GCP Job Trends in England

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring GCP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 80 55
Rank change year-on-year -22 -25 -14
Permanent jobs citing GCP 1,107 1,735 2,072
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.13% 3.50% 4.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.96% 9.59% 10.96%
Number of salaries quoted 692 1,080 1,716
10th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £48,125
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £61,180
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.13% -
75th Percentile £102,813 £108,813 £103,188
90th Percentile £137,500 £130,000 £130,000
UK median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £79,632
% change year-on-year -3.13% +0.46% -0.46%

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

GCP falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 18,574 18,091 18,898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.71% 36.48% 41.67%
Number of salaries quoted 10,314 10,780 15,807
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £99,625 £103,750 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.69%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GCP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

GCP job vacancy trend in England

GCP
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing GCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing GCP

GCP
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCP in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for GCP in England

GCP
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCP within the England region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
London -16 646 £90,000 -5.26% 418
South East +2 166 £67,500 +8.00% 216
North of England -37 145 £70,000 +12.00% 153
North West -15 89 £65,000 +4.00% 82
Midlands +17 80 £65,000 -3.89% 51
Yorkshire -45 46 £73,000 +16.11% 58
East Midlands +3 40 £59,500 -8.46% 17
West Midlands +6 38 £71,901 +3.74% 33
South West -49 27 £68,500 -5.18% 61
East of England +14 14 £65,000 -5.45% 39
North East +4 12 £62,500 -9.82% 14
GCP
UK

GCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 89 (8.04%) Apache Airflow
2 68 (6.14%) Apache Spark
3 27 (2.44%) Apache
4 14 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (1.08%) SharePoint
6 11 (0.99%) Confluence
7 10 (0.90%) nginx
8 9 (0.81%) Skype for Business
9 8 (0.72%) IIS
10 5 (0.45%) Apache Pulsar
11 4 (0.36%) Apache Superset
12 3 (0.27%) WordPress
13 2 (0.18%) Apache Synapse
13 2 (0.18%) Luigi
14 1 (0.090%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 1 (0.090%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.090%) OpenStack
14 1 (0.090%) Sitecore CMS
14 1 (0.090%) Strapi
14 1 (0.090%) WebLogic
Applications
1 15 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.72%) Maya
4 3 (0.27%) Trello
5 2 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.090%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.090%) Notion
Business Applications
1 10 (0.90%) SAP IBP
1 10 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.36%) Shopify
4 1 (0.090%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.090%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.090%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.090%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.090%) SimCorp Dimension
4 1 (0.090%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 935 (84.46%) AWS
2 856 (77.33%) Azure
3 141 (12.74%) SaaS
4 97 (8.76%) GitHub
5 76 (6.87%) dbt
6 66 (5.96%) GitHub Actions
6 66 (5.96%) Power Platform
7 60 (5.42%) Snowflake
8 50 (4.52%) AWS CloudFormation
9 49 (4.43%) Serverless
10 47 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
11 41 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
12 35 (3.16%) PaaS
13 27 (2.44%) Amazon EKS
14 26 (2.35%) IaaS
15 25 (2.26%) Cloud Run
15 25 (2.26%) Datadog
16 23 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
17 21 (1.90%) OpenShift
18 19 (1.72%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 64 (5.78%) Firewall
2 46 (4.16%) DNS
3 31 (2.80%) TCP/IP
3 31 (2.80%) VPN
4 26 (2.35%) Network Security
5 25 (2.26%) DHCP
6 17 (1.54%) WAN
7 11 (0.99%) LAN
8 9 (0.81%) SD-WAN
8 9 (0.81%) Skype
9 8 (0.72%) Broadband
10 7 (0.63%) BGP
11 6 (0.54%) SAN
11 6 (0.54%) VLAN
11 6 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (0.45%) AMQP
12 5 (0.45%) HTTP
12 5 (0.45%) OSPF
12 5 (0.45%) Wireless
13 4 (0.36%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (11.47%) BigQuery
2 121 (10.93%) PostgreSQL
3 100 (9.03%) Data Warehouse
4 91 (8.22%) NoSQL
5 63 (5.69%) MySQL
6 59 (5.33%) Data Lake
7 58 (5.24%) MongoDB
8 57 (5.15%) Power BI
9 53 (4.79%) Metadata
10 47 (4.25%) SQL Server
11 45 (4.07%) Relational Database
12 44 (3.97%) Big Data
13 39 (3.52%) Tableau
14 34 (3.07%) Hadoop
15 33 (2.98%) Amazon Athena
16 29 (2.62%) Apache Arrow
16 29 (2.62%) Apache Iceberg
16 29 (2.62%) Dremio
17 28 (2.53%) Amazon Redshift
18 26 (2.35%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 74 (6.68%) Jenkins
2 70 (6.32%) Git
3 52 (4.70%) GitLab
4 27 (2.44%) JIRA
5 24 (2.17%) TeamCity
6 21 (1.90%) MLflow
7 13 (1.17%) CircleCI
8 11 (0.99%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.63%) JMeter
9 7 (0.63%) Storybook
10 5 (0.45%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.45%) Burp Suite
10 5 (0.45%) git-flow
10 5 (0.45%) NeoLoad
11 4 (0.36%) ERwin
11 4 (0.36%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.36%) Mocha
11 4 (0.36%) PowerDesigner
11 4 (0.36%) SpecFlow
11 4 (0.36%) webpack
General
1 357 (32.25%) Finance
2 348 (31.44%) Social Skills
3 157 (14.18%) Law
4 137 (12.38%) Analytical Skills
5 126 (11.38%) Marketing
6 116 (10.48%) Banking
7 94 (8.49%) Retail
8 82 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 75 (6.78%) Financial Institution
10 67 (6.05%) Telecoms
11 57 (5.15%) Public Sector
12 45 (4.07%) Manufacturing
13 42 (3.79%) Legal
14 35 (3.16%) Front Office
15 32 (2.89%) Retail Banking
16 26 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
17 24 (2.17%) Back Office
18 23 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
19 22 (1.99%) Electronics
20 14 (1.26%) Games
Job Titles
1 266 (24.03%) Senior
2 225 (20.33%) Architect
3 183 (16.53%) Developer
4 136 (12.29%) Software Engineer
5 132 (11.92%) Lead
6 80 (7.23%) Data Engineer
7 74 (6.68%) Data Architect
8 58 (5.24%) Cloud Engineer
9 53 (4.79%) Senior Architect
9 53 (4.79%) Solutions Architect
10 52 (4.70%) Cloud Architect
10 52 (4.70%) Senior Developer
11 50 (4.52%) DevOps Engineer
11 50 (4.52%) Python Engineer
12 48 (4.34%) Full-Stack Developer
12 48 (4.34%) Python Developer
13 47 (4.25%) Analyst
14 44 (3.97%) Software Developer
15 43 (3.88%) GCP Architect
16 41 (3.70%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 152 (13.73%) React
2 116 (10.48%) Node.js
3 86 (7.77%) RESTful
4 79 (7.14%) .NET
5 69 (6.23%) Kafka
6 61 (5.51%) AngularJS
7 55 (4.97%) Vue
8 53 (4.79%) Pandas
9 50 (4.52%) HTML
10 48 (4.34%) REST
11 46 (4.16%) CSS
12 44 (3.97%) NumPy
13 42 (3.79%) Django
14 39 (3.52%) PyTorch
15 34 (3.07%) TensorFlow
16 33 (2.98%) FastAPI
17 32 (2.89%) Spring
18 31 (2.80%) SciPy
19 30 (2.71%) scikit-learn
20 27 (2.44%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 225 (20.33%) Cloud Native
