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

 6 months to
7 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 48 67
Rank change year-on-year -8 +19 -25
Permanent jobs citing GCP 674 739 1,317
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.92% 5.73% 4.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.13% 12.26% 9.47%
Number of salaries quoted 356 612 1,108
10th Percentile £52,500 £53,887 £50,000
25th Percentile £64,439 £66,250 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £85,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +9.68% +1.46%
75th Percentile £97,500 £108,750 £103,875
90th Percentile £132,500 £137,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £82,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +6.45% -2.68%

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 6,654 6,027 13,904
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.75% 46.71% 44.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4,515 4,710 12,006
10th Percentile £33,300 £33,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +5.00% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £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 April 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 48 (7.12%) Apache Airflow
2 27 (4.01%) Apache Spark
3 17 (2.52%) Confluence
4 7 (1.04%) Apache
5 5 (0.74%) Apache Pulsar
6 3 (0.45%) CMS
6 3 (0.45%) IIS
6 3 (0.45%) Palantir Foundry
6 3 (0.45%) SAS
6 3 (0.45%) WordPress
7 2 (0.30%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.15%) Camunda
8 1 (0.15%) Drupal
8 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.15%) nginx
8 1 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.15%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.45%) Trello
3 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.15%) Notion
Business Applications
1 5 (0.74%) Cloudability
2 2 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.30%) Shopify
3 1 (0.15%) Magento
3 1 (0.15%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 573 (85.01%) AWS
2 421 (62.46%) Azure
3 99 (14.69%) SaaS
4 66 (9.79%) Amazon EKS
5 48 (7.12%) GitHub
6 39 (5.79%) dbt
7 34 (5.04%) Snowflake
8 32 (4.75%) AWS CloudFormation
9 31 (4.60%) Power Platform
10 29 (4.30%) Serverless
11 26 (3.86%) GitHub Actions
12 24 (3.56%) Vertex AI
13 23 (3.41%) Amazon ECS
13 23 (3.41%) Entra ID
14 21 (3.12%) Google Analytics
15 19 (2.82%) Dagster
16 18 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
17 16 (2.37%) Azure Machine Learning
17 16 (2.37%) OpenShift
17 16 (2.37%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 69 (10.24%) Broadband
2 22 (3.26%) Firewall
3 18 (2.67%) Network Security
4 17 (2.52%) TCP/IP
5 15 (2.23%) DNS
6 13 (1.93%) WAN
7 12 (1.78%) LAN
8 10 (1.48%) VPN
9 7 (1.04%) Internet
9 7 (1.04%) SD-WAN
9 7 (1.04%) SSL
10 6 (0.89%) LTE
11 5 (0.74%) DHCP
12 4 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.59%) MQTT
12 4 (0.59%) Wireless
13 3 (0.45%) Modbus
13 3 (0.45%) SCCP
13 3 (0.45%) WLAN
14 2 (0.30%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (12.61%) BigQuery
2 75 (11.13%) PostgreSQL
3 47 (6.97%) NoSQL
4 39 (5.79%) Data Warehouse
5 38 (5.64%) Metadata
6 29 (4.30%) Elasticsearch
7 27 (4.01%) Looker
7 27 (4.01%) Tableau
8 25 (3.71%) Power BI
9 20 (2.97%) Data Lake
10 19 (2.82%) MongoDB
11 17 (2.52%) Amazon Redshift
11 17 (2.52%) Redis
11 17 (2.52%) Relational Database
12 16 (2.37%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (1.93%) MySQL
13 13 (1.93%) Semantic Layer
13 13 (1.93%) SQL Server
14 10 (1.48%) Apache Iceberg
14 10 (1.48%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 57 (8.46%) TeamCity
2 41 (6.08%) Git
3 30 (4.45%) GitLab
4 26 (3.86%) JIRA
5 18 (2.67%) Jenkins
6 12 (1.78%) CircleCI
6 12 (1.78%) MLflow
7 9 (1.34%) Subversion
8 8 (1.19%) Bitbucket
9 7 (1.04%) Storybook
10 6 (0.89%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.59%) git-flow
12 3 (0.45%) ER Studio
12 3 (0.45%) ERwin
12 3 (0.45%) PowerDesigner
12 3 (0.45%) Visual Studio
13 2 (0.30%) REST Assured
13 2 (0.30%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.30%) TestRail
13 2 (0.30%) Zephyr
General
1 216 (32.05%) Social Skills
2 193 (28.64%) Finance
3 140 (20.77%) Law
4 123 (18.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 114 (16.91%) Banking
6 103 (15.28%) Retail
7 79 (11.72%) Public Sector
8 58 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
9 54 (8.01%) Financial Institution
10 50 (7.42%) Back Office
11 39 (5.79%) Telecoms
12 32 (4.75%) Legal
13 20 (2.97%) Marketing
14 17 (2.52%) Front Office
14 17 (2.52%) Manufacturing
14 17 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 210 (31.16%) Senior
2 152 (22.55%) Software Engineer
3 100 (14.84%) Architect
4 79 (11.72%) Lead
5 65 (9.64%) Developer
6 50 (7.42%) Data Engineer
7 40 (5.93%) Consultant
8 39 (5.79%) Senior Software Engineer
9 35 (5.19%) Analyst
10 33 (4.90%) Solutions Architect
11 32 (4.75%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 30 (4.45%) Scala Engineer
13 29 (4.30%) Data Architect
13 29 (4.30%) Lead Software Engineer
14 27 (4.01%) Senior Consultant
15 25 (3.71%) Full-Stack Developer
