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 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 56 43
Rank change year-on-year -11 -13 +9
Permanent jobs citing GCP 773 943 1,445
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 4.71% 4.56% 6.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 13.48% 10.47% 13.03%
Number of salaries quoted 367 668 1,194
10th Percentile £47,500 £53,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £60,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £92,000 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +15.53% +6.18%
75th Percentile £136,250 £142,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £137,500 £165,000 £132,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -3.03% +3.13% +2.38%

All Cloud 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 5,734 9,003 11,092
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.92% 43.56% 47.75%
Number of salaries quoted 4,060 5,896 9,487
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,738 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £58,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -10.77% +4.00% -

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 16 October 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
1 158 (20.44%) Confluence
2 95 (12.29%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (1.81%) Apache Spark
4 10 (1.29%) Apache
5 7 (0.91%) IIS
6 2 (0.26%) Luigi
6 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.13%) MetaMask
7 1 (0.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.26%) Magento
4 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 727 (94.05%) AWS
2 624 (80.72%) Azure
3 96 (12.42%) dbt
4 77 (9.96%) SaaS
5 30 (3.88%) Power Platform
6 28 (3.62%) GitHub
7 21 (2.72%) OCI
8 20 (2.59%) PaaS
9 19 (2.46%) Snowflake
10 18 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (2.07%) GitHub Actions
11 16 (2.07%) IaaS
12 12 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
12 12 (1.55%) Serverless
13 9 (1.16%) Fivetran
13 9 (1.16%) OpenShift
14 7 (0.91%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (0.91%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 7 (0.91%) Cloud Computing
15 6 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.49%) Firewall
2 21 (2.72%) VPN
3 14 (1.81%) Network Security
4 12 (1.55%) TCP/IP
5 11 (1.42%) WAN
6 10 (1.29%) BGP
6 10 (1.29%) DNS
6 10 (1.29%) LAN
7 8 (1.03%) VLAN
8 7 (0.91%) Broadband
8 7 (0.91%) OSPF
9 5 (0.65%) DHCP
9 5 (0.65%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.52%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.39%) Cisco ISE
12 2 (0.26%) Kerberos
12 2 (0.26%) Wireless
13 1 (0.13%) DAB
13 1 (0.13%) SNMP
13 1 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 173 (22.38%) SQL Server
2 118 (15.27%) PostgreSQL
3 82 (10.61%) Amazon Athena
4 80 (10.35%) Apache Arrow
4 80 (10.35%) Apache Iceberg
4 80 (10.35%) Dremio
5 38 (4.92%) NoSQL
6 32 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
7 29 (3.75%) BigQuery
7 29 (3.75%) Power BI
8 21 (2.72%) Tableau
9 20 (2.59%) MongoDB
10 19 (2.46%) Data Lake
11 13 (1.68%) Metadata
12 12 (1.55%) MySQL
13 9 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (1.03%) Hadoop
14 8 (1.03%) Looker
15 7 (0.91%) Big Data
16 6 (0.78%) Redis
Development Applications
1 173 (22.38%) GitLab
2 168 (21.73%) JIRA
3 160 (20.70%) Selenium
4 158 (20.44%) Cucumber
5 157 (20.31%) Bitbucket
5 157 (20.31%) Maven
5 157 (20.31%) SonarQube
5 157 (20.31%) Sonatype Nexus
6 27 (3.49%) Git
7 19 (2.46%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.52%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.52%) ER Studio
8 4 (0.52%) ERwin
8 4 (0.52%) JUnit
8 4 (0.52%) PowerDesigner
9 3 (0.39%) MLflow
9 3 (0.39%) Mockito
10 2 (0.26%) Appium
10 2 (0.26%) CircleCI
10 2 (0.26%) webpack
General
1 349 (45.15%) Finance
2 340 (43.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 179 (23.16%) Banking
4 116 (15.01%) Social Skills
5 102 (13.20%) Front Office
6 32 (4.14%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (2.72%) Retail
8 16 (2.07%) Marketing
9 15 (1.94%) Public Sector
10 13 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
10 13 (1.68%) Law
11 12 (1.55%) Legal
12 8 (1.03%) Telecoms
13 7 (0.91%) Tech for Good
14 6 (0.78%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.65%) Games
16 4 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.52%) Retail Banking
17 3 (0.39%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 467 (60.41%) Software Engineer
2 255 (32.99%) Senior
3 183 (23.67%) Senior Software Engineer
4 168 (21.73%) Developer
5 102 (13.20%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 82 (10.61%) AWS Engineer
7 80 (10.35%) AWS Developer
7 80 (10.35%) AWS Software Engineer
8 75 (9.70%) Python Engineer
9 65 (8.41%) Architect
9 65 (8.41%) Python Software Engineer
10 63 (8.15%) Python Developer
11 40 (5.17%) Lead
12 35 (4.53%) Full-Stack Developer
