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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 56 66
Rank change year-on-year +8 +10 -7
Contract jobs citing GCP 1,433 1,117 1,263
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.76% 3.64% 3.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.32% 10.15% 9.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 986 707 974
10th Percentile £375 £398 £413
25th Percentile £450 £495 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -0.04% -5.84%
75th Percentile £650 £738 £738
90th Percentile £775 £888 £800
UK median daily rate £537 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -10.50% - -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 9
10th Percentile £33.96 £35.75 £49.03
25th Percentile £46.85 £45.75 £58.00
Median hourly rate £59.75 £57.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.91% -11.54% +150.00%
75th Percentile £70.50 £61.63 £78.75
90th Percentile £82.05 £68.50 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £59.75 £57.50 £72.00
% change year-on-year +3.91% -20.14% +168.01%

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 11,634 11,007 13,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.62% 35.87% 35.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,925 7,315 10,197
10th Percentile £304 £313 £290
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £649 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 300 140 278
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.47 £14.46
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.80 £18.26
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £28.61
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +22.33% +30.05%
75th Percentile £45.60 £60.64 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.05 £70.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.27 £31.00
% change year-on-year -24.41% +7.32% +40.91%

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 18 November 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 18 November 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 18 November 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 -5 770 £595 -4.80% 1,134
North of England +25 285 £500 - 219
Yorkshire +15 182 £500 -6.98% 45
South East +41 142 £492 -1.60% 244
Midlands +26 109 £490 +2.73% 51
North West +26 99 £519 -1.19% 162
West Midlands +19 80 £525 +7.14% 32
South West +36 55 £563 -10.00% 82
East of England -22 32 £483 +50.78% 46
East Midlands -1 28 £425 +19.38% 18
North East -13 4 £495 +4.21% 12
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 90 (6.28%) Apache Airflow
2 71 (4.95%) Apache Spark
3 40 (2.79%) Apache
4 35 (2.44%) Confluence
5 14 (0.98%) OpenStack
6 10 (0.70%) SAS
7 9 (0.63%) SharePoint
8 8 (0.56%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.42%) Jupyter
9 6 (0.42%) Mule
9 6 (0.42%) Tomcat
10 5 (0.35%) nginx
11 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
12 3 (0.21%) Ethereum
12 3 (0.21%) Hyperledger
12 3 (0.21%) NetWeaver
12 3 (0.21%) WebSphere Application Server
13 2 (0.14%) Camunda
13 2 (0.14%) Luigi
13 2 (0.14%) WebLogic
Applications
1 16 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (0.35%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.35%) Weka
4 3 (0.21%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.14%) Maple
5 2 (0.14%) Sketch
6 1 (0.070%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.28%) Shopify
5 2 (0.14%) Magento
5 2 (0.14%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.070%) Cloudability
6 1 (0.070%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.070%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.070%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1,033 (72.09%) AWS
2 965 (67.34%) Azure
3 181 (12.63%) GitHub
4 95 (6.63%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 87 (6.07%) Power Platform
6 79 (5.51%) dbt
6 79 (5.51%) Snowflake
7 77 (5.37%) GitHub Actions
7 77 (5.37%) Serverless
8 63 (4.40%) SaaS
9 57 (3.98%) Entra ID
10 56 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
11 54 (3.77%) AWS CloudFormation
12 46 (3.21%) OpenShift
13 38 (2.65%) Cloud Computing
14 37 (2.58%) PaaS
15 33 (2.30%) Cloud Run
15 33 (2.30%) IaaS
