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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 56 75
Rank change year-on-year -14 +19 -41
Permanent jobs citing GCP 788 905 1,040
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.64% 5.49% 3.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.33% 14.88% 8.77%
Number of salaries quoted 430 473 859
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,340 £51,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,253 £87,610
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% -2.69% +9.51%
75th Percentile £93,750 £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 8,450 6,082 11,854
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.99% 36.89% 41.24%
Number of salaries quoted 6,038 4,483 9,649
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -2.44% -5.38%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -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 23 July 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 25 (3.17%) Apache Airflow
2 13 (1.65%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.63%) Apache
4 4 (0.51%) Confluence
5 3 (0.38%) CMS
5 3 (0.38%) SAS
6 2 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.25%) Camunda
6 2 (0.25%) WordPress
7 1 (0.13%) Appian
7 1 (0.13%) Drupal
7 1 (0.13%) IIS
7 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.13%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.13%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.13%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (3.05%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.25%) Shopify
4 1 (0.13%) Magento
4 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 629 (79.82%) AWS
2 472 (59.90%) Azure
3 84 (10.66%) SaaS
4 64 (8.12%) Amazon EKS
5 33 (4.19%) Cloud Run
6 29 (3.68%) GitHub
6 29 (3.68%) Serverless
7 27 (3.43%) dbt
7 27 (3.43%) Power Platform
8 24 (3.05%) Snowflake
9 22 (2.79%) Cloud Functions
10 19 (2.41%) Anthropic Claude
10 19 (2.41%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (2.41%) GitHub Actions
10 19 (2.41%) Google Analytics
10 19 (2.41%) PaaS
11 17 (2.16%) Amazon ECS
11 17 (2.16%) Entra ID
11 17 (2.16%) Vertex AI
12 16 (2.03%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 98 (12.44%) Broadband
2 30 (3.81%) Network Security
3 18 (2.28%) Firewall
4 17 (2.16%) WAN
5 13 (1.65%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.52%) LAN
7 11 (1.40%) DNS
8 10 (1.27%) SD-WAN
9 9 (1.14%) VPN
10 8 (1.02%) LTE
11 7 (0.89%) Internet
12 6 (0.76%) Fibre Channel
12 6 (0.76%) iSCSI
13 5 (0.63%) DHCP
13 5 (0.63%) MQTT
14 4 (0.51%) SSH
15 3 (0.38%) BGP
15 3 (0.38%) HTTP
15 3 (0.38%) MPLS
15 3 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (9.90%) BigQuery
2 59 (7.49%) PostgreSQL
3 33 (4.19%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (3.93%) NoSQL
5 28 (3.55%) MongoDB
6 25 (3.17%) Semantic Layer
7 24 (3.05%) Data Lake
7 24 (3.05%) Power BI
8 21 (2.66%) Looker
8 21 (2.66%) Metadata
9 20 (2.54%) Relational Database
10 18 (2.28%) Pinecone
11 16 (2.03%) SQL Server
12 14 (1.78%) Amazon Redshift
13 10 (1.27%) Tableau
14 9 (1.14%) Redis
15 8 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
16 7 (0.89%) MySQL
17 6 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
17 6 (0.76%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 53 (6.73%) TeamCity
2 48 (6.09%) Git
3 41 (5.20%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.90%) JIRA
5 13 (1.65%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.52%) CircleCI
7 10 (1.27%) GitLab
8 3 (0.38%) MLflow
8 3 (0.38%) Postman
8 3 (0.38%) Selenium
8 3 (0.38%) TestRail
8 3 (0.38%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.25%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.25%) JUnit
9 2 (0.25%) Subversion
9 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.13%) ERwin
10 1 (0.13%) Gatling
10 1 (0.13%) JMeter
General
1 214 (27.16%) Social Skills
2 204 (25.89%) Finance
3 176 (22.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 145 (18.40%) Law
5 115 (14.59%) Banking
6 90 (11.42%) Retail
7 78 (9.90%) Public Sector
8 57 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
9 44 (5.58%) Back Office
9 44 (5.58%) Financial Institution
10 30 (3.81%) Presentation Skills
11 22 (2.79%) Legal
12 16 (2.03%) Front Office
12 16 (2.03%) Marketing
13 7 (0.89%) Legal Technology
13 7 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.76%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.63%) Advertising
15 5 (0.63%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.51%) French Language
Job Titles
1 220 (27.92%) Senior
2 176 (22.34%) Software Engineer
3 122 (15.48%) Architect
4 77 (9.77%) Lead
5 65 (8.25%) Developer
6 63 (7.99%) Cloud Engineer
7 53 (6.73%) Data Engineer
8 50 (6.35%) Analyst
9 43 (5.46%) GCP Engineer
10 39 (4.95%) Solutions Architect
11 35 (4.44%) Lead Software Engineer
12 33 (4.19%) Consultant
12 33 (4.19%) Senior Software Engineer
13 32 (4.06%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 32 (4.06%) Senior Analyst
14 31 (3.93%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 31 (3.93%) Python Engineer
15 30 (3.81%) Scala Engineer
16 27 (3.43%) Senior Architect
17 24 (3.05%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (10.91%) React
2 63 (7.99%) Node.js
3 49 (6.22%) gRPC
