GCP Job Trends in the North of England

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring GCP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 85 95
Rank change year-on-year -23 +10 -41
Permanent jobs citing GCP 341 340 286
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.42% 3.57% 2.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.03% 13.85% 7.48%
Number of salaries quoted 253 91 164
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,500 £48,250
25th Percentile £58,750 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £61,853
Median % change year-on-year - +13.17% -5.35%
75th Percentile £87,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,125
England median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% +6.25%

All Cloud Computing Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 4,852 2,454 3,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 20.21% 25.77% 28.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,560 1,687 2,204
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £33,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £69,500
90th Percentile £92,613 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £62,710 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.52% -7.69% +4.00%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

GCP job vacancy trend in the North of England

GCP
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing GCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing GCP

GCP
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCP in the North of England over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for GCP in the North of England

GCP
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCP within the North of England region over the 6 months to 10 October 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
North West -30 199 £70,000 +7.69% 282
North East -13 73 £79,500 +44.55% 41
Yorkshire -2 69 £70,000 -6.67% 118
GCP
England

GCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 24 (7.04%) Apache Airflow
2 16 (4.69%) Apache Spark
3 12 (3.52%) Apache
4 7 (2.05%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.88%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.59%) Confluence
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.59%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (2.64%) Cloudability
2 3 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.29%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.29%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 256 (75.07%) AWS
2 235 (68.91%) Azure
3 27 (7.92%) SaaS
4 25 (7.33%) dbt
5 20 (5.87%) GitHub
5 20 (5.87%) Serverless
6 19 (5.57%) Google Analytics
7 17 (4.99%) Power Platform
8 15 (4.40%) Snowflake
9 13 (3.81%) AWS CloudFormation
9 13 (3.81%) Cloud Computing
9 13 (3.81%) Google Tag Manager
10 12 (3.52%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (3.52%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (3.23%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 10 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (2.93%) Microsoft Copilot
12 10 (2.93%) Microsoft Purview
13 9 (2.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.11%) Firewall
2 12 (3.52%) Internet
3 10 (2.93%) Network Security
4 8 (2.35%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.17%) HTTP
5 4 (1.17%) SAN
5 4 (1.17%) VPN
6 2 (0.59%) AMQP
6 2 (0.59%) DNS
6 2 (0.59%) LAN
6 2 (0.59%) WAN
7 1 (0.29%) BGP
7 1 (0.29%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (0.29%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.29%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.29%) DHCP
7 1 (0.29%) OSPF
7 1 (0.29%) SSL
7 1 (0.29%) VXLAN
7 1 (0.29%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (14.37%) BigQuery
2 35 (10.26%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (6.74%) Metadata
4 20 (5.87%) SQL Server
5 19 (5.57%) Amazon Redshift
6 18 (5.28%) Looker
7 16 (4.69%) Power BI
8 10 (2.93%) Data Lake
9 9 (2.64%) NoSQL
10 8 (2.35%) MongoDB
11 7 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (1.76%) MySQL
13 5 (1.47%) Data Vault
13 5 (1.47%) Metadata Repository
13 5 (1.47%) Spark SQL
14 4 (1.17%) Big Data
14 4 (1.17%) Hadoop
14 4 (1.17%) Semantic Layer
14 4 (1.17%) Tableau
15 3 (0.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 47 (13.78%) Git
2 19 (5.57%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.93%) GitLab
4 6 (1.76%) Bitbucket
4 6 (1.76%) JIRA
4 6 (1.76%) SonarQube
5 5 (1.47%) Postman
6 4 (1.17%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.88%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.88%) Selenium
7 3 (0.88%) TeamCity
7 3 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.59%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.29%) MLflow
General
1 82 (24.05%) Social Skills
2 67 (19.65%) Analytical Skills
3 58 (17.01%) Public Sector
4 57 (16.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 30 (8.80%) Finance
6 14 (4.11%) Retail
7 6 (1.76%) Law
7 6 (1.76%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.47%) Marketing
9 4 (1.17%) Legal
9 4 (1.17%) Local Government
9 4 (1.17%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.88%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.59%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.59%) Banking
11 2 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.59%) Publishing
12 1 (0.29%) Advertising
12 1 (0.29%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.29%) Games
Job Titles
