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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 57 64
Rank change year-on-year -9 +7 -28
Permanent jobs citing GCP 838 864 982
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.69% 5.25% 3.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.65% 14.47% 9.59%
Number of salaries quoted 472 440 774
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,125 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £67,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,253 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% -10.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £94,063 £125,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £114,775 £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 8,680 5,973 10,241
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.25% 36.33% 41.06%
Number of salaries quoted 6,287 4,408 8,008
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,750 £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 11 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 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (1.67%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.07%) Apache
4 5 (0.60%) Confluence
5 4 (0.48%) Camunda
6 3 (0.36%) CMS
6 3 (0.36%) SAS
6 3 (0.36%) WordPress
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.12%) Appian
7 1 (0.12%) Drupal
7 1 (0.12%) IIS
7 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.12%) nginx
7 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
Business Applications
1 24 (2.86%) 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
1 665 (79.36%) AWS
2 524 (62.53%) Azure
3 83 (9.90%) SaaS
4 57 (6.80%) Amazon EKS
5 39 (4.65%) Power Platform
6 37 (4.42%) dbt
7 35 (4.18%) GitHub
8 33 (3.94%) Cloud Run
9 29 (3.46%) AWS CloudFormation
9 29 (3.46%) Serverless
10 26 (3.10%) Google Analytics
11 25 (2.98%) Snowflake
12 23 (2.74%) Cloud Functions
13 22 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
14 20 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
15 19 (2.27%) Anthropic Claude
15 19 (2.27%) PaaS
16 17 (2.03%) Entra ID
16 17 (2.03%) Firebase
17 15 (1.79%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 88 (10.50%) Broadband
2 32 (3.82%) Network Security
3 26 (3.10%) TCP/IP
4 21 (2.51%) Firewall
5 19 (2.27%) WAN
6 11 (1.31%) DNS
6 11 (1.31%) LAN
6 11 (1.31%) SD-WAN
7 10 (1.19%) VPN
8 8 (0.95%) 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%) DHCP
12 4 (0.48%) BGP
12 4 (0.48%) SSH
13 3 (0.36%) MPLS
13 3 (0.36%) SSL
13 3 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (9.43%) BigQuery
2 54 (6.44%) PostgreSQL
3 37 (4.42%) NoSQL
3 37 (4.42%) Power BI
4 35 (4.18%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (3.58%) MongoDB
6 28 (3.34%) Looker
7 26 (3.10%) Data Lake
8 23 (2.74%) SQL Server
9 20 (2.39%) Metadata
9 20 (2.39%) Semantic Layer
10 18 (2.15%) Relational Database
10 18 (2.15%) Tableau
11 17 (2.03%) Pinecone
12 13 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (1.19%) Redis
14 9 (1.07%) MySQL
15 6 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (0.72%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 60 (7.16%) Git
2 47 (5.61%) TeamCity
3 42 (5.01%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.91%) JIRA
5 13 (1.55%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.43%) CircleCI
7 9 (1.07%) 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%) Gatling
General
1 255 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 213 (25.42%) Finance
3 177 (21.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 136 (16.23%) Law
5 109 (13.01%) Banking
6 86 (10.26%) Public Sector
7 84 (10.02%) Retail
8 72 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
9 44 (5.25%) Financial Institution
10 43 (5.13%) Back Office
11 36 (4.30%) Presentation Skills
12 28 (3.34%) Legal
13 21 (2.51%) Marketing
14 12 (1.43%) Front Office
15 7 (0.84%) Legal Technology
15 7 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (0.84%) Telecoms
16 6 (0.72%) Advertising
17 5 (0.60%) Games
18 4 (0.48%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 240 (28.64%) Senior
2 181 (21.60%) Software Engineer
3 133 (15.87%) Architect
4 78 (9.31%) Lead
5 64 (7.64%) Cloud Engineer
6 58 (6.92%) Developer
7 57 (6.80%) Analyst
8 53 (6.32%) Data Engineer
9 49 (5.85%) Python Engineer
10 44 (5.25%) GCP Engineer
11 41 (4.89%) Solutions Architect
12 33 (3.94%) Senior Analyst
12 33 (3.94%) Senior Software Engineer
13 31 (3.70%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 31 (3.70%) Consultant
13 31 (3.70%) Lead Software Engineer
