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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 56 55
Rank change year-on-year -17 -1 -5
Permanent jobs citing GCP 538 840 1,402
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.37% 5.27% 5.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.12% 11.27% 11.14%
Number of salaries quoted 366 594 1,190
10th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +17.24% -3.33%
75th Percentile £118,750 £109,688 £96,539
90th Percentile £143,125 £138,750 £118,750
UK median annual salary £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.06% +10.00% -5.82%

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 5,896 7,451 12,584
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.90% 46.73% 45.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,083 4,787 11,007
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £35,629
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 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -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 6 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 (10.22%) Apache Airflow
2 31 (5.76%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.42%) Apache
3 13 (2.42%) Confluence
4 7 (1.30%) IIS
5 5 (0.93%) Apache Pulsar
6 4 (0.74%) Palantir Foundry
7 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.56%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.37%) Luigi
8 2 (0.37%) WordPress
9 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.19%) CMS
9 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.19%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.56%) Trello
3 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Notion
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.19%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 459 (85.32%) AWS
2 370 (68.77%) Azure
3 121 (22.49%) SaaS
4 50 (9.29%) GitHub
5 45 (8.36%) dbt
6 40 (7.43%) Amazon EKS
7 31 (5.76%) Snowflake
8 30 (5.58%) AWS CloudFormation
9 29 (5.39%) Serverless
10 28 (5.20%) GitHub Actions
11 27 (5.02%) Power Platform
12 21 (3.90%) Vertex AI
13 13 (2.42%) Amazon ECS
13 13 (2.42%) Amazon S3
13 13 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (2.42%) Azure Service Bus
14 12 (2.23%) Azure Machine Learning
14 12 (2.23%) Entra ID
15 10 (1.86%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (1.86%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 23 (4.28%) Firewall
2 17 (3.16%) Broadband
3 16 (2.97%) Network Security
4 13 (2.42%) VPN
5 11 (2.04%) DNS
6 10 (1.86%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.67%) WAN
8 7 (1.30%) LAN
9 6 (1.12%) DHCP
9 6 (1.12%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.74%) SSL
11 3 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (0.56%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.56%) Kerberos
11 3 (0.56%) SCCP
12 2 (0.37%) AMQP
12 2 (0.37%) Wireless
13 1 (0.19%) NAS
13 1 (0.19%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (13.38%) PostgreSQL
2 61 (11.34%) BigQuery
3 44 (8.18%) Data Warehouse
4 41 (7.62%) NoSQL
5 30 (5.58%) Metadata
6 28 (5.20%) Elasticsearch
6 28 (5.20%) Tableau
7 24 (4.46%) Apache Iceberg
8 20 (3.72%) Power BI
9 18 (3.35%) Looker
10 17 (3.16%) Amazon Athena
10 17 (3.16%) Data Lake
10 17 (3.16%) MySQL
10 17 (3.16%) SQL Server
11 14 (2.60%) Apache Arrow
11 14 (2.60%) Dremio
11 14 (2.60%) MongoDB
12 13 (2.42%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (2.23%) Pinecone
14 11 (2.04%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 39 (7.25%) TeamCity
2 28 (5.20%) Git
2 28 (5.20%) GitLab
3 22 (4.09%) JIRA
4 13 (2.42%) Jenkins
5 12 (2.23%) MLflow
6 9 (1.67%) Subversion
7 8 (1.49%) Bitbucket
7 8 (1.49%) CircleCI
8 7 (1.30%) Storybook
9 5 (0.93%) git-flow
10 4 (0.74%) ER Studio
10 4 (0.74%) ERwin
10 4 (0.74%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.56%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.56%) webpack
12 2 (0.37%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.37%) Mocha
12 2 (0.37%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.37%) SonarQube
General
1 181 (33.64%) Social Skills
2 171 (31.78%) Finance
3 84 (15.61%) Law
4 78 (14.50%) Retail
5 69 (12.83%) Banking
6 67 (12.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 53 (9.85%) Public Sector
8 43 (7.99%) Financial Institution
9 42 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
10 38 (7.06%) Telecoms
11 36 (6.69%) Back Office
12 24 (4.46%) Legal
13 17 (3.16%) Front Office
14 16 (2.97%) Manufacturing
14 16 (2.97%) Marketing
15 12 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
17 10 (1.86%) Pharmaceutical
18 7 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
19 6 (1.12%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 156 (29.00%) Senior
2 108 (20.07%) Software Engineer
3 88 (16.36%) Developer
4 78 (14.50%) Architect
5 57 (10.59%) Lead
6 41 (7.62%) Data Engineer
7 35 (6.51%) Engineering Manager
7 35 (6.51%) Software Developer
8 30 (5.58%) .NET Developer
8 30 (5.58%) .NET Software Developer
8 30 (5.58%) Consultant
9 27 (5.02%) Data Architect
9 27 (5.02%) Senior Software Engineer
10 26 (4.83%) Python Engineer
11 24 (4.46%) Full-Stack Developer
12 23 (4.28%) Cloud Engineer
