GCP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 102 170 169
Rank change year-on-year +68 -1 -34
Contract jobs citing GCP 314 256 376
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.46% 1.23% 1.56%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.68% 4.70% 4.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 175 276
10th Percentile £313 £330 £405
25th Percentile £413 £411 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £570
Median % change year-on-year - -7.89% -5.00%
75th Percentile £613 £631 £650
90th Percentile £700 £688 £708
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 5
10th Percentile £68.62 £29.20 £32.65
25th Percentile £70.30 £31.38 £55.00
Median hourly rate £74.35 £35.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +112.43% -46.56% +58.79%
75th Percentile £77.15 £61.50 £70.26
90th Percentile £78.08 £77.40 £76.11
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £51.75 £70.18
% change year-on-year +1.45% -26.26% +47.74%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 4,086 5,443 8,022
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.01% 26.20% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,896 3,840 5,946
10th Percentile £236 £213 £240
25th Percentile £388 £375 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 259 231
10th Percentile £14.99 £14.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.00 £16.69
Median hourly rate £21.46 £17.72 £24.62
Median % change year-on-year +21.11% -28.03% +31.31%
75th Percentile £33.45 £26.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.25 £61.52 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for GCP in the UK excluding London

GCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for GCP in the UK excluding London

GCP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GCP in the UK excluding London

GCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for GCP in the UK excluding London

GCP
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 GCP 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
North of England +39 121 £550 +4.76% 828
South East +71 63 £575 +24.32% 910
Yorkshire +17 61 £525 -2.33% 305
North West +36 58 £575 +15.00% 446
Midlands +28 35 £465 -20.85% 592
South West +39 34 £548 -0.45% 377
Wales +22 24 £446 -17.22% 98
West Midlands +11 22 £500 -14.89% 323
East of England +24 21 £500 - 505
Scotland +11 20 £575 +21.05% 166
East Midlands +19 13 £396 -32.68% 224
Northern Ireland -7 4 £475 -29.63% 54
North East -1 2 £463 -22.92% 78
GCP
UK

