Hybrid/Remote GCP Job Trends

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring GCP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 56 67
Rank change year-on-year -11 +11 -32
Permanent jobs citing GCP 810 889 1,017
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.68% 5.40% 3.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.45% 14.72% 9.27%
Number of salaries quoted 454 463 825
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £64,509 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,253 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% -7.84% +15.63%
75th Percentile £94,688 £126,250 £142,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £137,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% -3.03% +3.13%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Work from Home

GCP falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 8,567 6,039 10,969
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.89% 36.69% 41.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6,169 4,456 8,816
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,549 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.00%

GCP
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GCP and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

GCP job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

GCP
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GCP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GCP

GCP
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing GCP over the 6 months to 30 July 2026.

GCP salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

GCP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 23 (2.84%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (1.73%) Apache Spark
3 7 (0.86%) Apache
4 4 (0.49%) Confluence
5 3 (0.37%) Camunda
5 3 (0.37%) CMS
5 3 (0.37%) SAS
6 2 (0.25%) WordPress
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.12%) Appian
7 1 (0.12%) Drupal
7 1 (0.12%) IIS
7 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.12%) nginx
7 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.12%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.12%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (2.96%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.25%) Shopify
4 1 (0.12%) Magento
4 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 645 (79.63%) AWS
2 501 (61.85%) Azure
3 81 (10.00%) SaaS
4 60 (7.41%) Amazon EKS
5 33 (4.07%) Cloud Run
5 33 (4.07%) dbt
6 32 (3.95%) GitHub
6 32 (3.95%) Power Platform
7 29 (3.58%) Serverless
8 25 (3.09%) Snowflake
9 23 (2.84%) AWS CloudFormation
10 22 (2.72%) Cloud Functions
11 21 (2.59%) GitHub Actions
11 21 (2.59%) Google Analytics
12 20 (2.47%) Anthropic Claude
12 20 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
13 19 (2.35%) PaaS
14 17 (2.10%) Amazon ECS
14 17 (2.10%) Entra ID
14 17 (2.10%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 90 (11.11%) Broadband
2 31 (3.83%) Network Security
3 21 (2.59%) TCP/IP
4 19 (2.35%) Firewall
5 17 (2.10%) WAN
6 11 (1.36%) DNS
6 11 (1.36%) LAN
7 10 (1.23%) SD-WAN
8 9 (1.11%) VPN
9 8 (0.99%) LTE
10 7 (0.86%) Internet
11 6 (0.74%) Fibre Channel
11 6 (0.74%) iSCSI
12 5 (0.62%) DHCP
12 5 (0.62%) HTTP
12 5 (0.62%) MQTT
13 4 (0.49%) SSH
14 3 (0.37%) MPLS
14 3 (0.37%) SSL
14 3 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (9.75%) BigQuery
2 56 (6.91%) PostgreSQL
3 33 (4.07%) Data Warehouse
3 33 (4.07%) NoSQL
4 30 (3.70%) Power BI
5 29 (3.58%) MongoDB
6 25 (3.09%) Data Lake
6 25 (3.09%) Looker
7 23 (2.84%) Semantic Layer
8 20 (2.47%) Metadata
8 20 (2.47%) SQL Server
9 19 (2.35%) Relational Database
10 18 (2.22%) Pinecone
11 14 (1.73%) Amazon Redshift
11 14 (1.73%) Tableau
12 9 (1.11%) Redis
13 8 (0.99%) MySQL
14 7 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.74%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 56 (6.91%) Git
2 50 (6.17%) TeamCity
3 43 (5.31%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.85%) JIRA
5 13 (1.60%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.48%) CircleCI
7 10 (1.23%) GitLab
8 3 (0.37%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.37%) JUnit
8 3 (0.37%) Postman
8 3 (0.37%) Selenium
8 3 (0.37%) TestRail
8 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.37%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.25%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.25%) Maven
9 2 (0.25%) MLflow
9 2 (0.25%) Subversion
10 1 (0.12%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.12%) Gatling
General
1 238 (29.38%) Social Skills
2 210 (25.93%) Finance
3 178 (21.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 141 (17.41%) Law
5 112 (13.83%) Banking
6 86 (10.62%) Retail
7 82 (10.12%) Public Sector
8 67 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
9 43 (5.31%) Back Office
9 43 (5.31%) Financial Institution
10 33 (4.07%) Presentation Skills
11 23 (2.84%) Legal
12 18 (2.22%) Marketing
13 16 (1.98%) Front Office
14 7 (0.86%) Legal Technology
14 7 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.74%) Advertising
15 6 (0.74%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.62%) Games
16 5 (0.62%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 227 (28.02%) Senior
2 179 (22.10%) Software Engineer
3 126 (15.56%) Architect
4 81 (10.00%) Lead
5 65 (8.02%) Cloud Engineer
6 63 (7.78%) Developer
7 55 (6.79%) Analyst
8 52 (6.42%) Data Engineer
9 44 (5.43%) GCP Engineer
10 41 (5.06%) Python Engineer
11 40 (4.94%) Solutions Architect
12 34 (4.20%) Lead Software Engineer