12 23 (4.28%) Senior Developer
13 22 (4.09%) Senior Consultant
13 22 (4.09%) Solutions Architect
14 21 (3.90%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (18.22%) React
2 67 (12.45%) .NET
3 62 (11.52%) Node.js
4 60 (11.15%) Kafka
5 42 (7.81%) RESTful
6 25 (4.65%) gRPC
7 23 (4.28%) AngularJS
7 23 (4.28%) Vue
8 22 (4.09%) Django
9 19 (3.53%) REST
10 18 (3.35%) CSS
10 18 (3.35%) Spring
11 17 (3.16%) HTML
11 17 (3.16%) OAuth
12 16 (2.97%) Pandas
12 16 (2.97%) PyTorch
12 16 (2.97%) RabbitMQ
12 16 (2.97%) TensorFlow
13 15 (2.79%) Spring Boot
14 14 (2.60%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 127 (23.61%) Cloud Native
2 72 (13.38%) Distributed Systems
3 48 (8.92%) Product Ownership
4 23 (4.28%) Blog
5 17 (3.16%) Distributed Architecture
5 17 (3.16%) Public Cloud
6 16 (2.97%) Equities
6 16 (2.97%) Fixed Income
7 14 (2.60%) Data Structures
7 14 (2.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 12 (2.23%) AI Agents
9 11 (2.04%) Mobile App
9 11 (2.04%) Onboarding
9 11 (2.04%) Security Posture
9 11 (2.04%) Video\Live Streaming
10 10 (1.86%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.67%) Over-the-Top Content
12 8 (1.49%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 39 (7.25%) Linux
2 25 (4.65%) Windows
3 21 (3.90%) Android
4 18 (3.35%) Unix
5 12 (2.23%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.12%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.37%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.37%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.19%) CentOS
8 1 (0.19%) Debian
8 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (41.45%) CI/CD
2 197 (36.62%) Software Engineering
3 164 (30.48%) Agile
4 159 (29.55%) AI
5 156 (29.00%) DevOps
6 125 (23.23%) Microservices
7 114 (21.19%) Roadmaps
8 110 (20.45%) Mentoring
9 97 (18.03%) Containerisation
10 91 (16.91%) Problem-Solving
11 89 (16.54%) Infrastructure as Code
12 84 (15.61%) Computer Science
13 77 (14.31%) Clean Code
14 75 (13.94%) Machine Learning
15 72 (13.38%) Test Automation
16 69 (12.83%) Continuous Improvement
17 68 (12.64%) Analytics
18 64 (11.90%) Data Modelling
19 61 (11.34%) Data Pipeline
20 56 (10.41%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 174 (32.34%) Python
2 124 (23.05%) Java
3 116 (21.56%) TypeScript
4 96 (17.84%) SQL
5 91 (16.91%) JavaScript
6 60 (11.15%) Go
7 39 (7.25%) C#
8 30 (5.58%) Scala
9 26 (4.83%) Bash
10 13 (2.42%) PowerShell
11 11 (2.04%) C++
12 7 (1.30%) PHP
13 5 (0.93%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.93%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.74%) R
14 4 (0.74%) Rust
15 2 (0.37%) Bicep
15 2 (0.37%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.37%) Ruby
15 2 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 98 (18.22%) Degree
2 60 (11.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 55 (10.22%) Security Cleared
4 52 (9.67%) SC Cleared
5 15 (2.79%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.42%) AWS Certification
7 11 (2.04%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.86%) CISSP
8 10 (1.86%) CREST Certified
8 10 (1.86%) OSCP
9 6 (1.12%) DV Cleared
10 5 (0.93%) CISM
10 5 (0.93%) OSCE
11 4 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.74%) CEH
11 4 (0.74%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.56%) CISA
12 3 (0.56%) PhD
12 3 (0.56%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.37%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (5.02%) GDPR
3 25 (4.65%) Data Quality
3 25 (4.65%) QA
4 19 (3.53%) Accessibility
5 16 (2.97%) NIST
5 16 (2.97%) SOC 2
6 14 (2.60%) GRC
7 11 (2.04%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (1.12%) EU AI Act
9 5 (0.93%) SLA
10 3 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.37%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.37%) ISO 26262
11 2 (0.37%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.37%) SOC 1
System Software
1 115 (21.38%) Docker
2 18 (3.35%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (0.56%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.37%) Firmware
4 2 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) HDFS
5 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 151 (28.07%) Kubernetes
2 133 (24.72%) Terraform
3 60 (11.15%) Grafana
4 44 (8.18%) Ansible
5 26 (4.83%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.86%) Argo
7 8 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.30%) Puppet
9 4 (0.74%) Cilium
9 4 (0.74%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.74%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.56%) cPanel
10 3 (0.56%) Plesk
11 1 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.19%) Icinga
11 1 (0.19%) Nagios
11 1 (0.19%) Nessus
11 1 (0.19%) Nmap
11 1 (0.19%) Rancher
Vendors
1 120 (22.30%) Google
2 41 (7.62%) Microsoft
3 33 (6.13%) Databricks
4 14 (2.60%) Palantir
5 13 (2.42%) Atlassian
6 10 (1.86%) SAP
7 9 (1.67%) Adobe
7 9 (1.67%) Informatica
7 9 (1.67%) Typelevel
8 8 (1.49%) OpenAI
8 8 (1.49%) Oracle
8 8 (1.49%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.30%) Sage
10 6 (1.12%) Talend
10 6 (1.12%) VMware
11 5 (0.93%) Ericsson
11 5 (0.93%) Foundry
11 5 (0.93%) Splunk
11 5 (0.93%) Xamarin
11 5 (0.93%) Zoho