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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 45 79
Rank change year-on-year -16 +34 -40
Permanent jobs citing GCP 713 945 1,228
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.74% 6.51% 3.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.79% 16.50% 8.72%
Number of salaries quoted 359 498 1,047
10th Percentile £53,555 £51,698 £48,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,253 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £110,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £137,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £84,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -11.24% +9.03% -3.13%

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 7,282 5,726 14,080
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.21% 39.45% 42.82%
Number of salaries quoted 5,004 4,116 11,977
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,272 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,085 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,000 £79,600
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

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 27 May 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 41 (5.75%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (3.37%) Apache Spark
3 7 (0.98%) Confluence
4 5 (0.70%) Apache
5 3 (0.42%) CMS
5 3 (0.42%) Palantir Foundry
5 3 (0.42%) SAS
6 2 (0.28%) Camunda
6 2 (0.28%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.14%) Drupal
7 1 (0.14%) IIS
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.14%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.14%) nginx
7 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.14%) Strapi
7 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.42%) Chatbot
1 3 (0.42%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (3.37%) Cloudability
2 5 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.28%) Shopify
4 1 (0.14%) Magento
4 1 (0.14%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 577 (80.93%) AWS
2 417 (58.49%) Azure
3 87 (12.20%) SaaS
4 68 (9.54%) Amazon EKS
5 30 (4.21%) Serverless
6 29 (4.07%) Snowflake
7 25 (3.51%) dbt
8 24 (3.37%) Power Platform
8 24 (3.37%) Vertex AI
9 22 (3.09%) Cloud Run
9 22 (3.09%) GitHub
10 21 (2.95%) Entra ID
11 19 (2.66%) Dagster
11 19 (2.66%) Google Analytics
12 16 (2.24%) Amazon ECS
12 16 (2.24%) Azure Machine Learning
12 16 (2.24%) Cloud Functions
12 16 (2.24%) Figma
12 16 (2.24%) PaaS
13 15 (2.10%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 92 (12.90%) Broadband
2 22 (3.09%) Network Security
3 18 (2.52%) Firewall
4 16 (2.24%) WAN
5 15 (2.10%) DNS
6 13 (1.82%) LAN
7 10 (1.40%) SD-WAN
8 9 (1.26%) TCP/IP
9 8 (1.12%) Internet
10 7 (0.98%) LTE
10 7 (0.98%) SSL
10 7 (0.98%) VPN
11 6 (0.84%) Fibre Channel
11 6 (0.84%) iSCSI
12 5 (0.70%) DHCP
12 5 (0.70%) Wireless
13 4 (0.56%) MQTT
14 3 (0.42%) Modbus
14 3 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
14 3 (0.42%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (12.90%) BigQuery
2 56 (7.85%) PostgreSQL
3 36 (5.05%) Data Warehouse
3 36 (5.05%) Metadata
4 35 (4.91%) NoSQL
5 26 (3.65%) Looker
5 26 (3.65%) MongoDB
6 24 (3.37%) Data Lake
7 23 (3.23%) Semantic Layer
8 20 (2.81%) Elasticsearch
9 19 (2.66%) Tableau
10 18 (2.52%) Power BI
11 17 (2.38%) Amazon Redshift
11 17 (2.38%) Relational Database
12 13 (1.82%) Pinecone
13 10 (1.40%) Apache Iceberg
13 10 (1.40%) Delta Lake
14 9 (1.26%) Weaviate
15 8 (1.12%) SQL Server
16 7 (0.98%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 55 (7.71%) TeamCity
2 37 (5.19%) Git
3 21 (2.95%) Jenkins
4 17 (2.38%) GitLab
5 16 (2.24%) CircleCI
5 16 (2.24%) JIRA
6 12 (1.68%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.68%) MLflow
7 7 (0.98%) Storybook
8 3 (0.42%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.42%) Subversion
9 2 (0.28%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.28%) TestRail
9 2 (0.28%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.14%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.14%) Gatling
10 1 (0.14%) Postman
10 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.14%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.14%) webpack
General
1 182 (25.53%) Social Skills
2 177 (24.82%) Finance
3 161 (22.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 147 (20.62%) Law
5 113 (15.85%) Banking
6 94 (13.18%) Retail
7 78 (10.94%) Public Sector
8 53 (7.43%) Analytical Skills
9 42 (5.89%) Back Office
9 42 (5.89%) Financial Institution
10 26 (3.65%) Legal
11 21 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (2.38%) Front Office
13 12 (1.68%) Marketing
13 12 (1.68%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (0.98%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.70%) Pharmaceutical
18 3 (0.42%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 198 (27.77%) Senior
2 155 (21.74%) Software Engineer
3 119 (16.69%) Architect
4 62 (8.70%) Lead
5 59 (8.27%) Developer
6 55 (7.71%) Data Engineer
7 53 (7.43%) Analyst
8 43 (6.03%) Consultant
9 42 (5.89%) Cloud Engineer
10 34 (4.77%) Senior Software Engineer
11 33 (4.63%) Solutions Architect
12 32 (4.49%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 31 (4.35%) Lead Software Engineer
14 30 (4.21%) Data Architect
14 30 (4.21%) Scala Engineer
14 30 (4.21%) Senior Architect
15 28 (3.93%) Senior Analyst
16 26 (3.65%) Senior Consultant
