GCP Job Trends in Wakefield

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wakefield requiring GCP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - +26
Permanent jobs citing GCP 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Wakefield 1.30% - 3.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.00% - 9.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,750 - £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 - £85,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +100.00%
75th Percentile £57,250 - £87,500
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £70,576
% change year-on-year +3.45% +2.73% +3.01%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Wakefield

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 Wakefield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 25 11 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wakefield 32.47% 37.93% 36.94%
Number of salaries quoted 13 7 35
10th Percentile - £38,600 -
25th Percentile £32,500 £47,500 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £53,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% +76.67% -32.58%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,250 £59,750
90th Percentile £82,000 £83,000 £63,750
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% -4.35%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

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

GCP job vacancy trend in Wakefield

GCP
Salary Trend in Wakefield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing GCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wakefield citing GCP

GCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Metadata Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google