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 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 57 46
Rank change year-on-year -24 -11 +6
Permanent jobs citing GCP 481 841 1,315
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.22% 5.12% 6.04%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.83% 11.06% 12.87%
Number of salaries quoted 362 583 1,110
10th Percentile £50,125 £55,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £67,813 £67,000 £60,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +13.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £118,750 £110,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £142,500 £138,750 £120,000
UK median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £76,543
% change year-on-year -3.13% +4.52% -4.32%

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 5,447 7,605 10,216
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.44% 46.28% 46.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3,874 4,853 8,819
10th Percentile £32,000 £36,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £47,500 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% -7.69%

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 12 January 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 59 (12.27%) Apache Airflow
2 23 (4.78%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.70%) Confluence
4 11 (2.29%) Apache
5 7 (1.46%) IIS
6 5 (1.04%) Apache Pulsar
7 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.42%) Luigi
8 2 (0.42%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.42%) WordPress
9 1 (0.21%) CMS
9 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.21%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.62%) Trello
3 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.21%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.21%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 406 (84.41%) AWS
2 344 (71.52%) Azure
3 110 (22.87%) SaaS
4 54 (11.23%) dbt
5 53 (11.02%) GitHub
6 32 (6.65%) GitHub Actions
7 31 (6.44%) Power Platform
8 30 (6.24%) Snowflake
9 28 (5.82%) AWS CloudFormation
10 22 (4.57%) Serverless
11 21 (4.37%) Amazon EKS
12 15 (3.12%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (2.70%) Amazon S3
13 13 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
14 11 (2.29%) Amazon ECS
14 11 (2.29%) Entra ID
14 11 (2.29%) Fivetran
14 11 (2.29%) Google Analytics
14 11 (2.29%) Vertex AI
15 10 (2.08%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 25 (5.20%) Firewall
2 15 (3.12%) Network Security
3 13 (2.70%) VPN
4 12 (2.49%) DNS
5 10 (2.08%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.87%) WAN
7 7 (1.46%) LAN
8 6 (1.25%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.04%) Broadband
9 5 (1.04%) DHCP
10 4 (0.83%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.83%) SSL
11 3 (0.62%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (0.62%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.62%) Kerberos
12 2 (0.42%) BGP
12 2 (0.42%) SCCP
12 2 (0.42%) Wireless
13 1 (0.21%) Cisco Wireless
13 1 (0.21%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (14.35%) PostgreSQL
2 56 (11.64%) BigQuery
3 44 (9.15%) NoSQL
4 42 (8.73%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (6.03%) Apache Iceberg
5 29 (6.03%) Tableau
6 27 (5.61%) Power BI
7 26 (5.41%) Amazon Athena
8 23 (4.78%) Apache Arrow
8 23 (4.78%) Dremio
8 23 (4.78%) Elasticsearch
9 21 (4.37%) SQL Server
10 19 (3.95%) Data Lake
11 18 (3.74%) Looker
11 18 (3.74%) MongoDB
12 17 (3.53%) MySQL
13 16 (3.33%) Metadata
14 13 (2.70%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (2.49%) Redis
16 10 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 33 (6.86%) Git
1 33 (6.86%) GitLab
2 22 (4.57%) JIRA
3 21 (4.37%) TeamCity
4 18 (3.74%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.87%) Subversion
6 8 (1.66%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.46%) MLflow
7 7 (1.46%) Storybook
8 6 (1.25%) CircleCI
9 5 (1.04%) git-flow
10 4 (0.83%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.83%) ER Studio
10 4 (0.83%) ERwin
10 4 (0.83%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.62%) JUnit
11 3 (0.62%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.62%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.42%) Mockito
12 2 (0.42%) webpack
General
1 170 (35.34%) Social Skills
2 163 (33.89%) Finance
3 55 (11.43%) Law
3 55 (11.43%) Retail
4 45 (9.36%) Banking
5 39 (8.11%) Telecoms
6 38 (7.90%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (7.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 36 (7.48%) Public Sector
8 31 (6.44%) Financial Institution
9 24 (4.99%) Back Office
9 24 (4.99%) Front Office
10 20 (4.16%) Legal
10 20 (4.16%) Marketing
11 17 (3.53%) Manufacturing
12 11 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.25%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 127 (26.40%) Senior
2 96 (19.96%) Software Engineer
3 89 (18.50%) Developer
4 59 (12.27%) Architect
5 52 (10.81%) Lead
6 35 (7.28%) Data Engineer
6 35 (7.28%) Engineering Manager
7 33 (6.86%) Python Engineer
7 33 (6.86%) Software Developer
8 30 (6.24%) .NET Developer
8 30 (6.24%) .NET Software Developer
9 29 (6.03%) Python Software Engineer
