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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 76 65
Rank change year-on-year -53 -11 -35
Permanent jobs citing GCP 152 262 439
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.30% 3.02% 3.89%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.51% 9.14% 10.27%
Number of salaries quoted 119 178 359
10th Percentile £46,900 £47,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £49,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £68,000 £69,447
Median % change year-on-year +4.31% -2.08% +2.88%
75th Percentile £83,125 £87,500 £82,548
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,474 £96,539
England median annual salary £77,500 £84,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -7.74% +8.39% -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 4,335 2,866 4,276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 37.03% 33.09% 37.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,979 1,592 3,739
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,625 £42,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £73,125 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,150 £82,548
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -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 31 January 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 31 January 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 -12 97 £70,932 +13.49% 67
Yorkshire -62 39 £70,932 +4.31% 46
North East -1 16 £63,750 -8.02% 15
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 15 (9.87%) Apache Spark
2 7 (4.61%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (3.95%) Apache
4 2 (1.32%) WordPress
5 1 (0.66%) nginx
5 1 (0.66%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.66%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 135 (88.82%) AWS
2 130 (85.53%) Azure
3 22 (14.47%) Serverless
4 19 (12.50%) GitHub
5 15 (9.87%) AWS CloudFormation
5 15 (9.87%) GitHub Actions
6 12 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (6.58%) Amazon ECS
8 9 (5.92%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (5.92%) OpenShift
9 8 (5.26%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (5.26%) Power Platform
9 8 (5.26%) SaaS
10 7 (4.61%) dbt
11 5 (3.29%) Amazon ECR
11 5 (3.29%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 5 (3.29%) Pulumi
11 5 (3.29%) Snowflake
12 4 (2.63%) PaaS
13 3 (1.97%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.53%) Firewall
2 15 (9.87%) TCP/IP
3 11 (7.24%) DNS
4 10 (6.58%) HTTP
5 4 (2.63%) AMQP
5 4 (2.63%) VPN
6 2 (1.32%) SAN
7 1 (0.66%) Broadband
7 1 (0.66%) DAB
7 1 (0.66%) DHCP
7 1 (0.66%) LAN
7 1 (0.66%) Network Security
7 1 (0.66%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.53%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (9.21%) BigQuery
2 14 (9.21%) MongoDB
3 13 (8.55%) NoSQL
4 11 (7.24%) Big Data
4 11 (7.24%) Metadata
5 10 (6.58%) MySQL
6 9 (5.92%) Hadoop
7 8 (5.26%) Elasticsearch
8 7 (4.61%) Power BI
8 7 (4.61%) Tableau
9 6 (3.95%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (3.95%) Amazon Redshift
9 6 (3.95%) Data Lake
9 6 (3.95%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (3.29%) DynamoDB
10 5 (3.29%) Looker
10 5 (3.29%) Redis
10 5 (3.29%) Semantic Layer
11 4 (2.63%) Cloudera CDH
Development Applications
1 22 (14.47%) Jenkins
2 14 (9.21%) GitLab
3 8 (5.26%) Git
4 5 (3.29%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.97%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.32%) Artifactory
6 2 (1.32%) JIRA
6 2 (1.32%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (1.32%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.32%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.66%) CircleCI
General
1 35 (23.03%) Social Skills
2 25 (16.45%) Finance
3 13 (8.55%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (8.55%) Law
3 13 (8.55%) Telecoms
4 12 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 6 (3.95%) Marketing
6 4 (2.63%) Aerospace
7 3 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.97%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.32%) Electronics
8 2 (1.32%) Retail
9 1 (0.66%) Banking
9 1 (0.66%) Legal
Job Titles
1 40 (26.32%) Senior
2 27 (17.76%) Architect
3 23 (15.13%) Developer
3 23 (15.13%) DevOps Engineer
4 15 (9.87%) Lead
4 15 (9.87%) Software Engineer
5 11 (7.24%) Data Engineer
6 10 (6.58%) Senior Developer
6 10 (6.58%) Solutions Architect
7 9 (5.92%) Cloud Engineer
7 9 (5.92%) Data Architect
7 9 (5.92%) Python Engineer
8 8 (5.26%) Infrastructure Manager
8 8 (5.26%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 8 (5.26%) Java Developer
