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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 15 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 69 | 68 | 61 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | -7 | +1 |
| Contract jobs citing GCP | 1,246 | 1,860 | 3,339 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 2.93% | 3.26% | 3.82% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 9.01% | 8.87% | 9.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 898 | 1,389 | 2,465 |
| 10th Percentile | £405 | £450 | £463 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £513 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £620 | £613 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.23% | +1.22% | +8.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £750 | £713 | £715 |
| 90th Percentile | £801 | £800 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £510 | £565 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.78% | -5.83% | +14.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 15 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £55.55 | £21.13 |
| 25th Percentile | £31.25 | £63.25 | £25.47 |
| Median hourly rate | £51.75 | £70.18 | £43.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.26% | +60.40% | +58.43% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.81 | £83.13 | £76.21 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.20 | £90.00 | £79.58 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £35.00 | £67.84 | £41.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -48.41% | +64.45% | +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 | 13,823 | 20,974 | 33,690 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.48% | 36.73% | 38.52% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,820 | 15,173 | 24,585 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £634 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £745 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 346 | 334 | 420 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.02 | £18.31 | £15.88 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £35.00 | £22.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.94% | +56.25% | -0.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.50 | £66.00 | £55.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £78.00 | £67.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £25.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.12% | +25.00% | - |
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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 15 May 2024.
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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 15 May 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 15 May 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 | -3 | 1,070 | £600 | -4.00% | 676 |
| London | +10 | 778 | £650 | +4.00% | 383 |
| Work from Home | +1 | 474 | £606 | -3.04% | 417 |
| UK excluding London | +1 | 275 | £510 | -9.78% | 350 |
| North of England | +4 | 105 | £520 | -9.57% | 97 |
| Yorkshire | +7 | 64 | £507 | -7.82% | 37 |
| South West | +29 | 44 | £550 | -15.38% | 60 |
| South East | -26 | 42 | £463 | -15.91% | 68 |
| North West | +1 | 38 | £513 | -10.87% | 52 |
| Scotland | +52 | 28 | £463 | -36.21% | 35 |
| East of England | -4 | 24 | £525 | -12.24% | 22 |
| Midlands | -1 | 23 | £600 | +14.29% | 33 |
| West Midlands | -8 | 20 | £600 | +9.09% | 17 |
| Wales | +10 | 3 | £539 | -4.65% | 17 |
| Northern Ireland | +4 | 3 | £675 | +17.39% | 20 |
| East Midlands | +1 | 3 | £675 | +0.93% | 16 |
| Isle of Man | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| North East | - | 3 | £600 | - | 8 |
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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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