GCP Contracts in London

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring GCP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GCP over the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 43 52
Rank change year-on-year +5 +9 -6
Contract jobs citing GCP 846 1,004 1,922
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 5.28% 4.72% 5.02%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.91% 12.05% 12.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 586 785 1,397
10th Percentile £428 £450 £481
25th Percentile £519 £538 £546
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £650 £650
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £823 £750 £750
90th Percentile £888 £825 £813
England median daily rate £600 £615 £625
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.60% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £39.50 £59.40 £24.93
25th Percentile £44.38 £61.50 £32.73
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £46.63
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +39.41% -18.20%
75th Percentile £60.00 £75.00 £61.38
90th Percentile £61.50 £81.00 £69.70
England median hourly rate £46.25 £68.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% +163.46% -56.67%

All Cloud 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 6,554 8,333 15,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 40.89% 39.20% 39.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,516 6,192 11,067
10th Percentile £350 £350 £400
25th Percentile £450 £455 £487
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £567 £585
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% -3.12% +6.36%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £800 £775 £775
England median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 62 64
10th Percentile £23.62 £17.10 £18.75
25th Percentile £24.06 £21.63 £21.69
Median hourly rate £30.80 £40.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.96% +15.71% +25.00%
75th Percentile £45.65 £69.25 £57.50
90th Percentile £67.03 £90.00 £74.28
England median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +7.69% +44.44% +6.89%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing GCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for GCP in London

GCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GCP in London.

Daily rate trend for GCP in London

GCP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCP in London over the 6 months to 5 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GCP in London

GCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GCP in London.

Hourly rate trend for GCP in London

GCP
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GCP in London over the 6 months to 5 October 2024.

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 5 October 2024. 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 -8 86 £557 -14.38% 17
West London +10 12 £400 -23.81% 11
East London +9 3 £550 -3.08% 4
South London +11 1 £575 +27.78% 10
GCP
England

GCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 163 (19.27%) Apache Airflow
2 147 (17.38%) Apache
3 41 (4.85%) Apache Spark
4 25 (2.96%) Confluence
5 10 (1.18%) CMS
6 8 (0.95%) nginx
7 7 (0.83%) SharePoint
8 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.71%) SAS
9 5 (0.59%) Apache Solr
9 5 (0.59%) Cloud Foundry
10 4 (0.47%) Oracle Self-Service HR
11 3 (0.35%) CICS
11 3 (0.35%) Drupal
11 3 (0.35%) Jupyter
12 2 (0.24%) Anypoint
12 2 (0.24%) Ethereum
12 2 (0.24%) Hyperledger
12 2 (0.24%) Solana
13 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.12%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 7 (0.83%) Shopify
2 2 (0.24%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.12%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.12%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 554 (65.48%) AWS
2 396 (46.81%) Azure
3 130 (15.37%) dbt
4 120 (14.18%) Snowflake
5 48 (5.67%) GitHub
6 45 (5.32%) Amazon EKS
7 44 (5.20%) Amazon EC2
8 40 (4.73%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 37 (4.37%) Amazon ECS
10 32 (3.78%) Serverless
11 31 (3.66%) Cloud Computing
12 24 (2.84%) SaaS
13 23 (2.72%) Entra ID
14 18 (2.13%) IaaS
15 17 (2.01%) AWS CloudFormation
16 15 (1.77%) Dagster
16 15 (1.77%) PaaS
17 14 (1.65%) Amazon S3
18 13 (1.54%) Nutanix
18 13 (1.54%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 39 (4.61%) HTTP
2 31 (3.66%) Firewall
3 25 (2.96%) DNS
3 25 (2.96%) TCP/IP
4 14 (1.65%) VoIP
5 13 (1.54%) CTI
5 13 (1.54%) HTTPS
6 10 (1.18%) Network Security
7 9 (1.06%) DHCP
7 9 (1.06%) Kerberos
7 9 (1.06%) VLAN
8 8 (0.95%) BGP
8 8 (0.95%) OSPF
8 8 (0.95%) SAN
8 8 (0.95%) VPN
9 7 (0.83%) NAS
9 7 (0.83%) SSL
9 7 (0.83%) Wireless
10 4 (0.47%) BIG-IP
10 4 (0.47%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (16.31%) Apache Ignite
2 125 (14.78%) Data Lake
3 116 (13.71%) Dremio
4 113 (13.36%) Amazon Athena
5 97 (11.47%) Apache Arrow
6 91 (10.76%) BigQuery
7 86 (10.17%) PostgreSQL
8 52 (6.15%) Big Data
8 52 (6.15%) Data Warehouse
9 39 (4.61%) NoSQL
10 29 (3.43%) Hadoop
11 27 (3.19%) MySQL
12 23 (2.72%) MongoDB
13 21 (2.48%) Relational Database
14 20 (2.36%) SQL Server
15 19 (2.25%) Apache Cassandra
16 17 (2.01%) Looker
16 17 (2.01%) Tableau
17 13 (1.54%) Power BI
18 9 (1.06%) Bigtable
Development Applications
1 82 (9.69%) Git
2 81 (9.57%) Jenkins
3 42 (4.96%) GitLab
4 36 (4.26%) JIRA
5 34 (4.02%) Cypress.io
6 10 (1.18%) Maven
7 9 (1.06%) CircleCI
7 9 (1.06%) TeamCity
8 5 (0.59%) Subversion
9 4 (0.47%) JUnit
9 4 (0.47%) Postman
9 4 (0.47%) Selenium
9 4 (0.47%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.35%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.35%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.35%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.35%) Gradle
10 3 (0.35%) Mocha
10 3 (0.35%) webpack
General
1 331 (39.13%) Finance
2 228 (26.95%) Banking
3 183 (21.63%) Front Office
4 177 (20.92%) Social Skills
5 108 (12.77%) Investment Banking
6 66 (7.80%) Analytical Skills
7 28 (3.31%) Retail
8 23 (2.72%) Public Sector
9 20 (2.36%) Marketing
10 17 (2.01%) Telecoms
11 15 (1.77%) Financial Institution
12 11 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (0.95%) Legal
13 8 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (0.95%) Retail Banking
14 6 (0.71%) Wearables
15 5 (0.59%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
16 3 (0.35%) Automotive
16 3 (0.35%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 262 (30.97%) Developer
2 168 (19.86%) Architect
3 137 (16.19%) Software Engineer
4 107 (12.65%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 100 (11.82%) Python Engineer
6 90 (10.64%) Lead
7 84 (9.93%) Python Developer
8 82 (9.69%) Senior
9 77 (9.10%) Python Software Engineer
10 76 (8.98%) Solutions Architect
11 64 (7.57%) React Developer
12 54 (6.38%) Java Developer
13 52 (6.15%) Data Engineer
14 48 (5.67%) GCP Engineer
15 44 (5.20%) Java Engineer
16 43 (5.08%) Consultant
16 43 (5.08%) DevOps Engineer
17 41 (4.85%) Lead Developer
18 40 (4.73%) Cloud Engineer
19 38 (4.49%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (16.78%) gRPC
2 138 (16.31%) Protocol Buffers
3 124 (14.66%) Pandas
4 122 (14.42%) React
5 119 (14.07%) NumPy
6 116 (13.71%) SciPy
7 84 (9.93%) Kafka
8 71 (8.39%) Node.js
9 68 (8.04%) Redux
9 68 (8.04%) RESTful
10 51 (6.03%) PySpark
11 41 (4.85%) Spring
12 40 (4.73%) AngularJS
13 36 (4.26%) HTML
13 36 (4.26%) Material-UI
14 33 (3.90%) .NET
14 33 (3.90%) CSS
15 30 (3.55%) Spring Boot
16 29 (3.43%) REST
17 28 (3.31%) Akka
Miscellaneous
1 161 (19.03%) Fixed Income
2 130 (15.37%) Hedge funds
3 122 (14.42%) Equities
4 93 (10.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 92 (10.87%) Derivative
