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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 55 61
Rank change year-on-year -10 +6 -11
Permanent jobs citing GCP 599 816 1,370
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.66% 5.32% 4.93%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.74% 11.40% 10.75%
Number of salaries quoted 380 595 1,173
10th Percentile £46,500 £55,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £64,439 £66,375 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +13.33% -
75th Percentile £110,000 £108,584 £96,539
90th Percentile £142,500 £138,750 £118,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £82,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -8.54% +9.33% -3.23%

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 6,150 7,160 12,750
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.54% 46.70% 45.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4,207 4,724 11,166
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.34% +12.61% -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 22 February 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 55 (9.18%) Apache Airflow
2 33 (5.51%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.17%) Confluence
4 12 (2.00%) Apache
5 7 (1.17%) IIS
6 5 (0.83%) Apache Pulsar
7 4 (0.67%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.50%) SAS
8 3 (0.50%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.33%) WordPress
10 1 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.17%) CMS
10 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.17%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.50%) Trello
3 2 (0.33%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.17%) Notion
Business Applications
1 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.17%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 508 (84.81%) AWS
2 392 (65.44%) Azure
3 125 (20.87%) SaaS
4 54 (9.02%) Amazon EKS
5 52 (8.68%) dbt
6 49 (8.18%) GitHub
7 35 (5.84%) AWS CloudFormation
8 34 (5.68%) Power Platform
8 34 (5.68%) Snowflake
9 27 (4.51%) GitHub Actions
9 27 (4.51%) Serverless
10 22 (3.67%) Vertex AI
11 19 (3.17%) Amazon ECS
12 17 (2.84%) Google Analytics
13 15 (2.50%) Azure Machine Learning
13 15 (2.50%) Dagster
13 15 (2.50%) Entra ID
14 14 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (2.17%) Azure Service Bus
15 13 (2.17%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 33 (5.51%) Broadband
2 24 (4.01%) Firewall
3 16 (2.67%) Network Security
4 15 (2.50%) DNS
4 15 (2.50%) TCP/IP
5 14 (2.34%) VPN
6 10 (1.67%) WAN
7 9 (1.50%) DHCP
8 8 (1.34%) LAN
9 6 (1.00%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.67%) SSL
11 3 (0.50%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (0.50%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.50%) Kerberos
11 3 (0.50%) MQTT
11 3 (0.50%) SCCP
12 2 (0.33%) AMQP
12 2 (0.33%) Wireless
13 1 (0.17%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (12.69%) BigQuery
2 74 (12.35%) PostgreSQL
3 46 (7.68%) Data Warehouse
4 40 (6.68%) Metadata
5 39 (6.51%) NoSQL
6 31 (5.18%) Elasticsearch
7 29 (4.84%) Tableau
8 27 (4.51%) Looker
8 27 (4.51%) Power BI
9 21 (3.51%) Apache Iceberg
10 20 (3.34%) Data Lake
11 18 (3.01%) SQL Server
12 17 (2.84%) MySQL
13 16 (2.67%) Amazon Redshift
13 16 (2.67%) Redis
14 15 (2.50%) Amazon RDS
15 14 (2.34%) Amazon Athena
16 13 (2.17%) MongoDB
17 12 (2.00%) Semantic Layer
18 11 (1.84%) Dremio
Development Applications
1 52 (8.68%) TeamCity
2 34 (5.68%) Git
3 30 (5.01%) GitLab
4 22 (3.67%) JIRA
5 17 (2.84%) Jenkins
6 12 (2.00%) MLflow
7 9 (1.50%) Subversion
8 8 (1.34%) Bitbucket
8 8 (1.34%) CircleCI
9 7 (1.17%) Storybook
10 5 (0.83%) git-flow
11 4 (0.67%) ER Studio
11 4 (0.67%) ERwin
11 4 (0.67%) PowerDesigner
12 3 (0.50%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.50%) webpack
13 2 (0.33%) Cypress.io
13 2 (0.33%) Mocha
13 2 (0.33%) REST Assured
13 2 (0.33%) SonarQube
General
1 201 (33.56%) Social Skills
2 188 (31.39%) Finance
3 113 (18.86%) Law
4 98 (16.36%) Retail
5 95 (15.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 89 (14.86%) Banking
7 66 (11.02%) Public Sector
8 52 (8.68%) Financial Institution
9 49 (8.18%) Analytical Skills
10 45 (7.51%) Back Office
11 37 (6.18%) Telecoms
12 30 (5.01%) Legal
13 20 (3.34%) Front Office
14 15 (2.50%) Manufacturing
14 15 (2.50%) Marketing
15 13 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
16 11 (1.84%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 184 (30.72%) Senior
2 127 (21.20%) Software Engineer
3 85 (14.19%) Developer
4 84 (14.02%) Architect
5 70 (11.69%) Lead
6 47 (7.85%) Data Engineer
7 36 (6.01%) Consultant
8 32 (5.34%) Senior Software Engineer
9 29 (4.84%) Engineering Manager
9 29 (4.84%) Software Developer
10 28 (4.67%) Analyst
10 28 (4.67%) Data Architect
11 25 (4.17%) Cloud Engineer
11 25 (4.17%) Full-Stack Developer
11 25 (4.17%) Python Engineer
11 25 (4.17%) Senior Consultant
12 24 (4.01%) .NET Developer
12 24 (4.01%) .NET Software Developer
12 24 (4.01%) Solutions Architect
13 22 (3.67%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (17.03%) React
