GCP Contracts in London

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 44 47 52
Rank change year-on-year +3 +5 -2
Contract jobs citing GCP 832 1,156 1,886
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.71% 4.57% 4.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.09% 11.69% 11.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 635 908 1,428
10th Percentile £459 £450 £475
25th Percentile £525 £525 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £635 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £788 £738 £738
90th Percentile £888 £823 £800
England median daily rate £600 £620 £600
% change year-on-year -3.15% +3.25% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 4
10th Percentile £48.48 £62.00 £36.01
25th Percentile £51.06 £64.50 £59.88
Median hourly rate £55.00 £80.00 £76.62
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +4.41% +5.69%
75th Percentile £59.88 £83.75 £79.69
90th Percentile £64.15 £90.00 £81.38
England median hourly rate £55.00 £70.00 £69.75
% change year-on-year -21.43% +0.36% +29.58%

All Cloud Skills
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 London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,883 9,892 15,986
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 39.00% 39.14% 40.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,062 7,276 12,083
10th Percentile £350 £375 £400
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 77 65
10th Percentile £17.01 £19.57 £20.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £23.50 £26.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £52.50 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.48% +26.51% +10.67%
75th Percentile £38.13 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £88.98 £81.00
England median hourly rate £21.46 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.69% +62.79% +2.14%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for GCP in London

GCP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for GCP in London

GCP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GCP in London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GCP in London

GCP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for GCP in London

GCP
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing GCP in London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for GCP in London

GCP
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Central London -4 77 £578 -11.15% 23
West London +21 18 £413 -36.54% 8
South London +12 4 £513 -6.82% 2
GCP
England

GCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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
1 179 (21.51%) Apache Airflow
2 163 (19.59%) Apache
3 19 (2.28%) Confluence
4 17 (2.04%) Apache Spark
5 10 (1.20%) CMS
6 7 (0.84%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.72%) nginx
8 5 (0.60%) Cloud Foundry
9 4 (0.48%) Apache Solr
9 4 (0.48%) Oracle Self-Service HR
10 3 (0.36%) SharePoint
11 2 (0.24%) Anypoint
11 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
12 1 (0.12%) Drupal
12 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.12%) Magnolia
12 1 (0.12%) SAS
12 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.36%) Chatbot
1 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.12%) CPLEX
2 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.36%) Shopify
2 1 (0.12%) Magento
2 1 (0.12%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 565 (67.91%) AWS
2 414 (49.76%) Azure
3 105 (12.62%) dbt
4 74 (8.89%) Snowflake
5 42 (5.05%) GitHub
6 36 (4.33%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 29 (3.49%) Cloud Computing
8 20 (2.40%) Vertex AI
9 19 (2.28%) Entra ID
9 19 (2.28%) Serverless
10 18 (2.16%) AWS CloudFormation
11 16 (1.92%) PaaS
11 16 (1.92%) SaaS
12 15 (1.80%) Google Compute Engine
13 13 (1.56%) Cloud Run
13 13 (1.56%) Power Platform
14 12 (1.44%) Google Analytics
15 11 (1.32%) IaaS
16 10 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
16 10 (1.20%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 42 (5.05%) HTTP
2 32 (3.85%) Firewall
3 16 (1.92%) DNS
4 15 (1.80%) TCP/IP
5 13 (1.56%) WAN
6 11 (1.32%) Network Security
7 10 (1.20%) DHCP
7 10 (1.20%) LAN
7 10 (1.20%) SD-WAN
7 10 (1.20%) VPN
8 9 (1.08%) HTTPS
8 9 (1.08%) OSPF
8 9 (1.08%) Wireless
9 8 (0.96%) BGP
10 7 (0.84%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (0.84%) IPsec
10 7 (0.84%) MPLS
10 7 (0.84%) NAS
10 7 (0.84%) SAN
10 7 (0.84%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 154 (18.51%) Apache Ignite
2 104 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
3 92 (11.06%) Data Lake
4 91 (10.94%) BigQuery
5 87 (10.46%) Amazon Athena
6 85 (10.22%) Dremio
7 82 (9.86%) Apache Arrow
8 51 (6.13%) Data Warehouse
9 46 (5.53%) Big Data
10 36 (4.33%) NoSQL
11 35 (4.21%) Apache Cassandra
12 29 (3.49%) Relational Database
13 23 (2.76%) MongoDB
14 17 (2.04%) MySQL
15 15 (1.80%) Looker
16 13 (1.56%) Power BI
16 13 (1.56%) SQL Server
17 12 (1.44%) RDBMS
17 12 (1.44%) Tableau
18 8 (0.96%) Bigtable
Development Applications
1 75 (9.01%) Jenkins
2 65 (7.81%) Git
3 54 (6.49%) Cypress.io
4 35 (4.21%) GitLab
5 24 (2.88%) JIRA
6 8 (0.96%) Maven
7 7 (0.84%) Postman
8 5 (0.60%) MLflow
8 5 (0.60%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.48%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.36%) Gradle
10 3 (0.36%) Mocha
10 3 (0.36%) Selenium
10 3 (0.36%) Subversion
11 2 (0.24%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.24%) JMeter
11 2 (0.24%) JUnit
11 2 (0.24%) Mockito
11 2 (0.24%) SonarQube
General
1 343 (41.23%) Finance
2 215 (25.84%) Front Office
3 202 (24.28%) Banking
4 148 (17.79%) Social Skills
5 79 (9.50%) Investment Banking
6 61 (7.33%) Analytical Skills
7 35 (4.21%) Retail
8 16 (1.92%) Telecoms
9 15 (1.80%) Marketing
10 11 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (1.08%) Public Sector
12 7 (0.84%) Advertising
12 7 (0.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (0.84%) Manufacturing
13 6 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.72%) Wearables
14 5 (0.60%) Legal
15 3 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.36%) Tech for Good
16 2 (0.24%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 316 (37.98%) Developer
2 179 (21.51%) Architect
3 160 (19.23%) Software Engineer
4 153 (18.39%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 129 (15.50%) Python Developer
6 105 (12.62%) Python Engineer
7 101 (12.14%) Python Software Engineer
8 87 (10.46%) Senior
9 86 (10.34%) Solutions Architect
10 82 (9.86%) React Developer
11 65 (7.81%) Lead
12 53 (6.37%) Java Developer
13 49 (5.89%) Consultant
14 48 (5.77%) GCP Engineer
15 47 (5.65%) Full Stack Developer
16 44 (5.29%) Full Stack Engineer
17 43 (5.17%) Cloud Architect
18 42 (5.05%) Finance Manager
19 38 (4.57%) Full Stack Software Engineer
19 38 (4.57%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (19.95%) gRPC
2 163 (19.59%) Protocol Buffers
3 160 (19.23%) React
4 113 (13.58%) Redux
5 100 (12.02%) Pandas
6 88 (10.58%) NumPy
7 82 (9.86%) SciPy
8 77 (9.25%) Kafka
9 76 (9.13%) Material-UI
10 66 (7.93%) RESTful
11 60 (7.21%) Node.js
12 48 (5.77%) .NET
13 44 (5.29%) AngularJS
14 42 (5.05%) HTML
15 38 (4.57%) Akka
16 37 (4.45%) CSS
17 34 (4.09%) REST
18 25 (3.00%) .NET Core
