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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 69 84
Rank change year-on-year -37 +15 -33
Permanent jobs citing GCP 321 411 388
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.51% 4.32% 2.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.06% 16.00% 7.67%
Number of salaries quoted 240 148 217
10th Percentile £46,125 £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 £89,063 £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 5,301 2,568 5,059
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 24.98% 26.97% 31.98%
Number of salaries quoted 3,666 1,781 3,843
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £79,277 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £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 27 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 27 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 -33 195 £71,991 -8.65% 103
Yorkshire -31 77 £70,000 -3.45% 49
North East -16 49 £70,000 +27.27% 26
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 31 (9.66%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (4.36%) Apache Spark
3 13 (4.05%) Apache
4 4 (1.25%) Confluence
5 3 (0.93%) SAS
6 2 (0.62%) CICS
6 2 (0.62%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.31%) PegaRULES
Applications
1 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.62%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (3.74%) Cloudability
2 5 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.31%) SAP MDM
Cloud Services
1 229 (71.34%) AWS
2 220 (68.54%) Azure
3 31 (9.66%) GitHub
4 27 (8.41%) Serverless
5 24 (7.48%) dbt
5 24 (7.48%) SaaS
6 21 (6.54%) GitHub Actions
7 19 (5.92%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (5.92%) Power Platform
8 18 (5.61%) Snowflake
9 14 (4.36%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 14 (4.36%) Google Analytics
9 14 (4.36%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 12 (3.74%) Azure Data Factory
11 10 (3.12%) Amazon ECS
11 10 (3.12%) Pulumi
12 9 (2.80%) AWS CloudFormation
12 9 (2.80%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (2.49%) Cloud Functions
13 8 (2.49%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.85%) Firewall
2 16 (4.98%) TCP/IP
3 13 (4.05%) HTTP
4 11 (3.43%) DNS
4 11 (3.43%) Network Security
5 4 (1.25%) SAN
5 4 (1.25%) VPN
6 2 (0.62%) AMQP
7 1 (0.31%) DHCP
7 1 (0.31%) Internet
7 1 (0.31%) LAN
7 1 (0.31%) SSL
7 1 (0.31%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (15.89%) BigQuery
2 39 (12.15%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (7.79%) Amazon Redshift
4 23 (7.17%) SQL Server
5 19 (5.92%) Power BI
6 17 (5.30%) Metadata
7 16 (4.98%) Data Lake
7 16 (4.98%) Looker
8 14 (4.36%) NoSQL
8 14 (4.36%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (3.74%) MongoDB
10 8 (2.49%) Data Vault
10 8 (2.49%) MySQL
11 6 (1.87%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.87%) Tableau
12 4 (1.25%) Big Data
12 4 (1.25%) Delta Lake
12 4 (1.25%) Semantic Layer
13 3 (0.93%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.93%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 32 (9.97%) Jenkins
2 24 (7.48%) Git
3 9 (2.80%) JIRA
4 6 (1.87%) GitLab
5 5 (1.56%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.25%) Postman
6 4 (1.25%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.93%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.93%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.93%) IntelliJ
7 3 (0.93%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.93%) Selenium
7 3 (0.93%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.62%) MLflow
8 2 (0.62%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.31%) Claude Code
9 1 (0.31%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.31%) Gatling
9 1 (0.31%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.31%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 70 (21.81%) Social Skills
2 49 (15.26%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (11.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 28 (8.72%) Finance
5 26 (8.10%) Public Sector
6 16 (4.98%) Law
7 13 (4.05%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.49%) Retail
9 6 (1.87%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.25%) Local Government
11 3 (0.93%) Banking
11 3 (0.93%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.62%) Advertising
12 2 (0.62%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.62%) Games
12 2 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.62%) Legal
13 1 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.31%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.31%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 92 (28.66%) Senior
2 56 (17.45%) Data Engineer
3 48 (14.95%) Architect
4 39 (12.15%) GCP Engineer
5 38 (11.84%) Cloud Engineer
5 38 (11.84%) Lead
6 28 (8.72%) Analyst
7 27 (8.41%) DevOps Engineer
8 24 (7.48%) Developer
9 18 (5.61%) Senior Data Engineer
10 17 (5.30%) Data Architect
11 16 (4.98%) Python Engineer
11 16 (4.98%) Software Engineer
12 15 (4.67%) Lead Data Engineer
12 15 (4.67%) Senior Developer
13 14 (4.36%) Cloud Architect
13 14 (4.36%) Senior Analyst
