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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 58 73
Rank change year-on-year +10 +15 -3
Contract jobs citing GCP 1,672 915 1,019
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.11% 3.75% 2.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.64% 10.07% 8.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,145 628 749
10th Percentile £381 £369 £413
25th Percentile £458 £491 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £750
90th Percentile £750 £816 £808
UK median daily rate £548 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.63% -4.17% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 12 10
10th Percentile £12.95 - £30.90
25th Percentile £35.25 £25.25 £37.94
Median hourly rate £54.75 £47.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.26% -13.64% -21.62%
75th Percentile £71.13 £59.56 £64.94
90th Percentile £74.65 £78.08 £76.30
UK median hourly rate £59.50 £47.50 £51.75
% change year-on-year +25.26% -8.21% -26.16%

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 14,359 9,084 11,754
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.33% 37.23% 31.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,858 6,352 8,496
10th Percentile £319 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £745 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 198 318
10th Percentile £15.97 £15.06 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.13 £15.85
Median hourly rate £45.25 £26.45 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +71.08% +27.35% -31.90%
75th Percentile £68.07 £41.85 £32.31
90th Percentile £81.00 £72.88 £61.72
UK median hourly rate £40.64 £27.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +47.78% +30.95% -40.00%

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 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 6 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 6 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 +6 873 £575 -7.07% 374
North of England +28 328 £537 -2.32% 134
Yorkshire +3 193 £500 -4.76% 30
South East +32 178 £500 -13.04% 121
North West +13 120 £551 -4.17% 79
South West +25 102 £570 +8.57% 49
Midlands -20 92 £475 +2.70% 55
West Midlands -11 70 £486 -5.12% 24
East of England -5 50 £570 +15.74% 23
East Midlands -23 22 £438 -0.46% 31
North East -3 18 £575 +24.32% 25
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
1 100 (5.98%) Apache Spark
2 63 (3.77%) Apache Airflow
3 54 (3.23%) Apache
4 38 (2.27%) Confluence
5 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (0.60%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.30%) CMS
7 5 (0.30%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.24%) Camunda
8 4 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.24%) SAS
9 3 (0.18%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.12%) Apache Pulsar
10 2 (0.12%) nginx
11 1 (0.060%) Apache Pig
11 1 (0.060%) Apache Synapse
11 1 (0.060%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.060%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.060%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (0.36%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.12%) Weka
5 1 (0.060%) CPLEX
5 1 (0.060%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.060%) PlantUML
5 1 (0.060%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.18%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.060%) Actimize
4 1 (0.060%) Maximo
4 1 (0.060%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.060%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.060%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.060%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,157 (69.20%) Azure
2 1,132 (67.70%) AWS
3 183 (10.94%) GitHub
4 136 (8.13%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 113 (6.76%) Power Platform
6 106 (6.34%) GitHub Actions
7 84 (5.02%) Snowflake
8 81 (4.84%) AWS CloudFormation
9 65 (3.89%) Azure DevOps
9 65 (3.89%) SaaS
10 60 (3.59%) Serverless
11 52 (3.11%) dbt
11 52 (3.11%) OpenShift
12 48 (2.87%) Amazon S3
12 48 (2.87%) Vertex AI
13 46 (2.75%) Entra ID
14 37 (2.21%) Cloud Run
15 33 (1.97%) Microsoft 365
16 32 (1.91%) Google Gemini
17 30 (1.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 92 (5.50%) Firewall
