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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 68 61
Rank change year-on-year -4 -7 -19
Permanent jobs citing GCP 829 770 959
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.34% 4.62% 4.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.62% 13.42% 10.46%
Number of salaries quoted 472 363 676
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £63,335 £65,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -2.70% +16.16%
75th Percentile £95,000 £136,250 £142,500
90th Percentile £116,250 £137,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% +6.25%

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 8,617 5,738 9,171
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.67% 34.41% 42.36%
Number of salaries quoted 6,317 4,064 6,015
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,738
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £59,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year +5.93% -7.81% +2.40%

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 10 October 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 13 (1.57%) Apache
1 13 (1.57%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (1.33%) Apache Spark
3 8 (0.97%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.36%) Camunda
4 3 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
5 2 (0.24%) WordPress
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.12%) Appian
6 1 (0.12%) CMS
6 1 (0.12%) Confluence
6 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 14 (1.69%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.24%) Weka
4 1 (0.12%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (2.29%) Cloudability
2 3 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.12%) Odoo
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 659 (79.49%) AWS
2 515 (62.12%) Azure
3 135 (16.28%) SaaS
4 90 (10.86%) Amazon EKS
5 47 (5.67%) GitHub
6 35 (4.22%) dbt
7 34 (4.10%) Power Platform
8 32 (3.86%) GitHub Actions
9 31 (3.74%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 25 (3.02%) Cloud Run
10 25 (3.02%) Snowflake
11 22 (2.65%) AWS CloudFormation
12 21 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
13 20 (2.41%) Datadog
13 20 (2.41%) Serverless
14 19 (2.29%) Amazon Bedrock
14 19 (2.29%) Anthropic Claude
14 19 (2.29%) Google Compute Engine
14 19 (2.29%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 18 (2.17%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 40 (4.83%) Network Security
2 33 (3.98%) TCP/IP
3 30 (3.62%) Broadband
4 21 (2.53%) VPN
5 20 (2.41%) BGP
5 20 (2.41%) Firewall
6 10 (1.21%) WAN
7 9 (1.09%) VLAN
8 8 (0.97%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.72%) Fibre Channel
9 6 (0.72%) HTTP
9 6 (0.72%) iSCSI
10 4 (0.48%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.48%) SSH
11 3 (0.36%) Ethernet VPN
11 3 (0.36%) MPLS
11 3 (0.36%) OSPF
11 3 (0.36%) VXLAN
12 2 (0.24%) 5G
12 2 (0.24%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (8.32%) PostgreSQL
2 63 (7.60%) BigQuery
3 32 (3.86%) Power BI
4 31 (3.74%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (3.50%) NoSQL
6 28 (3.38%) Looker
7 25 (3.02%) SQL Server
8 23 (2.77%) Metadata
9 22 (2.65%) Semantic Layer
10 20 (2.41%) Amazon RDS
10 20 (2.41%) Data Lake
11 17 (2.05%) MongoDB
11 17 (2.05%) Pinecone
11 17 (2.05%) Tableau
12 16 (1.93%) Chroma
13 13 (1.57%) Relational Database
14 10 (1.21%) MySQL
15 9 (1.09%) Redis
16 7 (0.84%) Metadata Repository
17 6 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 99 (11.94%) TeamCity
2 50 (6.03%) Git
3 46 (5.55%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.81%) GitLab
5 6 (0.72%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.60%) JUnit
7 4 (0.48%) CircleCI
7 4 (0.48%) Claude Code
7 4 (0.48%) Maven
8 3 (0.36%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.36%) JIRA
8 3 (0.36%) Mockito
8 3 (0.36%) Postman
8 3 (0.36%) Selenium
8 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.24%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.24%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.24%) ERwin
9 2 (0.24%) MLflow
9 2 (0.24%) Subversion
General
1 260 (31.36%) Social Skills
2 257 (31.00%) Finance
3 221 (26.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 174 (20.99%) Banking
5 172 (20.75%) Law
6 145 (17.49%) Retail
7 93 (11.22%) Public Sector
8 87 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
9 84 (10.13%) Back Office
10 83 (10.01%) Financial Institution
11 43 (5.19%) Marketing
12 38 (4.58%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (2.65%) Legal
14 17 (2.05%) Front Office
15 10 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (1.09%) French Language
17 7 (0.84%) Telecoms
18 6 (0.72%) Advertising
19 5 (0.60%) Games
20 3 (0.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 239 (28.83%) Senior
2 204 (24.61%) Software Engineer
3 135 (16.28%) Architect
4 81 (9.77%) Lead
5 69 (8.32%) Cloud Engineer
6 63 (7.60%) GCP Engineer
7 59 (7.12%) Analyst
8 58 (7.00%) Python Engineer
9 54 (6.51%) Developer
10 50 (6.03%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 39 (4.70%) Data Engineer
12 37 (4.46%) Senior Software Engineer
13 36 (4.34%) Lead Software Engineer
14 31 (3.74%) Solutions Architect
15 30 (3.62%) Data Architect
15 30 (3.62%) Java Engineer
16 29 (3.50%) Site Reliability Engineer