18 25 (3.00%) Vue
19 22 (2.64%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 207 (24.88%) Fixed Income
2 167 (20.07%) Hedge funds
3 150 (18.03%) Equities
4 106 (12.74%) Derivative
5 102 (12.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 28 (3.37%) Public Cloud
7 26 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
8 22 (2.64%) Algorithms
9 21 (2.52%) Cloud Native
10 17 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
10 17 (2.04%) Management Information System
11 16 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
12 15 (1.80%) Data Structures
13 11 (1.32%) Product Ownership
13 11 (1.32%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 10 (1.20%) Data Centre
14 10 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
14 10 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (1.20%) Mobile App
15 9 (1.08%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 52 (6.25%) Linux
2 22 (2.64%) Windows
3 16 (1.92%) Unix
4 14 (1.68%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.60%) Oracle Linux
6 5 (0.60%) Solaris
7 1 (0.12%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (43.99%) Agile
2 260 (31.25%) Software Engineering
3 209 (25.12%) Asset Management
4 207 (24.88%) DevOps
5 175 (21.03%) Machine Learning
6 161 (19.35%) Investment Management
7 156 (18.75%) CI/CD
8 133 (15.99%) Microservices
9 120 (14.42%) Full Stack Development
10 108 (12.98%) Artificial Intelligence
11 104 (12.50%) Analytics
12 103 (12.38%) Problem-Solving
13 97 (11.66%) Computer Science
14 87 (10.46%) Infrastructure as Code
15 78 (9.38%) Containerisation
16 76 (9.13%) TDD
17 68 (8.17%) Migration
18 65 (7.81%) Automated Trading
18 65 (7.81%) ETL
19 63 (7.57%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 373 (44.83%) Python
2 220 (26.44%) TypeScript
3 206 (24.76%) Java
4 198 (23.80%) JavaScript
5 120 (14.42%) SQL
6 63 (7.57%) Scala
7 48 (5.77%) Go
8 44 (5.29%) Bash
9 42 (5.05%) C#
10 36 (4.33%) PowerShell
11 20 (2.40%) Ruby
12 15 (1.80%) Kotlin
13 12 (1.44%) R
14 6 (0.72%) Groovy
14 6 (0.72%) Perl
14 6 (0.72%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.48%) C++
15 4 (0.48%) Rust
16 3 (0.36%) Bicep
16 3 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (10.82%) Degree
2 67 (8.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 47 (5.65%) Security Cleared
4 45 (5.41%) SC Cleared
5 22 (2.64%) CISSP
6 21 (2.52%) AWS Certification
7 17 (2.04%) Master's Degree
8 15 (1.80%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.32%) CISM
10 9 (1.08%) Azure Certification
11 8 (0.96%) CCNP
11 8 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.72%) CISA
14 5 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (0.48%) CCNA
16 3 (0.36%) CRISC
16 3 (0.36%) SANS
17 2 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
17 2 (0.24%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (5.65%) QA
2 28 (3.37%) Data Quality
3 16 (1.92%) GDPR
4 15 (1.80%) NIST
5 10 (1.20%) PCI DSS
6 9 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 8 (0.96%) WCAG
8 7 (0.84%) SLA
9 6 (0.72%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.36%) ISO 31000
10 3 (0.36%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.24%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (0.12%) GRC
12 1 (0.12%) IFRS
12 1 (0.12%) IFRS 17
12 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 100 (12.02%) Docker
2 36 (4.33%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.84%) ACF2
5 7 (0.84%) IAG
5 7 (0.84%) RACF
6 6 (0.72%) Firmware
6 6 (0.72%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.48%) Shibboleth
8 2 (0.24%) KVM
8 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Flume
9 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 189 (22.72%) Kubernetes
2 137 (16.47%) Terraform
3 47 (5.65%) Ansible
4 25 (3.00%) Grafana
5 24 (2.88%) Prometheus
6 21 (2.52%) Puppet
7 15 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (1.20%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.60%) EMC NetWorker
9 5 (0.60%) Kubeflow
9 5 (0.60%) Netcool
9 5 (0.60%) Tivoli
9 5 (0.60%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 4 (0.48%) Docker Swarm
10 4 (0.48%) Istio
10 4 (0.48%) Oracle Identity Management
11 3 (0.36%) Argo
11 3 (0.36%) Kibana
11 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.36%) Nagios
Vendors
1 317 (38.10%) Google
2 57 (6.85%) Microsoft
3 43 (5.17%) Oracle
4 29 (3.49%) CyberArk
5 22 (2.64%) ServiceNow
5 22 (2.64%) Typelevel
6 19 (2.28%) Cisco
7 18 (2.16%) BeyondTrust
7 18 (2.16%) VMware
8 16 (1.92%) Databricks
9 15 (1.80%) Bloomberg
10 14 (1.68%) Splunk
11 13 (1.56%) IBM
12 10 (1.20%) F5
12 10 (1.20%) Okta
12 10 (1.20%) SAP
13 9 (1.08%) Adobe
14 8 (0.96%) Genesys
15 7 (0.84%) HP
16 6 (0.72%) Dell