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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 55 65
Rank change year-on-year -13 +10 -28
Permanent jobs citing GCP 820 886 993
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.68% 5.37% 3.93%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.52% 14.69% 9.57%
Number of salaries quoted 459 462 791
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,375 £64,509 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,253 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% -10.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £95,000 £125,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £137,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% -3.03% +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 8,614 6,033 10,378
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.68% 36.56% 41.04%
Number of salaries quoted 6,206 4,451 8,195
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,063 £43,750 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.76% -3.08%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.76%

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 4 August 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 22 (2.68%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (1.71%) Apache Spark
3 7 (0.85%) Apache
4 4 (0.49%) Camunda
4 4 (0.49%) Confluence
5 3 (0.37%) CMS
5 3 (0.37%) SAS
5 3 (0.37%) WordPress
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.12%) Appian
6 1 (0.12%) Drupal
6 1 (0.12%) IIS
6 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.12%) nginx
6 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 3 (0.37%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.12%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (2.93%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.24%) Shopify
4 1 (0.12%) Magento
4 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 652 (79.51%) AWS
2 504 (61.46%) Azure
3 83 (10.12%) SaaS
4 62 (7.56%) Amazon EKS
5 35 (4.27%) dbt
6 34 (4.15%) Power Platform
7 33 (4.02%) Cloud Run
8 32 (3.90%) GitHub
9 27 (3.29%) AWS CloudFormation
9 27 (3.29%) Serverless
10 25 (3.05%) Snowflake
11 22 (2.68%) Cloud Functions
11 22 (2.68%) Google Analytics
12 21 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
13 20 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
14 19 (2.32%) Anthropic Claude
14 19 (2.32%) PaaS
15 17 (2.07%) Entra ID
15 17 (2.07%) Firebase
16 16 (1.95%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 90 (10.98%) Broadband
2 31 (3.78%) Network Security
3 25 (3.05%) TCP/IP
4 20 (2.44%) Firewall
5 17 (2.07%) WAN
6 11 (1.34%) DNS
6 11 (1.34%) LAN
7 10 (1.22%) SD-WAN
8 9 (1.10%) VPN
9 8 (0.98%) LTE
10 7 (0.85%) Internet
11 6 (0.73%) Fibre Channel
11 6 (0.73%) HTTP
11 6 (0.73%) iSCSI
12 5 (0.61%) DHCP
13 4 (0.49%) MQTT
13 4 (0.49%) SSH
14 3 (0.37%) Modbus
14 3 (0.37%) Software-Defined Networking
14 3 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (9.76%) BigQuery
2 56 (6.83%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (4.15%) NoSQL
4 33 (4.02%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (4.02%) Power BI
5 30 (3.66%) MongoDB
6 26 (3.17%) Looker
7 25 (3.05%) Data Lake
8 21 (2.56%) Semantic Layer
8 21 (2.56%) SQL Server
9 19 (2.32%) Metadata
10 18 (2.20%) Pinecone
10 18 (2.20%) Relational Database
11 15 (1.83%) Tableau
12 14 (1.71%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (1.22%) Redis
14 9 (1.10%) MySQL
15 7 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
16 6 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
16 6 (0.73%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 56 (6.83%) Git
2 52 (6.34%) TeamCity
3 42 (5.12%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.83%) JIRA
5 13 (1.59%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.46%) CircleCI
7 9 (1.10%) GitLab
8 3 (0.37%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.37%) JUnit
8 3 (0.37%) Postman
8 3 (0.37%) Selenium
8 3 (0.37%) TestRail
8 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.37%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.24%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.24%) Maven
9 2 (0.24%) MLflow
9 2 (0.24%) Subversion
10 1 (0.12%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.12%) Gatling
General
1 243 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 211 (25.73%) Finance
3 179 (21.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 142 (17.32%) Law
5 114 (13.90%) Banking
6 88 (10.73%) Retail
7 83 (10.12%) Public Sector
8 68 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
9 45 (5.49%) Back Office
9 45 (5.49%) Financial Institution
10 33 (4.02%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (2.93%) Legal
12 18 (2.20%) Marketing
13 14 (1.71%) Front Office
14 7 (0.85%) Legal Technology
14 7 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.73%) Advertising
15 6 (0.73%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.61%) Games
17 4 (0.49%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 234 (28.54%) Senior
2 181 (22.07%) Software Engineer
3 128 (15.61%) Architect
4 79 (9.63%) Lead
5 65 (7.93%) Cloud Engineer
6 61 (7.44%) Developer
7 56 (6.83%) Analyst
8 51 (6.22%) Data Engineer
9 46 (5.61%) Python Engineer
10 44 (5.37%) GCP Engineer
11 41 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
12 34 (4.15%) Senior Software Engineer
13 33 (4.02%) Lead Software Engineer
