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

 6 months to
21 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 47 77
Rank change year-on-year -15 +30 -38
Permanent jobs citing GCP 696 969 1,246
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.71% 6.47% 3.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.76% 16.05% 8.90%
Number of salaries quoted 347 519 1,062
10th Percentile £52,775 £51,698 £48,750
25th Percentile £63,493 £65,000 £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 £115,000 £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 7,129 6,036 13,994
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.97% 40.27% 43.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4,872 4,401 11,914
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,272 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £79,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £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 21 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 43 (6.18%) Apache Airflow
2 26 (3.74%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.01%) Confluence
4 5 (0.72%) Apache
5 3 (0.43%) CMS
5 3 (0.43%) Palantir Foundry
5 3 (0.43%) SAS
6 2 (0.29%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.14%) Camunda
7 1 (0.14%) Drupal
7 1 (0.14%) IIS
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.14%) nginx
7 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.14%) Strapi
7 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.43%) Chatbot
1 3 (0.43%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (3.45%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.29%) Shopify
4 1 (0.14%) Magento
4 1 (0.14%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 566 (81.32%) AWS
2 411 (59.05%) Azure
3 84 (12.07%) SaaS
4 67 (9.63%) Amazon EKS
5 31 (4.45%) Snowflake
6 28 (4.02%) dbt
6 28 (4.02%) Serverless
7 24 (3.45%) Power Platform
7 24 (3.45%) Vertex AI
8 21 (3.02%) Entra ID
9 20 (2.87%) GitHub
10 19 (2.73%) Dagster
10 19 (2.73%) Google Analytics
11 18 (2.59%) Cloud Run
12 16 (2.30%) Azure Machine Learning
12 16 (2.30%) Figma
12 16 (2.30%) PaaS
13 15 (2.16%) Amazon ECS
13 15 (2.16%) Cloud Functions
14 14 (2.01%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 92 (13.22%) Broadband
2 22 (3.16%) Network Security
3 19 (2.73%) Firewall
4 16 (2.30%) WAN
5 15 (2.16%) DNS
6 13 (1.87%) LAN
7 10 (1.44%) SD-WAN
8 9 (1.29%) TCP/IP
9 8 (1.15%) Internet
9 8 (1.15%) VPN
10 7 (1.01%) LTE
10 7 (1.01%) SSL
11 5 (0.72%) DHCP
11 5 (0.72%) Wireless
12 4 (0.57%) Fibre Channel
12 4 (0.57%) iSCSI
12 4 (0.57%) MQTT
13 3 (0.43%) Modbus
13 3 (0.43%) Software-Defined Networking
13 3 (0.43%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (13.51%) BigQuery
2 55 (7.90%) PostgreSQL
3 37 (5.32%) Metadata
4 36 (5.17%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (5.17%) NoSQL
5 27 (3.88%) Looker
6 25 (3.59%) MongoDB
7 24 (3.45%) Semantic Layer
8 23 (3.30%) Data Lake
9 22 (3.16%) Elasticsearch
10 20 (2.87%) Tableau
11 18 (2.59%) Amazon Redshift
11 18 (2.59%) Power BI
12 14 (2.01%) Relational Database
13 10 (1.44%) Apache Iceberg
13 10 (1.44%) Delta Lake
13 10 (1.44%) Pinecone
14 9 (1.29%) Weaviate
15 8 (1.15%) SQL Server
16 7 (1.01%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 54 (7.76%) TeamCity
2 36 (5.17%) Git
3 18 (2.59%) Jenkins
4 17 (2.44%) JIRA
5 16 (2.30%) CircleCI
5 16 (2.30%) GitLab
6 12 (1.72%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.72%) MLflow
7 7 (1.01%) Storybook
8 3 (0.43%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.43%) Subversion
9 2 (0.29%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.29%) TestRail
9 2 (0.29%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.14%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.14%) Gatling
10 1 (0.14%) Maven
10 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.14%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.14%) webpack
General
1 181 (26.01%) Social Skills
2 176 (25.29%) Finance
3 160 (22.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 147 (21.12%) Law
5 112 (16.09%) Banking
6 92 (13.22%) Retail
7 76 (10.92%) Public Sector
8 52 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
9 41 (5.89%) Back Office
9 41 (5.89%) Financial Institution
10 27 (3.88%) Legal
11 20 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (2.44%) Front Office
13 13 (1.87%) Telecoms
14 11 (1.58%) Marketing
15 9 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (1.01%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
18 5 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
19 3 (0.43%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 199 (28.59%) Senior
2 151 (21.70%) Software Engineer
3 113 (16.24%) Architect
4 65 (9.34%) Lead
5 56 (8.05%) Data Engineer
6 54 (7.76%) Developer
7 53 (7.61%) Analyst
8 41 (5.89%) Cloud Engineer
9 40 (5.75%) Consultant
10 35 (5.03%) Senior Software Engineer
11 32 (4.60%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 31 (4.45%) Lead Software Engineer
12 31 (4.45%) Solutions Architect
13 30 (4.31%) Scala Engineer
14 29 (4.17%) Data Architect
15 28 (4.02%) Senior Analyst
15 28 (4.02%) Senior Architect
16 24 (3.45%) Senior Consultant
