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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 52 75
Rank change year-on-year -17 +23 -42
Permanent jobs citing GCP 781 934 1,144
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.66% 5.65% 3.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.39% 15.10% 8.61%
Number of salaries quoted 412 491 945
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,253 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% -2.57% +9.38%
75th Percentile £91,250 £115,000 £138,750
90th Percentile £111,125 £137,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -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 8,320 6,185 13,293
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.97% 37.40% 41.64%
Number of salaries quoted 5,942 4,559 10,942
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £35,775
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £84,500 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%

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 13 July 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 28 (3.59%) Apache Airflow
2 18 (2.30%) Apache Spark
3 6 (0.77%) Apache
4 4 (0.51%) Confluence
5 3 (0.38%) CMS
5 3 (0.38%) SAS
6 2 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.26%) Camunda
6 2 (0.26%) WordPress
7 1 (0.13%) Appian
7 1 (0.13%) Drupal
7 1 (0.13%) IIS
7 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.13%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.13%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.13%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (3.07%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.26%) Shopify
4 1 (0.13%) Magento
4 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 629 (80.54%) AWS
2 465 (59.54%) Azure
3 88 (11.27%) SaaS
4 72 (9.22%) Amazon EKS
5 31 (3.97%) Cloud Run
5 31 (3.97%) Serverless
6 28 (3.59%) Power Platform
7 25 (3.20%) GitHub
8 24 (3.07%) Snowflake
9 23 (2.94%) dbt
10 21 (2.69%) Vertex AI
11 20 (2.56%) Cloud Functions
12 18 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
12 18 (2.30%) Entra ID
12 18 (2.30%) PaaS
13 17 (2.18%) Amazon ECS
13 17 (2.18%) Anthropic Claude
13 17 (2.18%) Google Analytics
14 16 (2.05%) GitHub Actions
15 14 (1.79%) Dagster
Communications & Networking
1 100 (12.80%) Broadband
2 29 (3.71%) Network Security
3 17 (2.18%) Firewall
4 16 (2.05%) WAN
5 12 (1.54%) DNS
5 12 (1.54%) LAN
6 10 (1.28%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.15%) SD-WAN
7 9 (1.15%) VPN
8 8 (1.02%) LTE
9 7 (0.90%) Internet
10 6 (0.77%) DHCP
10 6 (0.77%) Fibre Channel
10 6 (0.77%) iSCSI
11 5 (0.64%) MQTT
12 3 (0.38%) BGP
12 3 (0.38%) Modbus
12 3 (0.38%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (0.38%) SSH
12 3 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (10.24%) BigQuery
2 61 (7.81%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (4.23%) Metadata
5 32 (4.10%) NoSQL
6 27 (3.46%) MongoDB
6 27 (3.46%) Semantic Layer
7 24 (3.07%) Data Lake
7 24 (3.07%) Power BI
8 22 (2.82%) Looker
9 20 (2.56%) Relational Database
10 18 (2.30%) Pinecone
11 14 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
12 12 (1.54%) SQL Server
13 11 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (1.41%) Tableau
14 7 (0.90%) MySQL
14 7 (0.90%) Redis
15 6 (0.77%) Big Data
15 6 (0.77%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 60 (7.68%) TeamCity
2 45 (5.76%) Git
3 37 (4.74%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.92%) JIRA
5 12 (1.54%) CircleCI
5 12 (1.54%) Cypress.io
6 9 (1.15%) GitLab
7 4 (0.51%) MLflow
8 3 (0.38%) Postman
8 3 (0.38%) Selenium
8 3 (0.38%) TestRail
8 3 (0.38%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.26%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.26%) JUnit
9 2 (0.26%) Subversion
10 1 (0.13%) ERwin
10 1 (0.13%) Gatling
10 1 (0.13%) JMeter
10 1 (0.13%) Maven
10 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
General
1 206 (26.38%) Social Skills
2 202 (25.86%) Finance
3 182 (23.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 156 (19.97%) Law
5 122 (15.62%) Banking
6 101 (12.93%) Retail
7 87 (11.14%) Public Sector
8 50 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
9 47 (6.02%) Back Office
9 47 (6.02%) Financial Institution
10 27 (3.46%) Presentation Skills
11 25 (3.20%) Legal
12 16 (2.05%) Front Office
13 13 (1.66%) Marketing
14 7 (0.90%) Legal Technology
14 7 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.64%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.64%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.51%) Advertising
16 4 (0.51%) French Language
Job Titles
1 221 (28.30%) Senior
2 172 (22.02%) Software Engineer
3 135 (17.29%) Architect
4 72 (9.22%) Lead
5 64 (8.19%) Developer
6 62 (7.94%) Cloud Engineer
7 52 (6.66%) Data Engineer
8 51 (6.53%) Analyst
9 41 (5.25%) Solutions Architect
10 40 (5.12%) GCP Engineer
11 36 (4.61%) Consultant
11 36 (4.61%) Lead Software Engineer
11 36 (4.61%) Senior Architect
12 35 (4.48%) Senior Software Engineer
13 31 (3.97%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 31 (3.97%) Senior Analyst
14 30 (3.84%) Data Architect
14 30 (3.84%) Scala Engineer
15 29 (3.71%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 27 (3.46%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (10.76%) React
