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 20 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 56 68
Rank change year-on-year +6 +12 -2
Contract jobs citing GCP 1,641 925 1,074
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.99% 3.81% 2.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.41% 10.25% 9.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,112 632 799
10th Percentile £400 £363 £413
25th Percentile £463 £475 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £750
90th Percentile £750 £838 £825
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 12 10
10th Percentile £12.95 - £30.90
25th Percentile £14.72 £25.25 £37.94
Median hourly rate £42.50 £47.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -13.64% -21.62%
75th Percentile £70.47 £59.56 £64.94
90th Percentile £74.35 £78.08 £76.30
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £47.50 £51.75
% change year-on-year +5.26% -8.21% -26.26%

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 14,385 9,028 11,691
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.99% 37.18% 32.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,853 6,245 8,435
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £505 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 467 203 327
10th Percentile £15.40 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.90 £17.96 £15.87
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +54.90% +19.33% -35.73%
75th Percentile £65.00 £37.63 £35.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £72.25 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £27.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +34.55% +28.69% -38.94%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 0 852 £588 -2.12% 388
North of England +23 344 £538 -2.27% 127
Yorkshire +8 210 £514 -2.10% 26
South East +11 157 £505 -8.18% 147
North West +11 118 £558 +1.36% 81
South West +22 107 £560 +6.67% 66
Midlands -21 87 £475 +4.40% 36
West Midlands -10 67 £488 -7.14% 13
East of England +2 51 £549 +11.54% 28
East Midlands -25 20 £438 +9.38% 23
North East -6 19 £584 +26.22% 20
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
1 105 (6.40%) Apache Spark
2 64 (3.90%) Apache Airflow
3 57 (3.47%) Apache
4 37 (2.25%) Confluence
5 14 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (0.85%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.30%) CMS
7 4 (0.24%) Camunda
7 4 (0.24%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.12%) Apache Pulsar
8 2 (0.12%) nginx
8 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.061%) Apache Pig
9 1 (0.061%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.061%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.061%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.061%) SAS
9 1 (0.061%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
4 6 (0.37%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.30%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.061%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.061%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.061%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.061%) Trello
7 1 (0.061%) Weka
Business Applications
1 5 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.18%) Cloudability
3 3 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.061%) Maximo
4 1 (0.061%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.061%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.061%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.061%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.061%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.061%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,113 (67.82%) Azure
2 1,096 (66.79%) AWS
3 185 (11.27%) GitHub
4 144 (8.78%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 113 (6.89%) GitHub Actions
6 106 (6.46%) Power Platform
7 85 (5.18%) Snowflake
8 78 (4.75%) AWS CloudFormation
9 72 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
10 68 (4.14%) SaaS
11 62 (3.78%) Serverless
12 53 (3.23%) dbt
13 50 (3.05%) Entra ID
13 50 (3.05%) OpenShift
14 47 (2.86%) Vertex AI
15 46 (2.80%) Amazon S3
16 40 (2.44%) Cloud Run
17 37 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
18 30 (1.83%) Google Workspace
19 29 (1.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 93 (5.67%) Firewall
2 90 (5.48%) DNS
3 86 (5.24%) Network Security
3 86 (5.24%) VPN
4 24 (1.46%) TCP/IP
5 23 (1.40%) WAN
6 19 (1.16%) HTTP
7 18 (1.10%) BGP
8 13 (0.79%) SD-WAN
9 12 (0.73%) VoIP
10 11 (0.67%) Internet
10 11 (0.67%) LAN
10 11 (0.67%) OSPF
10 11 (0.67%) SSL
11 9 (0.55%) Kerberos
12 8 (0.49%) DHCP
12 8 (0.49%) DKIM
12 8 (0.49%) DMARC
12 8 (0.49%) IPsec
12 8 (0.49%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 180 (10.97%) BigQuery
2 104 (6.34%) Data Warehouse
3 100 (6.09%) PostgreSQL
4 88 (5.36%) Power BI
5 79 (4.81%) NoSQL
6 71 (4.33%) Data Lake
7 68 (4.14%) Big Data
8 56 (3.41%) Metadata
9 52 (3.17%) Tableau
10 46 (2.80%) Relational Database
11 40 (2.44%) SQL Server
12 35 (2.13%) MongoDB
13 27 (1.65%) MySQL
14 26 (1.58%) Looker
15 24 (1.46%) Snowflake Schema
16 23 (1.40%) Hadoop
17 20 (1.22%) Flink
18 19 (1.16%) OLAP
19 18 (1.10%) Delta Lake
20 16 (0.98%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 209 (12.74%) Jenkins
2 154 (9.38%) Git
3 135 (8.23%) GitLab
4 84 (5.12%) JIRA
5 44 (2.68%) Selenium
6 37 (2.25%) JUnit
7 31 (1.89%) Cucumber
8 27 (1.65%) JMeter
9 25 (1.52%) Postman
9 25 (1.52%) SonarQube
10 19 (1.16%) REST Assured
11 17 (1.04%) Maven
12 16 (0.98%) WebDriver
13 13 (0.79%) MLflow
14 10 (0.61%) ERwin
14 10 (0.61%) Gradle
15 9 (0.55%) CircleCI
15 9 (0.55%) Cypress.io
15 9 (0.55%) LoadRunner
15 9 (0.55%) Snyk
General
1 460 (28.03%) Social Skills
2 356 (21.69%) Finance
3 149 (9.08%) Banking
4 148 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
5 132 (8.04%) Public Sector
6 54 (3.29%) Retail
7 43 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
8 36 (2.19%) Legal
9 31 (1.89%) Front Office
9 31 (1.89%) Telecoms
10 28 (1.71%) Marketing
11 27 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
12 21 (1.28%) Investment Banking
13 20 (1.22%) Financial Institution
14 16 (0.98%) Military
15 15 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 14 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
17 11 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
18 10 (0.61%) Billing
18 10 (0.61%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 347 (21.15%) Architect
2 196 (11.94%) Senior
3 180 (10.97%) Developer
4 161 (9.81%) GCP Engineer
4 161 (9.81%) Lead
5 139 (8.47%) Data Engineer
6 114 (6.95%) DevOps Engineer
7 94 (5.73%) Cloud Engineer
8 76 (4.63%) Solutions Architect
9 65 (3.96%) Software Engineer
10 62 (3.78%) Cloud Architect
11 61 (3.72%) Analyst
12 59 (3.60%) Java Developer
13 58 (3.53%) Consultant
14 52 (3.17%) GCP DevOps
15 51 (3.11%) Security Architect
16 49 (2.99%) GCP DevOps Engineer
17 45 (2.74%) Data Architect
17 45 (2.74%) Security Engineer
18 39 (2.38%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 159 (9.69%) REST
2 149 (9.08%) Kafka
3 112 (6.83%) Spring
4 109 (6.64%) React
5 97 (5.91%) Node.js
6 91 (5.55%) Spring Boot
7 83 (5.06%) LDAP
8 75 (4.57%) OAuth
9 58 (3.53%) RESTful
9 58 (3.53%) SOAP
10 53 (3.23%) OpenID
11 48 (2.93%) PyTorch
12 46 (2.80%) TensorFlow
13 45 (2.74%) AngularJS
14 43 (2.62%) .NET
15 39 (2.38%) LangChain
16 38 (2.32%) OAuth2
16 38 (2.32%) SAML
17 33 (2.01%) Middleware
18 31 (1.89%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 290 (17.67%) Cloud Native
2 88 (5.36%) Distributed Systems
3 63 (3.84%) Security Posture
4 59 (3.60%) Public Cloud
5 58 (3.53%) Enterprise Software
6 52 (3.17%) Product Ownership
7 49 (2.99%) AI Agents
8 44 (2.68%) Data Centre
9 40 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
10 38 (2.32%) Onboarding
11 33 (2.01%) Data Protection Act
12 32 (1.95%) Fixed Income
13 26 (1.58%) Derivative
14 23 (1.40%) Equities
15 22 (1.34%) Clustering
15 22 (1.34%) Distributed Architecture
16 21 (1.28%) Algorithms
17 20 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
17 20 (1.22%) Management Information System
17 20 (1.22%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 89 (5.42%) Linux
2 64 (3.90%) Windows
3 27 (1.65%) Android
4 23 (1.40%) Mac OS
5 22 (1.34%) Apple iOS
6 20 (1.22%) VMS
7 18 (1.10%) Unix
8 11 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 8 (0.49%) Windows Server
10 6 (0.37%) Data ONTAP
11 5 (0.30%) CoreOS
11 5 (0.30%) Windows 10
12 3 (0.18%) AIX
13 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
