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 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 56 73
Rank change year-on-year -13 +17 -39
Permanent jobs citing GCP 779 903 1,087
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.62% 5.46% 3.61%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.31% 14.75% 8.69%
Number of salaries quoted 415 472 898
10th Percentile £52,200 £51,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,253 £87,610
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% -2.69% +9.51%
75th Percentile £93,125 £125,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £137,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -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 8,368 6,121 12,513
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.87% 37.04% 41.58%
Number of salaries quoted 5,978 4,520 10,250
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,950 £46,199
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +2.56% -6.40%

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 20 July 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 26 (3.34%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (1.80%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.51%) Apache
3 4 (0.51%) Confluence
4 3 (0.39%) CMS
4 3 (0.39%) SAS
5 2 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.26%) Camunda
5 2 (0.26%) WordPress
6 1 (0.13%) Appian
6 1 (0.13%) Drupal
6 1 (0.13%) IIS
6 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.13%) nginx
6 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.13%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.13%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (3.08%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.26%) Shopify
4 1 (0.13%) Magento
4 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 625 (80.23%) AWS
2 465 (59.69%) Azure
3 87 (11.17%) SaaS
4 69 (8.86%) Amazon EKS
5 31 (3.98%) Cloud Run
6 28 (3.59%) GitHub
6 28 (3.59%) Serverless
7 27 (3.47%) Power Platform
8 25 (3.21%) dbt
9 23 (2.95%) Snowflake
10 20 (2.57%) Cloud Functions
11 19 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
11 19 (2.44%) PaaS
11 19 (2.44%) Vertex AI
12 18 (2.31%) Entra ID
12 18 (2.31%) Google Analytics
13 17 (2.18%) Amazon ECS
13 17 (2.18%) Anthropic Claude
14 15 (1.93%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 98 (12.58%) Broadband
2 29 (3.72%) Network Security
3 17 (2.18%) Firewall
4 16 (2.05%) WAN
5 13 (1.67%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.54%) DNS
6 12 (1.54%) LAN
7 9 (1.16%) SD-WAN
7 9 (1.16%) VPN
8 8 (1.03%) LTE
9 7 (0.90%) Internet
10 6 (0.77%) DHCP
10 6 (0.77%) Fibre Channel
10 6 (0.77%) iSCSI
11 5 (0.64%) MQTT
12 4 (0.51%) SSH
13 3 (0.39%) Modbus
13 3 (0.39%) MPLS
13 3 (0.39%) Software-Defined Networking
13 3 (0.39%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (10.01%) BigQuery
2 62 (7.96%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (4.11%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (3.85%) NoSQL
5 27 (3.47%) MongoDB
6 26 (3.34%) Semantic Layer
7 24 (3.08%) Power BI
8 23 (2.95%) Data Lake
9 22 (2.82%) Looker
10 21 (2.70%) Metadata
11 20 (2.57%) Relational Database
12 17 (2.18%) Pinecone
13 14 (1.80%) Amazon Redshift
13 14 (1.80%) SQL Server
14 10 (1.28%) Tableau
15 9 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
16 8 (1.03%) Redis
17 7 (0.90%) MySQL
18 6 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
18 6 (0.77%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 58 (7.45%) TeamCity
2 46 (5.91%) Git
3 40 (5.13%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.93%) JIRA
5 13 (1.67%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.54%) CircleCI
7 9 (1.16%) GitLab
8 4 (0.51%) MLflow
9 3 (0.39%) Postman
9 3 (0.39%) Selenium
9 3 (0.39%) TestRail
9 3 (0.39%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.26%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.26%) JUnit
10 2 (0.26%) Subversion
11 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.13%) ERwin
11 1 (0.13%) JMeter
11 1 (0.13%) Maven
11 1 (0.13%) Vagrant
General
1 209 (26.83%) Social Skills
2 206 (26.44%) Finance
3 180 (23.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 151 (19.38%) Law
5 121 (15.53%) Banking
6 95 (12.20%) Retail
7 78 (10.01%) Public Sector
8 54 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
9 47 (6.03%) Back Office
9 47 (6.03%) Financial Institution
10 28 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
11 25 (3.21%) Legal
12 16 (2.05%) Front Office
13 15 (1.93%) Marketing
14 7 (0.90%) Legal Technology
14 7 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.64%) Advertising
15 5 (0.64%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.51%) French Language
16 4 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 218 (27.98%) Senior
2 175 (22.46%) Software Engineer
3 121 (15.53%) Architect
4 76 (9.76%) Lead
5 65 (8.34%) Developer
6 62 (7.96%) Cloud Engineer
7 52 (6.68%) Data Engineer
8 49 (6.29%) Analyst
9 40 (5.13%) GCP Engineer
9 40 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
10 37 (4.75%) Consultant
11 36 (4.62%) Lead Software Engineer
12 34 (4.36%) Senior Software Engineer
13 32 (4.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 31 (3.98%) Senior Analyst
15 30 (3.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 30 (3.85%) Scala Engineer
16 29 (3.72%) Python Engineer
