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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 50 55
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 +6
Contract jobs citing GCP 1,903 1,233 1,207
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.11% 4.43% 3.66%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.87% 11.83% 10.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,236 829 825
10th Percentile £407 £375 £411
25th Percentile £463 £459 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £612
Median % change year-on-year - -10.13% -0.08%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £768
90th Percentile £738 £838 £888
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 11 5
10th Percentile £13.51 £35.25 £35.50
25th Percentile £17.70 £45.99 £36.25
Median hourly rate £77.00 £52.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -4.55% -29.03%
75th Percentile £81.25 £75.60 £57.50
90th Percentile £83.38 £100.00 £60.50
UK median hourly rate £72.61 £52.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +38.30% -4.55% -29.03%

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 16,038 10,427 11,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.60% 37.48% 34.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,714 7,046 7,779
10th Percentile £320 £308 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £640
90th Percentile £718 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 545 260 183
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.48 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.97 £18.87 £19.97
Median hourly rate £33.99 £26.38 £30.88
Median % change year-on-year +28.87% -14.57% -6.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £44.61 £61.78
90th Percentile £82.75 £71.51 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £29.63 £30.00
% change year-on-year +9.70% -1.25% -14.29%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 12 September 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 0 994 £575 -4.17% 1,406
North of England +5 409 £540 +11.80% 224
Yorkshire +2 260 £540 +13.68% 71
South East +11 190 £525 +1.99% 209
North West 0 135 £550 +10.00% 129
South West +20 128 £568 +8.10% 121
Midlands -63 67 £528 +14.05% 71
East of England +16 61 £550 +8.73% 42
West Midlands -51 49 £530 - 51
East Midlands -28 18 £500 +21.95% 20
North East -29 18 £481 -23.00% 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
1 118 (6.20%) Apache Spark
2 106 (5.57%) Apache Airflow
3 76 (3.99%) Apache
4 51 (2.68%) Confluence
5 17 (0.89%) SharePoint
6 12 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.32%) SAS
8 5 (0.26%) Apache Superset
8 5 (0.26%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.21%) CMS
9 4 (0.21%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.16%) IIS
10 3 (0.16%) nginx
10 3 (0.16%) Palantir Foundry
11 2 (0.11%) Apache Pig
11 2 (0.11%) Camunda
11 2 (0.11%) Ethereum
11 2 (0.11%) PowerExchange
12 1 (0.053%) Apache Pulsar
12 1 (0.053%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 12 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.47%) Chatbot
2 9 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.26%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.21%) Trello
5 3 (0.16%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.11%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.053%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.053%) Houdini
7 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.053%) NUKE
7 1 (0.053%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.053%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.053%) Weka
Business Applications
1 11 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.47%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.32%) Cloudability
3 6 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.26%) Sage X3
5 4 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.11%) Distributed Ledger
6 2 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
6 2 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.11%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.053%) Maximo
7 1 (0.053%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.053%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.053%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.053%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.053%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.053%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
7 1 (0.053%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.053%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 1,237 (65.00%) AWS
