GCP Contract Job Trends in London

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring GCP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 44 57
Rank change year-on-year -3 +13 -5
Contract jobs citing GCP 755 638 652
As % of all contract jobs in London 4.99% 4.72% 3.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.25% 11.32% 9.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 523 424 501
10th Percentile £405 £450 £480
25th Percentile £500 £513 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -0.04% -7.65% -
75th Percentile £738 £716 £763
90th Percentile £813 £850 £800
England median daily rate £525 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 4
10th Percentile £33.11 £55.55 £44.14
25th Percentile £39.75 £56.00 £45.82
Median hourly rate £54.75 £58.75 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.81% +10.85% -20.90%
75th Percentile £65.69 £61.19 £58.19
90th Percentile £69.38 £61.98 £58.53
England median hourly rate £54.50 £41.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +31.33% -27.83% -14.18%

All Cloud Computing Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,709 5,635 6,875
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.34% 41.72% 37.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,596 3,755 5,087
10th Percentile £350 £356 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 49 76
10th Percentile £18.12 £22.07 £17.39
25th Percentile £21.35 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £32.08 £31.50 £30.11
Median % change year-on-year +1.83% +4.62% +2.07%
75th Percentile £55.81 £55.75 £53.31
90th Percentile £73.75 £68.75 £61.25
England median hourly rate £36.00 £27.50 £22.15
% change year-on-year +30.91% +24.15% -11.40%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GCP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

GCP job vacancy trend in London

GCP
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing GCP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing GCP

GCP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCP in London over the 6 months to 11 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for GCP in London

GCP
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing GCP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing GCP

GCP
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GCP in London over the 6 months to 11 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for GCP in London

GCP
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCP within the London region over the 6 months to 11 February 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
Central London +18 109 £600 +14.29% 96
West London +9 26 £603 +42.43% 30
South London -2 7 £566 -1.60% 19
East London +1 5 £540 -13.60% 24
GCP
England

GCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 58 (7.68%) Apache Spark
2 42 (5.56%) Apache Airflow
3 34 (4.50%) Apache
4 16 (2.12%) Confluence
5 5 (0.66%) Camunda
6 4 (0.53%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.40%) Ethereum
7 3 (0.40%) Hyperledger
7 3 (0.40%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 2 (0.26%) SAS
8 2 (0.26%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.13%) CMS
9 1 (0.13%) JBoss
9 1 (0.13%) nginx
9 1 (0.13%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.53%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.40%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.13%) Actimize
4 1 (0.13%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.13%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 534 (70.73%) Azure
2 520 (68.87%) AWS
3 115 (15.23%) GitHub
4 60 (7.95%) GitHub Actions
5 59 (7.81%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 58 (7.68%) Power Platform
7 51 (6.75%) Snowflake
8 40 (5.30%) AWS CloudFormation
8 40 (5.30%) Cloud Run
9 37 (4.90%) Amazon S3
10 33 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
11 31 (4.11%) dbt
12 28 (3.71%) Vertex AI
13 25 (3.31%) Serverless
14 24 (3.18%) Azure Sentinel
14 24 (3.18%) Google Gemini
15 23 (3.05%) SaaS
16 21 (2.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 19 (2.52%) Cloud Computing
18 18 (2.38%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 56 (7.42%) Firewall
2 33 (4.37%) Network Security
3 29 (3.84%) VPN
4 20 (2.65%) DNS
5 13 (1.72%) WAN
6 12 (1.59%) SSL
7 8 (1.06%) BGP
7 8 (1.06%) LAN
7 8 (1.06%) SD-WAN
8 7 (0.93%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.79%) OSPF
9 6 (0.79%) VLAN
9 6 (0.79%) Wireshark
10 5 (0.66%) Internet
11 4 (0.53%) HTTP
11 4 (0.53%) Kerberos
12 3 (0.40%) DHCP
12 3 (0.40%) FTP
12 3 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (13.77%) BigQuery
2 50 (6.62%) PostgreSQL
2 50 (6.62%) Power BI
3 48 (6.36%) NoSQL
4 43 (5.70%) Data Lake
5 42 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
6 32 (4.24%) Metadata
6 32 (4.24%) MongoDB
7 30 (3.97%) SQL Server
7 30 (3.97%) Tableau
8 23 (3.05%) Big Data
9 21 (2.78%) Relational Database
10 18 (2.38%) Amazon Athena
10 18 (2.38%) Hadoop
10 18 (2.38%) OLAP
11 17 (2.25%) Data Vault
11 17 (2.25%) MySQL
12 16 (2.12%) Snowflake Schema
13 14 (1.85%) Mixpanel
13 14 (1.85%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 86 (11.39%) Jenkins
2 70 (9.27%) Git
3 62 (8.21%) GitLab
4 41 (5.43%) JIRA
5 13 (1.72%) ERwin
6 11 (1.46%) MLflow
7 10 (1.32%) ER Studio
8 9 (1.19%) Gatling
8 9 (1.19%) PowerDesigner
9 8 (1.06%) JUnit
9 8 (1.06%) TeamCity
10 7 (0.93%) CircleCI
10 7 (0.93%) JMeter
11 6 (0.79%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.79%) Metasploit
12 5 (0.66%) Burp Suite
12 5 (0.66%) Mockito
13 4 (0.53%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.53%) sqlmap
13 4 (0.53%) Terragrunt
General
1 238 (31.52%) Social Skills
2 180 (23.84%) Finance
3 76 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (8.61%) Banking
5 45 (5.96%) Public Sector
6 22 (2.91%) Retail
7 21 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
8 19 (2.52%) Front Office
9 17 (2.25%) Documentation Skills
10 16 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
10 16 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
11 15 (1.99%) Financial Institution
11 15 (1.99%) Legal
12 13 (1.72%) Marketing
13 11 (1.46%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 10 (1.32%) Manufacturing
15 8 (1.06%) Electronics
15 8 (1.06%) Investment Banking
16 5 (0.66%) Law
Job Titles
1 158 (20.93%) Architect
2 97 (12.85%) Developer
3 91 (12.05%) Senior
4 71 (9.40%) Data Engineer
5 61 (8.08%) GCP Engineer
6 51 (6.75%) Lead
7 46 (6.09%) Analyst
8 45 (5.96%) DevOps Engineer
9 41 (5.43%) Software Engineer
10 35 (4.64%) Cloud Engineer
10 35 (4.64%) Solutions Architect
11 34 (4.50%) CyberArk Architect
12 28 (3.71%) Consultant
13 26 (3.44%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 26 (3.44%) Cloud Architect
13 26 (3.44%) Java Developer
14 25 (3.31%) Security Engineer
15 23 (3.05%) Full-Stack Developer
16 22 (2.91%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 21 (2.78%) GCP DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (11.52%) Kafka
2 79 (10.46%) REST
3 78 (10.33%) React
4 60 (7.95%) Spring
5 53 (7.02%) Node.js
6 46 (6.09%) RESTful
7 45 (5.96%) AngularJS
8 44 (5.83%) Spring Boot
9 39 (5.17%) SOAP
10 38 (5.03%) PyTorch
11 36 (4.77%) LDAP
12 34 (4.50%) TensorFlow