17 28 (3.59%) Senior Architect
18 27 (3.47%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (10.91%) React
2 63 (8.09%) Node.js
3 49 (6.29%) gRPC
4 46 (5.91%) Kafka
5 37 (4.75%) LangChain
5 37 (4.75%) REST
6 27 (3.47%) Django
7 24 (3.08%) .NET
7 24 (3.08%) LangGraph
8 23 (2.95%) FastAPI
9 22 (2.82%) PyTorch
9 22 (2.82%) TensorFlow
10 21 (2.70%) OAuth
10 21 (2.70%) Spring
11 20 (2.57%) RESTful
12 18 (2.31%) Spring Boot
13 17 (2.18%) OpenID
13 17 (2.18%) Vue
14 16 (2.05%) AngularJS
14 16 (2.05%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 215 (27.60%) Cloud Native
2 88 (11.30%) Distributed Systems
3 84 (10.78%) Product Ownership
4 46 (5.91%) Over-the-Top Content
4 46 (5.91%) Video\Live Streaming
5 37 (4.75%) AI Agents
6 25 (3.21%) Blog
6 25 (3.21%) Security Posture
7 22 (2.82%) Data Structures
7 22 (2.82%) Distributed Architecture
8 20 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
9 19 (2.44%) Management Information System
9 19 (2.44%) Onboarding
9 19 (2.44%) Public Cloud
10 17 (2.18%) Social Media
11 16 (2.05%) Fixed Income
12 12 (1.54%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.41%) Data Centre
14 10 (1.28%) Cyberattack
15 9 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.78%) Linux
2 17 (2.18%) Windows
3 12 (1.54%) Unix
4 9 (1.16%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.03%) Android
5 8 (1.03%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.13%) CentOS
6 1 (0.13%) Debian
6 1 (0.13%) Solaris
6 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (42.11%) CI/CD
2 292 (37.48%) Software Engineering
3 223 (28.63%) Agile
3 223 (28.63%) Mentoring
4 212 (27.21%) AI
5 176 (22.59%) DevOps
6 168 (21.57%) Microservices
7 155 (19.90%) Containerisation
8 144 (18.49%) Machine Learning
9 143 (18.36%) Test Automation
10 141 (18.10%) Roadmaps
11 134 (17.20%) Clean Code
12 133 (17.07%) Technical Leadership
13 129 (16.56%) Coaching
14 126 (16.17%) Problem-Solving
15 120 (15.40%) Infrastructure as Code
16 116 (14.89%) Continuous Improvement
17 91 (11.68%) Data Science
18 86 (11.04%) Analytics
18 86 (11.04%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 295 (37.87%) Python
2 179 (22.98%) Java
3 113 (14.51%) SQL
4 99 (12.71%) JavaScript
5 95 (12.20%) Go
6 62 (7.96%) Scala
7 59 (7.57%) TypeScript
8 24 (3.08%) C#
9 19 (2.44%) Bash
10 16 (2.05%) C++
10 16 (2.05%) Rust
11 11 (1.41%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.77%) C
13 5 (0.64%) Ruby
14 4 (0.51%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.51%) PHP
15 3 (0.39%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.39%) Perl
15 3 (0.39%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.26%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 113 (14.51%) Security Cleared
2 102 (13.09%) Degree
3 94 (12.07%) SC Cleared
4 43 (5.52%) AWS Certification
5 39 (5.01%) CISSP
6 29 (3.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 24 (3.08%) CISM
8 22 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (2.31%) Azure Certification
10 12 (1.54%) CREST Certified
10 12 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (1.54%) OSCP
11 11 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (1.16%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.90%) GIAC
14 6 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (0.77%) CCSP
14 6 (0.77%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.77%) Dell Certification
15 5 (0.64%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (5.65%) Data Quality
2 38 (4.88%) NIST
3 32 (4.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (3.59%) Accessibility
5 25 (3.21%) QA
6 21 (2.70%) GDPR
7 17 (2.18%) NCSC
8 14 (1.80%) GRC
9 13 (1.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.90%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.77%) PMO
13 5 (0.64%) SOC 2
14 4 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 4 (0.51%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.51%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.39%) SLA
16 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
16 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 2 (0.26%) SEPA
System Software
1 178 (22.85%) Docker
2 14 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.03%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.90%) Active Directory
6 6 (0.77%) vSphere
7 2 (0.26%) KVM
8 1 (0.13%) Firmware
8 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 183 (23.49%) Kubernetes
2 175 (22.46%) Terraform
3 78 (10.01%) Grafana
4 35 (4.49%) Ansible
5 16 (2.05%) Prometheus
6 14 (1.80%) Istio
7 13 (1.67%) Podman
7 13 (1.67%) Puppet
8 6 (0.77%) Avamar
8 6 (0.77%) Dell DRAC
8 6 (0.77%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (0.77%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (0.77%) VxRail
9 5 (0.64%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.51%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.26%) Argo
11 2 (0.26%) CASB
11 2 (0.26%) linkerd
11 2 (0.26%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 145 (18.61%) Google
2 98 (12.58%) Microsoft
3 45 (5.78%) Typelevel
4 28 (3.59%) Adobe
5 25 (3.21%) ServiceNow
6 24 (3.08%) Apple
7 21 (2.70%) Databricks
8 16 (2.05%) SAP
8 16 (2.05%) VMware
9 15 (1.93%) Okta
10 14 (1.80%) Oracle
11 10 (1.28%) Ping Identity
12 9 (1.16%) ForgeRock
12 9 (1.16%) Informatica
12 9 (1.16%) Splunk
13 8 (1.03%) Confluent
13 8 (1.03%) Dell
13 8 (1.03%) Dynatrace
13 8 (1.03%) OpenAI
14 7 (0.90%) Cisco