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 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 44 48 50
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 -4
Contract jobs citing GCP 817 1,170 1,873
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 4.66% 4.57% 4.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.99% 11.71% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 628 916 1,423
10th Percentile £459 £450 £475
25th Percentile £525 £531 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £788 £738 £738
90th Percentile £888 £806 £800
England median daily rate £600 £625 £604
% change year-on-year -4.00% +3.48% +5.04%
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% +8.79%
75th Percentile £59.88 £83.75 £79.69
90th Percentile £64.15 £90.00 £81.38
England median hourly rate £55.00 £70.09 £65.00
% change year-on-year -21.53% +7.83% +47.23%

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 6,816 9,993 15,932
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.89% 39.06% 41.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,024 7,349 12,037
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 67 78 67
10th Percentile £17.16 £19.68 £20.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £23.75 £26.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £52.50 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.48% +26.51% +5.06%
75th Percentile £38.13 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £59.50 £90.00 £80.25
England median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.94% +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 2 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 2 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 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
Central London -4 78 £585 -9.13% 18
West London +23 19 £475 -26.92% 9
South London +10 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
1 169 (20.69%) Apache Airflow
2 153 (18.73%) Apache
3 18 (2.20%) Confluence
4 17 (2.08%) Apache Spark
5 10 (1.22%) CMS
6 7 (0.86%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.73%) nginx
8 4 (0.49%) Apache Solr
8 4 (0.49%) Cloud Foundry
8 4 (0.49%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 3 (0.37%) SharePoint
10 2 (0.24%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.24%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.12%) Drupal
11 1 (0.12%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.12%) Magnolia
11 1 (0.12%) SAS
11 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.37%) Chatbot
1 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.12%) CPLEX
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.37%) Shopify
2 1 (0.12%) Magento
2 1 (0.12%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 556 (68.05%) AWS
2 411 (50.31%) Azure
3 94 (11.51%) dbt
4 66 (8.08%) Snowflake
5 41 (5.02%) GitHub
6 35 (4.28%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 27 (3.30%) Cloud Computing
8 22 (2.69%) Vertex AI
9 20 (2.45%) Serverless
10 17 (2.08%) Entra ID
11 16 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
11 16 (1.96%) PaaS
11 16 (1.96%) SaaS
12 14 (1.71%) Cloud Run
12 14 (1.71%) Google Compute Engine
13 13 (1.59%) Power Platform
14 12 (1.47%) Google Analytics
15 11 (1.35%) IaaS
16 10 (1.22%) Apigee
16 10 (1.22%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 41 (5.02%) HTTP
2 35 (4.28%) Firewall
3 17 (2.08%) DNS
4 15 (1.84%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.84%) WAN
5 12 (1.47%) LAN
5 12 (1.47%) Network Security
5 12 (1.47%) SD-WAN
6 11 (1.35%) VPN
7 10 (1.22%) DHCP
7 10 (1.22%) OSPF
7 10 (1.22%) Wireless
8 9 (1.10%) HTTPS
9 8 (0.98%) BGP
9 8 (0.98%) Cisco Nexus
9 8 (0.98%) IPsec
9 8 (0.98%) MPLS
10 7 (0.86%) NAS
