10.28%) Power Platform
6 9 (8.41%) Snowflake
7 8 (7.48%) Cloud Run
8 7 (6.54%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (6.54%) Google Gemini
9 5 (4.67%) Cloud Functions
10 4 (3.74%) Amazon S3
10 4 (3.74%) Apigee
10 4 (3.74%) IaaS
10 4 (3.74%) OCI
10 4 (3.74%) PaaS
10 4 (3.74%) SaaS
11 3 (2.80%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (2.80%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (2.80%) Entra ID
11 3 (2.80%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.48%) DNS
2 6 (5.61%) Firewall
3 2 (1.87%) Internet
3 2 (1.87%) Network Security
3 2 (1.87%) SSL
3 2 (1.87%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.93%) BGP
4 1 (0.93%) DHCP
4 1 (0.93%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.93%) LAN
4 1 (0.93%) OSPF
4 1 (0.93%) VPN
4 1 (0.93%) WAN
4 1 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.93%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (13.08%) BigQuery
2 9 (8.41%) Power BI
3 8 (7.48%) Relational Database
4 7 (6.54%) Big Data
5 6 (5.61%) MongoDB
5 6 (5.61%) NoSQL
5 6 (5.61%) Tableau
6 5 (4.67%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (3.74%) MySQL
8 3 (2.80%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (2.80%) Looker
8 3 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (2.80%) Redis
9 2 (1.87%) Couchbase
9 2 (1.87%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.87%) Metadata
9 2 (1.87%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.93%) Data Vault
10 1 (0.93%) KDB
10 1 (0.93%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 10 (9.35%) Git
1 10 (9.35%) GitLab
2 9 (8.41%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.74%) Gradle
3 4 (3.74%) Maven
3 4 (3.74%) SonarQube
4 3 (2.80%) Selenium
5 2 (1.87%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.87%) JUnit
5 2 (1.87%) Snyk
6 1 (0.93%) Ant
6 1 (0.93%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.93%) Gatling
6 1 (0.93%) JIRA
6 1 (0.93%) MLflow
6 1 (0.93%) Mockito
6 1 (0.93%) Postman
6 1 (0.93%) Terragrunt
General
1 41 (38.32%) Finance
2 23 (21.50%) Social Skills
3 16 (14.95%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (12.15%) Banking
5 6 (5.61%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (5.61%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.67%) Front Office
6 5 (4.67%) Investment Banking
6 5 (4.67%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (2.80%) Back Office
7 3 (2.80%) Financial Institution
7 3 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.87%) Law
8 2 (1.87%) Legal
8 2 (1.87%) Marketing
9 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.93%) Military
9 1 (0.93%) Retail
9 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (16.82%) Developer
1 18 (16.82%) Senior
2 16 (14.95%) GCP Engineer
3 15 (14.02%) Architect
4 12 (11.21%) Security Engineer
5 11 (10.28%) Lead
6 8 (7.48%) Java Developer
7 6 (5.61%) Consultant
7 6 (5.61%) Data Engineer
7 6 (5.61%) Lead Developer
7 6 (5.61%) Senior Architect
8 5 (4.67%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
8 5 (4.67%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (4.67%) Lead Java Developer
8 5 (4.67%) Senior Developer
9 4 (3.74%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 4 (3.74%) Data Scientist
9 4 (3.74%) DevOps Engineer
9 4 (3.74%) Project Manager
9 4 (3.74%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.28%) Spring
2 10 (9.35%) Spring Boot
3 8 (7.48%) React
4 5 (4.67%) FastAPI
4 5 (4.67%) OAuth
4 5 (4.67%) OAuth2
5 4 (3.74%) AngularJS
5 4 (3.74%) CSS
5 4 (3.74%) GraphQL
5 4 (3.74%) HTML
5 4 (3.74%) JSON
5 4 (3.74%) Kafka
5 4 (3.74%) PyTorch
5 4 (3.74%) REST
5 4 (3.74%) RESTful
5 4 (3.74%) scikit-learn
5 4 (3.74%) TensorFlow
6 3 (2.80%) Dask
6 3 (2.80%) Redux
6 3 (2.80%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 15 (14.02%) Cloud Native
2 7 (6.54%) Data Centre
3 6 (5.61%) Derivative
3 6 (5.61%) Product Ownership
4 5 (4.67%) Algorithms
4 5 (4.67%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (3.74%) Life Science
5 4 (3.74%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.80%) Equities
