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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 69 91
Rank change year-on-year -40 +22 -42
Permanent jobs citing GCP 310 414 396
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.47% 4.38% 2.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.90% 16.24% 7.48%
Number of salaries quoted 231 150 224
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.16% +11.54% -
75th Percentile £89,375 £90,000 £78,000
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 5,251 2,549 5,293
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 24.91% 26.97% 32.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,629 1,764 4,058
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £84,925 £84,919
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 24 July 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 24 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
North West -34 190 £71,716 -9.00% 108
Yorkshire -33 76 £70,466 -2.81% 50
North East -18 44 £70,000 +27.27% 27
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 30 (9.68%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (4.19%) Apache
2 13 (4.19%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.29%) Confluence
4 3 (0.97%) SAS
5 2 (0.65%) CICS
5 2 (0.65%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.32%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (3.87%) Cloudability
2 5 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.32%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.32%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 221 (71.29%) AWS
2 213 (68.71%) Azure
3 30 (9.68%) GitHub
4 26 (8.39%) Serverless
5 24 (7.74%) SaaS
6 23 (7.42%) dbt
7 21 (6.77%) GitHub Actions
8 19 (6.13%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (6.13%) Power Platform
9 17 (5.48%) Snowflake
10 14 (4.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 14 (4.52%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 13 (4.19%) Google Analytics
12 12 (3.87%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (3.23%) Amazon ECS
13 10 (3.23%) Pulumi
14 8 (2.58%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (2.58%) AWS Lambda
15 7 (2.26%) Cloud Functions
15 7 (2.26%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.45%) Firewall
2 14 (4.52%) TCP/IP
3 12 (3.87%) HTTP
4 11 (3.55%) DNS
4 11 (3.55%) Network Security
5 4 (1.29%) VPN
6 3 (0.97%) SAN
7 2 (0.65%) AMQP
8 1 (0.32%) DHCP
8 1 (0.32%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (15.48%) BigQuery
2 37 (11.94%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (7.74%) Amazon Redshift
4 21 (6.77%) SQL Server
5 19 (6.13%) Power BI
6 16 (5.16%) Metadata
7 15 (4.84%) Data Lake
7 15 (4.84%) Looker
8 14 (4.52%) NoSQL
8 14 (4.52%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (3.87%) MongoDB
10 8 (2.58%) Data Vault
10 8 (2.58%) MySQL
11 6 (1.94%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.94%) Tableau
12 4 (1.29%) Big Data
12 4 (1.29%) Delta Lake
12 4 (1.29%) Semantic Layer
13 3 (0.97%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.97%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 32 (10.32%) Jenkins
2 23 (7.42%) Git
3 9 (2.90%) JIRA
4 6 (1.94%) GitLab
5 5 (1.61%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.29%) Postman
6 4 (1.29%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.97%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.97%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.97%) IntelliJ
7 3 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.97%) Selenium
7 3 (0.97%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.65%) MLflow
8 2 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.32%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.32%) Gatling
9 1 (0.32%) JMeter
9 1 (0.32%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.32%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 63 (20.32%) Social Skills
2 47 (15.16%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (10.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 28 (9.03%) Finance
5 22 (7.10%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.16%) Law
7 13 (4.19%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.58%) Retail
9 5 (1.61%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.29%) Local Government
11 3 (0.97%) Banking
11 3 (0.97%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.65%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.65%) Games
12 2 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.65%) Legal
13 1 (0.32%) Advertising
13 1 (0.32%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.32%) Marketing
13 1 (0.32%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 90 (29.03%) Senior
2 54 (17.42%) Data Engineer
3 47 (15.16%) Architect
4 39 (12.58%) GCP Engineer
5 38 (12.26%) Cloud Engineer
6 36 (11.61%) Lead
7 28 (9.03%) Analyst
8 27 (8.71%) DevOps Engineer
9 24 (7.74%) Developer
10 18 (5.81%) Senior Data Engineer
11 17 (5.48%) Data Architect
12 15 (4.84%) Lead Data Engineer
12 15 (4.84%) Python Engineer
12 15 (4.84%) Senior Developer
12 15 (4.84%) Software Engineer
