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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 56 52
Rank change year-on-year -21 -4 0
Permanent jobs citing GCP 525 844 1,424
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.33% 5.26% 5.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.04% 11.24% 11.23%
Number of salaries quoted 358 590 1,210
10th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £66,938 £66,313 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £73,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +16.04% -2.33%
75th Percentile £118,750 £109,688 £96,539
90th Percentile £142,500 £138,750 £118,750
UK median annual salary £76,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +6.67% -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 5,808 7,510 12,682
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.81% 46.77% 46.15%
Number of salaries quoted 4,025 4,772 11,098
10th Percentile £32,125 £35,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 2 February 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 54 (10.29%) Apache Airflow
2 29 (5.52%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.48%) Apache
3 13 (2.48%) Confluence
4 7 (1.33%) IIS
5 5 (0.95%) Apache Pulsar
6 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.57%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.38%) Luigi
7 2 (0.38%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.38%) WordPress
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.19%) CMS
8 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.19%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.57%) Trello
3 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Notion
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.19%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 447 (85.14%) AWS
2 358 (68.19%) Azure
3 121 (23.05%) SaaS
4 48 (9.14%) GitHub
5 45 (8.57%) dbt
6 40 (7.62%) Amazon EKS
7 30 (5.71%) AWS CloudFormation
7 30 (5.71%) Snowflake
8 28 (5.33%) Serverless
9 27 (5.14%) GitHub Actions
9 27 (5.14%) Power Platform
10 18 (3.43%) Vertex AI
11 13 (2.48%) Amazon S3
11 13 (2.48%) Azure Service Bus
12 12 (2.29%) Amazon ECS
12 12 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
12 12 (2.29%) Entra ID
13 11 (2.10%) Azure Machine Learning
13 11 (2.10%) Google Analytics
14 10 (1.90%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.38%) Firewall
2 16 (3.05%) Broadband
2 16 (3.05%) Network Security
3 13 (2.48%) VPN
4 11 (2.10%) DNS
5 10 (1.90%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.71%) WAN
7 7 (1.33%) LAN
8 6 (1.14%) DHCP
8 6 (1.14%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.76%) SSL
10 3 (0.57%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (0.57%) Ethernet
10 3 (0.57%) Kerberos
10 3 (0.57%) SCCP
11 2 (0.38%) AMQP
11 2 (0.38%) Wireless
12 1 (0.19%) NAS
12 1 (0.19%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (13.33%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (11.24%) BigQuery
3 42 (8.00%) Data Warehouse
4 41 (7.81%) NoSQL
5 29 (5.52%) Metadata
6 28 (5.33%) Tableau
7 27 (5.14%) Elasticsearch
8 23 (4.38%) Apache Iceberg
9 21 (4.00%) Power BI
10 17 (3.24%) Amazon Athena
10 17 (3.24%) Data Lake
10 17 (3.24%) Looker
10 17 (3.24%) MySQL
10 17 (3.24%) SQL Server
11 14 (2.67%) Apache Arrow
11 14 (2.67%) Dremio
11 14 (2.67%) MongoDB
12 12 (2.29%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (2.10%) Redis
13 11 (2.10%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 39 (7.43%) TeamCity
2 27 (5.14%) Git
2 27 (5.14%) GitLab
3 22 (4.19%) JIRA
4 12 (2.29%) Jenkins
5 11 (2.10%) MLflow
6 9 (1.71%) Subversion
7 8 (1.52%) Bitbucket
7 8 (1.52%) CircleCI
8 7 (1.33%) Storybook
9 5 (0.95%) git-flow
10 4 (0.76%) ER Studio
10 4 (0.76%) ERwin
10 4 (0.76%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.57%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.57%) webpack
12 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.38%) Mocha
12 2 (0.38%) REST Assured
13 1 (0.19%) Mockito
General
1 175 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 168 (32.00%) Finance
3 81 (15.43%) Law
4 78 (14.86%) Retail
5 69 (13.14%) Banking
6 65 (12.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 50 (9.52%) Public Sector
8 43 (8.19%) Financial Institution
9 41 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
10 38 (7.24%) Telecoms
11 36 (6.86%) Back Office
12 24 (4.57%) Legal
13 17 (3.24%) Marketing
14 15 (2.86%) Front Office
14 15 (2.86%) Manufacturing
15 12 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
18 7 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
19 6 (1.14%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 153 (29.14%) Senior
2 106 (20.19%) Software Engineer
3 85 (16.19%) Developer
4 75 (14.29%) Architect
5 52 (9.90%) Lead
6 40 (7.62%) Data Engineer
7 35 (6.67%) Engineering Manager
7 35 (6.67%) Software Developer
8 30 (5.71%) .NET Developer
8 30 (5.71%) .NET Software Developer
9 28 (5.33%) Consultant
10 27 (5.14%) Data Architect
10 27 (5.14%) Senior Software Engineer
11 25 (4.76%) Python Engineer
12 23 (4.38%) Full-Stack Developer
13 22 (4.19%) Cloud Engineer
13 22 (4.19%) Senior Developer
13 22 (4.19%) Solutions Architect
14 21 (4.00%) Security Engineer
14 21 (4.00%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (18.10%) React
2 66 (12.57%) .NET
3 59 (11.24%) Kafka
3 59 (11.24%) Node.js
4 42 (8.00%) RESTful
5 25 (4.76%) gRPC
6 23 (4.38%) AngularJS
6 23 (4.38%) Vue
7 22 (4.19%) Django
8 19 (3.62%) REST
9 18 (3.43%) CSS
10 17 (3.24%) HTML
10 17 (3.24%) OAuth
10 17 (3.24%) Pandas
10 17 (3.24%) Spring
11 16 (3.05%) RabbitMQ
12 15 (2.86%) PyTorch
12 15 (2.86%) Spring Boot
12 15 (2.86%) TensorFlow
13 14 (2.67%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 124 (23.62%) Cloud Native
2 71 (13.52%) Distributed Systems
3 47 (8.95%) Product Ownership
4 23 (4.38%) Blog
5 17 (3.24%) Distributed Architecture
5 17 (3.24%) Public Cloud
6 14 (2.67%) Equities
6 14 (2.67%) Fixed Income
6 14 (2.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (2.29%) AI Agents
7 12 (2.29%) Data Structures
8 11 (2.10%) Mobile App
8 11 (2.10%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.10%) Security Posture
8 11 (2.10%) Video\Live Streaming
9 10 (1.90%) Algorithms
9 10 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.71%) Over-the-Top Content
11 8 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 38 (7.24%) Linux
2 24 (4.57%) Windows
3 21 (4.00%) Android
4 18 (3.43%) Unix
5 12 (2.29%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.14%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.38%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.19%) CentOS
8 1 (0.19%) Debian
8 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (41.90%) CI/CD
2 193 (36.76%) Software Engineering
3 160 (30.48%) Agile
4 155 (29.52%) AI
5 154 (29.33%) DevOps
6 123 (23.43%) Microservices
7 112 (21.33%) Roadmaps
8 106 (20.19%) Mentoring
9 94 (17.90%) Containerisation
10 90 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
11 87 (16.57%) Infrastructure as Code
12 84 (16.00%) Computer Science
13 76 (14.48%) Clean Code
14 74 (14.10%) Machine Learning
15 72 (13.71%) Test Automation
16 68 (12.95%) Analytics
17 67 (12.76%) Continuous Improvement
18 62 (11.81%) Data Modelling
19 59 (11.24%) Data Pipeline
20 55 (10.48%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 167 (31.81%) Python
2 122 (23.24%) Java
3 114 (21.71%) TypeScript
4 95 (18.10%) SQL
5 87 (16.57%) JavaScript
6 58 (11.05%) Go
7 38 (7.24%) C#
8 28 (5.33%) Scala
9 25 (4.76%) Bash
10 13 (2.48%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.90%) C++
12 7 (1.33%) PHP
13 5 (0.95%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.95%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.76%) R
15 3 (0.57%) Rust
16 2 (0.38%) Bicep
16 2 (0.38%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.38%) Ruby
16 2 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 96 (18.29%) Degree
2 60 (11.43%) Computer Science Degree
3 51 (9.71%) Security Cleared
4 48 (9.14%) SC Cleared
5 15 (2.86%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.48%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.29%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.90%) CISSP
8 10 (1.90%) CREST Certified
8 10 (1.90%) OSCP
9 6 (1.14%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.95%) CISM
10 5 (0.95%) OSCE
11 4 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.76%) CEH
11 4 (0.76%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.76%) PhD
12 3 (0.57%) CISA
12 3 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (5.14%) GDPR
3 25 (4.76%) Data Quality
4 24 (4.57%) QA
5 19 (3.62%) Accessibility
6 16 (3.05%) NIST
6 16 (3.05%) SOC 2
7 12 (2.29%) GRC
8 11 (2.10%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.14%) EU AI Act
10 5 (0.95%) SLA
11 3 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 2 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.38%) ISO 14001
12 2 (0.38%) ISO 26262
12 2 (0.38%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.38%) SOC 1
System Software
1 112 (21.33%) Docker
2 18 (3.43%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (0.57%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.38%) Firmware
4 2 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) HDFS
5 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 148 (28.19%) Kubernetes
2 131 (24.95%) Terraform
3 59 (11.24%) Grafana
4 43 (8.19%) Ansible
5 25 (4.76%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.90%) Argo
7 8 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.14%) Puppet
9 4 (0.76%) Cilium
9 4 (0.76%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.76%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.57%) cPanel
10 3 (0.57%) Plesk
11 1 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.19%) Icinga
11 1 (0.19%) Nagios
11 1 (0.19%) Nessus
11 1 (0.19%) Nmap
11 1 (0.19%) Rancher
Vendors
1 119 (22.67%) Google
2 40 (7.62%) Microsoft
3 32 (6.10%) Databricks
4 13 (2.48%) Atlassian
5 12 (2.29%) Palantir
6 10 (1.90%) SAP
7 9 (1.71%) Informatica
7 9 (1.71%) Typelevel
8 8 (1.52%) Adobe
8 8 (1.52%) Oracle
9 7 (1.33%) Sage
9 7 (1.33%) Salesforce
10 6 (1.14%) Talend
10 6 (1.14%) VMware
11 5 (0.95%) Ericsson
11 5 (0.95%) IBM
11 5 (0.95%) Nokia
11 5 (0.95%) Splunk
11 5 (0.95%) Xamarin
11 5 (0.95%) Zoho