GCP Jobs in the North West

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for GCP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited GCP over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 19 61
Rank change year-on-year -78 +42 +18
Permanent jobs citing GCP 252 775 483
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.36% 10.49% 5.02%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.16% 24.07% 11.69%
Number of salaries quoted 146 205 211
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £39,905
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £86,250 £80,625
90th Percentile £86,875 £105,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.34%

All Cloud Skills
North West

GCP is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,519 3,220 4,130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 32.98% 43.57% 42.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,719 1,849 2,628
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,972 £30,266
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £86,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +4.17%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing GCP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for GCP in the North West

GCP
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing GCP in the North West.

Salary trend for GCP in the North West

GCP
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing GCP in the North West over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for GCP in the North West

GCP
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GCP within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Manchester -49 195 £67,500 +8.00% 53
Cheshire -36 24 £35,000 -63.16% 2
Merseyside -51 14 £57,500 -30.30% 2
Lancashire -47 13 £75,313 +36.93% 7
Cumbria - 6 - -
GCP
England

GCP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 27 (10.71%) Apache Spark
2 19 (7.54%) Apache
3 15 (5.95%) Confluence
4 13 (5.16%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (4.76%) IIS
6 2 (0.79%) nginx
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.79%) Adobe XD
1 2 (0.79%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 164 (65.08%) AWS
2 163 (64.68%) Azure
3 33 (13.10%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (13.10%) SaaS
4 24 (9.52%) GitHub
5 19 (7.54%) AWS CloudFormation
6 18 (7.14%) Power Platform
7 14 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
7 14 (5.56%) Serverless
8 13 (5.16%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (5.16%) OpenShift
9 12 (4.76%) AWS Lambda
10 11 (4.37%) Amazon EKS
11 10 (3.97%) dbt
12 8 (3.17%) Snowflake
13 7 (2.78%) Google Analytics
14 6 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
14 6 (2.38%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 5 (1.98%) Cloud Composer
15 5 (1.98%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (10.71%) Firewall
2 18 (7.14%) WAN
3 14 (5.56%) DNS
4 12 (4.76%) DHCP
4 12 (4.76%) iSCSI
4 12 (4.76%) SAN
4 12 (4.76%) SD-WAN
5 11 (4.37%) AMQP
6 7 (2.78%) Network Security
7 6 (2.38%) HTTP
7 6 (2.38%) LAN
7 6 (2.38%) TCP/IP
7 6 (2.38%) Wireless
8 5 (1.98%) Remote Desktop
8 5 (1.98%) VPN
9 4 (1.59%) BGP
9 4 (1.59%) DMVPN
9 4 (1.59%) IPsec
9 4 (1.59%) OSPF
9 4 (1.59%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (24.21%) BigQuery
2 49 (19.44%) Looker
3 26 (10.32%) Big Data
4 18 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (7.14%) Power BI
5 15 (5.95%) Hadoop
5 15 (5.95%) NoSQL
6 14 (5.56%) Relational Database
7 13 (5.16%) MySQL
8 12 (4.76%) SQL Server
9 11 (4.37%) Cloudera CDH
9 11 (4.37%) Tableau
10 10 (3.97%) Data Lake
11 9 (3.57%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (2.38%) DB2
13 5 (1.98%) Airbyte
13 5 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
14 3 (1.19%) MongoDB
15 2 (0.79%) Metadata
16 1 (0.40%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 18 (7.14%) Git
2 17 (6.75%) JIRA
3 13 (5.16%) GitLab
4 12 (4.76%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.38%) Spinnaker
6 3 (1.19%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.79%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.79%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.79%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.40%) Maven
8 1 (0.40%) PHPUnit
General
1 54 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 51 (20.24%) Finance
3 46 (18.25%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
4 18 (7.14%) Retail
5 15 (5.95%) Banking
6 11 (4.37%) Aerospace
7 6 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.38%) Legal
8 4 (1.59%) Marketing
8 4 (1.59%) Publishing
9 3 (1.19%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.79%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.40%) Automotive
11 1 (0.40%) Games
11 1 (0.40%) Law
11 1 (0.40%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 54 (21.43%) Senior
2 52 (20.63%) Architect
3 46 (18.25%) Data Engineer
4 36 (14.29%) Platform Engineer
5 32 (12.70%) Software Engineer
6 31 (12.30%) Principal Data Engineer
6 31 (12.30%) Principal Engineer
7 28 (11.11%) Developer
8 27 (10.71%) Lead
9 20 (7.94%) Cloud Architect
10 19 (7.54%) Senior Developer
