GCP Developer Contracts

Google Cloud Platform Developer
UK

The median Google Cloud Platform Developer daily rate in the UK is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
22 Aug 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 541 539 625
Rank change year-on-year -2 +86 +188
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a GCP Developer 16 27 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.049% 0.070% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.075% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 21 32
10th Percentile £390 £463 £478
25th Percentile £413 £505 £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -26.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £511 £738 £700
90th Percentile £548 £783 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +6.94% -18.18% -12.00%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 29,980 36,101 48,522
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.96% 94.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,914 23,060 33,478
10th Percentile £280 £300 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -1.16%
75th Percentile £621 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,561 1,966 1,480
10th Percentile £13.65 £14.16 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.25 £19.52 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.35
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.55% +64.89%
75th Percentile £53.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.50 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +14.67% +76.47%

GCP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured GCP Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GCP Developer in the UK

GCP Developer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GCP Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for GCP Developer job vacancies in the UK

GCP Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCP Developer over the 6 months to 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GCP Developer in the UK

GCP Developer
Top 9 DemandTrendContract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCP Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England +2 12 £481 -23.00% 10
UK excluding London +11 9 £481 +6.94% 7
Midlands - 6 £463 - 7
London +1 5 £519 -25.36% 3
West Midlands - 5 £463 - 7
Work from Home +6 2 - - 9
Scotland - 2 £468 -
East of England - 1 £511 -
East Midlands - 1 - -

GCP Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 August 2025, GCP Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring GCP Developer in the job title.

1 14 (87.50%) GCP
2 12 (75.00%) Google
3 8 (50.00%) Agile
3 8 (50.00%) CI/CD
4 7 (43.75%) RESTful
4 7 (43.75%) Cloud Functions
5 6 (37.50%) Serverless
5 6 (37.50%) DevOps
6 5 (31.25%) Apigee
6 5 (31.25%) Cloud Native
6 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (31.25%) Git
6 5 (31.25%) Java
6 5 (31.25%) Python
7 4 (25.00%) SQL
7 4 (25.00%) Node.js
7 4 (25.00%) Azure
7 4 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
7 4 (25.00%) API Integration
7 4 (25.00%) Microservices
8 3 (18.75%) OAuth2
8 3 (18.75%) TypeScript
8 3 (18.75%) Relational Database
8 3 (18.75%) API Development
8 3 (18.75%) React
8 3 (18.75%) Spring Boot
8 3 (18.75%) Front End Development
8 3 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
8 3 (18.75%) Event-Driven

GCP Developer Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (87.50%) GCP
2 7 (43.75%) Cloud Functions
3 6 (37.50%) Serverless
4 5 (31.25%) Apigee
5 4 (25.00%) Azure
6 3 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (6.25%) Cloud Run
7 1 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (6.25%) GitHub
7 1 (6.25%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 1 (6.25%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (18.75%) MySQL
1 3 (18.75%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (18.75%) Relational Database
2 2 (12.50%) BigQuery
2 2 (12.50%) Looker
3 1 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (6.25%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Git
2 2 (12.50%) Jenkins
3 1 (6.25%) Cypress.io
3 1 (6.25%) JMeter
General
1 3 (18.75%) Finance
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Automotive
3 1 (6.25%) Banking
3 1 (6.25%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (43.75%) RESTful
2 4 (25.00%) Node.js
3 3 (18.75%) OAuth
3 3 (18.75%) OAuth2
3 3 (18.75%) React
3 3 (18.75%) Spring
3 3 (18.75%) Spring Boot
4 2 (12.50%) GraphQL
4 2 (12.50%) HTML
4 2 (12.50%) Middleware
4 2 (12.50%) SOAP
5 1 (6.25%) .NET
5 1 (6.25%) .NET Core
5 1 (6.25%) CSS
5 1 (6.25%) Express.js
5 1 (6.25%) JSON
5 1 (6.25%) JSON Schema
5 1 (6.25%) pytest
5 1 (6.25%) Redux
5 1 (6.25%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Cloud Native
2 1 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (6.25%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (6.25%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
2 1 (6.25%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Agile
1 8 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 6 (37.50%) DevOps
3 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (25.00%) API Integration
4 4 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
4 4 (25.00%) Microservices
5 3 (18.75%) API Development
5 3 (18.75%) ETL
5 3 (18.75%) Event-Driven
5 3 (18.75%) Front End Development
5 3 (18.75%) Full-Stack Development
6 2 (12.50%) API Management
6 2 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (12.50%) Code Quality
6 2 (12.50%) Customer Experience
6 2 (12.50%) Integration Patterns
6 2 (12.50%) Scrum
6 2 (12.50%) Storage Management
6 2 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) Java
1 5 (31.25%) Python
2 4 (25.00%) SQL
3 3 (18.75%) TypeScript
4 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
4 2 (12.50%) VBA
5 1 (6.25%) LookML
5 1 (6.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
1 1 (6.25%) GDPR
1 1 (6.25%) QA
1 1 (6.25%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (6.25%) Ansible
2 1 (6.25%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Google
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) MuleSoft
3 1 (6.25%) Kony
3 1 (6.25%) OneLogin
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