GCP Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 122 79
Rank change year-on-year -56 -43 -29
Permanent jobs citing GCP 465 804 1,120
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.10% 2.20% 3.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.42% 6.82% 9.33%
Number of salaries quoted 309 509 883
10th Percentile £43,000 £40,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £78,000 £84,056
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,778 £96,539
UK median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -3.13% +3.23% -3.13%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,588 11,795 12,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.29% 32.29% 37.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6,798 6,419 9,835
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £39,735
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,264 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.16% +5.44% -7.69%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GCP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

GCP job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

GCP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing GCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing GCP

GCP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for GCP in the UK excluding London

GCP
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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
South East -5 161 £67,500 +8.00% 224
North of England -44 145 £70,000 +12.00% 139
North West -13 89 £70,000 +12.00% 58
Midlands +19 78 £65,000 -3.89% 62
Yorkshire -49 46 £73,000 +12.31% 60
East Midlands +10 39 £59,500 -8.46% 30
West Midlands +13 37 £70,000 +1.00% 30
South West -49 27 £68,500 -4.85% 81
Scotland -69 20 £70,000 - 20
Wales -15 15 £73,801 +168.37% 24
East of England +21 14 £65,000 -5.45% 56
North East 0 12 £62,500 -9.82% 22
Northern Ireland -6 12 £77,500 +0.45% 6
GCP
UK

GCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 24 (5.16%) Apache Spark
2 15 (3.23%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.94%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.94%) Skype for Business
4 8 (1.72%) Apache
5 6 (1.29%) IIS
6 5 (1.08%) nginx
7 2 (0.43%) WordPress
8 1 (0.22%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.22%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.22%) CMS
8 1 (0.22%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.22%) SAS
8 1 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.22%) Strapi
8 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.43%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.65%) Shopify
3 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.22%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 395 (84.95%) Azure
2 376 (80.86%) AWS
3 68 (14.62%) SaaS
4 35 (7.53%) AWS CloudFormation
5 33 (7.10%) GitHub
6 32 (6.88%) Microsoft 365
7 31 (6.67%) Serverless
8 29 (6.24%) dbt
9 24 (5.16%) Azure DevOps
9 24 (5.16%) GitHub Actions
10 23 (4.95%) Power Platform
11 20 (4.30%) Amazon ECS
12 19 (4.09%) Snowflake
13 16 (3.44%) Amazon ECR
13 16 (3.44%) PaaS
13 16 (3.44%) Pulumi
14 15 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
15 14 (3.01%) Azure Monitor
16 13 (2.80%) Entra ID
17 10 (2.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 40 (8.60%) Firewall
2 39 (8.39%) DNS
3 28 (6.02%) TCP/IP
4 25 (5.38%) DHCP
5 20 (4.30%) VPN
6 11 (2.37%) LAN
6 11 (2.37%) WAN
7 10 (2.15%) Network Security
8 9 (1.94%) Skype
9 7 (1.51%) MPLS
9 7 (1.51%) Wireless
10 6 (1.29%) BGP
11 4 (0.86%) HTTP
11 4 (0.86%) SSL
12 3 (0.65%) AMQP
12 3 (0.65%) Broadband
12 3 (0.65%) SAN
12 3 (0.65%) Software-Defined Networking
13 2 (0.43%) Internet
13 2 (0.43%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (11.61%) BigQuery
2 42 (9.03%) Data Warehouse
2 42 (9.03%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (7.53%) MySQL
4 33 (7.10%) NoSQL
5 24 (5.16%) MongoDB
6 23 (4.95%) SQL Server
7 21 (4.52%) Power BI
8 19 (4.09%) Elasticsearch
8 19 (4.09%) Redis
9 17 (3.66%) Amazon RDS
10 16 (3.44%) Big Data
10 16 (3.44%) Tableau
11 12 (2.58%) Looker
12 11 (2.37%) Amazon Redshift
12 11 (2.37%) Hadoop
13 9 (1.94%) DTS
13 9 (1.94%) DynamoDB
14 8 (1.72%) Data Lake
14 8 (1.72%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 39 (8.39%) Git
2 32 (6.88%) Jenkins
3 27 (5.81%) GitLab
4 13 (2.80%) JIRA
5 5 (1.08%) git-flow
6 4 (0.86%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.86%) CircleCI
7 3 (0.65%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.65%) MLflow
8 2 (0.43%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.43%) Burp Suite
8 2 (0.43%) Metasploit
8 2 (0.43%) MSTest
8 2 (0.43%) NUnit
8 2 (0.43%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.43%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.43%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.43%) SpecFlow
8 2 (0.43%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.43%) TestNG
General
1 145 (31.18%) Social Skills
2 91 (19.57%) Finance
3 84 (18.06%) Marketing
4 74 (15.91%) Law
5 33 (7.10%) Retail
6 32 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (4.09%) Public Sector
8 17 (3.66%) Manufacturing
9 16 (3.44%) Legal
10 12 (2.58%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.51%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.29%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.08%) Electronics
13 5 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.86%) Banking
15 3 (0.65%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.43%) Automotive
16 2 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.43%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 119 (25.59%) Senior
2 105 (22.58%) Architect
3 95 (20.43%) Developer
4 46 (9.89%) Lead
5 36 (7.74%) Cloud Architect
5 36 (7.74%) Senior Developer
6 33 (7.10%) Software Developer
7 30 (6.45%) GCP Architect
7 30 (6.45%) Support Engineer
8 28 (6.02%) Data Architect
8 28 (6.02%) Full-Stack Developer
8 28 (6.02%) Senior Architect
9 27 (5.81%) DevOps Engineer
9 27 (5.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 25 (5.38%) Engineering Manager
11 23 (4.95%) Software Engineer
11 23 (4.95%) Solutions Architect
12 22 (4.73%) .NET Developer
13 21 (4.52%) .NET Software Developer
13 21 (4.52%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (12.47%) React
2 49 (10.54%) .NET
2 49 (10.54%) RESTful
3 34 (7.31%) CSS
4 33 (7.10%) Node.js
5 32 (6.88%) HTML
6 25 (5.38%) Django
7 23 (4.95%) Kafka
8 17 (3.66%) RabbitMQ
9 16 (3.44%) AngularJS
10 15 (3.23%) Spring Boot
11 14 (3.01%) Spring
11 14 (3.01%) Vue
12 10 (2.15%) FastAPI
12 10 (2.15%) REST
12 10 (2.15%) scikit-learn
13 9 (1.94%) Laravel
13 9 (1.94%) NumPy
13 9 (1.94%) Pandas
14 8 (1.72%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 76 (16.34%) Cloud Native
2 25 (5.38%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (4.09%) Onboarding
4 18 (3.87%) Product Ownership
5 16 (3.44%) Data Centre
5 16 (3.44%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.37%) Linux Command Line
6 11 (2.37%) Video Conferencing
7 9 (1.94%) CMDB
7 9 (1.94%) Marketing Technology
8 7 (1.51%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.08%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.08%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.08%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.86%) Digital Media
11 4 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (0.86%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 58 (12.47%) Linux
2 52 (11.18%) Windows
3 21 (4.52%) Unix
4 20 (4.30%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.94%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.86%) CentOS
8 3 (0.65%) Debian
8 3 (0.65%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.43%) VMS
10 1 (0.22%) Android
10 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.22%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (36.13%) CI/CD
2 163 (35.05%) DevOps
3 154 (33.12%) Agile
4 123 (26.45%) Problem-Solving
5 114 (24.52%) Roadmaps
6 104 (22.37%) Continuous Improvement
7 98 (21.08%) Mentoring
8 97 (20.86%) Containerisation
8 97 (20.86%) Infrastructure as Code
9 95 (20.43%) AI
10 75 (16.13%) Data Science
11 73 (15.70%) Analytics
12 68 (14.62%) Software Engineering
13 64 (13.76%) Machine Learning
14 57 (12.26%) Microservices
15 51 (10.97%) Data Engineering
15 51 (10.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 50 (10.75%) Data Pipeline
16 50 (10.75%) Observability
17 47 (10.11%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 168 (36.13%) Python
2 78 (16.77%) SQL
3 71 (15.27%) JavaScript
4 70 (15.05%) Java
5 57 (12.26%) TypeScript
6 38 (8.17%) PowerShell
7 35 (7.53%) C#
8 31 (6.67%) Go
9 21 (4.52%) Bash
10 17 (3.66%) PHP
11 10 (2.15%) Scala
12 9 (1.94%) T-SQL
13 8 (1.72%) R
14 4 (0.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.65%) C++
16 2 (0.43%) C
16 2 (0.43%) Elixir
16 2 (0.43%) Erlang
17 1 (0.22%) Bicep
17 1 (0.22%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 63 (13.55%) Security Cleared
2 49 (10.54%) SC Cleared
3 38 (8.17%) Degree
4 25 (5.38%) DV Cleared
5 23 (4.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (2.37%) AWS Certification
7 10 (2.15%) CISSP
7 10 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (1.51%) A+ Certification
8 7 (1.51%) MCP
9 6 (1.29%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.29%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 5 (1.08%) CISM
11 4 (0.86%) CEH
11 4 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.65%) CCSP
12 3 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 2 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.17%) Data Quality
2 31 (6.67%) QA
3 20 (4.30%) GDPR
4 16 (3.44%) NIST
5 14 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.51%) SOC 2
7 5 (1.08%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.08%) SLA
8 4 (0.86%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.86%) GRC
9 3 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.65%) NCSC
10 2 (0.43%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 119 (25.59%) Docker
2 39 (8.39%) Active Directory
3 15 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.86%) vSphere
6 3 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.43%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.22%) Firmware
8 1 (0.22%) HDFS
8 1 (0.22%) KVM
Systems Management
1 130 (27.96%) Kubernetes
2 90 (19.35%) Terraform
3 50 (10.75%) Ansible
4 36 (7.74%) Grafana
5 30 (6.45%) Prometheus
6 11 (2.37%) Nagios
7 10 (2.15%) AWS Copilot
8 9 (1.94%) ZABBIX
9 5 (1.08%) Puppet
10 3 (0.65%) cPanel
10 3 (0.65%) Plesk
11 2 (0.43%) Argo
11 2 (0.43%) Control-M
11 2 (0.43%) Docker Swarm
11 2 (0.43%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.43%) Nmap
11 2 (0.43%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.43%) Rancher
11 2 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.22%) Nessus
Vendors
1 152 (32.69%) Google
2 47 (10.11%) Microsoft
3 17 (3.66%) Databricks
3 17 (3.66%) VMware
4 15 (3.23%) Red Hat
4 15 (3.23%) SolarWinds
5 11 (2.37%) Zoho
6 10 (2.15%) Citrix
6 10 (2.15%) Dynatrace
6 10 (2.15%) Oracle
6 10 (2.15%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.94%) BMC
7 9 (1.94%) Darktrace
7 9 (1.94%) Proofpoint
7 9 (1.94%) Tanium
7 9 (1.94%) Trend Micro
8 8 (1.72%) HubSpot
8 8 (1.72%) Splunk
9 7 (1.51%) Palantir
9 7 (1.51%) ServiceNow