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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 58 63
Rank change year-on-year -7 +5 -26
Permanent jobs citing GCP 834 859 982
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.68% 5.23% 3.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.63% 14.38% 9.60%
Number of salaries quoted 474 435 773
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,253 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% -10.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £95,000 £126,250 £142,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £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 8,661 5,973 10,230
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.18% 36.36% 41.03%
Number of salaries quoted 6,278 4,407 8,001
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,063 £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 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -6.25%

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 12 August 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 19 (2.28%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (1.68%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.08%) Apache
4 5 (0.60%) Confluence
5 4 (0.48%) Camunda
6 3 (0.36%) CMS
6 3 (0.36%) WordPress
7 2 (0.24%) SAS
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.12%) Appian
8 1 (0.12%) Drupal
8 1 (0.12%) IIS
8 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.12%) nginx
8 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 6 (0.72%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.12%) Trello
4 1 (0.12%) Weka
Business Applications
1 24 (2.88%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.24%) Shopify
3 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.12%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 662 (79.38%) AWS
2 528 (63.31%) Azure
3 82 (9.83%) SaaS
4 56 (6.71%) Amazon EKS
5 38 (4.56%) Power Platform
6 37 (4.44%) dbt
7 36 (4.32%) GitHub
8 33 (3.96%) Cloud Run
9 30 (3.60%) AWS CloudFormation
10 29 (3.48%) Serverless
11 25 (3.00%) Google Analytics
12 24 (2.88%) Snowflake
13 23 (2.76%) Cloud Functions
13 23 (2.76%) GitHub Actions
14 20 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
15 19 (2.28%) Anthropic Claude
15 19 (2.28%) PaaS
16 17 (2.04%) Entra ID
16 17 (2.04%) Firebase
17 15 (1.80%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 80 (9.59%) Broadband
2 33 (3.96%) Network Security
3 26 (3.12%) TCP/IP
4 22 (2.64%) Firewall
5 20 (2.40%) WAN
6 12 (1.44%) LAN
6 12 (1.44%) SD-WAN
6 12 (1.44%) VPN
7 11 (1.32%) DNS
8 8 (0.96%) LTE
9 7 (0.84%) Internet
10 6 (0.72%) Fibre Channel
10 6 (0.72%) HTTP
10 6 (0.72%) iSCSI
11 5 (0.60%) BGP
11 5 (0.60%) DHCP
12 4 (0.48%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (0.48%) SSH
12 4 (0.48%) Wireless
13 3 (0.36%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (9.23%) BigQuery
2 54 (6.47%) PostgreSQL
3 37 (4.44%) NoSQL
4 36 (4.32%) Power BI
5 35 (4.20%) Data Warehouse
6 30 (3.60%) MongoDB
7 27 (3.24%) Looker
8 25 (3.00%) Data Lake
9 23 (2.76%) SQL Server
10 20 (2.40%) Semantic Layer
11 19 (2.28%) Metadata
12 18 (2.16%) Relational Database
12 18 (2.16%) Tableau
13 17 (2.04%) Pinecone
14 12 (1.44%) Amazon Redshift
15 10 (1.20%) Redis
16 9 (1.08%) MySQL
17 6 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
17 6 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
17 6 (0.72%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 60 (7.19%) Git
2 46 (5.52%) TeamCity
3 43 (5.16%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.92%) JIRA
5 13 (1.56%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.44%) CircleCI
7 10 (1.20%) GitLab
8 3 (0.36%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.36%) JUnit
8 3 (0.36%) Postman
8 3 (0.36%) Selenium
8 3 (0.36%) TestRail
8 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.36%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.24%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.24%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.24%) ERwin
9 2 (0.24%) Maven
9 2 (0.24%) Subversion
10 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 259 (31.06%) Social Skills
2 214 (25.66%) Finance
3 176 (21.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 135 (16.19%) Law
5 108 (12.95%) Banking
6 84 (10.07%) Public Sector
6 84 (10.07%) Retail
7 74 (8.87%) Analytical Skills
8 43 (5.16%) Financial Institution
9 42 (5.04%) Back Office
10 37 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
11 29 (3.48%) Legal
12 21 (2.52%) Marketing
13 12 (1.44%) Front Office
14 7 (0.84%) Legal Technology
14 7 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (0.84%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.72%) Advertising
16 5 (0.60%) Games
17 4 (0.48%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 240 (28.78%) Senior
2 177 (21.22%) Software Engineer
3 133 (15.95%) Architect
4 79 (9.47%) Lead
5 66 (7.91%) Cloud Engineer
6 56 (6.71%) Analyst
6 56 (6.71%) Developer
7 51 (6.12%) Data Engineer
8 49 (5.88%) Python Engineer
9 45 (5.40%) GCP Engineer
10 41 (4.92%) Solutions Architect
11 33 (3.96%) Senior Analyst
12 32 (3.84%) Senior Software Engineer
13 31 (3.72%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 31 (3.72%) Consultant
