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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
2 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 55 40
Rank change year-on-year -29 -15 +18
Permanent jobs citing GCP 487 954 1,336
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.22% 5.00% 6.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.89% 11.08% 13.54%
Number of salaries quoted 374 673 1,087
10th Percentile £50,375 £57,500 £46,350
25th Percentile £67,500 £70,097 £60,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £87,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +12.90% -
75th Percentile £127,500 £116,250 £96,539
90th Percentile £142,500 £147,500 £121,927
UK median annual salary £77,500 £84,000 £79,632
% change year-on-year -7.74% +5.49% -0.46%

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 5,479 8,607 9,866
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.18% 45.08% 47.57%
Number of salaries quoted 4,054 5,623 8,464
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,750 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.51% +1.60% -2.34%

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 2 December 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 70 (14.37%) Apache Airflow
2 17 (3.49%) Apache Spark
3 12 (2.46%) Apache
4 11 (2.26%) Confluence
5 7 (1.44%) IIS
6 4 (0.82%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.41%) Luigi
7 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.41%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.41%) WordPress
8 1 (0.21%) CMS
8 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.21%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.62%) Trello
3 1 (0.21%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.21%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 433 (88.91%) AWS
2 347 (71.25%) Azure
3 106 (21.77%) SaaS
4 75 (15.40%) dbt
5 50 (10.27%) GitHub
6 35 (7.19%) Power Platform
7 30 (6.16%) GitHub Actions
8 27 (5.54%) AWS CloudFormation
9 22 (4.52%) Snowflake
10 19 (3.90%) PaaS
10 19 (3.90%) Serverless
11 18 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
12 16 (3.29%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (2.87%) OCI
14 13 (2.67%) IaaS
15 12 (2.46%) Amazon ECS
15 12 (2.46%) Azure Service Bus
16 11 (2.26%) Fivetran
16 11 (2.26%) OpenShift
17 10 (2.05%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 25 (5.13%) Firewall
2 15 (3.08%) VPN
3 14 (2.87%) Network Security
4 11 (2.26%) DNS
5 10 (2.05%) WAN
6 9 (1.85%) LAN
6 9 (1.85%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.23%) Broadband
8 5 (1.03%) DHCP
8 5 (1.03%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.82%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.62%) BGP
10 3 (0.62%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (0.62%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.62%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.21%) AMQP
11 1 (0.21%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (0.21%) NAS
11 1 (0.21%) VLAN
11 1 (0.21%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (19.51%) PostgreSQL
2 48 (9.86%) Amazon Athena
2 48 (9.86%) NoSQL
3 45 (9.24%) Apache Arrow
3 45 (9.24%) Apache Iceberg
3 45 (9.24%) Dremio
4 39 (8.01%) Data Warehouse
5 38 (7.80%) BigQuery
6 32 (6.57%) Power BI
7 25 (5.13%) Tableau
8 21 (4.31%) MongoDB
8 21 (4.31%) SQL Server
9 16 (3.29%) Data Lake
9 16 (3.29%) MySQL
10 15 (3.08%) Metadata
11 14 (2.87%) Elasticsearch
12 12 (2.46%) Redis
13 10 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
14 9 (1.85%) Looker
15 8 (1.64%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 34 (6.98%) Git
2 27 (5.54%) GitLab
3 21 (4.31%) Jenkins
3 21 (4.31%) JIRA
4 18 (3.70%) TeamCity
5 7 (1.44%) Subversion
6 6 (1.23%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.03%) git-flow
8 4 (0.82%) CircleCI
8 4 (0.82%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.82%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.82%) ERwin
8 4 (0.82%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.62%) JUnit
9 3 (0.62%) MLflow
9 3 (0.62%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.41%) Mocha
10 2 (0.41%) Mockito
10 2 (0.41%) webpack
11 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
General
1 193 (39.63%) Finance
2 164 (33.68%) Social Skills
3 56 (11.50%) Front Office
4 49 (10.06%) Retail
5 46 (9.45%) Law
6 43 (8.83%) Analytical Skills
7 39 (8.01%) Banking
8 35 (7.19%) Telecoms
9 30 (6.16%) Financial Institution
10 29 (5.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 25 (5.13%) Public Sector
12 23 (4.72%) Back Office
13 22 (4.52%) Marketing
14 20 (4.11%) Legal
15 16 (3.29%) Manufacturing
16 12 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
18 7 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
18 7 (1.44%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 127 (26.08%) Senior
2 124 (25.46%) Developer
3 107 (21.97%) Software Engineer
4 74 (15.20%) Architect
5 55 (11.29%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 53 (10.88%) Lead
6 53 (10.88%) Python Engineer
7 48 (9.86%) AWS Engineer
8 46 (9.45%) Python Software Engineer
9 45 (9.24%) AWS Developer
9 45 (9.24%) AWS Software Engineer
10 42 (8.62%) Python Developer
11 35 (7.19%) Engineering Manager
12 34 (6.98%) Software Developer
