GCP Software Engineer Contracts in Essex

Software Engineer - Google Cloud Platform
East of England > Essex

The median Software Engineer - Google Cloud Platform daily rate in Essex is £485, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 30 -
Rank change year-on-year +11 - -
Contract jobs requiring a GCP Software Engineer 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 1.25% 0.90% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 0.95% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £543 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.60% - -
East of England median daily rate £485 £543 -
% change year-on-year -10.60% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Essex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Essex. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Essex with a recognized job title 77 211 223
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.25% 95.05% 93.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 108 134
10th Percentile £223 £250 £161
25th Percentile £315 £350 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £458 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.57% +1.67% -8.44%
75th Percentile £488 £556 £538
90th Percentile £539 £600 £621
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 53 16
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.86 £20.40
25th Percentile £14.44 £16.65 £24.09
Median hourly rate £26.25 £40.31 £43.32
Median % change year-on-year -34.88% -6.94% +80.48%
75th Percentile £67.50 £80.00 £63.31
90th Percentile £192.00 - £69.51
East of England median hourly rate £50.00 £43.00 £35.40
% change year-on-year +16.28% +21.47% +128.39%

GCP Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Job postings that featured GCP Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Job vacancy trend for GCP Software Engineer in Essex

GCP Software Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GCP Software Engineer in Essex.

Daily rate trend for GCP Software Engineer in Essex

GCP Software Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCP Software Engineer within the Essex region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Basildon - 1 £485 -
GCP Software Engineer
East of England

GCP Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, GCP Software Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Essex region featuring GCP Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Community of Practice

GCP Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Community of Practice
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google