13 34 (4.40%) Engineering Manager
14 32 (4.14%) Software Developer
15 31 (4.01%) .NET Developer
16 30 (3.88%) .NET Software Developer
17 25 (3.23%) Java Engineer
17 25 (3.23%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 307 (39.72%) React
2 301 (38.94%) Node.js
3 241 (31.18%) .NET
4 201 (26.00%) Kafka
5 181 (23.42%) Redux
6 174 (22.51%) Spring
7 173 (22.38%) Spring Boot
8 170 (21.99%) CSS
9 168 (21.73%) HTML
10 158 (20.44%) Hibernate
11 157 (20.31%) JPA
12 104 (13.45%) Vue
13 99 (12.81%) AngularJS
14 89 (11.51%) Pandas
15 85 (11.00%) NumPy
16 80 (10.35%) SciPy
17 20 (2.59%) RESTful
18 18 (2.33%) REST
19 17 (2.20%) FastAPI
19 17 (2.20%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 183 (23.67%) Self-Motivation
2 182 (23.54%) Linux Command Line
3 178 (23.03%) Cyberattack
4 169 (21.86%) Product Ownership
5 162 (20.96%) Enterprise Software
6 102 (13.20%) Fixed Income
7 96 (12.42%) Equities
7 96 (12.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 63 (8.15%) Cloud Native
9 33 (4.27%) Management Information System
10 26 (3.36%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (3.10%) Public Cloud
12 12 (1.55%) Algorithms
13 10 (1.29%) Private Cloud
14 8 (1.03%) Data Structures
15 7 (0.91%) Hedge funds
16 6 (0.78%) Data Centre
16 6 (0.78%) Reinsurance
17 5 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
17 5 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 203 (26.26%) Linux
2 22 (2.85%) Windows
3 8 (1.03%) Unix
4 6 (0.78%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.26%) CentOS
6 2 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 581 (75.16%) Agile
2 525 (67.92%) Software Engineering
3 395 (51.10%) Microservices
4 290 (37.52%) CI/CD
5 283 (36.61%) DevOps
6 232 (30.01%) Mentoring
7 218 (28.20%) Containerisation
8 215 (27.81%) Machine Learning
9 203 (26.26%) Data Engineering
9 203 (26.26%) Full-Stack Development
10 202 (26.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 201 (26.00%) User Experience
12 199 (25.74%) Cloud Security
13 197 (25.49%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 193 (24.97%) TDD
15 192 (24.84%) Scrum
16 181 (23.42%) SDLC
17 177 (22.90%) Performance Optimisation
18 172 (22.25%) Clean Code
19 169 (21.86%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 500 (64.68%) JavaScript
2 428 (55.37%) Java
3 389 (50.32%) Python
4 252 (32.60%) SQL
5 187 (24.19%) Go
6 178 (23.03%) C++
6 178 (23.03%) Rust
7 166 (21.47%) TypeScript
8 41 (5.30%) C#
9 13 (1.68%) Scala
10 12 (1.55%) Bash
10 12 (1.55%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.29%) R
12 6 (0.78%) T-SQL
13 5 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.65%) PHP
14 4 (0.52%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.26%) Kotlin
16 1 (0.13%) Bicep
16 1 (0.13%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 210 (27.17%) Security Cleared
2 201 (26.00%) AWS Certification
3 190 (24.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 190 (24.58%) DV Cleared
4 178 (23.03%) AWS Certified Developer
5 47 (6.08%) Degree
6 25 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (3.23%) SC Cleared
7 23 (2.98%) Azure Certification
8 15 (1.94%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.16%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (0.78%) PhD
12 4 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (0.39%) CCNP
13 3 (0.39%) CISSP
13 3 (0.39%) MCSE
13 3 (0.39%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (21.47%) QA
2 28 (3.62%) GDPR
3 20 (2.59%) Data Quality
4 18 (2.33%) NIST
5 14 (1.81%) HIPAA
6 13 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.78%) SOC 2
8 5 (0.65%) Accessibility
9 4 (0.52%) GRC
10 3 (0.39%) SLA
11 2 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.13%) NCSC
System Software
1 240 (31.05%) Docker
2 6 (0.78%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.39%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.26%) Firmware
4 2 (0.26%) HDFS
4 2 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.13%) Varnish
5 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 259 (33.51%) Kubernetes
2 64 (8.28%) Terraform
3 47 (6.08%) Ansible
4 16 (2.07%) Grafana
5 14 (1.81%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.65%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.52%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.52%) Puppet
8 2 (0.26%) Argo
8 2 (0.26%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.13%) Nmap
9 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 160 (20.70%) Solace
2 94 (12.16%) Google
3 26 (3.36%) Microsoft
4 18 (2.33%) Databricks
5 11 (1.42%) Oracle
6 10 (1.29%) Talend
6 10 (1.29%) VMware
7 9 (1.16%) Alteryx
8 8 (1.03%) IBM
8 8 (1.03%) Zoho
9 7 (0.91%) Cisco
9 7 (0.91%) Informatica
10 6 (0.78%) SAP
11 5 (0.65%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.52%) CheckPoint
12 4 (0.52%) F5
12 4 (0.52%) HubSpot
12 4 (0.52%) PayPal
12 4 (0.52%) Sage
12 4 (0.52%) Splunk