8 8 (5.26%) Project Manager
9 7 (4.61%) Analyst
9 7 (4.61%) Lead DevOps
9 7 (4.61%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (4.61%) Python Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (14.47%) React
2 15 (9.87%) RESTful
3 14 (9.21%) Spring
3 14 (9.21%) Spring Boot
4 13 (8.55%) Django
4 13 (8.55%) Elastic Stack
5 10 (6.58%) Node.js
6 9 (5.92%) AngularJS
6 9 (5.92%) REST
6 9 (5.92%) Vue
7 8 (5.26%) FastAPI
8 7 (4.61%) CSS
8 7 (4.61%) Hibernate
8 7 (4.61%) HTML
9 6 (3.95%) Kafka
10 5 (3.29%) Celery
10 5 (3.29%) Flask
10 5 (3.29%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (2.63%) OpenAPI
11 4 (2.63%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 25 (16.45%) Cloud Native
2 19 (12.50%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (7.24%) Public Cloud
4 9 (5.92%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.97%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (1.97%) Taxonomies
6 2 (1.32%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.32%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.32%) NHS
6 2 (1.32%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.66%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.66%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.66%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.66%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.66%) IoT
7 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (0.66%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 20 (13.16%) Linux
2 12 (7.89%) Windows
3 6 (3.95%) Unix
4 5 (3.29%) CentOS
4 5 (3.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (2.63%) Debian
5 4 (2.63%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (55.92%) CI/CD
2 77 (50.66%) DevOps
3 60 (39.47%) Containerisation
4 52 (34.21%) Problem-Solving
5 50 (32.89%) Agile
5 50 (32.89%) Infrastructure as Code
6 28 (18.42%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 27 (17.76%) Microservices
8 24 (15.79%) Software Engineering
9 22 (14.47%) Mentoring
10 21 (13.82%) Observability
11 20 (13.16%) Continuous Integration
11 20 (13.16%) Performance Optimisation
12 19 (12.50%) Open Source
13 17 (11.18%) Continuous Improvement
13 17 (11.18%) Data Science
14 16 (10.53%) AI
14 16 (10.53%) Computer Science
14 16 (10.53%) Continuous Delivery
15 15 (9.87%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 68 (44.74%) Python
2 31 (20.39%) SQL
3 29 (19.08%) Java
4 19 (12.50%) JavaScript
5 16 (10.53%) Go
6 14 (9.21%) Bash
7 11 (7.24%) TypeScript
8 7 (4.61%) C#
8 7 (4.61%) PHP
8 7 (4.61%) Scala
9 3 (1.97%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.66%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.66%) R
Qualifications
1 16 (10.53%) Degree
2 14 (9.21%) Security Cleared
3 13 (8.55%) SC Cleared
4 12 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.95%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.63%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.32%) CISSP
8 1 (0.66%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.66%) CISA
8 1 (0.66%) CISM
8 1 (0.66%) CRISC
8 1 (0.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.95%) Data Quality
1 6 (3.95%) QA
2 4 (2.63%) GDPR
3 3 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.97%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.32%) NIST
5 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.66%) GRC
5 1 (0.66%) SLA
5 1 (0.66%) SOC 2
System Software
1 44 (28.95%) Docker
2 3 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.97%) vSphere
3 1 (0.66%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.66%) Firmware
3 1 (0.66%) HDFS
3 1 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 48 (31.58%) Kubernetes
2 46 (30.26%) Terraform
3 31 (20.39%) Ansible
4 23 (15.13%) Grafana
5 20 (13.16%) Prometheus
6 6 (3.95%) Puppet
7 3 (1.97%) AWS Copilot
7 3 (1.97%) cPanel
7 3 (1.97%) Plesk
7 3 (1.97%) Rancher
8 2 (1.32%) Control-M
8 2 (1.32%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (1.32%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.66%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.66%) Nagios
Vendors
1 49 (32.24%) Google
2 11 (7.24%) Microsoft
3 6 (3.95%) Informatica
3 6 (3.95%) Oracle
4 5 (3.29%) Databricks
4 5 (3.29%) Red Hat
5 4 (2.63%) HubSpot
5 4 (2.63%) Palantir
5 4 (2.63%) SaltStack
5 4 (2.63%) VMware
6 3 (1.97%) TIBCO
7 2 (1.32%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.32%) Dell
7 2 (1.32%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.32%) SAP
7 2 (1.32%) SnapLogic
7 2 (1.32%) UiPath
8 1 (0.66%) AppDynamics
8 1 (0.66%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.66%) Pega