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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 67 | 68 | 61 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +1 | -7 | +3 |
| Contract jobs citing GCP | 1,298 | 1,802 | 3,377 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 3.01% | 3.21% | 3.86% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 9.29% | 8.82% | 10.03% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 933 | 1,355 | 2,467 |
| 10th Percentile | £405 | £438 | £463 |
| 25th Percentile | £500 | £513 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £613 | £613 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.04% | - | +6.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £750 | £713 | £725 |
| 90th Percentile | £825 | £798 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £510 | £550 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.27% | -8.33% | +14.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 14 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £54.48 | £24.20 |
| 25th Percentile | £33.13 | £62.63 | £40.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £48.50 | £70.09 | £53.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -30.80% | +31.00% | +21.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.25 | £81.88 | £77.32 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £88.13 | £80.07 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £35.00 | £67.84 | £50.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -48.41% | +34.33% | +92.38% |
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 | 13,969 | 20,420 | 33,677 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.44% | 36.43% | 38.45% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,924 | 14,777 | 24,579 |
| 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 | £746 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +9.89% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 345 | 332 | 392 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.06 | £19.00 | £15.47 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.46 | £38.78 | £22.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -44.66% | +73.10% | +2.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £42.50 | £68.94 | £54.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £69.80 | £78.00 | £69.19 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.80 | £27.83 | £19.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -36.04% | +44.57% | -3.75% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing GCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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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 1 June 2024.
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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 1 June 2024.
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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 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -1 | 1,114 | £600 | -4.00% | 659 |
| London | +7 | 817 | £638 | +2.00% | 385 |
| Work from Home | +3 | 486 | £600 | -2.44% | 349 |
| UK excluding London | +9 | 285 | £510 | -7.27% | 304 |
| North of England | +15 | 114 | £523 | -5.00% | 111 |
| Yorkshire | +15 | 71 | £515 | -6.36% | 37 |
| South West | +28 | 48 | £550 | -8.33% | 37 |
| South East | -36 | 44 | £463 | -15.91% | 62 |
| North West | +9 | 40 | £513 | -10.87% | 66 |
| Scotland | +47 | 26 | £450 | -30.77% | 25 |
| East of England | -14 | 23 | £525 | -11.02% | 14 |
| Midlands | -13 | 18 | £600 | +14.29% | 36 |
| West Midlands | -15 | 16 | £600 | +11.63% | 21 |
| Wales | +11 | 6 | £550 | +0.46% | 10 |
| North East | +14 | 3 | £600 | +50.00% | 8 |
| Northern Ireland | +1 | 3 | £675 | +14.89% | 11 |
| Isle of Man | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| East Midlands | -3 | 2 | £675 | +10.20% | 15 |
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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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