GCP Contracts in the North of England

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for GCP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GCP over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 92 89
Rank change year-on-year -5 -3 -12
Contract jobs citing GCP 91 145 180
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.90% 2.48% 2.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.47% 6.77% 7.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 113 123
10th Percentile £370 £453 £425
25th Percentile £411 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% +16.73%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £681
90th Percentile £668 £688 £738
England median daily rate £600 £625 £615
% change year-on-year -4.00% +1.63% +11.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £72.75 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £75.09 £69.75
% change year-on-year -26.75% +7.66% +101.73%

All Cloud Skills
North of England

GCP is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,407 2,142 2,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 29.41% 36.62% 34.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 999 1,603 1,857
10th Percentile £263 £290 £192
25th Percentile £375 £419 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £643 £688 £666
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 38 63
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.23 £14.40
25th Percentile £15.50 £20.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £37.30 £18.69
Median % change year-on-year -56.94% +99.63% -2.94%
75th Percentile £20.95 £65.00 £23.26
90th Percentile £43.75 £70.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £20.99 £30.25 £21.00
% change year-on-year -30.63% +44.05% -2.33%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing GCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for GCP in the North of England

GCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GCP in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for GCP in the North of England

GCP
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCP in the North of England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GCP in the North of England

GCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GCP in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for GCP in the North of England

GCP
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 within the North of England region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Yorkshire +1 49 £550 - 27
North West -10 39 £513 -12.77% 63
North East +21 3 £600 +14.29% 7
GCP
England

GCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 9 (9.89%) Confluence
2 5 (5.49%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (5.49%) nginx
3 3 (3.30%) Apache Spark
3 3 (3.30%) Jupyter
4 2 (2.20%) Apache
4 2 (2.20%) Traefik
5 1 (1.10%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (1.10%) CMS
5 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 65 (71.43%) AWS
2 63 (69.23%) Azure
3 10 (10.99%) GitHub
4 6 (6.59%) Apigee
4 6 (6.59%) Kong
4 6 (6.59%) Power Platform
5 5 (5.49%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (5.49%) CloudBees
5 5 (5.49%) Google Analytics
5 5 (5.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 4 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (4.40%) Mimecast
6 4 (4.40%) SaaS
6 4 (4.40%) Serverless
7 3 (3.30%) AWS Direct Connect
7 3 (3.30%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 3 (3.30%) Vertex AI
8 2 (2.20%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.20%) Google Data Studio
8 2 (2.20%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (15.38%) DNS
1 14 (15.38%) Firewall
2 13 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 12 (13.19%) VPN
4 6 (6.59%) HTTP
5 5 (5.49%) HTTPS
5 5 (5.49%) VLAN
6 4 (4.40%) DHCP
7 2 (2.20%) BGP
7 2 (2.20%) MPLS
7 2 (2.20%) Network Security
7 2 (2.20%) OSPF
7 2 (2.20%) Value-Added Service
7 2 (2.20%) Wireshark
8 1 (1.10%) InfiniBand
8 1 (1.10%) LAN
8 1 (1.10%) SAN
8 1 (1.10%) SMTP
8 1 (1.10%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (17.58%) BigQuery
2 13 (14.29%) MongoDB
3 12 (13.19%) NoSQL
4 6 (6.59%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (6.59%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (6.59%) Power BI
4 6 (6.59%) Relational Database
5 4 (4.40%) Apache Cassandra
5 4 (4.40%) SQL Server
6 3 (3.30%) Big Data
6 3 (3.30%) Bigtable
6 3 (3.30%) ClickHouse
6 3 (3.30%) Cloud Spanner
6 3 (3.30%) Data Lake
6 3 (3.30%) Hadoop
6 3 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (2.20%) Apache Hive
7 2 (2.20%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (2.20%) Metadata
7 2 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 16 (17.58%) Git
2 15 (16.48%) Jenkins
3 11 (12.09%) GitLab
3 11 (12.09%) JIRA
4 7 (7.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 6 (6.59%) CircleCI
5 6 (6.59%) Travis CI
6 4 (4.40%) Hudson
7 2 (2.20%) Bitbucket
7 2 (2.20%) Maven
8 1 (1.10%) Cucumber
8 1 (1.10%) Gradle
8 1 (1.10%) JUnit
8 1 (1.10%) Mockito
8 1 (1.10%) Postman
8 1 (1.10%) SoapUI
General
1 34 (37.36%) Social Skills
2 19 (20.88%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (9.89%) Public Sector
4 8 (8.79%) Finance
5 6 (6.59%) Retail
6 2 (2.20%) Banking
7 1 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.10%) Health Technology
7 1 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.10%) Law
7 1 (1.10%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.10%) Marketing
7 1 (1.10%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 17 (18.68%) Architect
2 13 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
3 11 (12.09%) Senior
4 7 (7.69%) Analyst
4 7 (7.69%) Lead
5 6 (6.59%) Data Analyst
5 6 (6.59%) DBA
5 6 (6.59%) Network Engineer
6 5 (5.49%) Cloud Engineer
6 5 (5.49%) Data Engineer
6 5 (5.49%) Developer
6 5 (5.49%) Performance Analyst
7 4 (4.40%) Automation Engineer
7 4 (4.40%) Data Architect
7 4 (4.40%) Database Specialist
7 4 (4.40%) DevOps Automation Engineer
7 4 (4.40%) GCP Architect
7 4 (4.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (4.40%) MongoDB DBA
7 4 (4.40%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.69%) JSON
1 7 (7.69%) Kafka
1 7 (7.69%) XML
2 6 (6.59%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (6.59%) YAML
3 4 (4.40%) REST
4 3 (3.30%) Apache Beam
4 3 (3.30%) Keycloak
4 3 (3.30%) Middleware
4 3 (3.30%) Node.js
5 2 (2.20%) cloud-init
5 2 (2.20%) GraphQL
5 2 (2.20%) HTML
5 2 (2.20%) LDAP
5 2 (2.20%) SAML
5 2 (2.20%) SOAP
5 2 (2.20%) Spring
5 2 (2.20%) Spring Boot
6 1 (1.10%) JSP
6 1 (1.10%) Servlets
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.69%) Data Structures
1 7 (7.69%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (6.59%) Public Cloud
2 6 (6.59%) Replication
3 4 (4.40%) Distributed Computing
4 3 (3.30%) Clustering
4 3 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.30%) PKI
4 3 (3.30%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.20%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.20%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.10%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.10%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (1.10%) Data Fabric
6 1 (1.10%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.10%) NHS
6 1 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.10%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (23.08%) Linux
2 9 (9.89%) Unix
3 5 (5.49%) Windows
4 4 (4.40%) Apple iOS
4 4 (4.40%) Mac OS
5 3 (3.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (2.20%) CentOS
6 2 (2.20%) Windows Server
6 2 (2.20%) zOS
7 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (36.26%) Agile
2 27 (29.67%) DevOps
3 25 (27.47%) CI/CD
4 22 (24.18%) Containerisation
4 22 (24.18%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (16.48%) Infrastructure as Code
6 14 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
7 13 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (13.19%) Task Automation
9 11 (12.09%) Data Pipeline
9 11 (12.09%) DevSecOps
9 11 (12.09%) Migration
9 11 (12.09%) Roadmaps
10 10 (10.99%) ETL
11 9 (9.89%) Configuration Management
11 9 (9.89%) Data Modelling
11 9 (9.89%) Disaster Recovery
11 9 (9.89%) Machine Learning
11 9 (9.89%) Open Source
11 9 (9.89%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 43 (47.25%) Python
2 18 (19.78%) Bash
3 16 (17.58%) SQL
4 14 (15.38%) PowerShell
5 12 (13.19%) Java
6 10 (10.99%) Go
7 7 (7.69%) JavaScript
8 6 (6.59%) Scala
9 5 (5.49%) Groovy
9 5 (5.49%) Ruby
10 2 (2.20%) LookML
10 2 (2.20%) TypeScript
11 1 (1.10%) CQL
11 1 (1.10%) Perl
11 1 (1.10%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (6.59%) Degree
2 5 (5.49%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (5.49%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.40%) CCNP
3 4 (4.40%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.30%) CCIE
5 2 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.20%) CCNA
5 2 (2.20%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.20%) VCAP
6 1 (1.10%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.10%) MCSE
6 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.10%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.59%) QA
2 3 (3.30%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.30%) NIST
3 2 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.20%) NCSC
3 2 (2.20%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.10%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 18 (19.78%) Docker
2 3 (3.30%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.30%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 3 (3.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.20%) HDFS
3 2 (2.20%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.10%) ACF2
4 1 (1.10%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.10%) IAG
4 1 (1.10%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (1.10%) RACF
4 1 (1.10%) Terminal Services
4 1 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (21.98%) Kubernetes
2 17 (18.68%) Terraform
3 16 (17.58%) Ansible
4 9 (9.89%) Grafana
4 9 (9.89%) Prometheus
5 8 (8.79%) Docker Swarm
5 8 (8.79%) Puppet
6 6 (6.59%) Kibana
6 6 (6.59%) logstash
6 6 (6.59%) Progress Chef
7 4 (4.40%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (2.20%) Consul
8 2 (2.20%) Graphite
8 2 (2.20%) HAProxy
8 2 (2.20%) Istio
8 2 (2.20%) linkerd
8 2 (2.20%) Packer
8 2 (2.20%) Podman
8 2 (2.20%) ZABBIX
9 1 (1.10%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 31 (34.07%) Google
2 10 (10.99%) Splunk
3 4 (4.40%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.40%) Sophos
3 4 (4.40%) VMware
4 3 (3.30%) Atlassian
5 2 (2.20%) Cisco
5 2 (2.20%) Citrix
5 2 (2.20%) Databricks
5 2 (2.20%) F5
5 2 (2.20%) LogicMonitor
5 2 (2.20%) PagerDuty
5 2 (2.20%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.10%) BeyondTrust
6 1 (1.10%) Confluent
6 1 (1.10%) Infoblox
6 1 (1.10%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.10%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.10%) Symantec
6 1 (1.10%) Tanium