10 7 (0.86%) SAN
10 7 (0.86%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 144 (17.63%) Apache Ignite
2 102 (12.48%) PostgreSQL
3 92 (11.26%) BigQuery
4 85 (10.40%) Data Lake
5 77 (9.42%) Amazon Athena
6 75 (9.18%) Dremio
7 73 (8.94%) Apache Arrow
8 53 (6.49%) Data Warehouse
9 48 (5.88%) Big Data
10 36 (4.41%) NoSQL
11 34 (4.16%) Apache Cassandra
12 29 (3.55%) Relational Database
13 23 (2.82%) MongoDB
14 17 (2.08%) MySQL
15 16 (1.96%) Looker
16 13 (1.59%) Power BI
16 13 (1.59%) SQL Server
17 12 (1.47%) RDBMS
17 12 (1.47%) Tableau
18 8 (0.98%) Bigtable
Development Applications
1 75 (9.18%) Jenkins
2 63 (7.71%) Git
3 54 (6.61%) Cypress.io
4 35 (4.28%) GitLab
5 23 (2.82%) JIRA
6 8 (0.98%) Maven
7 7 (0.86%) Postman
8 5 (0.61%) MLflow
8 5 (0.61%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.49%) CircleCI
10 3 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.37%) Gradle
10 3 (0.37%) Mocha
10 3 (0.37%) Selenium
10 3 (0.37%) 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
1 329 (40.27%) Finance
2 208 (25.46%) Front Office
3 192 (23.50%) Banking
4 148 (18.12%) Social Skills
5 72 (8.81%) Investment Banking
6 63 (7.71%) Analytical Skills
7 35 (4.28%) Retail
8 15 (1.84%) Marketing
8 15 (1.84%) Telecoms
9 11 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (1.10%) Public Sector
11 8 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (0.86%) Advertising
12 7 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.73%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.61%) Legal
14 5 (0.61%) Wearables
15 3 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.37%) Publishing
15 3 (0.37%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 310 (37.94%) Developer
2 176 (21.54%) Architect
3 155 (18.97%) Software Engineer
4 149 (18.24%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 128 (15.67%) Python Developer
6 101 (12.36%) Python Engineer
7 98 (12.00%) Python Software Engineer
8 87 (10.65%) Senior
9 82 (10.04%) Solutions Architect
10 81 (9.91%) React Developer
11 59 (7.22%) Lead
12 51 (6.24%) Java Developer
13 49 (6.00%) Consultant
14 48 (5.88%) Full Stack Developer
14 48 (5.88%) GCP Engineer
15 45 (5.51%) Full Stack Engineer
16 44 (5.39%) Cloud Architect
16 44 (5.39%) Finance Manager
17 39 (4.77%) Full Stack Software Engineer
18 36 (4.41%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (19.34%) React
2 156 (19.09%) gRPC
3 153 (18.73%) Protocol Buffers
4 113 (13.83%) Redux
5 91 (11.14%) Pandas
6 78 (9.55%) NumPy
7 77 (9.42%) Material-UI
8 73 (8.94%) Kafka
9 72 (8.81%) SciPy
10 61 (7.47%) RESTful
11 59 (7.22%) Node.js
12 47 (5.75%) .NET
13 43 (5.26%) AngularJS
14 41 (5.02%) HTML
15 37 (4.53%) Akka
16 36 (4.41%) CSS
17 34 (4.16%) REST
18 25 (3.06%) .NET Core
18 25 (3.06%) Vue
19 22 (2.69%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 200 (24.48%) Fixed Income
2 161 (19.71%) Hedge funds
3 144 (17.63%) Equities
4 100 (12.24%) Derivative
5 95 (11.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 28 (3.43%) Public Cloud
7 23 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
8 22 (2.69%) Algorithms
9 21 (2.57%) Cloud Native
10 18 (2.20%) Management Information System
11 17 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
11 17 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (1.59%) Data Structures
13 12 (1.47%) Product Ownership
14 11 (1.35%) Data Centre
14 11 (1.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 10 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
15 10 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
15 10 (1.22%) Mobile App
16 9 (1.10%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 53 (6.49%) Linux
2 22 (2.69%) Windows
3 16 (1.96%) Unix
4 14 (1.71%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.61%) Oracle Linux
