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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 54 | 39 | 48 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -15 | +9 | -2 |
| Contract jobs citing GCP | 97 | 96 | 84 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the City of London | 4.51% | 5.58% | 3.96% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 10.68% | 13.58% | 9.95% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 72 | 71 | 57 |
| 10th Percentile | £415 | £444 | £420 |
| 25th Percentile | £475 | £500 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £610 | £555 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.74% | +10.01% | -14.49% |
| 75th Percentile | £702 | £731 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £838 | £805 |
| Central London median daily rate | £575 | £610 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.74% | +10.91% | -15.38% |
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.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 908 | 707 | 844 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London | 42.19% | 41.08% | 39.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 641 | 517 | 551 |
| 10th Percentile | £351 | £346 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £456 | £450 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £565 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -2.65% | +2.73% |
| 75th Percentile | £663 | £675 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £771 | £763 | £775 |
| Central London median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £561 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -2.00% | +2.05% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 8 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.40 | £21.58 | £32.05 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.50 | £26.00 | £39.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £23.16 | £34.00 | £56.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -31.88% | -39.29% | +148.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £31.00 | £58.96 | £76.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £46.00 | £72.53 | £85.95 |
| Central London median hourly rate | £27.00 | £34.00 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.59% | -2.86% | +55.56% |
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 Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
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 16 October 2026.
GCP Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London
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 table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 60.8% | 59 |
| 2 | Azure | 58.8% | 57 |
| 3 | GitHub | 15.5% | 15 |
| 4 | Snowflake | 14.4% | 14 |
| 5 | Google Kubernetes Engine | 13.4% | 13 |
| 6 | dbt | 12.4% | 12 |
| 7 | GitHub Actions | 7.2% | 7 |
| 7 | OpenShift | 7.2% | 7 |
| 9 | AWS CloudFormation | 6.2% | 6 |
| 9 | Azure DevOps | 6.2% | 6 |
| 11 | Cloud Functions | 5.2% | 5 |
| 11 | Serverless | 5.2% | 5 |
| 13 | Google App Engine | 4.1% | 4 |
| 13 | Google Compute Engine | 4.1% | 4 |
| 13 | SaaS | 4.1% | 4 |
| 16 | Amazon EKS | 3.1% | 3 |
| 16 | Amazon S3 | 3.1% | 3 |
| 16 | AWS Lambda | 3.1% | 3 |
| 16 | Cloud Composer | 3.1% | 3 |
| 16 | Cloud Run | 3.1% | 3 |