17 22 (3.09%) Java Engineer
17 22 (3.09%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (11.08%) React
2 66 (9.26%) Node.js
3 53 (7.43%) gRPC
3 53 (7.43%) Kafka
4 31 (4.35%) REST
5 28 (3.93%) Django
6 25 (3.51%) .NET
7 22 (3.09%) RESTful
8 20 (2.81%) LangChain
9 19 (2.66%) Spring
10 18 (2.52%) Redux
11 17 (2.38%) FastAPI
11 17 (2.38%) PyTorch
11 17 (2.38%) TensorFlow
12 15 (2.10%) Spring Boot
12 15 (2.10%) Vue
13 14 (1.96%) OAuth
13 14 (1.96%) Playwright
13 14 (1.96%) React Native
14 13 (1.82%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 188 (26.37%) Cloud Native
2 84 (11.78%) Distributed Systems
3 79 (11.08%) Product Ownership
4 46 (6.45%) Over-the-Top Content
4 46 (6.45%) Video\Live Streaming
5 27 (3.79%) Blog
6 26 (3.65%) Distributed Architecture
6 26 (3.65%) Security Posture
7 25 (3.51%) Public Cloud
8 23 (3.23%) Onboarding
9 22 (3.09%) AI Agents
9 22 (3.09%) Data Structures
9 22 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (2.66%) Management Information System
11 17 (2.38%) Social Media
12 16 (2.24%) Fixed Income
13 14 (1.96%) Mobile App
14 10 (1.40%) Cyberattack
14 10 (1.40%) Data Centre
15 9 (1.26%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.91%) Linux
2 19 (2.66%) Android
3 17 (2.38%) Windows
4 16 (2.24%) Apple iOS
5 8 (1.12%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.70%) Unix
7 1 (0.14%) CentOS
7 1 (0.14%) Debian
7 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (40.67%) CI/CD
2 258 (36.19%) Software Engineering
3 200 (28.05%) Agile
4 187 (26.23%) Mentoring
5 184 (25.81%) AI
6 168 (23.56%) DevOps
7 163 (22.86%) Microservices
8 155 (21.74%) Containerisation
9 138 (19.35%) Machine Learning
9 138 (19.35%) Roadmaps
10 137 (19.21%) Clean Code
11 128 (17.95%) Test Automation
12 126 (17.67%) Coaching
13 112 (15.71%) Continuous Improvement
14 111 (15.57%) Technical Leadership
15 106 (14.87%) Problem-Solving
16 100 (14.03%) Infrastructure as Code
17 87 (12.20%) Analytics
17 87 (12.20%) Data Science
18 73 (10.24%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 259 (36.33%) Python
2 177 (24.82%) Java
3 113 (15.85%) Go
4 99 (13.88%) SQL
5 89 (12.48%) JavaScript
6 67 (9.40%) TypeScript
7 65 (9.12%) Scala
8 21 (2.95%) Bash
8 21 (2.95%) C#
9 18 (2.52%) C++
10 14 (1.96%) Rust
11 8 (1.12%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.70%) C
13 3 (0.42%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.42%) Perl
13 3 (0.42%) PHP
13 3 (0.42%) Ruby
14 2 (0.28%) ABAP
14 2 (0.28%) R
14 2 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 102 (14.31%) Degree
2 98 (13.74%) Security Cleared
3 80 (11.22%) SC Cleared
4 38 (5.33%) AWS Certification
5 30 (4.21%) CISSP
6 27 (3.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 27 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (2.24%) CISM
7 16 (2.24%) CREST Certified
7 16 (2.24%) OSCP
8 13 (1.82%) Azure Certification
9 11 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (1.40%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.98%) GIAC
11 7 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.84%) CCSP
12 6 (0.84%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.84%) Dell Certification
13 5 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.70%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.91%) Data Quality
2 34 (4.77%) Accessibility
3 32 (4.49%) NIST
4 30 (4.21%) QA
5 28 (3.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 19 (2.66%) GDPR
7 16 (2.24%) GRC
8 10 (1.40%) SOC 2
9 9 (1.26%) NCSC
10 7 (0.98%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 7 (0.98%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.84%) PMO
12 5 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.42%) SLA
14 2 (0.28%) COBIT
14 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.28%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.28%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.28%) SOC 1
14 2 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 166 (23.28%) Docker
2 13 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (1.54%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.84%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.84%) vSphere
5 1 (0.14%) Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 165 (23.14%) Kubernetes
2 162 (22.72%) Terraform
3 74 (10.38%) Grafana
4 38 (5.33%) Ansible
5 17 (2.38%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.68%) Istio
6 12 (1.68%) Podman
6 12 (1.68%) Puppet
7 6 (0.84%) Avamar
7 6 (0.84%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (0.84%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (0.84%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (0.84%) VxRail
8 5 (0.70%) Argo
8 5 (0.70%) AWS Copilot
9 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.42%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.28%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.28%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 145 (20.34%) Google
2 92 (12.90%) Microsoft
3 45 (6.31%) Typelevel
4 34 (4.77%) Adobe
5 25 (3.51%) Databricks
6 24 (3.37%) Apple
6 24 (3.37%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.82%) Palantir
7 13 (1.82%) SAP
7 13 (1.82%) VMware
8 11 (1.54%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.40%) OpenAI
9 10 (1.40%) Oracle
10 9 (1.26%) Dell
11 8 (1.12%) Atlassian
11 8 (1.12%) Cisco
11 8 (1.12%) Confluent
11 8 (1.12%) Foundry
12 6 (0.84%) 3PAR
12 6 (0.84%) Nimble Storage