GCP Contracts in the UK excluding London

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 152 167 124
Rank change year-on-year +15 -43 -1
Contract jobs citing GCP 285 352 645
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.37% 1.54% 2.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.31% 4.69% 6.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 265 478
10th Percentile £350 £400 £413
25th Percentile £419 £475 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £615 £650 £688
90th Percentile £688 £704 £779
UK median daily rate £600 £613 £613
% change year-on-year -2.04% - +6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 6
10th Percentile - £32.00 £28.25
25th Percentile - £53.38 £37.81
Median hourly rate £35.00 £67.84 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.41% +34.33% +92.38%
75th Percentile £61.50 £72.70 £71.80
90th Percentile £77.40 £77.08 £78.86
UK median hourly rate £48.50 £70.09 £53.50
% change year-on-year -30.80% +31.00% +21.18%

All Cloud Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,368 7,504 10,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 25.75% 32.74% 32.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,795 5,530 7,416
10th Percentile £215 £240 £208
25th Percentile £375 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £594
90th Percentile £675 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 218 278
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £15.13 £16.68 £15.25
Median hourly rate £17.80 £27.50 £19.17
Median % change year-on-year -35.27% +43.47% -4.16%
75th Percentile £35.00 £65.00 £30.60
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.58 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £21.46 £37.75 £22.00
% change year-on-year -43.15% +71.59% +0.32%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GCP in the UK excluding London

GCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GCP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for GCP in the UK excluding London

GCP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GCP in the UK excluding London

GCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GCP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for GCP in the UK excluding London

GCP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GCP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for GCP in the UK excluding London

GCP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
North of England +20 114 £523 -5.00% 113
Yorkshire +18 71 £515 -6.36% 37
South West +32 48 £550 -8.33% 41
South East -37 44 £463 -15.91% 73
North West +2 40 £513 -10.87% 70
Scotland +51 26 £450 -30.77% 26
East of England -11 23 £525 -11.02% 16
Midlands -11 18 £600 +14.29% 36
West Midlands -14 16 £600 +11.63% 21
Wales +11 6 £550 +0.46% 10
North East +14 3 £600 +50.00% 6
Northern Ireland +2 3 £675 +14.89% 15
Isle of Man - 3 - - 1
East Midlands -5 2 £675 +10.20% 15
GCP
UK

GCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 25 (8.77%) Apache Spark
2 24 (8.42%) Confluence
3 12 (4.21%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (3.16%) nginx
5 6 (2.11%) Apache
6 4 (1.40%) Apache Solr
6 4 (1.40%) CMS
7 3 (1.05%) Drupal
7 3 (1.05%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.70%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.70%) SAS
8 2 (0.70%) Traefik
9 1 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 184 (64.56%) AWS
2 169 (59.30%) Azure
3 30 (10.53%) GitHub
4 21 (7.37%) Cloud Computing
5 19 (6.67%) Serverless
6 16 (5.61%) Power Platform
7 15 (5.26%) OpenShift
8 11 (3.86%) Amazon S3
9 9 (3.16%) Kong
9 9 (3.16%) PaaS
10 8 (2.81%) Apigee
10 8 (2.81%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
11 7 (2.46%) Google Analytics
12 6 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (2.11%) Azure Functions
12 6 (2.11%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (2.11%) Snowflake
13 5 (1.75%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (1.75%) OCI
13 5 (1.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 32 (11.23%) VPN
2 24 (8.42%) DNS
2 24 (8.42%) TCP/IP
3 22 (7.72%) Firewall
4 13 (4.56%) HTTP
5 9 (3.16%) HTTPS
6 8 (2.81%) Network Security
6 8 (2.81%) SSL
7 6 (2.11%) BGP
7 6 (2.11%) IPsec
7 6 (2.11%) MPLS
7 6 (2.11%) OSPF
7 6 (2.11%) VLAN
8 5 (1.75%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
8 5 (1.75%) Reverse Proxy
9 4 (1.40%) DHCP
9 4 (1.40%) SAN
9 4 (1.40%) Value-Added Service
9 4 (1.40%) WAN
9 4 (1.40%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (14.74%) BigQuery
2 23 (8.07%) Data Warehouse
3 22 (7.72%) NoSQL
4 20 (7.02%) Data Lake
5 19 (6.67%) Big Data
5 19 (6.67%) Relational Database
6 16 (5.61%) Hadoop
6 16 (5.61%) MongoDB
7 13 (4.56%) MySQL
7 13 (4.56%) Power BI
8 12 (4.21%) SQL Server
9 11 (3.86%) Amazon Redshift
10 10 (3.51%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (3.51%) Elasticsearch
10 10 (3.51%) PostgreSQL
11 8 (2.81%) Amazon Athena
12 7 (2.46%) Metadata
13 6 (2.11%) DB2
13 6 (2.11%) Tableau
14 5 (1.75%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 46 (16.14%) Git
2 44 (15.44%) Jenkins
3 35 (12.28%) JIRA
4 19 (6.67%) GitLab
5 11 (3.86%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 10 (3.51%) Bitbucket
7 9 (3.16%) CircleCI
7 9 (3.16%) Travis CI
8 6 (2.11%) Selenium
8 6 (2.11%) Spinnaker
9 4 (1.40%) Hudson
9 4 (1.40%) Subversion
10 3 (1.05%) Artifactory
10 3 (1.05%) Maven
10 3 (1.05%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.70%) Snyk
12 1 (0.35%) Appium
12 1 (0.35%) Burp Suite
12 1 (0.35%) Gradle
12 1 (0.35%) SpecFlow
General
1 76 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 45 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (12.28%) Finance
4 27 (9.47%) Banking
5 17 (5.96%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (1.75%) Legal
8 4 (1.40%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.40%) Marketing
8 4 (1.40%) Retail
8 4 (1.40%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.70%) Law
10 2 (0.70%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.35%) Automotive
11 1 (0.35%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.35%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.35%) Publishing
11 1 (0.35%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 52 (18.25%) Architect
2 51 (17.89%) Developer
3 27 (9.47%) Java Developer
4 26 (9.12%) DevOps Engineer
5 25 (8.77%) Senior
6 23 (8.07%) Data Engineer
7 18 (6.32%) Solutions Architect
8 16 (5.61%) Software Engineer
9 14 (4.91%) Lead
10 12 (4.21%) Analyst
11 10 (3.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (3.16%) Cloud Engineer
12 9 (3.16%) DBA
12 9 (3.16%) GCP Engineer
13 8 (2.81%) Data Analyst
13 8 (2.81%) Network Engineer
14 7 (2.46%) Automation Engineer
14 7 (2.46%) Consultant
14 7 (2.46%) GCP Architect
14 7 (2.46%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (13.33%) Kafka
2 26 (9.12%) Spring
3 24 (8.42%) RESTful
3 24 (8.42%) Spring Boot
4 20 (7.02%) Elastic Stack
5 15 (5.26%) JSON
5 15 (5.26%) REST
6 13 (4.56%) SAML
6 13 (4.56%) XML
6 13 (4.56%) YAML
7 9 (3.16%) GWT
7 9 (3.16%) Restlet
8 8 (2.81%) .NET
8 8 (2.81%) AngularJS
8 8 (2.81%) GraphQL
8 8 (2.81%) HTML
8 8 (2.81%) JAX-RS
8 8 (2.81%) Node.js
8 8 (2.81%) OpenTracing
8 8 (2.81%) React
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.18%) Public Cloud
2 22 (7.72%) Cloud Native
2 22 (7.72%) Data Structures
3 16 (5.61%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (2.81%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (2.81%) Replication
5 7 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.46%) PKI