13 33 (4.07%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 33 (4.07%) Senior Software Engineer
14 32 (3.95%) Senior Analyst
15 31 (3.83%) Consultant
15 31 (3.83%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 27 (3.33%) Senior Architect
17 25 (3.09%) Senior Manager
18 24 (2.96%) Scala Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (11.23%) React
2 64 (7.90%) Node.js
3 46 (5.68%) Kafka
3 46 (5.68%) REST
4 40 (4.94%) gRPC
5 37 (4.57%) LangChain
6 29 (3.58%) .NET
7 28 (3.46%) Django
8 27 (3.33%) Spring
9 24 (2.96%) FastAPI
9 24 (2.96%) OAuth
10 23 (2.84%) LangGraph
11 21 (2.59%) Spring Boot
12 20 (2.47%) OpenID
12 20 (2.47%) PyTorch
13 19 (2.35%) RESTful
13 19 (2.35%) TensorFlow
14 18 (2.22%) AngularJS
14 18 (2.22%) SAML
14 18 (2.22%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 214 (26.42%) Cloud Native
2 90 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
3 82 (10.12%) Product Ownership
4 44 (5.43%) AI Agents
5 40 (4.94%) Video\Live Streaming
6 37 (4.57%) Over-the-Top Content
7 24 (2.96%) Security Posture
8 23 (2.84%) Distributed Architecture
8 23 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
9 21 (2.59%) Data Structures
9 21 (2.59%) Public Cloud
10 19 (2.35%) Management Information System
10 19 (2.35%) Social Media
11 18 (2.22%) Onboarding
12 17 (2.10%) Blog
13 16 (1.98%) Fixed Income
14 14 (1.73%) Mobile App
15 13 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
16 12 (1.48%) Data Centre
17 10 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 51 (6.30%) Linux
2 19 (2.35%) Unix
3 18 (2.22%) Windows
4 9 (1.11%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.86%) Android
5 7 (0.86%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) CentOS
6 1 (0.12%) Debian
6 1 (0.12%) Solaris
6 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (41.85%) CI/CD
2 300 (37.04%) Software Engineering
3 243 (30.00%) Mentoring
4 231 (28.52%) Agile
5 228 (28.15%) AI
6 186 (22.96%) DevOps
7 160 (19.75%) Microservices
8 153 (18.89%) Containerisation
9 143 (17.65%) Infrastructure as Code
10 140 (17.28%) Roadmaps
11 139 (17.16%) Machine Learning
12 137 (16.91%) Test Automation
13 134 (16.54%) Technical Leadership
14 130 (16.05%) Continuous Improvement
15 128 (15.80%) Problem-Solving
16 125 (15.43%) Clean Code
17 124 (15.31%) Coaching
18 105 (12.96%) Observability
19 97 (11.98%) Analytics
20 86 (10.62%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 311 (38.40%) Python
2 173 (21.36%) Java
3 123 (15.19%) SQL
4 105 (12.96%) JavaScript
5 90 (11.11%) Go
6 63 (7.78%) TypeScript
7 52 (6.42%) Scala
8 33 (4.07%) C#
9 20 (2.47%) Bash
10 16 (1.98%) Rust
11 15 (1.85%) C++
11 15 (1.85%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.74%) Ruby
13 5 (0.62%) C
13 5 (0.62%) R
14 4 (0.49%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.49%) PHP
15 3 (0.37%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.37%) Perl
15 3 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 128 (15.80%) Security Cleared
2 110 (13.58%) Degree
2 110 (13.58%) SC Cleared
3 46 (5.68%) AWS Certification
4 35 (4.32%) CISSP
5 29 (3.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 25 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (2.84%) CISM
8 18 (2.22%) Azure Certification
9 12 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.36%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.23%) CREST Certified
11 10 (1.23%) OSCP
12 6 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (0.74%) CCSP
12 6 (0.74%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.74%) Dell Certification
13 5 (0.62%) CCIE
13 5 (0.62%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.30%) Data Quality
2 38 (4.69%) NIST
3 32 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 30 (3.70%) Accessibility
5 24 (2.96%) QA
6 21 (2.59%) GDPR
7 18 (2.22%) NCSC
8 13 (1.60%) GRC
8 13 (1.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 9 (1.11%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.74%) PMO
12 4 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 4 (0.49%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.49%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.49%) SLA
12 4 (0.49%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.25%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (0.25%) SEPA
System Software
1 183 (22.59%) Docker
2 15 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.99%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.74%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.74%) vSphere
6 2 (0.25%) KVM
7 1 (0.12%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 188 (23.21%) Kubernetes
2 186 (22.96%) Terraform
3 73 (9.01%) Grafana
4 37 (4.57%) Ansible
5 17 (2.10%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.85%) Istio
7 14 (1.73%) Puppet
8 13 (1.60%) Podman
9 6 (0.74%) Avamar
9 6 (0.74%) Dell DRAC
9 6 (0.74%) EMC NetWorker
9 6 (0.74%) EMC VPLEX
9 6 (0.74%) VxRail
10 5 (0.62%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.62%) CASB
10 5 (0.62%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.37%) linkerd
13 2 (0.25%) Argo
13 2 (0.25%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 157 (19.38%) Google
2 103 (12.72%) Microsoft
3 36 (4.44%) Typelevel
4 27 (3.33%) Adobe
5 25 (3.09%) ServiceNow
6 24 (2.96%) Apple
7 20 (2.47%) Databricks
8 18 (2.22%) Okta
9 15 (1.85%) SAP
9 15 (1.85%) VMware
10 14 (1.73%) Ping Identity
11 12 (1.48%) Oracle
12 11 (1.36%) Dynatrace
12 11 (1.36%) Informatica
13 10 (1.23%) Splunk
14 9 (1.11%) ForgeRock
15 8 (0.99%) Cisco
15 8 (0.99%) Confluent
15 8 (0.99%) Dell
16 7 (0.86%) Veeam