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 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 57 62
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 -15
Permanent jobs citing GCP 609 782 1,384
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.63% 5.30% 4.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.72% 11.21% 10.38%
Number of salaries quoted 370 596 1,178
10th Percentile £51,250 £55,625 £48,375
25th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +13.33% -
75th Percentile £110,000 £102,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £142,500 £138,750 £132,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,669
% change year-on-year -6.25% +5.72% -2.36%

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 6,266 6,978 13,329
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.39% 47.30% 45.58%
Number of salaries quoted 4,284 4,822 11,615
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.54% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -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 7 March 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 49 (8.05%) Apache Airflow
2 33 (5.42%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.13%) Confluence
4 11 (1.81%) Apache
5 7 (1.15%) IIS
6 5 (0.82%) Apache Pulsar
7 4 (0.66%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.49%) SAS
8 3 (0.49%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.33%) CMS
9 2 (0.33%) WordPress
10 1 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.16%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.49%) Trello
3 2 (0.33%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.16%) Notion
Business Applications
1 2 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.16%) Shopify
2 1 (0.16%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 516 (84.73%) AWS
2 393 (64.53%) Azure
3 114 (18.72%) SaaS
4 55 (9.03%) Amazon EKS
5 47 (7.72%) dbt
5 47 (7.72%) GitHub
6 35 (5.75%) Snowflake
7 33 (5.42%) AWS CloudFormation
8 31 (5.09%) Power Platform
9 30 (4.93%) Serverless
10 26 (4.27%) GitHub Actions
11 22 (3.61%) Vertex AI
12 20 (3.28%) Amazon ECS
13 16 (2.63%) Azure Machine Learning
13 16 (2.63%) Dagster
13 16 (2.63%) Entra ID
13 16 (2.63%) Google Analytics
14 15 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
15 13 (2.13%) Amazon S3
15 13 (2.13%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 41 (6.73%) Broadband
2 23 (3.78%) Firewall
3 17 (2.79%) TCP/IP
4 16 (2.63%) Network Security
5 13 (2.13%) DNS
6 12 (1.97%) VPN
7 10 (1.64%) WAN
8 8 (1.31%) LAN
9 7 (1.15%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.99%) DHCP
11 4 (0.66%) Internet
11 4 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.66%) MQTT
11 4 (0.66%) SSL
12 3 (0.49%) Cisco ISE
12 3 (0.49%) Ethernet
12 3 (0.49%) Kerberos
12 3 (0.49%) LTE
12 3 (0.49%) SCCP
13 2 (0.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (12.48%) BigQuery
2 71 (11.66%) PostgreSQL
3 43 (7.06%) Data Warehouse
4 40 (6.57%) NoSQL
5 39 (6.40%) Metadata
6 30 (4.93%) Elasticsearch
7 28 (4.60%) Tableau
8 26 (4.27%) Looker
9 24 (3.94%) Power BI
10 20 (3.28%) Data Lake
11 17 (2.79%) Amazon Redshift
11 17 (2.79%) SQL Server
12 16 (2.63%) MySQL
12 16 (2.63%) Redis
13 15 (2.46%) Amazon RDS
13 15 (2.46%) Apache Iceberg
14 13 (2.13%) MongoDB
15 12 (1.97%) Semantic Layer
16 10 (1.64%) Delta Lake
16 10 (1.64%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 52 (8.54%) TeamCity
2 32 (5.25%) Git
3 30 (4.93%) GitLab
4 18 (2.96%) JIRA
5 16 (2.63%) Jenkins
6 12 (1.97%) MLflow
7 9 (1.48%) Subversion
8 8 (1.31%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.15%) CircleCI
9 7 (1.15%) Storybook
10 5 (0.82%) git-flow
11 4 (0.66%) ER Studio
11 4 (0.66%) ERwin
11 4 (0.66%) PowerDesigner
12 3 (0.49%) Visual Studio
13 2 (0.33%) REST Assured
13 2 (0.33%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.33%) webpack
14 1 (0.16%) Burp Suite
14 1 (0.16%) Gradle
General
1 205 (33.66%) Social Skills
2 180 (29.56%) Finance
3 117 (19.21%) Law
4 99 (16.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 98 (16.09%) Retail
6 91 (14.94%) Banking
7 70 (11.49%) Public Sector
8 53 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
9 51 (8.37%) Financial Institution
10 45 (7.39%) Back Office
11 37 (6.08%) Telecoms
12 30 (4.93%) Legal
13 22 (3.61%) Front Office
14 17 (2.79%) Manufacturing
15 16 (2.63%) Marketing
16 15 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
17 13 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
18 11 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
19 8 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
20 7 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 192 (31.53%) Senior
2 135 (22.17%) Software Engineer
3 92 (15.11%) Architect
4 76 (12.48%) Developer
5 75 (12.32%) Lead
6 47 (7.72%) Data Engineer
7 36 (5.91%) Consultant
8 33 (5.42%) Senior Software Engineer
9 29 (4.76%) Data Architect
9 29 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
10 27 (4.43%) Analyst
10 27 (4.43%) Full-Stack Developer
10 27 (4.43%) Lead Software Engineer
11 25 (4.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 25 (4.11%) Senior Consultant
12 22 (3.61%) Cloud Engineer
