GCP Data Engineer Job Trends in Lancashire

Data Engineer - Google Cloud Platform
North West > Lancashire

The median Data Engineer - Google Cloud Platform salary in Lancashire is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 - 92
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a GCP Data Engineer 3 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.21% - 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% - 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £94,000 - -
25th Percentile £96,250 - £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - £76,250
75th Percentile - - £80,000
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £66,750 - £80,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Lancashire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Lancashire with a recognized job title 1,375 1,012 1,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.31% 88.77% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 959 350 1,107
10th Percentile £29,200 £24,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £47,773 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.16% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,424 £65,000 £75,772
North West median annual salary £55,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.84% +2.00% -9.09%

GCP Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'GCP Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

GCP Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Lancashire

GCP Data Engineer
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for GCP Data Engineer job vacancies in Lancashire.

Salary distribution trend for GCP Data Engineer job vacancies in Lancashire

GCP Data Engineer
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCP Data Engineer within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
Preston - 3 £100,000 - 1
GCP Data Engineer
North West

GCP Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 2 July 2026, GCP Data Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Lancashire region featuring GCP Data Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Ingestion
2 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
2 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 1 (33.33%) dbt
2 1 (33.33%) Docker
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Terraform

GCP Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) dbt
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Lake
1 1 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Data Ingestion
2 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Google