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 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 61 64
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 -27
Permanent jobs citing GCP 823 835 975
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.59% 5.05% 3.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.49% 14.06% 9.71%
Number of salaries quoted 469 413 761
10th Percentile £52,500 £50,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,750 £63,750 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,253 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% -10.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £95,000 £132,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £113,200 £137,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% +6.25%

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 8,673 5,940 10,043
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.88% 35.92% 40.76%
Number of salaries quoted 6,303 4,355 7,809
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,749 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -6.25%

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 18 August 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 13 (1.58%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (1.09%) Apache
2 9 (1.09%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.61%) Confluence
3 5 (0.61%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.49%) Camunda
5 3 (0.36%) CMS
5 3 (0.36%) WordPress
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.12%) Appian
6 1 (0.12%) Drupal
6 1 (0.12%) IIS
6 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.12%) nginx
6 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 9 (1.09%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.12%) Trello
4 1 (0.12%) Weka
Business Applications
1 24 (2.92%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.24%) Shopify
3 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.12%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 658 (79.95%) AWS
2 528 (64.16%) Azure
3 88 (10.69%) SaaS
4 54 (6.56%) Amazon EKS
5 36 (4.37%) GitHub
6 35 (4.25%) Power Platform
7 33 (4.01%) Cloud Run
8 29 (3.52%) Serverless
9 27 (3.28%) dbt
10 24 (2.92%) AWS CloudFormation
11 23 (2.79%) GitHub Actions
12 22 (2.67%) Cloud Functions
13 21 (2.55%) Google Analytics
13 21 (2.55%) Snowflake
14 20 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
15 19 (2.31%) Anthropic Claude
16 17 (2.07%) Firebase
16 17 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
17 16 (1.94%) Entra ID
17 16 (1.94%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 73 (8.87%) Broadband
2 34 (4.13%) Network Security
3 22 (2.67%) Firewall
3 22 (2.67%) TCP/IP
4 19 (2.31%) WAN
5 12 (1.46%) SD-WAN
6 11 (1.34%) LAN
6 11 (1.34%) VPN
7 9 (1.09%) DNS
8 8 (0.97%) LTE
9 7 (0.85%) Internet
10 6 (0.73%) Fibre Channel
10 6 (0.73%) HTTP
10 6 (0.73%) iSCSI
11 5 (0.61%) BGP
12 4 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (0.49%) DHCP
12 4 (0.49%) SSH
12 4 (0.49%) Wireless
13 3 (0.36%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (7.78%) BigQuery
2 48 (5.83%) PostgreSQL
3 38 (4.62%) NoSQL
4 33 (4.01%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (4.01%) Power BI
5 29 (3.52%) MongoDB
6 23 (2.79%) Data Lake
6 23 (2.79%) SQL Server
7 22 (2.67%) Looker
8 20 (2.43%) Semantic Layer
9 19 (2.31%) Relational Database
10 17 (2.07%) Pinecone
10 17 (2.07%) Tableau
11 10 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
11 10 (1.22%) Metadata
11 10 (1.22%) MySQL
12 6 (0.73%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.61%) Data Vault
13 5 (0.61%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.61%) Redis
Development Applications
1 60 (7.29%) Git
2 45 (5.47%) TeamCity
3 43 (5.22%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.94%) JIRA
5 13 (1.58%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.46%) CircleCI
7 9 (1.09%) GitLab
8 4 (0.49%) JUnit
9 3 (0.36%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.36%) Maven
9 3 (0.36%) Postman
9 3 (0.36%) Selenium
9 3 (0.36%) TestRail
9 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.36%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.24%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.24%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.24%) ERwin
10 2 (0.24%) Mockito
10 2 (0.24%) Subversion
General
1 257 (31.23%) Social Skills
2 213 (25.88%) Finance
3 173 (21.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 129 (15.67%) Law
5 108 (13.12%) Banking
6 85 (10.33%) Public Sector
7 83 (10.09%) Retail
8 74 (8.99%) Analytical Skills
9 45 (5.47%) Financial Institution
10 44 (5.35%) Back Office
11 37 (4.50%) Presentation Skills
12 26 (3.16%) Legal
13 24 (2.92%) Marketing
14 8 (0.97%) Front Office
15 7 (0.85%) Advertising
15 7 (0.85%) Legal Technology
15 7 (0.85%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.61%) Games
16 5 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
17 4 (0.49%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 228 (27.70%) Senior
2 177 (21.51%) Software Engineer
3 138 (16.77%) Architect
4 73 (8.87%) Lead
5 67 (8.14%) Cloud Engineer
6 53 (6.44%) Developer
7 51 (6.20%) Analyst
8 49 (5.95%) Python Engineer
9 45 (5.47%) Data Engineer
9 45 (5.47%) GCP Engineer
10 42 (5.10%) Solutions Architect
11 33 (4.01%) Senior Analyst
12 31 (3.77%) Senior Software Engineer
