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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 47 53
Rank change year-on-year -6 +6 +12
Contract jobs citing GCP 1,936 1,346 1,208
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.13% 4.78% 3.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.97% 12.37% 10.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,282 917 798
10th Percentile £406 £375 £390
25th Percentile £463 £450 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -9.58% -2.24%
75th Percentile £669 £663 £750
90th Percentile £738 £825 £888
UK median daily rate £550 £537 £600
% change year-on-year +2.42% -10.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 6 5
10th Percentile £13.51 £33.11 £35.50
25th Percentile £17.70 £39.12 £36.25
Median hourly rate £72.61 £51.97 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.71% -5.51% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80.19 £67.44 £58.75
90th Percentile £82.13 £88.75 £61.00
UK median hourly rate £62.61 £51.97 £55.00
% change year-on-year +20.47% -5.51% -19.71%

All Cloud Computing 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 16,178 10,882 11,303
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.54% 38.66% 35.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,769 7,357 7,545
10th Percentile £322 £303 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -2.78%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 581 264 160
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.07 £16.27
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.51 £23.80
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +8.36%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.18 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +7.99%

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 15 October 2026.

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 15 October 2026.

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 15 October 2026. 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 -6 1,008 £588 -2.08% 223
North of England +2 438 £530 +6.00% 101
Yorkshire -1 275 £532 +6.30% 38
South East -18 176 £525 +6.65% 72
North West -1 146 £530 +6.00% 50
South West +22 137 £550 +4.76% 52
Midlands -71 74 £540 +10.77% 22
West Midlands -58 59 £540 +2.86% 16
East of England -3 49 £550 +11.96% 13
North East -20 20 £600 +21.21% 14
East Midlands -26 15 £579 +39.58% 6
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
1 113 (5.84%) Apache Spark
2 112 (5.79%) Apache Airflow
3 78 (4.03%) Apache
4 53 (2.74%) Confluence
5 19 (0.98%) SharePoint
6 15 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.41%) SAS
8 6 (0.31%) Apache Superset
8 6 (0.31%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.26%) IIS
10 3 (0.15%) CMS
10 3 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.15%) nginx
11 2 (0.10%) Camunda
11 2 (0.10%) Ethereum
11 2 (0.10%) PowerExchange
12 1 (0.052%) Apache Pulsar
12 1 (0.052%) CIMPLICITY
12 1 (0.052%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.052%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 14 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.41%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.26%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.21%) Trello
6 3 (0.15%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.052%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.052%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.052%) Houdini
7 1 (0.052%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.052%) NUKE
7 1 (0.052%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 18 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.52%) NetSuite
3 9 (0.46%) Cloudability
4 7 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.26%) Sage X3
7 3 (0.15%) Distributed Ledger
7 3 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.10%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.052%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.052%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.052%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.052%) Oracle Retail
9 1 (0.052%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.052%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.052%) SAP IS-U
9 1 (0.052%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.052%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 1,284 (66.32%) AWS
2 1,244 (64.26%) Azure
3 233 (12.04%) GitHub
4 171 (8.83%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 155 (8.01%) GitHub Actions
6 134 (6.92%) Snowflake