14 30 (3.60%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 30 (3.60%) Lead Software Engineer
15 27 (3.24%) Senior Manager
16 25 (3.00%) DevOps Engineer
16 25 (3.00%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (11.03%) React
2 63 (7.55%) Node.js
3 50 (6.00%) REST
4 44 (5.28%) Kafka
5 38 (4.56%) LangChain
6 36 (4.32%) .NET
7 31 (3.72%) gRPC
8 29 (3.48%) Spring
9 28 (3.36%) Django
10 26 (3.12%) OAuth
11 25 (3.00%) FastAPI
12 23 (2.76%) LangGraph
13 21 (2.52%) OpenID
13 21 (2.52%) RESTful
13 21 (2.52%) Spring Boot
14 20 (2.40%) PyTorch
15 19 (2.28%) AngularJS
15 19 (2.28%) SAML
15 19 (2.28%) Vue
16 18 (2.16%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 212 (25.42%) Cloud Native
2 84 (10.07%) Distributed Systems
3 81 (9.71%) Product Ownership
4 48 (5.76%) AI Agents
5 32 (3.84%) Video\Live Streaming
6 28 (3.36%) Over-the-Top Content
7 25 (3.00%) Public Cloud
8 24 (2.88%) Distributed Architecture
9 23 (2.76%) Security Posture
9 23 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (2.28%) Data Structures
10 19 (2.28%) Management Information System
11 18 (2.16%) Social Media
12 17 (2.04%) Blog
12 17 (2.04%) Onboarding
13 16 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (1.80%) Data Centre
14 15 (1.80%) Mobile App
15 12 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
15 12 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 57 (6.83%) Linux
2 23 (2.76%) Unix
3 17 (2.04%) Windows
4 9 (1.08%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.84%) Android
5 7 (0.84%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) CentOS
6 1 (0.12%) Debian
6 1 (0.12%) Solaris
6 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 342 (41.01%) CI/CD
2 301 (36.09%) Software Engineering
3 255 (30.58%) Mentoring
4 242 (29.02%) AI
5 236 (28.30%) Agile
6 196 (23.50%) DevOps
7 160 (19.18%) Infrastructure as Code
8 151 (18.11%) Microservices
9 147 (17.63%) Roadmaps
10 146 (17.51%) Containerisation
11 140 (16.79%) Technical Leadership
12 138 (16.55%) Continuous Improvement
13 136 (16.31%) Machine Learning
14 133 (15.95%) Test Automation
15 130 (15.59%) Problem-Solving
16 119 (14.27%) Clean Code
17 116 (13.91%) Coaching
17 116 (13.91%) Observability
18 109 (13.07%) Analytics
19 85 (10.19%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 311 (37.29%) Python
2 173 (20.74%) Java
3 135 (16.19%) SQL
4 104 (12.47%) JavaScript
5 79 (9.47%) Go
6 66 (7.91%) TypeScript
7 42 (5.04%) Scala
8 39 (4.68%) C#
9 21 (2.52%) Bash
10 16 (1.92%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.68%) C++
12 13 (1.56%) Rust
13 7 (0.84%) Ruby
14 5 (0.60%) C
14 5 (0.60%) PHP
14 5 (0.60%) R
15 4 (0.48%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.36%) Objective-C
16 3 (0.36%) Perl
16 3 (0.36%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 141 (16.91%) Security Cleared
2 122 (14.63%) SC Cleared
3 112 (13.43%) Degree
4 52 (6.24%) AWS Certification
5 35 (4.20%) CISSP
6 29 (3.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 26 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (2.76%) CISM
9 21 (2.52%) Azure Certification
10 14 (1.68%) DV Cleared
11 12 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (1.20%) CREST Certified
13 10 (1.20%) OSCP
14 6 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (0.72%) CCSP
14 6 (0.72%) Dell Certification
15 5 (0.60%) CCIE
15 5 (0.60%) GIAC
15 5 (0.60%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (6.71%) Data Quality
2 38 (4.56%) NIST
3 33 (3.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 30 (3.60%) Accessibility
5 23 (2.76%) GDPR
6 21 (2.52%) QA
7 20 (2.40%) NCSC
8 13 (1.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 11 (1.32%) GRC
10 10 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (1.08%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.72%) PMO
13 5 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.60%) SLA
14 4 (0.48%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.48%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.36%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.36%) SOC 2
16 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 1 (0.12%) SEPA
System Software
1 184 (22.06%) Docker
2 16 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.96%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.72%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.72%) vSphere
6 2 (0.24%) Firmware
6 2 (0.24%) KVM
Systems Management
1 196 (23.50%) Terraform
2 194 (23.26%) Kubernetes
3 69 (8.27%) Grafana
4 36 (4.32%) Ansible
5 16 (1.92%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.80%) Istio
7 13 (1.56%) Podman
8 12 (1.44%) Puppet
9 6 (0.72%) Avamar
9 6 (0.72%) CASB
9 6 (0.72%) Dell DRAC
9 6 (0.72%) EMC NetWorker
9 6 (0.72%) EMC VPLEX
9 6 (0.72%) VxRail
10 5 (0.60%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.60%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.36%) Argo
12 3 (0.36%) linkerd
13 2 (0.24%) Packer
Vendors
1 177 (21.22%) Google
2 107 (12.83%) Microsoft
3 27 (3.24%) Typelevel
4 26 (3.12%) Adobe
5 25 (3.00%) ServiceNow
6 24 (2.88%) Apple
7 21 (2.52%) Databricks
8 19 (2.28%) Okta
9 15 (1.80%) Ping Identity
9 15 (1.80%) SAP
9 15 (1.80%) VMware
10 14 (1.68%) Informatica
11 13 (1.56%) Dynatrace
12 12 (1.44%) Oracle
13 11 (1.32%) Splunk
14 10 (1.20%) Cisco
15 9 (1.08%) ForgeRock
15 9 (1.08%) Palo Alto
16 8 (0.96%) Confluent
16 8 (0.96%) New Relic