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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 45 77
Rank change year-on-year -16 +32 -38
Permanent jobs citing GCP 714 940 1,230
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.73% 6.45% 3.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.74% 16.36% 8.72%
Number of salaries quoted 358 492 1,053
10th Percentile £52,775 £51,698 £48,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,253 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £110,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £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 7,329 5,747 14,104
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.24% 39.41% 42.83%
Number of salaries quoted 5,031 4,134 12,000
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,751 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 28 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 41 (5.74%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (3.36%) Apache Spark
3 6 (0.84%) Confluence
4 5 (0.70%) Apache
5 3 (0.42%) CMS
5 3 (0.42%) Palantir Foundry
5 3 (0.42%) SAS
6 2 (0.28%) Camunda
6 2 (0.28%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.14%) Drupal
7 1 (0.14%) IIS
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.14%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.14%) nginx
7 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.14%) Strapi
7 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.42%) Chatbot
1 3 (0.42%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (3.36%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.28%) Shopify
4 1 (0.14%) Magento
4 1 (0.14%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 575 (80.53%) AWS
2 417 (58.40%) Azure
3 87 (12.18%) SaaS
4 68 (9.52%) Amazon EKS
5 30 (4.20%) Serverless
6 29 (4.06%) Snowflake
7 25 (3.50%) dbt
8 24 (3.36%) Vertex AI
9 23 (3.22%) Power Platform
10 22 (3.08%) Cloud Run
11 21 (2.94%) Entra ID
11 21 (2.94%) GitHub
12 19 (2.66%) Dagster
12 19 (2.66%) Google Analytics
13 17 (2.38%) PaaS
14 16 (2.24%) Amazon ECS
14 16 (2.24%) Azure Machine Learning
14 16 (2.24%) Cloud Functions
14 16 (2.24%) Figma
15 15 (2.10%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 93 (13.03%) Broadband
2 22 (3.08%) Network Security
3 19 (2.66%) Firewall
4 16 (2.24%) WAN
5 14 (1.96%) DNS
6 13 (1.82%) LAN
7 10 (1.40%) SD-WAN
8 9 (1.26%) TCP/IP
9 8 (1.12%) Internet
9 8 (1.12%) VPN
10 7 (0.98%) LTE
11 6 (0.84%) Fibre Channel
11 6 (0.84%) iSCSI
11 6 (0.84%) SSL
12 5 (0.70%) DHCP
12 5 (0.70%) Wireless
13 4 (0.56%) MQTT
14 3 (0.42%) MPLS
14 3 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
14 3 (0.42%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (13.03%) BigQuery
2 55 (7.70%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (4.90%) Data Warehouse
3 35 (4.90%) Metadata
4 33 (4.62%) NoSQL
5 26 (3.64%) Looker
5 26 (3.64%) MongoDB
6 24 (3.36%) Data Lake
6 24 (3.36%) Semantic Layer
7 20 (2.80%) Elasticsearch
8 18 (2.52%) Tableau
9 17 (2.38%) Amazon Redshift
9 17 (2.38%) Power BI
9 17 (2.38%) Relational Database
10 13 (1.82%) Pinecone
11 10 (1.40%) Apache Iceberg
11 10 (1.40%) Delta Lake
12 9 (1.26%) Weaviate
13 8 (1.12%) SQL Server
14 6 (0.84%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 55 (7.70%) TeamCity
2 36 (5.04%) Git
3 22 (3.08%) Jenkins
4 16 (2.24%) CircleCI
4 16 (2.24%) GitLab
5 15 (2.10%) JIRA
6 12 (1.68%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.68%) MLflow
7 7 (0.98%) Storybook
8 2 (0.28%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.28%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.28%) Subversion
8 2 (0.28%) TestRail
8 2 (0.28%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.14%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.14%) Gatling
9 1 (0.14%) JMeter
9 1 (0.14%) Maven
9 1 (0.14%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.14%) Selenium
General
1 183 (25.63%) Social Skills
2 178 (24.93%) Finance
3 162 (22.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 147 (20.59%) Law
5 113 (15.83%) Banking
6 94 (13.17%) Retail
7 77 (10.78%) Public Sector
8 52 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
9 42 (5.88%) Back Office
9 42 (5.88%) Financial Institution
10 26 (3.64%) Legal
11 21 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (2.24%) Front Office
13 12 (1.68%) Marketing
14 11 (1.54%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
16 7 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
17 6 (0.84%) Manufacturing
18 3 (0.42%) Aviation
18 3 (0.42%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 196 (27.45%) Senior
2 155 (21.71%) Software Engineer
3 118 (16.53%) Architect
4 62 (8.68%) Lead
5 59 (8.26%) Developer
6 56 (7.84%) Data Engineer
7 53 (7.42%) Analyst
8 42 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
8 42 (5.88%) Consultant
9 34 (4.76%) Senior Software Engineer
10 33 (4.62%) Solutions Architect
11 31 (4.34%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 31 (4.34%) Lead Software Engineer
12 30 (4.20%) Scala Engineer
13 29 (4.06%) Data Architect
13 29 (4.06%) Senior Analyst
13 29 (4.06%) Senior Architect
14 25 (3.50%) Senior Consultant
15 23 (3.22%) Principal Engineer
16 22 (3.08%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (11.06%) React