7 103 (5.32%) dbt
8 94 (4.86%) Azure DevOps
9 91 (4.70%) SaaS
10 81 (4.18%) AWS CloudFormation
11 80 (4.13%) Entra ID
12 73 (3.77%) Power Platform
13 64 (3.31%) Serverless
14 57 (2.94%) Cloud Run
15 52 (2.69%) Amazon EKS
16 50 (2.58%) Vertex AI
17 47 (2.43%) Azure Sentinel
18 43 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
19 42 (2.17%) Datadog
20 38 (1.96%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 106 (5.48%) Firewall
2 102 (5.27%) Network Security
3 76 (3.93%) DNS
4 62 (3.20%) VPN
5 34 (1.76%) BGP
6 31 (1.60%) TCP/IP
7 26 (1.34%) DHCP
7 26 (1.34%) WAN
8 24 (1.24%) Internet
9 22 (1.14%) HTTP
10 20 (1.03%) OSPF
10 20 (1.03%) SD-WAN
11 18 (0.93%) VLAN
12 14 (0.72%) SSL
13 13 (0.67%) VoIP
14 12 (0.62%) IPsec
15 11 (0.57%) LAN
15 11 (0.57%) Multicast
16 10 (0.52%) MPLS
17 9 (0.46%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 241 (12.45%) BigQuery
2 165 (8.52%) Data Warehouse
3 119 (6.15%) PostgreSQL
4 89 (4.60%) Metadata
5 85 (4.39%) Relational Database
6 76 (3.93%) NoSQL
7 74 (3.82%) Data Lake
8 64 (3.31%) Power BI
9 55 (2.84%) Big Data
10 52 (2.69%) Amazon Redshift
11 48 (2.48%) Looker
12 46 (2.38%) MySQL
13 43 (2.22%) MongoDB
14 41 (2.12%) SQL Server
15 37 (1.91%) Tableau
16 33 (1.70%) Redis
17 27 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
17 27 (1.39%) Flink
18 24 (1.24%) Delta Lake
18 24 (1.24%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 251 (12.96%) Git
2 249 (12.86%) Jenkins
3 157 (8.11%) GitLab
4 109 (5.63%) JIRA
5 39 (2.01%) Maven
6 34 (1.76%) JUnit
6 34 (1.76%) SonarQube
7 27 (1.39%) Gradle
8 25 (1.29%) JMeter
8 25 (1.29%) Selenium
9 24 (1.24%) Bitbucket
10 23 (1.19%) Cucumber
11 22 (1.14%) Sonatype Nexus
12 18 (0.93%) Gatling
12 18 (0.93%) LoadRunner
13 17 (0.88%) Claude Code
13 17 (0.88%) Postman
14 14 (0.72%) Cypress.io
14 14 (0.72%) Snyk
15 11 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 534 (27.58%) Social Skills
2 492 (25.41%) Finance
3 210 (10.85%) Banking
4 195 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
5 156 (8.06%) Public Sector
6 72 (3.72%) Retail
7 54 (2.79%) Telecoms
8 48 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 36 (1.86%) Manufacturing
10 33 (1.70%) Investment Banking
11 32 (1.65%) Legal
12 31 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
13 30 (1.55%) Billing
14 29 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
15 27 (1.39%) Marketing
16 26 (1.34%) Financial Institution
17 21 (1.08%) Aerospace
18 18 (0.93%) Publishing
19 17 (0.88%) Front Office
19 17 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 402 (20.76%) Architect
2 258 (13.33%) Senior
3 225 (11.62%) Developer
4 183 (9.45%) Data Engineer
5 175 (9.04%) Lead
6 150 (7.75%) GCP Engineer
7 132 (6.82%) Cloud Engineer
8 119 (6.15%) DevOps Engineer
9 109 (5.63%) Solutions Architect
10 90 (4.65%) Security Engineer
11 89 (4.60%) Java Developer
12 86 (4.44%) Consultant
13 71 (3.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 69 (3.56%) Analyst
15 62 (3.20%) Cloud Architect
15 62 (3.20%) Platform Engineer
16 57 (2.94%) Data Architect
17 53 (2.74%) Security Architect
17 53 (2.74%) Software Engineer
18 47 (2.43%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 531 (27.43%) Terraform
2 227 (11.73%) Kafka
3 205 (10.59%) REST
4 113 (5.84%) React
5 99 (5.11%) OAuth
6 95 (4.91%) RESTful
7 91 (4.70%) Spring
8 84 (4.34%) Spring Boot
9 67 (3.46%) Node.js
10 63 (3.25%) JSON
11 62 (3.20%) OpenID
12 58 (3.00%) SOAP
13 57 (2.94%) SAML
14 53 (2.74%) PySpark
15 49 (2.53%) OAuth2
16 48 (2.48%) LangChain
17 46 (2.38%) HTML
18 44 (2.27%) LDAP
19 41 (2.12%) Middleware
19 41 (2.12%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 431 (22.26%) Cloud Native
2 139 (7.18%) Distributed Systems
3 106 (5.48%) AI Agents
4 82 (4.24%) Onboarding
5 81 (4.18%) Product Ownership
6 77 (3.98%) Public Cloud
7 68 (3.51%) Security Posture
8 67 (3.46%) Hybrid Cloud
9 66 (3.41%) Enterprise Software
10 60 (3.10%) Data Centre
11 53 (2.74%) Data Structures
12 50 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
13 47 (2.43%) Enterprise Cloud
14 45 (2.32%) Management Information System
15 43 (2.22%) Algorithms
16 41 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
17 39 (2.01%) PKI
18 29 (1.50%) CMDB
19 25 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
20 24 (1.24%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 181 (9.35%) Linux
2 104 (5.37%) Windows
3 52 (2.69%) Unix
4 36 (1.86%) Windows Server
5 35 (1.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 19 (0.98%) Android
7 11 (0.57%) Apple iOS
8 10 (0.52%) macOS
