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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 62 77
Rank change year-on-year -64 +15 -48
Permanent jobs citing GCP 262 428 485
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.34% 5.57% 2.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.56% 17.91% 8.08%
Number of salaries quoted 195 174 324
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,150 £37,538
25th Percentile £55,375 £56,563 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,932 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +11.11% +3.85%
75th Percentile £88,750 £97,528 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £99,542 £96,539
England median annual salary £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +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 5,740 2,390 6,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 29.46% 31.11% 35.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,056 1,527 4,997
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,750 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,625 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,370 £56,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% +7.62% -4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,886 £69,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £88,750 £82,779
England median annual salary £62,500 £61,216 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.10% +6.46% -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 23 May 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 23 May 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 -49 149 £75,000 -6.25% 97
Yorkshire -49 81 £70,000 -6.67% 24
North East -19 32 £60,000 +6.19% 17
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 25 (9.54%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (5.34%) Apache Spark
3 9 (3.44%) Apache
4 3 (1.15%) Confluence
4 3 (1.15%) SAS
5 2 (0.76%) CICS
5 2 (0.76%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.38%) nginx
6 1 (0.38%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 2 (0.76%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 12 (4.58%) Cloudability
2 5 (1.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.38%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.38%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 194 (74.05%) AWS
2 191 (72.90%) Azure
3 31 (11.83%) GitHub
4 24 (9.16%) Serverless
5 23 (8.78%) SaaS
6 21 (8.02%) Azure DevOps
7 20 (7.63%) GitHub Actions
8 19 (7.25%) dbt
8 19 (7.25%) Power Platform
9 12 (4.58%) Amazon ECS
9 12 (4.58%) Snowflake
10 11 (4.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 9 (3.44%) Azure Data Factory
11 9 (3.44%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 8 (3.05%) AWS CloudFormation
12 8 (3.05%) Google Analytics
12 8 (3.05%) Pulumi
13 7 (2.67%) AWS Lambda
14 6 (2.29%) Amazon EKS
14 6 (2.29%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.78%) Firewall
2 17 (6.49%) TCP/IP
3 15 (5.73%) DNS
3 15 (5.73%) HTTP
4 8 (3.05%) Network Security
5 6 (2.29%) VPN
6 3 (1.15%) AMQP
7 1 (0.38%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (15.27%) BigQuery
2 22 (8.40%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (7.63%) Metadata
4 18 (6.87%) Data Lake
4 18 (6.87%) Power BI
5 16 (6.11%) MySQL
5 16 (6.11%) PostgreSQL
6 15 (5.73%) Amazon Redshift
6 15 (5.73%) MongoDB
6 15 (5.73%) NoSQL
7 13 (4.96%) SQL Server
8 12 (4.58%) Looker
9 9 (3.44%) Relational Database
9 9 (3.44%) Semantic Layer
10 7 (2.67%) Big Data
10 7 (2.67%) Data Vault
10 7 (2.67%) Tableau
11 6 (2.29%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (1.91%) DynamoDB
12 5 (1.91%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 30 (11.45%) Jenkins
2 15 (5.73%) Git
3 9 (3.44%) GitLab
4 6 (2.29%) JIRA
5 5 (1.91%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.15%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.15%) IntelliJ
7 2 (0.76%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.76%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.76%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.76%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.38%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.38%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.38%) Gatling
8 1 (0.38%) JMeter
8 1 (0.38%) MLflow
8 1 (0.38%) REST Assured
General
1 47 (17.94%) Social Skills
2 32 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (9.54%) Finance
4 22 (8.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (8.02%) Public Sector
6 18 (6.87%) Telecoms
7 16 (6.11%) Law
8 5 (1.91%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.53%) Retail
10 3 (1.15%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.15%) Banking
11 2 (0.76%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.76%) Local Government
12 1 (0.38%) Advertising
12 1 (0.38%) Games
12 1 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (33.59%) Senior
2 46 (17.56%) Architect