17 22 (3.16%) Principal Engineer
17 22 (3.16%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (11.35%) React
2 64 (9.20%) Node.js
3 54 (7.76%) gRPC
4 52 (7.47%) Kafka
5 30 (4.31%) REST
6 29 (4.17%) Django
7 24 (3.45%) .NET
8 23 (3.30%) RESTful
9 18 (2.59%) Redux
10 17 (2.44%) Spring
11 16 (2.30%) LangChain
12 15 (2.16%) FastAPI
12 15 (2.16%) PyTorch
12 15 (2.16%) React Native
12 15 (2.16%) TensorFlow
12 15 (2.16%) Vue
13 14 (2.01%) Playwright
13 14 (2.01%) Spring Boot
14 13 (1.87%) AngularJS
14 13 (1.87%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 183 (26.29%) Cloud Native
2 83 (11.93%) Distributed Systems
3 75 (10.78%) Product Ownership
4 46 (6.61%) Over-the-Top Content
4 46 (6.61%) Video\Live Streaming
5 27 (3.88%) Blog
6 26 (3.74%) Distributed Architecture
6 26 (3.74%) Security Posture
7 25 (3.59%) Public Cloud
8 24 (3.45%) Data Structures
9 23 (3.30%) Onboarding
10 22 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
11 19 (2.73%) Management Information System
12 17 (2.44%) Social Media
13 16 (2.30%) AI Agents
13 16 (2.30%) Fixed Income
14 15 (2.16%) Mobile App
15 10 (1.44%) Cyberattack
15 10 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
16 8 (1.15%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.74%) Linux
2 21 (3.02%) Android
3 17 (2.44%) Apple iOS
4 16 (2.30%) Windows
5 7 (1.01%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.72%) Unix
7 1 (0.14%) CentOS
7 1 (0.14%) Debian
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (40.66%) CI/CD
2 251 (36.06%) Software Engineering
3 202 (29.02%) Agile
4 183 (26.29%) Mentoring
5 174 (25.00%) AI
6 165 (23.71%) DevOps
7 162 (23.28%) Microservices
8 149 (21.41%) Containerisation
9 135 (19.40%) Machine Learning
10 134 (19.25%) Clean Code
10 134 (19.25%) Roadmaps
11 124 (17.82%) Coaching
11 124 (17.82%) Test Automation
12 111 (15.95%) Continuous Improvement
13 109 (15.66%) Technical Leadership
14 103 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
15 94 (13.51%) Infrastructure as Code
16 89 (12.79%) Analytics
17 88 (12.64%) Data Science
18 69 (9.91%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 254 (36.49%) Python
2 174 (25.00%) Java
3 112 (16.09%) Go
4 101 (14.51%) SQL
5 86 (12.36%) JavaScript
6 66 (9.48%) TypeScript
7 65 (9.34%) Scala
8 19 (2.73%) C#
8 19 (2.73%) C++
9 17 (2.44%) Bash
10 14 (2.01%) Rust
11 8 (1.15%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.72%) C
13 4 (0.57%) PHP
14 3 (0.43%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.43%) Perl
14 3 (0.43%) Ruby
15 2 (0.29%) R
15 2 (0.29%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.14%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 105 (15.09%) Degree
2 96 (13.79%) Security Cleared
3 78 (11.21%) SC Cleared
4 38 (5.46%) AWS Certification
5 30 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (4.17%) CISSP
7 27 (3.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 16 (2.30%) CREST Certified
8 16 (2.30%) OSCP
9 15 (2.16%) CISM
10 13 (1.87%) Azure Certification
11 11 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (1.29%) DV Cleared
13 7 (1.01%) GIAC
13 7 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.86%) CCSP
14 6 (0.86%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 5 (0.72%) CCNP
15 5 (0.72%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.17%) Data Quality
2 33 (4.74%) Accessibility
3 29 (4.17%) NIST
3 29 (4.17%) QA
4 25 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (2.73%) GDPR
6 16 (2.30%) GRC
7 9 (1.29%) SOC 2
8 8 (1.15%) NCSC
9 7 (1.01%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 5 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.57%) PMO
13 3 (0.43%) SLA
14 2 (0.29%) COBIT
14 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.29%) SEPA
14 2 (0.29%) SOC 1
14 2 (0.29%) WCAG
15 1 (0.14%) Def Stans
System Software
1 161 (23.13%) Docker
2 13 (1.87%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (1.58%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.57%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.57%) vSphere
5 1 (0.14%) Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 160 (22.99%) Kubernetes
2 156 (22.41%) Terraform
3 72 (10.34%) Grafana
4 38 (5.46%) Ansible
5 16 (2.30%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.72%) Podman
7 11 (1.58%) Puppet
8 10 (1.44%) Istio
9 5 (0.72%) Argo
9 5 (0.72%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.57%) Avamar
10 4 (0.57%) Dell DRAC
10 4 (0.57%) EMC NetWorker
10 4 (0.57%) EMC VPLEX
10 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.57%) VxRail
11 3 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.29%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.29%) Opsgenie
12 2 (0.29%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 142 (20.40%) Google
2 92 (13.22%) Microsoft
3 45 (6.47%) Typelevel
4 34 (4.89%) Adobe
5 26 (3.74%) Databricks
6 25 (3.59%) Apple
7 24 (3.45%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.87%) Palantir
9 12 (1.72%) SAP
10 11 (1.58%) Salesforce
10 11 (1.58%) VMware
11 10 (1.44%) OpenAI
11 10 (1.44%) Oracle
12 8 (1.15%) Atlassian
12 8 (1.15%) Cisco
12 8 (1.15%) Confluent
12 8 (1.15%) Foundry
13 7 (1.01%) Dell
14 5 (0.72%) ForgeRock
14 5 (0.72%) Okta
377 hybrid/remote GCP jobs