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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 72 61
Rank change year-on-year -2 -11 -19
Permanent jobs citing GCP 819 770 957
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.30% 4.59% 4.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.55% 13.39% 10.41%
Number of salaries quoted 470 363 674
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £63,335 £65,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £93,500 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.79% +1.08% +16.16%
75th Percentile £95,000 £136,250 £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 8,572 5,750 9,196
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.59% 34.24% 42.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6,289 4,073 6,052
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £59,186 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.60% -8.94% +4.00%

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 9 October 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 13 (1.59%) Apache
2 12 (1.47%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (1.34%) Apache Spark
4 8 (0.98%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.37%) Camunda
5 3 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.24%) WordPress
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.12%) Appian
7 1 (0.12%) CMS
7 1 (0.12%) Confluence
7 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 14 (1.71%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.24%) Weka
4 1 (0.12%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 19 (2.32%) Cloudability
2 3 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 649 (79.24%) AWS
2 510 (62.27%) Azure
3 131 (16.00%) SaaS
4 87 (10.62%) Amazon EKS
5 47 (5.74%) GitHub
6 35 (4.27%) dbt
7 34 (4.15%) Power Platform
8 32 (3.91%) GitHub Actions
9 28 (3.42%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 25 (3.05%) Cloud Run
11 24 (2.93%) Snowflake
12 23 (2.81%) AWS CloudFormation
13 21 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
13 21 (2.56%) Serverless
14 20 (2.44%) Datadog
15 19 (2.32%) Anthropic Claude
16 18 (2.20%) Firebase
17 17 (2.08%) Google Analytics
17 17 (2.08%) Google Compute Engine
17 17 (2.08%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 39 (4.76%) Network Security
2 31 (3.79%) TCP/IP
3 30 (3.66%) Broadband
4 20 (2.44%) Firewall
5 19 (2.32%) VPN
6 18 (2.20%) BGP
7 10 (1.22%) WAN
8 8 (0.98%) SD-WAN
9 7 (0.85%) VLAN
10 6 (0.73%) Fibre Channel
10 6 (0.73%) HTTP
10 6 (0.73%) iSCSI
11 4 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
11 4 (0.49%) SSH
12 3 (0.37%) Ethernet VPN
12 3 (0.37%) MPLS
12 3 (0.37%) OSPF
12 3 (0.37%) VXLAN
13 2 (0.24%) 5G
13 2 (0.24%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (8.06%) PostgreSQL
2 62 (7.57%) BigQuery
3 32 (3.91%) Power BI
4 31 (3.79%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (3.54%) NoSQL
6 28 (3.42%) Looker
7 25 (3.05%) SQL Server
8 22 (2.69%) Metadata
8 22 (2.69%) Semantic Layer
9 20 (2.44%) Data Lake
10 18 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (2.20%) MongoDB
11 17 (2.08%) Pinecone
11 17 (2.08%) Tableau
12 16 (1.95%) Chroma
13 13 (1.59%) Relational Database
14 10 (1.22%) MySQL
15 7 (0.85%) Metadata Repository
15 7 (0.85%) Redis
16 6 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 95 (11.60%) TeamCity
2 50 (6.11%) Git
3 46 (5.62%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.83%) GitLab
5 6 (0.73%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.61%) JUnit
7 4 (0.49%) CircleCI
7 4 (0.49%) Claude Code
7 4 (0.49%) Maven
8 3 (0.37%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.37%) JIRA
8 3 (0.37%) Mockito
8 3 (0.37%) Postman
8 3 (0.37%) Selenium
8 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.24%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.24%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.24%) ERwin
9 2 (0.24%) MLflow
9 2 (0.24%) Subversion
General
1 253 (30.89%) Social Skills
2 250 (30.53%) Finance
3 215 (26.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 167 (20.39%) Law
5 166 (20.27%) Banking
6 139 (16.97%) Retail
7 93 (11.36%) Public Sector
8 84 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
9 82 (10.01%) Back Office
10 81 (9.89%) Financial Institution
11 39 (4.76%) Marketing
12 38 (4.64%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (2.56%) Legal
14 14 (1.71%) Front Office
15 9 (1.10%) French Language
15 9 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.85%) Telecoms
17 6 (0.73%) Advertising
18 5 (0.61%) Games
19 3 (0.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 238 (29.06%) Senior
2 197 (24.05%) Software Engineer
3 134 (16.36%) Architect
4 79 (9.65%) Lead
5 71 (8.67%) Cloud Engineer
6 62 (7.57%) GCP Engineer
7 57 (6.96%) Analyst
8 56 (6.84%) Python Engineer
9 50 (6.11%) Developer
10 47 (5.74%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 38 (4.64%) Data Engineer
12 35 (4.27%) Senior Software Engineer
13 34 (4.15%) Lead Software Engineer
14 31 (3.79%) Solutions Architect
15 29 (3.54%) Data Architect
15 29 (3.54%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 28 (3.42%) Java Engineer
16 28 (3.42%) Senior Architect
16 28 (3.42%) Site Engineer
17 27 (3.30%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 234 (28.57%) Terraform