16 23 (3.41%) Cloud Engineer
16 23 (3.41%) Python Engineer
16 23 (3.41%) Senior Architect
17 22 (3.26%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (15.73%) React
2 73 (10.83%) Kafka
3 64 (9.50%) gRPC
3 64 (9.50%) Node.js
4 42 (6.23%) RESTful
5 39 (5.79%) Django
6 37 (5.49%) REST
7 33 (4.90%) .NET
8 23 (3.41%) Redux
9 22 (3.26%) OAuth
10 21 (3.12%) CSS
10 21 (3.12%) HTML
11 20 (2.97%) Spring
12 18 (2.67%) React Native
12 18 (2.67%) Vue
13 17 (2.52%) FastAPI
14 16 (2.37%) AngularJS
14 16 (2.37%) PyTorch
14 16 (2.37%) TensorFlow
15 15 (2.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 174 (25.82%) Cloud Native
2 104 (15.43%) Distributed Systems
3 73 (10.83%) Product Ownership
4 47 (6.97%) Video\Live Streaming
5 45 (6.68%) Over-the-Top Content
6 30 (4.45%) Blog
7 23 (3.41%) Public Cloud
7 23 (3.41%) Security Posture
8 21 (3.12%) Data Structures
8 21 (3.12%) Distributed Architecture
8 21 (3.12%) Management Information System
8 21 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
9 19 (2.82%) Onboarding
10 16 (2.37%) Fixed Income
10 16 (2.37%) Mobile App
11 14 (2.08%) AI Agents
12 10 (1.48%) Cyberattack
12 10 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
12 10 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 50 (7.42%) Linux
2 29 (4.30%) Windows
3 25 (3.71%) Android
4 19 (2.82%) Unix
5 16 (2.37%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.04%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.89%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.30%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.15%) CentOS
9 1 (0.15%) Debian
9 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (45.70%) CI/CD
2 250 (37.09%) Software Engineering
3 198 (29.38%) DevOps
4 187 (27.74%) Microservices
5 183 (27.15%) Agile
6 165 (24.48%) Containerisation
7 159 (23.59%) AI
8 155 (23.00%) Mentoring
9 143 (21.22%) Clean Code
10 127 (18.84%) Machine Learning
11 126 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
12 124 (18.40%) Roadmaps
13 121 (17.95%) Coaching
14 119 (17.66%) Test Automation
15 114 (16.91%) Infrastructure as Code
16 102 (15.13%) Continuous Improvement
17 94 (13.95%) Analytics
17 94 (13.95%) Data Science
18 91 (13.50%) Computer Science
19 85 (12.61%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 250 (37.09%) Python
2 171 (25.37%) Java
3 121 (17.95%) Go
4 109 (16.17%) SQL
5 87 (12.91%) TypeScript
6 85 (12.61%) JavaScript
7 64 (9.50%) Scala
8 32 (4.75%) C#
9 29 (4.30%) Bash
10 20 (2.97%) C++
11 15 (2.23%) PowerShell
12 10 (1.48%) Rust
13 7 (1.04%) PHP
14 6 (0.89%) Kotlin
15 5 (0.74%) Ruby
16 4 (0.59%) C
17 3 (0.45%) Objective-C
17 3 (0.45%) Perl
18 2 (0.30%) Shell Script
18 2 (0.30%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 126 (18.69%) Degree
2 83 (12.31%) Security Cleared
3 74 (10.98%) SC Cleared
4 62 (9.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.67%) AWS Certification
5 18 (2.67%) Azure Certification
5 18 (2.67%) CISSP
6 17 (2.52%) CREST Certified
6 17 (2.52%) OSCP
7 10 (1.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 9 (1.34%) Master's Degree
9 8 (1.19%) OSCE
10 7 (1.04%) CISM
10 7 (1.04%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.89%) DBS Check
11 6 (0.89%) GIAC
12 5 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.74%) GPEN
12 5 (0.74%) ISACA
12 5 (0.74%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (5.49%) QA
2 32 (4.75%) Accessibility
2 32 (4.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (4.30%) GDPR
4 25 (3.71%) Data Quality
5 22 (3.26%) NIST
6 21 (3.12%) GRC
7 16 (2.37%) SOC 2
8 14 (2.08%) PCI DSS
9 9 (1.34%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.89%) EU AI Act
10 6 (0.89%) SLA
11 4 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.30%) ISO 14001
13 2 (0.30%) ISO 26262
13 2 (0.30%) NCSC
13 2 (0.30%) SEPA
13 2 (0.30%) SOC 1
System Software
1 186 (27.60%) Docker
2 17 (2.52%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.93%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.15%) Firmware
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 187 (27.74%) Kubernetes
2 175 (25.96%) Terraform
3 82 (12.17%) Grafana
4 45 (6.68%) Ansible
5 28 (4.15%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.19%) Argo
6 8 (1.19%) Istio
6 8 (1.19%) Puppet
6 8 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.89%) Podman
8 5 (0.74%) AWS Copilot
9 4 (0.59%) Cilium
10 3 (0.45%) cPanel
10 3 (0.45%) Plesk
11 2 (0.30%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.30%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.15%) Icinga
12 1 (0.15%) Nagios
12 1 (0.15%) Nessus
12 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 152 (22.55%) Google
2 69 (10.24%) Microsoft
3 45 (6.68%) Typelevel
4 28 (4.15%) Databricks
5 15 (2.23%) Adobe
6 13 (1.93%) Atlassian
6 13 (1.93%) Palantir
6 13 (1.93%) SAP
7 11 (1.63%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.34%) OpenAI
8 9 (1.34%) Oracle
9 8 (1.19%) Confluent
9 8 (1.19%) Foundry
9 8 (1.19%) Informatica
9 8 (1.19%) Splunk
9 8 (1.19%) VMware
10 7 (1.04%) Apple
11 5 (0.74%) Cisco
11 5 (0.74%) Ericsson
11 5 (0.74%) Nokia
308 hybrid/remote GCP jobs