GCP Jobs in the UK excluding London

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring GCP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited GCP over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 125 51
Rank change year-on-year +6 -74 +43
Permanent jobs citing GCP 1,024 1,589 3,358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.58% 2.12% 5.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.83% 6.61% 15.07%
Number of salaries quoted 443 866 1,267
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,625 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £48,250 £48,420
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £64,656
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +0.53% +3.45%
75th Percentile £90,000 £81,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £98,474 £96,250 £98,100
UK median annual salary £82,500 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.45% -3.13% -

All Cloud 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 8,654 24,030 22,280
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 21.81% 32.09% 38.87%
Number of salaries quoted 5,753 17,653 13,381
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,450 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,650 £70,125
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -11.54% +4.00%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GCP in the UK excluding London

GCP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GCP in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for GCP in the UK excluding London

GCP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 2025. 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 of England -4 438 £75,000 +15.27% 281
North West +15 330 £78,810 +16.76% 186
South East +39 179 £65,000 +5.26% 116
Scotland +43 147 £74,870 +9.30% 80
Midlands -2 112 £65,000 - 106
Yorkshire -9 96 £75,000 +15.27% 76
South West +1 88 £70,996 +7.79% 81
West Midlands +6 65 £65,000 -10.96% 77
East of England +35 52 £50,000 -9.09% 48
East Midlands +21 47 £65,000 +18.18% 28
North East +9 12 £58,250 -22.33% 20
Northern Ireland +29 6 - - 31
Wales -2 5 £70,000 +12.00% 22
Isle of Man +7 1 £34,500 -25.81%
Channel Islands - 1 £45,000 - 42
GCP
UK

GCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 191 (18.65%) Confluence
2 22 (2.15%) Apache Spark
3 11 (1.07%) Apache
3 11 (1.07%) Umbraco
4 9 (0.88%) CMS
5 7 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.49%) Headless CMS
7 5 (0.49%) SAS
8 4 (0.39%) nginx
9 3 (0.29%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.29%) WordPress
10 2 (0.20%) Luigi
10 2 (0.20%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.20%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.20%) WebSphere Application Server
11 1 (0.098%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.098%) Drupal
11 1 (0.098%) IIS
11 1 (0.098%) Joomla!
Applications
1 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.59%) Chatbot
2 6 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.098%) Cloudability
1 1 (0.098%) Magento
1 1 (0.098%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 848 (82.81%) Azure
2 839 (81.93%) AWS
3 104 (10.16%) Serverless
4 75 (7.32%) AWS Lambda
5 45 (4.39%) Snowflake
6 36 (3.52%) GitHub
6 36 (3.52%) SaaS
7 34 (3.32%) Power Platform
8 23 (2.25%) OpenShift
8 23 (2.25%) PaaS
9 22 (2.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 21 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
11 20 (1.95%) dbt
12 18 (1.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 15 (1.46%) Azure Machine Learning
13 15 (1.46%) IaaS
14 14 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
15 13 (1.27%) Amazon ECS
15 13 (1.27%) Cloud Composer
16 12 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 71 (6.93%) Broadband
2 30 (2.93%) TCP/IP
3 28 (2.73%) Firewall
4 27 (2.64%) DNS
5 22 (2.15%) Network Security
6 20 (1.95%) DHCP
7 18 (1.76%) VPN
8 11 (1.07%) SAN
9 8 (0.78%) BGP
9 8 (0.78%) LAN
9 8 (0.78%) NAS
9 8 (0.78%) OSPF
9 8 (0.78%) WAN
10 7 (0.68%) VLAN
11 6 (0.59%) Remote Desktop
11 6 (0.59%) SMTP
12 5 (0.49%) VSAN
13 4 (0.39%) 5G
14 3 (0.29%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 3 (0.29%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 182 (17.77%) SQL Server
2 86 (8.40%) NoSQL
3 80 (7.81%) MySQL
4 63 (6.15%) BigQuery
5 55 (5.37%) MongoDB
6 53 (5.18%) PostgreSQL
7 49 (4.79%) Data Warehouse
8 39 (3.81%) Data Lake
9 33 (3.22%) Metadata
10 32 (3.13%) Power BI
11 29 (2.83%) Big Data
12 21 (2.05%) Tableau
13 18 (1.76%) Cloud Spanner
14 16 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
14 16 (1.56%) Hadoop
14 16 (1.56%) Looker
15 15 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
16 13 (1.27%) Redis
17 12 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
18 11 (1.07%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 206 (20.12%) JIRA
2 181 (17.68%) Sonatype Nexus
3 180 (17.58%) SonarQube
4 179 (17.48%) GitLab
5 169 (16.50%) Maven
6 167 (16.31%) Cucumber
7 163 (15.92%) Selenium
8 161 (15.72%) Bitbucket
9 125 (12.21%) Git
10 60 (5.86%) Jenkins
11 15 (1.46%) webpack
12 14 (1.37%) JUnit
13 12 (1.17%) Cypress.io
14 11 (1.07%) Oracle Forms
15 6 (0.59%) IBM UrbanCode
16 5 (0.49%) CircleCI
16 5 (0.49%) JMeter
16 5 (0.49%) Mockito
16 5 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
17 4 (0.39%) TeamCity
General
1 432 (42.19%) Finance
2 367 (35.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 335 (32.71%) Banking
4 212 (20.70%) Social Skills
5 165 (16.11%) Analytical Skills
6 82 (8.01%) Law
7 35 (3.42%) Games
8 28 (2.73%) Public Sector
9 27 (2.64%) Retail
10 19 (1.86%) Telecoms
11 17 (1.66%) Legal
11 17 (1.66%) Marketing
12 14 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.68%) Advertising
14 7 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.59%) Tech for Good
16 5 (0.49%) Automotive
16 5 (0.49%) Cantonese Language
16 5 (0.49%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 455 (44.43%) Software Engineer
2 451 (44.04%) Senior
3 220 (21.48%) Senior Software Engineer
4 137 (13.38%) Lead
5 86 (8.40%) Architect
6 79 (7.71%) Developer
7 71 (6.93%) Machine Learning Engineer
8 53 (5.18%) Solutions Architect
9 39 (3.81%) Senior Developer
10 35 (3.42%) Data Engineer
11 28 (2.73%) Cloud Engineer
12 26 (2.54%) DevOps Engineer
13 23 (2.25%) Lead Architect
14 22 (2.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 20 (1.95%) Lead Software Engineer
16 19 (1.86%) Java Engineer
16 19 (1.86%) PHP Developer
17 18 (1.76%) Senior PHP Developer
17 18 (1.76%) Support Engineer
18 17 (1.66%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 263 (25.68%) React
2 255 (24.90%) Node.js
3 227 (22.17%) Spring Boot
4 220 (21.48%) CSS
5 218 (21.29%) Spring
6 209 (20.41%) HTML
7 206 (20.12%) Kafka
8 201 (19.63%) .NET
9 173 (16.89%) Hibernate
10 162 (15.82%) JPA
10 162 (15.82%) Redux
11 50 (4.88%) RESTful
12 39 (3.81%) AngularJS
13 37 (3.61%) LAMP
13 37 (3.61%) Laravel
14 30 (2.93%) OAuth
14 30 (2.93%) REST
15 25 (2.44%) Vue
16 20 (1.95%) PyTorch
16 20 (1.95%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 238 (23.24%) Self-Motivation
2 197 (19.24%) Product Ownership
3 175 (17.09%) Linux Command Line
4 172 (16.80%) Cyberattack
5 161 (15.72%) Enterprise Software
6 68 (6.64%) Public Cloud
7 67 (6.54%) Cloud Native