2 69 (11.52%) Kafka
3 65 (10.85%) Node.js
4 60 (10.02%) .NET
5 43 (7.18%) RESTful
6 34 (5.68%) gRPC
7 27 (4.51%) Django
8 25 (4.17%) Vue
9 24 (4.01%) AngularJS
10 20 (3.34%) OAuth
10 20 (3.34%) REST
10 20 (3.34%) Spring
11 18 (3.01%) CSS
12 17 (2.84%) HTML
12 17 (2.84%) PyTorch
12 17 (2.84%) Redux
12 17 (2.84%) Spring Boot
12 17 (2.84%) TensorFlow
13 16 (2.67%) RabbitMQ
14 14 (2.34%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 145 (24.21%) Cloud Native
2 80 (13.36%) Distributed Systems
3 57 (9.52%) Product Ownership
4 28 (4.67%) Blog
5 20 (3.34%) Public Cloud
5 20 (3.34%) Video\Live Streaming
6 19 (3.17%) Fixed Income
7 18 (3.01%) Over-the-Top Content
8 17 (2.84%) Data Structures
8 17 (2.84%) Distributed Architecture
9 15 (2.50%) Equities
9 15 (2.50%) Security Posture
10 13 (2.17%) Management Information System
11 12 (2.00%) AI Agents
11 12 (2.00%) Mobile App
12 11 (1.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 11 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.84%) Onboarding
12 11 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (1.84%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 49 (8.18%) Linux
2 27 (4.51%) Windows
3 24 (4.01%) Android
4 23 (3.84%) Unix
5 15 (2.50%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.00%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.50%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.17%) CentOS
9 1 (0.17%) Debian
9 1 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (42.24%) CI/CD
2 213 (35.56%) Software Engineering
3 182 (30.38%) Agile
4 177 (29.55%) DevOps
5 156 (26.04%) AI
6 149 (24.87%) Microservices
7 137 (22.87%) Mentoring
8 117 (19.53%) Roadmaps
9 115 (19.20%) Containerisation
10 105 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
11 103 (17.20%) Clean Code
12 96 (16.03%) Infrastructure as Code
13 91 (15.19%) Test Automation
14 88 (14.69%) Computer Science
15 87 (14.52%) Coaching
16 86 (14.36%) Machine Learning
17 81 (13.52%) Analytics
18 75 (12.52%) Continuous Improvement
19 72 (12.02%) Data Science
20 71 (11.85%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 202 (33.72%) Python
2 156 (26.04%) Java
3 113 (18.86%) TypeScript
4 106 (17.70%) SQL
5 91 (15.19%) JavaScript
6 77 (12.85%) Go
7 41 (6.84%) Scala
8 37 (6.18%) C#
9 26 (4.34%) Bash
10 16 (2.67%) C++
11 15 (2.50%) PowerShell
12 7 (1.17%) PHP
13 6 (1.00%) Kotlin
13 6 (1.00%) Rust
14 5 (0.83%) R
14 5 (0.83%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.33%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.33%) Ruby
15 2 (0.33%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.17%) C
Qualifications
1 107 (17.86%) Degree
2 71 (11.85%) Security Cleared
3 65 (10.85%) SC Cleared
4 61 (10.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (3.01%) CISSP
6 15 (2.50%) Azure Certification
7 13 (2.17%) AWS Certification
7 13 (2.17%) CREST Certified
7 13 (2.17%) OSCP
8 11 (1.84%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.00%) CISM
10 5 (0.83%) DBS Check
10 5 (0.83%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.83%) GIAC
10 5 (0.83%) OSCE
11 4 (0.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.67%) CEH
11 4 (0.67%) ISACA
11 4 (0.67%) SANS
11 4 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (5.34%) GDPR
3 28 (4.67%) QA
4 27 (4.51%) Data Quality
5 21 (3.51%) NIST
6 19 (3.17%) SOC 2
7 17 (2.84%) Accessibility
8 16 (2.67%) GRC
9 14 (2.34%) PCI DSS
10 6 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (1.00%) EU AI Act
11 5 (0.83%) SLA
12 3 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.33%) ISO 26262
13 2 (0.33%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.33%) SEPA
13 2 (0.33%) SOC 1
System Software
1 135 (22.54%) Docker
2 21 (3.51%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (0.50%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.17%) Firmware
5 1 (0.17%) HDFS
5 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.17%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 170 (28.38%) Kubernetes
2 154 (25.71%) Terraform
3 77 (12.85%) Grafana
4 48 (8.01%) Ansible
5 28 (4.67%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.50%) Argo
7 8 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.83%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (0.83%) Puppet
9 4 (0.67%) Cilium
9 4 (0.67%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.50%) cPanel
10 3 (0.50%) Plesk
11 2 (0.33%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.17%) CASB
12 1 (0.17%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.17%) Icinga
12 1 (0.17%) Nessus
12 1 (0.17%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.17%) Rancher
Vendors
1 143 (23.87%) Google
2 50 (8.35%) Microsoft
3 30 (5.01%) Databricks
4 18 (3.01%) Typelevel
5 14 (2.34%) Palantir
6 13 (2.17%) Atlassian
7 11 (1.84%) Oracle
8 10 (1.67%) Adobe
9 9 (1.50%) Informatica
9 9 (1.50%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.50%) SAP
10 8 (1.34%) Foundry
10 8 (1.34%) OpenAI
11 7 (1.17%) Sage
11 7 (1.17%) VMware
12 6 (1.00%) Talend
13 5 (0.83%) IBM
13 5 (0.83%) Nokia
13 5 (0.83%) Splunk
13 5 (0.83%) Zoho