1 81 (23.75%) Senior
2 58 (17.01%) Data Engineer
3 53 (15.54%) Architect
4 45 (13.20%) Lead
5 37 (10.85%) GCP Engineer
6 30 (8.80%) DevOps Engineer
7 29 (8.50%) Analyst
7 29 (8.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 29 (8.50%) Cloud Engineer
8 23 (6.74%) Developer
9 18 (5.28%) Senior Data Engineer
10 17 (4.99%) Data Architect
11 16 (4.69%) Software Engineer
12 15 (4.40%) Databricks Data Engineer
12 15 (4.40%) Databricks Engineer
12 15 (4.40%) Technical Architect
13 14 (4.11%) GCP Data Engineer
14 13 (3.81%) Python Engineer
15 12 (3.52%) Security Engineer
15 12 (3.52%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (20.23%) Terraform
2 25 (7.33%) LangChain
3 24 (7.04%) LlamaIndex
4 17 (4.99%) Middleware
5 15 (4.40%) Node.js
5 15 (4.40%) React
6 11 (3.23%) .NET
6 11 (3.23%) REST
7 10 (2.93%) JWT
7 10 (2.93%) OAuth
7 10 (2.93%) OpenID
7 10 (2.93%) SAML
7 10 (2.93%) Web Services
8 9 (2.64%) AWS CDK
8 9 (2.64%) Kafka
8 9 (2.64%) Spring
8 9 (2.64%) Spring Boot
9 7 (2.05%) PySpark
9 7 (2.05%) Swagger
10 6 (1.76%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 61 (17.89%) Cloud Native
2 30 (8.80%) Onboarding
3 17 (4.99%) AI Agents
3 17 (4.99%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (3.52%) Linux Command Line
5 11 (3.23%) Life Science
5 11 (3.23%) Security Posture
6 9 (2.64%) Distributed Computing
7 8 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.05%) Mobile App
8 7 (2.05%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.76%) Cloud Security Posture
9 6 (1.76%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.47%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.47%) Online Gambling
11 4 (1.17%) Marketing Technology
11 4 (1.17%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 41 (12.02%) Linux
2 8 (2.35%) Windows
3 7 (2.05%) Unix
4 4 (1.17%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.17%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.88%) CentOS
6 2 (0.59%) Android
6 2 (0.59%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.59%) Debian
6 2 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.29%) Solaris
7 1 (0.29%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (38.71%) CI/CD
2 119 (34.90%) AI
3 107 (31.38%) Mentoring
4 101 (29.62%) Agile
5 95 (27.86%) DevOps
6 86 (25.22%) Infrastructure as Code
7 75 (21.99%) Problem-Solving
8 72 (21.11%) Data Engineering
9 67 (19.65%) Machine Learning
10 64 (18.77%) Analytics
10 64 (18.77%) Decision-Making
11 61 (17.89%) Software Engineering
12 56 (16.42%) Technical Leadership
13 53 (15.54%) Containerisation
14 52 (15.25%) Cloud Security
14 52 (15.25%) Platform Engineering
15 47 (13.78%) Data Pipeline
15 47 (13.78%) LLM
16 46 (13.49%) Data Modelling
17 43 (12.61%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 150 (43.99%) Python
2 93 (27.27%) SQL
3 36 (10.56%) Java
4 25 (7.33%) TypeScript
5 21 (6.16%) JavaScript
6 18 (5.28%) Scala
7 14 (4.11%) Go
7 14 (4.11%) Shell Script
8 13 (3.81%) Bash
9 11 (3.23%) PowerShell
10 8 (2.35%) C#
10 8 (2.35%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.47%) Bicep
12 2 (0.59%) C++
12 2 (0.59%) Swift
13 1 (0.29%) PHP
13 1 (0.29%) Rust
13 1 (0.29%) Search Processing Language
13 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 30 (8.80%) Degree
2 29 (8.50%) AWS Certification
3 28 (8.21%) BPSS Clearance
4 22 (6.45%) Azure Certification
5 21 (6.16%) Security Cleared
6 18 (5.28%) SC Cleared
7 13 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (3.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 10 (2.93%) DV Cleared
10 9 (2.64%) DBS Check
11 8 (2.35%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.17%) CISM
12 4 (1.17%) MBA
13 3 (0.88%) SAP Certification
14 2 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 2 (0.59%) CCSP
14 2 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.59%) CISSP
14 2 (0.59%) CREST Certified
14 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (13.78%) Data Quality
2 14 (4.11%) GDPR
3 13 (3.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (3.23%) Accessibility
5 10 (2.93%) QA
6 9 (2.64%) NCSC
6 9 (2.64%) NIST
7 4 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (1.17%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.88%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.29%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.29%) GRC
9 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 61 (17.89%) Docker
2 6 (1.76%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.17%) vSphere
4 2 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.29%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.29%) KVM
Systems Management
1 55 (16.13%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.11%) Grafana
3 11 (3.23%) Ansible
3 11 (3.23%) Prometheus
4 9 (2.64%) Puppet
5 6 (1.76%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.88%) Control-M
6 3 (0.88%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (0.88%) Istio
6 3 (0.88%) linkerd
7 1 (0.29%) Argo
Vendors
1 107 (31.38%) Google
2 48 (14.08%) Microsoft
3 28 (8.21%) Databricks
4 20 (5.87%) Adobe
5 11 (3.23%) Apple
5 11 (3.23%) Splunk
6 10 (2.93%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.47%) New Relic
7 5 (1.47%) VMware
8 3 (0.88%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.88%) Dynatrace
8 3 (0.88%) Foundry
8 3 (0.88%) Palantir
8 3 (0.88%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.88%) SAP
9 2 (0.59%) Cisco
9 2 (0.59%) Dataiku
9 2 (0.59%) SaltStack
10 1 (0.29%) Okta
10 1 (0.29%) OneTrust