GCP Jobs in the North West

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for GCP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GCP over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 17 57
Rank change year-on-year -75 +40 +46
Permanent jobs citing GCP 256 958 477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.67% 11.78% 5.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.81% 27.08% 11.75%
Number of salaries quoted 160 246 223
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £41,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,000 £47,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,447 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% +1.97% +4.35%
75th Percentile £77,715 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,539 £105,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.34%

All Cloud Skills
North West

GCP is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,279 3,538 4,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 34.24% 43.52% 42.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,616 2,026 2,731
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,875 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,313 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +4.17%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing GCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for GCP in the North West

GCP
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GCP in the North West.

Salary trend for GCP in the North West

GCP
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCP in the North West over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Salary histogram for GCP in the North West

GCP
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCP within the North West region over the 6 months to 18 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester -45 204 £69,447 +15.51% 52
Cheshire -48 23 £35,000 -63.16% 3
Lancashire -49 10 £78,126 +42.05%
Merseyside -58 10 - - 3
Cumbria - 8 - -
GCP
England

GCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 33 (12.89%) Apache Spark
2 18 (7.03%) Apache
3 15 (5.86%) Confluence
4 13 (5.08%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (4.69%) IIS
6 4 (1.56%) Captiva
6 4 (1.56%) FileNet
6 4 (1.56%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.78%) nginx
8 1 (0.39%) Mendix
8 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Adobe XD
1 2 (0.78%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 168 (65.63%) Azure
2 151 (58.98%) AWS
3 36 (14.06%) SaaS
4 32 (12.50%) GitHub
4 32 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (7.81%) Power Platform
6 16 (6.25%) AWS CloudFormation
7 14 (5.47%) OpenShift
8 12 (4.69%) AWS Lambda
8 12 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (4.69%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 12 (4.69%) Serverless
9 11 (4.30%) Amazon EKS
9 11 (4.30%) Cloud Computing
10 10 (3.91%) dbt
10 10 (3.91%) PaaS
11 8 (3.13%) Google Analytics
12 6 (2.34%) Snowflake
13 5 (1.95%) Collibra
13 5 (1.95%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 34 (13.28%) Firewall
2 20 (7.81%) WAN
3 14 (5.47%) SD-WAN
4 12 (4.69%) DHCP
4 12 (4.69%) DNS
4 12 (4.69%) iSCSI
4 12 (4.69%) SAN
5 11 (4.30%) AMQP
6 8 (3.13%) LAN
7 7 (2.73%) Network Security
8 6 (2.34%) TCP/IP
8 6 (2.34%) Wireless
9 5 (1.95%) Remote Desktop
9 5 (1.95%) VPN
10 4 (1.56%) BGP
10 4 (1.56%) DMVPN
10 4 (1.56%) EIGRP
10 4 (1.56%) IPsec
10 4 (1.56%) OSPF
10 4 (1.56%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (23.83%) BigQuery
2 48 (18.75%) Looker
3 26 (10.16%) Big Data
4 20 (7.81%) Power BI
5 19 (7.42%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (6.64%) Hadoop
7 16 (6.25%) NoSQL
8 14 (5.47%) Relational Database
9 12 (4.69%) SQL Server
9 12 (4.69%) Tableau
10 11 (4.30%) Cloudera CDH
10 11 (4.30%) MySQL
11 9 (3.52%) Data Lake
12 8 (3.13%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (2.73%) Metadata
14 6 (2.34%) DB2
15 5 (1.95%) Airbyte
15 5 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
16 4 (1.56%) MongoDB
17 2 (0.78%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 19 (7.42%) Jenkins
1 19 (7.42%) JIRA
2 18 (7.03%) Git
3 15 (5.86%) Spinnaker
4 9 (3.52%) GitLab
5 4 (1.56%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (1.17%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (0.39%) Maven
7 1 (0.39%) PHPUnit
General
1 74 (28.91%) Finance
2 56 (21.88%) Social Skills
3 46 (17.97%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (15.63%) Banking
5 22 (8.59%) Presentation Skills
5 22 (8.59%) Retail
6 11 (4.30%) Aerospace
7 6 (2.34%) Legal
7 6 (2.34%) Marketing
8 4 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.56%) Publishing
9 3 (1.17%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.78%) Law
10 2 (0.78%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.39%) Advertising
11 1 (0.39%) Automotive
11 1 (0.39%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 59 (23.05%) Architect
2 47 (18.36%) Senior
3 46 (17.97%) Data Engineer