13 29 (3.52%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 29 (3.52%) Consultant
13 29 (3.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 27 (3.28%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 26 (3.16%) Lead Software Engineer
15 26 (3.16%) Site Engineer
16 25 (3.04%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (10.81%) React
2 61 (7.41%) Node.js
3 50 (6.08%) REST
4 37 (4.50%) .NET
5 36 (4.37%) LangChain
6 35 (4.25%) Kafka
7 31 (3.77%) gRPC
8 30 (3.65%) Spring
9 25 (3.04%) OAuth
10 24 (2.92%) FastAPI
11 22 (2.67%) Django
11 22 (2.67%) Spring Boot
12 21 (2.55%) LangGraph
12 21 (2.55%) RESTful
13 20 (2.43%) OpenID
13 20 (2.43%) PyTorch
14 18 (2.19%) AngularJS
14 18 (2.19%) SAML
15 17 (2.07%) Middleware
15 17 (2.07%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 211 (25.64%) Cloud Native
2 88 (10.69%) Distributed Systems
3 80 (9.72%) Product Ownership
4 48 (5.83%) AI Agents
5 32 (3.89%) Video\Live Streaming
6 28 (3.40%) Over-the-Top Content
7 24 (2.92%) Distributed Architecture
8 23 (2.79%) Public Cloud
9 22 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
10 21 (2.55%) Security Posture
11 17 (2.07%) Blog
11 17 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
12 16 (1.94%) Management Information System
12 16 (1.94%) Onboarding
13 15 (1.82%) Data Centre
13 15 (1.82%) Data Structures
14 14 (1.70%) Mobile App
15 13 (1.58%) Social Media
16 12 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
16 12 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 53 (6.44%) Linux
2 18 (2.19%) Unix
3 16 (1.94%) Windows
4 8 (0.97%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.85%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.73%) Android
7 1 (0.12%) CentOS
7 1 (0.12%) Debian
7 1 (0.12%) Solaris
7 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (40.83%) CI/CD
2 303 (36.82%) Software Engineering
3 251 (30.50%) AI
3 251 (30.50%) Mentoring
4 226 (27.46%) Agile
5 189 (22.96%) DevOps
6 156 (18.96%) Infrastructure as Code
7 148 (17.98%) Microservices
8 144 (17.50%) Roadmaps
9 143 (17.38%) Technical Leadership
10 140 (17.01%) Containerisation
11 138 (16.77%) Continuous Improvement
12 135 (16.40%) Machine Learning
13 132 (16.04%) Problem-Solving
14 131 (15.92%) Test Automation
15 115 (13.97%) Observability
16 112 (13.61%) Clean Code
17 111 (13.49%) Coaching
18 104 (12.64%) Analytics
19 87 (10.57%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 301 (36.57%) Python
2 163 (19.81%) Java
3 127 (15.43%) SQL
4 102 (12.39%) JavaScript
5 77 (9.36%) Go
6 66 (8.02%) TypeScript
7 40 (4.86%) C#
8 37 (4.50%) Scala
9 21 (2.55%) Bash
10 18 (2.19%) PowerShell
11 12 (1.46%) Rust
12 9 (1.09%) C++
13 7 (0.85%) Ruby
14 5 (0.61%) C
14 5 (0.61%) PHP
15 4 (0.49%) R
16 3 (0.36%) Objective-C
16 3 (0.36%) Perl
16 3 (0.36%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.36%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 134 (16.28%) Security Cleared
2 116 (14.09%) SC Cleared
3 109 (13.24%) Degree
4 52 (6.32%) AWS Certification
5 33 (4.01%) CISSP
6 29 (3.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 25 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (2.92%) CISM
9 21 (2.55%) Azure Certification
10 14 (1.70%) DV Cleared
11 11 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (1.09%) CREST Certified
12 9 (1.09%) OSCP
13 6 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (0.73%) CCSP
13 6 (0.73%) Dell Certification
14 5 (0.61%) CCIE
14 5 (0.61%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.61%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (6.56%) Data Quality
2 37 (4.50%) NIST
3 33 (4.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 30 (3.65%) Accessibility
5 21 (2.55%) NCSC
6 20 (2.43%) GDPR
6 20 (2.43%) QA
7 14 (1.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 10 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (1.22%) GRC
9 8 (0.97%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.73%) PMO
10 6 (0.73%) SLA
11 5 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 4 (0.49%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.49%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.36%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 178 (21.63%) Docker
2 16 (1.94%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.97%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.73%) vSphere
6 5 (0.61%) Active Directory
7 2 (0.24%) Firmware
7 2 (0.24%) KVM
Systems Management
1 191 (23.21%) Kubernetes
1 191 (23.21%) Terraform
2 69 (8.38%) Grafana
3 36 (4.37%) Ansible
4 16 (1.94%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.82%) Istio
6 13 (1.58%) Podman
7 12 (1.46%) Puppet
8 6 (0.73%) Avamar
8 6 (0.73%) CASB
8 6 (0.73%) Dell DRAC
8 6 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (0.73%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (0.73%) VxRail
9 5 (0.61%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.36%) Argo
11 3 (0.36%) linkerd
12 2 (0.24%) Packer
13 1 (0.12%) QRadar
Vendors
1 170 (20.66%) Google
2 109 (13.24%) Microsoft
3 30 (3.65%) Adobe
4 27 (3.28%) Typelevel
5 25 (3.04%) ServiceNow
6 24 (2.92%) Apple
7 22 (2.67%) Databricks
8 18 (2.19%) Okta
9 15 (1.82%) Dynatrace
9 15 (1.82%) Ping Identity
9 15 (1.82%) SAP
10 14 (1.70%) Informatica
10 14 (1.70%) VMware
11 12 (1.46%) Splunk
12 11 (1.34%) Oracle
13 10 (1.22%) Cisco
14 9 (1.09%) New Relic
14 9 (1.09%) OpenAI
14 9 (1.09%) Palo Alto
15 8 (0.97%) ForgeRock