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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 54 60
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 +2
Contract jobs citing GCP 1,233 1,192 1,495
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 4.48% 3.67% 3.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.92% 10.61% 9.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 830 806 1,180
10th Percentile £378 £403 £425
25th Percentile £462 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £603 £615
Median % change year-on-year -8.79% -1.95% -1.60%
75th Percentile £675 £768 £738
90th Percentile £838 £888 £825
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 9
10th Percentile £34.39 £35.50 £62.25
25th Percentile £41.25 £36.25 £70.09
Median hourly rate £52.50 £55.00 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -29.03% +154.10%
75th Percentile £72.00 £57.50 £82.50
90th Percentile £101.10 £60.50 £86.00
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £55.00 £74.75
% change year-on-year -4.55% -26.42% +187.50%

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 10,343 11,232 15,310
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.56% 34.55% 35.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,002 7,648 11,230
10th Percentile £306 £313 £313
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 176 306
10th Percentile £15.40 £14.33 £14.57
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.38 £18.50
Median hourly rate £26.30 £32.75 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.69% -0.76% +53.49%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.99 £68.31
90th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £29.04 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -6.34% -11.43% +62.79%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for GCP 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -4 746 £600 -4.76% 492
North of England +11 219 £490 -6.67% 155
Yorkshire +8 140 £473 -12.09% 53
Midlands +42 85 £465 -19.97% 95
South East +31 82 £517 +6.05% 279
North West +14 77 £513 +2.50% 86
West Midlands +24 52 £530 -13.40% 50
South West +49 46 £525 -4.55% 70
East Midlands +18 32 £415 +16.57% 42
East of England +9 22 £506 +18.94% 47
North East -7 2 £625 +25.00% 18
GCP
UK

GCP
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:

Application Platforms
1 93 (7.54%) Apache Airflow
2 67 (5.43%) Apache Spark
3 41 (3.33%) Confluence
4 31 (2.51%) Apache
5 11 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.73%) SharePoint
7 8 (0.65%) WebSphere
8 7 (0.57%) Jupyter
9 6 (0.49%) Mule
9 6 (0.49%) Tomcat
10 4 (0.32%) CMS
10 4 (0.32%) nginx
10 4 (0.32%) SAS
11 3 (0.24%) Luigi
11 3 (0.24%) WebSphere Application Server
12 2 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.16%) CICS
12 2 (0.16%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.16%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 2 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 16 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (0.65%) MS Visio
3 6 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.16%) Maple
5 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.16%) Sketch
6 1 (0.081%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.081%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.57%) Shopify
3 5 (0.41%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.24%) Magento
6 2 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.16%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.081%) Exchequer
7 1 (0.081%) Kondor
7 1 (0.081%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 877 (71.13%) AWS
2 769 (62.37%) Azure
3 138 (11.19%) GitHub
4 86 (6.97%) dbt
4 86 (6.97%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 72 (5.84%) SaaS
6 63 (5.11%) GitHub Actions
6 63 (5.11%) Snowflake
7 58 (4.70%) Power Platform
8 57 (4.62%) Entra ID
9 56 (4.54%) PaaS
9 56 (4.54%) Serverless
10 51 (4.14%) IaaS
11 50 (4.06%) Azure DevOps
12 49 (3.97%) AWS CloudFormation
13 39 (3.16%) Cloud Computing
14 38 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
15 31 (2.51%) OpenShift
16 28 (2.27%) Apigee
17 26 (2.11%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 122 (9.89%) Firewall