16 32 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
17 31 (2.16%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 137 (9.56%) Firewall
2 44 (3.07%) Network Security
2 44 (3.07%) VPN
3 37 (2.58%) DNS
4 24 (1.67%) WAN
5 21 (1.47%) TCP/IP
6 20 (1.40%) Wireshark
7 19 (1.33%) VLAN
8 18 (1.26%) SD-WAN
9 17 (1.19%) BGP
10 15 (1.05%) LAN
10 15 (1.05%) OSPF
11 13 (0.91%) SSL
12 12 (0.84%) DHCP
13 11 (0.77%) HTTP
14 10 (0.70%) VXLAN
15 9 (0.63%) MPLS
15 9 (0.63%) SAN
16 8 (0.56%) Wireless
17 7 (0.49%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 166 (11.58%) BigQuery
2 149 (10.40%) PostgreSQL
3 120 (8.37%) NoSQL
4 112 (7.82%) Data Warehouse
5 79 (5.51%) Power BI
6 54 (3.77%) MongoDB
7 51 (3.56%) Big Data
7 51 (3.56%) Tableau
8 48 (3.35%) Relational Database
9 45 (3.14%) Data Lake
10 40 (2.79%) Metadata
11 38 (2.65%) SQL Server
12 37 (2.58%) Looker
13 32 (2.23%) MySQL
14 29 (2.02%) Hadoop
15 24 (1.67%) Amazon Athena
16 22 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
17 20 (1.40%) Apache Iceberg
18 19 (1.33%) Apache Arrow
18 19 (1.33%) Dremio
Development Applications
1 214 (14.93%) Jenkins
2 158 (11.03%) Git
3 140 (9.77%) GitLab
4 83 (5.79%) JIRA
5 46 (3.21%) SonarQube
6 42 (2.93%) Liquibase
7 24 (1.67%) Sonatype Nexus
8 22 (1.54%) Maven
8 22 (1.54%) MLflow
9 21 (1.47%) Burp Suite
9 21 (1.47%) CircleCI
10 20 (1.40%) Gradle
10 20 (1.40%) JUnit
10 20 (1.40%) Metasploit
11 18 (1.26%) Postman
12 17 (1.19%) Cypress.io
13 16 (1.12%) ERwin
13 16 (1.12%) Selenium
14 15 (1.05%) Artifactory
14 15 (1.05%) ER Studio
General
1 543 (37.89%) Social Skills
2 346 (24.15%) Finance
3 191 (13.33%) Banking
4 178 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
5 120 (8.37%) Public Sector
6 48 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
7 44 (3.07%) Financial Institution
8 41 (2.86%) Telecoms
9 39 (2.72%) Front Office
9 39 (2.72%) Marketing
10 32 (2.23%) Retail
11 28 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
12 27 (1.88%) Pharmaceutical
13 22 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.47%) Investment Banking
15 19 (1.33%) Manufacturing
16 18 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 17 (1.19%) Legal
18 11 (0.77%) Electronics
18 11 (0.77%) Law
Job Titles
1 252 (17.59%) Architect
2 191 (13.33%) Senior
3 189 (13.19%) Developer
4 96 (6.70%) DevOps Engineer
5 92 (6.42%) Software Engineer
6 91 (6.35%) Data Engineer
6 91 (6.35%) GCP Engineer
7 88 (6.14%) Solutions Architect
8 87 (6.07%) Analyst
9 78 (5.44%) Lead
10 70 (4.88%) Security Engineer
11 65 (4.54%) Cloud Engineer
12 54 (3.77%) Consultant
13 51 (3.56%) Java Developer
14 46 (3.21%) AWS Engineer
14 46 (3.21%) Python Engineer
15 45 (3.14%) Security Architect
16 35 (2.44%) Data Architect
16 35 (2.44%) Data Scientist
16 35 (2.44%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (8.65%) RESTful
2 112 (7.82%) React
3 109 (7.61%) REST
4 106 (7.40%) Kafka
5 98 (6.84%) Node.js
6 87 (6.07%) Spring
7 69 (4.82%) Spring Boot
8 64 (4.47%) AngularJS
9 59 (4.12%) Elastic Stack
10 49 (3.42%) Vue
11 47 (3.28%) OAuth
12 46 (3.21%) Pandas
13 43 (3.00%) TensorFlow
14 41 (2.86%) HTML
14 41 (2.86%) PyTorch
15 39 (2.72%) NumPy
16 35 (2.44%) FastAPI
17 34 (2.37%) CSS
17 34 (2.37%) LDAP
18 32 (2.23%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 252 (17.59%) Cloud Native
2 80 (5.58%) Public Cloud
3 76 (5.30%) Distributed Systems
4 58 (4.05%) Product Ownership
5 51 (3.56%) Onboarding
5 51 (3.56%) Security Posture
6 41 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
7 37 (2.58%) Data Structures
8 35 (2.44%) Data Centre
9 34 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
10 33 (2.30%) Fixed Income
11 31 (2.16%) Algorithms
12 30 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
13 29 (2.02%) Equities
13 29 (2.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 26 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
15 22 (1.54%) Private Cloud
16 20 (1.40%) Life Science
17 18 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
18 17 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 149 (10.40%) Linux
2 58 (4.05%) Windows
3 29 (2.02%) Unix
4 21 (1.47%) Mac OS
5 12 (0.84%) Android
5 12 (0.84%) Apple iOS
5 12 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (0.70%) CentOS
