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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 57 73
Rank change year-on-year +7 +16 -4
Contract jobs citing GCP 1,670 922 1,033
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.13% 3.78% 2.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.67% 10.15% 8.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,150 632 764
10th Percentile £380 £370 £413
25th Percentile £457 £500 £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 £813 £819
UK median daily rate £548 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.78% -4.17% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 13 10
10th Percentile £12.95 - £30.90
25th Percentile £35.25 £25.25 £37.94
Median hourly rate £54.75 £52.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.29% -4.55% -26.75%
75th Percentile £71.13 £55.75 £64.94
90th Percentile £74.65 £77.46 £76.30
UK median hourly rate £59.50 £52.50 £51.75
% change year-on-year +13.33% +1.45% -26.26%

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 14,310 9,086 11,843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.42% 37.23% 31.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,847 6,350 8,541
10th Percentile £315 £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 £743 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 450 193 323
10th Percentile £15.99 £15.02 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.13 £15.87
Median hourly rate £46.40 £25.50 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +81.96% +22.77% -35.70%
75th Percentile £67.84 £41.50 £32.50
90th Percentile £81.13 £73.50 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £27.35 £21.00
% change year-on-year +56.07% +30.24% -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 2 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 2 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 2 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 +1 866 £575 -8.00% 374
North of England +22 327 £530 -3.61% 136
Yorkshire +6 191 £500 -4.76% 34
South East +28 181 £500 -13.04% 117
North West +10 121 £550 -4.35% 83
South West +23 103 £570 +8.57% 48
Midlands -17 92 £475 +4.40% 53
West Midlands -14 70 £486 -2.75% 26
East of England 0 53 £570 +14.00% 21
East Midlands -28 22 £438 +4.23% 27
North East -3 18 £575 +24.32% 19
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 (5.99%) Apache Spark
2 65 (3.89%) Apache Airflow
3 54 (3.23%) Apache
4 39 (2.34%) Confluence
5 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.54%) SharePoint
7 5 (0.30%) CMS
8 4 (0.24%) Camunda
8 4 (0.24%) Jupyter
8 4 (0.24%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
8 4 (0.24%) SAS
9 2 (0.12%) Apache Pulsar
9 2 (0.12%) nginx
10 1 (0.060%) Apache Pig
10 1 (0.060%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.060%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.060%) Tomcat
10 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%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.30%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.18%) Weka
6 2 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.060%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.060%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.060%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.060%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.18%) 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 1,156 (69.22%) Azure
2 1,133 (67.84%) AWS
3 187 (11.20%) GitHub
4 134 (8.02%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 115 (6.89%) Power Platform
6 108 (6.47%) GitHub Actions
7 83 (4.97%) AWS CloudFormation
7 83 (4.97%) Snowflake
8 64 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
9 63 (3.77%) SaaS
10 61 (3.65%) Serverless
11 52 (3.11%) dbt
12 50 (2.99%) OpenShift
13 49 (2.93%) Amazon S3
14 47 (2.81%) Vertex AI
15 46 (2.75%) Entra ID
16 39 (2.34%) Cloud Run
17 33 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
18 32 (1.92%) Google Gemini
19 31 (1.86%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 91 (5.45%) Firewall
2 84 (5.03%) DNS
2 84 (5.03%) VPN
3 78 (4.67%) Network Security
4 25 (1.50%) TCP/IP
5 21 (1.26%) HTTP
5 21 (1.26%) WAN
6 16 (0.96%) BGP
7 14 (0.84%) VoIP
8 11 (0.66%) Internet
8 11 (0.66%) LAN
8 11 (0.66%) OSPF
8 11 (0.66%) SD-WAN
9 10 (0.60%) Kerberos
10 8 (0.48%) SSL
10 8 (0.48%) VLAN
11 7 (0.42%) Reverse Proxy
11 7 (0.42%) VXLAN
12 6 (0.36%) DKIM
12 6 (0.36%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 177 (10.60%) BigQuery
2 105 (6.29%) PostgreSQL
3 101 (6.05%) Data Warehouse
4 95 (5.69%) Power BI
5 80 (4.79%) NoSQL
6 71 (4.25%) Big Data
7 65 (3.89%) Data Lake
8 64 (3.83%) Metadata
9 54 (3.23%) Tableau
10 40 (2.40%) Relational Database
10 40 (2.40%) SQL Server
11 34 (2.04%) MongoDB
12 30 (1.80%) MySQL
13 26 (1.56%) Looker
14 25 (1.50%) Hadoop
15 23 (1.38%) Snowflake Schema
16 20 (1.20%) OLAP
17 19 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
18 18 (1.08%) Flink
19 17 (1.02%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 206 (12.34%) Jenkins
2 158 (9.46%) Git
3 127 (7.60%) GitLab
4 80 (4.79%) JIRA
5 43 (2.57%) Selenium
6 40 (2.40%) JUnit
7 28 (1.68%) Cucumber
8 27 (1.62%) JMeter
9 25 (1.50%) 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 (29.34%) Social Skills
2 365 (21.86%) Finance
3 172 (10.30%) Analytical Skills
4 153 (9.16%) Banking
5 134 (8.02%) Public Sector
6 52 (3.11%) Retail
7 51 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
8 39 (2.34%) Legal
