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

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 58 73
Rank change year-on-year +9 +15 -4
Contract jobs citing GCP 1,672 919 1,010
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.16% 3.76% 2.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.70% 10.06% 8.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,155 632 745
10th Percentile £375 £373 £424
25th Percentile £450 £500 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £669 £700 £750
90th Percentile £750 £812 £800
UK median daily rate £539 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -6.30% -4.17% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 14 9
10th Percentile £12.95 £25.25 £30.55
25th Percentile £35.25 £25.81 £35.00
Median hourly rate £54.75 £52.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% -4.55% -26.75%
75th Percentile £71.13 £59.50 £67.00
90th Percentile £74.65 £76.84 £77.60
UK median hourly rate £59.50 £52.50 £48.50
% change year-on-year +13.33% +8.25% -30.89%

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 14,286 9,134 11,776
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.57% 37.35% 31.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,836 6,406 8,479
10th Percentile £318 £313 £290
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.95% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £714 £741 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 444 194 321
10th Percentile £15.95 £15.17 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.13 £15.85
Median hourly rate £43.15 £26.45 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +63.13% +27.35% -35.70%
75th Percentile £67.50 £42.74 £32.50
90th Percentile £81.00 £73.75 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £27.50 £20.99
% change year-on-year +45.45% +31.05% -40.04%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 28 April 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 +3 859 £575 -5.35% 342
North of England +33 337 £525 -4.55% 150
Yorkshire +3 190 £500 -4.76% 27
South East +19 182 £492 -14.43% 119
North West +27 132 £550 -4.35% 103
South West +24 100 £550 +0.46% 48
Midlands -12 91 £453 -0.55% 66
West Midlands -16 69 £485 -3.00% 40
East of England 0 53 £570 +14.00% 22
East Midlands -26 22 £438 +11.89% 26
North East -3 18 £575 +24.32% 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 95 (5.68%) Apache Spark
2 64 (3.83%) Apache Airflow
3 53 (3.17%) Apache
4 39 (2.33%) Confluence
5 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.48%) SharePoint
7 7 (0.42%) SAS
8 6 (0.36%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.30%) CMS
10 4 (0.24%) Camunda
10 4 (0.24%) Jupyter
10 4 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
11 3 (0.18%) nginx
12 2 (0.12%) Apache Pulsar
13 1 (0.060%) Apache Pig
13 1 (0.060%) Apache Synapse
13 1 (0.060%) Cloud Foundry
13 1 (0.060%) Documentum
13 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
13 1 (0.060%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.36%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.30%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.24%) Weka
7 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.060%) CPLEX
8 1 (0.060%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.060%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
1 6 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.12%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.060%) Actimize
5 1 (0.060%) Maximo
5 1 (0.060%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.060%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.060%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.060%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,162 (69.50%) Azure
2 1,137 (68.00%) AWS
3 182 (10.89%) GitHub
4 133 (7.95%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 111 (6.64%) Power Platform
6 102 (6.10%) GitHub Actions
7 80 (4.78%) AWS CloudFormation
8 79 (4.72%) Snowflake
9 62 (3.71%) SaaS
10 60 (3.59%) Serverless
11 59 (3.53%) Azure DevOps
12 58 (3.47%) OpenShift
13 49 (2.93%) Amazon S3
13 49 (2.93%) dbt
14 48 (2.87%) Vertex AI
15 46 (2.75%) Entra ID
16 38 (2.27%) Cloud Run
17 32 (1.91%) Google Gemini
