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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 64 64
Rank change year-on-year -8 0 -23
Permanent jobs citing GCP 821 821 961
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.42% 5.05% 4.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.36% 14.13% 10.04%
Number of salaries quoted 463 405 707
10th Percentile £52,500 £49,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £61,542 £65,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,500 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.13% -4.74% +18.75%
75th Percentile £93,125 £132,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £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 8,775 5,812 9,567
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.60% 35.78% 40.78%
Number of salaries quoted 6,435 4,193 6,772
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,770
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £86,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% 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 11 September 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 10 (1.22%) Apache Airflow
1 10 (1.22%) Apache Spark
2 9 (1.10%) Apache
3 8 (0.97%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.61%) Confluence
5 4 (0.49%) Camunda
6 3 (0.37%) WordPress
7 2 (0.24%) CMS
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.12%) Appian
8 1 (0.12%) Drupal
8 1 (0.12%) IIS
8 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.12%) nginx
8 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 15 (1.83%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.24%) Weka
4 1 (0.12%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (2.92%) Cloudability
2 3 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.12%) Magento
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 664 (80.88%) AWS
2 527 (64.19%) Azure
3 100 (12.18%) SaaS
4 64 (7.80%) Amazon EKS
5 36 (4.38%) Power Platform
6 35 (4.26%) GitHub
7 33 (4.02%) Cloud Run
8 25 (3.05%) dbt
8 25 (3.05%) Serverless
9 24 (2.92%) AWS CloudFormation
10 23 (2.80%) GitHub Actions
11 22 (2.68%) Cloud Functions
11 22 (2.68%) Google Analytics
11 22 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
12 20 (2.44%) Snowflake
13 19 (2.31%) Anthropic Claude
14 18 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
15 17 (2.07%) Datadog
15 17 (2.07%) Firebase
16 16 (1.95%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 61 (7.43%) Broadband
2 37 (4.51%) Network Security
3 20 (2.44%) Firewall
3 20 (2.44%) TCP/IP
4 17 (2.07%) WAN
5 11 (1.34%) SD-WAN
5 11 (1.34%) VPN
6 9 (1.10%) LAN
7 6 (0.73%) DNS
7 6 (0.73%) Fibre Channel
7 6 (0.73%) HTTP
7 6 (0.73%) iSCSI
8 5 (0.61%) BGP
9 4 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (0.49%) LTE
9 4 (0.49%) SSH
9 4 (0.49%) Wireless
10 3 (0.37%) Internet
10 3 (0.37%) MPLS
10 3 (0.37%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (7.43%) BigQuery
2 48 (5.85%) PostgreSQL
3 42 (5.12%) NoSQL
4 34 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (4.14%) Power BI
5 28 (3.41%) MongoDB
6 23 (2.80%) Looker
6 23 (2.80%) SQL Server
7 20 (2.44%) Data Lake
8 19 (2.31%) Semantic Layer
9 17 (2.07%) Pinecone
9 17 (2.07%) Relational Database
9 17 (2.07%) Tableau
10 16 (1.95%) Chroma
10 16 (1.95%) Metadata
11 10 (1.22%) MySQL
12 9 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (0.85%) Metadata Repository
14 5 (0.61%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.61%) Redis
Development Applications
1 58 (7.06%) TeamCity
2 53 (6.46%) Git
3 42 (5.12%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.83%) JIRA
5 13 (1.58%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.46%) CircleCI
7 8 (0.97%) GitLab
8 5 (0.61%) JUnit
9 4 (0.49%) Maven
10 3 (0.37%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.37%) Mockito
10 3 (0.37%) Postman
10 3 (0.37%) Selenium
10 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.24%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.24%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.24%) ERwin
11 2 (0.24%) Subversion
11 2 (0.24%) TestRail
11 2 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 246 (29.96%) Social Skills
2 223 (27.16%) Finance
3 191 (23.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 142 (17.30%) Law
5 134 (16.32%) Banking
6 103 (12.55%) Retail
7 94 (11.45%) Public Sector
8 75 (9.14%) Analytical Skills
9 55 (6.70%) Back Office
9 55 (6.70%) Financial Institution
10 38 (4.63%) Presentation Skills
11 25 (3.05%) Marketing
12 23 (2.80%) Legal
13 8 (0.97%) Telecoms
14 7 (0.85%) Advertising
15 5 (0.61%) French Language
15 5 (0.61%) Games
15 5 (0.61%) Legal Technology
16 4 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 234 (28.50%) Senior
2 182 (22.17%) Software Engineer
3 140 (17.05%) Architect
4 69 (8.40%) Lead
5 68 (8.28%) Cloud Engineer
6 55 (6.70%) Analyst
7 47 (5.72%) Python Engineer
8 45 (5.48%) GCP Engineer
9 42 (5.12%) Developer
10 40 (4.87%) Data Engineer
11 36 (4.38%) Solutions Architect
12 34 (4.14%) Senior Software Engineer
13 33 (4.02%) Senior Analyst
14 31 (3.78%) Senior Architect
15 30 (3.65%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 29 (3.53%) Site Reliability Engineer
17 28 (3.41%) Site Engineer
18 27 (3.29%) Security Architect
19 26 (3.17%) Consultant