2 62 (7.57%) React
3 54 (6.59%) LangChain
4 47 (5.74%) Node.js
5 39 (4.76%) REST
6 38 (4.64%) LangGraph
7 34 (4.15%) .NET
8 28 (3.42%) RESTful
8 28 (3.42%) Spring
9 27 (3.30%) PyTorch
10 22 (2.69%) TensorFlow
11 21 (2.56%) Middleware
11 21 (2.56%) Spring Boot
12 20 (2.44%) Kafka
13 19 (2.32%) FastAPI
13 19 (2.32%) scikit-learn
14 18 (2.20%) OAuth
15 17 (2.08%) OAuth2
15 17 (2.08%) OpenID
16 16 (1.95%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 243 (29.67%) Cloud Native
2 86 (10.50%) Product Ownership
3 81 (9.89%) Distributed Systems
4 63 (7.69%) AI Agents
5 42 (5.13%) Blog
6 22 (2.69%) Distributed Architecture
7 21 (2.56%) Security Posture
8 17 (2.08%) Public Cloud
9 15 (1.83%) Hedge funds
9 15 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
10 14 (1.71%) Data Centre
10 14 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (1.59%) Social Media
12 12 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
13 11 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.34%) Replication
14 10 (1.22%) Data Structures
14 10 (1.22%) Management Information System
14 10 (1.22%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 44 (5.37%) Linux
2 18 (2.20%) Unix
3 12 (1.47%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.34%) Windows
5 6 (0.73%) Android
6 5 (0.61%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.37%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.12%) CentOS
8 1 (0.12%) Debian
8 1 (0.12%) Solaris
8 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (42.25%) CI/CD
2 295 (36.02%) Software Engineering
3 283 (34.55%) AI
4 269 (32.84%) Mentoring
5 193 (23.57%) Agile
6 189 (23.08%) DevOps
7 149 (18.19%) Infrastructure as Code
8 144 (17.58%) Technical Leadership
9 142 (17.34%) Test Automation
10 137 (16.73%) Continuous Improvement
11 136 (16.61%) Microservices
12 133 (16.24%) Problem-Solving
13 127 (15.51%) Observability
14 119 (14.53%) Machine Learning
15 118 (14.41%) Roadmaps
16 107 (13.06%) Clean Code
17 103 (12.58%) Analytics
17 103 (12.58%) Deployment Automation
18 101 (12.33%) Fintech
19 99 (12.09%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 302 (36.87%) Python
2 204 (24.91%) Java
3 148 (18.07%) SQL
4 73 (8.91%) JavaScript
5 60 (7.33%) TypeScript
6 56 (6.84%) Go
7 36 (4.40%) C#
8 32 (3.91%) Bash
9 23 (2.81%) R
10 18 (2.20%) PowerShell
11 15 (1.83%) Scala
12 11 (1.34%) Rust
13 8 (0.98%) C++
14 7 (0.85%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.61%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.49%) C
16 4 (0.49%) PHP
16 4 (0.49%) Ruby
17 3 (0.37%) VB.NET
18 2 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 124 (15.14%) Security Cleared
2 108 (13.19%) SC Cleared
3 96 (11.72%) Degree
4 51 (6.23%) AWS Certification
5 35 (4.27%) CISSP
6 30 (3.66%) CISM
7 24 (2.93%) Azure Certification
8 23 (2.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 18 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (1.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 12 (1.47%) CCSP
12 10 (1.22%) DV Cleared
13 8 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.85%) CREST Certified
15 6 (0.73%) Dell Certification
15 6 (0.73%) GIAC
15 6 (0.73%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.73%) OSCP
16 5 (0.61%) GCFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (8.06%) Data Quality
2 49 (5.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 43 (5.25%) NIST
4 25 (3.05%) GDPR
5 23 (2.81%) NCSC
5 23 (2.81%) PCI DSS
6 18 (2.20%) Accessibility
7 15 (1.83%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 14 (1.71%) SOC 2
9 9 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
10 8 (0.98%) QA
11 6 (0.73%) PMO
12 5 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 4 (0.49%) Def Stans
13 4 (0.49%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.49%) SLA
14 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.37%) GRC
14 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 142 (17.34%) Docker
2 9 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.98%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.73%) vSphere
5 2 (0.24%) Firmware
5 2 (0.24%) KVM
6 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 245 (29.91%) Kubernetes
2 121 (14.77%) Grafana
3 33 (4.03%) Ansible
4 26 (3.17%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.98%) Puppet
6 7 (0.85%) Cilium
6 7 (0.85%) Istio
6 7 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.73%) Argo
7 6 (0.73%) Avamar
7 6 (0.73%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (0.73%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (0.73%) VxRail
8 5 (0.61%) CASB
8 5 (0.61%) Podman
9 4 (0.49%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.37%) linkerd
11 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.12%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 196 (23.93%) Google
2 91 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 29 (3.54%) Adobe
4 25 (3.05%) ServiceNow
5 21 (2.56%) Apple
6 20 (2.44%) Databricks
7 17 (2.08%) Dynatrace
7 17 (2.08%) Splunk
8 16 (1.95%) OpenAI
9 15 (1.83%) Informatica
9 15 (1.83%) Okta
9 15 (1.83%) Ping Identity
10 13 (1.59%) New Relic
11 11 (1.34%) Oracle
11 11 (1.34%) SAP
12 10 (1.22%) VMware
13 8 (0.98%) Cisco
14 7 (0.85%) Palo Alto
14 7 (0.85%) Veeam
15 6 (0.73%) Nimble Storage