Cloud Functions Job Trends

Google Cloud Functions
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Cloud Functions skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	809	642	733
Rank change year-on-year	-167	+91	-5
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Functions	22	8	15
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.018%	0.016%	0.022%
As % of the Cloud Services category	0.082%	0.052%	0.067%
Number of salaries quoted	15	8	2
10^th Percentile	£53,750	£59,875	£75,000
25^th Percentile	£72,500	£66,250	£86,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£75,000	£67,500	£112,500
Median % change year-on-year	+11.11%	-40.00%	+28.57%
75^th Percentile	£83,750	£68,750	£143,750
90^th Percentile	£95,200	-	£158,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£71,250	£45,000	-
% change year-on-year	+58.33%	-	-

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

Cloud Functions 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.

	6 months to 19 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills	26,747	15,465	22,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK	22.34%	31.65%	32.34%
Number of salaries quoted	18,436	10,418	13,688
10^th Percentile	£31,750	£29,000	£35,000
25^th Percentile	£43,750	£37,500	£47,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£62,500	£57,500	£65,000
Median % change year-on-year	+8.70%	-11.54%	+4.00%
75^th Percentile	£83,750	£80,000	£82,500
90^th Percentile	£100,000	£100,000	£102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary	£55,000	£49,000	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+12.24%	-10.91%	-

Cloud Functions Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cloud Functions relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Cloud Functions Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cloud Functions.

Cloud Functions Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Functions over the 6 months to 19 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Cloud Functions in the UK

Cloud Functions Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Functions within the UK over the 6 months to 19 October 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
England	-161	13	£82,500	+22.22%	19
Work from Home	-65	11	£71,250	+58.33%	8
UK excluding London	-131	9	£71,250	+58.33%	11
North of England	-	8	£71,250	-	5
North West	-	8	£71,250	-	4
London	-88	4	£82,500	+22.22%	7
East of England	-43	1	-	-

Cloud Functions Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 October 2026, job vacancies citing Cloud Functions also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads with a requirement for Cloud Functions.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	GCP	100.0%	22
2	CI/CD	86.4%	19
3	Python	59.1%	13
4	Analytics	54.5%	12
4	Cloud Run	54.5%	12
4	Google	54.5%	12
7	Terraform	50.0%	11
8	Data Modelling	45.5%	10
8	TypeScript	45.5%	10
10	BigQuery	40.9%	9
10	Full-Stack Development	40.9%	9
10	Infrastructure as Code	40.9%	9
10	Next.js	40.9%	9
10	React	40.9%	9
10	SQL	40.9%	9
16	AI	36.4%	8
16	API Design	36.4%	8
16	Node.js	36.4%	8
19	AngularJS	31.8%	7
19	Azure	31.8%	7
19	B2B	31.8%	7
19	B2C	31.8%	7
19	Event-Driven	31.8%	7
19	NestJS	31.8%	7
19	Product Strategy	31.8%	7
19	Redis	31.8%	7
19	Technical Debt	31.8%	7
19	Vue	31.8%	7
29	Data Pipeline	27.3%	6
29	Docker	27.3%	6

Cloud Functions Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Cloud Services

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	GCP	100.0%	22
2	Cloud Run	54.5%	12
3	Azure	31.8%	7
4	AWS	22.7%	5
4	Google Kubernetes Engine	22.7%	5
6	GitHub	18.2%	4
6	Google Compute Engine	18.2%	4
8	Dataform	13.6%	3
8	Firebase	13.6%	3
8	Virtual Private Cloud	13.6%	3
11	dbt	9.1%	2
11	GitHub Actions	9.1%	2
11	Google Ads	9.1%	2
11	Google Analytics	9.1%	2
11	Google Data Studio	9.1%	2
11	Google Tag Manager	9.1%	2
11	Serverless	9.1%	2
11	Vercel	9.1%	2
11	Vertex AI	9.1%	2
20	Amazon EC2	4.5%	1