GCC Contracts

GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 592 695
Rank change year-on-year +82 +103 +147
Contract jobs citing GCC 9 8 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.018% 0.030%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.22% 0.15% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 5
10th Percentile £599 - £555
25th Percentile - - £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £1,000 £750
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +33.33% +71.43%
75th Percentile - - £863
90th Percentile - - £1,043
UK excluding London median daily rate £499 £1,000 £575
% change year-on-year -50.10% +73.91% +31.43%

All Development Application Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,099 5,176 9,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.02% 11.87% 15.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,743 3,476 6,340
10th Percentile £340 £356 £385
25th Percentile £413 £425 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £663
90th Percentile £716 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 195 246
10th Percentile £26.77 £32.23 £45.00
25th Percentile £51.30 £46.25 £53.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £86.38 £81.90 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +12.84%

GCC
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GCC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GCC in the UK

GCC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GCC.

Daily rate trend for GCC in the UK

GCC
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCC over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GCC in the UK

GCC
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GCC.

Hourly rate trend for GCC in the UK

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Top 7 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +62 7 £750 -25.00% 18
UK excluding London +51 4 £499 -50.10% 7
London +38 4 £750 - 12
South East - 2 - - 1
Work from Home - 2 - - 4
South West - 1 - - 2
Scotland - 1 £499 - 1

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (22.22%) EngageOne
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Multicast
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) GDB
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Billing
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Local Government
2 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) C++ Developer
1 4 (44.44%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) BSS Architect
4 1 (11.11%) BSS Solutions Architect
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Manager
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Programme Manager
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Workstream Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Workstream Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 4 (44.44%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Distributed Architecture
1 4 (44.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
2 2 (22.22%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) High Availability
1 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
1 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
3 1 (11.11%) ERP
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Governance
3 1 (11.11%) Programme Management
3 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) C++
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) SAP