7 8 (0.56%) Windows Server
8 7 (0.49%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.35%) Windows 10
10 4 (0.28%) VMS
11 3 (0.21%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.21%) Solaris
12 2 (0.14%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 2 (0.14%) zOS
13 1 (0.070%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 600 (41.87%) CI/CD
2 494 (34.47%) DevOps
3 405 (28.26%) Agile
4 325 (22.68%) Problem-Solving
5 304 (21.21%) Containerisation
6 282 (19.68%) Infrastructure as Code
7 235 (16.40%) AI
8 232 (16.19%) Microservices
9 218 (15.21%) Analytics
10 200 (13.96%) Machine Learning
11 172 (12.00%) Software Engineering
12 161 (11.24%) Stakeholder Management
13 157 (10.96%) Cybersecurity
14 144 (10.05%) Cloud Security
14 144 (10.05%) Data Modelling
14 144 (10.05%) Data Pipeline
15 142 (9.91%) Data Science
16 138 (9.63%) ETL
17 137 (9.56%) Test Automation
18 131 (9.14%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 638 (44.52%) Python
2 283 (19.75%) SQL
3 257 (17.93%) Java
4 153 (10.68%) Bash
5 132 (9.21%) JavaScript
6 99 (6.91%) PowerShell
7 98 (6.84%) Go
8 97 (6.77%) TypeScript
9 33 (2.30%) Scala
10 28 (1.95%) C#
11 25 (1.74%) R
12 20 (1.40%) C++
12 20 (1.40%) Shell Script
13 19 (1.33%) Perl
14 17 (1.19%) Ruby
15 15 (1.05%) Bicep
15 15 (1.05%) Groovy
16 14 (0.98%) C
17 12 (0.84%) Kotlin
18 7 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 215 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 166 (11.58%) SC Cleared
3 149 (10.40%) Degree
4 100 (6.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 76 (5.30%) CISSP
6 70 (4.88%) Master's Degree
7 67 (4.68%) AWS Certification
8 46 (3.21%) CISM
9 45 (3.14%) Azure Certification
10 36 (2.51%) Cisco Certification
11 29 (2.02%) DV Cleared
12 26 (1.81%) OSCP
13 24 (1.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 21 (1.47%) CCSP
15 17 (1.19%) CREST Certified
16 15 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 14 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
18 13 (0.91%) CCNP
19 12 (0.84%) Tigerscheme
20 11 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (9.21%) GDPR
2 118 (8.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 95 (6.63%) Data Quality
4 93 (6.49%) NIST
5 81 (5.65%) QA
6 44 (3.07%) PCI DSS
7 23 (1.61%) HIPAA
7 23 (1.61%) SOC 2
8 22 (1.54%) Accessibility
9 19 (1.33%) NCSC
10 12 (0.84%) GRC
11 9 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 9 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.56%) PSD2
13 7 (0.49%) ISO 20022
14 6 (0.42%) EU AI Act
15 5 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.35%) WCAG
16 4 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 374 (26.10%) Docker
2 75 (5.23%) Active Directory
3 41 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.63%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.56%) KVM
5 8 (0.56%) vSphere
6 6 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.35%) GPFS
7 5 (0.35%) Lustre
7 5 (0.35%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 5 (0.35%) Squid
8 4 (0.28%) Firmware
8 4 (0.28%) Snort
9 3 (0.21%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.14%) UAG
11 1 (0.070%) Ceph
11 1 (0.070%) QEMU
11 1 (0.070%) SRDF
11 1 (0.070%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 1 (0.070%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 444 (30.98%) Kubernetes
2 306 (21.35%) Terraform
3 143 (9.98%) Ansible
4 94 (6.56%) Grafana
5 90 (6.28%) Prometheus
6 33 (2.30%) Argo
7 31 (2.16%) Single Sign-On
8 25 (1.74%) Puppet
9 21 (1.47%) Nmap
10 18 (1.26%) CSIRT
10 18 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
11 16 (1.12%) Istio
11 16 (1.12%) SCCM
12 14 (0.98%) Progress Chef
13 13 (0.91%) Kubeflow
14 11 (0.77%) Nessus
15 10 (0.70%) Fluentd
15 10 (0.70%) NetBackup
16 9 (0.63%) Oracle RMAN
16 9 (0.63%) Podman
Vendors
1 462 (32.24%) Google
2 149 (10.40%) Microsoft
3 117 (8.16%) Splunk
4 70 (4.88%) Databricks
5 59 (4.12%) Oracle
6 48 (3.35%) F5
6 48 (3.35%) VMware
7 41 (2.86%) CyberArk
7 41 (2.86%) Palo Alto
8 39 (2.72%) SAP
9 38 (2.65%) Cisco
10 25 (1.74%) IBM
11 23 (1.61%) OpenAI
12 22 (1.54%) ServiceNow
13 21 (1.47%) BeyondTrust
13 21 (1.47%) Red Hat
14 20 (1.40%) Citrix
15 19 (1.33%) Okta
16 16 (1.12%) Fortinet
17 15 (1.05%) Informatica