5 7 (2.46%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.46%) Security Posture
6 6 (2.11%) Private Cloud
7 5 (1.75%) Blockchain
7 5 (1.75%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.40%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (1.40%) Insider Threat
8 4 (1.40%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.05%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.05%) Data Fabric
9 3 (1.05%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 38 (13.33%) Linux
2 11 (3.86%) Unix
3 10 (3.51%) Windows
4 6 (2.11%) CentOS
5 5 (1.75%) zOS
6 4 (1.40%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.40%) Mac OS
7 3 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.05%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.35%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (31.58%) DevOps
2 84 (29.47%) CI/CD
3 79 (27.72%) Agile
4 68 (23.86%) Problem-Solving
5 52 (18.25%) Containerisation
6 49 (17.19%) Infrastructure as Code
7 39 (13.68%) Migration
8 37 (12.98%) Continuous Integration
9 35 (12.28%) Microservices
10 33 (11.58%) Data Modelling
11 31 (10.88%) Software Engineering
12 30 (10.53%) Analytics
13 29 (10.18%) ETL
14 28 (9.82%) Technical Leadership
15 27 (9.47%) Computer Science
16 26 (9.12%) Scrum
16 26 (9.12%) SDLC
17 24 (8.42%) Roadmaps
17 24 (8.42%) Test Automation
18 22 (7.72%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 97 (34.04%) Python
2 69 (24.21%) Java
3 49 (17.19%) SQL
4 35 (12.28%) Bash
5 29 (10.18%) PowerShell
6 28 (9.82%) JavaScript
7 17 (5.96%) Scala
8 15 (5.26%) TypeScript
9 13 (4.56%) Go
10 9 (3.16%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.75%) Groovy
11 5 (1.75%) PHP
11 5 (1.75%) Ruby
12 4 (1.40%) C
12 4 (1.40%) C#
13 3 (1.05%) ActionScript
14 2 (0.70%) Bicep
14 2 (0.70%) Perl
15 1 (0.35%) HiveQL
15 1 (0.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 30 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 29 (10.18%) Degree
3 25 (8.77%) SC Cleared
4 20 (7.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (3.16%) CCNP
7 6 (2.11%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.75%) CCNA
9 4 (1.40%) AWS Certification
9 4 (1.40%) CCIE
9 4 (1.40%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.40%) VCAP
10 3 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.70%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.70%) CISSP
12 1 (0.35%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.35%) RHCE
12 1 (0.35%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.02%) QA
2 10 (3.51%) GDPR
2 10 (3.51%) HIPAA
3 9 (3.16%) NIST
4 7 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.11%) NCSC
6 5 (1.75%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.40%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (1.05%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.70%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.35%) GRC
10 1 (0.35%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.35%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.35%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 59 (20.70%) Docker
2 15 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.46%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.11%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.40%) zsh
6 3 (1.05%) Active Directory
6 3 (1.05%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 3 (1.05%) HDFS
7 2 (0.70%) vSphere
8 1 (0.35%) ACF2
8 1 (0.35%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.35%) Firmware
8 1 (0.35%) IAG
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.35%) RACF
8 1 (0.35%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 81 (28.42%) Kubernetes
2 60 (21.05%) Terraform
3 38 (13.33%) Ansible
4 22 (7.72%) Prometheus
5 18 (6.32%) Grafana
6 14 (4.91%) Istio
7 13 (4.56%) Puppet
8 11 (3.86%) Docker Swarm
8 11 (3.86%) Progress Chef
9 9 (3.16%) Kibana
9 9 (3.16%) logstash
9 9 (3.16%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (2.81%) Zipkin
11 7 (2.46%) Rancher
12 6 (2.11%) OPNET
13 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
14 4 (1.40%) PowerCLI
15 2 (0.70%) Argo
15 2 (0.70%) Consul
15 2 (0.70%) linkerd
Vendors
1 126 (44.21%) Google
2 29 (10.18%) Microsoft
3 21 (7.37%) Splunk
4 19 (6.67%) VMware
5 18 (6.32%) Oracle
6 11 (3.86%) Cisco
7 10 (3.51%) F5
8 9 (3.16%) Atlassian
9 7 (2.46%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.75%) Databricks
10 5 (1.75%) LogicMonitor
11 4 (1.40%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.40%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.40%) SolarWinds
11 4 (1.40%) Sophos
12 3 (1.05%) Aruba
12 3 (1.05%) CheckPoint
12 3 (1.05%) Citrix
12 3 (1.05%) Facebook
12 3 (1.05%) Twitter