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

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 65 88
Rank change year-on-year -37 +23 -62
Permanent jobs citing GCP 302 434 462
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.49% 5.12% 2.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 5.98% 17.98% 7.22%
Number of salaries quoted 230 177 279
10th Percentile £44,650 £46,800 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,188 £56,250 £48,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +15.38% -
75th Percentile £90,000 £97,528 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £99,084 £87,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.13% -

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 5,053 2,414 6,400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 24.92% 28.50% 32.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3,455 1,637 5,136
10th Percentile £29,850 £27,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £69,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

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 June 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 June 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 -31 182 £72,500 -8.01% 81
Yorkshire -48 77 £70,932 -10.00% 22
North East -12 43 £70,000 +25.56% 11
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 (9.93%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (4.97%) Apache Spark
3 13 (4.30%) Apache
4 3 (0.99%) Confluence
4 3 (0.99%) SAS
5 2 (0.66%) CICS
5 2 (0.66%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.33%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (3.97%) Cloudability
2 5 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.33%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.33%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 220 (72.85%) AWS
2 214 (70.86%) Azure
3 34 (11.26%) GitHub
4 27 (8.94%) SaaS
5 26 (8.61%) Serverless
6 22 (7.28%) GitHub Actions
6 22 (7.28%) Power Platform
7 20 (6.62%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (6.29%) dbt
9 13 (4.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 13 (4.30%) Snowflake
10 12 (3.97%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 11 (3.64%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (3.64%) Google Analytics
12 10 (3.31%) Pulumi
13 9 (2.98%) Amazon ECS
14 8 (2.65%) AWS Lambda
15 7 (2.32%) AWS CloudFormation
16 6 (1.99%) Cloud Functions
16 6 (1.99%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 23 (7.62%) Firewall
2 16 (5.30%) TCP/IP
3 14 (4.64%) DNS
3 14 (4.64%) HTTP
4 11 (3.64%) Network Security
5 6 (1.99%) VPN
6 2 (0.66%) AMQP
6 2 (0.66%) SAN
7 1 (0.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (14.90%) BigQuery
2 29 (9.60%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (6.95%) Metadata
3 21 (6.95%) Power BI
4 20 (6.62%) Amazon Redshift
5 17 (5.63%) PostgreSQL
6 16 (5.30%) Data Lake
6 16 (5.30%) SQL Server
7 14 (4.64%) Looker
7 14 (4.64%) NoSQL
8 12 (3.97%) MongoDB
9 9 (2.98%) MySQL
10 8 (2.65%) Data Vault
11 7 (2.32%) Relational Database
11 7 (2.32%) Tableau
12 6 (1.99%) Semantic Layer
13 5 (1.66%) Big Data
14 4 (1.32%) Delta Lake
14 4 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
15 3 (0.99%) Amazon Athena
Development Applications
1 33 (10.93%) Jenkins
2 18 (5.96%) Git
3 8 (2.65%) JIRA
4 6 (1.99%) GitLab
5 4 (1.32%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.32%) Postman
6 3 (0.99%) Artifactory
6 3 (0.99%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.99%) IntelliJ
6 3 (0.99%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (0.99%) Selenium
6 3 (0.99%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.99%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.66%) MLflow
8 1 (0.33%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.33%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.33%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.33%) Gatling
8 1 (0.33%) JMeter
8 1 (0.33%) REST Assured
General
1 55 (18.21%) Social Skills
2 39 (12.91%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (8.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 25 (8.28%) Public Sector
4 24 (7.95%) Finance
5 21 (6.95%) Law
6 17 (5.63%) Telecoms
7 6 (1.99%) Retail
8 5 (1.66%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.99%) Banking
9 3 (0.99%) Financial Institution
9 3 (0.99%) Local Government
10 2 (0.66%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.66%) Games
10 2 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.33%) Advertising
11 1 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 94 (31.13%) Senior
2 52 (17.22%) Architect
3 43 (14.24%) Data Engineer
4 35 (11.59%) Cloud Engineer
5 33 (10.93%) GCP Engineer
6 32 (10.60%) Lead
7 27 (8.94%) Analyst
7 27 (8.94%) DevOps Engineer
8 25 (8.28%) Developer
9 24 (7.95%) Data Architect
10 19 (6.29%) Software Engineer
