GCP Job Trends in London

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring GCP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 48 44
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 -21
Permanent jobs citing GCP 784 796 1,143
As % of all permanent jobs in London 4.63% 5.86% 5.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.09% 13.28% 11.60%
Number of salaries quoted 434 523 931
10th Percentile £56,250 £65,200 £57,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £92,500 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% -2.63% +11.76%
75th Percentile £113,750 £115,000 £116,875
90th Percentile £142,500 £139,750 £143,750
England median annual salary £77,500 £82,865 £78,126
% change year-on-year -6.47% +6.07% -2.34%

All Cloud Computing Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,484 5,996 9,850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 38.26% 44.15% 45.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4,190 4,151 8,142
10th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,342 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

GCP job vacancy trend in London

GCP
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing GCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing GCP

GCP
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCP in London over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for GCP in London

GCP
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCP within the London region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
Central London +18 120 £86,000 -4.44% 148
West London 0 19 £77,500 -6.06% 14
South London +37 5 - - 6
East London - 4 - - 10
North London +7 1 £72,500 - 1
GCP
England

GCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 45 (5.74%) Apache Airflow
2 35 (4.46%) Apache Spark
3 18 (2.30%) Apache
4 8 (1.02%) Palantir Foundry
5 6 (0.77%) Confluence
6 5 (0.64%) Apache Pulsar
7 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.51%) nginx
8 3 (0.38%) Apache Superset
8 3 (0.38%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.26%) CMS
9 2 (0.26%) SAS
10 1 (0.13%) Camunda
10 1 (0.13%) Ethereum
10 1 (0.13%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.13%) IIS
10 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.13%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.38%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Maya
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.13%) Notion
Business Applications
1 3 (0.38%) Shopify
2 1 (0.13%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.13%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.13%) R3 Corda
2 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.13%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 686 (87.50%) AWS
2 513 (65.43%) Azure
3 100 (12.76%) SaaS
4 72 (9.18%) GitHub
5 55 (7.02%) Amazon EKS
6 51 (6.51%) GitHub Actions
7 44 (5.61%) dbt
8 39 (4.97%) Snowflake
9 37 (4.72%) AWS CloudFormation
10 35 (4.46%) Power Platform
11 25 (3.19%) Serverless
12 23 (2.93%) Datadog
13 21 (2.68%) Cloud Run
13 21 (2.68%) IaaS
13 21 (2.68%) PaaS
14 17 (2.17%) Azure Sentinel
14 17 (2.17%) Google Compute Engine
14 17 (2.17%) OpenShift
15 16 (2.04%) Entra ID
15 16 (2.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 42 (5.36%) Broadband
1 42 (5.36%) Firewall
2 32 (4.08%) Network Security
3 19 (2.42%) WAN
4 17 (2.17%) VPN
5 16 (2.04%) SD-WAN
6 14 (1.79%) TCP/IP
7 12 (1.53%) DNS
7 12 (1.53%) LAN
8 7 (0.89%) WLAN
9 6 (0.77%) DHCP
9 6 (0.77%) Kerberos
9 6 (0.77%) VLAN
9 6 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.64%) BGP
10 5 (0.64%) OSPF
10 5 (0.64%) Software-Defined Networking
11 4 (0.51%) Internet
11 4 (0.51%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.51%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (13.01%) BigQuery
