GCP Engineer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Google Cloud Platform Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Google Cloud Platform Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £513, 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 87 82 103
Rank change year-on-year -5 +21 +19
Contract jobs requiring a GCP Engineer 4 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.35% 0.087% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.093% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £473
25th Percentile £506 £625 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £650 £525
Median % change year-on-year -21.15% +23.81% -12.50%
75th Percentile £519 £675 £538
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £513 £650 £525
% change year-on-year -21.15% +23.81% -12.50%

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 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

GCP Engineer job vacancy trend in Manchester

GCP Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GCP Engineer job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GCP Engineer job vacancies in Manchester

GCP Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, GCP Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) GCP
2 2 (50.00%) Google
2 2 (50.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Apache
3 1 (25.00%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (25.00%) Apache Beam
3 1 (25.00%) API Design
3 1 (25.00%) API Management
3 1 (25.00%) Apigee
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Azure AKS
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Storage
3 1 (25.00%) Bash
3 1 (25.00%) Bicep
3 1 (25.00%) BigQuery
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Spanner
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Community of Practice
3 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
3 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (25.00%) Data Security
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Docker
3 1 (25.00%) Dynatrace
3 1 (25.00%) ETL

GCP Engineer 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Apache
1 1 (25.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) GCP
2 1 (25.00%) Apigee
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure AKS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Storage
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (25.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
2 1 (25.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) SaaS
2 1 (25.00%) Stackdriver
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) BigQuery
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Spanner
1 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
1 1 (25.00%) Spinnaker
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Apache Beam
1 1 (25.00%) Node.js
1 1 (25.00%) OpenAPI
1 1 (25.00%) REST
1 1 (25.00%) Swagger
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) API Design
1 1 (25.00%) API Management
1 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (25.00%) Coaching
1 1 (25.00%) Community of Practice
1 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (25.00%) Data Security
1 1 (25.00%) DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) ETL
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (25.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (25.00%) Observability
1 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) Bash
2 1 (25.00%) Bicep
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Istio
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (25.00%) Dynatrace
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow