GCP Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in South London

Data Engineer - Google Cloud Platform
London > South London

The median Data Engineer - Google Cloud Platform daily rate in South London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a GCP Data Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South London 0.31% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
London median daily rate £600 £518 £588
% change year-on-year +15.83% -11.83% +2.17%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South London. 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 South London with a recognized job title 303 166 198
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.28% 91.71% 98.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 103 138
10th Percentile £350 £213 £363
25th Percentile £456 £406 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £554 £630 £567
90th Percentile £650 £707 £638
London median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 4 11
10th Percentile £16.70 - -
25th Percentile £54.37 £17.98 £17.25
Median hourly rate £58.74 £19.60 £68.75
Median % change year-on-year +199.74% -71.50% +36.35%
75th Percentile £65.90 £24.41 £83.75
90th Percentile - £30.16 -
London median hourly rate £39.00 £32.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year +21.88% +13.27% -24.51%

GCP Data Engineer
Contract Job Locations in South London

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 South London region over the 6 months to 15 July 2026. 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
Merton - 1 £550 -
GCP Data Engineer
London

GCP Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London

For the 6 months to 15 July 2026, 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 South London region featuring GCP Data Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) dbt
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Google

GCP Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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 1 (100.00%) dbt
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google