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 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 54 45
Rank change year-on-year -27 -9 +13
Permanent jobs citing GCP 490 970 1,311
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.24% 4.84% 6.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.88% 10.86% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 379 684 1,066
10th Percentile £47,300 £57,500 £46,306
25th Percentile £65,625 £70,000 £60,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £87,500 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +9.88% +6.18%
75th Percentile £130,000 £116,250 £97,290
90th Percentile £142,500 £147,500 £130,000
UK median annual salary £77,500 £82,500 £79,632
% change year-on-year -6.06% +3.60% +0.08%

All Cloud 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 5,521 8,931 10,151
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.50% 44.55% 47.69%
Number of salaries quoted 4,114 5,849 8,692
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £82,241 £84,964 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -0.53%

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 24 November 2025.

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 72 (14.69%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (3.06%) Apache Spark
3 12 (2.45%) Apache
4 10 (2.04%) Confluence
5 8 (1.63%) IIS
6 4 (0.82%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.41%) Luigi
7 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.41%) WordPress
8 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.20%) MetaMask
8 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.61%) Trello
3 1 (0.20%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.82%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.20%) Magento
2 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 436 (88.98%) AWS
2 343 (70.00%) Azure
3 104 (21.22%) SaaS
4 77 (15.71%) dbt
5 49 (10.00%) GitHub
6 34 (6.94%) Power Platform
7 29 (5.92%) GitHub Actions
8 26 (5.31%) AWS CloudFormation
9 19 (3.88%) PaaS
9 19 (3.88%) Serverless
9 19 (3.88%) Snowflake
10 18 (3.67%) Amazon EKS
11 16 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (3.27%) OCI
12 13 (2.65%) IaaS
13 12 (2.45%) Amazon ECS
13 12 (2.45%) Azure Service Bus
14 11 (2.24%) OpenShift
15 10 (2.04%) Fivetran
16 9 (1.84%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 28 (5.71%) Firewall
2 18 (3.67%) VPN
3 15 (3.06%) Network Security
4 13 (2.65%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.04%) DNS
5 10 (2.04%) WAN
6 9 (1.84%) LAN
7 6 (1.22%) BGP
7 6 (1.22%) Broadband
8 5 (1.02%) DHCP
8 5 (1.02%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.82%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.82%) VLAN
10 3 (0.61%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (0.61%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.61%) Kerberos
10 3 (0.61%) OSPF
11 1 (0.20%) DAB
11 1 (0.20%) SAN
11 1 (0.20%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (21.02%) PostgreSQL
2 53 (10.82%) Amazon Athena
3 50 (10.20%) Apache Arrow
3 50 (10.20%) Apache Iceberg
3 50 (10.20%) Dremio
4 46 (9.39%) NoSQL
5 37 (7.55%) Data Warehouse
6 34 (6.94%) BigQuery
7 32 (6.53%) Power BI
8 23 (4.69%) Tableau
9 22 (4.49%) MongoDB
10 20 (4.08%) SQL Server
11 17 (3.47%) Data Lake
12 16 (3.27%) MySQL
13 13 (2.65%) Elasticsearch
13 13 (2.65%) Metadata
13 13 (2.65%) Redis
14 10 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
15 8 (1.63%) Looker
16 7 (1.43%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 34 (6.94%) Git
2 25 (5.10%) GitLab
3 21 (4.29%) Jenkins
4 20 (4.08%) JIRA
5 18 (3.67%) TeamCity
6 6 (1.22%) Subversion
7 5 (1.02%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.02%) git-flow
8 4 (0.82%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.82%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.82%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.82%) ERwin
8 4 (0.82%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.61%) JUnit
9 3 (0.61%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.41%) MLflow
10 2 (0.41%) Mocha
10 2 (0.41%) Mockito
10 2 (0.41%) webpack
11 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
General
1 198 (40.41%) Finance
2 161 (32.86%) Social Skills
3 62 (12.65%) Front Office
4 49 (10.00%) Retail
5 45 (9.18%) Law
6 42 (8.57%) Banking
7 41 (8.37%) Analytical Skills
8 33 (6.73%) Telecoms
9 30 (6.12%) Financial Institution
10 28 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (5.10%) Public Sector
12 23 (4.69%) Back Office
13 22 (4.49%) Marketing
14 20 (4.08%) Legal
15 16 (3.27%) Manufacturing
16 14 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (1.43%) Electronics
18 7 (1.43%) Tech for Good
19 6 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 138 (28.16%) Developer
2 121 (24.69%) Senior
3 111 (22.65%) Software Engineer
4 76 (15.51%) Architect
5 62 (12.65%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 56 (11.43%) Python Engineer
7 53 (10.82%) AWS Engineer
8 51 (10.41%) Lead
9 50 (10.20%) AWS Developer
9 50 (10.20%) AWS Software Engineer
10 49 (10.00%) Python Software Engineer
11 46 (9.39%) Python Developer
12 35 (7.14%) Engineering Manager
12 35 (7.14%) Full-Stack Developer
13 34 (6.94%) Software Developer