8 10 (0.52%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.36%) VMS
10 4 (0.21%) Alpine Linux
11 3 (0.15%) AIX
11 3 (0.15%) CentOS
12 1 (0.052%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.052%) Solaris
12 1 (0.052%) SUSE
12 1 (0.052%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.052%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 918 (47.42%) CI/CD
2 664 (34.30%) DevOps
3 520 (26.86%) Infrastructure as Code
4 502 (25.93%) Agile
5 483 (24.95%) AI
6 368 (19.01%) Stakeholder Management
7 334 (17.25%) Microservices
8 314 (16.22%) Analytics
9 291 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
9 291 (15.03%) Software Engineering
10 285 (14.72%) Observability
11 269 (13.89%) Containerisation
12 264 (13.64%) Machine Learning
13 253 (13.07%) Roadmaps
14 248 (12.81%) Cloud Security
15 239 (12.35%) Data Modelling
16 232 (11.98%) Event-Driven
16 232 (11.98%) Migration
17 230 (11.88%) Data Engineering
17 230 (11.88%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 775 (40.03%) Python
2 460 (23.76%) SQL
3 355 (18.34%) Java
4 161 (8.32%) Bash
5 156 (8.06%) PowerShell
6 151 (7.80%) JavaScript
7 97 (5.01%) Go
8 73 (3.77%) TypeScript
9 51 (2.63%) Shell Script
10 44 (2.27%) C#
11 38 (1.96%) Scala
12 36 (1.86%) Bicep
13 28 (1.45%) Kotlin
14 24 (1.24%) Groovy
15 18 (0.93%) R
16 17 (0.88%) Rust
17 14 (0.72%) C++
18 12 (0.62%) ABAP
19 11 (0.57%) PL/SQL
20 10 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 380 (19.63%) Security Cleared
2 278 (14.36%) SC Cleared
3 145 (7.49%) Degree
4 110 (5.68%) CISSP
5 108 (5.58%) DV Cleared
6 103 (5.32%) AWS Certification
7 68 (3.51%) Azure Certification
8 67 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 65 (3.36%) CISM
10 56 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
11 44 (2.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 37 (1.91%) Master's Degree
13 36 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
14 30 (1.55%) CCSP
15 21 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 17 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
17 16 (0.83%) CISA
18 14 (0.72%) GIAC
18 14 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
19 13 (0.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 193 (9.97%) Data Quality
2 103 (5.32%) QA
3 96 (4.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 89 (4.60%) NIST
5 65 (3.36%) GDPR
6 33 (1.70%) PCI DSS
7 32 (1.65%) Accessibility
8 26 (1.34%) GRC
9 25 (1.29%) NCSC
10 24 (1.24%) SOC 2
11 13 (0.67%) HIPAA
12 11 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 9 (0.46%) COBIT
14 8 (0.41%) SLA
15 7 (0.36%) MiFID
16 6 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
16 6 (0.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 6 (0.31%) WCAG
17 5 (0.26%) ISO 31000
17 5 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 350 (18.08%) Docker
2 87 (4.49%) Active Directory
3 34 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.88%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.67%) vSphere
6 12 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
6 12 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.31%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 6 (0.31%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.26%) ISA Server
8 5 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.21%) VirtualBox
10 3 (0.15%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.15%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (0.15%) Terminal Services
11 2 (0.10%) KVM
12 1 (0.052%) HDFS
12 1 (0.052%) RHEV
12 1 (0.052%) zsh
Systems Management
1 622 (32.13%) Kubernetes
2 170 (8.78%) Ansible
3 121 (6.25%) Grafana
4 110 (5.68%) Prometheus
5 45 (2.32%) Single Sign-On
6 33 (1.70%) Progress Chef
7 32 (1.65%) Argo
8 27 (1.39%) Puppet
9 26 (1.34%) Istio
10 19 (0.98%) Kustomize
11 16 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
12 10 (0.52%) Podman
13 9 (0.46%) CASB
14 8 (0.41%) QRadar
15 6 (0.31%) Kubeflow
16 5 (0.26%) Control-M
16 5 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
16 5 (0.26%) Kibana
17 4 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 4 (0.21%) Nagios
Vendors
1 704 (36.36%) Google
2 264 (13.64%) Microsoft
3 127 (6.56%) Databricks
4 95 (4.91%) Splunk
5 83 (4.29%) Oracle
6 68 (3.51%) ServiceNow
7 61 (3.15%) Dynatrace
8 49 (2.53%) SAP
9 48 (2.48%) Salesforce
9 48 (2.48%) VMware
10 44 (2.27%) OpenAI
11 43 (2.22%) CyberArk
12 37 (1.91%) IBM
13 36 (1.86%) Palo Alto
14 31 (1.60%) Cisco
15 29 (1.50%) Red Hat
16 28 (1.45%) Informatica
17 24 (1.24%) CrowdStrike
17 24 (1.24%) Okta
18 19 (0.98%) MuleSoft