8 40 (3.91%) Algorithms
9 38 (3.71%) Distributed Systems
10 37 (3.61%) Mobile App
11 33 (3.22%) Management Information System
12 24 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
13 22 (2.15%) Private Cloud
14 13 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
15 11 (1.07%) Clustering
16 9 (0.88%) Credit Risk
16 9 (0.88%) Data Structures
16 9 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
17 7 (0.68%) Data Centre
17 7 (0.68%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 244 (23.83%) Linux
2 40 (3.91%) Windows
3 22 (2.15%) Unix
4 8 (0.78%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.20%) Solaris
6 1 (0.098%) Android
6 1 (0.098%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.098%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.098%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.098%) VMS
6 1 (0.098%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.098%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 615 (60.06%) Agile
2 543 (53.03%) Software Engineering
3 471 (46.00%) Microservices
4 451 (44.04%) CI/CD
5 394 (38.48%) DevOps
6 348 (33.98%) Mentoring
7 321 (31.35%) Machine Learning
8 262 (25.59%) Data Engineering
9 260 (25.39%) Containerisation
10 251 (24.51%) Test Automation
11 247 (24.12%) Clean Code
12 223 (21.78%) TDD
13 217 (21.19%) Cloud Security
14 216 (21.09%) Problem-Solving
15 212 (20.70%) Continuous Improvement
16 209 (20.41%) Full-Stack Development
17 201 (19.63%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 198 (19.34%) SDLC
19 196 (19.14%) Scrum
20 189 (18.46%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 483 (47.17%) Java
2 480 (46.88%) JavaScript
3 456 (44.53%) Python
4 332 (32.42%) SQL
5 208 (20.31%) Go
6 179 (17.48%) C++
7 172 (16.80%) Rust
8 112 (10.94%) TypeScript
9 50 (4.88%) PHP
10 33 (3.22%) PowerShell
11 32 (3.13%) C#
12 29 (2.83%) Bash
13 9 (0.88%) R
14 8 (0.78%) Scala
15 7 (0.68%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.49%) Groovy
17 4 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
18 3 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 3 (0.29%) Ruby
18 3 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 212 (20.70%) Security Cleared
2 200 (19.53%) AWS Certification
3 183 (17.87%) DV Cleared
4 182 (17.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 173 (16.89%) AWS Certified Developer
6 171 (16.70%) Degree
7 68 (6.64%) PhD
8 44 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 34 (3.32%) Master's Degree
10 32 (3.13%) SC Cleared
11 31 (3.03%) Azure Certification
12 19 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (0.88%) A+ Certification
13 9 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
14 8 (0.78%) CISSP
14 8 (0.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 7 (0.68%) MCP
16 6 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
17 5 (0.49%) CCNA
17 5 (0.49%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (19.04%) QA
2 51 (4.98%) Data Quality
3 34 (3.32%) GDPR
4 31 (3.03%) Accessibility
5 13 (1.27%) HIPAA
6 10 (0.98%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 10 (0.98%) NIST
7 9 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.39%) Basel II
8 4 (0.39%) Basel III
8 4 (0.39%) Dodd-Frank
8 4 (0.39%) IFRS
8 4 (0.39%) IFRS 9
8 4 (0.39%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.39%) SLA
9 3 (0.29%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.098%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.098%) GRC
10 1 (0.098%) JTAG
System Software
1 355 (34.67%) Docker
2 22 (2.15%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.37%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.88%) vSphere
6 7 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.59%) BitLocker
7 6 (0.59%) Microsoft App-V
7 6 (0.59%) Terminal Services
8 5 (0.49%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.29%) Firmware
10 3 (0.29%) HDFS
10 3 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.20%) KVM
11 2 (0.20%) NFS
11 2 (0.20%) SRDF
11 2 (0.20%) Veritas Cluster Server
11 2 (0.20%) Xen
12 1 (0.098%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 385 (37.60%) Kubernetes
2 121 (11.82%) Terraform
3 56 (5.47%) Ansible
4 42 (4.10%) Grafana
5 36 (3.52%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.46%) Puppet
7 14 (1.37%) Istio
8 12 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
9 11 (1.07%) Progress Chef
10 8 (0.78%) AWS Copilot
11 7 (0.68%) Nagios
11 7 (0.68%) vCenter Server
12 6 (0.59%) vMotion
13 5 (0.49%) QRadar
14 4 (0.39%) Argo
15 3 (0.29%) Docker Swarm
15 3 (0.29%) SCCM
16 2 (0.20%) Control-M
16 2 (0.20%) FTK
16 2 (0.20%) RSA Security Analytics
Vendors
1 214 (20.90%) Google
2 156 (15.23%) Solace
3 77 (7.52%) Microsoft
4 37 (3.61%) Databricks
5 30 (2.93%) Oracle
6 26 (2.54%) VMware
7 15 (1.46%) Splunk
8 14 (1.37%) OpenAI
9 11 (1.07%) Cisco
9 11 (1.07%) Citrix
10 10 (0.98%) IBM
11 9 (0.88%) Atlassian
11 9 (0.88%) F5
12 8 (0.78%) HP
12 8 (0.78%) Palo Alto
12 8 (0.78%) Twitter
13 7 (0.68%) Symantec
14 5 (0.49%) Dynatrace
15 4 (0.39%) Palantir
15 4 (0.39%) Tealium