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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 64 63
Rank change year-on-year -9 -1 -23
Permanent jobs citing GCP 818 814 951
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.37% 5.01% 4.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.34% 14.08% 10.01%
Number of salaries quoted 465 404 689
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £62,334 £65,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £93,750 £135,313 £142,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £137,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% +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 8,755 5,782 9,505
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.03% 35.59% 40.73%
Number of salaries quoted 6,424 4,175 6,576
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,659 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -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 17 September 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 12 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (1.22%) Apache
2 10 (1.22%) Apache Spark
3 8 (0.98%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.61%) Confluence
5 3 (0.37%) Camunda
5 3 (0.37%) WordPress
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.12%) Appian
6 1 (0.12%) CMS
6 1 (0.12%) Drupal
6 1 (0.12%) IIS
6 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.12%) nginx
6 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 15 (1.83%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.24%) Weka
4 1 (0.12%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (2.93%) Cloudability
2 3 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.12%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 658 (80.44%) AWS
2 522 (63.81%) Azure
3 109 (13.33%) SaaS
4 68 (8.31%) Amazon EKS
5 37 (4.52%) GitHub
5 37 (4.52%) Power Platform
6 28 (3.42%) dbt
7 26 (3.18%) Cloud Run
8 25 (3.06%) AWS CloudFormation
8 25 (3.06%) Serverless
9 24 (2.93%) GitHub Actions
10 23 (2.81%) Google Analytics
10 23 (2.81%) Snowflake
11 22 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
12 19 (2.32%) Anthropic Claude
13 18 (2.20%) Firebase
14 17 (2.08%) Datadog
15 16 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
15 16 (1.96%) Cloud Functions
16 15 (1.83%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 42 (5.13%) Broadband
2 38 (4.65%) Network Security
3 19 (2.32%) Firewall
3 19 (2.32%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.83%) WAN
5 10 (1.22%) SD-WAN
5 10 (1.22%) VPN
6 7 (0.86%) LAN
7 6 (0.73%) Fibre Channel
7 6 (0.73%) HTTP
7 6 (0.73%) iSCSI
8 5 (0.61%) BGP
8 5 (0.61%) DNS
9 4 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (0.49%) LTE
9 4 (0.49%) SSH
9 4 (0.49%) Wireless
10 3 (0.37%) Internet
10 3 (0.37%) MPLS
10 3 (0.37%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (7.82%) BigQuery
2 53 (6.48%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (4.28%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (4.28%) NoSQL
3 35 (4.28%) Power BI
4 26 (3.18%) Looker
5 24 (2.93%) SQL Server
6 22 (2.69%) MongoDB
7 20 (2.44%) Semantic Layer
8 18 (2.20%) Data Lake
8 18 (2.20%) Metadata
8 18 (2.20%) Relational Database
9 17 (2.08%) Pinecone
9 17 (2.08%) Tableau
10 16 (1.96%) Chroma
11 10 (1.22%) MySQL
12 9 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (0.86%) Metadata Repository
14 5 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.61%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 69 (8.44%) TeamCity
2 52 (6.36%) Git
3 42 (5.13%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.71%) JIRA
5 9 (1.10%) GitLab
6 7 (0.86%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.73%) CircleCI
8 5 (0.61%) JUnit
9 4 (0.49%) Maven
10 3 (0.37%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.37%) Mockito
10 3 (0.37%) Postman
10 3 (0.37%) Selenium
10 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.24%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.24%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.24%) MLflow
11 2 (0.24%) Subversion
11 2 (0.24%) TestRail
11 2 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 246 (30.07%) Social Skills
2 230 (28.12%) Finance
3 200 (24.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 154 (18.83%) Law
5 144 (17.60%) Banking
6 116 (14.18%) Retail
7 94 (11.49%) Public Sector
8 74 (9.05%) Analytical Skills
9 63 (7.70%) Back Office
9 63 (7.70%) Financial Institution
10 38 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
11 29 (3.55%) Marketing
12 22 (2.69%) Legal
13 8 (0.98%) Telecoms
14 7 (0.86%) Advertising
14 7 (0.86%) French Language
15 5 (0.61%) Games
15 5 (0.61%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.49%) Front Office
17 3 (0.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 233 (28.48%) Senior
2 189 (23.11%) Software Engineer
3 140 (17.11%) Architect
4 72 (8.80%) Lead
5 67 (8.19%) Cloud Engineer
6 60 (7.33%) Analyst
7 52 (6.36%) Python Engineer
8 46 (5.62%) GCP Engineer
9 41 (5.01%) Developer
10 39 (4.77%) Data Engineer
11 35 (4.28%) Senior Software Engineer
12 34 (4.16%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 34 (4.16%) Solutions Architect
13 33 (4.03%) Senior Analyst
14 30 (3.67%) Senior Architect
15 29 (3.55%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 28 (3.42%) Site Engineer
17 27 (3.30%) Consultant
