GCP Contract Job Trends in England

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring GCP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 60 71
Rank change year-on-year +11 +11 -12
Contract jobs citing GCP 1,460 1,104 1,161
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.69% 3.61% 3.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.30% 9.94% 8.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,009 712 883
10th Percentile £363 £391 £413
25th Percentile £447 £484 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £644 £725 £738
90th Percentile £750 £875 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -5.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 11
10th Percentile £33.96 £24.05 £43.03
25th Percentile £46.85 £33.50 £53.39
Median hourly rate £59.75 £56.50 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.75% -8.87% +77.14%
75th Percentile £70.50 £61.19 £75.38
90th Percentile £82.05 £67.00 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £59.75 £56.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +5.75% -13.08% +107.24%

All Cloud Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,868 11,106 13,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.15% 36.32% 35.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,137 7,413 9,823
10th Percentile £305 £313 £291
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £650 £645
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 147 269
10th Percentile £15.05 £17.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.47 £31.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.14% +26.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £51.00 £56.88 £53.75
90th Percentile £78.50 £70.00 £77.60
UK median hourly rate £26.15 £30.00 £25.38
% change year-on-year -12.83% +18.20% +12.80%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

GCP job vacancy trend in England

GCP
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GCP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GCP

GCP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCP in England over the 6 months to 6 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GCP in England

GCP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GCP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing GCP

GCP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GCP in England over the 6 months to 6 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for GCP in England

GCP
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 GCP within the England region over the 6 months to 6 December 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 -4 742 £575 -8.00% 334
North of England +29 306 £500 - 155
Yorkshire +18 191 £500 - 59
South East +42 168 £481 -16.30% 212
North West +38 112 £522 -5.14% 85
Midlands +23 110 £500 +5.04% 63
West Midlands +26 88 £525 +8.58% 37
South West +39 61 £550 -12.00% 79
East of England -13 35 £500 +56.25% 52
East Midlands -8 21 £427 +19.94% 24
North East -10 3 £475 - 12
GCP
UK

GCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 80 (5.48%) Apache Airflow
2 63 (4.32%) Apache Spark
3 40 (2.74%) Apache
4 32 (2.19%) Confluence
5 14 (0.96%) OpenStack
6 10 (0.68%) SAS
7 9 (0.62%) SharePoint
8 7 (0.48%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.41%) Jupyter
9 6 (0.41%) Mule
9 6 (0.41%) Tomcat
10 4 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.21%) Ethereum
11 3 (0.21%) Hyperledger
11 3 (0.21%) NetWeaver
12 2 (0.14%) Camunda
12 2 (0.14%) Documentum
12 2 (0.14%) Drupal
12 2 (0.14%) Luigi
12 2 (0.14%) nginx
Applications
1 13 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.34%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.34%) Weka
5 3 (0.21%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.14%) Trello
7 1 (0.068%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 11 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.14%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.14%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.068%) Actimize
5 1 (0.068%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.068%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.068%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.068%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,053 (72.12%) AWS
2 1,001 (68.56%) Azure
3 170 (11.64%) GitHub
4 97 (6.64%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 92 (6.30%) Power Platform
6 78 (5.34%) Serverless
7 75 (5.14%) Snowflake
8 72 (4.93%) GitHub Actions
9 64 (4.38%) dbt
10 59 (4.04%) Entra ID
11 58 (3.97%) Azure DevOps
12 55 (3.77%) SaaS
13 54 (3.70%) OpenShift
14 50 (3.42%) AWS CloudFormation
15 36 (2.47%) PaaS
16 35 (2.40%) Apigee
17 33 (2.26%) Cloud Run
17 33 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
18 32 (2.19%) Azure Sentinel
19 31 (2.12%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 134 (9.18%) Firewall
2 44 (3.01%) Network Security
2 44 (3.01%) VPN
3 36 (2.47%) DNS
4 24 (1.64%) WAN
5 20 (1.37%) SD-WAN
5 20 (1.37%) TCP/IP
5 20 (1.37%) Wireshark
6 14 (0.96%) LAN
6 14 (0.96%) VLAN
7 13 (0.89%) BGP
7 13 (0.89%) SSL
8 12 (0.82%) DHCP
9 11 (0.75%) HTTP
9 11 (0.75%) OSPF
10 9 (0.62%) SAN
11 8 (0.55%) HTTPS
11 8 (0.55%) VXLAN
11 8 (0.55%) Wireless
11 8 (0.55%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 164 (11.23%) BigQuery
2 136 (9.32%) PostgreSQL
3 115 (7.88%) NoSQL
4 99 (6.78%) Data Warehouse
5 86 (5.89%) Power BI
6 51 (3.49%) MongoDB
7 49 (3.36%) Big Data
7 49 (3.36%) Tableau
8 47 (3.22%) Relational Database
9 45 (3.08%) Data Lake
10 42 (2.88%) Metadata
11 40 (2.74%) SQL Server
12 34 (2.33%) MySQL
13 33 (2.26%) Looker
14 27 (1.85%) Hadoop
15 24 (1.64%) Amazon Redshift
16 23 (1.58%) Amazon Athena
17 21 (1.44%) Snowflake Schema
18 16 (1.10%) Apache Iceberg
18 16 (1.10%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 220 (15.07%) Jenkins
2 156 (10.68%) Git
3 143 (9.79%) GitLab
4 77 (5.27%) JIRA
5 40 (2.74%) Liquibase
6 38 (2.60%) SonarQube
7 23 (1.58%) CircleCI
7 23 (1.58%) Sonatype Nexus
8 19 (1.30%) Gradle
8 19 (1.30%) JUnit
8 19 (1.30%) Maven
8 19 (1.30%) MLflow
8 19 (1.30%) Postman
9 15 (1.03%) Cypress.io
9 15 (1.03%) Selenium
10 13 (0.89%) Burp Suite
11 12 (0.82%) ER Studio
11 12 (0.82%) ERwin
11 12 (0.82%) Metasploit
12 11 (0.75%) Artifactory
General
1 541 (37.05%) Social Skills
2 348 (23.84%) Finance
3 183 (12.53%) Banking
4 176 (12.05%) Analytical Skills
5 133 (9.11%) Public Sector
6 50 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
7 43 (2.95%) Financial Institution
7 43 (2.95%) Telecoms
8 37 (2.53%) Marketing
9 31 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
10 28 (1.92%) Front Office
11 26 (1.78%) Pharmaceutical
12 24 (1.64%) Retail
13 22 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 21 (1.44%) Manufacturing
15 20 (1.37%) Legal
16 17 (1.16%) Electronics
17 15 (1.03%) Investment Banking
18 11 (0.75%) Law
Job Titles
1 245 (16.78%) Architect
2 195 (13.36%) Senior
3 184 (12.60%) Developer
4 104 (7.12%) DevOps Engineer
5 99 (6.78%) GCP Engineer
6 98 (6.71%) Analyst
7 95 (6.51%) Data Engineer
8 88 (6.03%) Lead
9 86 (5.89%) Solutions Architect
10 81 (5.55%) Software Engineer
11 68 (4.66%) Cloud Engineer
12 64 (4.38%) Security Engineer
13 61 (4.18%) Consultant
14 52 (3.56%) Java Developer
15 42 (2.88%) AWS Engineer
15 42 (2.88%) Security Architect
16 41 (2.81%) Python Engineer
17 38 (2.60%) Data Scientist
18 35 (2.40%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
19 34 (2.33%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (8.90%) RESTful
2 117 (8.01%) REST
3 108 (7.40%) Kafka
4 103 (7.05%) React
5 91 (6.23%) Node.js
6 90 (6.16%) Spring
7 72 (4.93%) Spring Boot
8 61 (4.18%) Elastic Stack
9 58 (3.97%) AngularJS
10 47 (3.22%) TensorFlow
11 46 (3.15%) OAuth
12 45 (3.08%) Pandas
12 45 (3.08%) PyTorch
13 42 (2.88%) Vue
14 41 (2.81%) HTML
15 37 (2.53%) NumPy
16 35 (2.40%) CSS
16 35 (2.40%) FastAPI
17 34 (2.33%) JSON
18 31 (2.12%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 263 (18.01%) Cloud Native
2 79 (5.41%) Distributed Systems
3 78 (5.34%) Public Cloud
4 68 (4.66%) Product Ownership
5 59 (4.04%) Onboarding
