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

 6 months to
18 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 53 46
Rank change year-on-year -26 -7 +10
Permanent jobs citing GCP 491 945 1,331
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.23% 4.83% 6.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.85% 10.88% 12.79%
Number of salaries quoted 382 663 1,085
10th Percentile £47,750 £56,250 £46,323
25th Percentile £67,688 £71,250 £61,180
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £87,500 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +9.88% +6.18%
75th Percentile £132,500 £128,125 £98,750
90th Percentile £142,500 £147,500 £131,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £84,000 £79,632
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.49% +1.91%

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 5,547 8,684 10,405
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.54% 44.41% 48.00%
Number of salaries quoted 4,152 5,598 8,900
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 £82,500 £85,000 £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% -

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 18 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 76 (15.48%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (2.85%) Apache Spark
3 12 (2.44%) Apache
4 9 (1.83%) Confluence
5 8 (1.63%) IIS
6 4 (0.81%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.41%) Luigi
7 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.20%) MetaMask
8 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.61%) Trello
3 1 (0.20%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.81%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.20%) Magento
2 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 438 (89.21%) AWS
2 338 (68.84%) Azure
3 105 (21.38%) SaaS
4 81 (16.50%) dbt
5 47 (9.57%) GitHub
6 34 (6.92%) Power Platform
7 27 (5.50%) GitHub Actions
8 25 (5.09%) AWS CloudFormation
9 20 (4.07%) PaaS
10 19 (3.87%) Snowflake
11 18 (3.67%) Amazon EKS
11 18 (3.67%) OCI
11 18 (3.67%) Serverless
12 16 (3.26%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (2.85%) IaaS
14 12 (2.44%) Amazon ECS
14 12 (2.44%) Azure Service Bus
15 11 (2.24%) OpenShift
16 10 (2.04%) Fivetran
17 9 (1.83%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.91%) Firewall
2 19 (3.87%) VPN
3 16 (3.26%) Network Security
4 15 (3.05%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.04%) DNS
5 10 (2.04%) WAN
6 9 (1.83%) LAN
7 8 (1.63%) BGP
8 6 (1.22%) Broadband
8 6 (1.22%) VLAN
9 5 (1.02%) DHCP
9 5 (1.02%) OSPF
9 5 (1.02%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.81%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (0.61%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (0.61%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.61%) Kerberos
12 1 (0.20%) Cisco ASA
12 1 (0.20%) NAS
12 1 (0.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (22.20%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (11.81%) Amazon Athena
3 55 (11.20%) Apache Arrow
3 55 (11.20%) Apache Iceberg
3 55 (11.20%) Dremio
4 44 (8.96%) NoSQL
5 37 (7.54%) Data Warehouse
6 32 (6.52%) BigQuery
6 32 (6.52%) Power BI
7 23 (4.68%) Tableau
8 22 (4.48%) MongoDB
9 20 (4.07%) SQL Server
10 17 (3.46%) Data Lake
11 15 (3.05%) MySQL
12 13 (2.65%) Elasticsearch
12 13 (2.65%) Metadata
12 13 (2.65%) Redis
13 10 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
14 8 (1.63%) Looker
15 7 (1.43%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 33 (6.72%) Git
2 24 (4.89%) GitLab
3 21 (4.28%) Jenkins
4 18 (3.67%) JIRA
4 18 (3.67%) TeamCity
5 5 (1.02%) git-flow
5 5 (1.02%) Subversion
6 4 (0.81%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.81%) CircleCI
6 4 (0.81%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.81%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.81%) ERwin
6 4 (0.81%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.61%) JUnit
7 3 (0.61%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.41%) MLflow
8 2 (0.41%) Mocha
8 2 (0.41%) Mockito
8 2 (0.41%) webpack
9 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
General
1 202 (41.14%) Finance
2 159 (32.38%) Social Skills
3 69 (14.05%) Front Office
4 50 (10.18%) Retail
5 43 (8.76%) Banking
5 43 (8.76%) Law
6 39 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
7 31 (6.31%) Telecoms
8 30 (6.11%) Financial Institution
9 28 (5.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 24 (4.89%) Public Sector
11 23 (4.68%) Back Office
12 20 (4.07%) Marketing
13 19 (3.87%) Legal
14 15 (3.05%) Manufacturing
15 14 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.43%) Electronics
16 7 (1.43%) Tech for Good
17 6 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 140 (28.51%) Developer
2 118 (24.03%) Senior
3 116 (23.63%) Software Engineer
4 77 (15.68%) Architect
5 69 (14.05%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 60 (12.22%) Python Engineer
7 58 (11.81%) AWS Engineer
8 55 (11.20%) AWS Developer
8 55 (11.20%) AWS Software Engineer
