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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 69 | 65 | 60 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -4 | -5 | +4 |
| Contract jobs citing GCP | 1,264 | 1,872 | 3,362 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 2.97% | 3.27% | 3.81% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 9.13% | 8.90% | 9.89% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 917 | 1,403 | 2,476 |
| 10th Percentile | £403 | £450 | £463 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £519 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £625 | £613 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | +2.04% | +6.99% |
| 75th Percentile | £750 | £715 | £725 |
| 90th Percentile | £823 | £800 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £516 | £550 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.14% | -8.33% | +14.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 15 | 14 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £55.55 | £20.98 |
| 25th Percentile | £31.25 | £63.25 | £36.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £51.75 | £70.18 | £50.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.26% | +38.96% | +82.87% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.81 | £83.13 | £76.95 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.20 | £90.00 | £79.91 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £35.00 | £67.84 | £47.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -48.41% | +42.82% | +90.00% |
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 | 13,842 | 21,041 | 34,006 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.54% | 36.74% | 38.51% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,846 | 15,232 | 24,816 |
| 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 | £748 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 347 | 332 | 411 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.06 | £18.50 | £15.35 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £35.00 | £22.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.94% | +59.09% | -2.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £38.13 | £66.00 | £53.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £78.00 | £67.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £25.00 | £19.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.12% | +29.89% | -3.76% |
GCP
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing GCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
GCP
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 20 May 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 20 May 2024.
GCP
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 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -2 | 1,084 | £600 | -4.00% | 833 |
| London | +3 | 796 | £650 | +2.16% | 512 |
| Work from Home | +4 | 483 | £600 | -4.00% | 447 |
| UK excluding London | -5 | 278 | £516 | -6.14% | 489 |
| North of England | +12 | 106 | £520 | -9.57% | 112 |
| Yorkshire | +5 | 64 | £507 | -7.82% | 42 |
| South West | +21 | 45 | £550 | -15.38% | 53 |
| South East | -29 | 41 | £463 | -15.91% | 180 |
| North West | -3 | 39 | £513 | -10.87% | 60 |
| Scotland | +50 | 29 | £463 | -36.21% | 38 |
| East of England | -6 | 23 | £525 | -12.24% | 25 |
| Midlands | -15 | 23 | £600 | +14.29% | 47 |
| West Midlands | -5 | 20 | £600 | +4.35% | 32 |
| Wales | +9 | 5 | £550 | -2.65% | 15 |
| East Midlands | +2 | 3 | £675 | +5.88% | 15 |
| Northern Ireland | +1 | 3 | £675 | +17.39% | 21 |
| North East | - | 3 | £600 | - | 10 |
| Isle of Man | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
GCP
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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