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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 55 76
Rank change year-on-year -16 +21 -41
Permanent jobs citing GCP 774 924 1,144
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.63% 5.60% 3.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.28% 15.04% 8.61%
Number of salaries quoted 408 487 945
10th Percentile £52,350 £51,519 £51,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,253 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% -2.57% +9.38%
75th Percentile £91,250 £115,000 £138,750
90th Percentile £113,425 £137,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -

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 8,338 6,144 13,285
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.06% 37.26% 41.62%
Number of salaries quoted 5,920 4,533 10,941
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%

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 15 July 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 28 (3.62%) Apache Airflow
2 17 (2.20%) Apache Spark
3 6 (0.78%) Apache
4 4 (0.52%) Confluence
5 3 (0.39%) CMS
5 3 (0.39%) SAS
6 2 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.26%) Camunda
6 2 (0.26%) WordPress
7 1 (0.13%) Appian
7 1 (0.13%) Drupal
7 1 (0.13%) IIS
7 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.13%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.13%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.13%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (3.10%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.26%) Shopify
4 1 (0.13%) Magento
4 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 622 (80.36%) AWS
2 459 (59.30%) Azure
3 87 (11.24%) SaaS
4 71 (9.17%) Amazon EKS
5 31 (4.01%) Cloud Run
6 29 (3.75%) Serverless
7 27 (3.49%) GitHub
8 26 (3.36%) Power Platform
9 24 (3.10%) Snowflake
10 22 (2.84%) dbt
11 20 (2.58%) Cloud Functions
11 20 (2.58%) Vertex AI
12 19 (2.45%) PaaS
13 18 (2.33%) Entra ID
13 18 (2.33%) GitHub Actions
14 17 (2.20%) Amazon ECS
14 17 (2.20%) Anthropic Claude
14 17 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
14 17 (2.20%) Google Analytics
15 14 (1.81%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 100 (12.92%) Broadband
2 28 (3.62%) Network Security
3 16 (2.07%) Firewall
3 16 (2.07%) WAN
4 12 (1.55%) DNS
4 12 (1.55%) LAN
5 10 (1.29%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.16%) SD-WAN
6 9 (1.16%) VPN
7 8 (1.03%) LTE
8 7 (0.90%) Internet
9 6 (0.78%) DHCP
9 6 (0.78%) Fibre Channel
9 6 (0.78%) iSCSI
10 5 (0.65%) MQTT
11 4 (0.52%) SSH
12 3 (0.39%) BGP
12 3 (0.39%) MPLS
12 3 (0.39%) SSL
12 3 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (10.21%) BigQuery
2 61 (7.88%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (4.39%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (4.13%) NoSQL
5 28 (3.62%) Metadata
6 27 (3.49%) MongoDB
7 26 (3.36%) Semantic Layer
8 23 (2.97%) Data Lake
8 23 (2.97%) Power BI
9 22 (2.84%) Looker
10 19 (2.45%) Relational Database
11 18 (2.33%) Pinecone
12 14 (1.81%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (1.55%) SQL Server
14 11 (1.42%) Elasticsearch
15 10 (1.29%) Tableau
16 8 (1.03%) Redis
17 7 (0.90%) MySQL
18 6 (0.78%) Big Data
18 6 (0.78%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 59 (7.62%) TeamCity
2 46 (5.94%) Git
3 39 (5.04%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.94%) JIRA
5 13 (1.68%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.55%) CircleCI
7 9 (1.16%) GitLab
8 4 (0.52%) MLflow
9 3 (0.39%) Postman
9 3 (0.39%) Selenium
9 3 (0.39%) TestRail
9 3 (0.39%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.26%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.26%) JUnit
10 2 (0.26%) Subversion
11 1 (0.13%) ER Studio
11 1 (0.13%) ERwin
11 1 (0.13%) JMeter
11 1 (0.13%) Maven
11 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
General
1 206 (26.61%) Social Skills
2 201 (25.97%) Finance
3 180 (23.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 153 (19.77%) Law
5 120 (15.50%) Banking
6 97 (12.53%) Retail
7 83 (10.72%) Public Sector
8 50 (6.46%) Analytical Skills
9 47 (6.07%) Back Office
9 47 (6.07%) Financial Institution
10 27 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
11 25 (3.23%) Legal
12 16 (2.07%) Front Office
13 13 (1.68%) Marketing
14 7 (0.90%) Legal Technology
14 7 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.65%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.65%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.52%) Advertising
16 4 (0.52%) French Language
Job Titles
1 216 (27.91%) Senior
2 174 (22.48%) Software Engineer
3 128 (16.54%) Architect
4 73 (9.43%) Lead
5 64 (8.27%) Developer
6 61 (7.88%) Cloud Engineer
7 51 (6.59%) Data Engineer
8 50 (6.46%) Analyst
9 40 (5.17%) GCP Engineer
9 40 (5.17%) Solutions Architect
10 36 (4.65%) Consultant
10 36 (4.65%) Lead Software Engineer
11 35 (4.52%) Senior Software Engineer
12 32 (4.13%) Senior Architect
13 31 (4.01%) Senior Analyst
14 30 (3.88%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 30 (3.88%) Scala Engineer
15 29 (3.75%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 27 (3.49%) Python Engineer