14 32 (3.90%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 32 (3.90%) Senior Analyst
15 31 (3.78%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 31 (3.78%) Consultant
16 27 (3.29%) Senior Architect
17 26 (3.17%) Senior Manager
18 24 (2.93%) Scala Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (11.10%) React
2 62 (7.56%) Node.js
3 49 (5.98%) REST
4 47 (5.73%) Kafka
5 40 (4.88%) gRPC
6 38 (4.63%) LangChain
7 32 (3.90%) .NET
8 28 (3.41%) Django
9 27 (3.29%) Spring
10 25 (3.05%) FastAPI
10 25 (3.05%) OAuth
11 23 (2.80%) LangGraph
12 21 (2.56%) Spring Boot
13 20 (2.44%) OpenID
13 20 (2.44%) PyTorch
13 20 (2.44%) RESTful
14 19 (2.32%) AngularJS
14 19 (2.32%) TensorFlow
14 19 (2.32%) Vue
15 18 (2.20%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 216 (26.34%) Cloud Native
2 93 (11.34%) Distributed Systems
3 83 (10.12%) Product Ownership
4 46 (5.61%) AI Agents
5 41 (5.00%) Video\Live Streaming
6 37 (4.51%) Over-the-Top Content
7 24 (2.93%) Security Posture
7 24 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
8 23 (2.80%) Distributed Architecture
8 23 (2.80%) Public Cloud
9 20 (2.44%) Management Information System
10 19 (2.32%) Data Structures
10 19 (2.32%) Social Media
11 18 (2.20%) Blog
11 18 (2.20%) Onboarding
12 15 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (1.83%) Mobile App
13 14 (1.71%) Fixed Income
14 12 (1.46%) Data Centre
15 11 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 54 (6.59%) Linux
2 22 (2.68%) Unix
3 17 (2.07%) Windows
4 9 (1.10%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.85%) Android
5 7 (0.85%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) CentOS
6 1 (0.12%) Debian
6 1 (0.12%) Solaris
6 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (42.68%) CI/CD
2 305 (37.20%) Software Engineering
3 251 (30.61%) Mentoring
4 231 (28.17%) Agile
5 230 (28.05%) AI
6 192 (23.41%) DevOps
7 162 (19.76%) Microservices
8 152 (18.54%) Containerisation
9 148 (18.05%) Infrastructure as Code
10 144 (17.56%) Roadmaps
11 140 (17.07%) Machine Learning
11 140 (17.07%) Test Automation
12 136 (16.59%) Technical Leadership
13 134 (16.34%) Continuous Improvement
14 133 (16.22%) Clean Code
15 130 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
16 128 (15.61%) Coaching
17 108 (13.17%) Observability
18 100 (12.20%) Analytics
19 87 (10.61%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 313 (38.17%) Python
2 178 (21.71%) Java
3 129 (15.73%) SQL
4 104 (12.68%) JavaScript
5 91 (11.10%) Go
6 65 (7.93%) TypeScript
7 53 (6.46%) Scala
8 35 (4.27%) C#
9 21 (2.56%) Bash
10 15 (1.83%) C++
10 15 (1.83%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.71%) Rust
12 6 (0.73%) Ruby
13 5 (0.61%) C
13 5 (0.61%) PHP
13 5 (0.61%) R
14 4 (0.49%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.37%) Perl
15 3 (0.37%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 131 (15.98%) Security Cleared
2 113 (13.78%) SC Cleared
3 109 (13.29%) Degree
4 49 (5.98%) AWS Certification
5 35 (4.27%) CISSP
6 29 (3.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 26 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (2.80%) CISM
9 19 (2.32%) Azure Certification
10 13 (1.59%) DV Cleared
11 12 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (1.22%) CREST Certified
13 10 (1.22%) OSCP
14 6 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (0.73%) CCSP
14 6 (0.73%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.73%) Dell Certification
15 5 (0.61%) CCIE
15 5 (0.61%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.22%) Data Quality
2 38 (4.63%) NIST
3 32 (3.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 30 (3.66%) Accessibility
5 22 (2.68%) QA
6 21 (2.56%) GDPR
7 19 (2.32%) NCSC
8 13 (1.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 11 (1.34%) GRC
10 9 (1.10%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.73%) PMO
13 4 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 4 (0.49%) Def Stans
13 4 (0.49%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.49%) SLA
13 4 (0.49%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.24%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 2 (0.24%) SEPA
System Software
1 183 (22.32%) Docker
2 15 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.98%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.73%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.73%) vSphere
6 2 (0.24%) KVM
7 1 (0.12%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 191 (23.29%) Terraform
2 188 (22.93%) Kubernetes
3 73 (8.90%) Grafana
4 35 (4.27%) Ansible
5 15 (1.83%) Istio
5 15 (1.83%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.59%) Podman
6 13 (1.59%) Puppet
7 6 (0.73%) Avamar
7 6 (0.73%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (0.73%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (0.73%) VxRail
8 5 (0.61%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (0.61%) CASB
8 5 (0.61%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.37%) linkerd
11 2 (0.24%) Argo
11 2 (0.24%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 162 (19.76%) Google
2 104 (12.68%) Microsoft
3 36 (4.39%) Typelevel
4 26 (3.17%) Adobe
5 25 (3.05%) ServiceNow
6 24 (2.93%) Apple
7 21 (2.56%) Databricks
8 18 (2.20%) Okta
9 15 (1.83%) SAP
9 15 (1.83%) VMware
10 14 (1.71%) Ping Identity
11 12 (1.46%) Informatica
11 12 (1.46%) Oracle
12 11 (1.34%) Dynatrace
12 11 (1.34%) Splunk
13 9 (1.10%) ForgeRock
14 8 (0.98%) Cisco
14 8 (0.98%) Confluent
14 8 (0.98%) New Relic
15 7 (0.85%) Dell