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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 51 49
Rank change year-on-year -28 -2 +3
Permanent jobs citing GCP 511 869 1,357
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.31% 5.32% 5.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.07% 11.39% 12.10%
Number of salaries quoted 379 595 1,148
10th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £66,500 £66,375 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +17.24% -6.45%
75th Percentile £118,750 £110,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £142,500 £138,750 £118,750
UK median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £75,669
% change year-on-year -3.13% +5.72% -5.41%

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 5,637 7,628 11,212
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.55% 46.69% 46.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,975 4,847 9,731
10th Percentile £32,125 £36,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.55% +8.17% -7.69%

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 January 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 58 (11.35%) Apache Airflow
2 27 (5.28%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.54%) Apache
3 13 (2.54%) Confluence
4 7 (1.37%) IIS
5 5 (0.98%) Apache Pulsar
6 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.39%) Luigi
7 2 (0.39%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.39%) WordPress
8 1 (0.20%) CMS
8 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.20%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.59%) Trello
3 2 (0.39%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.20%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.20%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 436 (85.32%) AWS
2 366 (71.62%) Azure
3 115 (22.50%) SaaS
4 53 (10.37%) GitHub
5 52 (10.18%) dbt
6 32 (6.26%) GitHub Actions
6 32 (6.26%) Power Platform
6 32 (6.26%) Snowflake
7 30 (5.87%) AWS CloudFormation
8 26 (5.09%) Amazon EKS
8 26 (5.09%) Serverless
9 16 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
10 14 (2.74%) Vertex AI
11 13 (2.54%) Amazon S3
11 13 (2.54%) Azure Service Bus
12 12 (2.35%) Amazon ECS
12 12 (2.35%) Azure Machine Learning
13 11 (2.15%) Amazon SageMaker
13 11 (2.15%) Entra ID
13 11 (2.15%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.09%) Firewall
2 16 (3.13%) Network Security
3 13 (2.54%) VPN
4 12 (2.35%) DNS
5 10 (1.96%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.76%) WAN
7 7 (1.37%) Broadband
7 7 (1.37%) LAN
8 6 (1.17%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.98%) DHCP
10 4 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.78%) SSL
11 3 (0.59%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (0.59%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.59%) Kerberos
11 3 (0.59%) SCCP
12 2 (0.39%) AMQP
12 2 (0.39%) BGP
12 2 (0.39%) Wireless
13 1 (0.20%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (13.89%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (11.55%) BigQuery
3 46 (9.00%) Data Warehouse
4 45 (8.81%) NoSQL
5 30 (5.87%) Tableau
6 28 (5.48%) Metadata
7 27 (5.28%) Apache Iceberg
7 27 (5.28%) Power BI
8 25 (4.89%) Elasticsearch
9 23 (4.50%) Amazon Athena
10 20 (3.91%) Apache Arrow
10 20 (3.91%) Data Lake
10 20 (3.91%) Dremio
10 20 (3.91%) SQL Server
11 19 (3.72%) Looker
12 18 (3.52%) MongoDB
12 18 (3.52%) MySQL
13 14 (2.74%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (2.35%) Redis
15 10 (1.96%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 33 (6.46%) Git
2 32 (6.26%) GitLab
3 25 (4.89%) TeamCity
4 22 (4.31%) JIRA
5 16 (3.13%) Jenkins
6 9 (1.76%) MLflow
6 9 (1.76%) Subversion
7 8 (1.57%) Bitbucket
7 8 (1.57%) CircleCI
8 7 (1.37%) Storybook
9 5 (0.98%) git-flow
10 4 (0.78%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.78%) ER Studio
10 4 (0.78%) ERwin
10 4 (0.78%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.59%) JUnit
11 3 (0.59%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.59%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.59%) webpack
12 2 (0.39%) Mockito
General
1 175 (34.25%) Social Skills
2 164 (32.09%) Finance
3 63 (12.33%) Law
3 63 (12.33%) Retail
4 51 (9.98%) Banking
5 46 (9.00%) Public Sector
6 45 (8.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
8 40 (7.83%) Telecoms
9 33 (6.46%) Financial Institution
10 26 (5.09%) Back Office
11 21 (4.11%) Front Office
12 20 (3.91%) Legal
12 20 (3.91%) Marketing
13 15 (2.94%) Manufacturing
14 12 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.96%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (1.17%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 142 (27.79%) Senior
2 98 (19.18%) Software Engineer
3 89 (17.42%) Developer
4 72 (14.09%) Architect
5 53 (10.37%) Lead
6 38 (7.44%) Data Engineer
7 35 (6.85%) Engineering Manager
8 33 (6.46%) Software Developer
9 32 (6.26%) Python Engineer
10 30 (5.87%) .NET Developer
10 30 (5.87%) .NET Software Developer
11 27 (5.28%) Python Software Engineer
12 26 (5.09%) Data Architect
13 25 (4.89%) Consultant
14 24 (4.70%) Cloud Engineer
14 24 (4.70%) Full-Stack Developer
15 23 (4.50%) Analyst
15 23 (4.50%) AWS Engineer