2 84 (5.02%) DNS
2 84 (5.02%) VPN
3 82 (4.90%) Network Security
4 24 (1.44%) TCP/IP
5 23 (1.38%) WAN
6 20 (1.20%) HTTP
7 16 (0.96%) BGP
8 14 (0.84%) VoIP
9 13 (0.78%) SD-WAN
10 11 (0.66%) Internet
10 11 (0.66%) LAN
10 11 (0.66%) OSPF
11 10 (0.60%) SSL
12 9 (0.54%) Kerberos
13 8 (0.48%) VLAN
14 7 (0.42%) Reverse Proxy
14 7 (0.42%) VXLAN
15 6 (0.36%) DKIM
15 6 (0.36%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (10.53%) BigQuery
2 102 (6.10%) PostgreSQL
3 99 (5.92%) Data Warehouse
4 92 (5.50%) Power BI
5 78 (4.67%) NoSQL
6 70 (4.19%) Big Data
7 65 (3.89%) Data Lake
8 64 (3.83%) Metadata
9 52 (3.11%) Tableau
10 41 (2.45%) Relational Database
11 40 (2.39%) SQL Server
12 35 (2.09%) MongoDB
13 28 (1.67%) MySQL
14 26 (1.56%) Looker
15 24 (1.44%) Hadoop
16 23 (1.38%) Snowflake Schema
17 20 (1.20%) OLAP
18 18 (1.08%) Amazon Redshift
18 18 (1.08%) Delta Lake
18 18 (1.08%) Flink
Development Applications
1 203 (12.14%) Jenkins
2 156 (9.33%) Git
3 129 (7.72%) GitLab
4 79 (4.72%) JIRA
5 42 (2.51%) Selenium
6 38 (2.27%) JUnit
7 28 (1.67%) Cucumber
8 27 (1.61%) JMeter
9 24 (1.44%) Postman
10 20 (1.20%) SonarQube
11 18 (1.08%) REST Assured
12 16 (0.96%) WebDriver
13 13 (0.78%) MLflow
14 12 (0.72%) Maven
15 9 (0.54%) Bitbucket
15 9 (0.54%) CircleCI
15 9 (0.54%) Cypress.io
15 9 (0.54%) ERwin
15 9 (0.54%) Mockito
16 8 (0.48%) LoadRunner
General
1 490 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 365 (21.83%) Finance
3 170 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (9.15%) Banking
5 130 (7.78%) Public Sector
6 52 (3.11%) Retail
7 50 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
8 38 (2.27%) Legal
9 34 (2.03%) Telecoms
10 32 (1.91%) Front Office
11 28 (1.67%) Marketing
12 23 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (1.20%) Financial Institution
14 19 (1.14%) Investment Banking
15 17 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
16 16 (0.96%) Military
17 13 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 12 (0.72%) Billing
18 12 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
19 11 (0.66%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 346 (20.69%) Architect
2 195 (11.66%) Senior
3 179 (10.71%) Lead
4 174 (10.41%) Developer
5 160 (9.57%) GCP Engineer
6 137 (8.19%) Data Engineer
7 108 (6.46%) DevOps Engineer
8 95 (5.68%) Cloud Engineer
9 76 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
10 74 (4.43%) Analyst
11 62 (3.71%) Software Engineer
12 58 (3.47%) Cloud Architect
13 55 (3.29%) Consultant
13 55 (3.29%) Java Developer
14 49 (2.93%) GCP DevOps
14 49 (2.93%) Security Engineer
15 48 (2.87%) Security Architect
16 47 (2.81%) GCP DevOps Engineer
17 43 (2.57%) Data Architect
18 41 (2.45%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (9.63%) REST
2 149 (8.91%) Kafka
3 117 (7.00%) Spring
4 107 (6.40%) React
5 98 (5.86%) Node.js
6 90 (5.38%) Spring Boot
7 88 (5.26%) LDAP
8 68 (4.07%) OAuth
9 65 (3.89%) RESTful
10 54 (3.23%) SOAP
11 52 (3.11%) OpenID
12 49 (2.93%) AngularJS
12 49 (2.93%) PyTorch
12 49 (2.93%) TensorFlow
13 46 (2.75%) .NET
14 39 (2.33%) LangChain
15 38 (2.27%) SAML
16 36 (2.15%) OAuth2
17 34 (2.03%) scikit-learn
18 33 (1.97%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 290 (17.34%) Cloud Native
2 89 (5.32%) Distributed Systems
3 65 (3.89%) Public Cloud
4 62 (3.71%) Security Posture
5 59 (3.53%) Product Ownership
6 58 (3.47%) Enterprise Software
7 46 (2.75%) AI Agents
8 42 (2.51%) Onboarding
9 41 (2.45%) Data Centre
10 38 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
11 31 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
11 31 (1.85%) Fixed Income
12 25 (1.50%) Derivative
13 24 (1.44%) Algorithms
14 22 (1.32%) Clustering
14 22 (1.32%) Equities
15 21 (1.26%) Distributed Architecture
16 20 (1.20%) Management Information System
16 20 (1.20%) Private Cloud
17 19 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 91 (5.44%) Linux
2 68 (4.07%) Windows
3 26 (1.56%) Android
3 26 (1.56%) Mac OS
4 23 (1.38%) Apple iOS
5 22 (1.32%) VMS
6 16 (0.96%) Unix
7 11 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.42%) Windows Server
9 6 (0.36%) Data ONTAP
10 5 (0.30%) CoreOS
10 5 (0.30%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.18%) AIX