14 13 (4.05%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 12 (3.74%) Security Architect
16 11 (3.43%) GCP Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (8.41%) React
2 15 (4.67%) .NET
3 14 (4.36%) Kafka
4 13 (4.05%) Elastic Stack
4 13 (4.05%) JWT
4 13 (4.05%) LangChain
4 13 (4.05%) OAuth
5 12 (3.74%) LlamaIndex
5 12 (3.74%) Node.js
5 12 (3.74%) REST
6 10 (3.12%) Django
6 10 (3.12%) OpenID
6 10 (3.12%) SAML
7 9 (2.80%) RESTful
8 8 (2.49%) FastAPI
8 8 (2.49%) OAuth2
9 7 (2.18%) Middleware
9 7 (2.18%) Spring
9 7 (2.18%) Spring Boot
10 6 (1.87%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 53 (16.51%) Cloud Native
2 22 (6.85%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (4.98%) AI Agents
4 11 (3.43%) Public Cloud
4 11 (3.43%) Security Posture
5 10 (3.12%) Analytical Mindset
6 9 (2.80%) Distributed Computing
6 9 (2.80%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.49%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.49%) Life Science
8 7 (2.18%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.87%) Cloud Security Posture
9 6 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.87%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.87%) Online Gambling
10 5 (1.56%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.25%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.25%) Marketing Technology
11 4 (1.25%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 29 (9.03%) Linux
2 9 (2.80%) Windows
3 7 (2.18%) Unix
4 4 (1.25%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.25%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.93%) CentOS
6 2 (0.62%) Debian
6 2 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.31%) Android
7 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.31%) Solaris
7 1 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 93 (28.97%) DevOps
3 87 (27.10%) AI
4 80 (24.92%) Mentoring
5 74 (23.05%) Infrastructure as Code
6 72 (22.43%) Agile
7 60 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
8 58 (18.07%) Analytics
9 53 (16.51%) Data Engineering
10 49 (15.26%) Data Modelling
11 48 (14.95%) Containerisation
12 44 (13.71%) Data Pipeline
12 44 (13.71%) Software Engineering
13 40 (12.46%) Machine Learning
14 39 (12.15%) Decision-Making
14 39 (12.15%) ETL
15 37 (11.53%) Data Governance
15 37 (11.53%) Roadmaps
16 35 (10.90%) Business Intelligence
16 35 (10.90%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 147 (45.79%) Python
2 87 (27.10%) SQL
3 36 (11.21%) Java
4 27 (8.41%) JavaScript
5 25 (7.79%) Go
6 21 (6.54%) TypeScript
7 19 (5.92%) Bash
8 17 (5.30%) Scala
9 12 (3.74%) C#
10 7 (2.18%) PowerShell
11 4 (1.25%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.93%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.93%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.62%) Bicep
13 2 (0.62%) PHP
14 1 (0.31%) C
14 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.31%) Swift
14 1 (0.31%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 28 (8.72%) Degree
2 16 (4.98%) AWS Certification
2 16 (4.98%) Security Cleared
3 13 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (4.05%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 10 (3.12%) DBS Check
6 9 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (2.49%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.18%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.87%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.56%) SAP Certification
11 4 (1.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.25%) CCSP
11 4 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (1.25%) CISSP
11 4 (1.25%) MBA
12 3 (0.93%) CISM
13 1 (0.31%) CISA
13 1 (0.31%) Linux+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (14.33%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.67%) GDPR
3 14 (4.36%) QA
4 13 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (3.12%) NIST
6 7 (2.18%) Accessibility
6 7 (2.18%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.93%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.62%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.31%) NCSC
9 1 (0.31%) WCAG
System Software
1 41 (12.77%) Docker
2 6 (1.87%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.25%) vSphere
4 2 (0.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.31%) KVM
Systems Management
1 73 (22.74%) Terraform
2 50 (15.58%) Kubernetes
3 23 (7.17%) Grafana
4 19 (5.92%) Prometheus
5 18 (5.61%) Ansible
6 7 (2.18%) Puppet
7 5 (1.56%) Istio
8 4 (1.25%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.93%) Control-M
9 3 (0.93%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.93%) linkerd
10 2 (0.62%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 83 (25.86%) Google
2 32 (9.97%) Microsoft
3 28 (8.72%) Databricks
4 16 (4.98%) Adobe
5 13 (4.05%) Apple
5 13 (4.05%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.56%) SAP
6 5 (1.56%) Splunk
6 5 (1.56%) VMware
7 3 (0.93%) Atlassian
7 3 (0.93%) Dynatrace
7 3 (0.93%) Pega
7 3 (0.93%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.62%) Dataiku
8 2 (0.62%) New Relic
8 2 (0.62%) Oracle
8 2 (0.62%) SaltStack
9 1 (0.31%) Automation Anywhere
9 1 (0.31%) UiPath
9 1 (0.31%) Zscaler