17 28 (3.38%) Security Engineer
17 28 (3.38%) Senior Architect
17 28 (3.38%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 237 (28.59%) Terraform
2 63 (7.60%) React
3 57 (6.88%) LangChain
4 48 (5.79%) Node.js
5 41 (4.95%) LangGraph
6 40 (4.83%) REST
7 35 (4.22%) .NET
8 30 (3.62%) RESTful
9 28 (3.38%) Spring
10 27 (3.26%) PyTorch
11 22 (2.65%) TensorFlow
12 21 (2.53%) Middleware
12 21 (2.53%) Spring Boot
13 20 (2.41%) Kafka
14 19 (2.29%) scikit-learn
15 18 (2.17%) FastAPI
15 18 (2.17%) OAuth
16 17 (2.05%) CrewAI
16 17 (2.05%) OpenID
16 17 (2.05%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 247 (29.79%) Cloud Native
2 86 (10.37%) Product Ownership
3 83 (10.01%) Distributed Systems
4 66 (7.96%) AI Agents
5 45 (5.43%) Blog
6 22 (2.65%) Distributed Architecture
6 22 (2.65%) Security Posture
7 18 (2.17%) Hedge funds
8 17 (2.05%) Public Cloud
9 15 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.69%) Cyber Threat
10 14 (1.69%) Data Centre
10 14 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (1.57%) Social Media
12 12 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
13 11 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.33%) Management Information System
13 11 (1.33%) Replication
14 10 (1.21%) Data Structures
15 9 (1.09%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.43%) Linux
2 18 (2.17%) Unix
3 12 (1.45%) Apple iOS
3 12 (1.45%) Windows
4 6 (0.72%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.60%) Android
6 3 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.12%) CentOS
7 1 (0.12%) Debian
7 1 (0.12%) Solaris
7 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (42.22%) CI/CD
2 302 (36.43%) Software Engineering
3 287 (34.62%) AI
4 270 (32.57%) Mentoring
5 193 (23.28%) Agile
6 190 (22.92%) DevOps
7 148 (17.85%) Infrastructure as Code
8 144 (17.37%) Technical Leadership
8 144 (17.37%) Test Automation
9 139 (16.77%) Microservices
10 138 (16.65%) Continuous Improvement
11 135 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
12 129 (15.56%) Observability
13 120 (14.48%) Machine Learning
14 118 (14.23%) Roadmaps
15 111 (13.39%) Clean Code
16 107 (12.91%) Fintech
17 106 (12.79%) Analytics
18 105 (12.67%) Deployment Automation
19 99 (11.94%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 307 (37.03%) Python
2 208 (25.09%) Java
3 152 (18.34%) SQL
4 74 (8.93%) JavaScript
5 61 (7.36%) TypeScript
6 58 (7.00%) Go
7 37 (4.46%) C#
8 35 (4.22%) Bash
9 26 (3.14%) R
10 18 (2.17%) PowerShell
11 15 (1.81%) Scala
12 11 (1.33%) Rust
13 8 (0.97%) C++
14 7 (0.84%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.60%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.48%) C
16 4 (0.48%) PHP
16 4 (0.48%) Ruby
17 3 (0.36%) VB.NET
18 2 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 124 (14.96%) Security Cleared
2 108 (13.03%) SC Cleared
3 96 (11.58%) Degree
4 51 (6.15%) AWS Certification
5 36 (4.34%) CISSP
6 31 (3.74%) CISM
7 24 (2.90%) Azure Certification
8 23 (2.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 18 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (1.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 12 (1.45%) CCSP
12 10 (1.21%) DV Cleared
13 8 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (0.84%) GIAC
15 6 (0.72%) CREST Certified
15 6 (0.72%) Dell Certification
15 6 (0.72%) GCFA
15 6 (0.72%) Master's Degree
16 5 (0.60%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (7.96%) Data Quality
2 52 (6.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 43 (5.19%) NIST
4 26 (3.14%) GDPR
5 25 (3.02%) PCI DSS
6 23 (2.77%) NCSC
7 18 (2.17%) Accessibility
8 17 (2.05%) SOC 2
9 15 (1.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 9 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.97%) QA
12 6 (0.72%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 6 (0.72%) PMO
13 4 (0.48%) Def Stans
13 4 (0.48%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.48%) SLA
14 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.36%) GRC
14 3 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 144 (17.37%) Docker
2 9 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.97%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.72%) vSphere
5 2 (0.24%) Firmware
5 2 (0.24%) KVM
6 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 252 (30.40%) Kubernetes
2 125 (15.08%) Grafana
3 32 (3.86%) Ansible
4 28 (3.38%) Prometheus
5 9 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.84%) Cilium
6 7 (0.84%) Istio
6 7 (0.84%) Puppet
7 6 (0.72%) Argo
7 6 (0.72%) Avamar
7 6 (0.72%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (0.72%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (0.72%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (0.72%) VxRail
8 5 (0.60%) CASB
8 5 (0.60%) Podman
9 4 (0.48%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.36%) linkerd
11 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.12%) Packer
Vendors
1 205 (24.73%) Google
2 91 (10.98%) Microsoft
3 29 (3.50%) Adobe
4 25 (3.02%) ServiceNow
5 22 (2.65%) Databricks
6 21 (2.53%) Apple
7 18 (2.17%) Splunk
8 17 (2.05%) Dynatrace
9 16 (1.93%) OpenAI
10 15 (1.81%) Informatica
10 15 (1.81%) Okta
10 15 (1.81%) Ping Identity
11 13 (1.57%) New Relic
12 11 (1.33%) Oracle
12 11 (1.33%) SAP
13 10 (1.21%) VMware
14 8 (0.97%) Cisco
15 7 (0.84%) Palo Alto
15 7 (0.84%) Veeam
16 6 (0.72%) Nimble Storage