13 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.061%) CentOS
14 1 (0.061%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.061%) Rocky
14 1 (0.061%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 742 (45.22%) CI/CD
2 564 (34.37%) DevOps
3 359 (21.88%) Infrastructure as Code
4 356 (21.69%) Agile
5 338 (20.60%) AI
6 284 (17.31%) Analytics
7 276 (16.82%) Problem-Solving
8 267 (16.27%) Microservices
9 256 (15.60%) Containerisation
10 240 (14.63%) Observability
11 223 (13.59%) Machine Learning
12 195 (11.88%) Data Modelling
13 194 (11.82%) Software Engineering
14 193 (11.76%) Data Pipeline
15 190 (11.58%) Migration
16 178 (10.85%) Stakeholder Management
17 176 (10.73%) Data Engineering
18 165 (10.05%) ETL
19 161 (9.81%) Continuous Improvement
20 149 (9.08%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 638 (38.88%) Python
2 328 (19.99%) SQL
3 287 (17.49%) Java
4 131 (7.98%) PowerShell
5 129 (7.86%) JavaScript
6 109 (6.64%) Bash
7 79 (4.81%) TypeScript
8 76 (4.63%) Go
9 47 (2.86%) C#
10 39 (2.38%) Scala
11 19 (1.16%) Groovy
12 18 (1.10%) Kotlin
13 17 (1.04%) Bicep
14 10 (0.61%) PHP
14 10 (0.61%) R
15 9 (0.55%) Ruby
16 8 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 7 (0.43%) Google Apps Script
17 7 (0.43%) Shell Script
18 6 (0.37%) C++
Qualifications
1 365 (22.24%) Security Cleared
2 299 (18.22%) SC Cleared
3 84 (5.12%) Degree
4 79 (4.81%) CISSP
5 54 (3.29%) DV Cleared
6 53 (3.23%) AWS Certification
7 52 (3.17%) CISM
8 51 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 50 (3.05%) Cisco Certification
10 49 (2.99%) Azure Certification
11 32 (1.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 23 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
13 22 (1.34%) CCSP
14 19 (1.16%) Master's Degree
15 17 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
16 16 (0.98%) CCNP
16 16 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
17 14 (0.85%) GIAC
18 12 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 11 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (7.56%) GDPR
2 117 (7.13%) Data Quality
3 89 (5.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 89 (5.42%) NIST
4 68 (4.14%) QA
5 38 (2.32%) PCI DSS
6 21 (1.28%) Accessibility
7 20 (1.22%) NCSC
8 18 (1.10%) GRC
8 18 (1.10%) SLA
9 15 (0.91%) HIPAA
10 10 (0.61%) ISO 20022
11 9 (0.55%) COBIT
11 9 (0.55%) PSD2
11 9 (0.55%) SOC 2
12 8 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 8 (0.49%) WCAG
13 6 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 6 (0.37%) NIST 800
14 5 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 321 (19.56%) Docker
2 96 (5.85%) Active Directory
3 32 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (1.46%) Hyper-V
5 15 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.55%) vSphere
7 7 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.30%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 5 (0.30%) NFS
9 4 (0.24%) HDFS
9 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 2 (0.12%) GPFS
11 2 (0.12%) KVM
11 2 (0.12%) Lustre
12 1 (0.061%) Apache Flume
12 1 (0.061%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.061%) iptables
12 1 (0.061%) Varnish
12 1 (0.061%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 503 (30.65%) Kubernetes
2 408 (24.86%) Terraform
3 115 (7.01%) Ansible
4 109 (6.64%) Grafana
5 100 (6.09%) Prometheus
6 36 (2.19%) Istio
7 29 (1.77%) Argo
8 26 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
9 14 (0.85%) Puppet
10 13 (0.79%) Kubeflow
10 13 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
11 12 (0.73%) Progress Chef
12 10 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 8 (0.49%) SCCM
14 7 (0.43%) Kibana
15 6 (0.37%) Kustomize
15 6 (0.37%) linkerd
15 6 (0.37%) Nessus
15 6 (0.37%) Podman
16 5 (0.30%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 499 (30.41%) Google
2 141 (8.59%) Microsoft
3 84 (5.12%) Databricks
4 69 (4.20%) Splunk
5 67 (4.08%) ServiceNow
6 63 (3.84%) CyberArk
7 48 (2.93%) BeyondTrust
8 38 (2.32%) Oracle
9 37 (2.25%) OpenAI
9 37 (2.25%) VMware
10 36 (2.19%) Centrify
11 32 (1.95%) Salesforce
12 29 (1.77%) Palo Alto
13 28 (1.71%) Dynatrace
14 24 (1.46%) SAP
15 21 (1.28%) Cisco
16 18 (1.10%) Red Hat
17 17 (1.04%) Foundry
17 17 (1.04%) Informatica
17 17 (1.04%) MuleSoft