11 17 (6.75%) Solutions Architect
12 15 (5.95%) Data Scientist
13 13 (5.16%) Cloud Engineer
13 13 (5.16%) Data Architect
14 12 (4.76%) Infrastructure Manager
14 12 (4.76%) Senior Data Scientist
15 11 (4.37%) DevOps Engineer
15 11 (4.37%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
16 10 (3.97%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (15.48%) React
2 27 (10.71%) Node.js
3 19 (7.54%) AngularJS
4 16 (6.35%) REST
5 15 (5.95%) Spring
6 14 (5.56%) .NET
6 14 (5.56%) Kafka
6 14 (5.56%) RESTful
7 13 (5.16%) RabbitMQ
8 12 (4.76%) Spring Boot
9 11 (4.37%) gRPC
9 11 (4.37%) Material-UI
9 11 (4.37%) OpenAPI
9 11 (4.37%) Swagger
10 10 (3.97%) CSS
11 9 (3.57%) Laravel
11 9 (3.57%) Web Services
12 7 (2.78%) .NET Framework
13 6 (2.38%) HTML
13 6 (2.38%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 39 (15.48%) Self-Motivation
2 32 (12.70%) Public Cloud
3 25 (9.92%) Cloud Native
4 18 (7.14%) Product Ownership
5 14 (5.56%) PKI
6 12 (4.76%) PMI
7 11 (4.37%) Mainframe
7 11 (4.37%) Onboarding
8 9 (3.57%) PropTech
9 8 (3.17%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (2.78%) Blockchain
10 7 (2.78%) Video\Live Streaming
11 6 (2.38%) Algorithms
11 6 (2.38%) Mobile App
11 6 (2.38%) NFT
11 6 (2.38%) Web3
12 5 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (1.98%) IoT
13 4 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
14 3 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 42 (16.67%) Linux
2 20 (7.94%) Windows
3 12 (4.76%) CentOS
4 11 (4.37%) Debian
4 11 (4.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (4.37%) Ubuntu
5 7 (2.78%) Windows Server
6 6 (2.38%) Android
6 6 (2.38%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.59%) Unix
8 2 (0.79%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.40%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (57.54%) Agile
2 81 (32.14%) Mentoring
3 63 (25.00%) DevOps
4 61 (24.21%) Problem-Solving
5 60 (23.81%) Data Engineering
6 55 (21.83%) Data Science
7 54 (21.43%) Platform Engineering
8 48 (19.05%) Software Engineering
9 47 (18.65%) Data Pipeline
10 37 (14.68%) CI/CD
11 35 (13.89%) Infrastructure as Code
11 35 (13.89%) Project Management
12 32 (12.70%) Scrum
13 31 (12.30%) Analytics
14 30 (11.90%) Change Management
14 30 (11.90%) Data Governance
15 29 (11.51%) Configuration Management
15 29 (11.51%) DataOps
16 28 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 28 (11.11%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 88 (34.92%) Python
2 60 (23.81%) SQL
3 43 (17.06%) JavaScript
4 38 (15.08%) Java
5 21 (8.33%) C#
6 18 (7.14%) PowerShell
7 11 (4.37%) PHP
8 10 (3.97%) TypeScript
9 9 (3.57%) Bash
9 9 (3.57%) Go
10 6 (2.38%) Scala
11 5 (1.98%) Perl
11 5 (1.98%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.59%) R
13 3 (1.19%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.79%) Groovy
14 2 (0.79%) Julia
14 2 (0.79%) Ruby
15 1 (0.40%) C++
15 1 (0.40%) Rust
Qualifications
1 30 (11.90%) Degree
2 18 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 16 (6.35%) AWS Certification
4 13 (5.16%) Computer Science Degree
4 13 (5.16%) SC Cleared
5 12 (4.76%) DV Cleared
5 12 (4.76%) PMI Certification
6 10 (3.97%) Azure Certification
6 10 (3.97%) Master's Degree
7 8 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (2.38%) CCNA
9 4 (1.59%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.79%) CISM
10 2 (0.79%) CISSP
10 2 (0.79%) Citrix Certification
10 2 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.79%) OCP
10 2 (0.79%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.79%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (15.08%) GDPR
2 14 (5.56%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.38%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.59%) QA
5 3 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.19%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.19%) SLA
6 2 (0.79%) NIST
System Software
1 29 (11.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (9.13%) Docker
3 18 (7.14%) Active Directory
4 10 (3.97%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.40%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.40%) vSphere
5 1 (0.40%) XenApp
5 1 (0.40%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 48 (19.05%) Kubernetes
1 48 (19.05%) Terraform
2 29 (11.51%) Ansible
3 19 (7.54%) Puppet
4 12 (4.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 12 (4.76%) Opsgenie
4 12 (4.76%) VxRail
4 12 (4.76%) ZABBIX
5 7 (2.78%) Progress Chef
6 4 (1.59%) Grafana
6 4 (1.59%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.79%) Rundeck
8 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.40%) Nagios
8 1 (0.40%) SCCM
8 1 (0.40%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 120 (47.62%) Google
2 45 (17.86%) Microsoft
3 29 (11.51%) VMware
4 16 (6.35%) Cisco
5 12 (4.76%) Dell
5 12 (4.76%) Fortinet
5 12 (4.76%) NetApp
5 12 (4.76%) Red Hat
5 12 (4.76%) SolarWinds
6 11 (4.37%) IBM
6 11 (4.37%) SaltStack
7 10 (3.97%) Oracle
7 10 (3.97%) Teradata
8 6 (2.38%) Citrix
9 4 (1.59%) Confluent
9 4 (1.59%) Juniper
10 3 (1.19%) Apple
10 3 (1.19%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.19%) Databricks
10 3 (1.19%) Splunk