13 14 (4.52%) Cloud Architect
13 14 (4.52%) Senior Analyst
14 12 (3.87%) Security Architect
15 11 (3.55%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 11 (3.55%) GCP Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.39%) React
2 14 (4.52%) .NET
3 13 (4.19%) Elastic Stack
3 13 (4.19%) JWT
3 13 (4.19%) Kafka
3 13 (4.19%) OAuth
4 12 (3.87%) LangChain
4 12 (3.87%) Node.js
4 12 (3.87%) REST
5 11 (3.55%) LlamaIndex
6 10 (3.23%) Django
6 10 (3.23%) OpenID
6 10 (3.23%) SAML
7 9 (2.90%) RESTful
8 8 (2.58%) FastAPI
8 8 (2.58%) OAuth2
9 7 (2.26%) Middleware
9 7 (2.26%) Spring
9 7 (2.26%) Spring Boot
10 6 (1.94%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 51 (16.45%) Cloud Native
2 20 (6.45%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (5.16%) AI Agents
4 11 (3.55%) Public Cloud
4 11 (3.55%) Security Posture
5 10 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (2.90%) Distributed Computing
6 9 (2.90%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.58%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.58%) Life Science
8 7 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.94%) Cloud Security Posture
9 6 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.61%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.61%) Online Gambling
11 4 (1.29%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.29%) Marketing Technology
11 4 (1.29%) Mobile App
12 3 (0.97%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 26 (8.39%) Linux
2 8 (2.58%) Windows
3 6 (1.94%) Unix
4 3 (0.97%) CentOS
4 3 (0.97%) Ubuntu
4 3 (0.97%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.65%) Debian
5 2 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.32%) Android
6 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.32%) Solaris
6 1 (0.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (32.90%) CI/CD
2 90 (29.03%) DevOps
3 81 (26.13%) AI
4 72 (23.23%) Mentoring
5 69 (22.26%) Infrastructure as Code
6 67 (21.61%) Agile
7 57 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
8 56 (18.06%) Analytics
9 49 (15.81%) Data Engineering
10 47 (15.16%) Data Modelling
11 46 (14.84%) Containerisation
12 43 (13.87%) Data Pipeline
13 41 (13.23%) Software Engineering
14 38 (12.26%) Decision-Making
15 37 (11.94%) ETL
16 35 (11.29%) Business Intelligence
16 35 (11.29%) Data Governance
16 35 (11.29%) Machine Learning
16 35 (11.29%) Roadmaps
17 33 (10.65%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 139 (44.84%) Python
2 84 (27.10%) SQL
3 35 (11.29%) Java
4 26 (8.39%) JavaScript
5 23 (7.42%) Go
6 20 (6.45%) TypeScript
7 19 (6.13%) Bash
8 17 (5.48%) Scala
9 11 (3.55%) C#
10 7 (2.26%) PowerShell
11 4 (1.29%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.97%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.97%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.65%) Bicep
13 2 (0.65%) PHP
14 1 (0.32%) C
14 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.32%) Swift
Qualifications
1 26 (8.39%) Degree
2 13 (4.19%) AWS Certification
2 13 (4.19%) Security Cleared
3 12 (3.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 12 (3.87%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (3.23%) DBS Check
4 10 (3.23%) SC Cleared
5 6 (1.94%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.94%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.61%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.61%) SAP Certification
7 4 (1.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.29%) CCSP
7 4 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.29%) CISSP
7 4 (1.29%) MBA
8 3 (0.97%) CISM
9 1 (0.32%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.32%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (14.52%) Data Quality
2 14 (4.52%) GDPR
3 13 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.19%) QA
4 10 (3.23%) NIST
5 7 (2.26%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.26%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.97%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.32%) WCAG
System Software
1 40 (12.90%) Docker
2 5 (1.61%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.97%) vSphere
4 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.32%) KVM
4 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 71 (22.90%) Terraform
2 48 (15.48%) Kubernetes
3 23 (7.42%) Grafana
4 19 (6.13%) Prometheus
5 18 (5.81%) Ansible
6 7 (2.26%) Puppet
7 5 (1.61%) Istio
8 4 (1.29%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.97%) Control-M
9 3 (0.97%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.97%) linkerd
10 2 (0.65%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 79 (25.48%) Google
2 29 (9.35%) Microsoft
3 27 (8.71%) Databricks
4 16 (5.16%) Adobe
5 13 (4.19%) Apple
5 13 (4.19%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.61%) SAP
7 4 (1.29%) Splunk
7 4 (1.29%) VMware
8 3 (0.97%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.97%) Dynatrace
8 3 (0.97%) Pega
8 3 (0.97%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.65%) Dataiku
9 2 (0.65%) Oracle
9 2 (0.65%) SaltStack
10 1 (0.32%) Cisco
10 1 (0.32%) Cloudera
10 1 (0.32%) Dell
10 1 (0.32%) Proofpoint