GCP Contracts with Work from Home Options

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 61 56
Rank change year-on-year +1 -5 +4
Contract jobs citing GCP 477 900 1,827
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.22% 3.65% 4.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.84% 9.24% 10.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 359 699 1,337
10th Percentile £424 £450 £450
25th Percentile £503 £519 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £612 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £756 £738 £725
90th Percentile £888 £803 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £613
% change year-on-year -4.00% +2.04% +7.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 11
10th Percentile £39.70 £62.00 £25.00
25th Percentile £46.75 £63.25 £37.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £80.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +68.42% +71.29%
75th Percentile £58.75 £86.25 £74.17
90th Percentile £68.50 £95.00 £77.32
UK median hourly rate £51.75 £70.18 £47.50
% change year-on-year -26.26% +47.74% +72.01%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,395 9,743 18,197
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.45% 39.53% 41.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,887 7,220 13,607
10th Percentile £350 £370 £375
25th Percentile £431 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £640
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 125 173
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.24 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £21.00 £20.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £54.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.85% +35.00% -
75th Percentile £50.94 £70.00 £65.54
90th Percentile £72.06 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.40
% change year-on-year -38.94% +56.25% -0.44%

GCP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing GCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

GCP trend for jobs with a WFH option

GCP
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing GCP.

GCP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

GCP
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing GCP over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

GCP daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

GCP
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing GCP.

GCP hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

GCP
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing GCP over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