2 54 (4.38%) VPN
3 47 (3.81%) Network Security
4 39 (3.16%) DNS
5 19 (1.54%) DHCP
6 17 (1.38%) TCP/IP
6 17 (1.38%) VLAN
7 15 (1.22%) HTTP
8 14 (1.14%) BGP
8 14 (1.14%) SSL
8 14 (1.14%) Wireshark
9 13 (1.05%) OSPF
10 12 (0.97%) SMTP
11 10 (0.81%) WAN
12 9 (0.73%) SAN
13 7 (0.57%) LAN
13 7 (0.57%) MPLS
14 6 (0.49%) SD-WAN
14 6 (0.49%) SSH
15 5 (0.41%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (12.49%) BigQuery
2 140 (11.35%) PostgreSQL
3 108 (8.76%) Data Warehouse
4 97 (7.87%) NoSQL
5 62 (5.03%) Big Data
6 55 (4.46%) Power BI
7 52 (4.22%) Data Lake
8 50 (4.06%) MongoDB
9 45 (3.65%) Tableau
10 41 (3.33%) Amazon Athena
11 38 (3.08%) Relational Database
12 37 (3.00%) Apache Iceberg
12 37 (3.00%) Looker
13 36 (2.92%) Apache Arrow
13 36 (2.92%) Dremio
14 33 (2.68%) SQL Server
15 29 (2.35%) Amazon Redshift
16 27 (2.19%) Hadoop
16 27 (2.19%) Metadata
17 25 (2.03%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 175 (14.19%) Jenkins
2 103 (8.35%) Git
3 101 (8.19%) GitLab
4 90 (7.30%) JIRA
5 46 (3.73%) SonarQube
6 32 (2.60%) Liquibase
7 21 (1.70%) Maven
7 21 (1.70%) Sonatype Nexus
8 19 (1.54%) Burp Suite
8 19 (1.54%) Metasploit
8 19 (1.54%) MLflow
9 18 (1.46%) CircleCI
10 17 (1.38%) Gradle
11 15 (1.22%) Artifactory
11 15 (1.22%) ER Studio
12 14 (1.14%) ERwin
12 14 (1.14%) Postman
12 14 (1.14%) Selenium
13 13 (1.05%) TeamCity
14 12 (0.97%) Cypress.io
General
1 403 (32.68%) Social Skills
2 309 (25.06%) Finance
3 194 (15.73%) Banking
4 143 (11.60%) Analytical Skills
5 91 (7.38%) Public Sector
6 82 (6.65%) Front Office
7 42 (3.41%) Marketing
8 35 (2.84%) Telecoms
9 33 (2.68%) Retail
10 27 (2.19%) Financial Institution
11 25 (2.03%) Investment Banking
12 19 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
12 19 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 18 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.14%) Manufacturing
14 14 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
15 12 (0.97%) Legal
15 12 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (0.81%) Publishing
17 9 (0.73%) Military
Job Titles
1 247 (20.03%) Architect
2 203 (16.46%) Developer
3 156 (12.65%) Senior
4 120 (9.73%) Software Engineer
5 90 (7.30%) DevOps Engineer
6 79 (6.41%) Data Engineer
6 79 (6.41%) Developer/Software Engineer
7 71 (5.76%) Solutions Architect
8 67 (5.43%) Analyst
9 61 (4.95%) GCP Engineer
10 56 (4.54%) AWS Engineer
10 56 (4.54%) Security Architect
10 56 (4.54%) Security Engineer
11 53 (4.30%) Lead
12 49 (3.97%) Java Developer
13 48 (3.89%) Python Engineer
14 47 (3.81%) Cloud Engineer
15 45 (3.65%) Data Architect
15 45 (3.65%) GCP Architect
16 40 (3.24%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (10.06%) React
2 103 (8.35%) Node.js
3 91 (7.38%) Kafka
4 86 (6.97%) RESTful
5 72 (5.84%) AngularJS
6 60 (4.87%) REST
7 58 (4.70%) Vue
8 54 (4.38%) Spring
9 52 (4.22%) Pandas
10 49 (3.97%) NumPy
10 49 (3.97%) OAuth
11 47 (3.81%) Redux
11 47 (3.81%) Spring Boot
12 44 (3.57%) Elastic Stack
13 36 (2.92%) SciPy
14 34 (2.76%) OpenID
14 34 (2.76%) SAML
15 30 (2.43%) LDAP
16 29 (2.35%) GraphQL
17 26 (2.11%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 204 (16.55%) Cloud Native
2 80 (6.49%) Fixed Income
3 63 (5.11%) Equities
4 61 (4.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 52 (4.22%) Distributed Systems
6 47 (3.81%) Public Cloud
7 41 (3.33%) Security Posture
8 40 (3.24%) Product Ownership
9 37 (3.00%) Data Centre
9 37 (3.00%) Hybrid Cloud
10 32 (2.60%) Onboarding
11 30 (2.43%) Data Structures
12 29 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
13 27 (2.19%) Algorithms
14 25 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
15 21 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
16 20 (1.62%) Hedge funds
17 19 (1.54%) Management Information System
17 19 (1.54%) Virtual Team
18 16 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 129 (10.46%) Linux
2 63 (5.11%) Windows
3 37 (3.00%) Unix
4 19 (1.54%) Windows Server
5 17 (1.38%) Mac OS
6 11 (0.89%) Android
6 11 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 10 (0.81%) Apple iOS
8 6 (0.49%) CentOS
9 5 (0.41%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.32%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.32%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.24%) Solaris
