Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
England > South West
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring GCP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GCP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 77 | 116 | 132 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +39 | +16 | -9 |
| Contract jobs citing GCP | 34 | 41 | 35 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West | 2.03% | 1.28% | 0.97% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 6.92% | 5.02% | 2.77% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 30 | 23 | 27 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £300 | £396 |
| 25th Percentile | £355 | £406 | £538 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £548 | £550 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.45% | -15.38% | +18.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £620 | £713 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £688 | £749 |
| England median daily rate | £600 | £600 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.00% | +1.71% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £78.70 | - | - |
| England median hourly rate | £52.50 | £55.00 | £75.09 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | -26.75% | +7.66% |
All Cloud Skills
South West
GCP falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the South West.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 491 | 816 | 1,264 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West | 29.26% | 25.51% | 34.86% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 370 | 616 | 1,019 |
| 10th Percentile | £235 | £205 | £287 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £363 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -9.09% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £623 | £594 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £688 | £713 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 26 | 29 | 57 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.13 | £12.50 | £16.43 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.13 | £14.00 | £19.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.51 | £14.50 | £53.35 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +27.66% | -72.82% | +113.40% |
| 75th Percentile | £34.50 | £68.75 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £53.13 | £70.00 | £78.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £25.50 | £20.77 | £32.30 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.77% | -35.70% | +53.81% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Job postings citing GCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.
GCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GCP in the South West.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCP in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contract Job Locations in the South West
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCP within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol | +4 | 14 | £370 | -24.10% | 30 |
| Somerset | +10 | 8 | £625 | +13.64% | 7 |
| Wiltshire | +34 | 6 | £443 | -34.44% | 3 |
| Gloucestershire | +18 | 3 | £700 | +40.00% | 28 |
| Devon | - | 2 | £513 | - | 10 |
| GCP England |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:
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