17 27 (3.30%) Data Architect
17 27 (3.30%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 211 (25.79%) Terraform
2 68 (8.31%) React
3 50 (6.11%) Node.js
4 42 (5.13%) LangChain
4 42 (5.13%) REST
5 35 (4.28%) .NET
6 29 (3.55%) Spring
7 26 (3.18%) LangGraph
7 26 (3.18%) PyTorch
8 22 (2.69%) Kafka
8 22 (2.69%) OAuth
8 22 (2.69%) RESTful
8 22 (2.69%) Spring Boot
9 21 (2.57%) FastAPI
9 21 (2.57%) Middleware
9 21 (2.57%) TensorFlow
10 18 (2.20%) OpenID
10 18 (2.20%) scikit-learn
11 17 (2.08%) Django
11 17 (2.08%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 227 (27.75%) Cloud Native
2 92 (11.25%) Product Ownership
3 76 (9.29%) Distributed Systems
4 55 (6.72%) AI Agents
5 27 (3.30%) Blog
5 27 (3.30%) Distributed Architecture
6 20 (2.44%) Public Cloud
6 20 (2.44%) Security Posture
7 17 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.83%) Data Centre
8 15 (1.83%) Data Structures
9 14 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.71%) Video\Live Streaming
10 13 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (1.59%) Social Media
11 11 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
11 11 (1.34%) Mobile App
11 11 (1.34%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.22%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.99%) Linux
2 18 (2.20%) Unix
3 16 (1.96%) Windows
4 10 (1.22%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.73%) Android
5 6 (0.73%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.37%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.12%) CentOS
7 1 (0.12%) Debian
7 1 (0.12%) Solaris
7 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (41.20%) CI/CD
2 296 (36.19%) Software Engineering
3 271 (33.13%) Mentoring
4 266 (32.52%) AI
5 211 (25.79%) Agile
6 192 (23.47%) DevOps
7 152 (18.58%) Infrastructure as Code
8 148 (18.09%) Technical Leadership
9 139 (16.99%) Microservices
10 138 (16.87%) Continuous Improvement
10 138 (16.87%) Test Automation
11 137 (16.75%) Roadmaps
12 122 (14.91%) Machine Learning
13 121 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
14 117 (14.30%) Observability
15 110 (13.45%) Clean Code
16 107 (13.08%) Containerisation
17 105 (12.84%) Analytics
17 105 (12.84%) Coaching
18 98 (11.98%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 276 (33.74%) Python
2 184 (22.49%) Java
3 135 (16.50%) SQL
4 81 (9.90%) JavaScript
5 57 (6.97%) TypeScript
6 53 (6.48%) Go
7 39 (4.77%) C#
8 24 (2.93%) Bash
9 21 (2.57%) Scala
10 20 (2.44%) PowerShell
11 12 (1.47%) Rust
12 10 (1.22%) C++
12 10 (1.22%) R
13 7 (0.86%) Ruby
14 5 (0.61%) C
14 5 (0.61%) PHP
15 4 (0.49%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.49%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.37%) Perl
16 3 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 130 (15.89%) Security Cleared
2 112 (13.69%) SC Cleared
3 107 (13.08%) Degree
4 55 (6.72%) AWS Certification
5 32 (3.91%) CISSP
6 29 (3.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 26 (3.18%) CISM
8 24 (2.93%) Azure Certification
9 22 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (1.34%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (1.10%) CREST Certified
12 9 (1.10%) OSCP
13 7 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 7 (0.86%) CCSP
14 6 (0.73%) Dell Certification
15 5 (0.61%) CRISC
15 5 (0.61%) GIAC
15 5 (0.61%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (7.70%) Data Quality
2 39 (4.77%) NIST
3 37 (4.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (3.30%) Accessibility
5 25 (3.06%) NCSC
6 21 (2.57%) GDPR
7 16 (1.96%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 12 (1.47%) QA
9 10 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (1.10%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.73%) GRC
11 6 (0.73%) PMO
11 6 (0.73%) SLA
12 5 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 4 (0.49%) Def Stans
13 4 (0.49%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 2 (0.24%) HIPAA
16 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
16 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 145 (17.73%) Docker
2 9 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.98%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.73%) vSphere
5 5 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.37%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.37%) Firmware
7 2 (0.24%) KVM
Systems Management
1 215 (26.28%) Kubernetes
2 96 (11.74%) Grafana
3 34 (4.16%) Ansible
4 19 (2.32%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.22%) Puppet
6 7 (0.86%) Istio
6 7 (0.86%) Podman
7 6 (0.73%) Avamar
7 6 (0.73%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (0.73%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (0.73%) VxRail
8 5 (0.61%) CASB
8 5 (0.61%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.37%) Argo
10 3 (0.37%) linkerd
11 2 (0.24%) Packer
12 1 (0.12%) QRadar
12 1 (0.12%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 167 (20.42%) Google
2 106 (12.96%) Microsoft
3 33 (4.03%) Adobe
4 28 (3.42%) ServiceNow
5 25 (3.06%) Apple
6 21 (2.57%) Databricks
7 17 (2.08%) Dynatrace
8 16 (1.96%) Okta
9 15 (1.83%) Informatica
9 15 (1.83%) OpenAI
9 15 (1.83%) Ping Identity
9 15 (1.83%) Splunk
10 12 (1.47%) SAP
10 12 (1.47%) VMware
11 10 (1.22%) Cisco
11 10 (1.22%) New Relic
11 10 (1.22%) Oracle
12 9 (1.10%) Palo Alto
12 9 (1.10%) Typelevel
13 7 (0.86%) Dell