17 32 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
18 31 (1.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 99 (5.92%) Firewall
2 89 (5.32%) VPN
3 85 (5.08%) DNS
4 78 (4.67%) Network Security
5 26 (1.56%) TCP/IP
6 22 (1.32%) HTTP
6 22 (1.32%) WAN
7 17 (1.02%) BGP
8 14 (0.84%) VoIP
9 12 (0.72%) OSPF
9 12 (0.72%) SD-WAN
10 11 (0.66%) Internet
10 11 (0.66%) LAN
11 10 (0.60%) Kerberos
12 9 (0.54%) VLAN
12 9 (0.54%) VXLAN
13 8 (0.48%) SSL
14 7 (0.42%) Reverse Proxy
15 6 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
15 6 (0.36%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 176 (10.53%) BigQuery
2 104 (6.22%) PostgreSQL
3 103 (6.16%) Data Warehouse
4 92 (5.50%) Power BI
5 78 (4.67%) NoSQL
6 69 (4.13%) Big Data
7 63 (3.77%) Metadata
8 62 (3.71%) Data Lake
9 55 (3.29%) Tableau
10 40 (2.39%) SQL Server
11 39 (2.33%) Relational Database
12 33 (1.97%) MongoDB
13 31 (1.85%) MySQL
14 26 (1.56%) Hadoop
14 26 (1.56%) Looker
15 22 (1.32%) Snowflake Schema
16 20 (1.20%) OLAP
17 19 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
18 17 (1.02%) Amazon Athena
19 16 (0.96%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 203 (12.14%) Jenkins
2 156 (9.33%) Git
3 128 (7.66%) GitLab
4 80 (4.78%) JIRA
5 44 (2.63%) Selenium
6 40 (2.39%) JUnit
7 28 (1.67%) Cucumber
7 28 (1.67%) JMeter
8 26 (1.56%) Postman
9 19 (1.14%) SonarQube
10 18 (1.08%) REST Assured
11 16 (0.96%) WebDriver
12 13 (0.78%) MLflow
13 10 (0.60%) Maven
14 9 (0.54%) Bitbucket
14 9 (0.54%) CircleCI
14 9 (0.54%) Cypress.io
14 9 (0.54%) LoadRunner
15 8 (0.48%) Gatling
15 8 (0.48%) Mockito
General
1 487 (29.13%) Social Skills
2 363 (21.71%) Finance
3 182 (10.89%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (9.15%) Banking
5 135 (8.07%) Public Sector
6 52 (3.11%) Documentation Skills
7 49 (2.93%) Retail
8 39 (2.33%) Legal
9 35 (2.09%) Telecoms
10 32 (1.91%) Front Office
11 31 (1.85%) Marketing
12 28 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
14 17 (1.02%) Financial Institution
15 16 (0.96%) Investment Banking
15 16 (0.96%) Military
16 14 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
17 13 (0.78%) Electronics
17 13 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 13 (0.78%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 343 (20.51%) Architect
2 190 (11.36%) Senior
3 181 (10.83%) Lead
4 176 (10.53%) Developer
5 163 (9.75%) GCP Engineer
6 135 (8.07%) Data Engineer
7 103 (6.16%) DevOps Engineer
8 97 (5.80%) Cloud Engineer
9 79 (4.72%) Analyst
10 75 (4.49%) Solutions Architect
11 62 (3.71%) Software Engineer
12 56 (3.35%) Cloud Architect
13 53 (3.17%) Java Developer
14 52 (3.11%) Consultant
14 52 (3.11%) Security Engineer
15 48 (2.87%) GCP DevOps
15 48 (2.87%) Security Architect
16 46 (2.75%) GCP DevOps Engineer
17 43 (2.57%) Data Architect
18 41 (2.45%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (9.99%) REST
2 149 (8.91%) Kafka
3 121 (7.24%) Spring
4 110 (6.58%) React
5 99 (5.92%) Node.js
6 94 (5.62%) Spring Boot
7 85 (5.08%) LDAP
8 71 (4.25%) RESTful
9 69 (4.13%) OAuth
10 56 (3.35%) SOAP
11 52 (3.11%) PyTorch
11 52 (3.11%) TensorFlow
12 51 (3.05%) OpenID
13 50 (2.99%) AngularJS
14 47 (2.81%) .NET
15 40 (2.39%) LangChain
16 37 (2.21%) OAuth2
16 37 (2.21%) SAML
17 36 (2.15%) scikit-learn
18 33 (1.97%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 278 (16.63%) Cloud Native
2 92 (5.50%) Distributed Systems
3 71 (4.25%) Public Cloud
4 62 (3.71%) Security Posture
5 60 (3.59%) Enterprise Software
6 58 (3.47%) Product Ownership
7 45 (2.69%) AI Agents
8 41 (2.45%) Hybrid Cloud
8 41 (2.45%) Onboarding
9 40 (2.39%) Data Centre
10 34 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
11 29 (1.73%) Fixed Income
12 23 (1.38%) Algorithms
12 23 (1.38%) Private Cloud
13 22 (1.32%) Clustering
13 22 (1.32%) Derivative
14 20 (1.20%) Distributed Architecture
14 20 (1.20%) Equities
14 20 (1.20%) Management Information System
15 19 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 91 (5.44%) Linux
2 67 (4.01%) Windows
3 26 (1.56%) Mac OS
4 25 (1.50%) Android
5 22 (1.32%) Apple iOS
5 22 (1.32%) VMS
6 15 (0.90%) Unix
7 13 (0.78%) 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
11 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.12%) CentOS
