GCP Consultant Contract Job Trends
Google Cloud Platform Consultant
UK
The median Google Cloud Platform Consultant daily rate in the UK is £485, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 670 | 545 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -125 | - | - |
| Contract GCP Consultant jobs | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.025% | 0.041% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.028% | 0.045% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £411 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £441 | £600 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £485 | £650 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.38% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £554 | £700 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £668 | - | - |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £485 | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Roles
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 3 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title | 50,397 | 31,191 | 33,735 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.65% | 90.97% | 92.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 29,618 | 19,753 | 20,336 |
| 10th Percentile | £326 | £278 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £402 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £619 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £725 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -3.06% | -2.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4,293 | 1,761 | 1,275 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.22 | £14.00 | £15.08 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £17.69 | £20.19 |
| Median hourly rate | £40.00 | £25.15 | £37.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +59.05% | -32.93% | -16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £51.25 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.44 | £69.99 | £73.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £25.15 | £36.17 |
| % change year-on-year | +59.05% | -30.46% | -18.73% |
GCP Consultant Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract GCP Consultant job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
GCP Consultant Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GCP Consultant job vacancies in the UK.
GCP Consultant Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for GCP Consultant jobs over the 6 months to 3 November 2026.
GCP Consultant Top 9 Contract Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in GCP Consultant jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 3 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -109 | 12 | £485 | -25.38% | 9 |
| Work from Home | -70 | 7 | £485 | - | 9 |
| UK excluding London | -83 | 7 | £485 | - | 4 |
| South East | -59 | 4 | £591 | - | |
| London | - | 4 | £467 | - | 5 |
| North of England | -66 | 3 | £485 | - | 2 |
| Yorkshire | -36 | 2 | £485 | - | 1 |
| Wales | -11 | 1 | - | - | |
| North West | -35 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
GCP Consultant Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities
For the 6 months to 3 November 2026, GCP Consultant contract job ads cited 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 GCP Consultant job ads.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GCP | 92.9% | 13 |
| 2 | CI/CD | 64.3% | 9 |
| 2 | 64.3% | 9 | |
| 4 | Google Kubernetes Engine | 57.1% | 8 |
| 4 | Kubernetes | 57.1% | 8 |
| 6 | Docker | 50.0% | 7 |
| 6 | Python | 50.0% | 7 |
| 8 | DevOps | 42.9% | 6 |
| 8 | Git | 42.9% | 6 |
| 8 | REST | 42.9% | 6 |
| 8 | Site Reliability Engineering | 42.9% | 6 |
| 12 | Agile | 35.7% | 5 |
| 12 | Bash | 35.7% | 5 |
| 12 | Cloud Run | 35.7% | 5 |
| 12 | Infrastructure as Code | 35.7% | 5 |
| 12 | Jenkins | 35.7% | 5 |
| 12 | Terraform | 35.7% | 5 |
| 18 | DevSecOps | 28.6% | 4 |
| 18 | Java | 28.6% | 4 |
| 18 | Linux | 28.6% | 4 |
| 18 | Maven | 28.6% | 4 |
| 18 | Microservices | 28.6% | 4 |
| 18 | Observability | 28.6% | 4 |
| 18 | SQL | 28.6% | 4 |
| 25 | Ansible | 21.4% | 3 |
| 25 | AWS | 21.4% | 3 |
| 25 | Azure | 21.4% | 3 |
| 25 | Containerisation | 21.4% | 3 |
| 25 | Firewall | 21.4% | 3 |
| 25 | Groovy | 21.4% | 3 |
GCP Consultant Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cloud Consultant | 28.6% | 4 |
| 1 | DevOps Consultant | 28.6% | 4 |
| 1 | GCP DevOps | 28.6% | 4 |
| 4 | AWS Consultant | 21.4% | 3 |
| 4 | Azure Consultant | 21.4% | 3 |
| 4 | Senior DevOps Consultant | 21.4% | 3 |
| 7 | GCP Engineer | 14.3% | 2 |
| 8 | Apigee Engineer | 7.1% | 1 |
| 8 | Artificial Intelligence Consultant | 7.1% | 1 |
| 8 | Artificial Intelligence Engineer | 7.1% | 1 |
| 8 | Automation Consultant | 7.1% | 1 |
| 8 | Automation Engineer | 7.1% | 1 |
| 8 | Business Intelligence Consultant | 7.1% | 1 |
| 8 | Data Analytics Consultant | 7.1% | 1 |
| 8 | Gen AI Consultant | 7.1% | 1 |
| 8 | Gen AI Engineer | 7.1% | 1 |
| 8 | Java Consultant | 7.1% | 1 |
| 8 | Power BI Consultant | 7.1% | 1 |
| 8 | Python Engineer | 7.1% | 1 |
| 8 | Snowflake Consultant | 7.1% | 1 |