GCP Architect Jobs

Google Cloud Platform Architect
UK

The median Google Cloud Platform Architect salary in the UK is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 704 894 867
Rank change year-on-year +190 -27 +218
Permanent jobs requiring a GCP Architect 8 13 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.013% 0.092%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.014% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 49
10th Percentile £91,000 £115,000 £84,000
25th Percentile £92,500 - £95,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £125,000 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +19.05% +5.00%
75th Percentile £122,500 - £115,000
90th Percentile - £147,000 £115,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £90,000 £100,000 £100,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 50,981 94,642 91,089
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.74% 94.70% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,187 67,606 57,639
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £53,059
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.76% +6.12%

GCP Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured GCP Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GCP Architect in the UK

GCP Architect
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GCP Architect.

Salary trend for GCP Architect in the UK

GCP Architect
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCP Architect over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for GCP Architect in the UK

GCP Architect
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCP Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
England +146 7 £95,000 -24.00% 12
London +116 5 £115,000 -8.00% 9
UK excluding London +161 1 £90,000 -10.00% 5
North of England +47 1 £90,000 - 3
North West - 1 £90,000 - 1

GCP Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, GCP Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring GCP Architect in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) GCP
2 5 (62.50%) SQL
3 3 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (37.50%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (37.50%) DNS
3 3 (37.50%) Google
3 3 (37.50%) Load Balancing
3 3 (37.50%) Azure
3 3 (37.50%) AWS
3 3 (37.50%) SaaS
3 3 (37.50%) PaaS
3 3 (37.50%) IaaS
3 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Generative AI
3 3 (37.50%) Contract Negotiation
3 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes
3 3 (37.50%) React
3 3 (37.50%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (37.50%) Docker
3 3 (37.50%) DevOps
3 3 (37.50%) Machine Learning
3 3 (37.50%) BigQuery
3 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
4 2 (25.00%) Big Data
4 2 (25.00%) ArchiMate
4 2 (25.00%) Microservices
4 2 (25.00%) Spring Boot
4 2 (25.00%) Target Operating Model
4 2 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap

GCP Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (12.50%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) GCP
2 3 (37.50%) AWS
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) IaaS
2 3 (37.50%) PaaS
2 3 (37.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) BigQuery
1 3 (37.50%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (25.00%) Big Data
2 2 (25.00%) NoSQL
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) React
2 2 (25.00%) Spring
2 2 (25.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (25.00%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (25.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
1 3 (37.50%) Contract Negotiation
1 3 (37.50%) DevOps
1 3 (37.50%) Generative AI
1 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (37.50%) Load Balancing
1 3 (37.50%) Machine Learning
2 2 (25.00%) ArchiMate
2 2 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
2 2 (25.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (25.00%) Data Transformation
2 2 (25.00%) Event-Driven
2 2 (25.00%) Kanban
2 2 (25.00%) Microservices
2 2 (25.00%) MODAF
2 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 2 (25.00%) Target Operating Model
2 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) Java
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Google
2 2 (25.00%) YouTube