14 31 (6.33%) .NET Developer
15 30 (6.12%) .NET Software Developer
15 30 (6.12%) Solutions Architect
16 27 (5.51%) Data Engineer
17 26 (5.31%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (27.14%) React
2 100 (20.41%) Node.js
3 74 (15.10%) .NET
4 71 (14.49%) Vue
5 68 (13.88%) AngularJS
6 61 (12.45%) Kafka
7 60 (12.24%) Pandas
8 55 (11.22%) NumPy
9 50 (10.20%) SciPy
10 40 (8.16%) RESTful
11 23 (4.69%) Django
12 22 (4.49%) REST
13 21 (4.29%) RabbitMQ
14 20 (4.08%) CSS
15 19 (3.88%) Redux
16 18 (3.67%) HTML
17 16 (3.27%) FastAPI
17 16 (3.27%) Spring Boot
18 15 (3.06%) Flask
18 15 (3.06%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 99 (20.20%) Cloud Native
2 62 (12.65%) Fixed Income
3 56 (11.43%) Equities
3 56 (11.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 51 (10.41%) Distributed Systems
5 26 (5.31%) Management Information System
5 26 (5.31%) Product Ownership
6 24 (4.90%) Public Cloud
7 12 (2.45%) Algorithms
8 10 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (2.04%) Private Cloud
9 9 (1.84%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.63%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.63%) Distributed Architecture
10 8 (1.63%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.43%) Blog
12 6 (1.22%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.22%) Reinsurance
13 5 (1.02%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 38 (7.76%) Linux
2 30 (6.12%) Windows
3 18 (3.67%) Unix
4 7 (1.43%) Android
5 6 (1.22%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.82%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.41%) CentOS
7 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (42.86%) Agile
2 179 (36.53%) CI/CD
2 179 (36.53%) Software Engineering
3 150 (30.61%) DevOps
4 124 (25.31%) AI
5 97 (19.80%) Problem-Solving
6 95 (19.39%) Microservices
7 87 (17.76%) Roadmaps
8 86 (17.55%) Infrastructure as Code
9 78 (15.92%) Fintech
10 77 (15.71%) Mentoring
11 69 (14.08%) Containerisation
12 64 (13.06%) Computer Science
13 62 (12.65%) Investment Management
14 61 (12.45%) Analytics
15 59 (12.04%) Risk Management
16 58 (11.84%) Asset Management
17 56 (11.43%) Order Management
18 55 (11.22%) Continuous Improvement
19 53 (10.82%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 192 (39.18%) Python
2 143 (29.18%) TypeScript
3 129 (26.33%) JavaScript
4 101 (20.61%) Java
4 101 (20.61%) SQL
5 50 (10.20%) C#
6 26 (5.31%) Go
7 20 (4.08%) Bash
8 14 (2.86%) PowerShell
9 12 (2.45%) Scala
10 9 (1.84%) PHP
10 9 (1.84%) R
11 7 (1.43%) Kotlin
11 7 (1.43%) T-SQL
12 5 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.61%) C++
13 3 (0.61%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.41%) Bicep
14 2 (0.41%) Ruby
15 1 (0.20%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 72 (14.69%) Degree
2 48 (9.80%) Computer Science Degree
3 43 (8.78%) Security Cleared
4 36 (7.35%) SC Cleared
5 24 (4.90%) Azure Certification
6 22 (4.49%) AWS Certification
7 14 (2.86%) Master's Degree
8 12 (2.45%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (1.63%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.63%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (1.22%) OSCP
12 5 (1.02%) PhD
13 4 (0.82%) CREST Certified
13 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.82%) OSCE
14 3 (0.61%) CCNP
14 3 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.61%) CISSP
14 3 (0.61%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.12%) GDPR
2 26 (5.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (3.88%) Data Quality
4 16 (3.27%) NIST
5 14 (2.86%) QA
6 11 (2.24%) SOC 2
7 9 (1.84%) GRC
8 8 (1.63%) Accessibility
8 8 (1.63%) HIPAA
9 7 (1.43%) PCI DSS
10 6 (1.22%) EU AI Act
11 5 (1.02%) SLA
12 4 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 2 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.41%) ISO 14001
14 2 (0.41%) ISO 26262
14 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 95 (19.39%) Docker
2 12 (2.45%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.61%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.41%) Firmware
5 2 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.20%) HDFS
6 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 124 (25.31%) Kubernetes
2 90 (18.37%) Terraform
3 46 (9.39%) Ansible
4 34 (6.94%) Grafana
5 21 (4.29%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.22%) Argo
7 5 (1.02%) Puppet
7 5 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.82%) Cilium
8 4 (0.82%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.82%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.61%) cPanel
9 3 (0.61%) Plesk
10 2 (0.41%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.20%) Icinga
11 1 (0.20%) Nagios
11 1 (0.20%) Nmap
11 1 (0.20%) Rancher
11 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 104 (21.22%) Google
2 30 (6.12%) Microsoft
3 18 (3.67%) Databricks
4 11 (2.24%) Talend
5 9 (1.84%) Alteryx
5 9 (1.84%) Informatica
5 9 (1.84%) Oracle
5 9 (1.84%) SAP
5 9 (1.84%) VMware
5 9 (1.84%) Zoho
6 8 (1.63%) IBM
7 6 (1.22%) Atlassian
7 6 (1.22%) Cisco
8 5 (1.02%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.02%) Sage
8 5 (1.02%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.02%) Splunk
8 5 (1.02%) Xamarin
9 4 (0.82%) Ericsson
9 4 (0.82%) Nokia