Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for GCP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GCP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 77 | 65 | 61 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -12 | -4 | +3 |
| Contract jobs citing GCP | 1,168 | 1,972 | 3,385 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 2.70% | 3.30% | 3.81% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 8.35% | 8.94% | 9.87% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 839 | 1,456 | 2,494 |
| 10th Percentile | £411 | £450 | £463 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £519 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £625 | £618 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +1.09% | +12.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £750 | £713 | £719 |
| 90th Percentile | £800 | £798 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £565 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.08% | -5.83% | +14.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 15 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £57.80 | £20.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £31.25 | £63.25 | £25.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £48.50 | £70.18 | £47.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -30.89% | +47.74% | +59.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.88 | £83.13 | £77.18 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £90.00 | £79.41 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £35.00 | £65.50 | £41.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -46.56% | +58.79% | +65.00% |
All Cloud Skills
UK
GCP is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 13,989 | 22,053 | 34,308 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.31% | 36.87% | 38.62% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,925 | 15,944 | 24,923 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £353 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £631 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £743 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 346 | 355 | 426 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.39 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.02 | £18.38 | £15.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.99 | £35.00 | £21.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.04% | +62.79% | -5.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £34.69 | £66.00 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £61.60 | £78.00 | £66.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.71 | £24.62 | £18.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.09% | +31.31% | -6.25% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing GCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GCP.
GCP
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
GCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GCP.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GCP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
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Top 18 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 27 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 |
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| England | -4 | 1,010 | £600 | -4.00% | 661 |
| London | +2 | 733 | £650 | +2.16% | 380 |
| Work from Home | -7 | 444 | £600 | -3.23% | 381 |
| UK excluding London | -4 | 256 | £525 | -7.08% | 337 |
| North of England | -8 | 91 | £525 | -8.70% | 89 |
| Yorkshire | -8 | 48 | £538 | -2.27% | 25 |
| South West | +27 | 40 | £563 | -13.46% | 68 |
| North West | -7 | 40 | £513 | -11.83% | 57 |
| South East | -24 | 36 | £469 | -14.77% | 61 |
| Midlands | +4 | 30 | £575 | +9.52% | 28 |
| East of England | +13 | 27 | £500 | -15.61% | 27 |
| West Midlands | +13 | 25 | £588 | -2.08% | 18 |
| Scotland | +28 | 23 | £550 | -22.81% | 41 |
| East Midlands | +8 | 5 | £500 | -28.57% | 10 |
| North East | +22 | 3 | £600 | +14.29% | 7 |
| Northern Ireland | +6 | 3 | £675 | +17.39% | 14 |
| Wales | +2 | 3 | £539 | -4.65% | 15 |
| Isle of Man | - | 3 | - | - | 2 |
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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:
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