2 100 (9.03%) Distributed Systems
3 56 (5.06%) Product Ownership
4 38 (3.43%) Algorithms
5 36 (3.25%) Management Information System
6 32 (2.89%) Security Posture
7 31 (2.80%) Fixed Income
8 29 (2.62%) Equities
8 29 (2.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 28 (2.53%) Data Centre
10 26 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
11 25 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
11 25 (2.26%) Public Cloud
12 24 (2.17%) Onboarding
13 23 (2.08%) AI Agents
13 23 (2.08%) Data Structures
14 21 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
15 20 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
16 18 (1.63%) Reinsurance
17 16 (1.45%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 98 (8.85%) Linux
2 88 (7.95%) Windows
3 38 (3.43%) Unix
4 23 (2.08%) Windows Server
5 18 (1.63%) Android
6 10 (0.90%) Ubuntu
7 9 (0.81%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.81%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
8 8 (0.72%) CentOS
9 6 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.45%) VMS
11 3 (0.27%) Debian
11 3 (0.27%) SUSE
12 2 (0.18%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.090%) Solaris
13 1 (0.090%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 404 (36.50%) CI/CD
2 358 (32.34%) Agile
3 326 (29.45%) DevOps
4 309 (27.91%) AI
5 245 (22.13%) Software Engineering
6 227 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
7 224 (20.23%) Containerisation
8 211 (19.06%) Analytics
9 210 (18.97%) Roadmaps
10 204 (18.43%) Infrastructure as Code
11 192 (17.34%) Mentoring
12 190 (17.16%) Machine Learning
13 186 (16.80%) Continuous Improvement
14 179 (16.17%) Microservices
15 171 (15.45%) Data Science
16 151 (13.64%) Data Pipeline
17 147 (13.28%) Data Modelling
18 145 (13.10%) Computer Science
19 128 (11.56%) Data Engineering
20 118 (10.66%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 447 (40.38%) Python
2 198 (17.89%) SQL
3 181 (16.35%) Java
4 155 (14.00%) JavaScript
5 151 (13.64%) TypeScript
6 82 (7.41%) Go
7 77 (6.96%) PowerShell
8 75 (6.78%) Bash
8 75 (6.78%) C#
9 27 (2.44%) Scala
10 25 (2.26%) PHP
11 16 (1.45%) C++
11 16 (1.45%) R
12 11 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (0.90%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.54%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.45%) Bicep
15 5 (0.45%) Ruby
16 4 (0.36%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.27%) ANSI SQL
Qualifications
1 187 (16.89%) Degree
2 107 (9.67%) Security Cleared
3 105 (9.49%) Computer Science Degree
4 76 (6.87%) AWS Certification
5 75 (6.78%) SC Cleared
6 73 (6.59%) Azure Certification
7 48 (4.34%) Master's Degree
8 45 (4.07%) DV Cleared
9 25 (2.26%) CISSP
10 21 (1.90%) PhD
11 20 (1.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 11 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (0.99%) OSCP
13 10 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (0.90%) ISTQB
13 10 (0.90%) PMI Certification
14 9 (0.81%) MCP
14 9 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
15 8 (0.72%) CREST Certified
16 7 (0.63%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (6.41%) Data Quality
2 64 (5.78%) GDPR
3 53 (4.79%) QA
4 48 (4.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 40 (3.61%) NIST
6 18 (1.63%) Accessibility
6 18 (1.63%) PCI DSS
7 16 (1.45%) SOC 2
8 15 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 11 (0.99%) GRC
11 9 (0.81%) SLA
12 7 (0.63%) EU AI Act
13 6 (0.54%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.45%) NIST 800
15 4 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 4 (0.36%) NCSC
16 3 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
17 2 (0.18%) PSD2
System Software
1 262 (23.67%) Docker
2 48 (4.34%) Active Directory
3 23 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.63%) vSphere
6 5 (0.45%) KVM
6 5 (0.45%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.36%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.27%) Firmware
8 3 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.18%) NFS
10 1 (0.090%) HDFS
10 1 (0.090%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.090%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.090%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 330 (29.81%) Kubernetes
2 243 (21.95%) Terraform
3 101 (9.12%) Ansible
4 76 (6.87%) Grafana
5 68 (6.14%) Prometheus
6 17 (1.54%) Argo
7 13 (1.17%) Nagios
8 10 (0.90%) Kubeflow
9 9 (0.81%) ZABBIX
10 8 (0.72%) Puppet
11 6 (0.54%) AWS Copilot
11 6 (0.54%) Docker Swarm
11 6 (0.54%) Rancher
12 4 (0.36%) Cilium
12 4 (0.36%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.36%) Istio
12 4 (0.36%) linkerd
12 4 (0.36%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.27%) cPanel
Vendors
1 289 (26.11%) Google
2 114 (10.30%) Microsoft
3 45 (4.07%) Databricks
4 37 (3.34%) VMware
5 36 (3.25%) SAP
6 33 (2.98%) Oracle
7 27 (2.44%) Informatica
8 24 (2.17%) Red Hat
9 18 (1.63%) Salesforce
9 18 (1.63%) Splunk
9 18 (1.63%) Talend
10 14 (1.26%) Dynatrace
10 14 (1.26%) OpenAI
11 12 (1.08%) Adobe
11 12 (1.08%) Atlassian
11 12 (1.08%) Cisco
11 12 (1.08%) IBM
12 11 (0.99%) Ariba
12 11 (0.99%) Citrix
12 11 (0.99%) Dell