GCP Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Data Engineer - Google Cloud Platform
England > North of England

The median Data Engineer - Google Cloud Platform daily rate in the North of England is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 202 - 186
Rank change year-on-year - - +41
Contract jobs requiring a GCP Data Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.043% - 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% - 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -24.00%
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £588 £525 £513
% change year-on-year +11.90% +2.44% -14.58%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 4,244 3,299 4,360
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.54% 92.13% 93.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,838 1,899 2,917
10th Percentile £213 £232 £265
25th Percentile £363 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £551 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £655 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 174 205
10th Percentile £16.47 £15.36 £15.48
25th Percentile £20.00 £18.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £31.50 £25.30 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.51% -8.00% +27.91%
75th Percentile £56.44 £44.31 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £63.50 £61.99
England median hourly rate £26.40 £36.08 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.83% -19.82% +38.46%

GCP Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

GCP Data Engineer job vacancy trend in the North of England

GCP Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GCP Data Engineer job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GCP Data Engineer job vacancies in the North of England

GCP Data Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCP Data Engineer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
North East - 1 £450 -
North West - 1 - - 2
GCP Data Engineer
England

GCP Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, GCP Data 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 North of England region featuring GCP Data Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) BigQuery
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Apache
2 1 (50.00%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (50.00%) Apache Beam
2 1 (50.00%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Spanner
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (50.00%) Data Lineage
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) HIPAA
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Kafka
2 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering

GCP Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 (50.00%) Apache
1 1 (50.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) BigQuery
2 1 (50.00%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Spanner
2 1 (50.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (50.00%) Tableau
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Apache Beam
1 1 (50.00%) Kafka
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Data Lineage
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) Data Science
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) HIPAA