19 26 (3.17%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (25.09%) Terraform
2 77 (9.38%) React
3 56 (6.82%) Node.js
4 46 (5.60%) REST
5 38 (4.63%) LangChain
6 35 (4.26%) .NET
7 30 (3.65%) Spring
8 28 (3.41%) Kafka
9 26 (3.17%) PyTorch
10 23 (2.80%) LangGraph
10 23 (2.80%) OAuth
11 22 (2.68%) RESTful
11 22 (2.68%) Spring Boot
12 21 (2.56%) FastAPI
12 21 (2.56%) Middleware
12 21 (2.56%) TensorFlow
13 19 (2.31%) gRPC
14 18 (2.19%) Django
14 18 (2.19%) OpenID
14 18 (2.19%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 218 (26.55%) Cloud Native
2 87 (10.60%) Product Ownership
3 83 (10.11%) Distributed Systems
4 50 (6.09%) AI Agents
5 27 (3.29%) Distributed Architecture
6 24 (2.92%) Blog
7 22 (2.68%) Video\Live Streaming
8 20 (2.44%) Public Cloud
8 20 (2.44%) Security Posture
9 18 (2.19%) Over-the-Top Content
10 16 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (1.83%) Data Centre
11 15 (1.83%) Data Structures
12 14 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.71%) Onboarding
13 13 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
13 13 (1.58%) Social Media
14 12 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
15 11 (1.34%) Mobile App
16 10 (1.22%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.97%) Linux
2 18 (2.19%) Unix
3 16 (1.95%) Windows
4 9 (1.10%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.85%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.73%) Android
7 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.12%) CentOS
8 1 (0.12%) Debian
8 1 (0.12%) Solaris
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 340 (41.41%) CI/CD
2 298 (36.30%) Software Engineering
3 262 (31.91%) Mentoring
4 261 (31.79%) AI
5 221 (26.92%) Agile
6 192 (23.39%) DevOps
7 153 (18.64%) Technical Leadership
8 152 (18.51%) Infrastructure as Code
9 142 (17.30%) Microservices
10 140 (17.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 140 (17.05%) Roadmaps
11 136 (16.57%) Test Automation
12 131 (15.96%) Machine Learning
13 129 (15.71%) Containerisation
14 125 (15.23%) Problem-Solving
15 118 (14.37%) Observability
16 112 (13.64%) Clean Code
17 109 (13.28%) Coaching
18 102 (12.42%) Analytics
19 98 (11.94%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 286 (34.84%) Python
2 177 (21.56%) Java
3 131 (15.96%) SQL
4 89 (10.84%) JavaScript
5 65 (7.92%) Go
6 57 (6.94%) TypeScript
7 39 (4.75%) C#
8 28 (3.41%) Scala
9 22 (2.68%) Bash
10 20 (2.44%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.34%) Rust
12 9 (1.10%) C++
13 7 (0.85%) Ruby
14 5 (0.61%) C
14 5 (0.61%) PHP
14 5 (0.61%) R
15 4 (0.49%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.37%) Perl
16 3 (0.37%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 130 (15.83%) Security Cleared
2 112 (13.64%) SC Cleared
3 104 (12.67%) Degree
4 53 (6.46%) AWS Certification
5 32 (3.90%) CISSP
6 29 (3.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 26 (3.17%) CISM
8 22 (2.68%) Azure Certification
8 22 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.58%) DV Cleared
10 11 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.10%) CREST Certified
11 9 (1.10%) OSCP
12 7 (0.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (0.85%) CCSP
13 6 (0.73%) Dell Certification
14 5 (0.61%) CRISC
14 5 (0.61%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.61%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (7.31%) Data Quality
2 38 (4.63%) NIST
3 37 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 29 (3.53%) Accessibility
5 24 (2.92%) NCSC
6 19 (2.31%) GDPR
7 16 (1.95%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 13 (1.58%) QA
9 10 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
10 8 (0.97%) GRC
10 8 (0.97%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.85%) SLA
12 6 (0.73%) PMO
13 5 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 4 (0.49%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.49%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 2 (0.24%) HIPAA
17 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
17 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 164 (19.98%) Docker
2 11 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.97%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.73%) vSphere
6 3 (0.37%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.37%) Firmware
7 2 (0.24%) KVM
Systems Management
1 208 (25.33%) Kubernetes
2 85 (10.35%) Grafana
3 35 (4.26%) Ansible
4 18 (2.19%) Prometheus
5 13 (1.58%) Istio
5 13 (1.58%) Podman
6 11 (1.34%) Puppet
7 6 (0.73%) Avamar
7 6 (0.73%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (0.73%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (0.73%) VxRail
8 5 (0.61%) CASB
8 5 (0.61%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.37%) Argo
10 3 (0.37%) linkerd
11 2 (0.24%) Packer
12 1 (0.12%) QRadar
12 1 (0.12%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 167 (20.34%) Google
2 106 (12.91%) Microsoft
3 33 (4.02%) Adobe
4 26 (3.17%) ServiceNow
5 24 (2.92%) Apple
6 21 (2.56%) Databricks
7 17 (2.07%) Dynatrace
7 17 (2.07%) Typelevel
8 16 (1.95%) Okta
9 15 (1.83%) Informatica
9 15 (1.83%) OpenAI
9 15 (1.83%) Ping Identity
10 13 (1.58%) SAP
10 13 (1.58%) Splunk
10 13 (1.58%) VMware
11 10 (1.22%) Cisco
11 10 (1.22%) Oracle
12 9 (1.10%) New Relic
12 9 (1.10%) Palo Alto
13 7 (0.85%) Dell