12 22 (3.61%) Security Engineer
13 21 (3.45%) Developer/Software Engineer
13 21 (3.45%) Python Engineer
14 20 (3.28%) GCP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (16.91%) React
2 76 (12.48%) Kafka
3 65 (10.67%) Node.js
4 49 (8.05%) .NET
5 45 (7.39%) gRPC
6 43 (7.06%) RESTful
7 29 (4.76%) Django
8 24 (3.94%) Redux
9 23 (3.78%) REST
9 23 (3.78%) Vue
10 21 (3.45%) AngularJS
10 21 (3.45%) Spring
11 20 (3.28%) OAuth
12 19 (3.12%) CSS
13 18 (2.96%) HTML
13 18 (2.96%) Spring Boot
14 17 (2.79%) PyTorch
14 17 (2.79%) TensorFlow
15 15 (2.46%) RabbitMQ
16 14 (2.30%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 153 (25.12%) Cloud Native
2 88 (14.45%) Distributed Systems
3 58 (9.52%) Product Ownership
4 29 (4.76%) Video\Live Streaming
5 28 (4.60%) Blog
6 27 (4.43%) Over-the-Top Content
7 21 (3.45%) Fixed Income
7 21 (3.45%) Public Cloud
8 17 (2.79%) Data Structures
8 17 (2.79%) Security Posture
9 16 (2.63%) Distributed Architecture
9 16 (2.63%) Management Information System
10 15 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
11 14 (2.30%) Mobile App
12 13 (2.13%) Equities
13 12 (1.97%) AI Agents
14 11 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
14 11 (1.81%) Onboarding
15 10 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
15 10 (1.64%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 44 (7.22%) Linux
2 25 (4.11%) Windows
3 24 (3.94%) Android
4 22 (3.61%) Unix
5 15 (2.46%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.99%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.66%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.33%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.16%) CentOS
9 1 (0.16%) Debian
9 1 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (42.86%) CI/CD
2 218 (35.80%) Software Engineering
3 178 (29.23%) DevOps
4 177 (29.06%) Agile
5 162 (26.60%) Microservices
6 150 (24.63%) AI
7 144 (23.65%) Mentoring
8 127 (20.85%) Containerisation
9 110 (18.06%) Clean Code
9 110 (18.06%) Problem-Solving
9 110 (18.06%) Roadmaps
10 99 (16.26%) Coaching
11 98 (16.09%) Machine Learning
12 95 (15.60%) Infrastructure as Code
13 94 (15.44%) Test Automation
14 88 (14.45%) Computer Science
15 83 (13.63%) Analytics
16 80 (13.14%) Continuous Improvement
17 79 (12.97%) Data Science
18 71 (11.66%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 215 (35.30%) Python
2 160 (26.27%) Java
3 105 (17.24%) SQL
4 102 (16.75%) TypeScript
5 92 (15.11%) Go
6 83 (13.63%) JavaScript
7 47 (7.72%) Scala
8 38 (6.24%) C#
9 26 (4.27%) Bash
10 16 (2.63%) C++
11 15 (2.46%) PowerShell
12 7 (1.15%) PHP
12 7 (1.15%) Rust
13 6 (0.99%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.82%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.49%) R
16 2 (0.33%) Ruby
16 2 (0.33%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.16%) Korn
17 1 (0.16%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 113 (18.56%) Degree
2 76 (12.48%) Security Cleared
3 70 (11.49%) SC Cleared
4 61 (10.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.96%) CISSP
6 15 (2.46%) Azure Certification
7 13 (2.13%) CREST Certified
7 13 (2.13%) OSCP
8 12 (1.97%) AWS Certification
9 11 (1.81%) Master's Degree
10 6 (0.99%) CISM
11 5 (0.82%) DBS Check
11 5 (0.82%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.82%) GIAC
11 5 (0.82%) OSCE
12 4 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.66%) CEH
12 4 (0.66%) ISACA
12 4 (0.66%) SANS
12 4 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (5.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (5.25%) GDPR
2 32 (5.25%) QA
3 25 (4.11%) Data Quality
4 21 (3.45%) Accessibility
4 21 (3.45%) NIST
5 19 (3.12%) SOC 2
6 17 (2.79%) GRC
7 14 (2.30%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.99%) EU AI Act
9 5 (0.82%) SLA
10 3 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.33%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.33%) ISO 26262
11 2 (0.33%) SEPA
11 2 (0.33%) SOC 1
System Software
1 148 (24.30%) Docker
2 18 (2.96%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.49%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.16%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 169 (27.75%) Kubernetes
2 150 (24.63%) Terraform
3 77 (12.64%) Grafana
4 43 (7.06%) Ansible
5 28 (4.60%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.48%) Argo
7 8 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.82%) AWS Copilot
9 4 (0.66%) Cilium
9 4 (0.66%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.66%) Puppet
10 3 (0.49%) cPanel
10 3 (0.49%) Plesk
11 2 (0.33%) Istio
11 2 (0.33%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.16%) CASB
12 1 (0.16%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.16%) Icinga
12 1 (0.16%) Nagios
12 1 (0.16%) Rancher
Vendors
1 143 (23.48%) Google
2 52 (8.54%) Microsoft
3 31 (5.09%) Databricks
4 27 (4.43%) Typelevel
5 14 (2.30%) Palantir
6 13 (2.13%) Atlassian
7 11 (1.81%) SAP
8 10 (1.64%) Adobe
8 10 (1.64%) Oracle
8 10 (1.64%) Salesforce
9 9 (1.48%) Foundry
9 9 (1.48%) Informatica
10 8 (1.31%) OpenAI
10 8 (1.31%) VMware
11 7 (1.15%) Sage
12 6 (0.99%) Talend
13 5 (0.82%) Mavenir
13 5 (0.82%) Splunk
13 5 (0.82%) Xamarin
13 5 (0.82%) Zoho