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 12 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 41 76
Rank change year-on-year -20 +35 -37
Permanent jobs citing GCP 688 1,021 1,247
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.73% 7.02% 3.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.83% 16.36% 8.92%
Number of salaries quoted 355 563 1,065
10th Percentile £52,775 £51,698 £48,750
25th Percentile £63,750 £65,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,253 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £127,500 £137,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £82,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +6.45% -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 6,998 6,242 13,981
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.90% 42.91% 42.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4,791 4,569 11,961
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,751 £79,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £109,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

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 12 May 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 47 (6.83%) Apache Airflow
2 28 (4.07%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.31%) Confluence
4 6 (0.87%) Apache
5 3 (0.44%) Apache Pulsar
5 3 (0.44%) CMS
5 3 (0.44%) Palantir Foundry
5 3 (0.44%) SAS
6 2 (0.29%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.29%) WordPress
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.15%) Camunda
7 1 (0.15%) Drupal
7 1 (0.15%) IIS
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.15%) nginx
7 1 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.15%) Strapi
Applications
1 3 (0.44%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.15%) Notion
3 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (3.49%) Cloudability
2 2 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.29%) Shopify
3 1 (0.15%) Magento
3 1 (0.15%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 565 (82.12%) AWS
2 424 (61.63%) Azure
3 78 (11.34%) SaaS
4 56 (8.14%) Amazon EKS
5 31 (4.51%) Serverless
6 30 (4.36%) dbt
7 29 (4.22%) Snowflake
8 26 (3.78%) GitHub
9 25 (3.63%) Power Platform
10 24 (3.49%) Entra ID
10 24 (3.49%) Vertex AI
11 20 (2.91%) Google Analytics
12 19 (2.76%) Dagster
13 18 (2.62%) AWS CloudFormation
14 17 (2.47%) Cloud Run
15 16 (2.33%) Azure Machine Learning
15 16 (2.33%) Figma
16 15 (2.18%) Cloud Functions
16 15 (2.18%) PaaS
17 14 (2.03%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 88 (12.79%) Broadband
2 21 (3.05%) Network Security
3 19 (2.76%) Firewall
4 16 (2.33%) WAN
5 15 (2.18%) DNS
6 13 (1.89%) LAN
7 10 (1.45%) SD-WAN
8 9 (1.31%) TCP/IP
9 8 (1.16%) Internet
9 8 (1.16%) VPN
10 7 (1.02%) LTE
10 7 (1.02%) SSL
11 5 (0.73%) DHCP
11 5 (0.73%) Wireless
12 4 (0.58%) MQTT
13 3 (0.44%) Fibre Channel
13 3 (0.44%) iSCSI
13 3 (0.44%) Modbus
13 3 (0.44%) Software-Defined Networking
13 3 (0.44%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (13.08%) BigQuery
2 58 (8.43%) PostgreSQL
3 40 (5.81%) NoSQL
4 37 (5.38%) Metadata
5 33 (4.80%) Data Warehouse
6 27 (3.92%) Looker
7 24 (3.49%) MongoDB
8 22 (3.20%) Elasticsearch
9 21 (3.05%) Data Lake
9 21 (3.05%) Tableau
10 19 (2.76%) Power BI
10 19 (2.76%) Semantic Layer
11 18 (2.62%) Amazon Redshift
12 16 (2.33%) Relational Database
13 10 (1.45%) Apache Iceberg
13 10 (1.45%) Delta Lake
13 10 (1.45%) Pinecone
14 9 (1.31%) Weaviate
15 8 (1.16%) SQL Server
16 7 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 43 (6.25%) TeamCity
2 38 (5.52%) Git
3 20 (2.91%) GitLab
4 19 (2.76%) JIRA
5 18 (2.62%) CircleCI
6 16 (2.33%) Jenkins
7 12 (1.74%) Cypress.io
7 12 (1.74%) MLflow
8 7 (1.02%) Storybook
9 6 (0.87%) Subversion
10 5 (0.73%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.29%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.29%) TestRail
11 2 (0.29%) Zephyr
12 1 (0.15%) Burp Suite
12 1 (0.15%) Metasploit
12 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
12 1 (0.15%) Vagrant
12 1 (0.15%) Vite
12 1 (0.15%) webpack
General
1 183 (26.60%) Social Skills
2 169 (24.56%) Finance
3 140 (20.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 133 (19.33%) Law
5 97 (14.10%) Banking
6 79 (11.48%) Retail
7 78 (11.34%) Public Sector
8 54 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
9 32 (4.65%) Back Office
9 32 (4.65%) Financial Institution
10 28 (4.07%) Legal
11 25 (3.63%) Telecoms
12 18 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (2.47%) Front Office
13 17 (2.47%) Marketing
14 12 (1.74%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
18 3 (0.44%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 203 (29.51%) Senior
2 145 (21.08%) Software Engineer
3 106 (15.41%) Architect
4 65 (9.45%) Lead
5 58 (8.43%) Developer
6 55 (7.99%) Data Engineer
7 52 (7.56%) Analyst
8 40 (5.81%) Consultant
9 39 (5.67%) Cloud Engineer
10 34 (4.94%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 32 (4.65%) Senior Software Engineer
12 31 (4.51%) Solutions Architect
13 30 (4.36%) Scala Engineer
14 28 (4.07%) Lead Software Engineer
