GCP Job Trends in the South West

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring GCP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 66 85
Rank change year-on-year -61 +19 -22
Permanent jobs citing GCP 81 91 269
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.09% 3.42% 3.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.41% 10.35% 10.37%
Number of salaries quoted 47 80 164
10th Percentile £41,250 £44,593 £37,500
25th Percentile £49,750 £51,698 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £71,991 £70,288
Median % change year-on-year -6.24% +2.42% +8.14%
75th Percentile £77,500 £98,474 £85,625
90th Percentile £82,500 £122,750 £96,539
England median annual salary £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
South West

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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,835 879 2,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 24.71% 33.05% 29.84%
Number of salaries quoted 997 734 2,122
10th Percentile £28,568 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,100 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.84% +8.70% -11.54%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GCP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

GCP job vacancy trend in the South West

GCP
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing GCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing GCP

GCP
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCP in the South West over the 6 months to 21 April 2026.

Salary histogram for GCP in the South West

GCP
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCP within the South West region over the 6 months to 21 April 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
Bristol -51 27 £75,000 +4.18% 17
Gloucestershire -2 24 £50,000 - 10
Wiltshire -13 8 £80,000 - 3
Dorset -15 8 £70,000 -9.68% 3
Cornwall - 7 £47,000 - 2
Devon -28 1 - -
GCP
England

GCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 5 (6.17%) Confluence
2 4 (4.94%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (4.94%) Apache Spark
3 3 (3.70%) Apache
4 1 (1.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.23%) Drupal
4 1 (1.23%) IIS
4 1 (1.23%) nginx
4 1 (1.23%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (1.23%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 56 (69.14%) AWS
2 52 (64.20%) Azure
3 12 (14.81%) GitHub
4 11 (13.58%) GitHub Actions
5 7 (8.64%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (7.41%) AWS CloudFormation
6 6 (7.41%) Datadog
7 5 (6.17%) Serverless
8 4 (4.94%) Cloud Functions
8 4 (4.94%) Google Workspace
9 3 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (3.70%) Azure Machine Learning
9 3 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (3.70%) Cloud Run
9 3 (3.70%) Entra ID
10 2 (2.47%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (2.47%) Azure Pipelines
10 2 (2.47%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 2 (2.47%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.64%) Broadband
2 6 (7.41%) Firewall
3 4 (4.94%) VPN
4 2 (2.47%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (2.47%) Software-Defined Networking
4 2 (2.47%) VXLAN
5 1 (1.23%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.35%) NoSQL
1 10 (12.35%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (7.41%) MongoDB
2 6 (7.41%) Relational Database
3 5 (6.17%) Big Data
3 5 (6.17%) MySQL
4 2 (2.47%) BigQuery
4 2 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.47%) Redis
4 2 (2.47%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.23%) Airbyte
5 1 (1.23%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.23%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (1.23%) Cloudera CDH
5 1 (1.23%) Couchbase
5 1 (1.23%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.23%) DynamoDB
5 1 (1.23%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.23%) InterSystems Cache
5 1 (1.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (16.05%) Jenkins
2 9 (11.11%) CircleCI
3 6 (7.41%) Git
3 6 (7.41%) JIRA
4 5 (6.17%) GitLab
5 3 (3.70%) Cypress.io
6 2 (2.47%) MLflow
6 2 (2.47%) REST Assured
6 2 (2.47%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (1.23%) Bitbucket
7 1 (1.23%) Gatling
7 1 (1.23%) JMeter
7 1 (1.23%) JUnit
7 1 (1.23%) Mockito
7 1 (1.23%) Vagrant
General
1 34 (41.98%) Social Skills
2 15 (18.52%) Finance
3 7 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.17%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.70%) Banking
5 3 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (3.70%) Marketing
6 2 (2.47%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.23%) Electronics
7 1 (1.23%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.23%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (13.58%) Cloud Engineer
2 10 (12.35%) Senior
3 9 (11.11%) Architect
3 9 (11.11%) Data Engineer
3 9 (11.11%) DevSecOps Engineer
4 8 (9.88%) Lead
5 7 (8.64%) DevOps Engineer
5 7 (8.64%) Software Engineer
6 5 (6.17%) Developer
6 5 (6.17%) Python Engineer
7 4 (4.94%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
7 4 (4.94%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (4.94%) Desktop Support
7 4 (4.94%) Scala Engineer
8 3 (3.70%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 3 (3.70%) CUDA Engineer
8 3 (3.70%) Data Scientist
8 3 (3.70%) GCP Architect
8 3 (3.70%) Security Engineer
9 2 (2.47%) GCP DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (13.58%) React
2 7 (8.64%) AngularJS
2 7 (8.64%) Node.js
2 7 (8.64%) REST
2 7 (8.64%) RESTful
3 5 (6.17%) gRPC
3 5 (6.17%) Playwright
3 5 (6.17%) Spring
3 5 (6.17%) Spring Boot
3 5 (6.17%) Vue
4 4 (4.94%) .NET
4 4 (4.94%) Django
4 4 (4.94%) FastAPI
4 4 (4.94%) Flask
4 4 (4.94%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (3.70%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (3.70%) Leaflet
5 3 (3.70%) OAuth
5 3 (3.70%) SQLAlchemy
6 2 (2.47%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.52%) Cloud Native
2 8 (9.88%) Video\Live Streaming
3 6 (7.41%) Public Cloud
4 5 (6.17%) Mobile App
5 4 (4.94%) CUDA
5 4 (4.94%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (4.94%) IoT
5 4 (4.94%) Over-the-Top Content
6 3 (3.70%) Algorithms
6 3 (3.70%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (3.70%) Security Posture
7 2 (2.47%) Blockchain
7 2 (2.47%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.47%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.23%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (19.75%) Linux
2 4 (4.94%) Windows
3 2 (2.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (2.47%) Unix
4 1 (1.23%) CentOS
4 1 (1.23%) Debian
4 1 (1.23%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (51.85%) CI/CD
2 36 (44.44%) DevOps
3 28 (34.57%) Containerisation
3 28 (34.57%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (32.10%) Agile
4 26 (32.10%) Software Engineering
5 25 (30.86%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (29.63%) Infrastructure as Code
7 16 (19.75%) Cloud Security
8 15 (18.52%) Data Science
9 14 (17.28%) Test Automation
10 13 (16.05%) Analytics
10 13 (16.05%) Microservices
11 11 (13.58%) DevSecOps
11 11 (13.58%) Machine Learning
12 9 (11.11%) AI
12 9 (11.11%) Clean Code
12 9 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
12 9 (11.11%) Mentoring
12 9 (11.11%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 41 (50.62%) Python
2 15 (18.52%) Bash
3 13 (16.05%) Java
3 13 (16.05%) SQL
4 11 (13.58%) JavaScript
5 9 (11.11%) PowerShell
6 7 (8.64%) TypeScript
7 6 (7.41%) Go
8 4 (4.94%) C#
8 4 (4.94%) Scala
9 3 (3.70%) Elixir
9 3 (3.70%) Erlang
10 2 (2.47%) Kotlin
10 2 (2.47%) PHP
10 2 (2.47%) Shell Script
11 1 (1.23%) Apex Code
11 1 (1.23%) Bicep
11 1 (1.23%) C
11 1 (1.23%) C++
Qualifications
1 29 (35.80%) Security Cleared
2 16 (19.75%) DV Cleared
3 12 (14.81%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (4.94%) Degree
4 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.47%) AWS Certification
5 2 (2.47%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.47%) CCIE
5 2 (2.47%) CCIE Data Center
5 2 (2.47%) CCNP
5 2 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.47%) ISTQB
5 2 (2.47%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 2 (2.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (2.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.23%) CISM
6 1 (1.23%) CISSP
6 1 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (4.94%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.94%) NIST
3 2 (2.47%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.47%) JSP 440
3 2 (2.47%) NCSC
3 2 (2.47%) QA
4 1 (1.23%) GDPR
4 1 (1.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (40.74%) Docker
2 2 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.47%) VMware NSX
3 1 (1.23%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.23%) Firmware
3 1 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 35 (43.21%) Kubernetes
2 33 (40.74%) Terraform
3 19 (23.46%) Ansible
4 14 (17.28%) Grafana
5 8 (9.88%) Prometheus
6 7 (8.64%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (6.17%) Puppet
8 4 (4.94%) Podman
9 2 (2.47%) Istio
9 2 (2.47%) Kubeflow
9 2 (2.47%) Packer
9 2 (2.47%) vRealize
10 1 (1.23%) Argo
10 1 (1.23%) Consul
10 1 (1.23%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (1.23%) linkerd
10 1 (1.23%) Mesos
10 1 (1.23%) Progress Chef
10 1 (1.23%) Rancher
Vendors
1 25 (30.86%) Google
2 8 (9.88%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.94%) Typelevel
4 3 (3.70%) Cisco
4 3 (3.70%) Red Hat
5 2 (2.47%) Databricks
5 2 (2.47%) Guidewire
5 2 (2.47%) VMware
6 1 (1.23%) Adobe
6 1 (1.23%) Dell
6 1 (1.23%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.23%) Foundry
6 1 (1.23%) New Relic
6 1 (1.23%) Oracle
6 1 (1.23%) Palantir
6 1 (1.23%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.23%) SaltStack
6 1 (1.23%) SAP
6 1 (1.23%) Splunk
6 1 (1.23%) TOWER Software