9 52 (10.59%) Python Software Engineer
10 50 (10.18%) Lead
11 49 (9.98%) Python Developer
12 35 (7.13%) Full-Stack Developer
13 34 (6.92%) Engineering Manager
14 33 (6.72%) Software Developer
15 31 (6.31%) .NET Developer
16 30 (6.11%) .NET Software Developer
17 29 (5.91%) Solutions Architect
18 27 (5.50%) Data Engineer
19 23 (4.68%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 133 (27.09%) React
2 105 (21.38%) Node.js
3 77 (15.68%) Vue
4 73 (14.87%) .NET
4 73 (14.87%) AngularJS
5 65 (13.24%) Pandas
6 60 (12.22%) Kafka
6 60 (12.22%) NumPy
7 55 (11.20%) SciPy
8 37 (7.54%) RESTful
9 23 (4.68%) REST
10 22 (4.48%) Django
11 20 (4.07%) RabbitMQ
12 18 (3.67%) CSS
12 18 (3.67%) Redux
13 17 (3.46%) FastAPI
14 16 (3.26%) Flask
14 16 (3.26%) HTML
14 16 (3.26%) Spring
14 16 (3.26%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 98 (19.96%) Cloud Native
2 69 (14.05%) Fixed Income
3 63 (12.83%) Equities
3 63 (12.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 48 (9.78%) Distributed Systems
5 26 (5.30%) Management Information System
5 26 (5.30%) Product Ownership
6 24 (4.89%) Public Cloud
7 11 (2.24%) Algorithms
8 10 (2.04%) Private Cloud
9 9 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.63%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.63%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.63%) Distributed Architecture
11 7 (1.43%) Blog
11 7 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
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 (7.74%) Linux
2 29 (5.91%) Windows
3 17 (3.46%) Unix
4 7 (1.43%) Android
5 6 (1.22%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.81%) 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
1 217 (44.20%) Agile
2 183 (37.27%) Software Engineering
3 178 (36.25%) CI/CD
4 151 (30.75%) DevOps
5 126 (25.66%) AI
6 95 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
7 94 (19.14%) Microservices
8 86 (17.52%) Infrastructure as Code
9 85 (17.31%) Fintech
9 85 (17.31%) Roadmaps
10 69 (14.05%) Containerisation
10 69 (14.05%) Investment Management
11 68 (13.85%) Mentoring
12 65 (13.24%) Asset Management
13 64 (13.03%) Risk Management
14 61 (12.42%) Analytics
14 61 (12.42%) Order Management
15 60 (12.22%) Computer Science
16 55 (11.20%) Machine Learning
16 55 (11.20%) Performance Attribution
Programming Languages
1 200 (40.73%) Python
2 146 (29.74%) TypeScript
3 135 (27.49%) JavaScript
4 102 (20.77%) Java
5 99 (20.16%) SQL
6 49 (9.98%) C#
7 25 (5.09%) Go
8 19 (3.87%) Bash
9 13 (2.65%) PowerShell
10 12 (2.44%) Scala
11 9 (1.83%) R
12 7 (1.43%) Kotlin
12 7 (1.43%) T-SQL
13 6 (1.22%) PHP
14 5 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.61%) C++
15 3 (0.61%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.41%) Bicep
16 2 (0.41%) Ruby
17 1 (0.20%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 68 (13.85%) Degree
2 44 (8.96%) Computer Science Degree
2 44 (8.96%) Security Cleared
3 37 (7.54%) SC Cleared
4 24 (4.89%) Azure Certification
5 22 (4.48%) AWS Certification
6 14 (2.85%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.65%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (1.63%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.63%) TOGAF Certification
10 6 (1.22%) OSCP
11 5 (1.02%) PhD
12 4 (0.81%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.81%) OSCE
13 3 (0.61%) CCNP
13 3 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.61%) CISSP
13 3 (0.61%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.31%) GDPR
2 26 (5.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (3.67%) Data Quality
4 16 (3.26%) NIST
5 14 (2.85%) QA
6 11 (2.24%) SOC 2
7 9 (1.83%) GRC
8 8 (1.63%) HIPAA
9 7 (1.43%) Accessibility
9 7 (1.43%) PCI DSS
10 6 (1.22%) EU AI Act
11 5 (1.02%) SLA
12 4 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.81%) 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 96 (19.55%) Docker
2 11 (2.24%) 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
1 126 (25.66%) Kubernetes
2 91 (18.53%) Terraform
3 48 (9.78%) Ansible
4 34 (6.92%) Grafana
5 21 (4.28%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.22%) Argo
7 5 (1.02%) Puppet
8 4 (0.81%) Cilium
8 4 (0.81%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.81%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.41%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.20%) cPanel
10 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.20%) Icinga
10 1 (0.20%) Nagios
10 1 (0.20%) Nmap
10 1 (0.20%) Plesk
10 1 (0.20%) Rancher
10 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 106 (21.59%) Google
2 29 (5.91%) Microsoft
3 17 (3.46%) Databricks
4 11 (2.24%) Talend
5 9 (1.83%) Alteryx
5 9 (1.83%) Informatica
5 9 (1.83%) Oracle
5 9 (1.83%) SAP
5 9 (1.83%) VMware
5 9 (1.83%) Zoho
6 8 (1.63%) IBM
7 6 (1.22%) Cisco
8 5 (1.02%) Atlassian
8 5 (1.02%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.02%) Sage
8 5 (1.02%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.02%) Xamarin
9 4 (0.81%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.81%) Nokia
9 4 (0.81%) Splunk
1,306 hybrid/remote GCP jobs