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

 6 months to
3 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 52 78
Rank change year-on-year -6 +26 -38
Permanent jobs citing GCP 692 765 1,254
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.80% 5.62% 3.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.10% 12.88% 8.96%
Number of salaries quoted 354 578 1,067
10th Percentile £52,775 £52,259 £48,750
25th Percentile £63,922 £65,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,338 £85,253 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £137,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £82,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +6.45% -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 6,849 5,938 13,992
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.63% 43.65% 43.03%
Number of salaries quoted 4,638 4,630 12,001
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £35,640
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,875 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.46% +6.09% -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 3 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 47 (6.79%) Apache Airflow
2 28 (4.05%) Apache Spark
3 10 (1.45%) Confluence
4 6 (0.87%) Apache
5 4 (0.58%) Apache Pulsar
6 3 (0.43%) CMS
6 3 (0.43%) Palantir Foundry
6 3 (0.43%) SAS
7 2 (0.29%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.29%) WordPress
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.14%) Camunda
8 1 (0.14%) Drupal
8 1 (0.14%) IIS
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.14%) nginx
8 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.14%) Strapi
Applications
1 3 (0.43%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.14%) Notion
2 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (2.46%) Cloudability
2 2 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.29%) Shopify
3 1 (0.14%) Magento
3 1 (0.14%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 569 (82.23%) AWS
2 418 (60.40%) Azure
3 80 (11.56%) SaaS
4 60 (8.67%) Amazon EKS
5 31 (4.48%) GitHub
6 30 (4.34%) dbt
6 30 (4.34%) Serverless
7 29 (4.19%) Snowflake
8 25 (3.61%) Entra ID
9 24 (3.47%) Power Platform
9 24 (3.47%) Vertex AI
10 20 (2.89%) Google Analytics
11 19 (2.75%) Dagster
12 18 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
13 17 (2.46%) Cloud Run
14 16 (2.31%) Azure Machine Learning
14 16 (2.31%) Figma
14 16 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
15 15 (2.17%) Amazon ECS
15 15 (2.17%) Cloud Functions
Communications & Networking
1 89 (12.86%) Broadband
2 19 (2.75%) Firewall
2 19 (2.75%) Network Security
3 15 (2.17%) DNS
3 15 (2.17%) WAN
4 12 (1.73%) LAN
5 9 (1.30%) SD-WAN
5 9 (1.30%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.16%) Internet
6 8 (1.16%) VPN
7 7 (1.01%) LTE
7 7 (1.01%) SSL
8 5 (0.72%) DHCP
9 4 (0.58%) MQTT
9 4 (0.58%) Wireless
10 3 (0.43%) Fibre Channel
10 3 (0.43%) Modbus
10 3 (0.43%) MPLS
10 3 (0.43%) SCCP
10 3 (0.43%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (12.86%) BigQuery
2 61 (8.82%) PostgreSQL
3 44 (6.36%) NoSQL
4 38 (5.49%) Metadata
5 34 (4.91%) Data Warehouse
6 27 (3.90%) Looker
7 25 (3.61%) MongoDB
8 21 (3.03%) Elasticsearch
8 21 (3.03%) Tableau
9 20 (2.89%) Data Lake
10 19 (2.75%) Power BI
11 18 (2.60%) Amazon Redshift
11 18 (2.60%) Semantic Layer
12 17 (2.46%) Relational Database
13 10 (1.45%) Apache Iceberg
13 10 (1.45%) Delta Lake
13 10 (1.45%) Pinecone
14 9 (1.30%) Weaviate
15 8 (1.16%) Redis
15 8 (1.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 48 (6.94%) TeamCity
2 40 (5.78%) Git
3 23 (3.32%) GitLab
4 20 (2.89%) JIRA
5 18 (2.60%) CircleCI
5 18 (2.60%) Jenkins
6 12 (1.73%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.73%) MLflow
7 7 (1.01%) Storybook
7 7 (1.01%) Subversion
8 6 (0.87%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.29%) Maven
9 2 (0.29%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.29%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.29%) TestRail
9 2 (0.29%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.14%) git-flow
10 1 (0.14%) JMeter
10 1 (0.14%) Metasploit
10 1 (0.14%) webpack
General
1 191 (27.60%) Social Skills
2 180 (26.01%) Finance
3 137 (19.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 137 (19.80%) Law
4 100 (14.45%) Banking
5 86 (12.43%) Retail
6 81 (11.71%) Public Sector
7 57 (8.24%) Analytical Skills
8 37 (5.35%) Back Office
8 37 (5.35%) Financial Institution
9 30 (4.34%) Legal
9 30 (4.34%) Telecoms
10 19 (2.75%) Marketing
11 17 (2.46%) Front Office
11 17 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (2.17%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
14 8 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.72%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 207 (29.91%) Senior
2 147 (21.24%) Software Engineer
3 107 (15.46%) Architect
4 68 (9.83%) Lead
5 59 (8.53%) Developer
6 53 (7.66%) Data Engineer
7 46 (6.65%) Analyst
8 41 (5.92%) Consultant
9 39 (5.64%) Cloud Engineer
10 35 (5.06%) Senior Software Engineer
11 34 (4.91%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 30 (4.34%) Data Architect
12 30 (4.34%) Scala Engineer
13 29 (4.19%) Solutions Architect
14 28 (4.05%) Lead Software Engineer