13 28 (3.71%) Vue
14 26 (3.44%) LangChain
15 24 (3.18%) .NET
16 23 (3.05%) FastAPI
17 22 (2.91%) HTML
18 21 (2.78%) OAuth
19 20 (2.65%) CSS
20 19 (2.52%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 130 (17.22%) Cloud Native
2 57 (7.55%) Security Posture
3 44 (5.83%) Enterprise Software
4 32 (4.24%) Public Cloud
5 25 (3.31%) Data Structures
6 24 (3.18%) Distributed Systems
6 24 (3.18%) Product Ownership
7 19 (2.52%) AI Agents
8 18 (2.38%) Life Science
8 18 (2.38%) Onboarding
9 15 (1.99%) Algorithms
9 15 (1.99%) Genomics
9 15 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (1.85%) Data Centre
11 12 (1.59%) Fixed Income
11 12 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (1.32%) Equities
14 9 (1.19%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 31 (4.11%) Linux
2 26 (3.44%) Windows
3 14 (1.85%) VMS
4 9 (1.19%) Unix
5 8 (1.06%) Mac OS
6 7 (0.93%) Android
6 7 (0.93%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.66%) CentOS
8 3 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.26%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 318 (42.12%) CI/CD
2 264 (34.97%) DevOps
3 197 (26.09%) Agile
4 193 (25.56%) AI
5 191 (25.30%) Problem-Solving
6 162 (21.46%) Infrastructure as Code
7 145 (19.21%) Containerisation
8 139 (18.41%) Machine Learning
9 136 (18.01%) Analytics
10 114 (15.10%) Microservices
11 93 (12.32%) Software Engineering
12 92 (12.19%) Data Pipeline
13 88 (11.66%) Data Engineering
14 86 (11.39%) Data Modelling
15 85 (11.26%) Data Governance
15 85 (11.26%) Observability
16 81 (10.73%) Migration
17 80 (10.60%) Technical Leadership
18 78 (10.33%) Test Automation
19 77 (10.20%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 341 (45.17%) Python
2 159 (21.06%) SQL
3 130 (17.22%) Java
4 65 (8.61%) JavaScript
5 61 (8.08%) PowerShell
6 53 (7.02%) TypeScript
7 46 (6.09%) Bash
8 36 (4.77%) C#
9 23 (3.05%) Go
10 22 (2.91%) Scala
11 10 (1.32%) Kotlin
12 8 (1.06%) R
13 7 (0.93%) Bicep
14 6 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.79%) Perl
15 5 (0.66%) C++
15 5 (0.66%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.53%) C
16 4 (0.53%) Groovy
16 4 (0.53%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 127 (16.82%) Security Cleared
2 117 (15.50%) SC Cleared
3 68 (9.01%) Degree
4 40 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.52%) AWS Certification
6 18 (2.38%) Azure Certification
7 17 (2.25%) CISSP
8 16 (2.12%) DV Cleared
9 15 (1.99%) Cisco Certification
9 15 (1.99%) Master's Degree
10 13 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 9 (1.19%) OSCP
12 8 (1.06%) CCSP
12 8 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (0.93%) CISM
14 6 (0.79%) GPEN
15 5 (0.66%) CCNP
15 5 (0.66%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (8.48%) GDPR
2 63 (8.34%) Data Quality
3 23 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (3.05%) NIST
3 23 (3.05%) QA
4 13 (1.72%) PCI DSS
5 12 (1.59%) Accessibility
5 12 (1.59%) HIPAA
6 9 (1.19%) NCSC
6 9 (1.19%) SLA
7 6 (0.79%) EU AI Act
7 6 (0.79%) GRC
7 6 (0.79%) PERC
8 5 (0.66%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (0.53%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.53%) PSD2
9 4 (0.53%) SEPA
10 3 (0.40%) MiFID
10 3 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 208 (27.55%) Docker
2 50 (6.62%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.66%) Squid
4 4 (0.53%) Snort
4 4 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.40%) HDFS
5 3 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.26%) KVM
6 2 (0.26%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 248 (32.85%) Kubernetes
2 177 (23.44%) Terraform
3 57 (7.55%) Ansible
4 25 (3.31%) Grafana
4 25 (3.31%) Prometheus
5 22 (2.91%) Argo
6 15 (1.99%) Istio
7 10 (1.32%) Nessus
7 10 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
9 6 (0.79%) Kibana
10 5 (0.66%) Karpenter
10 5 (0.66%) Nmap
10 5 (0.66%) Puppet
11 4 (0.53%) Kubeflow
11 4 (0.53%) Nexpose
11 4 (0.53%) SCCM
11 4 (0.53%) Suricata
12 3 (0.40%) Fluentd
12 3 (0.40%) QRadar
Vendors
1 243 (32.19%) Google
2 61 (8.08%) Databricks
3 57 (7.55%) Microsoft
4 43 (5.70%) Splunk
5 41 (5.43%) CyberArk
6 34 (4.50%) BeyondTrust
6 34 (4.50%) Centrify
6 34 (4.50%) Oracle
7 27 (3.58%) OpenAI
8 24 (3.18%) Cisco
9 20 (2.65%) Palo Alto
10 15 (1.99%) ServiceNow
11 13 (1.72%) Salesforce
12 12 (1.59%) SAP
13 11 (1.46%) Red Hat
14 10 (1.32%) Informatica
15 9 (1.19%) Adobe
15 9 (1.19%) CrowdStrike
15 9 (1.19%) Zscaler
16 8 (1.06%) IBM