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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 54 41
Rank change year-on-year -29 -13 +13
Permanent jobs citing GCP 481 880 1,278
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.18% 5.14% 6.29%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.66% 11.18% 13.47%
Number of salaries quoted 360 610 1,069
10th Percentile £51,125 £55,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £68,438 £67,500 £61,180
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,375 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +13.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £118,750 £115,000 £96,539
90th Percentile £142,625 £142,500 £120,000
UK median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £79,632
% change year-on-year -3.13% +0.46% -0.46%

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 5,556 7,872 9,485
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.68% 45.99% 46.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3,976 5,098 8,129
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,869 £36,270
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,625 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year -4.76% +4.57% -7.31%

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 31 December 2025.

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 61 (12.68%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (4.57%) 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
1 412 (85.65%) AWS
2 345 (71.73%) Azure
3 105 (21.83%) SaaS
4 59 (12.27%) dbt
5 53 (11.02%) GitHub
6 33 (6.86%) Power Platform
7 32 (6.65%) GitHub Actions
8 27 (5.61%) AWS CloudFormation
8 27 (5.61%) Snowflake
9 22 (4.57%) Serverless
10 21 (4.37%) Amazon EKS
11 15 (3.12%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
13 12 (2.49%) Amazon ECS
13 12 (2.49%) Amazon S3
14 11 (2.29%) Entra ID
14 11 (2.29%) Fivetran
15 10 (2.08%) OpenShift
16 9 (1.87%) Google Analytics
16 9 (1.87%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.99%) Firewall
2 14 (2.91%) 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%) Broadband
8 6 (1.25%) SD-WAN
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%) Wireless
13 1 (0.21%) Internet
13 1 (0.21%) MPLS
13 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (16.01%) PostgreSQL
2 51 (10.60%) BigQuery
3 48 (9.98%) NoSQL
4 41 (8.52%) Data Warehouse
5 33 (6.86%) Apache Iceberg
6 32 (6.65%) Amazon Athena
7 29 (6.03%) Apache Arrow
7 29 (6.03%) Dremio
7 29 (6.03%) Power BI
8 27 (5.61%) Tableau
9 21 (4.37%) SQL Server
10 20 (4.16%) MongoDB
11 19 (3.95%) Data Lake
11 19 (3.95%) Elasticsearch
12 17 (3.53%) MySQL
13 15 (3.12%) Metadata
14 14 (2.91%) Looker
15 12 (2.49%) Redis
16 11 (2.29%) Amazon Redshift
17 10 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 34 (7.07%) Git
1 34 (7.07%) GitLab
2 22 (4.57%) JIRA
3 21 (4.37%) TeamCity
4 19 (3.95%) 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%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.42%) Mocha
12 2 (0.42%) Mockito
12 2 (0.42%) webpack
General
1 173 (35.97%) Finance
1 173 (35.97%) Social Skills
2 55 (11.43%) Retail
3 54 (11.23%) Law
4 45 (9.36%) Banking
5 40 (8.32%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (8.11%) Telecoms
7 37 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 32 (6.65%) Front Office
9 31 (6.44%) Financial Institution
10 28 (5.82%) Public Sector
11 24 (4.99%) Back Office
12 20 (4.16%) Legal
12 20 (4.16%) Marketing
13 18 (3.74%) Manufacturing
14 12 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (1.25%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 128 (26.61%) Senior
2 99 (20.58%) Developer
3 98 (20.37%) Software Engineer
4 59 (12.27%) Architect
5 52 (10.81%) Lead
6 39 (8.11%) Python Engineer
7 35 (7.28%) Engineering Manager
8 33 (6.86%) Data Engineer
8 33 (6.86%) Python Software Engineer
8 33 (6.86%) Software Developer
9 32 (6.65%) AWS Engineer
10 31 (6.44%) Developer/Software Engineer
11 30 (6.24%) .NET Developer
11 30 (6.24%) .NET Software Developer
11 30 (6.24%) Python Developer
12 29 (6.03%) AWS Developer
12 29 (6.03%) AWS Software Engineer
13 25 (5.20%) Full-Stack Developer
14 23 (4.78%) DevOps Engineer
14 23 (4.78%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (22.45%) React
2 77 (16.01%) Node.js
3 65 (13.51%) .NET
