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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 60 65
Rank change year-on-year -13 +5 -27
Permanent jobs citing GCP 814 821 959
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.46% 5.09% 4.09%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.37% 14.25% 10.06%
Number of salaries quoted 465 405 713
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £91,250 £132,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £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 8,687 5,761 9,531
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.96% 35.72% 40.62%
Number of salaries quoted 6,365 4,171 6,953
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £37,500
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 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -2.44% -1.60%

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 5 September 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 11 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (1.11%) Apache
2 9 (1.11%) Apache Spark
3 8 (0.98%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.61%) Confluence
5 4 (0.49%) Camunda
6 3 (0.37%) WordPress
7 2 (0.25%) CMS
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.12%) Appian
8 1 (0.12%) Drupal
8 1 (0.12%) IIS
8 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.12%) nginx
8 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 15 (1.84%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.25%) Weka
4 1 (0.12%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (2.95%) Cloudability
2 3 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.12%) Magento
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 652 (80.10%) AWS
2 523 (64.25%) Azure
3 97 (11.92%) SaaS
4 60 (7.37%) Amazon EKS
5 35 (4.30%) Power Platform
6 34 (4.18%) GitHub
7 33 (4.05%) Cloud Run
8 26 (3.19%) dbt
9 25 (3.07%) Serverless
10 24 (2.95%) AWS CloudFormation
11 23 (2.83%) GitHub Actions
12 22 (2.70%) Cloud Functions
12 22 (2.70%) Google Analytics
12 22 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
13 20 (2.46%) Snowflake
14 19 (2.33%) Anthropic Claude
14 19 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
15 17 (2.09%) Datadog
15 17 (2.09%) Firebase
16 16 (1.97%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 62 (7.62%) Broadband
2 36 (4.42%) Network Security
3 20 (2.46%) Firewall
3 20 (2.46%) TCP/IP
4 17 (2.09%) WAN
5 11 (1.35%) SD-WAN
5 11 (1.35%) VPN
6 9 (1.11%) LAN
7 6 (0.74%) DNS
7 6 (0.74%) Fibre Channel
7 6 (0.74%) HTTP
7 6 (0.74%) iSCSI
8 5 (0.61%) BGP
8 5 (0.61%) LTE
9 4 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (0.49%) Internet
9 4 (0.49%) SSH
9 4 (0.49%) Wireless
10 3 (0.37%) MPLS
10 3 (0.37%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (7.74%) BigQuery
2 45 (5.53%) PostgreSQL
3 41 (5.04%) NoSQL
4 33 (4.05%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (4.05%) Power BI
5 28 (3.44%) MongoDB
6 23 (2.83%) Looker
6 23 (2.83%) SQL Server
7 21 (2.58%) Data Lake
8 20 (2.46%) Semantic Layer
9 19 (2.33%) Relational Database
10 17 (2.09%) Pinecone
11 16 (1.97%) Chroma
11 16 (1.97%) Metadata
11 16 (1.97%) Tableau
12 10 (1.23%) MySQL
13 9 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.86%) Metadata Repository
15 5 (0.61%) DynamoDB
15 5 (0.61%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 56 (6.88%) Git
2 53 (6.51%) TeamCity
3 41 (5.04%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.84%) JIRA
5 13 (1.60%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.47%) CircleCI
7 8 (0.98%) GitLab
8 5 (0.61%) JUnit
9 4 (0.49%) Maven
10 3 (0.37%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.37%) Mockito
10 3 (0.37%) Postman
10 3 (0.37%) Selenium
10 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.25%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.25%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.25%) ERwin
11 2 (0.25%) Subversion
11 2 (0.25%) TestRail
11 2 (0.25%) Zephyr
General
1 246 (30.22%) Social Skills
2 216 (26.54%) Finance
3 184 (22.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 135 (16.58%) Law
5 122 (14.99%) Banking
6 94 (11.55%) Public Sector
6 94 (11.55%) Retail
7 73 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
8 53 (6.51%) Back Office
8 53 (6.51%) Financial Institution
9 38 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
10 25 (3.07%) Marketing
11 22 (2.70%) Legal
12 7 (0.86%) Advertising
12 7 (0.86%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.74%) Legal Technology
14 5 (0.61%) Games
15 4 (0.49%) French Language
16 3 (0.37%) Local Government
16 3 (0.37%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 235 (28.87%) Senior
2 175 (21.50%) Software Engineer
3 140 (17.20%) Architect
4 69 (8.48%) Cloud Engineer
4 69 (8.48%) Lead
5 52 (6.39%) Analyst
6 49 (6.02%) Python Engineer
7 45 (5.53%) GCP Engineer
8 43 (5.28%) Developer
9 40 (4.91%) Data Engineer
10 36 (4.42%) Solutions Architect
11 33 (4.05%) Senior Analyst
11 33 (4.05%) Senior Software Engineer
12 31 (3.81%) Senior Architect
13 29 (3.56%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 28 (3.44%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 28 (3.44%) Site Engineer
