GCP Engineer Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Google Cloud Platform Engineer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Google Cloud Platform Engineer daily rate in Portsmouth is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
11 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a GCP Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 1.16% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £513 £488
% change year-on-year +7.32% +5.13% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. 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 Portsmouth with a recognized job title 335 192 201
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.38% 98.46% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 130 89
10th Percentile £350 £200 £400
25th Percentile £461 £213 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £514 £575
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -10.61% +15.00%
75th Percentile £625 £556 £688
90th Percentile £685 £625 £850
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £538 £575
% change year-on-year +2.33% -6.52% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 32 78
10th Percentile £26.25 £24.66 £52.70
25th Percentile £41.85 £32.52 £53.40
Median hourly rate £55.00 £48.75 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -15.00% +4.27%
75th Percentile £65.00 £55.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £73.02 £59.88 £76.86
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.50 £47.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year - -17.18% +14.70%

GCP Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

GCP Engineer job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

GCP Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 11 August 2026, 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 Portsmouth region featuring GCP Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) GCP
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Google
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 2 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) Terraform

GCP Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 4 (100.00%) GCP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Google
GCP Engineer jobs