GCP hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

GCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 79 (16.56%) Apache Airflow
2 62 (13.00%) Apache
3 24 (5.03%) Confluence
4 15 (3.14%) Apache Spark
5 10 (2.10%) CMS
6 7 (1.47%) Apache Solr
7 6 (1.26%) Cloud Foundry
7 6 (1.26%) nginx
8 5 (1.05%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.63%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 3 (0.63%) SAS
10 2 (0.42%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (2.31%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.21%) CPLEX
Cloud Services
1 314 (65.83%) AWS
2 233 (48.85%) Azure
3 66 (13.84%) dbt
4 42 (8.81%) Snowflake
5 27 (5.66%) Cloud Computing
5 27 (5.66%) GitHub
6 19 (3.98%) Power Platform
6 19 (3.98%) SaaS
7 17 (3.56%) Google Analytics
8 16 (3.35%) IaaS
8 16 (3.35%) Serverless
9 15 (3.14%) PaaS
10 13 (2.73%) OpenShift
11 12 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
11 12 (2.52%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 9 (1.89%) Amazon EKS
12 9 (1.89%) Apigee
13 8 (1.68%) Amazon ECS
13 8 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (1.47%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.82%) Firewall
2 21 (4.40%) DNS
3 19 (3.98%) TCP/IP
4 18 (3.77%) HTTP
5 10 (2.10%) DHCP
6 8 (1.68%) VLAN
7 7 (1.47%) CTI
7 7 (1.47%) HTTPS
7 7 (1.47%) VoIP
7 7 (1.47%) VPN
7 7 (1.47%) WAN
8 6 (1.26%) Kerberos
8 6 (1.26%) LAN
8 6 (1.26%) NAS
8 6 (1.26%) SAN
9 5 (1.05%) IPsec
9 5 (1.05%) Network Security
9 5 (1.05%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.63%) Internet
10 3 (0.63%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (13.84%) BigQuery
2 56 (11.74%) Apache Ignite
3 55 (11.53%) Amazon Athena
4 52 (10.90%) Apache Arrow
4 52 (10.90%) Dremio
5 49 (10.27%) Data Lake
6 39 (8.18%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (3.77%) NoSQL
7 18 (3.77%) Power BI
8 17 (3.56%) MySQL
8 17 (3.56%) PostgreSQL
9 15 (3.14%) Big Data
9 15 (3.14%) Looker
10 12 (2.52%) Relational Database
10 12 (2.52%) Tableau
11 11 (2.31%) MongoDB
12 10 (2.10%) Amazon RDS
12 10 (2.10%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (1.68%) Hadoop
13 8 (1.68%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 53 (11.11%) Jenkins
2 51 (10.69%) Git
3 33 (6.92%) JIRA
4 27 (5.66%) GitLab
5 11 (2.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (1.26%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.26%) Maven
6 6 (1.26%) Postman
6 6 (1.26%) TeamCity
7 5 (1.05%) CircleCI
7 5 (1.05%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.84%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.84%) Travis CI
8 4 (0.84%) webpack
9 3 (0.63%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.63%) Storybook
9 3 (0.63%) Vite
10 2 (0.42%) Jaeger
10 2 (0.42%) rollup.js
10 2 (0.42%) Snyk
General
1 159 (33.33%) Finance
2 102 (21.38%) Social Skills
3 88 (18.45%) Front Office
4 70 (14.68%) Banking
5 42 (8.81%) Investment Banking
6 32 (6.71%) Analytical Skills
7 27 (5.66%) Public Sector
8 23 (4.82%) Retail
9 21 (4.40%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.89%) Marketing
11 8 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.26%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.05%) Advertising
14 5 (1.05%) Legal
15 4 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.42%) Billing
16 2 (0.42%) Czech Language
16 2 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.42%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 157 (32.91%) Developer
2 107 (22.43%) Architect
3 68 (14.26%) Software Engineer
4 60 (12.58%) Developer/Software Engineer
4 60 (12.58%) Senior
5 54 (11.32%) Solutions Architect
6 51 (10.69%) Python Developer
7 44 (9.22%) Lead
8 43 (9.01%) Java Developer
9 34 (7.13%) DevOps Engineer
10 32 (6.71%) Data Engineer
11 30 (6.29%) Lead Developer
11 30 (6.29%) Software Developer
12 29 (6.08%) Python Engineer
13 27 (5.66%) Python Software Engineer
14 25 (5.24%) Consultant
14 25 (5.24%) Team Leader
15 24 (5.03%) Lead Software Developer
15 24 (5.03%) Lead Software Engineer
15 24 (5.03%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (14.26%) gRPC
2 66 (13.84%) Protocol Buffers
3 57 (11.95%) Pandas
4 51 (10.69%) NumPy
5 50 (10.48%) React
5 50 (10.48%) SciPy
6 49 (10.27%) Node.js
7 29 (6.08%) AngularJS
7 29 (6.08%) REST
8 28 (5.87%) CSS
9 27 (5.66%) HTML
10 25 (5.24%) Redux
11 24 (5.03%) RESTful
12 22 (4.61%) Spring
13 20 (4.19%) Kafka
13 20 (4.19%) SAML
14 19 (3.98%) Spring Boot
15 17 (3.56%) JSON
15 17 (3.56%) Vue
16 16 (3.35%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 85 (17.82%) Fixed Income