10 26 (5.41%) AWS Engineer
11 24 (4.99%) Cloud Engineer
11 24 (4.99%) Consultant
11 24 (4.99%) Python Developer
12 23 (4.78%) AWS Developer
12 23 (4.78%) AWS Software Engineer
12 23 (4.78%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 22 (4.57%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (20.37%) React
2 69 (14.35%) Node.js
3 66 (13.72%) .NET
4 56 (11.64%) Kafka
5 43 (8.94%) RESTful
6 34 (7.07%) Vue
7 32 (6.65%) AngularJS
7 32 (6.65%) Pandas
8 28 (5.82%) NumPy
9 24 (4.99%) Django
10 23 (4.78%) SciPy
11 21 (4.37%) REST
12 18 (3.74%) CSS
13 17 (3.53%) gRPC
13 17 (3.53%) HTML
13 17 (3.53%) RabbitMQ
14 16 (3.33%) OAuth
14 16 (3.33%) Spring
15 14 (2.91%) OAuth2
15 14 (2.91%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 109 (22.66%) Cloud Native
2 60 (12.47%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (8.11%) Product Ownership
4 23 (4.78%) Equities
4 23 (4.78%) Fixed Income
4 23 (4.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 15 (3.12%) Distributed Architecture
6 12 (2.49%) Algorithms
6 12 (2.49%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (2.49%) Public Cloud
7 11 (2.29%) AI Agents
7 11 (2.29%) Data Structures
8 10 (2.08%) Mobile App
8 10 (2.08%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.87%) Blog
9 9 (1.87%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.66%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.66%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 35 (7.28%) Linux
2 28 (5.82%) Windows
3 18 (3.74%) Unix
4 17 (3.53%) Android
5 8 (1.66%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.25%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.42%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (39.50%) CI/CD
2 163 (33.89%) Software Engineering
3 159 (33.06%) Agile
4 148 (30.77%) DevOps
5 147 (30.56%) AI
6 102 (21.21%) Roadmaps
7 99 (20.58%) Microservices
8 91 (18.92%) Infrastructure as Code
9 88 (18.30%) Mentoring
10 81 (16.84%) Computer Science
11 77 (16.01%) Problem-Solving
12 74 (15.38%) Containerisation
13 71 (14.76%) Analytics
14 65 (13.51%) Machine Learning
15 62 (12.89%) Continuous Improvement
16 61 (12.68%) Data Pipeline
17 53 (11.02%) Collaborative Culture
18 50 (10.40%) Observability
19 49 (10.19%) Data Modelling
20 47 (9.77%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 159 (33.06%) Python
2 117 (24.32%) TypeScript
3 96 (19.96%) Java
3 96 (19.96%) SQL
4 90 (18.71%) JavaScript
5 42 (8.73%) Go
6 39 (8.11%) C#
7 21 (4.37%) Bash
8 17 (3.53%) Scala
9 13 (2.70%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.66%) C++
10 8 (1.66%) PHP
11 5 (1.04%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.04%) R
11 5 (1.04%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.42%) Bicep
13 2 (0.42%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.42%) Ruby
13 2 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 92 (19.13%) Degree
2 60 (12.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 44 (9.15%) Security Cleared
4 43 (8.94%) SC Cleared
5 13 (2.70%) Azure Certification
6 12 (2.49%) AWS Certification
6 12 (2.49%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.46%) CREST Certified
7 7 (1.46%) OSCP
8 6 (1.25%) CISSP
8 6 (1.25%) DBS Check
9 4 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.83%) CEH
9 4 (0.83%) CISM
9 4 (0.83%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.83%) OSCE
10 3 (0.62%) PhD
10 3 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.42%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (5.20%) GDPR
3 21 (4.37%) Data Quality
3 21 (4.37%) QA
4 18 (3.74%) Accessibility
5 14 (2.91%) SOC 2
6 13 (2.70%) NIST
7 9 (1.87%) PCI DSS
8 8 (1.66%) GRC
9 6 (1.25%) EU AI Act
10 5 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (1.04%) SLA
11 4 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.42%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.42%) ISO 14001
13 2 (0.42%) ISO 26262
13 2 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 100 (20.79%) Docker
2 16 (3.33%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (0.62%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.42%) Firmware
4 2 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.21%) HDFS
5 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 128 (26.61%) Kubernetes
2 110 (22.87%) Terraform
3 46 (9.56%) Ansible
4 44 (9.15%) Grafana
5 28 (5.82%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.66%) Argo
6 8 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.04%) Puppet
8 4 (0.83%) Cilium
8 4 (0.83%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.83%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.62%) cPanel
9 3 (0.62%) Plesk
10 1 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.21%) Icinga
10 1 (0.21%) Nagios
10 1 (0.21%) Nessus
10 1 (0.21%) Nmap
10 1 (0.21%) Rancher
Vendors
1 110 (22.87%) Google
2 30 (6.24%) Microsoft
3 27 (5.61%) Databricks
4 13 (2.70%) Atlassian
5 10 (2.08%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.08%) Talend
6 9 (1.87%) Palantir
6 9 (1.87%) Zoho
7 8 (1.66%) SAP
8 7 (1.46%) Adobe
8 7 (1.46%) Informatica
9 6 (1.25%) Oracle
9 6 (1.25%) VMware
10 5 (1.04%) Ericsson
10 5 (1.04%) Mavenir
10 5 (1.04%) Nokia
10 5 (1.04%) OpenAI
10 5 (1.04%) Sage
10 5 (1.04%) Splunk
10 5 (1.04%) Xamarin