2 64 (8.19%) Node.js
3 50 (6.40%) gRPC
4 49 (6.27%) Kafka
5 38 (4.87%) REST
6 34 (4.35%) LangChain
7 28 (3.59%) Django
8 25 (3.20%) .NET
9 22 (2.82%) FastAPI
9 22 (2.82%) LangGraph
9 22 (2.82%) PyTorch
9 22 (2.82%) Spring
9 22 (2.82%) TensorFlow
10 21 (2.69%) RESTful
11 19 (2.43%) OAuth
11 19 (2.43%) Spring Boot
12 18 (2.30%) Vue
13 17 (2.18%) AngularJS
14 16 (2.05%) Redux
15 15 (1.92%) LlamaIndex
Miscellaneous
1 217 (27.78%) Cloud Native
2 83 (10.63%) Distributed Systems
2 83 (10.63%) Product Ownership
3 46 (5.89%) Over-the-Top Content
3 46 (5.89%) Video\Live Streaming
4 36 (4.61%) AI Agents
5 28 (3.59%) Blog
6 27 (3.46%) Public Cloud
6 27 (3.46%) Security Posture
7 22 (2.82%) Data Structures
8 21 (2.69%) Distributed Architecture
8 21 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
9 19 (2.43%) Management Information System
9 19 (2.43%) Onboarding
10 17 (2.18%) Social Media
11 16 (2.05%) Fixed Income
12 12 (1.54%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.41%) Data Centre
14 10 (1.28%) Cyberattack
14 10 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 41 (5.25%) Linux
2 17 (2.18%) Windows
3 9 (1.15%) Android
3 9 (1.15%) Apple iOS
3 9 (1.15%) Unix
3 9 (1.15%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.26%) CentOS
4 2 (0.26%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.13%) Debian
5 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.13%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (42.13%) CI/CD
2 288 (36.88%) Software Engineering
3 230 (29.45%) Agile
4 226 (28.94%) Mentoring
5 212 (27.14%) AI
6 177 (22.66%) DevOps
7 168 (21.51%) Microservices
8 158 (20.23%) Containerisation
9 145 (18.57%) Machine Learning
10 144 (18.44%) Roadmaps
11 143 (18.31%) Test Automation
12 136 (17.41%) Coaching
13 134 (17.16%) Clean Code
14 131 (16.77%) Technical Leadership
15 123 (15.75%) Problem-Solving
16 118 (15.11%) Continuous Improvement
17 112 (14.34%) Infrastructure as Code
18 92 (11.78%) Data Science
19 87 (11.14%) Analytics
20 80 (10.24%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 289 (37.00%) Python
2 186 (23.82%) Java
3 113 (14.47%) SQL
4 98 (12.55%) JavaScript
5 96 (12.29%) Go
6 62 (7.94%) Scala
7 57 (7.30%) TypeScript
8 24 (3.07%) C#
9 20 (2.56%) Bash
10 16 (2.05%) C++
11 15 (1.92%) Rust
12 10 (1.28%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.64%) C
13 5 (0.64%) Ruby
14 4 (0.51%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.51%) PHP
15 3 (0.38%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.38%) Perl
16 2 (0.26%) ABAP
16 2 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 111 (14.21%) Security Cleared
2 103 (13.19%) Degree
3 91 (11.65%) SC Cleared
4 43 (5.51%) AWS Certification
5 38 (4.87%) CISSP
6 30 (3.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 23 (2.94%) CISM
7 23 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (2.30%) Azure Certification
9 13 (1.66%) CREST Certified
9 13 (1.66%) OSCP
10 12 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (1.28%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.90%) GIAC
14 6 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (0.77%) CCSP
14 6 (0.77%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.77%) Dell Certification
15 5 (0.64%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.63%) Data Quality
2 39 (4.99%) NIST
3 33 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 27 (3.46%) Accessibility
5 26 (3.33%) QA
6 21 (2.69%) GDPR
7 16 (2.05%) NCSC
8 15 (1.92%) GRC
9 13 (1.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.90%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.77%) PMO
12 6 (0.77%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 4 (0.51%) Def Stans
13 4 (0.51%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.38%) SLA
15 2 (0.26%) COBIT
15 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.26%) SEPA
System Software
1 171 (21.90%) Docker
2 13 (1.66%) Virtual Machines
3 8 (1.02%) Hyper-V
3 8 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.90%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.77%) vSphere
6 1 (0.13%) Firmware
6 1 (0.13%) KVM
6 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 181 (23.18%) Kubernetes
2 172 (22.02%) Terraform
3 78 (9.99%) Grafana
4 35 (4.48%) Ansible
5 15 (1.92%) Prometheus
6 14 (1.79%) Istio
6 14 (1.79%) Puppet
7 12 (1.54%) Podman
8 6 (0.77%) Avamar
8 6 (0.77%) Dell DRAC
8 6 (0.77%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (0.77%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (0.77%) VxRail
9 5 (0.64%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.51%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.26%) Argo
11 2 (0.26%) CASB
11 2 (0.26%) linkerd
11 2 (0.26%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 147 (18.82%) Google
2 103 (13.19%) Microsoft
3 45 (5.76%) Typelevel
4 28 (3.59%) Adobe
5 25 (3.20%) ServiceNow
6 24 (3.07%) Apple
7 21 (2.69%) Databricks
8 17 (2.18%) SAP
9 15 (1.92%) VMware
10 14 (1.79%) Oracle
11 13 (1.66%) Okta
12 10 (1.28%) Informatica
13 9 (1.15%) ForgeRock
13 9 (1.15%) OpenAI
14 8 (1.02%) Confluent
14 8 (1.02%) Dell
14 8 (1.02%) Ping Identity
14 8 (1.02%) Splunk
15 7 (0.90%) Cisco
15 7 (0.90%) Salesforce