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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 45 78
Rank change year-on-year -21 +33 -41
Permanent jobs citing GCP 728 949 1,238
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.62% 6.15% 3.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.57% 16.12% 8.46%
Number of salaries quoted 367 506 1,041
10th Percentile £52,665 £51,698 £48,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,253 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% +3.34% +6.45%
75th Percentile £92,500 £110,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £110,500 £137,500 £146,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £82,250 £79,932
% change year-on-year -8.81% +2.90% -0.09%

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 7,606 5,887 14,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.86% 38.15% 42.20%
Number of salaries quoted 5,338 4,281 12,182
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +2.50% -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% -9.75%

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 19 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 37 (5.08%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (3.02%) Apache Spark
3 6 (0.82%) Apache
4 4 (0.55%) Confluence
5 3 (0.41%) CMS
5 3 (0.41%) SAS
6 2 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.27%) Camunda
6 2 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.14%) Drupal
7 1 (0.14%) IIS
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 (0.41%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (3.30%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.27%) Shopify
4 1 (0.14%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 586 (80.49%) AWS
2 431 (59.20%) Azure
3 83 (11.40%) SaaS
4 65 (8.93%) Amazon EKS
5 30 (4.12%) Serverless
6 26 (3.57%) Power Platform
6 26 (3.57%) Snowflake
7 25 (3.43%) Cloud Run
7 25 (3.43%) dbt
8 24 (3.30%) Vertex AI
9 20 (2.75%) GitHub
9 20 (2.75%) Google Analytics
10 19 (2.61%) Cloud Functions
11 18 (2.47%) Entra ID
11 18 (2.47%) PaaS
12 17 (2.34%) Dagster
13 16 (2.20%) Amazon ECS
14 15 (2.06%) AWS CloudFormation
14 15 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (1.79%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 100 (13.74%) Broadband
2 25 (3.43%) Network Security
3 18 (2.47%) Firewall
4 17 (2.34%) WAN
5 13 (1.79%) LAN
6 11 (1.51%) DNS
7 10 (1.37%) SD-WAN
8 8 (1.10%) Internet
8 8 (1.10%) LTE
8 8 (1.10%) TCP/IP
8 8 (1.10%) VPN
9 6 (0.82%) Fibre Channel
9 6 (0.82%) iSCSI
10 5 (0.69%) DHCP
11 4 (0.55%) MPLS
11 4 (0.55%) MQTT
11 4 (0.55%) Wireless
12 3 (0.41%) BGP
12 3 (0.41%) Modbus
12 3 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (12.77%) BigQuery
2 53 (7.28%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (4.67%) Data Warehouse
3 34 (4.67%) Metadata
4 33 (4.53%) NoSQL
5 30 (4.12%) Semantic Layer
6 27 (3.71%) Looker
6 27 (3.71%) MongoDB
7 25 (3.43%) Data Lake
8 22 (3.02%) Power BI
9 17 (2.34%) Elasticsearch
9 17 (2.34%) Relational Database
10 16 (2.20%) Tableau
11 15 (2.06%) Amazon Redshift
11 15 (2.06%) Pinecone
12 8 (1.10%) Delta Lake
12 8 (1.10%) SQL Server
12 8 (1.10%) Weaviate
13 7 (0.96%) Apache Iceberg
14 6 (0.82%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 52 (7.14%) TeamCity
2 40 (5.49%) Git
3 30 (4.12%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.92%) CircleCI
4 14 (1.92%) GitLab
4 14 (1.92%) JIRA
5 12 (1.65%) Cypress.io
6 8 (1.10%) MLflow
7 2 (0.27%) Postman
7 2 (0.27%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.27%) Selenium
7 2 (0.27%) Storybook
7 2 (0.27%) TestRail
7 2 (0.27%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.14%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.14%) ERwin
8 1 (0.14%) JMeter
8 1 (0.14%) JUnit
8 1 (0.14%) Maven
8 1 (0.14%) Subversion
General
1 191 (26.24%) Social Skills
2 181 (24.86%) Finance
3 166 (22.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 144 (19.78%) Law
5 110 (15.11%) Banking
6 88 (12.09%) Public Sector
6 88 (12.09%) Retail
7 48 (6.59%) Analytical Skills
8 41 (5.63%) Back Office
8 41 (5.63%) Financial Institution
9 25 (3.43%) Legal
9 25 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (2.20%) Front Office
11 10 (1.37%) Marketing
12 8 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (0.96%) Legal Technology
14 5 (0.69%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.55%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.41%) French Language
Job Titles
1 201 (27.61%) Senior
2 150 (20.60%) Software Engineer
3 125 (17.17%) Architect
4 61 (8.38%) Developer
5 60 (8.24%) Lead
6 56 (7.69%) Data Engineer
7 54 (7.42%) Analyst
8 53 (7.28%) Cloud Engineer
9 38 (5.22%) Consultant
10 37 (5.08%) Solutions Architect
11 32 (4.40%) Senior Software Engineer
12 30 (4.12%) Lead Software Engineer
12 30 (4.12%) Scala Engineer
13 29 (3.98%) Data Architect
13 29 (3.98%) Senior Analyst
13 29 (3.98%) Senior Architect
14 28 (3.85%) GCP Engineer
15 27 (3.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 26 (3.57%) Principal Engineer
17 25 (3.43%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (10.03%) React
2 67 (9.20%) Node.js
3 49 (6.73%) gRPC
4 48 (6.59%) Kafka