12 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.060%) CentOS
13 1 (0.060%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.060%) Rocky
13 1 (0.060%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 740 (44.26%) CI/CD
2 562 (33.61%) DevOps
3 357 (21.35%) Agile
4 351 (20.99%) Infrastructure as Code
5 345 (20.63%) AI
6 305 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
7 293 (17.52%) Analytics
8 265 (15.85%) Containerisation
8 265 (15.85%) Microservices
9 230 (13.76%) Machine Learning
10 222 (13.28%) Observability
11 197 (11.78%) Data Pipeline
12 190 (11.36%) Software Engineering
13 189 (11.30%) Migration
14 188 (11.24%) Data Modelling
15 187 (11.18%) Stakeholder Management
16 174 (10.41%) Data Engineering
17 164 (9.81%) Continuous Improvement
18 162 (9.69%) ETL
19 147 (8.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 673 (40.25%) Python
2 321 (19.20%) SQL
3 296 (17.70%) Java
4 141 (8.43%) PowerShell
5 128 (7.66%) JavaScript
6 111 (6.64%) Bash
7 80 (4.78%) TypeScript
8 69 (4.13%) Go
9 51 (3.05%) C#
10 37 (2.21%) Scala
11 19 (1.14%) Groovy
11 19 (1.14%) Kotlin
12 17 (1.02%) Bicep
13 16 (0.96%) R
14 9 (0.54%) Ruby
15 8 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (0.48%) PHP
16 7 (0.42%) Google Apps Script
16 7 (0.42%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.36%) C++
Qualifications
1 375 (22.43%) Security Cleared
2 309 (18.48%) SC Cleared
3 89 (5.32%) Degree
4 81 (4.84%) CISSP
5 53 (3.17%) AWS Certification
5 53 (3.17%) CISM
5 53 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 49 (2.93%) Azure Certification
6 49 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
7 44 (2.63%) DV Cleared
8 30 (1.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 23 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 20 (1.20%) CCSP
11 18 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
11 18 (1.08%) Master's Degree
12 17 (1.02%) CCNP
13 16 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
14 12 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 11 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (0.60%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (8.49%) GDPR
2 122 (7.30%) Data Quality
3 94 (5.62%) NIST
4 93 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 71 (4.25%) QA
6 41 (2.45%) PCI DSS
7 21 (1.26%) Accessibility
8 19 (1.14%) NCSC
9 18 (1.08%) GRC
9 18 (1.08%) SLA
10 15 (0.90%) HIPAA
11 12 (0.72%) ISO 20022
12 9 (0.54%) PSD2
12 9 (0.54%) SOC 2
13 7 (0.42%) COBIT
13 7 (0.42%) PERC
14 6 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 6 (0.36%) NIST 800
14 6 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 332 (19.86%) Docker
2 97 (5.80%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.32%) Hyper-V
5 18 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.42%) vSphere
7 5 (0.30%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 5 (0.30%) HDFS
7 5 (0.30%) NFS
7 5 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 3 (0.18%) GPFS
9 3 (0.18%) KVM
9 3 (0.18%) Lustre
10 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.060%) Apache Flume
11 1 (0.060%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.060%) iptables
11 1 (0.060%) Varnish
11 1 (0.060%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 507 (30.32%) Kubernetes
2 409 (24.46%) Terraform
3 114 (6.82%) Ansible
4 105 (6.28%) Grafana
5 96 (5.74%) Prometheus
6 34 (2.03%) Istio
7 28 (1.67%) Argo
8 22 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
9 15 (0.90%) Kubeflow
10 14 (0.84%) Puppet
11 13 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
12 12 (0.72%) Progress Chef
13 10 (0.60%) SCCM
14 9 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 7 (0.42%) Kibana
16 6 (0.36%) Nessus
16 6 (0.36%) Podman
16 6 (0.36%) Rancher
17 5 (0.30%) linkerd
17 5 (0.30%) QRadar
Vendors
1 526 (31.46%) Google
2 140 (8.37%) Microsoft
3 82 (4.90%) Databricks
4 73 (4.37%) Splunk
5 71 (4.25%) CyberArk
6 61 (3.65%) ServiceNow
7 56 (3.35%) BeyondTrust
8 40 (2.39%) Oracle
9 37 (2.21%) OpenAI
9 37 (2.21%) VMware
10 36 (2.15%) Centrify
11 31 (1.85%) Salesforce
12 30 (1.79%) Palo Alto
13 26 (1.56%) Dynatrace
14 24 (1.44%) Cisco
14 24 (1.44%) SAP
15 21 (1.26%) Informatica
16 18 (1.08%) Foundry
16 18 (1.08%) Red Hat
17 16 (0.96%) Okta