GCP
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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (6.37%) Apache Spark
2 17 (5.41%) Apache
3 15 (4.78%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (2.55%) Confluence
4 8 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.27%) Anypoint
5 4 (1.27%) Mule
6 2 (0.64%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.64%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.64%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.64%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.32%) Luigi
Applications
1 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.32%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.32%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (1.59%) Kondor
2 4 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 227 (72.29%) AWS
2 207 (65.92%) Azure
3 22 (7.01%) Power Platform
3 22 (7.01%) Snowflake
4 18 (5.73%) GitHub
5 17 (5.41%) PaaS
6 12 (3.82%) Cloud Computing
7 11 (3.50%) IaaS
8 9 (2.87%) SaaS
9 8 (2.55%) AWS CloudFormation
9 8 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.55%) OpenShift
10 7 (2.23%) Amazon S3
10 7 (2.23%) dbt
10 7 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.91%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (1.91%) Google Compute Engine
12 5 (1.59%) Asana
13 4 (1.27%) Apigee
13 4 (1.27%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.69%) Firewall
2 20 (6.37%) VPN
3 15 (4.78%) DNS
4 14 (4.46%) Network Security
5 12 (3.82%) DHCP
6 11 (3.50%) TCP/IP
7 10 (3.18%) BGP
7 10 (3.18%) MPLS
7 10 (3.18%) VLAN
8 8 (2.55%) SMTP
9 6 (1.91%) HTTP
10 5 (1.59%) SSL
10 5 (1.59%) WAN
11 4 (1.27%) OSPF
11 4 (1.27%) SD-WAN
12 3 (0.96%) NGFW
12 3 (0.96%) VoIP
13 2 (0.64%) HTTPS
13 2 (0.64%) Kerberos
13 2 (0.64%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (10.19%) Data Warehouse
2 28 (8.92%) BigQuery
3 26 (8.28%) Big Data
4 18 (5.73%) Power BI
5 17 (5.41%) Tableau
6 16 (5.10%) MongoDB
6 16 (5.10%) SQL Server
7 15 (4.78%) NoSQL
8 14 (4.46%) Data Lake
8 14 (4.46%) Hadoop
8 14 (4.46%) Relational Database
9 13 (4.14%) Looker
10 12 (3.82%) Elasticsearch
10 12 (3.82%) Flink
10 12 (3.82%) PostgreSQL
11 11 (3.50%) Metadata
12 10 (3.18%) Amazon RDS
13 8 (2.55%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (1.91%) MySQL
15 5 (1.59%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 27 (8.60%) Git
1 27 (8.60%) JIRA
2 23 (7.32%) GitLab
3 22 (7.01%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.59%) ERwin
4 5 (1.59%) Robot Framework
5 4 (1.27%) Artifactory
5 4 (1.27%) CircleCI
5 4 (1.27%) Cucumber
5 4 (1.27%) LoadRunner
6 3 (0.96%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.96%) DBeaver
6 3 (0.96%) ER Studio
6 3 (0.96%) JMeter
6 3 (0.96%) Maven
7 2 (0.64%) Introscope
7 2 (0.64%) Jaeger
7 2 (0.64%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.64%) TestRail
7 2 (0.64%) webpack
General
1 114 (36.31%) Social Skills
2 55 (17.52%) Finance
3 53 (16.88%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (13.69%) Public Sector
5 30 (9.55%) Banking
6 29 (9.24%) Telecoms
7 15 (4.78%) Legal
8 13 (4.14%) Manufacturing
9 12 (3.82%) Marketing
10 8 (2.55%) Electronics
11 7 (2.23%) Retail
12 5 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.27%) French Language
14 3 (0.96%) Automotive
14 3 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.96%) Military
15 2 (0.64%) Digital Health
15 2 (0.64%) Games
15 2 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.64%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 77 (24.52%) Architect
2 49 (15.61%) Developer
3 33 (10.51%) Senior
4 29 (9.24%) Data Engineer
5 26 (8.28%) Solutions Architect
6 20 (6.37%) Support Engineer
7 17 (5.41%) Analyst
7 17 (5.41%) Security Architect
8 15 (4.78%) Lead
9 11 (3.50%) Cloud Architect
9 11 (3.50%) Data Analyst
9 11 (3.50%) DevOps Engineer
9 11 (3.50%) Software Engineer
10 10 (3.18%) Cloud Engineer
10 10 (3.18%) Data Architect
10 10 (3.18%) GCP Architect
10 10 (3.18%) GCP Engineer
10 10 (3.18%) Senior Data Engineer
11 9 (2.87%) Python Developer
12 8 (2.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.28%) Kafka
2 23 (7.32%) RESTful
3 21 (6.69%) .NET
3 21 (6.69%) HTML
4 19 (6.05%) CSS
5 12 (3.82%) SOAP
6 10 (3.18%) AngularJS
6 10 (3.18%) Node.js
6 10 (3.18%) NumPy
6 10 (3.18%) Pandas
6 10 (3.18%) PySpark
6 10 (3.18%) React
6 10 (3.18%) TensorFlow
7 9 (2.87%) PyTorch
8 8 (2.55%) Middleware
8 8 (2.55%) REST
8 8 (2.55%) scikit-learn
9 7 (2.23%) Apache Beam
9 7 (2.23%) Spark Streaming
10 6 (1.91%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 34 (10.83%) Cloud Native
2 21 (6.69%) Management Information System
3 15 (4.78%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (3.82%) Algorithms