5 30 (4.12%) Django
6 29 (3.98%) LangChain
6 29 (3.98%) REST
7 23 (3.16%) .NET
7 23 (3.16%) PyTorch
7 23 (3.16%) TensorFlow
8 20 (2.75%) RESTful
9 19 (2.61%) FastAPI
9 19 (2.61%) Spring
10 18 (2.47%) LangGraph
11 17 (2.34%) Redux
12 16 (2.20%) Spring Boot
12 16 (2.20%) Vue
13 15 (2.06%) Playwright
14 14 (1.92%) AngularJS
15 12 (1.65%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 203 (27.88%) Cloud Native
2 80 (10.99%) Distributed Systems
2 80 (10.99%) Product Ownership
3 46 (6.32%) Over-the-Top Content
3 46 (6.32%) Video\Live Streaming
4 28 (3.85%) Security Posture
5 26 (3.57%) AI Agents
6 25 (3.43%) Blog
6 25 (3.43%) Public Cloud
7 24 (3.30%) Distributed Architecture
8 23 (3.16%) Data Structures
9 21 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (2.61%) Management Information System
10 19 (2.61%) Onboarding
11 17 (2.34%) Social Media
12 16 (2.20%) Fixed Income
13 11 (1.51%) Data Centre
14 10 (1.37%) Cyberattack
14 10 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
15 9 (1.24%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 36 (4.95%) Linux
2 16 (2.20%) Windows
3 11 (1.51%) Android
3 11 (1.51%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.24%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.69%) Unix
6 1 (0.14%) CentOS
6 1 (0.14%) Debian
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (41.07%) CI/CD
2 261 (35.85%) Software Engineering
3 221 (30.36%) Agile
4 207 (28.43%) Mentoring
5 198 (27.20%) AI
6 162 (22.25%) DevOps
7 156 (21.43%) Microservices
8 148 (20.33%) Containerisation
9 142 (19.51%) Roadmaps
10 141 (19.37%) Machine Learning
11 133 (18.27%) Test Automation
12 132 (18.13%) Clean Code
13 131 (17.99%) Coaching
14 125 (17.17%) Technical Leadership
15 115 (15.80%) Continuous Improvement
16 106 (14.56%) Problem-Solving
17 97 (13.32%) Infrastructure as Code
18 91 (12.50%) Data Science
19 86 (11.81%) Analytics
20 78 (10.71%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 276 (37.91%) Python
2 178 (24.45%) Java
3 107 (14.70%) SQL
4 98 (13.46%) Go
5 92 (12.64%) JavaScript
6 64 (8.79%) Scala
7 60 (8.24%) TypeScript
8 20 (2.75%) C#
9 18 (2.47%) Bash
10 15 (2.06%) C++
11 14 (1.92%) Rust
12 8 (1.10%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.69%) C
13 5 (0.69%) Ruby
14 3 (0.41%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.41%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.41%) Perl
14 3 (0.41%) PHP
15 2 (0.27%) ABAP
15 2 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 106 (14.56%) Security Cleared
2 100 (13.74%) Degree
3 87 (11.95%) SC Cleared
4 40 (5.49%) AWS Certification
5 31 (4.26%) CISSP
6 28 (3.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 24 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (2.34%) Azure Certification
8 17 (2.34%) CISM
9 13 (1.79%) CREST Certified
9 13 (1.79%) OSCP
10 11 (1.51%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.37%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (0.96%) GIAC
13 6 (0.82%) CCSP
13 6 (0.82%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.82%) Dell Certification
14 5 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (0.69%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (5.91%) Data Quality
2 36 (4.95%) NIST
3 31 (4.26%) Accessibility
4 30 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (3.57%) QA
6 19 (2.61%) GDPR
7 15 (2.06%) GRC
8 13 (1.79%) NCSC
9 10 (1.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
10 8 (1.10%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.82%) PMO
11 6 (0.82%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.55%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.55%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.41%) SLA
14 2 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.27%) COBIT
14 2 (0.27%) SEPA
14 2 (0.27%) SOC 1
System Software
1 159 (21.84%) Docker
2 13 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.96%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.96%) Hyper-V
3 7 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.82%) vSphere
5 1 (0.14%) Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 159 (21.84%) Kubernetes
2 152 (20.88%) Terraform
3 70 (9.62%) Grafana
4 37 (5.08%) Ansible
5 15 (2.06%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.79%) Istio
6 13 (1.79%) Puppet
7 12 (1.65%) Podman
8 6 (0.82%) Avamar
8 6 (0.82%) Dell DRAC
8 6 (0.82%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (0.82%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (0.82%) VxRail
9 5 (0.69%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.55%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.41%) Argo
12 2 (0.27%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.27%) linkerd
12 2 (0.27%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 141 (19.37%) Google
2 94 (12.91%) Microsoft
3 45 (6.18%) Typelevel
4 31 (4.26%) Adobe
5 24 (3.30%) Apple
5 24 (3.30%) ServiceNow
6 22 (3.02%) Databricks
7 15 (2.06%) SAP
8 14 (1.92%) VMware
9 12 (1.65%) Oracle
10 9 (1.24%) OpenAI
10 9 (1.24%) Palantir
10 9 (1.24%) Salesforce
11 8 (1.10%) Cisco
11 8 (1.10%) Confluent
11 8 (1.10%) Dell
12 7 (0.96%) Veeam
13 6 (0.82%) 3PAR
13 6 (0.82%) Foundry
13 6 (0.82%) Isilon