GCC Contracts in England

GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring GCC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GCC over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 478 534 637
Rank change year-on-year +56 +103 +132
Contract jobs citing GCC 7 8 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.029% 0.022% 0.032%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.21% 0.19% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 5
10th Percentile - - £555
25th Percentile - - £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £1,000 £750
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +33.33% +71.43%
75th Percentile - - £863
90th Percentile - - £1,043
UK median daily rate £750 £1,000 £750
% change year-on-year -25.00% +33.33% +71.43%

All Development Application Skills
England

GCC falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 3,305 4,263 7,542
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 13.57% 11.46% 14.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,218 2,908 5,318
10th Percentile £350 £355 £375
25th Percentile £413 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.41% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 182 222
10th Percentile £27.50 £31.84 £45.00
25th Percentile £52.00 £52.50 £52.56
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.34
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.97% +21.46%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.75 £82.35 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%

GCC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing GCC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for GCC in England

GCC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GCC in England.

Daily rate trend for GCC in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GCC in England.

Hourly rate trend for GCC in England

GCC
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCC within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +41 4 £750 - 15
South East - 2 - - 4
South West - 1 - - 2
GCC
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) EngageOne
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Multicast
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) GDB
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) C++ Developer
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Manager
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Programme Manager
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Workstream Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Workstream Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 4 (57.14%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Distributed Architecture
1 4 (57.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) High Availability
1 4 (57.14%) Risk Management
1 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) ERP
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) C++
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 2 (28.57%) Java
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) SAP