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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 69 57
Rank change year-on-year -2 -12 -13
Permanent jobs citing GCP 831 764 948
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.33% 4.63% 4.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.58% 13.40% 10.48%
Number of salaries quoted 468 358 667
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £63,335 £65,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -2.70% +16.16%
75th Percentile £95,000 £136,250 £142,500
90th Percentile £116,250 £137,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £84,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.33% +5.63%

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 8,671 5,701 9,048
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.70% 34.56% 42.49%
Number of salaries quoted 6,339 4,038 5,899
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,250
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 £86,799
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £58,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.76% -10.77% +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 13 October 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 13 (1.56%) Apache
2 12 (1.44%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (1.32%) Apache Spark
4 8 (0.96%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.36%) Camunda
5 3 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.24%) WordPress
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.12%) Appian
7 1 (0.12%) CMS
7 1 (0.12%) Confluence
7 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 14 (1.68%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.60%) 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%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (1.81%) Cloudability
2 3 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.12%) Odoo
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 662 (79.66%) AWS
2 515 (61.97%) Azure
3 139 (16.73%) SaaS
4 94 (11.31%) Amazon EKS
5 46 (5.54%) GitHub
6 36 (4.33%) Power Platform
7 35 (4.21%) dbt
8 34 (4.09%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 32 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
10 25 (3.01%) Cloud Run
10 25 (3.01%) Snowflake
11 22 (2.65%) AWS CloudFormation
11 22 (2.65%) Google Compute Engine
11 22 (2.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 21 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
13 20 (2.41%) Datadog
14 19 (2.29%) Amazon Bedrock
14 19 (2.29%) Anthropic Claude
14 19 (2.29%) Serverless
15 18 (2.17%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 40 (4.81%) Network Security
2 36 (4.33%) TCP/IP
3 30 (3.61%) Broadband
4 24 (2.89%) VPN
5 23 (2.77%) BGP
6 22 (2.65%) Firewall
7 10 (1.20%) VLAN
7 10 (1.20%) WAN
8 8 (0.96%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.72%) Fibre Channel
9 6 (0.72%) HTTP
9 6 (0.72%) iSCSI
10 4 (0.48%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.48%) SSH
11 3 (0.36%) Ethernet VPN
11 3 (0.36%) MPLS
11 3 (0.36%) OSPF
11 3 (0.36%) VXLAN
12 2 (0.24%) 5G
12 2 (0.24%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (8.54%) PostgreSQL
2 63 (7.58%) BigQuery
3 34 (4.09%) Power BI
4 31 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (3.49%) Looker
5 29 (3.49%) NoSQL
6 24 (2.89%) SQL Server
7 23 (2.77%) Amazon RDS
7 23 (2.77%) Metadata
8 22 (2.65%) Semantic Layer
9 19 (2.29%) Data Lake
10 18 (2.17%) Tableau
11 17 (2.05%) Pinecone
12 16 (1.93%) Chroma
12 16 (1.93%) MongoDB
13 12 (1.44%) Relational Database
14 10 (1.20%) MySQL
14 10 (1.20%) Redis
15 7 (0.84%) Metadata Repository
16 6 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 103 (12.39%) TeamCity
2 50 (6.02%) Git
3 46 (5.54%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.81%) GitLab
5 6 (0.72%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.60%) JUnit
7 4 (0.48%) CircleCI
7 4 (0.48%) Claude Code
7 4 (0.48%) JIRA
7 4 (0.48%) Maven
8 3 (0.36%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.36%) Mockito
8 3 (0.36%) Postman
8 3 (0.36%) Selenium
8 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.24%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.24%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.24%) ERwin
9 2 (0.24%) MLflow
9 2 (0.24%) Subversion
General
1 263 (31.65%) Social Skills
2 262 (31.53%) Finance
3 217 (26.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 175 (21.06%) Banking
5 172 (20.70%) Law
6 146 (17.57%) Retail
7 92 (11.07%) Analytical Skills
8 91 (10.95%) Public Sector
9 88 (10.59%) Back Office
10 87 (10.47%) Financial Institution
11 42 (5.05%) Marketing
12 38 (4.57%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (2.65%) Legal
14 17 (2.05%) Front Office
15 12 (1.44%) French Language
16 11 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.84%) Telecoms
18 6 (0.72%) Advertising
19 5 (0.60%) Games
20 3 (0.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 236 (28.40%) Senior
2 207 (24.91%) Software Engineer
3 133 (16.00%) Architect
4 82 (9.87%) Lead
5 69 (8.30%) Cloud Engineer
6 65 (7.82%) GCP Engineer
7 58 (6.98%) Analyst
7 58 (6.98%) Python Engineer
8 53 (6.38%) Developer
9 51 (6.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 38 (4.57%) Data Engineer
10 38 (4.57%) Senior Software Engineer
11 36 (4.33%) Lead Software Engineer
12 31 (3.73%) Security Engineer
12 31 (3.73%) Solutions Architect
13 30 (3.61%) Data Architect
