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

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 55 46
Rank change year-on-year -24 -9 +10
Permanent jobs citing GCP 495 949 1,309
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.24% 4.84% 6.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.86% 10.91% 12.74%
Number of salaries quoted 384 666 1,063
10th Percentile £48,250 £56,250 £46,314
25th Percentile £67,500 £70,385 £60,200
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 £125,938 £97,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £147,500 £130,000
UK median annual salary £79,750 £83,230 £79,632
% change year-on-year -4.18% +4.52% +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 5,588 8,702 10,277
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.58% 44.42% 47.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4,180 5,621 8,788
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 £97,500
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 19 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 77 (15.56%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (3.03%) Apache Spark
3 12 (2.42%) Apache
4 9 (1.82%) Confluence
5 8 (1.62%) IIS
6 4 (0.81%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.40%) Luigi
7 2 (0.40%) 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
1 440 (88.89%) AWS
2 340 (68.69%) Azure
3 106 (21.41%) SaaS
4 82 (16.57%) dbt
5 47 (9.49%) GitHub
6 34 (6.87%) Power Platform
7 27 (5.45%) GitHub Actions
8 25 (5.05%) AWS CloudFormation
9 20 (4.04%) PaaS
10 19 (3.84%) Snowflake
11 18 (3.64%) Amazon EKS
11 18 (3.64%) OCI
11 18 (3.64%) Serverless
12 16 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (2.83%) IaaS
14 12 (2.42%) Amazon ECS
14 12 (2.42%) Azure Service Bus
15 11 (2.22%) OpenShift
16 10 (2.02%) Fivetran
17 9 (1.82%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.86%) Firewall
2 19 (3.84%) VPN
3 16 (3.23%) Network Security
4 15 (3.03%) TCP/IP
5 10 (2.02%) DNS
5 10 (2.02%) WAN
6 9 (1.82%) LAN
7 8 (1.62%) BGP
8 6 (1.21%) Broadband
8 6 (1.21%) VLAN
9 5 (1.01%) DHCP
9 5 (1.01%) OSPF
9 5 (1.01%) 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 (22.02%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (11.72%) Amazon Athena
3 55 (11.11%) Apache Arrow
3 55 (11.11%) Apache Iceberg
3 55 (11.11%) Dremio
4 45 (9.09%) NoSQL
5 37 (7.47%) Data Warehouse
6 33 (6.67%) BigQuery
7 32 (6.46%) Power BI
8 23 (4.65%) Tableau
9 22 (4.44%) MongoDB
10 20 (4.04%) SQL Server
11 17 (3.43%) Data Lake
12 16 (3.23%) MySQL
13 13 (2.63%) Elasticsearch
13 13 (2.63%) Metadata
13 13 (2.63%) Redis
14 10 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
15 8 (1.62%) Looker
16 7 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 33 (6.67%) Git
2 24 (4.85%) GitLab
3 21 (4.24%) Jenkins
4 18 (3.64%) JIRA
4 18 (3.64%) TeamCity
5 5 (1.01%) git-flow
5 5 (1.01%) 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 (0.40%) MLflow
8 2 (0.40%) Mocha
8 2 (0.40%) Mockito
8 2 (0.40%) webpack
9 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
General
1 202 (40.81%) Finance
2 159 (32.12%) Social Skills
3 69 (13.94%) Front Office
4 50 (10.10%) Retail
5 43 (8.69%) Banking
5 43 (8.69%) Law
6 39 (7.88%) Analytical Skills
7 31 (6.26%) Telecoms
8 30 (6.06%) Financial Institution
9 28 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 24 (4.85%) Public Sector
11 23 (4.65%) Back Office
12 21 (4.24%) Marketing
13 19 (3.84%) Legal
14 15 (3.03%) Manufacturing
15 14 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.41%) Electronics
16 7 (1.41%) Tech for Good
17 6 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 141 (28.48%) Developer
2 118 (23.84%) Senior
3 117 (23.64%) Software Engineer
4 77 (15.56%) Architect
5 69 (13.94%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 60 (12.12%) Python Engineer
7 58 (11.72%) AWS Engineer
8 55 (11.11%) AWS Developer
8 55 (11.11%) AWS Software Engineer
9 52 (10.51%) Lead
9 52 (10.51%) Python Software Engineer
10 49 (9.90%) Python Developer
11 35 (7.07%) Engineering Manager
11 35 (7.07%) Full-Stack Developer
12 33 (6.67%) Software Developer
13 31 (6.26%) .NET Developer
14 30 (6.06%) .NET Software Developer
15 29 (5.86%) Solutions Architect
16 27 (5.45%) Data Engineer
17 23 (4.65%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (27.27%) React
2 106 (21.41%) Node.js
3 78 (15.76%) Vue
4 75 (15.15%) .NET
5 74 (14.95%) AngularJS
6 65 (13.13%) Pandas
7 61 (12.32%) Kafka
8 60 (12.12%) NumPy
9 55 (11.11%) SciPy
10 38 (7.68%) RESTful
11 23 (4.65%) Django
11 23 (4.65%) REST
12 21 (4.24%) RabbitMQ
13 19 (3.84%) Redux
14 18 (3.64%) CSS
15 17 (3.43%) FastAPI
16 16 (3.23%) Flask
16 16 (3.23%) HTML
16 16 (3.23%) Spring
16 16 (3.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 98 (19.80%) Cloud Native
2 69 (13.94%) Fixed Income
3 63 (12.73%) Equities
3 63 (12.73%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 50 (10.10%) Distributed Systems
5 26 (5.25%) Management Information System
5 26 (5.25%) Product Ownership
6 24 (4.85%) Public Cloud
7 12 (2.42%) Algorithms
8 10 (2.02%) Private Cloud
9 9 (1.82%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.62%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.62%) Distributed Architecture
11 7 (1.41%) Blog
11 7 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.21%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.21%) Reinsurance
13 5 (1.01%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 38 (7.68%) Linux
2 29 (5.86%) Windows
3 17 (3.43%) Unix
4 7 (1.41%) Android
5 6 (1.21%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.81%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.40%) CentOS
7 2 (0.40%) 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
1 219 (44.24%) Agile
2 185 (37.37%) Software Engineering
3 179 (36.16%) CI/CD
4 152 (30.71%) DevOps
5 126 (25.45%) AI
6 96 (19.39%) Microservices
6 96 (19.39%) Problem-Solving
7 86 (17.37%) Infrastructure as Code
8 85 (17.17%) Fintech
8 85 (17.17%) Roadmaps
9 70 (14.14%) Mentoring
10 69 (13.94%) Containerisation
10 69 (13.94%) Investment Management
11 65 (13.13%) Asset Management
12 64 (12.93%) Risk Management
13 62 (12.53%) Analytics
14 61 (12.32%) Computer Science
14 61 (12.32%) Order Management
15 56 (11.31%) Continuous Improvement
16 55 (11.11%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 202 (40.81%) Python
2 147 (29.70%) TypeScript
3 135 (27.27%) JavaScript
4 104 (21.01%) Java
5 100 (20.20%) SQL
6 50 (10.10%) C#
7 26 (5.25%) Go
8 19 (3.84%) Bash
9 13 (2.63%) PowerShell
10 12 (2.42%) Scala
11 9 (1.82%) R
12 7 (1.41%) Kotlin
12 7 (1.41%) PHP
12 7 (1.41%) T-SQL
13 5 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.61%) C++
14 3 (0.61%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.40%) Bicep
15 2 (0.40%) Ruby
16 1 (0.20%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 69 (13.94%) Degree
2 45 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 44 (8.89%) Security Cleared
4 37 (7.47%) SC Cleared
5 24 (4.85%) Azure Certification
6 22 (4.44%) AWS Certification
7 14 (2.83%) Master's Degree
8 13 (2.63%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (1.62%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.62%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (1.21%) OSCP
12 5 (1.01%) PhD
13 4 (0.81%) CREST Certified
13 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.81%) OSCE
14 3 (0.61%) CCNP
14 3 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.61%) CISSP
14 3 (0.61%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.26%) GDPR
2 26 (5.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (3.84%) Data Quality
4 16 (3.23%) NIST
5 14 (2.83%) QA
6 11 (2.22%) SOC 2
7 9 (1.82%) GRC
8 8 (1.62%) HIPAA
9 7 (1.41%) Accessibility
9 7 (1.41%) PCI DSS
10 6 (1.21%) EU AI Act
11 5 (1.01%) SLA
12 4 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 2 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.40%) ISO 14001
14 2 (0.40%) ISO 26262
14 2 (0.40%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 96 (19.39%) Docker
2 11 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.61%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.40%) Firmware
5 2 (0.40%) 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 (25.45%) Kubernetes
2 91 (18.38%) Terraform
3 48 (9.70%) Ansible
4 34 (6.87%) Grafana
5 21 (4.24%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.21%) Argo
7 5 (1.01%) 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 (0.40%) 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 (21.41%) Google
2 29 (5.86%) Microsoft
3 18 (3.64%) Databricks
4 11 (2.22%) Talend
5 9 (1.82%) Alteryx
5 9 (1.82%) Informatica
5 9 (1.82%) Oracle
5 9 (1.82%) SAP
5 9 (1.82%) VMware
5 9 (1.82%) Zoho
6 8 (1.62%) IBM
7 6 (1.21%) Cisco
8 5 (1.01%) Atlassian
8 5 (1.01%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.01%) Sage
8 5 (1.01%) Salesforce
8 5 (1.01%) Xamarin
9 4 (0.81%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.81%) Nokia
9 4 (0.81%) Splunk