4 38 (14.84%) Software Engineer
5 34 (13.28%) Platform Engineer
6 29 (11.33%) Principal Data Engineer
6 29 (11.33%) Principal Engineer
7 28 (10.94%) Lead
8 24 (9.38%) Developer
9 20 (7.81%) Cloud Architect
9 20 (7.81%) Solutions Architect
10 18 (7.03%) Cloud Engineer
11 16 (6.25%) Senior Developer
12 15 (5.86%) Data Scientist
13 14 (5.47%) GCP Engineer
14 12 (4.69%) Infrastructure Manager
14 12 (4.69%) Senior Data Scientist
15 11 (4.30%) Data Architect
15 11 (4.30%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
16 10 (3.91%) Lead Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (12.89%) React
2 20 (7.81%) Kafka
2 20 (7.81%) Node.js
3 18 (7.03%) AngularJS
4 16 (6.25%) REST
5 15 (5.86%) Spring
6 14 (5.47%) .NET
7 12 (4.69%) RabbitMQ
7 12 (4.69%) Spring Boot
8 11 (4.30%) gRPC
8 11 (4.30%) Material-UI
8 11 (4.30%) OpenAPI
8 11 (4.30%) Swagger
9 10 (3.91%) CSS
9 10 (3.91%) RESTful
10 8 (3.13%) Web Services
11 7 (2.73%) Laravel
12 6 (2.34%) .NET Framework
12 6 (2.34%) HTML
12 6 (2.34%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 39 (15.23%) Self-Motivation
2 35 (13.67%) Public Cloud
3 24 (9.38%) Cloud Native
4 21 (8.20%) Product Ownership
5 15 (5.86%) Mainframe
6 14 (5.47%) PKI
7 12 (4.69%) PMI
8 8 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (2.73%) Algorithms
9 7 (2.73%) PropTech
10 6 (2.34%) Blockchain
10 6 (2.34%) Legacy Applications
10 6 (2.34%) Mobile App
10 6 (2.34%) Onboarding
10 6 (2.34%) Video\Live Streaming
11 5 (1.95%) IoT
12 4 (1.56%) DataPower
12 4 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (1.56%) Private Cloud
13 3 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 46 (17.97%) Linux
2 20 (7.81%) Windows
3 13 (5.08%) Unix
4 11 (4.30%) CentOS
4 11 (4.30%) Debian
4 11 (4.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (4.30%) Ubuntu
5 6 (2.34%) Android
5 6 (2.34%) Apple iOS
5 6 (2.34%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.78%) Windows Vista
7 1 (0.39%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (63.28%) Agile
2 78 (30.47%) Mentoring
3 67 (26.17%) DevOps
4 61 (23.83%) Problem-Solving
5 58 (22.66%) Software Engineering
6 57 (22.27%) Data Engineering
7 54 (21.09%) Data Science
7 54 (21.09%) Platform Engineering
8 50 (19.53%) Data Pipeline
9 36 (14.06%) Project Management
10 33 (12.89%) Analytics
10 33 (12.89%) Change Management
10 33 (12.89%) Infrastructure as Code
11 31 (12.11%) CI/CD
12 30 (11.72%) Data Management
12 30 (11.72%) Roadmaps
13 29 (11.33%) DataOps
14 28 (10.94%) Data Governance
14 28 (10.94%) Visualisation
15 27 (10.55%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 81 (31.64%) Python
2 62 (24.22%) SQL
3 48 (18.75%) Java
4 34 (13.28%) JavaScript
5 17 (6.64%) C#
5 17 (6.64%) PowerShell
6 10 (3.91%) Bash
6 10 (3.91%) TypeScript
7 8 (3.13%) PHP
8 6 (2.34%) Go
8 6 (2.34%) Shell Script
9 5 (1.95%) Perl
10 4 (1.56%) R
10 4 (1.56%) Scala
11 3 (1.17%) Groovy
11 3 (1.17%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.78%) Julia
13 1 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 28 (10.94%) Degree
2 18 (7.03%) Security Cleared
3 13 (5.08%) AWS Certification
3 13 (5.08%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.69%) DV Cleared
4 12 (4.69%) PMI Certification
5 11 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (3.91%) Master's Degree
7 8 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.73%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.34%) CCNA
9 6 (2.34%) OCP
9 6 (2.34%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (0.78%) CEH
10 2 (0.78%) CISM
10 2 (0.78%) CISSP
10 2 (0.78%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.78%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (16.41%) GDPR
2 19 (7.42%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.95%) QA
4 3 (1.17%) SLA
5 1 (0.39%) Accessibility
System Software
1 30 (11.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (6.64%) Active Directory
3 13 (5.08%) Docker
4 9 (3.52%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.78%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 44 (17.19%) Kubernetes
2 40 (15.63%) Terraform
3 25 (9.77%) Ansible
4 17 (6.64%) Puppet
5 12 (4.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 12 (4.69%) Opsgenie
5 12 (4.69%) VxRail
5 12 (4.69%) ZABBIX
6 6 (2.34%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.56%) Grafana
7 4 (1.56%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.78%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.78%) Rundeck
9 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.39%) SCCM
9 1 (0.39%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 121 (47.27%) Google
2 44 (17.19%) Microsoft
3 30 (11.72%) VMware
4 18 (7.03%) Cisco
5 16 (6.25%) IBM
6 14 (5.47%) Fortinet
6 14 (5.47%) Oracle
6 14 (5.47%) SolarWinds
7 12 (4.69%) Dell
7 12 (4.69%) NetApp
8 11 (4.30%) Red Hat
8 11 (4.30%) SaltStack
9 10 (3.91%) Confluent
9 10 (3.91%) Teradata
10 7 (2.73%) SAP
11 5 (1.95%) Citrix
12 4 (1.56%) Juniper
12 4 (1.56%) Kofax
12 4 (1.56%) Pega
12 4 (1.56%) ServiceNow