2 1,218 (64.00%) Azure
3 210 (11.04%) GitHub
4 164 (8.62%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 139 (7.30%) GitHub Actions
6 137 (7.20%) Snowflake
7 98 (5.15%) dbt
8 97 (5.10%) SaaS
9 84 (4.41%) Azure DevOps
10 74 (3.89%) AWS CloudFormation
11 72 (3.78%) Power Platform
12 68 (3.57%) Serverless
13 66 (3.47%) Entra ID
14 55 (2.89%) Vertex AI
15 45 (2.36%) Cloud Run
16 44 (2.31%) Amazon EKS
17 37 (1.94%) Azure Sentinel
17 37 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
18 36 (1.89%) Amazon S3
19 35 (1.84%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 98 (5.15%) Network Security
2 94 (4.94%) Firewall
3 80 (4.20%) DNS
4 70 (3.68%) VPN
5 29 (1.52%) TCP/IP
6 24 (1.26%) WAN
7 23 (1.21%) BGP
7 23 (1.21%) DHCP
8 19 (1.00%) HTTP
8 19 (1.00%) Internet
9 18 (0.95%) VLAN
10 17 (0.89%) SD-WAN
11 15 (0.79%) SSL
12 14 (0.74%) OSPF
13 11 (0.58%) IPsec
13 11 (0.58%) VoIP
14 10 (0.53%) MPLS
15 9 (0.47%) DNSSEC
16 8 (0.42%) DKIM
16 8 (0.42%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 233 (12.24%) BigQuery
2 172 (9.04%) Data Warehouse
3 101 (5.31%) PostgreSQL
4 86 (4.52%) Metadata
5 78 (4.10%) NoSQL
6 76 (3.99%) Relational Database
7 75 (3.94%) Data Lake
8 70 (3.68%) Big Data
9 65 (3.42%) Power BI
10 45 (2.36%) Amazon Redshift
11 42 (2.21%) Tableau
12 38 (2.00%) Looker
13 35 (1.84%) SQL Server
14 34 (1.79%) Flink
15 33 (1.73%) MongoDB
16 30 (1.58%) MySQL
16 30 (1.58%) Redis
17 22 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
18 21 (1.10%) Delta Lake
19 20 (1.05%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 221 (11.61%) Jenkins
2 215 (11.30%) Git
3 148 (7.78%) GitLab
4 92 (4.83%) JIRA
5 42 (2.21%) SonarQube
6 38 (2.00%) JUnit
7 34 (1.79%) Maven
8 26 (1.37%) Selenium
9 22 (1.16%) JMeter
10 20 (1.05%) Gradle
11 18 (0.95%) Postman
12 17 (0.89%) Sonatype Nexus
13 16 (0.84%) Bitbucket
13 16 (0.84%) LoadRunner
14 15 (0.79%) Cucumber
14 15 (0.79%) Cypress.io
15 13 (0.68%) Gatling
16 11 (0.58%) Snyk
17 10 (0.53%) REST Assured
18 9 (0.47%) MLflow
General
1 524 (27.54%) Social Skills
2 470 (24.70%) Finance
3 185 (9.72%) Banking
4 179 (9.41%) Analytical Skills
5 150 (7.88%) Public Sector
6 71 (3.73%) Retail
7 56 (2.94%) Telecoms
8 43 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 37 (1.94%) Legal
10 36 (1.89%) Marketing
11 35 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
12 32 (1.68%) Manufacturing
13 26 (1.37%) Financial Institution
13 26 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
14 25 (1.31%) Investment Banking
15 24 (1.26%) Billing
16 21 (1.10%) Aerospace
17 20 (1.05%) Publishing
18 19 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
19 18 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 412 (21.65%) Architect
2 258 (13.56%) Senior
3 211 (11.09%) Developer
4 181 (9.51%) Lead
5 166 (8.72%) Data Engineer
6 150 (7.88%) GCP Engineer
7 129 (6.78%) Cloud Engineer
8 116 (6.10%) DevOps Engineer
9 109 (5.73%) Solutions Architect
10 92 (4.83%) Java Developer
11 85 (4.47%) Consultant
12 76 (3.99%) Security Engineer
13 70 (3.68%) Analyst
14 67 (3.52%) Data Architect
15 66 (3.47%) Cloud Architect
15 66 (3.47%) Security Architect
16 62 (3.26%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 52 (2.73%) Platform Engineer
18 51 (2.68%) Software Engineer
19 45 (2.36%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 480 (25.22%) Terraform
2 212 (11.14%) Kafka
3 182 (9.56%) REST
4 105 (5.52%) Spring
5 102 (5.36%) React
6 97 (5.10%) OAuth
6 97 (5.10%) Spring Boot
7 81 (4.26%) RESTful
8 70 (3.68%) Node.js
9 58 (3.05%) JSON
9 58 (3.05%) OpenID
10 55 (2.89%) SAML
11 52 (2.73%) PySpark
12 51 (2.68%) LDAP
13 50 (2.63%) OAuth2
14 46 (2.42%) SOAP
15 45 (2.36%) RabbitMQ
16 44 (2.31%) LangChain
17 39 (2.05%) GraphQL
18 37 (1.94%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 409 (21.49%) Cloud Native
2 140 (7.36%) Distributed Systems
3 98 (5.15%) AI Agents
4 71 (3.73%) Product Ownership
5 69 (3.63%) Security Posture
6 62 (3.26%) Enterprise Software
7 61 (3.21%) Onboarding
8 54 (2.84%) Hybrid Cloud
9 52 (2.73%) Public Cloud
10 48 (2.52%) Data Protection Act
11 45 (2.36%) Enterprise Cloud
12 44 (2.31%) Data Centre
13 41 (2.15%) Data Structures
14 40 (2.10%) Algorithms
15 39 (2.05%) Management Information System
16 38 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
17 34 (1.79%) PKI
18 27 (1.42%) Private Cloud
19 25 (1.31%) CMDB
20 23 (1.21%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 151 (7.93%) Linux
2 95 (4.99%) Windows
3 39 (2.05%) Unix
