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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 52 65
Rank change year-on-year -8 +13 -21
Permanent jobs citing GCP 634 748 1,350
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.72% 5.59% 4.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.90% 11.79% 9.91%
Number of salaries quoted 354 591 1,142
10th Percentile £47,900 £55,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £64,439 £67,000 £60,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £85,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +9.68% -
75th Percentile £99,375 £102,500 £101,234
90th Percentile £139,500 £138,750 £137,746
UK median annual salary £75,000 £82,500 £75,669
% change year-on-year -9.09% +9.03% -4.98%

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 6,402 6,345 13,625
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.56% 47.43% 45.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4,318 4,705 11,851
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,769 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £64,600 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.80% +7.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 March 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 44 (6.94%) Apache Airflow
2 29 (4.57%) Apache Spark
3 14 (2.21%) Confluence
4 7 (1.10%) Apache
5 6 (0.95%) IIS
6 5 (0.79%) Apache Pulsar
7 3 (0.47%) CMS
7 3 (0.47%) Palantir Foundry
7 3 (0.47%) SAS
7 3 (0.47%) WordPress
8 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.32%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.16%) Camunda
9 1 (0.16%) Drupal
9 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.16%) nginx
9 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.16%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.47%) Trello
3 2 (0.32%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.16%) Notion
Business Applications
1 2 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.32%) Shopify
2 1 (0.16%) Magento
2 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.16%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 535 (84.38%) AWS
2 403 (63.56%) Azure
3 103 (16.25%) SaaS
4 63 (9.94%) Amazon EKS
5 50 (7.89%) GitHub
6 42 (6.62%) dbt
7 34 (5.36%) Snowflake
8 32 (5.05%) AWS CloudFormation
9 30 (4.73%) Power Platform
9 30 (4.73%) Serverless
10 26 (4.10%) GitHub Actions
11 23 (3.63%) Vertex AI
12 21 (3.31%) Amazon ECS
13 20 (3.15%) Entra ID
14 19 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
15 18 (2.84%) OpenShift
16 16 (2.52%) Azure Machine Learning
16 16 (2.52%) Dagster
16 16 (2.52%) Google Analytics
17 13 (2.05%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 61 (9.62%) Broadband
2 23 (3.63%) Firewall
3 18 (2.84%) TCP/IP
4 17 (2.68%) Network Security
5 13 (2.05%) DNS
6 12 (1.89%) VPN
6 12 (1.89%) WAN
7 10 (1.58%) LAN
8 8 (1.26%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.95%) SSL
10 5 (0.79%) DHCP
10 5 (0.79%) Internet
11 4 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.63%) LTE
11 4 (0.63%) MQTT
12 3 (0.47%) Kerberos
12 3 (0.47%) Modbus
12 3 (0.47%) SCCP
12 3 (0.47%) Wireless
12 3 (0.47%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (12.30%) BigQuery
2 68 (10.73%) PostgreSQL
3 46 (7.26%) NoSQL
4 40 (6.31%) Data Warehouse
5 39 (6.15%) Metadata
6 29 (4.57%) Elasticsearch
7 28 (4.42%) Tableau
8 26 (4.10%) Looker
9 24 (3.79%) Power BI
10 20 (3.15%) Data Lake
11 17 (2.68%) Redis
12 16 (2.52%) Amazon RDS
12 16 (2.52%) MongoDB
13 15 (2.37%) MySQL
13 15 (2.37%) SQL Server
14 14 (2.21%) Amazon Redshift
15 13 (2.05%) Relational Database
15 13 (2.05%) Semantic Layer
16 10 (1.58%) Apache Iceberg
16 10 (1.58%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 55 (8.68%) TeamCity
2 38 (5.99%) Git
3 30 (4.73%) GitLab
4 22 (3.47%) JIRA
5 17 (2.68%) Jenkins
6 13 (2.05%) CircleCI
7 12 (1.89%) MLflow
8 9 (1.42%) Subversion
9 8 (1.26%) Bitbucket
10 7 (1.10%) Cypress.io
10 7 (1.10%) Storybook
11 5 (0.79%) git-flow
12 4 (0.63%) ER Studio
12 4 (0.63%) ERwin
12 4 (0.63%) PowerDesigner
13 3 (0.47%) Visual Studio
14 2 (0.32%) REST Assured
14 2 (0.32%) SonarQube
14 2 (0.32%) TestRail
14 2 (0.32%) webpack
General
1 214 (33.75%) Social Skills
2 178 (28.08%) Finance
3 127 (20.03%) Law
4 110 (17.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 103 (16.25%) Banking
6 102 (16.09%) Retail
7 73 (11.51%) Public Sector
8 58 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
9 52 (8.20%) Financial Institution
10 48 (7.57%) Back Office
11 38 (5.99%) Telecoms
12 31 (4.89%) Legal
13 18 (2.84%) Manufacturing
14 17 (2.68%) Front Office
14 17 (2.68%) Marketing
14 17 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.74%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 202 (31.86%) Senior
2 141 (22.24%) Software Engineer
3 97 (15.30%) Architect
4 76 (11.99%) Lead
5 64 (10.09%) Developer
6 48 (7.57%) Data Engineer
7 38 (5.99%) Consultant
8 36 (5.68%) Senior Software Engineer
9 33 (5.21%) Solutions Architect
10 30 (4.73%) Data Architect
10 30 (4.73%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 28 (4.42%) Lead Software Engineer
12 27 (4.26%) Full-Stack Developer
13 26 (4.10%) Senior Consultant
