GCP Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in the North West

Data Engineer - Google Cloud Platform
England > North West

As of 14 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Data Engineer - Google Cloud Platform daily rate in the North West.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 - 136
Rank change year-on-year - - +33
Contract jobs requiring a GCP Data Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.041% - 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% - 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.49%
75th Percentile - - £488
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £588 £525 £513
% change year-on-year +11.90% +2.44% -15.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,238 2,014 2,453
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.09% 92.90% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,459 1,134 1,695
10th Percentile £213 £259 £300
25th Percentile £358 £386 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £666 £656 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 122 163
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.53 £16.04
25th Percentile £20.11 £18.00 £17.75
Median hourly rate £31.75 £27.31 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.25% -21.96% +64.51%
75th Percentile £56.63 £46.18 £46.53
90th Percentile £70.00 £67.25 £64.75
England median hourly rate £26.50 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.38% -17.78% +38.46%

GCP Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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 West.

GCP Data Engineer job vacancy trend in the North West

GCP Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

GCP Data Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 14 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
Manchester - 1 - - 2
GCP Data Engineer
England

GCP Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 14 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 West region featuring GCP Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Beam
1 1 (100.00%) BigQuery
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Spanner
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) HIPAA
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

GCP Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) BigQuery
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Spanner
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Beam
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) HIPAA