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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 62 65
Rank change year-on-year -11 +3 -23
Permanent jobs citing GCP 817 815 966
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.34% 5.01% 4.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.35% 14.04% 10.09%
Number of salaries quoted 469 406 695
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £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 £93,750 £136,250 £142,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £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 8,738 5,805 9,572
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.71% 35.68% 40.95%
Number of salaries quoted 6,410 4,185 6,564
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,659 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £82,500 £86,250
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 20 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 12 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (1.22%) Apache
2 10 (1.22%) Apache Spark
3 8 (0.98%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.61%) Confluence
5 3 (0.37%) Camunda
5 3 (0.37%) WordPress
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.12%) Appian
6 1 (0.12%) CMS
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 15 (1.84%) 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 (2.94%) Cloudability
2 3 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.12%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 658 (80.54%) AWS
2 519 (63.53%) Azure
3 110 (13.46%) SaaS
4 70 (8.57%) Amazon EKS
5 38 (4.65%) GitHub
6 37 (4.53%) Power Platform
7 28 (3.43%) dbt
8 26 (3.18%) Cloud Run
9 25 (3.06%) AWS CloudFormation
9 25 (3.06%) GitHub Actions
10 24 (2.94%) Serverless
10 24 (2.94%) Snowflake
11 23 (2.82%) Google Analytics
12 22 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
13 19 (2.33%) Anthropic Claude
14 18 (2.20%) Firebase
15 17 (2.08%) Datadog
16 16 (1.96%) Cloud Functions
17 15 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
17 15 (1.84%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 42 (5.14%) Broadband
2 36 (4.41%) Network Security
3 19 (2.33%) TCP/IP
4 18 (2.20%) Firewall
5 14 (1.71%) WAN
6 10 (1.22%) VPN
7 9 (1.10%) SD-WAN
8 6 (0.73%) Fibre Channel
8 6 (0.73%) HTTP
8 6 (0.73%) iSCSI
8 6 (0.73%) LAN
9 5 (0.61%) BGP
9 5 (0.61%) DNS
10 4 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.49%) LTE
10 4 (0.49%) SSH
11 3 (0.37%) Internet
11 3 (0.37%) MPLS
11 3 (0.37%) OSPF
11 3 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (7.83%) BigQuery
2 53 (6.49%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (4.28%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (4.28%) NoSQL
3 35 (4.28%) Power BI
4 26 (3.18%) Looker
5 24 (2.94%) SQL Server
6 22 (2.69%) MongoDB
7 20 (2.45%) Semantic Layer
8 19 (2.33%) Data Lake
9 18 (2.20%) Metadata
10 17 (2.08%) Pinecone
10 17 (2.08%) Relational Database
10 17 (2.08%) Tableau
11 16 (1.96%) Chroma
12 10 (1.22%) MySQL
13 9 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.86%) Metadata Repository
15 6 (0.73%) Redis
16 5 (0.61%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 71 (8.69%) TeamCity
2 51 (6.24%) Git
3 42 (5.14%) Jenkins
4 12 (1.47%) JIRA
5 10 (1.22%) GitLab
6 7 (0.86%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.73%) CircleCI
8 5 (0.61%) JUnit
9 4 (0.49%) Maven
10 3 (0.37%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.37%) Claude Code
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%) MLflow
11 2 (0.24%) Subversion
General
1 245 (29.99%) Social Skills
2 231 (28.27%) Finance
3 202 (24.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 157 (19.22%) Law
5 146 (17.87%) Banking
6 118 (14.44%) Retail
7 94 (11.51%) Public Sector
8 74 (9.06%) Analytical Skills
9 66 (8.08%) Back Office
10 65 (7.96%) Financial Institution
11 39 (4.77%) Presentation Skills
12 33 (4.04%) Marketing
13 22 (2.69%) Legal
14 8 (0.98%) Front Office
15 7 (0.86%) Advertising
15 7 (0.86%) French Language
15 7 (0.86%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.61%) Games
18 3 (0.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 230 (28.15%) Senior
2 190 (23.26%) Software Engineer
3 139 (17.01%) Architect
4 76 (9.30%) Lead
5 67 (8.20%) Cloud Engineer
6 60 (7.34%) Analyst
7 55 (6.73%) Python Engineer
8 46 (5.63%) GCP Engineer
9 45 (5.51%) Developer
10 39 (4.77%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 39 (4.77%) Data Engineer
11 33 (4.04%) Senior Analyst
11 33 (4.04%) Senior Software Engineer
11 33 (4.04%) Solutions Architect
12 30 (3.67%) Senior Architect
13 29 (3.55%) Lead Software Engineer
13 29 (3.55%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 28 (3.43%) Site Engineer
15 27 (3.30%) Consultant
15 27 (3.30%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 211 (25.83%) Terraform
2 64 (7.83%) React
3 48 (5.88%) Node.js