6 3 (2.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.87%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.87%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.87%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.87%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.87%) Taxonomies
7 2 (1.87%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.74%) Linux
2 3 (2.80%) Windows
3 1 (0.93%) Android
3 1 (0.93%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.93%) Unix
3 1 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (35.51%) DevOps
2 37 (34.58%) CI/CD
3 24 (22.43%) Infrastructure as Code
4 22 (20.56%) AI
5 21 (19.63%) Agile
6 20 (18.69%) Analytics
7 19 (17.76%) Machine Learning
8 18 (16.82%) Containerisation
8 18 (16.82%) Migration
9 17 (15.89%) Cloud Security
9 17 (15.89%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (14.02%) Microservices
11 14 (13.08%) Generative AI
11 14 (13.08%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (12.15%) Roadmaps
13 12 (11.21%) SDLC
13 12 (11.21%) Software Engineering
14 11 (10.28%) Risk Management
15 10 (9.35%) Decision-Making
15 10 (9.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 37 (34.58%) Python
2 29 (27.10%) SQL
3 21 (19.63%) Java
4 6 (5.61%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.74%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.80%) Bash
6 3 (2.80%) Kotlin
6 3 (2.80%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.87%) C++
7 2 (1.87%) Scala
8 1 (0.93%) Bicep
8 1 (0.93%) C#
8 1 (0.93%) Go
8 1 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.93%) LookML
8 1 (0.93%) Objective-C
8 1 (0.93%) Perl
8 1 (0.93%) R
8 1 (0.93%) Swift
8 1 (0.93%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (9.35%) Security Cleared
2 9 (8.41%) Degree
3 6 (5.61%) CISSP
3 6 (5.61%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.80%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.87%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.93%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.93%) CCSP
7 1 (0.93%) CISM
7 1 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.93%) GCFA
7 1 (0.93%) GCIA
7 1 (0.93%) GCIH
7 1 (0.93%) MCP
7 1 (0.93%) OSCP
7 1 (0.93%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.28%) GDPR
2 9 (8.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (5.61%) Data Quality
4 5 (4.67%) NIST
5 4 (3.74%) NCSC
6 3 (2.80%) EU AI Act
6 3 (2.80%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.87%) GRC
7 2 (1.87%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.87%) QA
8 1 (0.93%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.93%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.93%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.93%) ISO 8583
8 1 (0.93%) MiFID
8 1 (0.93%) PSD2
8 1 (0.93%) SEPA
System Software
1 23 (21.50%) Docker
2 2 (1.87%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.93%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.93%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.93%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (28.04%) Terraform
2 27 (25.23%) Kubernetes
3 8 (7.48%) Ansible
4 6 (5.61%) Argo
5 4 (3.74%) Grafana
5 4 (3.74%) Istio
6 3 (2.80%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.87%) Progress Chef
7 2 (1.87%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.93%) Karpenter
8 1 (0.93%) Kibana
8 1 (0.93%) Puppet
8 1 (0.93%) vRealize
8 1 (0.93%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 51 (47.66%) Google
2 11 (10.28%) Databricks
3 10 (9.35%) Microsoft
3 10 (9.35%) Oracle
4 6 (5.61%) Splunk
5 4 (3.74%) OpenAI
5 4 (3.74%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.80%) Cisco
6 3 (2.80%) SAP
6 3 (2.80%) VMware
7 2 (1.87%) Adobe
7 2 (1.87%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.87%) Confluent
7 2 (1.87%) Infoblox
7 2 (1.87%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.87%) New Relic
7 2 (1.87%) Rollbar
7 2 (1.87%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.93%) StreamSets
8 1 (0.93%) Zerto