13 31 (6.37%) Full-Stack Developer
14 30 (6.16%) .NET Developer
14 30 (6.16%) .NET Software Developer
15 29 (5.95%) Data Engineer
16 27 (5.54%) Solutions Architect
17 25 (5.13%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (25.87%) React
2 93 (19.10%) Node.js
3 69 (14.17%) .NET
4 65 (13.35%) Vue
5 63 (12.94%) Kafka
6 61 (12.53%) AngularJS
7 55 (11.29%) Pandas
8 50 (10.27%) NumPy
9 45 (9.24%) SciPy
10 38 (7.80%) RESTful
11 25 (5.13%) Django
12 22 (4.52%) REST
13 19 (3.90%) RabbitMQ
14 18 (3.70%) CSS
15 17 (3.49%) HTML
15 17 (3.49%) Redux
16 16 (3.29%) GraphQL
16 16 (3.29%) gRPC
16 16 (3.29%) Spring Boot
17 15 (3.08%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 102 (20.94%) Cloud Native
2 55 (11.29%) Fixed Income
3 52 (10.68%) Distributed Systems
4 49 (10.06%) Equities
4 49 (10.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 29 (5.95%) Product Ownership
6 25 (5.13%) Management Information System
7 23 (4.72%) Public Cloud
8 14 (2.87%) Algorithms
9 12 (2.46%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (2.26%) Data Structures
11 10 (2.05%) Distributed Architecture
11 10 (2.05%) Private Cloud
12 8 (1.64%) AI Agents
12 8 (1.64%) Data Centre
13 7 (1.44%) Blog
14 6 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
14 6 (1.23%) Onboarding
15 5 (1.03%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 38 (7.80%) Linux
2 29 (5.95%) Windows
3 18 (3.70%) Unix
4 10 (2.05%) Android
5 6 (1.23%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.62%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.62%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.41%) CentOS
7 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.21%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (41.48%) Agile
2 180 (36.96%) CI/CD
3 175 (35.93%) Software Engineering
4 150 (30.80%) DevOps
5 129 (26.49%) AI
6 97 (19.92%) Microservices
7 92 (18.89%) Problem-Solving
8 90 (18.48%) Roadmaps
9 88 (18.07%) Infrastructure as Code
10 77 (15.81%) Mentoring
11 69 (14.17%) Computer Science
11 69 (14.17%) Fintech
12 68 (13.96%) Containerisation
13 64 (13.14%) Analytics
14 58 (11.91%) Continuous Improvement
14 58 (11.91%) Machine Learning
15 56 (11.50%) Investment Management
16 54 (11.09%) Risk Management
17 51 (10.47%) Asset Management
17 51 (10.47%) Order Management
Programming Languages
1 187 (38.40%) Python
2 137 (28.13%) TypeScript
3 120 (24.64%) JavaScript
4 101 (20.74%) SQL
5 100 (20.53%) Java
6 46 (9.45%) C#
7 28 (5.75%) Go
8 20 (4.11%) Bash
9 13 (2.67%) PowerShell
9 13 (2.67%) Scala
10 9 (1.85%) R
11 8 (1.64%) PHP
12 7 (1.44%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.03%) C++
13 5 (1.03%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.62%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.41%) Bicep
16 2 (0.41%) Ruby
17 1 (0.21%) Korn
Qualifications
1 78 (16.02%) Degree
2 52 (10.68%) Computer Science Degree
3 45 (9.24%) Security Cleared
4 38 (7.80%) SC Cleared
5 22 (4.52%) Azure Certification
6 20 (4.11%) AWS Certification
7 14 (2.87%) Master's Degree
8 12 (2.46%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (1.44%) DBS Check
10 7 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (1.03%) OSCP
11 5 (1.03%) PhD
12 4 (0.82%) CREST Certified
12 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.82%) OSCE
13 3 (0.62%) CISSP
13 3 (0.62%) MCSE
14 2 (0.41%) CCNP
14 2 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.16%) GDPR
2 26 (5.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (4.31%) Data Quality
4 16 (3.29%) QA
5 15 (3.08%) NIST
6 11 (2.26%) SOC 2
7 8 (1.64%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.64%) GRC
8 7 (1.44%) HIPAA
8 7 (1.44%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.23%) EU AI Act
10 5 (1.03%) SLA
11 4 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.41%) ISO 14001
13 2 (0.41%) ISO 26262
13 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 93 (19.10%) Docker
2 13 (2.67%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.23%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.62%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.41%) Firmware
5 2 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.21%) HDFS
6 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 123 (25.26%) Kubernetes
2 93 (19.10%) Terraform
3 45 (9.24%) Ansible
4 35 (7.19%) Grafana
5 22 (4.52%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.23%) Argo
6 6 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.03%) Puppet
8 4 (0.82%) Cilium
8 4 (0.82%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.62%) cPanel
9 3 (0.62%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.62%) Plesk
10 2 (0.41%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.21%) Icinga
11 1 (0.21%) Nagios
11 1 (0.21%) Nmap
11 1 (0.21%) Rancher
Vendors
1 102 (20.94%) Google
2 32 (6.57%) Microsoft
3 20 (4.11%) Databricks
4 12 (2.46%) Talend
5 10 (2.05%) Oracle
6 9 (1.85%) Alteryx
6 9 (1.85%) Informatica
6 9 (1.85%) SAP
6 9 (1.85%) Zoho
7 8 (1.64%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.64%) VMware
8 7 (1.44%) IBM
9 6 (1.23%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.03%) Cisco
10 5 (1.03%) Dell
10 5 (1.03%) OpenAI
10 5 (1.03%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.03%) Sage
10 5 (1.03%) Splunk
10 5 (1.03%) Xamarin
600 hybrid/remote GCP jobs