15 27 (3.90%) Senior Consultant
16 26 (3.76%) Senior Architect
17 22 (3.18%) Senior Manager
18 21 (3.03%) Java Engineer
18 21 (3.03%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (13.58%) React
2 71 (10.26%) Node.js
3 66 (9.54%) Kafka
4 62 (8.96%) gRPC
5 35 (5.06%) REST
5 35 (5.06%) RESTful
6 28 (4.05%) Django
7 25 (3.61%) .NET
8 21 (3.03%) Redux
9 19 (2.75%) Spring
10 18 (2.60%) OAuth
10 18 (2.60%) React Native
11 17 (2.46%) AngularJS
11 17 (2.46%) PyTorch
11 17 (2.46%) TensorFlow
11 17 (2.46%) Vue
12 16 (2.31%) CSS
12 16 (2.31%) HTML
13 14 (2.02%) Playwright
13 14 (2.02%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 178 (25.72%) Cloud Native
2 90 (13.01%) Distributed Systems
3 70 (10.12%) Product Ownership
4 47 (6.79%) Video\Live Streaming
5 46 (6.65%) Over-the-Top Content
6 26 (3.76%) Distributed Architecture
7 25 (3.61%) Blog
7 25 (3.61%) Public Cloud
7 25 (3.61%) Security Posture
8 24 (3.47%) Data Structures
9 20 (2.89%) Onboarding
9 20 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (2.75%) Management Information System
11 17 (2.46%) Mobile App
11 17 (2.46%) Social Media
12 16 (2.31%) Fixed Income
13 14 (2.02%) AI Agents
14 11 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
15 9 (1.30%) Cyberattack
15 9 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.91%) Linux
2 26 (3.76%) Android
3 18 (2.60%) Apple iOS
3 18 (2.60%) Windows
4 7 (1.01%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.87%) Unix
6 2 (0.29%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.14%) CentOS
7 1 (0.14%) Debian
7 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (41.47%) CI/CD
2 239 (34.54%) Software Engineering
3 200 (28.90%) Agile
4 177 (25.58%) DevOps
5 172 (24.86%) Microservices
6 171 (24.71%) Mentoring
7 170 (24.57%) AI
8 159 (22.98%) Containerisation
9 134 (19.36%) Roadmaps
10 131 (18.93%) Machine Learning
11 128 (18.50%) Clean Code
12 122 (17.63%) Coaching
13 117 (16.91%) Problem-Solving
14 115 (16.62%) Test Automation
15 109 (15.75%) Continuous Improvement
16 99 (14.31%) Infrastructure as Code
17 97 (14.02%) Technical Leadership
18 90 (13.01%) Analytics
18 90 (13.01%) Data Science
19 78 (11.27%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 246 (35.55%) Python
2 170 (24.57%) Java
3 122 (17.63%) Go
4 102 (14.74%) SQL
5 89 (12.86%) JavaScript
6 72 (10.40%) TypeScript
7 65 (9.39%) Scala
8 22 (3.18%) Bash
8 22 (3.18%) C++
9 21 (3.03%) C#
10 13 (1.88%) Rust
11 11 (1.59%) PowerShell
12 7 (1.01%) PHP
13 5 (0.72%) C
13 5 (0.72%) Ruby
14 3 (0.43%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.43%) Perl
15 2 (0.29%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.29%) R
15 2 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 117 (16.91%) Degree
2 94 (13.58%) Security Cleared
3 78 (11.27%) SC Cleared
4 44 (6.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (4.34%) AWS Certification
6 25 (3.61%) CISSP
7 21 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 15 (2.17%) CREST Certified
8 15 (2.17%) OSCP
9 13 (1.88%) CISM
10 11 (1.59%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.45%) DV Cleared
12 9 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.87%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.87%) GIAC
15 5 (0.72%) CCSP
15 5 (0.72%) GPEN
15 5 (0.72%) ISACA
15 5 (0.72%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (4.91%) Accessibility
2 31 (4.48%) QA
3 29 (4.19%) Data Quality
4 25 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 25 (3.61%) NIST
5 23 (3.32%) GDPR
6 18 (2.60%) GRC
7 10 (1.45%) SOC 2
8 8 (1.16%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.72%) NCSC
10 4 (0.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.43%) PMO
11 3 (0.43%) SLA
12 2 (0.29%) COBIT
12 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.29%) SEPA
12 2 (0.29%) SOC 1
12 2 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 173 (25.00%) Docker
2 14 (2.02%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.43%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.43%) vSphere
6 1 (0.14%) Firmware
6 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 164 (23.70%) Kubernetes
2 154 (22.25%) Terraform
3 70 (10.12%) Grafana
4 43 (6.21%) Ansible
5 22 (3.18%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.73%) Podman
6 12 (1.73%) Puppet
7 9 (1.30%) Argo
7 9 (1.30%) Istio
8 6 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.72%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.43%) Avamar
11 3 (0.43%) Dell DRAC
11 3 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
11 3 (0.43%) EMC VPLEX
11 3 (0.43%) VxRail
12 2 (0.29%) cPanel
12 2 (0.29%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.29%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 146 (21.10%) Google
2 82 (11.85%) Microsoft
3 45 (6.50%) Typelevel
4 27 (3.90%) Adobe
5 25 (3.61%) Databricks
6 19 (2.75%) Apple
7 17 (2.46%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.88%) Palantir
8 13 (1.88%) SAP
9 11 (1.59%) Atlassian
9 11 (1.59%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.59%) VMware
10 10 (1.45%) OpenAI
11 8 (1.16%) Confluent
11 8 (1.16%) Foundry
11 8 (1.16%) Oracle
12 7 (1.01%) Cisco
13 6 (0.87%) Dell
14 5 (0.72%) ForgeRock
14 5 (0.72%) Okta
392 hybrid/remote GCP jobs