2 63 (13.21%) Derivative
3 62 (13.00%) Equities
4 57 (11.95%) Hedge funds
5 45 (9.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 22 (4.61%) Cloud Native
7 19 (3.98%) Public Cloud
8 18 (3.77%) Algorithms
9 17 (3.56%) Data Structures
10 15 (3.14%) Management Information System
11 13 (2.73%) IVR
12 11 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (1.89%) Replication
14 8 (1.68%) Clustering
15 7 (1.47%) Data Centre
15 7 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
15 7 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
16 6 (1.26%) Marketing Technology
16 6 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (6.92%) Linux
2 17 (3.56%) Unix
3 14 (2.94%) Windows
4 10 (2.10%) Windows Server
5 6 (1.26%) Oracle Linux
5 6 (1.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.26%) Solaris
6 4 (0.84%) CentOS
7 1 (0.21%) Android
7 1 (0.21%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (39.62%) Agile
2 137 (28.72%) DevOps
3 119 (24.95%) Software Engineering
4 114 (23.90%) CI/CD
5 89 (18.66%) Asset Management
6 83 (17.40%) Analytics
7 71 (14.88%) Problem-Solving
8 65 (13.63%) Investment Management
9 59 (12.37%) Migration
10 55 (11.53%) Computer Science
11 50 (10.48%) Infrastructure as Code
12 49 (10.27%) Containerisation
13 48 (10.06%) Microservices
14 41 (8.60%) ETL
15 37 (7.76%) Machine Learning
16 34 (7.13%) Data Modelling
16 34 (7.13%) Data Science
16 34 (7.13%) Roadmaps
17 33 (6.92%) Continuous Integration
17 33 (6.92%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 211 (44.23%) Python
2 129 (27.04%) JavaScript
3 122 (25.58%) Java
4 103 (21.59%) TypeScript
5 76 (15.93%) SQL
6 33 (6.92%) Bash
6 33 (6.92%) Go
7 24 (5.03%) PowerShell
8 23 (4.82%) Scala
9 18 (3.77%) R
10 15 (3.14%) Ruby
11 13 (2.73%) Kotlin
12 11 (2.31%) C#
13 9 (1.89%) Perl
14 6 (1.26%) PHP
15 5 (1.05%) Bicep
16 3 (0.63%) Groovy
16 3 (0.63%) Rust
16 3 (0.63%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (10.06%) Degree
2 40 (8.39%) Security Cleared
3 36 (7.55%) SC Cleared
4 33 (6.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.73%) Master's Degree
6 10 (2.10%) AWS Certification
6 10 (2.10%) Azure Certification
7 7 (1.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.84%) CISSP
10 2 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.42%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.42%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.42%) OCP
10 2 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
11 1 (0.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.21%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.21%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.21%) CISA
11 1 (0.21%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (5.03%) QA
2 19 (3.98%) Data Quality
3 18 (3.77%) GDPR
4 14 (2.94%) NIST
5 11 (2.31%) HIPAA
5 11 (2.31%) PCI DSS
6 8 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (1.26%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.84%) Government Security Classifications
8 4 (0.84%) NCSC
9 3 (0.63%) WCAG
10 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.21%) SLA
System Software
1 67 (14.05%) Docker
2 19 (3.98%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.84%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.63%) zsh
6 2 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.21%) ACF2
7 1 (0.21%) Firmware
7 1 (0.21%) HDFS
7 1 (0.21%) IAG
7 1 (0.21%) Postfix
7 1 (0.21%) RACF
7 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 104 (21.80%) Kubernetes
2 73 (15.30%) Terraform
3 37 (7.76%) Ansible
4 16 (3.35%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (2.10%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.89%) Grafana
6 9 (1.89%) Progress Chef
6 9 (1.89%) Puppet
7 7 (1.47%) Docker Swarm
8 6 (1.26%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (1.26%) Netcool
8 6 (1.26%) Tivoli
8 6 (1.26%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 5 (1.05%) Kibana
9 5 (1.05%) logstash
10 3 (0.63%) Zipkin
11 2 (0.42%) Argo
11 2 (0.42%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.42%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.21%) Consul
Vendors
1 178 (37.32%) Google
2 36 (7.55%) Microsoft
3 24 (5.03%) CyberArk
3 24 (5.03%) ServiceNow
4 22 (4.61%) Oracle
5 19 (3.98%) Cisco
6 18 (3.77%) Genesys
7 15 (3.14%) Bloomberg
8 14 (2.94%) BeyondTrust
8 14 (2.94%) Splunk
9 12 (2.52%) VMware
10 9 (1.89%) Avaya
11 8 (1.68%) Databricks
11 8 (1.68%) IBM
12 7 (1.47%) HP
13 6 (1.26%) Dell
13 6 (1.26%) EMC
13 6 (1.26%) Isilon
13 6 (1.26%) Qualys
13 6 (1.26%) Serena