13 30 (3.61%) Java Engineer
14 28 (3.37%) Senior Architect
14 28 (3.37%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 27 (3.25%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 241 (29.00%) Terraform
2 65 (7.82%) React
3 57 (6.86%) LangChain
4 50 (6.02%) Node.js
5 41 (4.93%) LangGraph
6 40 (4.81%) REST
7 34 (4.09%) .NET
8 31 (3.73%) RESTful
9 28 (3.37%) Spring
10 27 (3.25%) PyTorch
11 22 (2.65%) TensorFlow
12 21 (2.53%) Middleware
12 21 (2.53%) Spring Boot
13 19 (2.29%) Kafka
13 19 (2.29%) scikit-learn
14 18 (2.17%) FastAPI
14 18 (2.17%) OAuth
14 18 (2.17%) OpenTelemetry
15 17 (2.05%) CrewAI
15 17 (2.05%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 251 (30.20%) Cloud Native
2 88 (10.59%) Product Ownership
3 85 (10.23%) Distributed Systems
4 67 (8.06%) AI Agents
5 48 (5.78%) Blog
6 24 (2.89%) Security Posture
7 23 (2.77%) Distributed Architecture
8 18 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (2.05%) Hedge funds
10 15 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
10 15 (1.81%) Public Cloud
11 14 (1.68%) Data Centre
11 14 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
12 13 (1.56%) Management Information System
12 13 (1.56%) Social Media
13 12 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
13 12 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
14 11 (1.32%) Replication
15 9 (1.08%) Mobile App
16 8 (0.96%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.42%) Linux
2 18 (2.17%) Unix
3 12 (1.44%) Windows
4 11 (1.32%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.72%) macOS
6 4 (0.48%) Android
7 3 (0.36%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.12%) CentOS
8 1 (0.12%) Debian
8 1 (0.12%) Solaris
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (42.72%) CI/CD
2 306 (36.82%) Software Engineering
3 285 (34.30%) AI
4 267 (32.13%) Mentoring
5 192 (23.10%) DevOps
6 190 (22.86%) Agile
7 149 (17.93%) Infrastructure as Code
8 147 (17.69%) Technical Leadership
9 144 (17.33%) Test Automation
10 142 (17.09%) Microservices
11 140 (16.85%) Continuous Improvement
12 139 (16.73%) Problem-Solving
13 129 (15.52%) Observability
14 121 (14.56%) Machine Learning
15 118 (14.20%) Roadmaps
16 113 (13.60%) Clean Code
17 108 (13.00%) Fintech
18 107 (12.88%) Analytics
18 107 (12.88%) Deployment Automation
19 99 (11.91%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 310 (37.30%) Python
2 211 (25.39%) Java
3 158 (19.01%) SQL
4 76 (9.15%) JavaScript
5 64 (7.70%) TypeScript
6 60 (7.22%) Go
7 36 (4.33%) Bash
7 36 (4.33%) C#
8 26 (3.13%) R
9 18 (2.17%) PowerShell
10 15 (1.81%) Scala
11 11 (1.32%) Rust
12 8 (0.96%) C++
13 7 (0.84%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.60%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.48%) C
15 4 (0.48%) PHP
15 4 (0.48%) Ruby
16 3 (0.36%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 124 (14.92%) Security Cleared
2 108 (13.00%) SC Cleared
3 97 (11.67%) Degree
4 50 (6.02%) AWS Certification
5 37 (4.45%) CISSP
6 32 (3.85%) CISM
7 27 (3.25%) Azure Certification
8 19 (2.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 18 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
10 14 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
11 13 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 13 (1.56%) CCSP
12 10 (1.20%) DV Cleared
13 8 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.84%) GIAC
15 6 (0.72%) CRISC
15 6 (0.72%) Dell Certification
15 6 (0.72%) GCFA
15 6 (0.72%) Master's Degree
16 5 (0.60%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (8.06%) Data Quality
2 54 (6.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 44 (5.29%) NIST
4 28 (3.37%) PCI DSS
5 27 (3.25%) GDPR
6 22 (2.65%) NCSC
7 20 (2.41%) SOC 2
8 18 (2.17%) Accessibility
9 14 (1.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 9 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (1.08%) QA
11 6 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 6 (0.72%) PMO
12 4 (0.48%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.48%) GRC
12 4 (0.48%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.48%) SLA
13 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 148 (17.81%) Docker
2 9 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.96%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.72%) vSphere
5 2 (0.24%) Firmware
5 2 (0.24%) KVM
6 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 258 (31.05%) Kubernetes
2 128 (15.40%) Grafana
3 32 (3.85%) Ansible
4 28 (3.37%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.08%) Cilium
7 7 (0.84%) Istio
7 7 (0.84%) Puppet
8 6 (0.72%) Argo
8 6 (0.72%) Avamar
8 6 (0.72%) Dell DRAC
8 6 (0.72%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (0.72%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (0.72%) VxRail
9 5 (0.60%) CASB
9 5 (0.60%) Podman
10 4 (0.48%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.36%) linkerd
12 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
13 1 (0.12%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 213 (25.63%) Google
2 89 (10.71%) Microsoft
3 25 (3.01%) Adobe
4 24 (2.89%) ServiceNow
5 23 (2.77%) Databricks
6 18 (2.17%) Splunk
7 17 (2.05%) Apple
7 17 (2.05%) Dynatrace
8 16 (1.93%) OpenAI
9 15 (1.81%) Informatica
9 15 (1.81%) Okta
9 15 (1.81%) Ping Identity
10 13 (1.56%) New Relic
11 11 (1.32%) Oracle
11 11 (1.32%) SAP
12 10 (1.20%) VMware
13 8 (0.96%) Cisco
14 7 (0.84%) Palo Alto
14 7 (0.84%) Veeam
15 6 (0.72%) Nimble Storage