11 3 (0.24%) zOS
12 1 (0.081%) AIX
12 1 (0.081%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.081%) MVS
12 1 (0.081%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.081%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 457 (37.06%) CI/CD
2 374 (30.33%) DevOps
3 373 (30.25%) Agile
4 273 (22.14%) Problem-Solving
5 224 (18.17%) Infrastructure as Code
6 216 (17.52%) Containerisation
7 183 (14.84%) Analytics
8 178 (14.44%) Software Engineering
9 173 (14.03%) Microservices
10 160 (12.98%) Artificial Intelligence
11 143 (11.60%) Data Modelling
12 141 (11.44%) Machine Learning
13 140 (11.35%) ETL
14 138 (11.19%) Cloud Security
15 130 (10.54%) Migration
16 128 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
17 123 (9.98%) Cybersecurity
18 114 (9.25%) Data Engineering
19 112 (9.08%) Data Pipeline
20 103 (8.35%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 529 (42.90%) Python
2 246 (19.95%) SQL
3 232 (18.82%) Java
4 150 (12.17%) JavaScript
5 142 (11.52%) Bash
6 118 (9.57%) TypeScript
7 100 (8.11%) PowerShell
8 84 (6.81%) Go
9 38 (3.08%) Scala
10 27 (2.19%) Shell Script
11 24 (1.95%) C#
12 22 (1.78%) Bicep
12 22 (1.78%) Groovy
13 18 (1.46%) Perl
14 17 (1.38%) C++
15 16 (1.30%) R
16 13 (1.05%) C
17 12 (0.97%) Kotlin
18 9 (0.73%) Ruby
19 8 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 152 (12.33%) Security Cleared
2 109 (8.84%) SC Cleared
3 104 (8.43%) Degree
4 64 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 58 (4.70%) AWS Certification
6 50 (4.06%) CISSP
7 48 (3.89%) Master's Degree
8 45 (3.65%) Azure Certification
9 33 (2.68%) DV Cleared
10 29 (2.35%) CISM
11 26 (2.11%) OSCP
12 24 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
13 19 (1.54%) CREST Certified
14 17 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 13 (1.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 12 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
16 12 (0.97%) Tigerscheme
17 11 (0.89%) CCSP
18 9 (0.73%) CHECK Team Member
18 9 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (8.35%) GDPR
2 97 (7.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (6.00%) Data Quality
4 71 (5.76%) NIST
5 62 (5.03%) QA
6 32 (2.60%) PCI DSS
7 25 (2.03%) HIPAA
8 24 (1.95%) SOC 2
9 17 (1.38%) Accessibility
9 17 (1.38%) NCSC
10 12 (0.97%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 8 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.65%) GRC
12 6 (0.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.41%) PSD2
14 4 (0.32%) Basel III
14 4 (0.32%) IFRS
14 4 (0.32%) SLA
15 3 (0.24%) Solvency II
System Software
1 281 (22.79%) Docker
2 73 (5.92%) Active Directory
3 38 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.05%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (0.73%) BitLocker
6 9 (0.73%) Microsoft App-V
6 9 (0.73%) Terminal Services
7 7 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.32%) Firmware
8 4 (0.32%) KVM
8 4 (0.32%) Squid
8 4 (0.32%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.24%) Snort
10 1 (0.081%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 1 (0.081%) NFS
10 1 (0.081%) SRDF
10 1 (0.081%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.081%) vSphere
10 1 (0.081%) Xen
Systems Management
1 352 (28.55%) Kubernetes
2 258 (20.92%) Terraform
3 127 (10.30%) Ansible
4 72 (5.84%) Grafana
5 59 (4.79%) Prometheus
6 36 (2.92%) Puppet
7 33 (2.68%) Single Sign-On
8 21 (1.70%) Argo
9 20 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
10 18 (1.46%) Nmap
11 16 (1.30%) Istio
12 14 (1.14%) Progress Chef
13 13 (1.05%) CSIRT
13 13 (1.05%) Nagios
13 13 (1.05%) Tivoli Identity Manager
14 12 (0.97%) SCCM
15 10 (0.81%) Kubeflow
15 10 (0.81%) Nessus
15 10 (0.81%) NetBackup
15 10 (0.81%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 401 (32.52%) Google
2 166 (13.46%) Microsoft
3 76 (6.16%) Splunk
4 68 (5.52%) Databricks
5 47 (3.81%) Oracle
5 47 (3.81%) VMware
6 33 (2.68%) F5
6 33 (2.68%) IBM
7 32 (2.60%) Citrix
8 30 (2.43%) CyberArk
9 29 (2.35%) Cisco
10 28 (2.27%) SAP
11 24 (1.95%) Salesforce
12 23 (1.87%) Palo Alto
13 19 (1.54%) Ping Identity
14 17 (1.38%) HP
14 17 (1.38%) Okta
14 17 (1.38%) OpenAI
15 15 (1.22%) Adobe
15 15 (1.22%) ServiceNow