9 36 (2.16%) Telecoms
10 32 (1.92%) Front Office
11 31 (1.86%) Marketing
12 24 (1.44%) 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%) Electronics
17 13 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 13 (0.78%) Manufacturing
17 13 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 339 (20.30%) Architect
2 192 (11.50%) Senior
3 179 (10.72%) Lead
4 177 (10.60%) Developer
5 158 (9.46%) GCP Engineer
6 139 (8.32%) Data Engineer
7 106 (6.35%) DevOps Engineer
8 92 (5.51%) Cloud Engineer
9 77 (4.61%) Analyst
10 73 (4.37%) Solutions Architect
11 62 (3.71%) Software Engineer
12 57 (3.41%) Cloud Architect
13 56 (3.35%) Java Developer
14 54 (3.23%) Consultant
15 48 (2.87%) GCP DevOps
16 47 (2.81%) Security Architect
16 47 (2.81%) Security Engineer
17 46 (2.75%) GCP DevOps Engineer
18 43 (2.57%) Data Architect
19 41 (2.46%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (9.76%) REST
2 149 (8.92%) Kafka
3 119 (7.13%) Spring
4 109 (6.53%) React
5 100 (5.99%) Node.js
6 92 (5.51%) Spring Boot
7 87 (5.21%) LDAP
8 70 (4.19%) RESTful
9 68 (4.07%) OAuth
10 54 (3.23%) SOAP
11 52 (3.11%) PyTorch
11 52 (3.11%) TensorFlow
12 51 (3.05%) OpenID
13 47 (2.81%) AngularJS
14 46 (2.75%) .NET
15 39 (2.34%) LangChain
16 38 (2.28%) SAML
17 36 (2.16%) OAuth2
17 36 (2.16%) scikit-learn
18 33 (1.98%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 286 (17.13%) Cloud Native
2 91 (5.45%) Distributed Systems
3 68 (4.07%) Public Cloud
4 61 (3.65%) Security Posture
5 59 (3.53%) Product Ownership
6 58 (3.47%) Enterprise Software
7 44 (2.63%) AI Agents
8 41 (2.46%) Onboarding
9 40 (2.40%) Data Centre
10 38 (2.28%) Hybrid Cloud
11 32 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
12 31 (1.86%) Fixed Income
13 24 (1.44%) Derivative
14 23 (1.38%) Algorithms
15 22 (1.32%) Clustering
15 22 (1.32%) Equities
16 21 (1.26%) Distributed Architecture
16 21 (1.26%) Private Cloud
17 20 (1.20%) Management Information System
18 18 (1.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 91 (5.45%) Linux
2 69 (4.13%) Windows
3 26 (1.56%) Mac OS
4 25 (1.50%) Android
5 22 (1.32%) 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
1 736 (44.07%) CI/CD
2 560 (33.53%) DevOps
3 363 (21.74%) Agile
4 345 (20.66%) Infrastructure as Code
5 344 (20.60%) AI
6 306 (18.32%) Problem-Solving
7 295 (17.66%) Analytics
8 269 (16.11%) Microservices
9 268 (16.05%) Containerisation
10 233 (13.95%) Machine Learning
11 220 (13.17%) Observability
12 201 (12.04%) Data Pipeline
13 192 (11.50%) Software Engineering
14 191 (11.44%) Data Modelling
15 187 (11.20%) Migration
15 187 (11.20%) Stakeholder Management
16 176 (10.54%) Data Engineering
17 164 (9.82%) Continuous Improvement
18 162 (9.70%) ETL
19 148 (8.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 675 (40.42%) Python
2 325 (19.46%) SQL
3 298 (17.84%) Java
4 137 (8.20%) PowerShell
5 132 (7.90%) JavaScript
6 109 (6.53%) Bash
7 83 (4.97%) TypeScript
8 69 (4.13%) Go
9 50 (2.99%) C#
10 37 (2.22%) 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
1 377 (22.57%) Security Cleared
2 311 (18.62%) SC Cleared
3 91 (5.45%) Degree
4 77 (4.61%) CISSP
5 54 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 53 (3.17%) AWS Certification
7 51 (3.05%) CISM
8 49 (2.93%) Azure Certification
9 46 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
10 44 (2.63%) DV Cleared
11 27 (1.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 24 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
13 19 (1.14%) Master's Degree
14 18 (1.08%) CCSP
14 18 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
15 17 (1.02%) CCNP
16 16 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
17 12 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 11 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
19 10 (0.60%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (8.38%) GDPR
2 122 (7.31%) Data Quality
3 90 (5.39%) NIST
4 89 (5.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 72 (4.31%) QA
6 40 (2.40%) PCI DSS
7 22 (1.32%) Accessibility
8 20 (1.20%) 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%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 7 (0.42%) COBIT
13 7 (0.42%) PERC
14 6 (0.36%) NIST 800
14 6 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 338 (20.24%) Docker
2 96 (5.75%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.86%) 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%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 4 (0.24%) GPFS
8 4 (0.24%) Lustre
8 4 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.18%) KVM
10 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.060%) Apache Flume
11 1 (0.060%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.060%) UAG
11 1 (0.060%) Varnish
11 1 (0.060%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 510 (30.54%) Kubernetes
2 404 (24.19%) Terraform
3 114 (6.83%) Ansible
4 105 (6.29%) Grafana
5 96 (5.75%) Prometheus
6 34 (2.04%) Istio
7 27 (1.62%) Argo
8 21 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
9 16 (0.96%) 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
1 529 (31.68%) Google
2 142 (8.50%) Microsoft
3 80 (4.79%) Databricks
4 74 (4.43%) Splunk
5 70 (4.19%) CyberArk
6 61 (3.65%) ServiceNow
7 55 (3.29%) BeyondTrust
8 38 (2.28%) Oracle
9 37 (2.22%) OpenAI
10 36 (2.16%) Centrify
10 36 (2.16%) VMware
11 30 (1.80%) Salesforce
12 28 (1.68%) Palo Alto
13 27 (1.62%) SAP
14 26 (1.56%) Dynatrace
15 24 (1.44%) Cisco
16 21 (1.26%) Foundry
16 21 (1.26%) Informatica
17 18 (1.08%) Red Hat
18 16 (0.96%) Okta