GCP Contracts in Wales

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring GCP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GCP over the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 34 43
Rank change year-on-year +10 +9 +3
Contract jobs citing GCP 19 14 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 5.38% 3.13% 2.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 18.45% 10.07% 7.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 10 12
10th Percentile £391 £374 £203
25th Percentile £439 £400 £233
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £466 £565
Median % change year-on-year +1.88% -17.48% +2.73%
75th Percentile £513 £550 £650
90th Percentile £560 £598 -
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

All Cloud Skills
Wales

GCP falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 103 139 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 29.18% 31.10% 28.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 107 120
10th Percentile £190 £143 £153
25th Percentile £290 £322 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.80% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £582
90th Percentile £595 £593 £650
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 7
10th Percentile £15.70 £12.94 £12.58
25th Percentile £16.00 £13.98 £14.31
Median hourly rate £17.26 £15.84 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.97% -1.03% +14.29%
75th Percentile £23.75 £17.57 £22.88
90th Percentile £25.40 £18.53 £24.65
UK median hourly rate £27.40 £22.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +24.55% -37.14% +55.56%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing GCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for GCP in Wales

GCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GCP in Wales.

Daily rate trend for GCP in Wales

GCP
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCP in Wales over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GCP in Wales

GCP
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GCP within the Wales region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South Wales +16 19 £475 +1.88% 16
GCP
UK

GCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 16 (84.21%) Azure
2 14 (73.68%) AWS
3 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.26%) Azure Machine Learning
3 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) Relational Database
2 4 (21.05%) MongoDB
2 4 (21.05%) MySQL
2 4 (21.05%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (10.53%) Metadata
4 1 (5.26%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (5.26%) Power BI
4 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
4 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 9 (47.37%) Public Sector
2 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Digital Health
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Architect
2 7 (36.84%) Cloud Architect
3 5 (26.32%) Developer
4 3 (15.79%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
4 3 (15.79%) Java Developer
4 3 (15.79%) Migration Architect
5 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (10.53%) Principal Architect
5 2 (10.53%) Principal Solutions Architect
5 2 (10.53%) Python Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Software Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Cloud Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Data Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Designer
6 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (5.26%) Junior
6 1 (5.26%) Junior Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Junior Technical Architect
6 1 (5.26%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) Spring
1 4 (21.05%) Spring Boot
2 3 (15.79%) Spring Cloud
3 2 (10.53%) .NET
3 2 (10.53%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Cloud Native
2 3 (15.79%) NHS
3 1 (5.26%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Agile
2 8 (42.11%) CI/CD
3 7 (36.84%) Roadmaps
4 6 (31.58%) Test Automation
4 6 (31.58%) TOGAF
5 5 (26.32%) Cloud Security
5 5 (26.32%) Computer Science
5 5 (26.32%) Data Privacy
5 5 (26.32%) DevSecOps
5 5 (26.32%) Microservices
5 5 (26.32%) Migration
5 5 (26.32%) Strategic Roadmap
5 5 (26.32%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (21.05%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (21.05%) IT Strategy
6 4 (21.05%) ITIL
7 3 (15.79%) Integration Testing
7 3 (15.79%) Kanban
7 3 (15.79%) Multithreading
7 3 (15.79%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) Python
2 4 (21.05%) Java
3 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
3 3 (15.79%) SQL
4 2 (10.53%) C#
5 1 (5.26%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) Azure Certification
2 7 (36.84%) AWS Certification
3 5 (26.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 5 (26.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (26.32%) Degree
3 5 (26.32%) Master's Degree
3 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
4 4 (21.05%) CITP
4 4 (21.05%) SC Cleared
5 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (5.26%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (10.53%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (73.68%) Google
2 8 (42.11%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) Databricks
4 1 (5.26%) Cloudera