Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform Contracts

Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform
UK

The median Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform daily rate in the UK is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 590 677 830
Rank change year-on-year +87 +153 -161
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform 4 39 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.065% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.069% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 29 14
10th Percentile - £501 £604
25th Percentile - £515 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £675
Median % change year-on-year - -3.70% +35.00%
75th Percentile - £738 £738
90th Percentile - £883 -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £650 £713
% change year-on-year - -8.77% +35.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £88.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £88.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,181 56,479 84,762
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.61% 95.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,164 39,476 59,482
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £491 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.87% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,646 1,570 2,098
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.29 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.49 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.03
Median % change year-on-year -20.10% +95.42% +0.12%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.16
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.75 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.18% +117.95% +2.55%

Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform in the UK

Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform.

Daily rate trend for Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform in the UK

Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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 +87 4 £650 -7.14%
London +83 3 £650 -7.14%
UK excluding London +57 1 - -
East of England +9 1 - -

Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform 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 Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Google
1 4 (100.00%) GCP
2 3 (75.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (75.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Microservices
2 3 (75.00%) Event-Driven
2 3 (75.00%) IBM
2 3 (75.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Automotive
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Zachman Framework
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) Fintech
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Data Science
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Java

Solutions Architect - Google Cloud Platform 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) GCP
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
General
1 1 (25.00%) Automotive
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (75.00%) Data Architecture
1 3 (75.00%) Event-Driven
1 3 (75.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 3 (75.00%) Microservices
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Data Science
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Fintech
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (25.00%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Google
2 3 (75.00%) IBM
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft