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 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 71 78
Rank change year-on-year -32 +7 -24
Permanent jobs citing GCP 335 404 382
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.54% 4.21% 2.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.28% 15.57% 8.08%
Number of salaries quoted 251 142 208
10th Percentile £44,750 £45,125 £37,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £72,246 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +11.15% -0.54%
75th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £87,500
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 5,337 2,595 4,726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 24.55% 27.05% 31.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,713 1,803 3,482
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £84,150 £84,964
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%

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 5 August 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 5 August 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 -27 205 £70,466 -10.59% 191
Yorkshire -31 75 £70,932 -2.16% 92
North East -12 55 £72,246 +25.64% 31
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 33 (9.85%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (4.18%) Apache Spark
3 13 (3.88%) Apache
4 4 (1.19%) Confluence
5 3 (0.90%) SAS
6 2 (0.60%) CICS
6 2 (0.60%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.30%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.60%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (3.58%) Cloudability
2 5 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.30%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 239 (71.34%) AWS
2 228 (68.06%) Azure
3 30 (8.96%) dbt
3 30 (8.96%) GitHub
4 26 (7.76%) Serverless
5 25 (7.46%) SaaS
6 21 (6.27%) Power Platform
7 19 (5.67%) Snowflake
8 18 (5.37%) GitHub Actions
8 18 (5.37%) Google Analytics
9 16 (4.78%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (4.18%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 14 (4.18%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 12 (3.58%) Azure Data Factory
12 11 (3.28%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (2.99%) Google Tag Manager
13 10 (2.99%) Pulumi
14 9 (2.69%) AWS Lambda
14 9 (2.69%) Cloud Functions
15 8 (2.39%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 21 (6.27%) Firewall
2 17 (5.07%) TCP/IP
3 11 (3.28%) HTTP
3 11 (3.28%) Network Security
4 9 (2.69%) DNS
5 4 (1.19%) SAN
5 4 (1.19%) VPN
6 2 (0.60%) AMQP
7 1 (0.30%) DHCP
7 1 (0.30%) Internet
7 1 (0.30%) LAN
7 1 (0.30%) SSL
7 1 (0.30%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (17.31%) BigQuery
2 43 (12.84%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (8.06%) Amazon Redshift
4 24 (7.16%) SQL Server
5 21 (6.27%) Power BI
6 19 (5.67%) Looker
6 19 (5.67%) Metadata
7 17 (5.07%) Data Lake
8 16 (4.78%) NoSQL
9 14 (4.18%) PostgreSQL
10 13 (3.88%) MongoDB
11 8 (2.39%) Data Vault
12 7 (2.09%) MySQL
13 6 (1.79%) Tableau
14 5 (1.49%) Relational Database
15 4 (1.19%) Big Data
15 4 (1.19%) Delta Lake
15 4 (1.19%) Semantic Layer
16 3 (0.90%) Amazon Athena
16 3 (0.90%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 31 (9.25%) Git
2 30 (8.96%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.69%) JIRA
4 6 (1.79%) Bitbucket
4 6 (1.79%) GitLab
5 4 (1.19%) Postman
5 4 (1.19%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.90%) Artifactory
6 3 (0.90%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.90%) IntelliJ
6 3 (0.90%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.90%) Selenium
6 3 (0.90%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.60%) MLflow
8 1 (0.30%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.30%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.30%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.30%) JMeter
8 1 (0.30%) REST Assured
General
1 82 (24.48%) Social Skills
2 53 (15.82%) Analytical Skills
3 42 (12.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 32 (9.55%) Public Sector
5 29 (8.66%) Finance
6 14 (4.18%) Law
7 11 (3.28%) Retail
7 11 (3.28%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.09%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.19%) Local Government
10 3 (0.90%) Banking
10 3 (0.90%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.60%) Advertising
11 2 (0.60%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.60%) Games
11 2 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.60%) Legal
11 2 (0.60%) Marketing
11 2 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.60%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 97 (28.96%) Senior
2 60 (17.91%) Data Engineer
3 50 (14.93%) Architect
4 42 (12.54%) Lead
5 39 (11.64%) GCP Engineer
6 37 (11.04%) Cloud Engineer
7 30 (8.96%) Analyst
8 25 (7.46%) Developer
9 24 (7.16%) DevOps Engineer
10 20 (5.97%) Senior Data Engineer
11 18 (5.37%) Python Engineer
11 18 (5.37%) Software Engineer
12 17 (5.07%) Data Architect
13 15 (4.48%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 15 (4.48%) Lead Data Engineer
13 15 (4.48%) Senior Developer
14 14 (4.18%) Senior Analyst
15 13 (3.88%) Cloud Architect
16 12 (3.58%) Security Architect
17 11 (3.28%) GCP Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.76%) React
2 15 (4.48%) .NET
2 15 (4.48%) LangChain
3 14 (4.18%) Kafka
3 14 (4.18%) LlamaIndex
4 13 (3.88%) JWT
4 13 (3.88%) OAuth
4 13 (3.88%) REST
5 12 (3.58%) Node.js
6 11 (3.28%) Elastic Stack
7 10 (2.99%) Django
7 10 (2.99%) OpenID
7 10 (2.99%) RESTful
7 10 (2.99%) SAML
8 8 (2.39%) FastAPI
8 8 (2.39%) OAuth2
8 8 (2.39%) Spring
8 8 (2.39%) Spring Boot
9 7 (2.09%) Middleware
10 6 (1.79%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 54 (16.12%) Cloud Native
2 22 (6.57%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (4.78%) AI Agents
4 12 (3.58%) Onboarding
5 11 (3.28%) Public Cloud
5 11 (3.28%) Security Posture
6 9 (2.69%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (2.69%) Distributed Computing
6 9 (2.69%) Life Science
6 9 (2.69%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.39%) Data Structures
8 7 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.79%) Cloud Security Posture
9 6 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.79%) Online Gambling
10 5 (1.49%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.19%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.19%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.19%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 32 (9.55%) Linux
2 9 (2.69%) Unix
3 8 (2.39%) Windows
4 4 (1.19%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.19%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.90%) CentOS
6 2 (0.60%) Android
6 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.60%) Debian
6 2 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.30%) Solaris
7 1 (0.30%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (34.93%) CI/CD
2 96 (28.66%) AI
2 96 (28.66%) DevOps
3 89 (26.57%) Mentoring
4 81 (24.18%) Agile
5 78 (23.28%) Infrastructure as Code
6 68 (20.30%) Problem-Solving
7 62 (18.51%) Analytics
8 60 (17.91%) Data Engineering
9 52 (15.52%) Software Engineering
10 51 (15.22%) Data Modelling
11 46 (13.73%) Containerisation
11 46 (13.73%) Data Pipeline
11 46 (13.73%) Decision-Making
12 45 (13.43%) ETL
12 45 (13.43%) Machine Learning
13 41 (12.24%) Roadmaps
14 39 (11.64%) Data Governance
15 38 (11.34%) Business Intelligence
16 37 (11.04%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 156 (46.57%) Python
2 97 (28.96%) SQL
3 40 (11.94%) Java
4 27 (8.06%) JavaScript
5 23 (6.87%) Go
5 23 (6.87%) TypeScript
6 17 (5.07%) Bash
6 17 (5.07%) Scala
7 12 (3.58%) C#
8 7 (2.09%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.79%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.90%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.90%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.60%) Bicep
11 2 (0.60%) Swift
12 1 (0.30%) C
12 1 (0.30%) C++
12 1 (0.30%) PHP
12 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.30%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 31 (9.25%) Degree
2 20 (5.97%) AWS Certification
3 19 (5.67%) Security Cleared
4 16 (4.78%) SC Cleared
5 13 (3.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 13 (3.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (3.58%) Azure Certification
7 10 (2.99%) DBS Check
8 8 (2.39%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.79%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.49%) SAP Certification
11 4 (1.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.19%) CCSP
11 4 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.19%) CISSP
11 4 (1.19%) MBA
12 3 (0.90%) CISM
13 1 (0.30%) CISA
13 1 (0.30%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (14.63%) Data Quality
2 16 (4.78%) GDPR
2 16 (4.78%) QA
3 13 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.99%) NIST
5 8 (2.39%) Accessibility
6 7 (2.09%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.90%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.60%) NCSC
9 1 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 47 (14.03%) Docker
2 6 (1.79%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.19%) vSphere
4 2 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.30%) KVM
Systems Management
1 76 (22.69%) Terraform
2 52 (15.52%) Kubernetes
3 21 (6.27%) Grafana
4 17 (5.07%) Prometheus
5 16 (4.78%) Ansible
6 7 (2.09%) Puppet
7 5 (1.49%) Istio
8 4 (1.19%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.90%) Control-M
9 3 (0.90%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.90%) linkerd
10 2 (0.60%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 93 (27.76%) Google
2 34 (10.15%) Microsoft
3 28 (8.36%) Databricks
4 16 (4.78%) Adobe
5 14 (4.18%) Apple
6 13 (3.88%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.79%) Splunk
8 5 (1.49%) SAP
8 5 (1.49%) VMware
9 3 (0.90%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.90%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.90%) New Relic
9 3 (0.90%) Pega
9 3 (0.90%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.60%) Dataiku
10 2 (0.60%) Oracle
10 2 (0.60%) SaltStack
11 1 (0.30%) Automation Anywhere
11 1 (0.30%) UiPath
11 1 (0.30%) Zscaler