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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 44 78
Rank change year-on-year -20 +34 -41
Permanent jobs citing GCP 720 937 1,226
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.66% 6.20% 3.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.65% 16.05% 8.44%
Number of salaries quoted 357 498 1,039
10th Percentile £52,775 £51,698 £48,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £62,177
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,253 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% +6.57% +3.23%
75th Percentile £93,750 £110,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £114,250 £137,500 £144,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £82,000 £78,126
% change year-on-year -8.54% +4.96% -2.34%

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 7,465 5,839 14,521
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.91% 38.60% 42.35%
Number of salaries quoted 5,174 4,238 12,149
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,104 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,695 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% +3.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -10.16%

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 June 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 39 (5.42%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (3.06%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.69%) Apache
4 4 (0.56%) Confluence
5 3 (0.42%) CMS
5 3 (0.42%) SAS
6 2 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.28%) Camunda
6 2 (0.28%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.14%) Drupal
7 1 (0.14%) IIS
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.14%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.14%) nginx
7 1 (0.14%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.42%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (3.33%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.28%) Shopify
4 1 (0.14%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 582 (80.83%) AWS
2 423 (58.75%) Azure
3 82 (11.39%) SaaS
4 67 (9.31%) Amazon EKS
5 28 (3.89%) Serverless
5 28 (3.89%) Snowflake
6 25 (3.47%) dbt
7 24 (3.33%) Vertex AI
8 23 (3.19%) Cloud Run
8 23 (3.19%) Power Platform
9 19 (2.64%) Entra ID
9 19 (2.64%) GitHub
10 18 (2.50%) Dagster
10 18 (2.50%) Google Analytics
11 17 (2.36%) Cloud Functions
11 17 (2.36%) PaaS
12 16 (2.22%) Amazon ECS
13 15 (2.08%) AWS CloudFormation
13 15 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (1.94%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 98 (13.61%) Broadband
2 23 (3.19%) Network Security
3 19 (2.64%) Firewall
4 18 (2.50%) WAN
5 13 (1.81%) LAN
6 12 (1.67%) DNS
7 11 (1.53%) SD-WAN
8 9 (1.25%) TCP/IP
8 9 (1.25%) VPN
9 8 (1.11%) Internet
9 8 (1.11%) LTE
10 6 (0.83%) Fibre Channel
10 6 (0.83%) iSCSI
11 5 (0.69%) DHCP
11 5 (0.69%) Wireless
12 4 (0.56%) MPLS
12 4 (0.56%) MQTT
12 4 (0.56%) SSL
13 3 (0.42%) Modbus
13 3 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (12.50%) BigQuery
2 53 (7.36%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (4.86%) Metadata
4 34 (4.72%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (4.44%) NoSQL
6 28 (3.89%) Semantic Layer
7 27 (3.75%) MongoDB
8 26 (3.61%) Looker
9 22 (3.06%) Data Lake
10 19 (2.64%) Power BI
11 18 (2.50%) Elasticsearch
11 18 (2.50%) Tableau
12 17 (2.36%) Relational Database
13 16 (2.22%) Amazon Redshift
14 14 (1.94%) Pinecone
15 9 (1.25%) Delta Lake
16 8 (1.11%) Apache Iceberg
16 8 (1.11%) SQL Server
16 8 (1.11%) Weaviate
17 6 (0.83%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 54 (7.50%) TeamCity
2 36 (5.00%) Git
3 26 (3.61%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.94%) CircleCI
4 14 (1.94%) GitLab
4 14 (1.94%) JIRA
5 12 (1.67%) Cypress.io
6 9 (1.25%) MLflow
7 4 (0.56%) Storybook
8 2 (0.28%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.28%) TestRail
8 2 (0.28%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.14%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.14%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.14%) Gatling
9 1 (0.14%) Postman
9 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.14%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.14%) Vite
9 1 (0.14%) webpack
General
1 187 (25.97%) Social Skills
2 179 (24.86%) Finance
3 166 (23.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 146 (20.28%) Law
5 115 (15.97%) Banking
6 90 (12.50%) Retail
7 79 (10.97%) Public Sector
8 48 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
9 41 (5.69%) Back Office
9 41 (5.69%) Financial Institution
10 26 (3.61%) Legal
11 23 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (2.22%) Front Office
13 10 (1.39%) Marketing
14 8 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.11%) Telecoms
15 7 (0.97%) Legal Technology
16 6 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.56%) Manufacturing
18 3 (0.42%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 198 (27.50%) Senior
2 152 (21.11%) Software Engineer
3 118 (16.39%) Architect
4 61 (8.47%) Lead
5 57 (7.92%) Developer
6 56 (7.78%) Data Engineer
7 52 (7.22%) Analyst
8 50 (6.94%) Cloud Engineer
9 39 (5.42%) Consultant
10 32 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
11 30 (4.17%) Lead Software Engineer
11 30 (4.17%) Scala Engineer