3 31 (11.83%) Data Engineer
3 31 (11.83%) DevOps Engineer
4 29 (11.07%) Cloud Engineer
5 27 (10.31%) Lead
6 25 (9.54%) Developer
7 24 (9.16%) Analyst
8 23 (8.78%) GCP Engineer
9 20 (7.63%) Data Architect
10 15 (5.73%) Software Engineer
11 14 (5.34%) Security Architect
12 13 (4.96%) Senior Analyst
12 13 (4.96%) Senior Developer
13 12 (4.58%) Cloud Architect
14 11 (4.20%) Full-Stack Developer
14 11 (4.20%) Senior Data Engineer
15 10 (3.82%) Lead Data Engineer
15 10 (3.82%) Senior Architect
16 9 (3.44%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (10.69%) React
2 17 (6.49%) Elastic Stack
3 12 (4.58%) Node.js
3 12 (4.58%) REST
3 12 (4.58%) RESTful
4 11 (4.20%) JWT
4 11 (4.20%) OAuth
5 10 (3.82%) .NET
5 10 (3.82%) Django
6 9 (3.44%) FastAPI
7 8 (3.05%) LangChain
8 7 (2.67%) Kafka
8 7 (2.67%) LlamaIndex
8 7 (2.67%) Middleware
8 7 (2.67%) OpenID
8 7 (2.67%) SAML
8 7 (2.67%) Spring
8 7 (2.67%) Spring Boot
9 6 (2.29%) AngularJS
9 6 (2.29%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 43 (16.41%) Cloud Native
2 20 (7.63%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (6.87%) Public Cloud
4 10 (3.82%) Data Centre
5 9 (3.44%) AI Agents
6 8 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (3.05%) Product Ownership
7 6 (2.29%) Life Science
8 4 (1.53%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.53%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.15%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.15%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.76%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.76%) Hedge funds
10 2 (0.76%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.76%) Online Gambling
10 2 (0.76%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.63%) Linux
2 8 (3.05%) Windows
3 4 (1.53%) CentOS
3 4 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.15%) Debian
4 3 (1.15%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.76%) Unix
6 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (37.79%) CI/CD
2 94 (35.88%) DevOps
3 68 (25.95%) Agile
4 63 (24.05%) Infrastructure as Code
5 59 (22.52%) Mentoring
6 57 (21.76%) AI
7 54 (20.61%) Containerisation
8 46 (17.56%) Problem-Solving
9 40 (15.27%) Analytics
9 40 (15.27%) Data Modelling
10 32 (12.21%) Data Governance
11 30 (11.45%) Data Engineering
12 29 (11.07%) ETL
12 29 (11.07%) Software Engineering
13 28 (10.69%) Data Pipeline
14 27 (10.31%) Continuous Integration
14 27 (10.31%) Microservices
15 26 (9.92%) Business Intelligence
15 26 (9.92%) Data Architecture
16 25 (9.54%) Continuous Delivery
Programming Languages
1 112 (42.75%) Python
2 58 (22.14%) SQL
3 29 (11.07%) Java
4 25 (9.54%) JavaScript
5 23 (8.78%) Go
6 19 (7.25%) TypeScript
7 16 (6.11%) Bash
8 9 (3.44%) C#
9 7 (2.67%) Scala
10 5 (1.91%) PHP
11 4 (1.53%) PowerShell
12 3 (1.15%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.76%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.38%) C
Qualifications
1 20 (7.63%) Degree
2 12 (4.58%) AWS Certification
2 12 (4.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 10 (3.82%) Security Cleared
4 9 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.67%) SC Cleared
6 6 (2.29%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.91%) SAP Certification
8 4 (1.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (1.53%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.53%) CCSP
8 4 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.53%) CISSP
8 4 (1.53%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.15%) CISM
10 2 (0.76%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.38%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.38%) GSEC
11 1 (0.38%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (11.83%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.20%) GDPR
2 11 (4.20%) QA
3 7 (2.67%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.91%) NIST
5 3 (1.15%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 33 (12.60%) Docker
2 2 (0.76%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.76%) vSphere
3 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 68 (25.95%) Terraform
2 40 (15.27%) Kubernetes
3 28 (10.69%) Ansible
4 26 (9.92%) Grafana
5 23 (8.78%) Prometheus
6 4 (1.53%) Puppet
7 3 (1.15%) Istio
7 3 (1.15%) Rancher
8 2 (0.76%) AWS Copilot
8 2 (0.76%) Control-M
8 2 (0.76%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.38%) linkerd
9 1 (0.38%) Nagios
9 1 (0.38%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 68 (25.95%) Google
2 30 (11.45%) Microsoft
3 13 (4.96%) Adobe
4 12 (4.58%) Apple
4 12 (4.58%) ServiceNow
5 10 (3.82%) Databricks
6 5 (1.91%) SAP
7 4 (1.53%) Oracle
7 4 (1.53%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.15%) Pega
8 3 (1.15%) SaltStack
8 3 (1.15%) VMware
9 2 (0.76%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.76%) Informatica
9 2 (0.76%) Palantir
9 2 (0.76%) UiPath
10 1 (0.38%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.38%) Cisco
10 1 (0.38%) Dell
10 1 (0.38%) TIBCO