5 11 (3.50%) Data Centre
6 10 (3.18%) PKI
6 10 (3.18%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.87%) Security Posture
8 8 (2.55%) Clustering
9 7 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.91%) NHS
11 5 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.59%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.59%) Derivative
11 5 (1.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 5 (1.59%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 40 (12.74%) Linux
2 28 (8.92%) Windows
3 15 (4.78%) Unix
4 13 (4.14%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.27%) AIX
5 4 (1.27%) Android
5 4 (1.27%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.96%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.64%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.32%) CentOS
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.32%) Solaris
8 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (33.44%) CI/CD
1 105 (33.44%) Problem-Solving
2 77 (24.52%) DevOps
3 71 (22.61%) Agile
4 52 (16.56%) ETL
5 51 (16.24%) Computer Science
6 46 (14.65%) Analytics
7 45 (14.33%) Containerisation
7 45 (14.33%) Microservices
7 45 (14.33%) Migration
8 44 (14.01%) Data Pipeline
9 41 (13.06%) Data Modelling
9 41 (13.06%) Software Engineering
10 37 (11.78%) Data Governance
11 35 (11.15%) Machine Learning
12 34 (10.83%) Data Science
13 33 (10.51%) Test Automation
14 31 (9.87%) Data Engineering
15 28 (8.92%) Continuous Integration
16 27 (8.60%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 123 (39.17%) Python
2 86 (27.39%) SQL
3 36 (11.46%) JavaScript
4 34 (10.83%) Java
5 28 (8.92%) Bash
6 22 (7.01%) PowerShell
7 17 (5.41%) C#
8 13 (4.14%) TypeScript
9 10 (3.18%) Scala
10 9 (2.87%) Shell Script
11 8 (2.55%) Go
12 5 (1.59%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.59%) Perl
12 5 (1.59%) R
13 4 (1.27%) DataWeave
13 4 (1.27%) Groovy
14 3 (0.96%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.64%) ActionScript
15 2 (0.64%) ActionScript 2.0
15 2 (0.64%) C
Qualifications
1 63 (20.06%) Degree
2 51 (16.24%) Security Cleared
3 42 (13.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 35 (11.15%) Azure Certification
5 34 (10.83%) SC Cleared
6 28 (8.92%) AWS Certification
7 19 (6.05%) Microsoft Certification
8 18 (5.73%) DV Cleared
9 17 (5.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 17 (5.41%) Master's Degree
10 11 (3.50%) CISSP
11 10 (3.18%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (2.55%) CISM
13 7 (2.23%) CCNP
13 7 (2.23%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (1.59%) CEH
15 4 (1.27%) A+ Certification
15 4 (1.27%) JNCIE
15 4 (1.27%) PMI Certification
15 4 (1.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.24%) Data Quality
2 23 (7.32%) GDPR
3 22 (7.01%) QA
4 11 (3.50%) NIST
5 10 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.23%) Basel III
6 7 (2.23%) HIPAA
6 7 (2.23%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.59%) MiFID
8 4 (1.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.64%) IFRS
9 2 (0.64%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.64%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.32%) COBIT
10 1 (0.32%) NCSC
10 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.32%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 61 (19.43%) Docker
2 13 (4.14%) Active Directory
3 12 (3.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (2.87%) Hyper-V
5 8 (2.55%) BitLocker
5 8 (2.55%) Microsoft App-V
5 8 (2.55%) Terminal Services
5 8 (2.55%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.32%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 73 (23.25%) Kubernetes
2 44 (14.01%) Terraform
3 36 (11.46%) Ansible
4 11 (3.50%) Grafana
4 11 (3.50%) Prometheus
4 11 (3.50%) Puppet
5 9 (2.87%) Nagios
6 8 (2.55%) vCenter Server
6 8 (2.55%) vMotion
7 4 (1.27%) Istio
7 4 (1.27%) logstash
8 3 (0.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.64%) CA Wily
9 2 (0.64%) Control-M
9 2 (0.64%) Kiali
9 2 (0.64%) Kibana
9 2 (0.64%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.64%) QRadar
10 1 (0.32%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 142 (45.22%) Google
2 53 (16.88%) Microsoft
3 25 (7.96%) Databricks
4 16 (5.10%) Oracle
5 14 (4.46%) VMware
6 13 (4.14%) SAP
6 13 (4.14%) Splunk
7 12 (3.82%) IBM
8 9 (2.87%) HP
9 8 (2.55%) Cisco
9 8 (2.55%) Citrix
9 8 (2.55%) Symantec
10 7 (2.23%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.59%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.59%) MuleSoft
11 5 (1.59%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.59%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.59%) Sybase
12 4 (1.27%) AppDynamics
12 4 (1.27%) Cloudera