14 25 (3.94%) Analyst
15 24 (3.79%) Cloud Engineer
15 24 (3.79%) Scala Engineer
16 22 (3.47%) GCP Architect
16 22 (3.47%) Security Engineer
17 21 (3.31%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (16.88%) React
2 74 (11.67%) Kafka
3 66 (10.41%) Node.js
4 55 (8.68%) gRPC
5 41 (6.47%) RESTful
6 35 (5.52%) .NET
7 33 (5.21%) Django
8 32 (5.05%) REST
9 24 (3.79%) Redux
10 22 (3.47%) OAuth
11 21 (3.31%) CSS
12 20 (3.15%) HTML
12 20 (3.15%) Spring
13 18 (2.84%) Vue
14 16 (2.52%) PyTorch
14 16 (2.52%) TensorFlow
15 15 (2.37%) AngularJS
15 15 (2.37%) React Native
15 15 (2.37%) Spring Boot
15 15 (2.37%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 163 (25.71%) Cloud Native
2 95 (14.98%) Distributed Systems
3 64 (10.09%) Product Ownership
4 38 (5.99%) Video\Live Streaming
5 36 (5.68%) Over-the-Top Content
6 28 (4.42%) Blog
7 21 (3.31%) Public Cloud
8 20 (3.15%) Security Posture
9 19 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
10 18 (2.84%) Management Information System
11 17 (2.68%) Data Structures
11 17 (2.68%) Distributed Architecture
12 16 (2.52%) Fixed Income
13 15 (2.37%) Mobile App
13 15 (2.37%) Onboarding
14 13 (2.05%) AI Agents
15 11 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
16 10 (1.58%) Enterprise Software
16 10 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
16 10 (1.58%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 49 (7.73%) Linux
2 28 (4.42%) Windows
3 24 (3.79%) Android
4 22 (3.47%) Unix
5 15 (2.37%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.95%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.95%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.32%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.16%) CentOS
8 1 (0.16%) Debian
8 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (45.43%) CI/CD
2 225 (35.49%) Software Engineering
3 191 (30.13%) DevOps
4 176 (27.76%) Agile
5 174 (27.44%) Microservices
6 153 (24.13%) Containerisation
7 150 (23.66%) AI
8 147 (23.19%) Mentoring
9 126 (19.87%) Clean Code
10 118 (18.61%) Problem-Solving
11 114 (17.98%) Machine Learning
12 111 (17.51%) Coaching
13 110 (17.35%) Roadmaps
13 110 (17.35%) Test Automation
14 103 (16.25%) Infrastructure as Code
15 93 (14.67%) Continuous Improvement
16 91 (14.35%) Computer Science
17 85 (13.41%) Analytics
17 85 (13.41%) Data Science
18 76 (11.99%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 232 (36.59%) Python
2 161 (25.39%) Java
3 108 (17.03%) Go
4 103 (16.25%) SQL
5 85 (13.41%) TypeScript
6 79 (12.46%) JavaScript
7 55 (8.68%) Scala
8 33 (5.21%) C#
9 27 (4.26%) Bash
10 17 (2.68%) C++
11 15 (2.37%) PowerShell
12 8 (1.26%) Rust
13 7 (1.10%) PHP
14 6 (0.95%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.63%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.47%) Ruby
17 2 (0.32%) C
17 2 (0.32%) R
17 2 (0.32%) Shell Script
18 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 116 (18.30%) Degree
2 78 (12.30%) Security Cleared
3 71 (11.20%) SC Cleared
4 65 (10.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.68%) Azure Certification
6 16 (2.52%) CISSP
7 14 (2.21%) CREST Certified
7 14 (2.21%) OSCP
8 12 (1.89%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.58%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.10%) DBS Check
10 7 (1.10%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.95%) CISM
11 6 (0.95%) OSCE
12 5 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.79%) GIAC
13 4 (0.63%) CCNP
13 4 (0.63%) CEH
13 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.68%) QA
2 31 (4.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (4.57%) GDPR
4 27 (4.26%) Accessibility
5 23 (3.63%) Data Quality
6 19 (3.00%) GRC
6 19 (3.00%) NIST
7 16 (2.52%) SOC 2
8 14 (2.21%) PCI DSS
9 7 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.95%) EU AI Act
11 5 (0.79%) SLA
12 4 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 2 (0.32%) ISO 14001
14 2 (0.32%) ISO 26262
14 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.32%) SEPA
14 2 (0.32%) SOC 1
System Software
1 174 (27.44%) Docker
2 19 (3.00%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.32%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 178 (28.08%) Kubernetes
2 166 (26.18%) Terraform
3 79 (12.46%) Grafana
4 46 (7.26%) Ansible
5 27 (4.26%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.26%) Argo
6 8 (1.26%) Istio
6 8 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.10%) Puppet
8 6 (0.95%) Podman
9 5 (0.79%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.63%) Cilium
11 3 (0.47%) cPanel
11 3 (0.47%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.47%) Plesk
12 2 (0.32%) Opsgenie
13 1 (0.16%) CASB
13 1 (0.16%) Consul
13 1 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
13 1 (0.16%) Rancher
Vendors
1 152 (23.97%) Google
2 59 (9.31%) Microsoft
3 36 (5.68%) Typelevel
4 29 (4.57%) Databricks
5 13 (2.05%) Atlassian
5 13 (2.05%) Palantir
6 12 (1.89%) SAP
7 11 (1.74%) Salesforce
8 10 (1.58%) Adobe
8 10 (1.58%) Oracle
9 9 (1.42%) Informatica
10 8 (1.26%) Confluent
10 8 (1.26%) Foundry
10 8 (1.26%) OpenAI
10 8 (1.26%) VMware
11 7 (1.10%) Splunk
12 6 (0.95%) Sage
12 6 (0.95%) Talend
13 5 (0.79%) Ericsson
13 5 (0.79%) Nokia