14 30 (3.58%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 26 (3.10%) Senior Architect
15 26 (3.10%) Senior Manager
16 25 (2.98%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (10.98%) React
2 63 (7.52%) Node.js
3 50 (5.97%) REST
4 43 (5.13%) Kafka
5 39 (4.65%) gRPC
6 38 (4.53%) LangChain
7 36 (4.30%) .NET
8 29 (3.46%) Spring
9 28 (3.34%) Django
10 26 (3.10%) OAuth
11 25 (2.98%) FastAPI
12 23 (2.74%) LangGraph
13 21 (2.51%) OpenID
13 21 (2.51%) RESTful
13 21 (2.51%) Spring Boot
14 20 (2.39%) PyTorch
15 19 (2.27%) AngularJS
15 19 (2.27%) SAML
15 19 (2.27%) Vue
16 18 (2.15%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 211 (25.18%) Cloud Native
2 92 (10.98%) Distributed Systems
3 82 (9.79%) Product Ownership
4 48 (5.73%) AI Agents
5 40 (4.77%) Video\Live Streaming
6 36 (4.30%) Over-the-Top Content
7 25 (2.98%) Public Cloud
8 24 (2.86%) Distributed Architecture
8 24 (2.86%) Security Posture
9 23 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (2.27%) Data Structures
10 19 (2.27%) Management Information System
11 18 (2.15%) Social Media
12 17 (2.03%) Onboarding
13 16 (1.91%) Blog
13 16 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (1.79%) Mobile App
15 14 (1.67%) Data Centre
16 12 (1.43%) Fixed Income
16 12 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 56 (6.68%) Linux
2 23 (2.74%) Unix
3 17 (2.03%) Windows
4 9 (1.07%) 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
1 349 (41.65%) CI/CD
2 308 (36.75%) Software Engineering
3 254 (30.31%) Mentoring
4 239 (28.52%) AI
5 234 (27.92%) Agile
6 194 (23.15%) DevOps
7 160 (19.09%) Microservices
8 158 (18.85%) Infrastructure as Code
9 153 (18.26%) Containerisation
10 145 (17.30%) Roadmaps
11 142 (16.95%) Machine Learning
12 139 (16.59%) Technical Leadership
13 138 (16.47%) Continuous Improvement
14 136 (16.23%) Problem-Solving
15 134 (15.99%) Test Automation
16 128 (15.27%) Clean Code
17 127 (15.16%) Coaching
18 115 (13.72%) Observability
19 110 (13.13%) Analytics
20 86 (10.26%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 314 (37.47%) Python
2 174 (20.76%) Java
3 135 (16.11%) SQL
4 103 (12.29%) JavaScript
5 86 (10.26%) Go
6 66 (7.88%) TypeScript
7 50 (5.97%) Scala
8 39 (4.65%) C#
9 19 (2.27%) Bash
10 16 (1.91%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.67%) C++
12 13 (1.55%) 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%) Perl
16 3 (0.36%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.36%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 139 (16.59%) Security Cleared
2 120 (14.32%) SC Cleared
3 111 (13.25%) Degree
4 51 (6.09%) AWS Certification
5 35 (4.18%) CISSP
6 29 (3.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 26 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (2.74%) CISM
9 21 (2.51%) Azure Certification
10 14 (1.67%) DV Cleared
11 12 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (1.19%) CREST Certified
13 10 (1.19%) 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%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.60%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (6.68%) Data Quality
2 38 (4.53%) NIST
3 32 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 30 (3.58%) Accessibility
5 23 (2.74%) GDPR
6 20 (2.39%) QA
7 19 (2.27%) NCSC
8 13 (1.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 11 (1.31%) GRC
10 10 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
11 9 (1.07%) 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
1 190 (22.67%) Docker
2 16 (1.91%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.95%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.72%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.72%) vSphere
6 2 (0.24%) KVM
7 1 (0.12%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 194 (23.15%) Terraform
2 193 (23.03%) Kubernetes
3 69 (8.23%) Grafana
4 35 (4.18%) Ansible
5 15 (1.79%) Istio
5 15 (1.79%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.55%) Podman
7 12 (1.43%) Puppet
8 6 (0.72%) Avamar
8 6 (0.72%) CASB
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%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.60%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.36%) Argo
11 3 (0.36%) linkerd
12 2 (0.24%) Packer
Vendors
1 176 (21.00%) Google
2 107 (12.77%) Microsoft
3 35 (4.18%) Typelevel
4 26 (3.10%) Adobe
5 25 (2.98%) ServiceNow
6 24 (2.86%) Apple
7 21 (2.51%) Databricks
8 19 (2.27%) Okta
9 15 (1.79%) Ping Identity
9 15 (1.79%) SAP
9 15 (1.79%) VMware
10 14 (1.67%) Informatica
11 13 (1.55%) Dynatrace
12 12 (1.43%) Oracle
13 11 (1.31%) Splunk
14 9 (1.07%) Cisco
14 9 (1.07%) ForgeRock
15 8 (0.95%) Confluent
15 8 (0.95%) New Relic
15 8 (0.95%) Palo Alto