15 23 (4.50%) Senior Software Engineer
16 22 (4.31%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (19.96%) React
2 68 (13.31%) Node.js
3 66 (12.92%) .NET
4 57 (11.15%) Kafka
5 44 (8.61%) RESTful
6 31 (6.07%) Vue
7 30 (5.87%) AngularJS
8 29 (5.68%) Pandas
9 25 (4.89%) Django
9 25 (4.89%) NumPy
10 22 (4.31%) REST
11 20 (3.91%) SciPy
12 19 (3.72%) CSS
13 18 (3.52%) HTML
14 17 (3.33%) gRPC
14 17 (3.33%) RabbitMQ
14 17 (3.33%) Spring
15 16 (3.13%) OAuth
16 15 (2.94%) Spring Boot
17 14 (2.74%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 116 (22.70%) Cloud Native
2 61 (11.94%) Distributed Systems
3 40 (7.83%) Product Ownership
4 20 (3.91%) Equities
4 20 (3.91%) Fixed Income
4 20 (3.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 20 (3.91%) Public Cloud
5 17 (3.33%) Distributed Architecture
6 12 (2.35%) AI Agents
6 12 (2.35%) Algorithms
6 12 (2.35%) Blog
7 11 (2.15%) Data Structures
7 11 (2.15%) Mobile App
8 10 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (1.96%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.96%) Security Posture
9 8 (1.57%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 38 (7.44%) Linux
2 27 (5.28%) Windows
3 20 (3.91%) Android
4 18 (3.52%) Unix
5 11 (2.15%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.17%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.39%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.39%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.20%) CentOS
8 1 (0.20%) Debian
8 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (40.70%) CI/CD
2 174 (34.05%) Software Engineering
3 168 (32.88%) Agile
4 163 (31.90%) DevOps
5 156 (30.53%) AI
6 106 (20.74%) Roadmaps
7 104 (20.35%) Microservices
8 100 (19.57%) Mentoring
9 95 (18.59%) Infrastructure as Code
10 85 (16.63%) Computer Science
10 85 (16.63%) Containerisation
11 80 (15.66%) Problem-Solving
12 73 (14.29%) Analytics
13 70 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
14 69 (13.50%) Machine Learning
15 62 (12.13%) Data Pipeline
16 61 (11.94%) Data Modelling
17 56 (10.96%) Collaborative Culture
18 55 (10.76%) Test Automation
19 52 (10.18%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 165 (32.29%) Python
2 118 (23.09%) TypeScript
3 105 (20.55%) Java
4 99 (19.37%) SQL
5 92 (18.00%) JavaScript
6 46 (9.00%) Go
7 38 (7.44%) C#
8 23 (4.50%) Bash
9 19 (3.72%) Scala
10 13 (2.54%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.76%) C++
12 8 (1.57%) PHP
13 5 (0.98%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.98%) R
13 5 (0.98%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.39%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.39%) Ruby
15 2 (0.39%) Rust
15 2 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 97 (18.98%) Degree
2 62 (12.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 47 (9.20%) Security Cleared
4 45 (8.81%) SC Cleared
5 14 (2.74%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.54%) Master's Degree
7 12 (2.35%) AWS Certification
8 8 (1.57%) CREST Certified
8 8 (1.57%) OSCP
9 6 (1.17%) CISSP
10 5 (0.98%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.78%) CEH
11 4 (0.78%) CISM
11 4 (0.78%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.78%) OSCE
11 4 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.59%) PhD
13 2 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (0.39%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (4.89%) GDPR
3 23 (4.50%) Data Quality
4 22 (4.31%) QA
5 19 (3.72%) Accessibility
6 15 (2.94%) SOC 2
7 14 (2.74%) NIST
8 10 (1.96%) GRC
8 10 (1.96%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.17%) EU AI Act
10 5 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.98%) SLA
11 3 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 2 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.39%) ISO 14001
12 2 (0.39%) ISO 26262
12 2 (0.39%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 106 (20.74%) Docker
2 16 (3.13%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (0.59%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.39%) Firmware
4 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) HDFS
5 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 139 (27.20%) Kubernetes
2 120 (23.48%) Terraform
3 48 (9.39%) Grafana
4 47 (9.20%) Ansible
5 28 (5.48%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.96%) Argo
7 8 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.17%) Puppet
9 4 (0.78%) Cilium
9 4 (0.78%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.78%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.59%) cPanel
10 3 (0.59%) Plesk
11 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.20%) Icinga
11 1 (0.20%) Nagios
11 1 (0.20%) Nessus
11 1 (0.20%) Nmap
11 1 (0.20%) Rancher
Vendors
1 121 (23.68%) Google
2 38 (7.44%) Microsoft
3 29 (5.68%) Databricks
4 13 (2.54%) Atlassian
5 11 (2.15%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.96%) Palantir
6 10 (1.96%) Talend
7 9 (1.76%) Informatica
7 9 (1.76%) SAP
7 9 (1.76%) Zoho
8 8 (1.57%) Oracle
9 7 (1.37%) Adobe
9 7 (1.37%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.17%) Sage
10 6 (1.17%) VMware
11 5 (0.98%) Ericsson
11 5 (0.98%) Mavenir
11 5 (0.98%) Nokia
11 5 (0.98%) Splunk
11 5 (0.98%) Xamarin