GCP Contracts with Work from Home Options

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 62 57
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 +4
Contract jobs citing GCP 507 860 1,843
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 3.44% 3.60% 4.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.39% 9.13% 10.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 680 1,358
10th Percentile £413 £449 £438
25th Percentile £500 £513 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £763 £738 £725
90th Percentile £888 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £613 £613
% change year-on-year -2.04% - +6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 8
10th Percentile £38.53 - £40.00
25th Percentile £43.81 £62.00 £44.69
Median hourly rate £51.75 £67.00 £59.25
Median % change year-on-year -22.76% +13.08% +24.74%
75th Percentile £60.00 £82.50 £76.21
90th Percentile £69.00 £87.00 £77.75
UK median hourly rate £48.50 £70.00 £59.25
% change year-on-year -30.71% +18.14% +29.30%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,402 9,416 18,029
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.61% 39.44% 41.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,898 7,013 13,524
10th Percentile £350 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 131 149
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.25 £15.03
25th Percentile £16.90 £21.28 £20.75
Median hourly rate £26.00 £50.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.00% +25.00% +41.02%
75th Percentile £50.19 £70.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £72.19 £75.00 £75.17
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £36.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -40.28% +63.64% +2.33%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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
1 106 (20.91%) Apache Airflow
2 88 (17.36%) Apache
3 21 (4.14%) Confluence
4 14 (2.76%) Apache Spark
5 11 (2.17%) CMS
6 8 (1.58%) Apache Solr
7 7 (1.38%) Cloud Foundry
8 6 (1.18%) nginx
8 6 (1.18%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.59%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 3 (0.59%) SAS
10 2 (0.39%) SharePoint
11 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.20%) Magnolia
11 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (1.38%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.20%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 2 (0.39%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 346 (68.24%) AWS
2 246 (48.52%) Azure
3 86 (16.96%) dbt
4 63 (12.43%) Snowflake
5 32 (6.31%) GitHub
6 28 (5.52%) Cloud Computing
7 19 (3.75%) SaaS
8 18 (3.55%) IaaS
9 17 (3.35%) Amazon EKS
9 17 (3.35%) Power Platform
10 16 (3.16%) Amazon ECS
10 16 (3.16%) Google Analytics
10 16 (3.16%) Serverless
11 15 (2.96%) PaaS
12 14 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
13 13 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (2.56%) OpenShift
14 12 (2.37%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 10 (1.97%) Amazon EC2
15 10 (1.97%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 19 (3.75%) DNS
1 19 (3.75%) Firewall
2 18 (3.55%) HTTP
2 18 (3.55%) TCP/IP
3 9 (1.78%) DHCP
3 9 (1.78%) HTTPS
4 7 (1.38%) CTI
4 7 (1.38%) VoIP
5 6 (1.18%) VLAN
5 6 (1.18%) VPN
6 5 (0.99%) IPsec
6 5 (0.99%) Kerberos
6 5 (0.99%) NAS
6 5 (0.99%) Network Security
6 5 (0.99%) SAN
6 5 (0.99%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.99%) WAN
7 4 (0.79%) Internet
7 4 (0.79%) LAN
8 3 (0.59%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (15.58%) Amazon Athena
1 79 (15.58%) Apache Ignite
2 76 (14.99%) Dremio
3 72 (14.20%) Apache Arrow
4 71 (14.00%) Data Lake
5 65 (12.82%) BigQuery
6 34 (6.71%) Data Warehouse
7 18 (3.55%) NoSQL
7 18 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
8 16 (3.16%) Big Data
8 16 (3.16%) MySQL
8 16 (3.16%) Power BI
9 15 (2.96%) Looker
10 11 (2.17%) Relational Database
11 10 (1.97%) Tableau
12 9 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (1.78%) MongoDB
13 8 (1.58%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (1.58%) Apache Cassandra
13 8 (1.58%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 56 (11.05%) Jenkins
2 46 (9.07%) Git
3 31 (6.11%) GitLab
4 30 (5.92%) JIRA
5 11 (2.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 7 (1.38%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.38%) Maven
7 6 (1.18%) Postman
8 5 (0.99%) CircleCI
8 5 (0.99%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.99%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.99%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.79%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.79%) Travis CI
9 4 (0.79%) webpack
10 3 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.59%) Storybook
10 3 (0.59%) Vite
11 2 (0.39%) Gradle
11 2 (0.39%) Selenium
General
1 176 (34.71%) Finance
2 109 (21.50%) Social Skills
3 107 (21.10%) Front Office
4 94 (18.54%) Banking
5 60 (11.83%) Investment Banking
6 34 (6.71%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (5.13%) Public Sector
8 22 (4.34%) Retail
9 15 (2.96%) Telecoms
10 10 (1.97%) Marketing
11 8 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.18%) Legal
12 6 (1.18%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.79%) Advertising
15 2 (0.39%) Czech Language
15 2 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.39%) Law
15 2 (0.39%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 165 (32.54%) Developer
2 106 (20.91%) Architect