2 75 (9.57%) PostgreSQL
3 52 (6.63%) Metadata
4 50 (6.38%) Data Lake
5 45 (5.74%) NoSQL
6 42 (5.36%) Elasticsearch
7 40 (5.10%) Data Warehouse
8 29 (3.70%) Power BI
9 28 (3.57%) MongoDB
9 28 (3.57%) Tableau
10 24 (3.06%) MySQL
10 24 (3.06%) Relational Database
11 20 (2.55%) Looker
12 19 (2.42%) Amazon Redshift
13 18 (2.30%) Big Data
14 17 (2.17%) SQL Server
15 16 (2.04%) Hadoop
15 16 (2.04%) Redis
16 10 (1.28%) DataStage
16 10 (1.28%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 63 (8.04%) Jenkins
2 62 (7.91%) TeamCity
3 37 (4.72%) Git
4 30 (3.83%) GitLab
5 16 (2.04%) CircleCI
6 15 (1.91%) MLflow
7 11 (1.40%) JIRA
8 10 (1.28%) Storybook
9 4 (0.51%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.51%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.51%) ERwin
9 4 (0.51%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.51%) webpack
10 3 (0.38%) Jaeger
10 3 (0.38%) Mocha
10 3 (0.38%) Postman
11 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.26%) JMeter
11 2 (0.26%) VisualVM
11 2 (0.26%) YourKit
General
1 253 (32.27%) Finance
2 240 (30.61%) Social Skills
3 148 (18.88%) Banking
4 125 (15.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 123 (15.69%) Law
6 106 (13.52%) Retail
7 90 (11.48%) Financial Institution
8 88 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
9 47 (5.99%) Back Office
10 44 (5.61%) Public Sector
11 39 (4.97%) Telecoms
12 30 (3.83%) Front Office
13 27 (3.44%) Influencing Skills
13 27 (3.44%) Marketing
14 26 (3.32%) Retail Banking
15 21 (2.68%) Legal
16 19 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (1.15%) Investment Banking
18 8 (1.02%) Advertising
18 8 (1.02%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 193 (24.62%) Senior
2 157 (20.03%) Software Engineer
3 130 (16.58%) Architect
4 108 (13.78%) Lead
5 80 (10.20%) Developer
6 66 (8.42%) Data Engineer
7 54 (6.89%) Data Architect
8 48 (6.12%) Cloud Engineer
9 40 (5.10%) Senior Software Engineer
10 36 (4.59%) Security Engineer
11 34 (4.34%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 32 (4.08%) Lead Software Engineer
13 31 (3.95%) Analyst
14 29 (3.70%) DevOps Engineer
15 27 (3.44%) Consultant
15 27 (3.44%) GCP Engineer
16 26 (3.32%) Lead Developer
16 26 (3.32%) Python Engineer
17 25 (3.19%) Principal Engineer
18 24 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (13.27%) React
2 94 (11.99%) Node.js
3 75 (9.57%) Kafka
4 46 (5.87%) gRPC
5 45 (5.74%) RESTful
6 33 (4.21%) Django
7 32 (4.08%) Redux
8 29 (3.70%) HTML
9 28 (3.57%) REST
10 26 (3.32%) OAuth
11 25 (3.19%) CSS
12 24 (3.06%) PyTorch
12 24 (3.06%) TensorFlow
13 20 (2.55%) AngularJS
13 20 (2.55%) LangChain
13 20 (2.55%) Spring
14 19 (2.42%) .NET
15 17 (2.17%) OAuth2
15 17 (2.17%) Vue
16 15 (1.91%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 207 (26.40%) Cloud Native
2 114 (14.54%) Distributed Systems
3 46 (5.87%) Security Posture
4 43 (5.48%) Product Ownership
5 36 (4.59%) Data Structures
5 36 (4.59%) Video\Live Streaming
6 32 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
7 30 (3.83%) Over-the-Top Content
8 29 (3.70%) Algorithms
9 27 (3.44%) Blog
9 27 (3.44%) Greenfield Project
9 27 (3.44%) Management Information System
10 26 (3.32%) Fixed Income
11 24 (3.06%) AI Agents
12 21 (2.68%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (2.30%) Equities
14 17 (2.17%) Distributed Architecture
15 16 (2.04%) Derivative
15 16 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
16 15 (1.91%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 70 (8.93%) Linux
2 47 (5.99%) Windows
3 29 (3.70%) Unix
4 23 (2.93%) Android
5 14 (1.79%) Apple iOS
6 9 (1.15%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.89%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.77%) CentOS
8 6 (0.77%) Windows Server
