Hybrid/Remote GCP DevOps Engineer Contract Job Trends

DevOps Engineer - Google Cloud Platform
UK > Work from Home

The median DevOps Engineer - Google Cloud Platform daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 310 362
Rank change year-on-year +8 +52 +105
Contract jobs requiring a GCP DevOps Engineer 18 8 11
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.18% 0.069% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.074% 0.069%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 7
10th Percentile £449 £417 £425
25th Percentile £463 £440 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +13.89% -34.31%
75th Percentile £625 £547 £569
90th Percentile £760 £569 £598
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -0.05% +0.05% -18.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £57.50 £56.25
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -
75th Percentile - £62.50 £58.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £60.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,552 10,824 16,033
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.29% 93.13% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,208 6,848 10,998
10th Percentile £330 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 339 195 356
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.70 £17.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £23.50 £28.03
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% -30.84% -2.73%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.93% -25.56% +50.00%

GCP DevOps Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'GCP DevOps Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

GCP DevOps Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

GCP DevOps Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid GCP DevOps Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid GCP DevOps Engineer job vacancies

GCP DevOps Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GCP DevOps Engineer over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

GCP DevOps Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

GCP DevOps Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid GCP DevOps Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid GCP DevOps Engineer job vacancies

GCP DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, GCP DevOps Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring GCP DevOps Engineer in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) DevOps
2 17 (94.44%) Terraform
3 14 (77.78%) CI/CD
3 14 (77.78%) GCP
4 13 (72.22%) Google
4 13 (72.22%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 9 (50.00%) Docker
5 9 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 8 (44.44%) Jenkins
6 8 (44.44%) Kubernetes
7 7 (38.89%) Containerisation
7 7 (38.89%) Python
8 5 (27.78%) Digital Banking
8 5 (27.78%) Migration
8 5 (27.78%) SonarQube
8 5 (27.78%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (22.22%) Ansible
9 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (16.67%) AI
10 3 (16.67%) Decision-Making
10 3 (16.67%) Event-Driven
10 3 (16.67%) Grafana
10 3 (16.67%) Logistics
10 3 (16.67%) Prometheus
10 3 (16.67%) Software Delivery
11 2 (11.11%) AIOps
11 2 (11.11%) Bash
11 2 (11.11%) Cloud Security
11 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement

GCP DevOps Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) Ethereum
1 2 (11.11%) Hyperledger
Cloud Services
1 14 (77.78%) GCP
2 13 (72.22%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 2 (11.11%) Stackdriver
4 1 (5.56%) Azure
4 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (5.56%) GitHub
4 1 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 8 (44.44%) Jenkins
2 5 (27.78%) SonarQube
2 5 (27.78%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (11.11%) GitLab
4 1 (5.56%) Git
General
1 5 (27.78%) Banking
2 2 (11.11%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Publishing
2 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) RESTful
1 1 (5.56%) SOAP
1 1 (5.56%) Spring
1 1 (5.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) AI Agents
1 3 (16.67%) Autonomous Agent
2 2 (11.11%) Blockchain
2 2 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 2 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 2 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) DevOps
2 14 (77.78%) CI/CD
3 9 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 7 (38.89%) Containerisation
5 5 (27.78%) Digital Banking
5 5 (27.78%) Migration
6 4 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (16.67%) AI
7 3 (16.67%) Decision-Making
7 3 (16.67%) Event-Driven
7 3 (16.67%) Logistics
7 3 (16.67%) Software Delivery
8 2 (11.11%) Cloud Security
8 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (11.11%) DevSecOps
8 2 (11.11%) High Availability
8 2 (11.11%) Incident Response
8 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) Python
2 2 (11.11%) Bash
3 1 (5.56%) Java
3 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 9 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (94.44%) Terraform
2 8 (44.44%) Kubernetes
3 4 (22.22%) Ansible
4 3 (16.67%) Grafana
4 3 (16.67%) Prometheus
5 1 (5.56%) Argo
Vendors
1 13 (72.22%) Google
2 1 (5.56%) Guidewire
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft