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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 44 77
Rank change year-on-year -15 +33 -39
Permanent jobs citing GCP 708 955 1,245
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.74% 6.54% 3.81%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.83% 16.53% 8.86%
Number of salaries quoted 356 506 1,062
10th Percentile £53,262 £52,474 £48,750
25th Percentile £63,622 £67,813 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,253 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £137,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £85,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% +9.68% -3.13%

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 7,199 5,777 14,050
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.05% 39.58% 42.96%
Number of salaries quoted 4,940 4,167 11,949
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 24 May 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 43 (6.07%) Apache Airflow
2 26 (3.67%) Apache Spark
3 7 (0.99%) Confluence
4 5 (0.71%) Apache
5 3 (0.42%) CMS
5 3 (0.42%) Palantir Foundry
5 3 (0.42%) SAS
6 2 (0.28%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.14%) Camunda
7 1 (0.14%) Drupal
7 1 (0.14%) IIS
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.14%) nginx
7 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.14%) Strapi
7 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.42%) Chatbot
1 3 (0.42%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (3.39%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.28%) Shopify
4 1 (0.14%) Magento
4 1 (0.14%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 573 (80.93%) AWS
2 415 (58.62%) Azure
3 86 (12.15%) SaaS
4 68 (9.60%) Amazon EKS
5 31 (4.38%) Snowflake
6 29 (4.10%) Serverless
7 28 (3.95%) dbt
8 25 (3.53%) Power Platform
9 24 (3.39%) Vertex AI
10 22 (3.11%) Cloud Run
11 21 (2.97%) Entra ID
11 21 (2.97%) GitHub
12 19 (2.68%) Dagster
12 19 (2.68%) Google Analytics
13 16 (2.26%) Amazon ECS
13 16 (2.26%) Azure Machine Learning
13 16 (2.26%) Cloud Functions
13 16 (2.26%) Figma
13 16 (2.26%) PaaS
14 15 (2.12%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 92 (12.99%) Broadband
2 22 (3.11%) Network Security
3 18 (2.54%) Firewall
4 16 (2.26%) WAN
5 15 (2.12%) DNS
6 13 (1.84%) LAN
7 10 (1.41%) SD-WAN
8 9 (1.27%) TCP/IP
9 8 (1.13%) Internet
10 7 (0.99%) LTE
10 7 (0.99%) SSL
10 7 (0.99%) VPN
11 5 (0.71%) DHCP
11 5 (0.71%) Fibre Channel
11 5 (0.71%) iSCSI
11 5 (0.71%) Wireless
12 4 (0.56%) MQTT
13 3 (0.42%) MPLS
13 3 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
13 3 (0.42%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (13.42%) BigQuery
2 56 (7.91%) PostgreSQL
3 37 (5.23%) Metadata
4 36 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (5.08%) NoSQL
5 27 (3.81%) Looker
6 26 (3.67%) MongoDB
7 24 (3.39%) Semantic Layer
8 23 (3.25%) Data Lake
9 22 (3.11%) Elasticsearch
10 20 (2.82%) Tableau
11 19 (2.68%) Power BI
12 18 (2.54%) Amazon Redshift
13 15 (2.12%) Relational Database
14 13 (1.84%) Pinecone
15 10 (1.41%) Apache Iceberg
15 10 (1.41%) Delta Lake
16 9 (1.27%) SQL Server
16 9 (1.27%) Weaviate
17 7 (0.99%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 55 (7.77%) TeamCity
2 36 (5.08%) Git
3 19 (2.68%) Jenkins
4 17 (2.40%) GitLab
5 16 (2.26%) CircleCI
5 16 (2.26%) JIRA
6 12 (1.69%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.69%) MLflow
7 7 (0.99%) Storybook
8 3 (0.42%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.42%) Subversion
9 2 (0.28%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.28%) TestRail
9 2 (0.28%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.14%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.14%) Gatling
10 1 (0.14%) Maven
10 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.14%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.14%) webpack
General
1 180 (25.42%) Social Skills
2 177 (25.00%) Finance
3 162 (22.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 147 (20.76%) Law
5 113 (15.96%) Banking
6 93 (13.14%) Retail
7 78 (11.02%) Public Sector
8 53 (7.49%) Analytical Skills
9 42 (5.93%) Back Office
9 42 (5.93%) Financial Institution
10 26 (3.67%) Legal
11 20 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (2.40%) Front Office
13 13 (1.84%) Telecoms
14 12 (1.69%) Marketing
15 9 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (0.99%) Manufacturing
17 6 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
18 5 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
19 3 (0.42%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 199 (28.11%) Senior
2 156 (22.03%) Software Engineer
3 114 (16.10%) Architect
4 65 (9.18%) Lead
5 56 (7.91%) Data Engineer
5 56 (7.91%) Developer
6 53 (7.49%) Analyst
7 41 (5.79%) Cloud Engineer
7 41 (5.79%) Consultant
8 35 (4.94%) Senior Software Engineer
9 32 (4.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 31 (4.38%) Lead Software Engineer
10 31 (4.38%) Solutions Architect
11 30 (4.24%) Scala Engineer
12 29 (4.10%) Data Architect
12 29 (4.10%) Senior Architect
13 28 (3.95%) Senior Analyst
14 25 (3.53%) Senior Consultant
15 22 (3.11%) Principal Engineer
15 22 (3.11%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (11.16%) React
2 66 (9.32%) Node.js
3 54 (7.63%) gRPC
4 52 (7.34%) Kafka
5 32 (4.52%) REST
6 29 (4.10%) Django
7 25 (3.53%) .NET
8 22 (3.11%) RESTful
9 19 (2.68%) LangChain
10 18 (2.54%) Redux
11 17 (2.40%) Spring
12 16 (2.26%) FastAPI
12 16 (2.26%) PyTorch
12 16 (2.26%) TensorFlow
13 15 (2.12%) React Native
13 15 (2.12%) Vue
14 14 (1.98%) OAuth
14 14 (1.98%) Playwright
14 14 (1.98%) Spring Boot
15 13 (1.84%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 188 (26.55%) Cloud Native
2 85 (12.01%) Distributed Systems
3 77 (10.88%) Product Ownership
4 46 (6.50%) Over-the-Top Content
4 46 (6.50%) Video\Live Streaming
5 27 (3.81%) Blog
6 26 (3.67%) Distributed Architecture
6 26 (3.67%) Security Posture
7 25 (3.53%) Public Cloud
8 24 (3.39%) Data Structures
9 23 (3.25%) Onboarding
10 22 (3.11%) AI Agents
10 22 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
11 19 (2.68%) Management Information System
12 17 (2.40%) Social Media
13 16 (2.26%) Fixed Income
14 15 (2.12%) Mobile App
15 10 (1.41%) Cyberattack
15 10 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
16 9 (1.27%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.80%) Linux
2 21 (2.97%) Android
3 17 (2.40%) Apple iOS
4 16 (2.26%) Windows
5 7 (0.99%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.71%) Unix
7 1 (0.14%) CentOS
7 1 (0.14%) Debian
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (40.54%) CI/CD
2 259 (36.58%) Software Engineering
3 202 (28.53%) Agile
4 184 (25.99%) Mentoring
5 182 (25.71%) AI
6 168 (23.73%) DevOps
7 163 (23.02%) Microservices
8 151 (21.33%) Containerisation
9 139 (19.63%) Machine Learning
10 136 (19.21%) Clean Code
11 135 (19.07%) Roadmaps
12 126 (17.80%) Test Automation
13 125 (17.66%) Coaching
14 112 (15.82%) Continuous Improvement
15 110 (15.54%) Technical Leadership
16 104 (14.69%) Problem-Solving
17 96 (13.56%) Infrastructure as Code
18 89 (12.57%) Analytics
18 89 (12.57%) Data Science
19 69 (9.75%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 260 (36.72%) Python
2 175 (24.72%) Java
3 113 (15.96%) Go
4 102 (14.41%) SQL
5 88 (12.43%) JavaScript
6 66 (9.32%) TypeScript
7 65 (9.18%) Scala
8 21 (2.97%) C#
9 20 (2.82%) Bash
10 19 (2.68%) C++
11 14 (1.98%) Rust
12 8 (1.13%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.71%) C
14 3 (0.42%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.42%) Perl
14 3 (0.42%) PHP
14 3 (0.42%) Ruby
15 2 (0.28%) R
15 2 (0.28%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.14%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 106 (14.97%) Degree
2 98 (13.84%) Security Cleared
3 80 (11.30%) SC Cleared
4 38 (5.37%) AWS Certification
5 30 (4.24%) CISSP
5 30 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 27 (3.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 16 (2.26%) CISM
7 16 (2.26%) CREST Certified
7 16 (2.26%) OSCP
8 13 (1.84%) Azure Certification
9 11 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.27%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.99%) GIAC
11 7 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.85%) CCSP
12 6 (0.85%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.71%) CCNP
13 5 (0.71%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.08%) Data Quality
2 33 (4.66%) Accessibility
3 32 (4.52%) NIST
4 29 (4.10%) QA
5 28 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (2.68%) GDPR
7 16 (2.26%) GRC
8 10 (1.41%) SOC 2
9 9 (1.27%) NCSC
10 7 (0.99%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 7 (0.99%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.71%) PMO
12 3 (0.42%) SLA
13 2 (0.28%) COBIT
13 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.28%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.28%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.28%) SOC 1
13 2 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 163 (23.02%) Docker
2 13 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (1.55%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.71%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.71%) vSphere
5 1 (0.14%) Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 162 (22.88%) Kubernetes
2 159 (22.46%) Terraform
3 74 (10.45%) Grafana
4 38 (5.37%) Ansible
5 17 (2.40%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.69%) Podman
6 12 (1.69%) Puppet
7 11 (1.55%) Istio
8 5 (0.71%) Argo
8 5 (0.71%) Avamar
8 5 (0.71%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (0.71%) Dell DRAC
8 5 (0.71%) EMC NetWorker
8 5 (0.71%) EMC VPLEX
8 5 (0.71%) VxRail
9 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.42%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.28%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.28%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 146 (20.62%) Google
2 92 (12.99%) Microsoft
3 45 (6.36%) Typelevel
4 34 (4.80%) Adobe
5 26 (3.67%) Databricks
6 25 (3.53%) Apple
7 24 (3.39%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.84%) Palantir
9 12 (1.69%) SAP
9 12 (1.69%) VMware
10 11 (1.55%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.41%) OpenAI
11 10 (1.41%) Oracle
12 8 (1.13%) Atlassian
12 8 (1.13%) Cisco
12 8 (1.13%) Confluent
12 8 (1.13%) Dell
12 8 (1.13%) Foundry
13 5 (0.71%) 3PAR
13 5 (0.71%) Isilon