11 30 (4.17%) Senior Software Engineer
12 29 (4.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 29 (4.03%) Senior Analyst
12 29 (4.03%) Senior Architect
13 28 (3.89%) Data Architect
14 25 (3.47%) GCP Engineer
14 25 (3.47%) Principal Engineer
15 24 (3.33%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (10.42%) React
2 67 (9.31%) Node.js
3 52 (7.22%) gRPC
4 50 (6.94%) Kafka
5 30 (4.17%) Django
5 30 (4.17%) REST
6 26 (3.61%) LangChain
7 23 (3.19%) .NET
8 22 (3.06%) PyTorch
8 22 (3.06%) TensorFlow
9 20 (2.78%) RESTful
10 19 (2.64%) FastAPI
11 17 (2.36%) Redux
11 17 (2.36%) Spring
12 15 (2.08%) LangGraph
12 15 (2.08%) Playwright
12 15 (2.08%) Vue
13 14 (1.94%) Spring Boot
14 13 (1.81%) AngularJS
14 13 (1.81%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 200 (27.78%) Cloud Native
2 83 (11.53%) Distributed Systems
3 81 (11.25%) Product Ownership
4 46 (6.39%) Over-the-Top Content
4 46 (6.39%) Video\Live Streaming
5 30 (4.17%) Security Posture
6 27 (3.75%) Blog
7 25 (3.47%) AI Agents
7 25 (3.47%) Distributed Architecture
7 25 (3.47%) Public Cloud
8 22 (3.06%) Data Structures
9 21 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
10 20 (2.78%) Onboarding
11 19 (2.64%) Management Information System
12 17 (2.36%) Social Media
13 16 (2.22%) Fixed Income
14 12 (1.67%) Mobile App
15 11 (1.53%) Data Centre
16 10 (1.39%) Cyberattack
17 9 (1.25%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 36 (5.00%) Linux
2 17 (2.36%) Windows
3 16 (2.22%) Android
4 14 (1.94%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.25%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.69%) 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
1 298 (41.39%) CI/CD
2 259 (35.97%) Software Engineering
3 212 (29.44%) Agile
4 198 (27.50%) Mentoring
5 195 (27.08%) AI
6 164 (22.78%) DevOps
7 155 (21.53%) Microservices
8 150 (20.83%) Containerisation
9 145 (20.14%) Roadmaps
10 141 (19.58%) Machine Learning
11 134 (18.61%) Clean Code
11 134 (18.61%) Test Automation
12 126 (17.50%) Coaching
13 122 (16.94%) Technical Leadership
14 114 (15.83%) Continuous Improvement
15 104 (14.44%) Problem-Solving
16 100 (13.89%) Infrastructure as Code
17 89 (12.36%) Data Science
18 84 (11.67%) Analytics
19 77 (10.69%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 270 (37.50%) Python
2 176 (24.44%) Java
3 105 (14.58%) Go
4 102 (14.17%) SQL
5 90 (12.50%) JavaScript
6 64 (8.89%) Scala
7 62 (8.61%) TypeScript
8 20 (2.78%) C#
9 19 (2.64%) Bash
10 17 (2.36%) C++
11 14 (1.94%) Rust
12 9 (1.25%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.69%) C
14 4 (0.56%) Ruby
15 3 (0.42%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.42%) Perl
15 3 (0.42%) PHP
16 2 (0.28%) ABAP
16 2 (0.28%) Kotlin
16 2 (0.28%) R
Qualifications
1 101 (14.03%) Security Cleared
2 99 (13.75%) Degree
3 83 (11.53%) SC Cleared
4 37 (5.14%) AWS Certification
5 30 (4.17%) CISSP
6 26 (3.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 24 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (2.22%) CISM
8 16 (2.22%) CREST Certified
8 16 (2.22%) OSCP
9 14 (1.94%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.39%) DV Cleared
12 8 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.97%) GIAC
14 6 (0.83%) CCSP
14 6 (0.83%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.83%) Dell Certification
15 5 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 5 (0.69%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (5.83%) Data Quality
2 35 (4.86%) NIST
3 31 (4.31%) Accessibility
3 31 (4.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (3.61%) QA
5 17 (2.36%) GDPR
6 16 (2.22%) GRC
7 11 (1.53%) NCSC
8 9 (1.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 7 (0.97%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.97%) SOC 2
10 6 (0.83%) PMO
11 5 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.56%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.56%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.42%) SLA
14 2 (0.28%) COBIT
14 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.28%) SEPA
14 2 (0.28%) SOC 1
System Software
1 158 (21.94%) Docker
2 13 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (1.11%) Active Directory
4 7 (0.97%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.83%) vSphere
6 1 (0.14%) Firmware
6 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 158 (21.94%) Kubernetes
1 158 (21.94%) Terraform
2 71 (9.86%) Grafana
3 38 (5.28%) Ansible
4 15 (2.08%) Prometheus
5 12 (1.67%) Istio
5 12 (1.67%) Podman
5 12 (1.67%) Puppet
6 6 (0.83%) Avamar
6 6 (0.83%) Dell DRAC
6 6 (0.83%) EMC NetWorker
6 6 (0.83%) EMC VPLEX
6 6 (0.83%) VxRail
7 5 (0.69%) AWS Copilot
8 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.42%) Argo
9 3 (0.42%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.28%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.28%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.14%) Nessus
Vendors
1 140 (19.44%) Google
2 92 (12.78%) Microsoft
3 45 (6.25%) Typelevel
4 32 (4.44%) Adobe
5 24 (3.33%) Apple
5 24 (3.33%) ServiceNow
6 22 (3.06%) Databricks
7 14 (1.94%) VMware
8 13 (1.81%) SAP
9 10 (1.39%) Oracle
9 10 (1.39%) Palantir
10 9 (1.25%) OpenAI
10 9 (1.25%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.11%) Cisco
11 8 (1.11%) Confluent
11 8 (1.11%) Dell
12 7 (0.97%) Veeam
13 6 (0.83%) 3PAR
13 6 (0.83%) Foundry
13 6 (0.83%) Isilon