15 27 (3.32%) Data Architect
16 26 (3.19%) Consultant
16 26 (3.19%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (24.82%) Terraform
2 78 (9.58%) React
3 56 (6.88%) Node.js
4 49 (6.02%) REST
5 36 (4.42%) LangChain
6 35 (4.30%) .NET
7 30 (3.69%) Spring
8 27 (3.32%) Kafka
9 24 (2.95%) PyTorch
10 23 (2.83%) FastAPI
10 23 (2.83%) OAuth
11 22 (2.70%) RESTful
11 22 (2.70%) Spring Boot
12 21 (2.58%) LangGraph
12 21 (2.58%) Middleware
13 20 (2.46%) gRPC
14 19 (2.33%) Django
14 19 (2.33%) TensorFlow
15 18 (2.21%) OpenID
16 17 (2.09%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 214 (26.29%) Cloud Native
2 85 (10.44%) Product Ownership
3 83 (10.20%) Distributed Systems
4 49 (6.02%) AI Agents
5 26 (3.19%) Distributed Architecture
6 23 (2.83%) Video\Live Streaming
7 20 (2.46%) Blog
7 20 (2.46%) Public Cloud
8 19 (2.33%) Over-the-Top Content
9 18 (2.21%) Security Posture
10 17 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (1.84%) Data Centre
11 15 (1.84%) Data Structures
11 15 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (1.84%) Onboarding
12 13 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
12 13 (1.60%) Social Media
13 12 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
13 12 (1.47%) Mobile App
14 11 (1.35%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 48 (5.90%) Linux
2 18 (2.21%) Unix
3 14 (1.72%) Windows
4 7 (0.86%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.86%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.74%) Android
6 1 (0.12%) CentOS
6 1 (0.12%) Debian
6 1 (0.12%) Solaris
6 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (41.40%) CI/CD
2 294 (36.12%) Software Engineering
3 262 (32.19%) Mentoring
4 257 (31.57%) AI
5 222 (27.27%) Agile
6 193 (23.71%) DevOps
7 154 (18.92%) Infrastructure as Code
8 152 (18.67%) Technical Leadership
9 141 (17.32%) Microservices
10 140 (17.20%) Roadmaps
11 139 (17.08%) Continuous Improvement
12 132 (16.22%) Test Automation
13 130 (15.97%) Containerisation
14 127 (15.60%) Machine Learning
15 122 (14.99%) Problem-Solving
16 117 (14.37%) Observability
17 110 (13.51%) Clean Code
17 110 (13.51%) Coaching
18 104 (12.78%) Analytics
19 95 (11.67%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 283 (34.77%) Python
2 169 (20.76%) Java
3 130 (15.97%) SQL
4 89 (10.93%) JavaScript
5 64 (7.86%) Go
6 57 (7.00%) TypeScript
7 38 (4.67%) C#
8 28 (3.44%) Scala
9 20 (2.46%) Bash
10 19 (2.33%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.35%) Rust
12 9 (1.11%) C++
13 7 (0.86%) Ruby
14 5 (0.61%) C
14 5 (0.61%) PHP
15 4 (0.49%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.49%) R
16 3 (0.37%) Objective-C
16 3 (0.37%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 129 (15.85%) Security Cleared
2 112 (13.76%) SC Cleared
3 106 (13.02%) Degree
4 52 (6.39%) AWS Certification
5 31 (3.81%) CISSP
6 29 (3.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 26 (3.19%) CISM
8 24 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (2.58%) Azure Certification
10 13 (1.60%) DV Cleared
11 11 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (1.11%) CREST Certified
13 9 (1.11%) OSCP
14 6 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (0.74%) CCSP
14 6 (0.74%) Dell Certification
15 5 (0.61%) CRISC
15 5 (0.61%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.61%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (7.49%) Data Quality
2 38 (4.67%) NIST
3 37 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 31 (3.81%) Accessibility
5 24 (2.95%) NCSC
6 18 (2.21%) GDPR
7 16 (1.97%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 14 (1.72%) QA
9 10 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (1.11%) GRC
11 8 (0.98%) PCI DSS
12 7 (0.86%) SLA
13 6 (0.74%) PMO
14 5 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 4 (0.49%) Def Stans
15 4 (0.49%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 2 (0.25%) HIPAA
18 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 166 (20.39%) Docker
2 12 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.98%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.74%) vSphere
6 3 (0.37%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.37%) Firmware
7 2 (0.25%) KVM
Systems Management
1 202 (24.82%) Kubernetes
2 79 (9.71%) Grafana
3 35 (4.30%) Ansible
4 16 (1.97%) Prometheus
5 13 (1.60%) Istio
5 13 (1.60%) Podman
6 12 (1.47%) Puppet
7 6 (0.74%) Avamar
7 6 (0.74%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (0.74%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (0.74%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (0.74%) VxRail
8 5 (0.61%) CASB
8 5 (0.61%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.37%) Argo
10 3 (0.37%) linkerd
11 2 (0.25%) Packer
12 1 (0.12%) Consul
12 1 (0.12%) QRadar
Vendors
1 166 (20.39%) Google
2 106 (13.02%) Microsoft
3 33 (4.05%) Adobe
4 25 (3.07%) ServiceNow
5 24 (2.95%) Apple
6 20 (2.46%) Databricks
7 18 (2.21%) Typelevel
8 17 (2.09%) Dynatrace
9 16 (1.97%) Okta
10 15 (1.84%) OpenAI
10 15 (1.84%) Ping Identity
11 14 (1.72%) Informatica
12 13 (1.60%) SAP
12 13 (1.60%) VMware
13 12 (1.47%) Splunk
14 10 (1.23%) Cisco
14 10 (1.23%) Oracle
15 9 (1.11%) New Relic
15 9 (1.11%) Palo Alto
16 7 (0.86%) Dell