4 59 (12.27%) Kafka
5 43 (8.94%) RESTful
6 42 (8.73%) Vue
7 40 (8.32%) AngularJS
8 38 (7.90%) Pandas
9 34 (7.07%) NumPy
10 29 (6.03%) SciPy
11 25 (5.20%) Django
12 22 (4.57%) REST
13 18 (3.74%) CSS
13 18 (3.74%) gRPC
13 18 (3.74%) RabbitMQ
14 17 (3.53%) HTML
15 16 (3.33%) OAuth
16 14 (2.91%) OAuth2
16 14 (2.91%) Spring
16 14 (2.91%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 111 (23.08%) Cloud Native
2 61 (12.68%) Distributed Systems
3 37 (7.69%) Product Ownership
4 31 (6.44%) Fixed Income
5 29 (6.03%) Equities
5 29 (6.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 14 (2.91%) Distributed Architecture
6 14 (2.91%) Management Information System
7 13 (2.70%) Public Cloud
8 12 (2.49%) Algorithms
8 12 (2.49%) Greenfield Project
9 11 (2.29%) AI Agents
9 11 (2.29%) Data Structures
10 10 (2.08%) Mobile App
10 10 (2.08%) Onboarding
11 9 (1.87%) Blog
12 8 (1.66%) Data Centre
13 7 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.46%) Security Posture
14 6 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.48%) 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%) CentOS
8 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (39.92%) CI/CD
2 171 (35.55%) Agile
3 169 (35.14%) Software Engineering
4 151 (31.39%) DevOps
5 145 (30.15%) AI
6 100 (20.79%) Microservices
6 100 (20.79%) Roadmaps
7 90 (18.71%) Infrastructure as Code
8 86 (17.88%) Mentoring
9 80 (16.63%) Problem-Solving
10 78 (16.22%) Computer Science
11 76 (15.80%) Containerisation
12 66 (13.72%) Analytics
13 64 (13.31%) Machine Learning
14 59 (12.27%) Continuous Improvement
15 58 (12.06%) Data Pipeline
16 52 (10.81%) Fintech
16 52 (10.81%) Observability
17 50 (10.40%) Collaborative Culture
18 48 (9.98%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 167 (34.72%) Python
2 124 (25.78%) TypeScript
3 99 (20.58%) JavaScript
4 98 (20.37%) SQL
5 96 (19.96%) Java
6 42 (8.73%) C#
6 42 (8.73%) Go
7 22 (4.57%) Bash
8 16 (3.33%) Scala
9 13 (2.70%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.66%) C++
10 8 (1.66%) PHP
11 6 (1.25%) Kotlin
11 6 (1.25%) R
12 5 (1.04%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.42%) Bicep
14 2 (0.42%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.42%) Ruby
14 2 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 88 (18.30%) Degree
2 59 (12.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 41 (8.52%) Security Cleared
4 40 (8.32%) SC Cleared
5 15 (3.12%) Azure Certification
6 14 (2.91%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.49%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.46%) CREST Certified
8 7 (1.46%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.46%) OSCP
9 6 (1.25%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (1.25%) CISSP
10 5 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.83%) CEH
11 4 (0.83%) CISM
11 4 (0.83%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.83%) OSCE
12 3 (0.62%) PhD
13 2 (0.42%) CISA
13 2 (0.42%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (5.61%) GDPR
3 21 (4.37%) QA
4 20 (4.16%) Data Quality
5 17 (3.53%) Accessibility
6 14 (2.91%) NIST
6 14 (2.91%) SOC 2
7 8 (1.66%) GRC
7 8 (1.66%) PCI DSS
8 6 (1.25%) EU AI Act
9 5 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (1.04%) SLA
10 4 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.83%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 2 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.42%) ISO 26262
12 2 (0.42%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 103 (21.41%) 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
1 133 (27.65%) Kubernetes
2 110 (22.87%) Terraform
3 47 (9.77%) Ansible
4 45 (9.36%) Grafana
5 29 (6.03%) 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 2 (0.42%) Kubeflow
11 1 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.21%) Icinga
11 1 (0.21%) Nagios
11 1 (0.21%) Nessus
11 1 (0.21%) Nmap
11 1 (0.21%) Rancher
Vendors
1 108 (22.45%) Google
2 31 (6.44%) Microsoft
3 24 (4.99%) Databricks
4 13 (2.70%) Atlassian
5 10 (2.08%) Talend
6 9 (1.87%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.87%) Zoho
7 8 (1.66%) SAP
8 7 (1.46%) Informatica
9 6 (1.25%) Oracle
9 6 (1.25%) Palantir
9 6 (1.25%) VMware
10 5 (1.04%) Adobe
10 5 (1.04%) Alteryx
10 5 (1.04%) Ericsson
10 5 (1.04%) Mavenir
10 5 (1.04%) Nokia
10 5 (1.04%) Sage
10 5 (1.04%) Splunk
10 5 (1.04%) Xamarin