GCP Data Architect Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Data Architect - Google Cloud Platform
North West > Manchester

The median Data Architect - Google Cloud Platform daily rate in Manchester is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a GCP Data Architect 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.44% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £700 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - -
75th Percentile £750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £725 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,038 1,074 1,497
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.70% 93.96% 93.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 688 633 1,097
10th Percentile £302 £313 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £584
90th Percentile £664 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 43 58
10th Percentile £17.17 £15.92 £15.42
25th Percentile £19.07 £21.25 £17.20
Median hourly rate £22.32 £32.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.34% +66.67% -2.50%
75th Percentile £30.07 £44.38 £49.75
90th Percentile £53.30 £65.00 £68.50
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £25.30 £35.00
% change year-on-year +17.00% -27.71% +74.43%

GCP Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'GCP Data Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

GCP Data Architect job vacancy trend in Manchester

GCP Data Architect Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, GCP Data Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region featuring GCP Data Architect in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) AI
1 5 (100.00%) BigQuery
1 5 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 5 (100.00%) GCP
1 5 (100.00%) Google
2 4 (80.00%) Digital Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) ETL
2 4 (80.00%) Hitachi
3 3 (60.00%) Data Engineering
3 3 (60.00%) Data Integration
3 3 (60.00%) Digital Innovation
4 1 (20.00%) Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Cost Control
4 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) FinOps
4 1 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Debt
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (20.00%) Vertex AI

GCP Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) GCP
2 1 (20.00%) Vertex AI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) BigQuery
General
1 3 (60.00%) Automotive
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Cloud Native
2 3 (60.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) AI
1 5 (100.00%) Data Architecture
2 4 (80.00%) Digital Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) ETL
3 3 (60.00%) Data Engineering
3 3 (60.00%) Data Integration
3 3 (60.00%) Digital Innovation
4 1 (20.00%) Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Cost Control
4 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) FinOps
4 1 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Debt
4 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Google
2 4 (80.00%) Hitachi