15 27 (3.92%) Data Architect
15 27 (3.92%) Senior Analyst
16 26 (3.78%) Senior Architect
17 25 (3.63%) Senior Consultant
18 22 (3.20%) Principal Engineer
18 22 (3.20%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (13.08%) React
2 66 (9.59%) Node.js
3 60 (8.72%) Kafka
4 59 (8.58%) gRPC
5 33 (4.80%) REST
6 30 (4.36%) Django
6 30 (4.36%) RESTful
7 25 (3.63%) .NET
8 21 (3.05%) Redux
9 18 (2.62%) React Native
9 18 (2.62%) Vue
10 16 (2.33%) AngularJS
10 16 (2.33%) OAuth
10 16 (2.33%) PyTorch
10 16 (2.33%) Spring
10 16 (2.33%) TensorFlow
11 15 (2.18%) CSS
11 15 (2.18%) FastAPI
11 15 (2.18%) HTML
12 14 (2.03%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 174 (25.29%) Cloud Native
2 88 (12.79%) Distributed Systems
3 71 (10.32%) Product Ownership
4 46 (6.69%) Over-the-Top Content
4 46 (6.69%) Video\Live Streaming
5 28 (4.07%) Distributed Architecture
6 26 (3.78%) Security Posture
7 25 (3.63%) Data Structures
7 25 (3.63%) Public Cloud
8 23 (3.34%) Blog
9 21 (3.05%) Onboarding
10 20 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
11 19 (2.76%) Management Information System
12 17 (2.47%) AI Agents
12 17 (2.47%) Mobile App
12 17 (2.47%) Social Media
13 16 (2.33%) Fixed Income
14 12 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
15 10 (1.45%) Cyberattack
16 8 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.94%) Linux
2 25 (3.63%) Android
3 18 (2.62%) Apple iOS
3 18 (2.62%) Windows
4 7 (1.02%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.87%) Unix
6 1 (0.15%) CentOS
6 1 (0.15%) Debian
6 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (39.97%) CI/CD
2 241 (35.03%) Software Engineering
3 201 (29.22%) Agile
4 179 (26.02%) Mentoring
5 172 (25.00%) AI
6 171 (24.85%) DevOps
7 165 (23.98%) Microservices
8 153 (22.24%) Containerisation
9 133 (19.33%) Machine Learning
10 132 (19.19%) Roadmaps
11 123 (17.88%) Clean Code
12 121 (17.59%) Coaching
13 111 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
14 109 (15.84%) Continuous Improvement
14 109 (15.84%) Test Automation
15 103 (14.97%) Technical Leadership
16 95 (13.81%) Infrastructure as Code
17 91 (13.23%) Analytics
18 90 (13.08%) Data Science
19 78 (11.34%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 251 (36.48%) Python
2 165 (23.98%) Java
3 117 (17.01%) Go
4 98 (14.24%) SQL
5 89 (12.94%) JavaScript
6 69 (10.03%) TypeScript
7 65 (9.45%) Scala
8 22 (3.20%) C++
9 20 (2.91%) C#
10 19 (2.76%) Bash
11 14 (2.03%) Rust
12 11 (1.60%) PowerShell
13 7 (1.02%) PHP
14 5 (0.73%) C
14 5 (0.73%) Ruby
15 3 (0.44%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.44%) Perl
16 2 (0.29%) R
16 2 (0.29%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.15%) Korn
Qualifications
1 116 (16.86%) Degree
2 96 (13.95%) Security Cleared
3 77 (11.19%) SC Cleared
4 42 (6.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 37 (5.38%) AWS Certification
6 28 (4.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 27 (3.92%) CISSP
8 15 (2.18%) CREST Certified
8 15 (2.18%) OSCP
9 14 (2.03%) CISM
10 12 (1.74%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.45%) DV Cleared
12 7 (1.02%) GIAC
12 7 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (0.87%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.73%) CCIE
14 5 (0.73%) GPEN
14 5 (0.73%) ISACA
14 5 (0.73%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.94%) Accessibility
2 31 (4.51%) Data Quality
3 29 (4.22%) QA
4 26 (3.78%) NIST
5 23 (3.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (2.91%) GDPR
7 16 (2.33%) GRC
8 9 (1.31%) SOC 2
9 7 (1.02%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.87%) NCSC
11 5 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.44%) PMO
12 3 (0.44%) SLA
13 2 (0.29%) COBIT
13 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.29%) SEPA
13 2 (0.29%) SOC 1
13 2 (0.29%) WCAG
14 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
System Software
1 169 (24.56%) Docker
2 13 (1.89%) Active Directory
2 13 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.44%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.44%) vSphere
4 1 (0.15%) Firmware
4 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 155 (22.53%) Kubernetes
2 147 (21.37%) Terraform
3 64 (9.30%) Grafana
4 41 (5.96%) Ansible
5 19 (2.76%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.74%) Podman
6 12 (1.74%) Puppet
7 9 (1.31%) Argo
7 9 (1.31%) Istio
8 5 (0.73%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.44%) Avamar
10 3 (0.44%) Dell DRAC
10 3 (0.44%) EMC NetWorker
10 3 (0.44%) EMC VPLEX
10 3 (0.44%) VxRail
11 2 (0.29%) cPanel
11 2 (0.29%) Opsgenie
11 2 (0.29%) Plesk
Vendors
1 141 (20.49%) Google
2 88 (12.79%) Microsoft
3 45 (6.54%) Typelevel
4 34 (4.94%) Adobe
5 26 (3.78%) Apple
6 25 (3.63%) Databricks
7 24 (3.49%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.89%) Palantir
9 12 (1.74%) SAP
10 11 (1.60%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.45%) Atlassian
11 10 (1.45%) OpenAI
11 10 (1.45%) VMware
12 8 (1.16%) Cisco
12 8 (1.16%) Confluent
12 8 (1.16%) Foundry
12 8 (1.16%) Oracle
13 6 (0.87%) Dell
14 5 (0.73%) Okta
14 5 (0.73%) Splunk