GCC Contracts in the UK excluding London

GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring GCC skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GCC 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 332 392 459
Rank change year-on-year +60 +67 +49
Contract jobs citing GCC 4 7 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.031% 0.034% 0.012%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.23% 0.31% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £533
25th Percentile - - £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £499 £1,000 £575
Median % change year-on-year -50.10% +73.91% +31.43%
75th Percentile - - £594
90th Percentile - - £598
UK median daily rate £750 £1,000 £750
% change year-on-year -25.00% +33.33% +71.43%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

GCC falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,711 2,265 3,407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.40% 10.90% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,133 1,466 2,398
10th Percentile £325 £350 £350
25th Percentile £402 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% - -
75th Percentile £556 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £676
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 169 184
10th Percentile £46.25 £40.00 £45.38
25th Percentile £52.42 £52.50 £52.47
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +12.84%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.36 £85.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GCC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GCC in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GCC in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for GCC in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GCC in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for GCC in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCC within the UK excluding London 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
South East - 2 - - 4
South West - 1 - - 2
Scotland - 1 £499 - 1
GCC
UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) EngageOne
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Programme Manager
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Workstream Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Workstream Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) SAP