3 81 (15.98%) Software Engineer
4 71 (14.00%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 63 (12.43%) Solutions Architect
6 62 (12.23%) Senior
7 59 (11.64%) Lead
8 53 (10.45%) Python Developer
9 49 (9.66%) Java Developer
10 41 (8.09%) Lead Developer
10 41 (8.09%) Software Developer
11 40 (7.89%) Python Engineer
12 39 (7.69%) Data Engineer
13 37 (7.30%) Lead Software Engineer
13 37 (7.30%) Team Leader
14 36 (7.10%) Lead Software Developer
14 36 (7.10%) Software Team Leader
15 35 (6.90%) Consultant
15 35 (6.90%) Python Software Engineer
16 34 (6.71%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (17.95%) gRPC
2 89 (17.55%) Protocol Buffers
3 82 (16.17%) Pandas
4 76 (14.99%) NumPy
5 74 (14.60%) SciPy
6 53 (10.45%) React
7 51 (10.06%) Node.js
8 32 (6.31%) AngularJS
9 29 (5.72%) REST
10 28 (5.52%) Redux
11 26 (5.13%) CSS
11 26 (5.13%) Kafka
12 25 (4.93%) HTML
13 24 (4.73%) RESTful
13 24 (4.73%) Spring
14 21 (4.14%) SAML
14 21 (4.14%) Spring Boot
15 20 (3.94%) Vue
16 17 (3.35%) JSON
16 17 (3.35%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 103 (20.32%) Fixed Income
2 78 (15.38%) Derivative
2 78 (15.38%) Equities
3 72 (14.20%) Hedge funds
4 65 (12.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 23 (4.54%) Cloud Native
6 22 (4.34%) Public Cloud
7 18 (3.55%) Algorithms
8 17 (3.35%) Data Structures
9 15 (2.96%) Management Information System
10 12 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
11 10 (1.97%) Replication
12 9 (1.78%) IVR
13 7 (1.38%) Clustering
13 7 (1.38%) Data Centre
13 7 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.38%) Marketing Technology
13 7 (1.38%) Mobile App
14 6 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.71%) Linux
2 17 (3.35%) Unix
3 14 (2.76%) Windows
4 10 (1.97%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.99%) Oracle Linux
5 5 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.99%) Solaris
6 4 (0.79%) CentOS
7 1 (0.20%) Android
7 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (41.03%) Agile
2 140 (27.61%) Software Engineering
3 136 (26.82%) DevOps
4 113 (22.29%) CI/CD
5 107 (21.10%) Asset Management
6 81 (15.98%) Analytics
7 77 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
8 66 (13.02%) Investment Management
9 62 (12.23%) Migration
10 53 (10.45%) Computer Science
10 53 (10.45%) Line Management
11 52 (10.26%) Containerisation
11 52 (10.26%) Infrastructure as Code
12 48 (9.47%) Microservices
13 39 (7.69%) Roadmaps
14 37 (7.30%) Data Science
14 37 (7.30%) ETL
14 37 (7.30%) Fintech
14 37 (7.30%) Machine Learning
15 36 (7.10%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 229 (45.17%) Python
2 144 (28.40%) JavaScript
3 143 (28.21%) Java
4 121 (23.87%) TypeScript
5 80 (15.78%) SQL
6 33 (6.51%) Go
7 31 (6.11%) Bash
8 23 (4.54%) PowerShell
8 23 (4.54%) Scala
9 16 (3.16%) Ruby
10 14 (2.76%) C#
11 12 (2.37%) R
12 10 (1.97%) Kotlin
13 9 (1.78%) Perl
14 6 (1.18%) Bicep
14 6 (1.18%) PHP
15 3 (0.59%) Groovy
15 3 (0.59%) Rust
16 2 (0.39%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.20%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 46 (9.07%) Degree
2 37 (7.30%) Security Cleared
3 36 (7.10%) Computer Science Degree
4 33 (6.51%) SC Cleared
5 16 (3.16%) Master's Degree
6 15 (2.96%) Azure Certification
7 14 (2.76%) AWS Certification
8 7 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.79%) CISSP
11 3 (0.59%) CCNP
12 2 (0.39%) CCIE
12 2 (0.39%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.39%) Numerate Degree
12 2 (0.39%) OCP
12 2 (0.39%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.20%) CCSP
13 1 (0.20%) CISA
13 1 (0.20%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (5.13%) QA
2 17 (3.35%) Data Quality
2 17 (3.35%) GDPR
3 11 (2.17%) HIPAA
3 11 (2.17%) NIST
3 11 (2.17%) PCI DSS
4 7 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.18%) SOC 2
6 5 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (0.79%) Government Security Classifications
7 4 (0.79%) NCSC
8 3 (0.59%) WCAG
9 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.20%) COBIT
9 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.20%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 71 (14.00%) Docker
2 15 (2.96%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.79%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.39%) zsh
6 1 (0.20%) ACF2
6 1 (0.20%) Firmware
6 1 (0.20%) HDFS
6 1 (0.20%) IAG
6 1 (0.20%) Postfix
6 1 (0.20%) RACF
6 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 108 (21.30%) Kubernetes
2 77 (15.19%) Terraform
3 36 (7.10%) Ansible
4 17 (3.35%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (2.37%) Prometheus
6 11 (2.17%) Puppet
7 10 (1.97%) Grafana
7 10 (1.97%) Progress Chef
8 7 (1.38%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (0.99%) EMC NetWorker
9 5 (0.99%) Kibana
9 5 (0.99%) logstash
9 5 (0.99%) Netcool
9 5 (0.99%) Tivoli
9 5 (0.99%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 3 (0.59%) Zipkin
11 2 (0.39%) Argo
11 2 (0.39%) Failover Clustering
11 2 (0.39%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.20%) CASB
Vendors
1 172 (33.93%) Google
2 33 (6.51%) Microsoft
3 23 (4.54%) CyberArk
3 23 (4.54%) ServiceNow
4 19 (3.75%) Oracle
5 18 (3.55%) Bloomberg
6 17 (3.35%) Cisco
7 14 (2.76%) BeyondTrust
8 13 (2.56%) Splunk
9 12 (2.37%) VMware
10 11 (2.17%) Genesys
11 8 (1.58%) Reuters
12 7 (1.38%) Avaya
13 6 (1.18%) Adobe
13 6 (1.18%) Databricks
13 6 (1.18%) HP
14 5 (0.99%) Dell
14 5 (0.99%) EMC
14 5 (0.99%) Monetate
14 5 (0.99%) Optimizely