2 66 (9.24%) Node.js
3 53 (7.42%) gRPC
3 53 (7.42%) Kafka
4 31 (4.34%) REST
5 28 (3.92%) Django
6 25 (3.50%) .NET
7 22 (3.08%) RESTful
8 20 (2.80%) LangChain
9 19 (2.66%) Spring
10 18 (2.52%) Redux
11 17 (2.38%) FastAPI
11 17 (2.38%) PyTorch
11 17 (2.38%) TensorFlow
12 15 (2.10%) Spring Boot
13 14 (1.96%) OAuth
13 14 (1.96%) Playwright
13 14 (1.96%) React Native
13 14 (1.96%) Vue
14 13 (1.82%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 190 (26.61%) Cloud Native
2 85 (11.90%) Distributed Systems
3 79 (11.06%) Product Ownership
4 46 (6.44%) Over-the-Top Content
4 46 (6.44%) Video\Live Streaming
5 29 (4.06%) Security Posture
6 27 (3.78%) Blog
7 26 (3.64%) Distributed Architecture
8 25 (3.50%) Public Cloud
9 23 (3.22%) Data Structures
10 22 (3.08%) AI Agents
10 22 (3.08%) Onboarding
10 22 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
11 18 (2.52%) Management Information System
12 17 (2.38%) Social Media
13 16 (2.24%) Fixed Income
14 14 (1.96%) Mobile App
15 10 (1.40%) Cyberattack
15 10 (1.40%) Data Centre
16 9 (1.26%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.90%) Linux
2 19 (2.66%) Android
3 18 (2.52%) Windows
4 16 (2.24%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.26%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.70%) Unix
7 1 (0.14%) CentOS
7 1 (0.14%) Debian
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (40.62%) CI/CD
2 258 (36.13%) Software Engineering
3 204 (28.57%) Agile
4 189 (26.47%) Mentoring
5 185 (25.91%) AI
6 167 (23.39%) DevOps
7 162 (22.69%) Microservices
8 155 (21.71%) Containerisation
9 138 (19.33%) Machine Learning
9 138 (19.33%) Roadmaps
10 137 (19.19%) Clean Code
11 128 (17.93%) Test Automation
12 127 (17.79%) Coaching
13 113 (15.83%) Continuous Improvement
14 111 (15.55%) Technical Leadership
15 106 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
16 100 (14.01%) Infrastructure as Code
17 87 (12.18%) Analytics
17 87 (12.18%) Data Science
18 73 (10.22%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 260 (36.41%) Python
2 177 (24.79%) Java
3 113 (15.83%) Go
4 100 (14.01%) SQL
5 91 (12.75%) JavaScript
6 67 (9.38%) TypeScript
7 65 (9.10%) Scala
8 21 (2.94%) Bash
8 21 (2.94%) C#
9 18 (2.52%) C++
10 14 (1.96%) Rust
11 8 (1.12%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.70%) C
13 4 (0.56%) Ruby
14 3 (0.42%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.42%) Perl
14 3 (0.42%) PHP
15 2 (0.28%) ABAP
15 2 (0.28%) R
15 2 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 103 (14.43%) Degree
2 98 (13.73%) Security Cleared
3 80 (11.20%) SC Cleared
4 38 (5.32%) AWS Certification
5 29 (4.06%) CISSP
6 27 (3.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 27 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (2.24%) CREST Certified
7 16 (2.24%) OSCP
8 15 (2.10%) CISM
9 14 (1.96%) Azure Certification
10 11 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.40%) DV Cleared
12 8 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.98%) GIAC
14 6 (0.84%) CCSP
14 6 (0.84%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.84%) Dell Certification
15 5 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 5 (0.70%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (5.18%) Data Quality
2 34 (4.76%) Accessibility
3 32 (4.48%) NIST
4 29 (4.06%) QA
5 28 (3.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 18 (2.52%) GDPR
7 16 (2.24%) GRC
8 9 (1.26%) NCSC
8 9 (1.26%) SOC 2
9 7 (0.98%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 7 (0.98%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.84%) PMO
11 5 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.42%) SLA
13 2 (0.28%) COBIT
13 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.28%) Def Stans
13 2 (0.28%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.28%) SOC 1
13 2 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 166 (23.25%) Docker
2 13 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
3 10 (1.40%) Active Directory
4 7 (0.98%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.84%) vSphere
6 1 (0.14%) Firmware
6 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 165 (23.11%) Kubernetes
2 162 (22.69%) Terraform
3 74 (10.36%) Grafana
4 38 (5.32%) Ansible
5 17 (2.38%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.68%) Istio
6 12 (1.68%) Podman
6 12 (1.68%) Puppet
7 6 (0.84%) Avamar
7 6 (0.84%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (0.84%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (0.84%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (0.84%) VxRail
8 5 (0.70%) Argo
8 5 (0.70%) AWS Copilot
9 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.42%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.28%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.28%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 146 (20.45%) Google
2 94 (13.17%) Microsoft
3 45 (6.30%) Typelevel
4 34 (4.76%) Adobe
5 25 (3.50%) Databricks
6 24 (3.36%) Apple
6 24 (3.36%) ServiceNow
7 14 (1.96%) VMware
8 13 (1.82%) SAP
9 12 (1.68%) Palantir
10 11 (1.54%) Salesforce
11 10 (1.40%) OpenAI
12 9 (1.26%) Dell
12 9 (1.26%) Oracle
13 8 (1.12%) Cisco
13 8 (1.12%) Confluent
14 7 (0.98%) Atlassian
14 7 (0.98%) Foundry
14 7 (0.98%) Veeam
15 6 (0.84%) 3PAR