6 54 (3.70%) Security Posture
7 43 (2.95%) Hybrid Cloud
8 35 (2.40%) Data Structures
9 34 (2.33%) Data Centre
10 32 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
11 29 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
12 27 (1.85%) Algorithms
13 26 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
14 22 (1.51%) Fixed Income
15 21 (1.44%) Equities
15 21 (1.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 20 (1.37%) Private Cloud
17 19 (1.30%) Life Science
18 18 (1.23%) AI Agents
18 18 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 152 (10.41%) Linux
2 59 (4.04%) Windows
3 27 (1.85%) Unix
4 21 (1.44%) Mac OS
5 11 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (0.68%) CentOS
7 9 (0.62%) Android
7 9 (0.62%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.55%) Windows Server
9 7 (0.48%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.34%) VMS
10 5 (0.34%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.21%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.21%) Solaris
12 2 (0.14%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.14%) zOS
13 1 (0.068%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 612 (41.92%) CI/CD
2 522 (35.75%) DevOps
3 400 (27.40%) Agile
4 330 (22.60%) Problem-Solving
5 328 (22.47%) Containerisation
6 277 (18.97%) Infrastructure as Code
7 243 (16.64%) AI
8 242 (16.58%) Microservices
9 217 (14.86%) Analytics
10 202 (13.84%) Machine Learning
11 172 (11.78%) Stakeholder Management
12 165 (11.30%) Software Engineering
13 151 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
14 144 (9.86%) Data Modelling
15 140 (9.59%) Data Pipeline
16 136 (9.32%) ETL
17 135 (9.25%) Data Science
18 132 (9.04%) DevSecOps
18 132 (9.04%) Migration
18 132 (9.04%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 631 (43.22%) Python
2 278 (19.04%) SQL
3 258 (17.67%) Java
4 146 (10.00%) Bash
5 120 (8.22%) JavaScript
6 105 (7.19%) PowerShell
7 95 (6.51%) Go
8 86 (5.89%) TypeScript
9 31 (2.12%) C#
10 28 (1.92%) Scala
11 26 (1.78%) R
12 17 (1.16%) Bicep
12 17 (1.16%) C++
12 17 (1.16%) Ruby
13 16 (1.10%) Perl
13 16 (1.10%) Shell Script
14 15 (1.03%) Groovy
15 12 (0.82%) C
15 12 (0.82%) Kotlin
16 8 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 243 (16.64%) Security Cleared
2 189 (12.95%) SC Cleared
3 151 (10.34%) Degree
4 98 (6.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 78 (5.34%) CISSP
6 70 (4.79%) AWS Certification
7 66 (4.52%) Master's Degree
8 50 (3.42%) Azure Certification
8 50 (3.42%) CISM
9 36 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
10 27 (1.85%) DV Cleared
11 22 (1.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 20 (1.37%) CCSP
13 18 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 18 (1.23%) OSCP
14 14 (0.96%) CCNP
15 12 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
16 11 (0.75%) CCIE
17 10 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
17 10 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (9.52%) GDPR
2 115 (7.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 96 (6.58%) Data Quality
3 96 (6.58%) NIST
4 79 (5.41%) QA
5 49 (3.36%) PCI DSS
6 23 (1.58%) HIPAA
7 22 (1.51%) Accessibility
8 19 (1.30%) SOC 2
9 14 (0.96%) GRC
10 12 (0.82%) NCSC
11 8 (0.55%) PSD2
12 7 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 7 (0.48%) ISO 20022
13 6 (0.41%) EU AI Act
13 6 (0.41%) PERC
14 5 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
15 4 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 4 (0.27%) HL7
System Software
1 392 (26.85%) Docker
2 75 (5.14%) Active Directory
3 42 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.55%) KVM
4 8 (0.55%) VMware NSX
4 8 (0.55%) vSphere
5 7 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.41%) Squid
7 5 (0.34%) GPFS
7 5 (0.34%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.34%) Lustre
7 5 (0.34%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 5 (0.34%) Snort
8 2 (0.14%) Firmware
8 2 (0.14%) UAG
9 1 (0.068%) NFS
9 1 (0.068%) QEMU
9 1 (0.068%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.068%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.068%) Xen
Systems Management
1 468 (32.05%) Kubernetes
2 318 (21.78%) Terraform
3 152 (10.41%) Ansible
4 95 (6.51%) Grafana
4 95 (6.51%) Prometheus
5 28 (1.92%) Argo
6 26 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
7 24 (1.64%) Puppet
8 18 (1.23%) CSIRT
8 18 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
9 17 (1.16%) Istio
10 16 (1.10%) Progress Chef
10 16 (1.10%) SCCM
11 13 (0.89%) Nmap
12 12 (0.82%) Nessus
13 10 (0.68%) Fluentd
13 10 (0.68%) Kubeflow
13 10 (0.68%) NetBackup
13 10 (0.68%) Podman
14 9 (0.62%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 479 (32.81%) Google
2 150 (10.27%) Microsoft
3 122 (8.36%) Splunk
4 70 (4.79%) Databricks
5 60 (4.11%) Oracle
6 52 (3.56%) VMware
7 44 (3.01%) CyberArk
7 44 (3.01%) F5
8 43 (2.95%) SAP
9 42 (2.88%) Palo Alto
10 37 (2.53%) Cisco
11 34 (2.33%) ServiceNow
12 28 (1.92%) OpenAI
13 26 (1.78%) BeyondTrust
14 25 (1.71%) Red Hat
15 21 (1.44%) Citrix
16 18 (1.23%) IBM
17 17 (1.16%) Informatica
18 16 (1.10%) Fortinet
18 16 (1.10%) Okta