6 5 (0.61%) 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
1 357 (43.70%) Agile
2 251 (30.72%) Software Engineering
3 201 (24.60%) Asset Management
4 197 (24.11%) DevOps
5 177 (21.66%) Machine Learning
6 161 (19.71%) Investment Management
7 151 (18.48%) CI/CD
8 128 (15.67%) Microservices
9 121 (14.81%) Full Stack Development
10 109 (13.34%) Artificial Intelligence
11 105 (12.85%) Analytics
12 101 (12.36%) Problem-Solving
13 99 (12.12%) Computer Science
14 86 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
15 77 (9.42%) Containerisation
16 76 (9.30%) TDD
17 65 (7.96%) Automated Trading
17 65 (7.96%) ETL
18 64 (7.83%) Data Science
19 62 (7.59%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 365 (44.68%) Python
2 211 (25.83%) TypeScript
3 195 (23.87%) Java
4 190 (23.26%) JavaScript
5 118 (14.44%) SQL
6 61 (7.47%) Scala
7 47 (5.75%) Go
8 44 (5.39%) Bash
9 41 (5.02%) C#
10 35 (4.28%) PowerShell
11 20 (2.45%) Ruby
12 14 (1.71%) Kotlin
12 14 (1.71%) R
13 6 (0.73%) Perl
14 5 (0.61%) Groovy
14 5 (0.61%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.49%) C++
15 4 (0.49%) Rust
16 3 (0.37%) Bicep
16 3 (0.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 92 (11.26%) Degree
2 68 (8.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 48 (5.88%) Security Cleared
4 46 (5.63%) SC Cleared
5 22 (2.69%) CISSP
6 21 (2.57%) AWS Certification
7 17 (2.08%) Master's Degree
8 15 (1.84%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.35%) CISM
10 9 (1.10%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.10%) CCNP
10 9 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.73%) CISA
13 5 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 5 (0.61%) CCNA
14 3 (0.37%) CRISC
14 3 (0.37%) SANS
15 2 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
15 2 (0.24%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (5.88%) QA
2 28 (3.43%) Data Quality
3 16 (1.96%) GDPR
3 16 (1.96%) NIST
4 10 (1.22%) PCI DSS
5 9 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (0.98%) WCAG
7 7 (0.86%) SLA
8 5 (0.61%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.37%) ISO 31000
9 3 (0.37%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.24%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.12%) GRC
11 1 (0.12%) IFRS
11 1 (0.12%) IFRS 17
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 99 (12.12%) Docker
2 35 (4.28%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.86%) ACF2
4 7 (0.86%) IAG
4 7 (0.86%) RACF
4 7 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.73%) Firmware
5 6 (0.73%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.49%) Shibboleth
7 2 (0.24%) KVM
7 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 186 (22.77%) Kubernetes
2 136 (16.65%) Terraform
3 47 (5.75%) Ansible
4 26 (3.18%) Grafana
5 24 (2.94%) Prometheus
6 21 (2.57%) Puppet
7 15 (1.84%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (1.22%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.61%) EMC NetWorker
9 5 (0.61%) Kubeflow
9 5 (0.61%) Netcool
9 5 (0.61%) Tivoli
9 5 (0.61%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 4 (0.49%) Docker Swarm
10 4 (0.49%) Istio
10 4 (0.49%) Oracle Identity Management
11 3 (0.37%) Argo
11 3 (0.37%) Kibana
11 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.37%) Nagios
Vendors
1 317 (38.80%) Google
2 57 (6.98%) Microsoft
3 42 (5.14%) Oracle
4 29 (3.55%) CyberArk
5 22 (2.69%) ServiceNow
6 21 (2.57%) Typelevel
7 20 (2.45%) Cisco
8 18 (2.20%) BeyondTrust
9 16 (1.96%) Databricks
9 16 (1.96%) VMware
10 14 (1.71%) Splunk
11 13 (1.59%) IBM
12 12 (1.47%) Bloomberg
13 11 (1.35%) F5
14 10 (1.22%) Okta
14 10 (1.22%) SAP
15 9 (1.10%) Adobe
15 9 (1.10%) Genesys
16 7 (0.86%) HP
17 6 (0.73%) Dell