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.060%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.060%) Rocky
13 1 (0.060%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 731 (43.72%) CI/CD
2 550 (32.89%) DevOps
3 364 (21.77%) Agile
4 345 (20.63%) Infrastructure as Code
5 341 (20.39%) AI
6 310 (18.54%) Problem-Solving
7 297 (17.76%) Analytics
8 272 (16.27%) Containerisation
9 266 (15.91%) Microservices
10 233 (13.94%) Machine Learning
11 222 (13.28%) Observability
12 198 (11.84%) Data Pipeline
13 190 (11.36%) Migration
14 187 (11.18%) Data Modelling
15 186 (11.12%) Software Engineering
16 181 (10.83%) Stakeholder Management
17 173 (10.35%) Data Engineering
18 159 (9.51%) Continuous Improvement
18 159 (9.51%) ETL
19 151 (9.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 673 (40.25%) Python
2 319 (19.08%) SQL
3 295 (17.64%) Java
4 134 (8.01%) PowerShell
5 133 (7.95%) JavaScript
6 107 (6.40%) Bash
7 81 (4.84%) TypeScript
8 66 (3.95%) Go
9 49 (2.93%) C#
10 34 (2.03%) Scala
11 19 (1.14%) Groovy
12 18 (1.08%) Bicep
12 18 (1.08%) Kotlin
13 17 (1.02%) R
14 9 (0.54%) Ruby
15 8 (0.48%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.42%) C++
16 7 (0.42%) Google Apps Script
16 7 (0.42%) PHP
17 6 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 376 (22.49%) Security Cleared
2 310 (18.54%) SC Cleared
3 89 (5.32%) Degree
4 79 (4.72%) CISSP
5 55 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 53 (3.17%) AWS Certification
7 52 (3.11%) CISM
8 50 (2.99%) Azure Certification
9 45 (2.69%) Cisco Certification
9 45 (2.69%) DV Cleared
10 25 (1.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 25 (1.50%) BPSS Clearance
11 20 (1.20%) Master's Degree
12 18 (1.08%) CCNP
12 18 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
13 16 (0.96%) CCSP
13 16 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
14 13 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 11 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
16 9 (0.54%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (8.67%) GDPR
2 124 (7.42%) Data Quality
3 94 (5.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 94 (5.62%) NIST
4 72 (4.31%) QA
5 41 (2.45%) PCI DSS
6 20 (1.20%) Accessibility
6 20 (1.20%) NCSC
7 19 (1.14%) GRC
8 18 (1.08%) SLA
9 15 (0.90%) HIPAA
9 15 (0.90%) ISO 20022
10 10 (0.60%) PSD2
11 9 (0.54%) SOC 2
12 7 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 7 (0.42%) COBIT
12 7 (0.42%) PERC
13 6 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 6 (0.36%) NIST 800
13 6 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 343 (20.51%) Docker
2 94 (5.62%) Active Directory
3 32 (1.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (1.26%) Hyper-V
5 18 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.48%) vSphere
7 6 (0.36%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 5 (0.30%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 5 (0.30%) GPFS
8 5 (0.30%) HDFS
8 5 (0.30%) Lustre
8 5 (0.30%) NFS
9 3 (0.18%) KVM
9 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.18%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.060%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.060%) iptables
10 1 (0.060%) UAG
10 1 (0.060%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 516 (30.86%) Kubernetes
2 398 (23.80%) Terraform
3 117 (7.00%) Ansible
4 105 (6.28%) Grafana
5 96 (5.74%) Prometheus
6 35 (2.09%) Istio
7 27 (1.61%) Argo
8 20 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
9 16 (0.96%) Kubeflow
10 13 (0.78%) Puppet
11 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
11 12 (0.72%) Progress Chef
12 10 (0.60%) SCCM
13 9 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 8 (0.48%) Fluentd
15 7 (0.42%) Kibana
15 7 (0.42%) Podman
16 6 (0.36%) Nessus
16 6 (0.36%) Rancher
17 5 (0.30%) linkerd
Vendors
1 538 (32.18%) Google
2 140 (8.37%) Microsoft
3 81 (4.84%) Splunk
4 78 (4.67%) Databricks
5 70 (4.19%) CyberArk
6 61 (3.65%) ServiceNow
7 54 (3.23%) BeyondTrust
8 38 (2.27%) OpenAI
8 38 (2.27%) Oracle
9 37 (2.21%) VMware
10 36 (2.15%) Centrify
11 30 (1.79%) Palo Alto
11 30 (1.79%) Salesforce
12 27 (1.61%) Cisco
12 27 (1.61%) Dynatrace
12 27 (1.61%) SAP
13 21 (1.26%) Foundry
13 21 (1.26%) Informatica
14 20 (1.20%) Red Hat
15 16 (0.96%) Okta