4 45 (5.71%) Kafka
5 38 (4.82%) REST
6 36 (4.57%) LangChain
7 27 (3.43%) Django
8 26 (3.30%) .NET
9 24 (3.05%) FastAPI
10 23 (2.92%) LangGraph
11 22 (2.79%) OAuth
11 22 (2.79%) Spring
12 20 (2.54%) PyTorch
12 20 (2.54%) TensorFlow
13 19 (2.41%) RESTful
14 18 (2.28%) OpenID
14 18 (2.28%) Spring Boot
15 17 (2.16%) AngularJS
15 17 (2.16%) Vue
16 16 (2.03%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 213 (27.03%) Cloud Native
2 88 (11.17%) Distributed Systems
3 82 (10.41%) Product Ownership
4 47 (5.96%) Video\Live Streaming
5 46 (5.84%) Over-the-Top Content
6 40 (5.08%) AI Agents
7 25 (3.17%) Security Posture
8 22 (2.79%) Data Structures
8 22 (2.79%) Distributed Architecture
9 20 (2.54%) Blog
9 20 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (2.41%) Onboarding
11 18 (2.28%) Management Information System
11 18 (2.28%) Public Cloud
12 17 (2.16%) Social Media
13 16 (2.03%) Fixed Income
14 13 (1.65%) Mobile App
15 12 (1.52%) Data Centre
16 10 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
17 9 (1.14%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 43 (5.46%) Linux
2 17 (2.16%) Windows
3 12 (1.52%) Unix
4 9 (1.14%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.02%) Android
5 8 (1.02%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.13%) CentOS
6 1 (0.13%) Debian
6 1 (0.13%) Solaris
6 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (41.88%) CI/CD
2 292 (37.06%) Software Engineering
3 225 (28.55%) Mentoring
4 221 (28.05%) Agile
5 218 (27.66%) AI
6 174 (22.08%) DevOps
7 166 (21.07%) Microservices
8 159 (20.18%) Containerisation
9 145 (18.40%) Machine Learning
10 142 (18.02%) Roadmaps
11 138 (17.51%) Test Automation
12 133 (16.88%) Technical Leadership
13 129 (16.37%) Clean Code
14 127 (16.12%) Problem-Solving
15 126 (15.99%) Infrastructure as Code
16 125 (15.86%) Coaching
17 117 (14.85%) Continuous Improvement
18 92 (11.68%) Data Science
18 92 (11.68%) Observability
19 91 (11.55%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 300 (38.07%) Python
2 171 (21.70%) Java
3 115 (14.59%) SQL
4 99 (12.56%) JavaScript
5 96 (12.18%) Go
6 61 (7.74%) Scala
7 59 (7.49%) TypeScript
8 27 (3.43%) C#
9 19 (2.41%) Bash
10 16 (2.03%) C++
10 16 (2.03%) Rust
11 12 (1.52%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.76%) C
13 5 (0.63%) Ruby
14 4 (0.51%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.51%) PHP
15 3 (0.38%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.38%) Perl
15 3 (0.38%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.25%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 114 (14.47%) Security Cleared
2 104 (13.20%) Degree
3 96 (12.18%) SC Cleared
4 43 (5.46%) AWS Certification
5 36 (4.57%) CISSP
6 29 (3.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 24 (3.05%) CISM
8 23 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 17 (2.16%) Azure Certification
10 12 (1.52%) CREST Certified
10 12 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (1.52%) OSCP
11 11 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (1.27%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (0.76%) CCSP
13 6 (0.76%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.76%) Dell Certification
13 6 (0.76%) GIAC
14 5 (0.63%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.84%) Data Quality
2 38 (4.82%) NIST
3 33 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 29 (3.68%) Accessibility
5 25 (3.17%) QA
6 20 (2.54%) GDPR
7 17 (2.16%) NCSC
8 14 (1.78%) GRC
9 13 (1.65%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (1.02%) Actionable Recommendations
10 8 (1.02%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.76%) PMO
12 5 (0.63%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.51%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 4 (0.51%) Def Stans
13 4 (0.51%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.38%) SLA
15 2 (0.25%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 2 (0.25%) SEPA
System Software
1 184 (23.35%) Docker
2 14 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.02%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.76%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.76%) vSphere
6 2 (0.25%) KVM
7 1 (0.13%) Firmware
7 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 184 (23.35%) Kubernetes
2 176 (22.34%) Terraform
3 75 (9.52%) Grafana
4 35 (4.44%) Ansible
5 17 (2.16%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.90%) Istio
7 14 (1.78%) Puppet
8 13 (1.65%) Podman
9 6 (0.76%) Avamar
9 6 (0.76%) Dell DRAC
9 6 (0.76%) EMC NetWorker
9 6 (0.76%) EMC VPLEX
9 6 (0.76%) VxRail
10 5 (0.63%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.63%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.51%) CASB
11 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.38%) linkerd
13 2 (0.25%) Argo
13 2 (0.25%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 144 (18.27%) Google
2 99 (12.56%) Microsoft
3 45 (5.71%) Typelevel
4 28 (3.55%) Adobe
5 25 (3.17%) ServiceNow
6 24 (3.05%) Apple
7 19 (2.41%) Databricks
8 16 (2.03%) Okta
8 16 (2.03%) SAP
8 16 (2.03%) VMware
9 13 (1.65%) Oracle
10 12 (1.52%) Ping Identity
11 10 (1.27%) Informatica
12 9 (1.14%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.14%) ForgeRock
12 9 (1.14%) Splunk
13 8 (1.02%) Cisco
13 8 (1.02%) Confluent
13 8 (1.02%) Dell
14 7 (0.89%) Veeam