6 29 (3.43%) Algorithms
6 29 (3.43%) Public Cloud
7 28 (3.31%) Distributed Systems
8 25 (2.96%) Data Structures
9 20 (2.36%) Management Information System
10 19 (2.25%) Cloud Native
11 17 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
12 16 (1.89%) Product Ownership
13 15 (1.77%) Mobile App
14 14 (1.65%) Clustering
14 14 (1.65%) Data Centre
14 14 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
15 13 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
15 13 (1.54%) IVR
16 11 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 63 (7.45%) Linux
2 29 (3.43%) Windows
3 23 (2.72%) Unix
4 11 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (1.18%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.95%) Solaris
7 5 (0.59%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.47%) Oracle Linux
9 2 (0.24%) Android
9 2 (0.24%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.12%) CentOS
10 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.12%) VMS
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 325 (38.42%) Agile
2 239 (28.25%) Software Engineering
3 205 (24.23%) CI/CD
4 192 (22.70%) DevOps
5 175 (20.69%) Asset Management
6 127 (15.01%) Problem-Solving
7 126 (14.89%) Machine Learning
8 113 (13.36%) Microservices
9 100 (11.82%) Computer Science
10 95 (11.23%) Investment Management
10 95 (11.23%) Migration
11 93 (10.99%) Artificial Intelligence
12 89 (10.52%) Analytics
13 87 (10.28%) Containerisation
14 85 (10.05%) Infrastructure as Code
15 76 (8.98%) Line Management
16 75 (8.87%) Data Science
17 74 (8.75%) Full-Stack Development
18 71 (8.39%) Fintech
19 59 (6.97%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 419 (49.53%) Python
2 258 (30.50%) Java
3 193 (22.81%) TypeScript
4 188 (22.22%) SQL
5 184 (21.75%) JavaScript
6 54 (6.38%) Go
7 50 (5.91%) Scala
8 41 (4.85%) Bash
9 38 (4.49%) C#
10 35 (4.14%) PowerShell
11 17 (2.01%) C++
11 17 (2.01%) Perl
11 17 (2.01%) Ruby
12 15 (1.77%) Kotlin
13 11 (1.30%) R
14 8 (0.95%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.59%) Rust
16 4 (0.47%) Bicep
16 4 (0.47%) PHP
17 3 (0.35%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 98 (11.58%) Degree
2 64 (7.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 50 (5.91%) Security Cleared
4 45 (5.32%) SC Cleared
5 34 (4.02%) Master's Degree
6 25 (2.96%) CISSP
7 13 (1.54%) AWS Certification
8 9 (1.06%) Azure Certification
8 9 (1.06%) CEH
8 9 (1.06%) CISM
9 8 (0.95%) CREST Certified
9 8 (0.95%) DV Cleared
9 8 (0.95%) OSCP
9 8 (0.95%) PhD
10 7 (0.83%) CCNP
10 7 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (0.71%) CISA
12 5 (0.59%) CCNA
12 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.02%) Data Quality
2 24 (2.84%) GDPR
3 23 (2.72%) QA
4 17 (2.01%) NIST
5 8 (0.95%) Accessibility
5 8 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 7 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.71%) HIPAA
8 5 (0.59%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.35%) Basel III
9 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.35%) WCAG
10 2 (0.24%) GRC
10 2 (0.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.12%) GLBA
11 1 (0.12%) NCSC
11 1 (0.12%) PMO
System Software
1 110 (13.00%) Docker
2 39 (4.61%) Active Directory
3 20 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.65%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.71%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.71%) VMware NSX
7 5 (0.59%) vSphere
8 4 (0.47%) NFS
8 4 (0.47%) Veritas File System
8 4 (0.47%) Veritas Volume Manager
9 3 (0.35%) Ceph
10 2 (0.24%) KVM
11 1 (0.12%) ACF2
11 1 (0.12%) HDFS
11 1 (0.12%) IAG
11 1 (0.12%) RACF
Systems Management
1 191 (22.58%) Kubernetes
2 135 (15.96%) Terraform
3 46 (5.44%) Ansible
4 17 (2.01%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.77%) Grafana
6 14 (1.65%) Puppet
7 8 (0.95%) Argo
7 8 (0.95%) EMC NetWorker
7 8 (0.95%) Netcool
7 8 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.95%) Tivoli
8 7 (0.83%) Istio
8 7 (0.83%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
10 5 (0.59%) Control-M
10 5 (0.59%) Progress Chef
10 5 (0.59%) QRadar
11 4 (0.47%) Red Hat Satellite
11 4 (0.47%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.35%) Kibana
Vendors
1 310 (36.64%) Google
2 64 (7.57%) Microsoft
3 33 (3.90%) Oracle
4 29 (3.43%) VMware
5 21 (2.48%) Bloomberg
5 21 (2.48%) Cisco
6 20 (2.36%) Reuters
7 19 (2.25%) Databricks
8 17 (2.01%) CyberArk
9 15 (1.77%) Foundry
9 15 (1.77%) Palantir
9 15 (1.77%) Typelevel
10 14 (1.65%) Splunk
11 13 (1.54%) Genesys
11 13 (1.54%) SAP
12 12 (1.42%) Qualys
13 11 (1.30%) EMC
13 11 (1.30%) Red Hat
14 10 (1.18%) Adobe
14 10 (1.18%) ServiceNow