16 27 (3.49%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (10.98%) React
2 64 (8.27%) Node.js
3 50 (6.46%) gRPC
4 47 (6.07%) Kafka
5 37 (4.78%) REST
6 34 (4.39%) LangChain
7 28 (3.62%) Django
8 24 (3.10%) .NET
9 23 (2.97%) FastAPI
10 22 (2.84%) LangGraph
10 22 (2.84%) PyTorch
10 22 (2.84%) TensorFlow
11 21 (2.71%) RESTful
11 21 (2.71%) Spring
12 20 (2.58%) OAuth
13 18 (2.33%) Spring Boot
13 18 (2.33%) Vue
14 17 (2.20%) AngularJS
15 16 (2.07%) OpenID
15 16 (2.07%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 214 (27.65%) Cloud Native
2 83 (10.72%) Distributed Systems
2 83 (10.72%) Product Ownership
3 46 (5.94%) Over-the-Top Content
3 46 (5.94%) Video\Live Streaming
4 36 (4.65%) AI Agents
5 26 (3.36%) Blog
5 26 (3.36%) Security Posture
6 23 (2.97%) Public Cloud
7 22 (2.84%) Data Structures
8 21 (2.71%) Distributed Architecture
8 21 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
9 19 (2.45%) Management Information System
9 19 (2.45%) Onboarding
10 17 (2.20%) Social Media
11 16 (2.07%) Fixed Income
12 12 (1.55%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.42%) Data Centre
14 10 (1.29%) Cyberattack
15 9 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 42 (5.43%) Linux
2 17 (2.20%) Windows
3 10 (1.29%) Unix
4 9 (1.16%) Android
4 9 (1.16%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.16%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.26%) CentOS
5 2 (0.26%) Debian
5 2 (0.26%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 324 (41.86%) CI/CD
2 288 (37.21%) Software Engineering
3 226 (29.20%) Agile
4 222 (28.68%) Mentoring
5 211 (27.26%) AI
6 172 (22.22%) DevOps
7 166 (21.45%) Microservices
8 156 (20.16%) Containerisation
9 144 (18.60%) Machine Learning
10 142 (18.35%) Roadmaps
10 142 (18.35%) Test Automation
11 133 (17.18%) Clean Code
12 132 (17.05%) Coaching
13 129 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
14 124 (16.02%) Problem-Solving
15 115 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
16 111 (14.34%) Infrastructure as Code
17 92 (11.89%) Data Science
18 87 (11.24%) Analytics
19 79 (10.21%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 290 (37.47%) Python
2 182 (23.51%) Java
3 113 (14.60%) SQL
4 99 (12.79%) JavaScript
5 96 (12.40%) Go
6 62 (8.01%) Scala
7 58 (7.49%) TypeScript
8 24 (3.10%) C#
9 21 (2.71%) Bash
10 16 (2.07%) C++
10 16 (2.07%) Rust
11 10 (1.29%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.78%) C
13 5 (0.65%) Ruby
14 4 (0.52%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.52%) PHP
15 3 (0.39%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.39%) Perl
16 2 (0.26%) ABAP
16 2 (0.26%) R
Qualifications
1 111 (14.34%) Security Cleared
2 102 (13.18%) Degree
3 91 (11.76%) SC Cleared
4 42 (5.43%) AWS Certification
5 38 (4.91%) CISSP
6 29 (3.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 23 (2.97%) CISM
7 23 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (2.20%) Azure Certification
9 13 (1.68%) CREST Certified
9 13 (1.68%) OSCP
10 12 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (1.29%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.90%) GIAC
14 6 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (0.78%) CCSP
14 6 (0.78%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.78%) Dell Certification
15 5 (0.65%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.68%) Data Quality
2 38 (4.91%) NIST
3 32 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (3.62%) Accessibility
5 25 (3.23%) QA
6 20 (2.58%) GDPR
7 16 (2.07%) NCSC
8 14 (1.81%) GRC
9 13 (1.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.78%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.78%) PMO
11 6 (0.78%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 4 (0.52%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.52%) NIST 800
13 3 (0.39%) SLA
14 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.26%) SEPA
14 2 (0.26%) SOC 1
System Software
1 174 (22.48%) Docker
2 14 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.03%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.90%) Active Directory
6 6 (0.78%) vSphere
7 2 (0.26%) KVM
8 1 (0.13%) Firmware
8 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 179 (23.13%) Kubernetes
2 169 (21.83%) Terraform
3 78 (10.08%) Grafana
4 34 (4.39%) Ansible
5 16 (2.07%) Prometheus
6 14 (1.81%) Istio
6 14 (1.81%) Puppet
7 13 (1.68%) Podman
8 6 (0.78%) Avamar
8 6 (0.78%) Dell DRAC
8 6 (0.78%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (0.78%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (0.78%) VxRail
9 5 (0.65%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.52%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.26%) Argo
11 2 (0.26%) CASB
11 2 (0.26%) linkerd
11 2 (0.26%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 142 (18.35%) Google
2 99 (12.79%) Microsoft
3 45 (5.81%) Typelevel
4 28 (3.62%) Adobe
5 25 (3.23%) ServiceNow
6 24 (3.10%) Apple
7 21 (2.71%) Databricks
8 17 (2.20%) SAP
9 16 (2.07%) VMware
10 14 (1.81%) Okta
10 14 (1.81%) Oracle
11 9 (1.16%) ForgeRock
11 9 (1.16%) Informatica
11 9 (1.16%) Ping Identity
12 8 (1.03%) Confluent
12 8 (1.03%) Dell
12 8 (1.03%) OpenAI
12 8 (1.03%) Splunk
13 7 (0.90%) Cisco
13 7 (0.90%) Dynatrace