11 15 (4.97%) Python Engineer
12 14 (4.64%) Cloud Architect
12 14 (4.64%) Senior Developer
13 13 (4.30%) Lead Data Engineer
13 13 (4.30%) Security Architect
13 13 (4.30%) Senior Analyst
13 13 (4.30%) Senior Data Engineer
14 11 (3.64%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 11 (3.64%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (8.61%) React
2 17 (5.63%) Elastic Stack
3 14 (4.64%) JWT
3 14 (4.64%) OAuth
4 13 (4.30%) .NET
5 12 (3.97%) Kafka
5 12 (3.97%) RESTful
6 11 (3.64%) Django
6 11 (3.64%) LangChain
6 11 (3.64%) Node.js
7 10 (3.31%) FastAPI
7 10 (3.31%) LlamaIndex
7 10 (3.31%) OpenID
7 10 (3.31%) REST
7 10 (3.31%) SAML
8 8 (2.65%) OAuth2
8 8 (2.65%) Spring
8 8 (2.65%) Spring Boot
9 7 (2.32%) Middleware
10 6 (1.99%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 48 (15.89%) Cloud Native
2 19 (6.29%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (5.63%) Public Cloud
4 15 (4.97%) AI Agents
5 9 (2.98%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (2.65%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.65%) Data Structures
6 8 (2.65%) Life Science
6 8 (2.65%) Security Posture
7 6 (1.99%) Distributed Computing
7 6 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.66%) Cloud Security Posture
9 4 (1.32%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (0.99%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.99%) Online Gambling
10 3 (0.99%) Sports Betting
11 2 (0.66%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.95%) Linux
2 9 (2.98%) Windows
3 4 (1.32%) Unix
4 3 (0.99%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.66%) CentOS
5 2 (0.66%) Debian
5 2 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.66%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (35.43%) CI/CD
2 95 (31.46%) DevOps
3 74 (24.50%) Mentoring
4 73 (24.17%) AI
5 67 (22.19%) Agile
6 66 (21.85%) Infrastructure as Code
7 54 (17.88%) Containerisation
8 52 (17.22%) Analytics
8 52 (17.22%) Problem-Solving
9 48 (15.89%) Data Modelling
10 40 (13.25%) Data Engineering
10 40 (13.25%) Software Engineering
11 39 (12.91%) Data Pipeline
12 38 (12.58%) Data Governance
13 36 (11.92%) Business Intelligence
14 35 (11.59%) Data Architecture
14 35 (11.59%) ETL
15 33 (10.93%) Decision-Making
16 31 (10.26%) Machine Learning
16 31 (10.26%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 134 (44.37%) Python
2 78 (25.83%) SQL
3 34 (11.26%) Java
4 22 (7.28%) JavaScript
5 21 (6.95%) Go
5 21 (6.95%) TypeScript
6 17 (5.63%) Bash
7 16 (5.30%) Scala
8 11 (3.64%) C#
9 5 (1.66%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.99%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.99%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.66%) PHP
11 2 (0.66%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.33%) Bicep
12 1 (0.33%) C
Qualifications
1 24 (7.95%) Degree
2 12 (3.97%) AWS Certification
2 12 (3.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 11 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (3.64%) Security Cleared
4 8 (2.65%) DBS Check
4 8 (2.65%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.66%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.66%) SAP Certification
6 4 (1.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 4 (1.32%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.32%) CCSP
6 4 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.32%) CISSP
6 4 (1.32%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.99%) CISM
8 2 (0.66%) MBA
9 1 (0.33%) CISA
9 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (13.58%) Data Quality
2 13 (4.30%) GDPR
2 13 (4.30%) QA
3 10 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.65%) NIST
5 7 (2.32%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.66%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.66%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 38 (12.58%) Docker
2 4 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.99%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 72 (23.84%) Terraform
2 46 (15.23%) Kubernetes
3 24 (7.95%) Grafana
4 21 (6.95%) Ansible
5 20 (6.62%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.32%) Istio
6 4 (1.32%) Puppet
7 3 (0.99%) Control-M
7 3 (0.99%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.66%) AWS Copilot
8 2 (0.66%) linkerd
8 2 (0.66%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.33%) Rancher
Vendors
1 80 (26.49%) Google
2 33 (10.93%) Microsoft
3 23 (7.62%) Databricks
4 14 (4.64%) Adobe
5 13 (4.30%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.97%) Apple
7 5 (1.66%) SAP
8 3 (0.99%) Atlassian
8 3 (0.99%) Dynatrace
8 3 (0.99%) Pega
8 3 (0.99%) Splunk
8 3 (0.99%) VMware
9 2 (0.66%) Oracle
9 2 (0.66%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.66%) SaltStack
9 2 (0.66%) UiPath
10 1 (0.33%) Automation Anywhere
10 1 (0.33%) Dataiku
10 1 (0.33%) Informatica
10 1 (0.33%) Zscaler