4 29 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 29 (1.52%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.16%) Android
6 16 (0.84%) Apple iOS
7 13 (0.68%) Mac OS
8 9 (0.47%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.37%) VMS
10 3 (0.16%) AIX
10 3 (0.16%) Alpine Linux
10 3 (0.16%) CentOS
11 1 (0.053%) Data ONTAP
11 1 (0.053%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.053%) Solaris
11 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 865 (45.45%) CI/CD
2 620 (32.58%) DevOps
3 479 (25.17%) Agile
4 477 (25.07%) Infrastructure as Code
5 469 (24.65%) AI
6 335 (17.60%) Microservices
7 332 (17.45%) Stakeholder Management
8 308 (16.18%) Analytics
9 284 (14.92%) Problem-Solving
10 274 (14.40%) Observability
10 274 (14.40%) Software Engineering
11 268 (14.08%) Machine Learning
12 265 (13.93%) Containerisation
13 238 (12.51%) Roadmaps
14 237 (12.45%) Data Pipeline
15 228 (11.98%) Data Modelling
16 227 (11.93%) Cloud Security
17 216 (11.35%) Migration
18 212 (11.14%) Event-Driven
19 209 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 732 (38.47%) Python
2 418 (21.97%) SQL
3 384 (20.18%) Java
4 154 (8.09%) Bash
5 140 (7.36%) PowerShell
6 135 (7.09%) JavaScript
7 91 (4.78%) Go
8 66 (3.47%) TypeScript
9 45 (2.36%) Scala
10 39 (2.05%) Shell Script
11 34 (1.79%) C#
12 31 (1.63%) Bicep
13 23 (1.21%) Groovy
14 21 (1.10%) Kotlin
15 18 (0.95%) Rust
16 17 (0.89%) R
17 10 (0.53%) C++
17 10 (0.53%) Ruby
18 9 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 9 (0.47%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 385 (20.23%) Security Cleared
2 280 (14.71%) SC Cleared
3 135 (7.09%) Degree
4 115 (6.04%) CISSP
5 98 (5.15%) DV Cleared
6 81 (4.26%) AWS Certification
7 66 (3.47%) CISM
8 65 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
9 60 (3.15%) Azure Certification
10 59 (3.10%) Cisco Certification
11 45 (2.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 34 (1.79%) Master's Degree
13 30 (1.58%) CCSP
14 25 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
15 18 (0.95%) GIAC
16 16 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
17 14 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 14 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
18 13 (0.68%) CCNP
19 12 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 169 (8.88%) Data Quality
2 96 (5.04%) QA
3 92 (4.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 88 (4.62%) NIST
5 85 (4.47%) GDPR
6 31 (1.63%) Accessibility
7 30 (1.58%) PCI DSS
8 23 (1.21%) NCSC
9 20 (1.05%) GRC
10 15 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 14 (0.74%) SOC 2
12 11 (0.58%) HIPAA
13 8 (0.42%) COBIT
13 8 (0.42%) WCAG
14 7 (0.37%) MiFID
15 6 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 5 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 5 (0.26%) SLA
17 4 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 344 (18.08%) Docker
2 85 (4.47%) Active Directory
3 32 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (0.89%) Hyper-V
5 12 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.53%) vSphere
7 6 (0.32%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 5 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.26%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.21%) BitLocker
9 4 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (0.21%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.16%) ISA Server
10 3 (0.16%) VirtualBox
11 2 (0.11%) Apache Flume
11 2 (0.11%) HDFS
11 2 (0.11%) KVM
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.11%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 604 (31.74%) Kubernetes
2 141 (7.41%) Ansible
3 116 (6.10%) Grafana
4 112 (5.89%) Prometheus
5 48 (2.52%) Single Sign-On
6 31 (1.63%) Argo
7 28 (1.47%) Progress Chef
8 25 (1.31%) Istio
9 23 (1.21%) Puppet
10 18 (0.95%) Kustomize
11 14 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
12 9 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 9 (0.47%) Podman
13 8 (0.42%) Kubeflow
14 7 (0.37%) CASB
14 7 (0.37%) QRadar
15 6 (0.32%) Cilium
16 5 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
16 5 (0.26%) vCenter Server
17 4 (0.21%) vMotion
Vendors
1 638 (33.53%) Google
2 219 (11.51%) Microsoft
3 125 (6.57%) Databricks
4 78 (4.10%) Splunk
5 72 (3.78%) Oracle
6 58 (3.05%) Salesforce
7 51 (2.68%) ServiceNow
8 50 (2.63%) Dynatrace
9 46 (2.42%) CyberArk
9 46 (2.42%) VMware
10 40 (2.10%) OpenAI
10 40 (2.10%) SAP
11 30 (1.58%) IBM
11 30 (1.58%) Informatica
11 30 (1.58%) Palo Alto
12 29 (1.52%) Red Hat
13 25 (1.31%) Cisco
14 21 (1.10%) MuleSoft
15 20 (1.05%) Okta
16 18 (0.95%) New Relic