9 5 (0.64%) VMS
10 3 (0.38%) SUSE
11 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.13%) Rocky
12 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (40.94%) CI/CD
2 254 (32.40%) Software Engineering
3 219 (27.93%) AI
4 202 (25.77%) Agile
5 198 (25.26%) Microservices
6 193 (24.62%) DevOps
7 155 (19.77%) Containerisation
8 154 (19.64%) Mentoring
9 153 (19.52%) Infrastructure as Code
10 152 (19.39%) Machine Learning
11 147 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
12 135 (17.22%) Analytics
13 128 (16.33%) Computer Science
14 125 (15.94%) Clean Code
15 120 (15.31%) Continuous Improvement
16 112 (14.29%) Data Science
17 106 (13.52%) Test Automation
18 99 (12.63%) Data Modelling
19 98 (12.50%) Roadmaps
20 92 (11.73%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 332 (42.35%) Python
2 167 (21.30%) Java
3 113 (14.41%) Go
4 107 (13.65%) TypeScript
5 106 (13.52%) SQL
6 97 (12.37%) JavaScript
7 70 (8.93%) Bash
8 40 (5.10%) PowerShell
9 39 (4.97%) Scala
10 25 (3.19%) C#
11 21 (2.68%) C++
12 8 (1.02%) Kotlin
12 8 (1.02%) PHP
13 7 (0.89%) Ruby
14 4 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.51%) Google Apps Script
14 4 (0.51%) Rust
14 4 (0.51%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.38%) ANSI SQL
15 3 (0.38%) R
Qualifications
1 161 (20.54%) Degree
2 106 (13.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 67 (8.55%) Security Cleared
4 63 (8.04%) AWS Certification
5 62 (7.91%) Azure Certification
6 43 (5.48%) SC Cleared
7 33 (4.21%) CISSP
8 26 (3.32%) Master's Degree
9 22 (2.81%) DV Cleared
10 20 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.91%) OSCP
12 14 (1.79%) GIAC
13 13 (1.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 12 (1.53%) CREST Certified
14 12 (1.53%) ISTQB
15 11 (1.40%) CCSK
16 9 (1.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 8 (1.02%) CCIE
17 8 (1.02%) GCIH
17 8 (1.02%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (6.63%) GDPR
2 44 (5.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 44 (5.61%) NIST
3 33 (4.21%) Data Quality
4 31 (3.95%) Accessibility
5 29 (3.70%) PCI DSS
6 27 (3.44%) SOC 2
7 22 (2.81%) QA
8 18 (2.30%) GRC
9 12 (1.53%) NIST 800
10 10 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (0.89%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 7 (0.89%) EU AI Act
13 6 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
14 5 (0.64%) SLA
15 4 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 2 (0.26%) ISO 14001
16 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.26%) SOC 1
System Software
1 203 (25.89%) Docker
2 23 (2.93%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.64%) KVM
5 3 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.26%) vSphere
7 1 (0.13%) NFS
7 1 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 256 (32.65%) Kubernetes
2 229 (29.21%) Terraform
3 90 (11.48%) Grafana
4 64 (8.16%) Ansible
5 51 (6.51%) Prometheus
6 17 (2.17%) Argo
7 8 (1.02%) Cilium
7 8 (1.02%) Istio
7 8 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.77%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (0.64%) linkerd
9 5 (0.64%) Mesos
9 5 (0.64%) Nagios
10 4 (0.51%) HP Fortify
11 3 (0.38%) AWS Copilot
11 3 (0.38%) Rancher
11 3 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.26%) CASB
12 2 (0.26%) CSIRT
13 1 (0.13%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 167 (21.30%) Google
2 69 (8.80%) Microsoft
3 39 (4.97%) Databricks
4 30 (3.83%) Typelevel
5 21 (2.68%) Splunk
6 20 (2.55%) CrowdStrike
7 19 (2.42%) Oracle
8 16 (2.04%) Informatica
9 15 (1.91%) Dell
9 15 (1.91%) SAP
9 15 (1.91%) VMware
10 14 (1.79%) OpenAI
11 13 (1.66%) Salesforce
12 12 (1.53%) Palo Alto
13 11 (1.40%) Foundry
13 11 (1.40%) IBM
13 11 (1.40%) Talend
14 10 (1.28%) Red Hat
15 9 (1.15%) Adobe
15 9 (1.15%) Fortinet