4 45 (5.51%) LangChain
5 39 (4.77%) REST
6 35 (4.28%) .NET
7 29 (3.55%) LangGraph
8 28 (3.43%) Spring
9 26 (3.18%) PyTorch
10 23 (2.82%) RESTful
11 22 (2.69%) Kafka
11 22 (2.69%) Middleware
12 21 (2.57%) FastAPI
12 21 (2.57%) OAuth
12 21 (2.57%) Spring Boot
12 21 (2.57%) TensorFlow
13 18 (2.20%) OpenID
13 18 (2.20%) scikit-learn
14 17 (2.08%) LlamaIndex
14 17 (2.08%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 227 (27.78%) Cloud Native
2 91 (11.14%) Product Ownership
3 76 (9.30%) Distributed Systems
4 58 (7.10%) AI Agents
5 27 (3.30%) Blog
6 26 (3.18%) Distributed Architecture
7 19 (2.33%) Public Cloud
7 19 (2.33%) Security Posture
8 16 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (1.84%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.71%) Data Centre
10 14 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.71%) Video\Live Streaming
11 13 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
11 13 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (1.59%) Social Media
12 11 (1.35%) Mobile App
13 10 (1.22%) Algorithms
13 10 (1.22%) Cyber Threat
13 10 (1.22%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 47 (5.75%) Linux
2 18 (2.20%) Unix
3 15 (1.84%) Windows
4 10 (1.22%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.73%) Android
5 6 (0.73%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.37%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.12%) CentOS
7 1 (0.12%) Debian
7 1 (0.12%) Solaris
7 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (41.13%) CI/CD
2 294 (35.99%) Software Engineering
3 269 (32.93%) AI
4 268 (32.80%) Mentoring
5 208 (25.46%) Agile
6 189 (23.13%) DevOps
7 149 (18.24%) Infrastructure as Code
8 146 (17.87%) Technical Leadership
9 139 (17.01%) Continuous Improvement
9 139 (17.01%) Microservices
10 134 (16.40%) Test Automation
11 133 (16.28%) Roadmaps
12 122 (14.93%) Machine Learning
12 122 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
13 116 (14.20%) Observability
14 110 (13.46%) Clean Code
15 106 (12.97%) Containerisation
16 105 (12.85%) Analytics
16 105 (12.85%) Coaching
17 98 (12.00%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 277 (33.90%) Python
2 183 (22.40%) Java
3 134 (16.40%) SQL
4 76 (9.30%) JavaScript
5 54 (6.61%) TypeScript
6 52 (6.36%) Go
7 39 (4.77%) C#
8 23 (2.82%) Bash
9 21 (2.57%) Scala
10 19 (2.33%) PowerShell
11 15 (1.84%) R
12 11 (1.35%) Rust
13 9 (1.10%) C++
14 6 (0.73%) Ruby
15 5 (0.61%) PHP
16 4 (0.49%) C
16 4 (0.49%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.49%) Shell Script
17 3 (0.37%) VB.NET
18 2 (0.24%) Perl
Qualifications
1 131 (16.03%) Security Cleared
2 113 (13.83%) SC Cleared
3 105 (12.85%) Degree
4 55 (6.73%) AWS Certification
5 32 (3.92%) CISSP
6 29 (3.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 26 (3.18%) CISM
8 24 (2.94%) Azure Certification
9 20 (2.45%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.35%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.98%) CREST Certified
13 8 (0.98%) OSCP
14 7 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 7 (0.86%) CCSP
15 6 (0.73%) Dell Certification
16 5 (0.61%) CRISC
16 5 (0.61%) GIAC
16 5 (0.61%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (7.71%) Data Quality
2 39 (4.77%) NIST
3 37 (4.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (3.18%) Accessibility
5 25 (3.06%) NCSC
6 22 (2.69%) GDPR
7 16 (1.96%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 10 (1.22%) QA
9 9 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
9 9 (1.10%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.73%) PMO
11 5 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.61%) GRC
11 5 (0.61%) SLA
12 4 (0.49%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.49%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (0.24%) HIPAA
15 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
15 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 144 (17.63%) Docker
2 9 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.98%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.73%) vSphere
5 4 (0.49%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.37%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.37%) Firmware
7 2 (0.24%) KVM
Systems Management
1 215 (26.32%) Kubernetes
2 98 (12.00%) Grafana
3 33 (4.04%) Ansible
4 19 (2.33%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.22%) Puppet
6 7 (0.86%) Istio
6 7 (0.86%) Podman
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
1 170 (20.81%) Google
2 103 (12.61%) Microsoft
3 33 (4.04%) Adobe
4 28 (3.43%) ServiceNow
5 25 (3.06%) Apple
6 21 (2.57%) Databricks
7 17 (2.08%) Dynatrace
8 16 (1.96%) Okta
9 15 (1.84%) Informatica
9 15 (1.84%) OpenAI
9 15 (1.84%) Ping Identity
10 14 (1.71%) Splunk
11 12 (1.47%) SAP
11 12 (1.47%) VMware
12 10 (1.22%) New Relic
12 10 (1.22%) Oracle
13 9 (1.10%) Cisco
13 9 (1.10%) Typelevel
14 8 (0.98%) Palo Alto
15 7 (0.86%) Dell