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

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 45 78
Rank change year-on-year -18 +33 -39
Permanent jobs citing GCP 707 952 1,241
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.73% 6.54% 3.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.81% 16.58% 8.81%
Number of salaries quoted 354 505 1,060
10th Percentile £53,067 £52,319 £48,750
25th Percentile £63,365 £67,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,253 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £110,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £137,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £85,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -11.76% +9.68% -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 7,205 5,742 14,087
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.04% 39.46% 42.86%
Number of salaries quoted 4,938 4,137 11,984
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,825 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -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 26 May 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 42 (5.94%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (3.54%) Apache Spark
3 7 (0.99%) Confluence
4 5 (0.71%) Apache
5 3 (0.42%) CMS
5 3 (0.42%) Palantir Foundry
5 3 (0.42%) SAS
6 2 (0.28%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.14%) Camunda
7 1 (0.14%) Drupal
7 1 (0.14%) IIS
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.14%) nginx
7 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.14%) Strapi
7 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.42%) Chatbot
1 3 (0.42%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (3.39%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.28%) Shopify
4 1 (0.14%) Magento
4 1 (0.14%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 571 (80.76%) AWS
2 412 (58.27%) Azure
3 87 (12.31%) SaaS
4 68 (9.62%) Amazon EKS
5 30 (4.24%) Snowflake
6 29 (4.10%) Serverless
7 26 (3.68%) dbt
8 25 (3.54%) Power Platform
9 24 (3.39%) Vertex AI
10 22 (3.11%) Cloud Run
11 21 (2.97%) Entra ID
11 21 (2.97%) GitHub
12 19 (2.69%) Dagster
12 19 (2.69%) Google Analytics
13 16 (2.26%) Amazon ECS
13 16 (2.26%) Azure Machine Learning
13 16 (2.26%) Cloud Functions
13 16 (2.26%) Figma
13 16 (2.26%) PaaS
14 15 (2.12%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 92 (13.01%) Broadband
2 22 (3.11%) Network Security
3 18 (2.55%) Firewall
4 16 (2.26%) WAN
5 15 (2.12%) DNS
6 13 (1.84%) LAN
7 10 (1.41%) SD-WAN
8 9 (1.27%) TCP/IP
9 8 (1.13%) Internet
10 7 (0.99%) LTE
10 7 (0.99%) SSL
10 7 (0.99%) VPN
11 6 (0.85%) Fibre Channel
11 6 (0.85%) iSCSI
12 5 (0.71%) DHCP
12 5 (0.71%) Wireless
13 4 (0.57%) MQTT
14 3 (0.42%) MPLS
14 3 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
14 3 (0.42%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (13.15%) BigQuery
2 56 (7.92%) PostgreSQL
3 37 (5.23%) Metadata
4 36 (5.09%) Data Warehouse
5 35 (4.95%) NoSQL
6 27 (3.82%) Looker
7 26 (3.68%) MongoDB
8 24 (3.39%) Semantic Layer
9 23 (3.25%) Data Lake
10 20 (2.83%) Elasticsearch
10 20 (2.83%) Tableau
11 19 (2.69%) Power BI
12 18 (2.55%) Amazon Redshift
13 16 (2.26%) Relational Database
14 13 (1.84%) Pinecone
15 10 (1.41%) Apache Iceberg
15 10 (1.41%) Delta Lake
16 9 (1.27%) Weaviate
17 8 (1.13%) SQL Server
18 7 (0.99%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 55 (7.78%) TeamCity
2 37 (5.23%) Git
3 20 (2.83%) Jenkins
4 18 (2.55%) GitLab
5 16 (2.26%) CircleCI
5 16 (2.26%) JIRA
6 12 (1.70%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.70%) MLflow
7 7 (0.99%) Storybook
8 3 (0.42%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.42%) Subversion
9 2 (0.28%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.28%) TestRail
9 2 (0.28%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.14%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.14%) Gatling
10 1 (0.14%) Maven
10 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.14%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.14%) webpack
General
1 179 (25.32%) Social Skills
2 177 (25.04%) Finance
3 161 (22.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 146 (20.65%) Law
5 113 (15.98%) Banking
6 94 (13.30%) Retail
7 77 (10.89%) Public Sector
8 54 (7.64%) Analytical Skills
9 42 (5.94%) Back Office
9 42 (5.94%) Financial Institution
10 26 (3.68%) Legal
11 19 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (2.40%) Front Office
13 12 (1.70%) Marketing
13 12 (1.70%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (0.99%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
18 3 (0.42%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 198 (28.01%) Senior
2 155 (21.92%) Software Engineer
3 116 (16.41%) Architect
4 63 (8.91%) Lead
5 57 (8.06%) Developer
6 55 (7.78%) Data Engineer
7 53 (7.50%) Analyst
8 42 (5.94%) Consultant
9 41 (5.80%) Cloud Engineer
10 34 (4.81%) Senior Software Engineer
11 32 (4.53%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 31 (4.38%) Lead Software Engineer
12 31 (4.38%) Solutions Architect
13 30 (4.24%) Scala Engineer
13 30 (4.24%) Senior Architect
14 29 (4.10%) Data Architect
15 28 (3.96%) Senior Analyst
16 26 (3.68%) Senior Consultant
17 22 (3.11%) Python Engineer
17 22 (3.11%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (11.17%) React
2 66 (9.34%) Node.js
3 53 (7.50%) gRPC
4 51 (7.21%) Kafka
5 30 (4.24%) REST
6 28 (3.96%) Django
7 25 (3.54%) .NET
8 21 (2.97%) RESTful
9 20 (2.83%) LangChain
10 18 (2.55%) Redux
11 17 (2.40%) FastAPI
11 17 (2.40%) PyTorch
11 17 (2.40%) Spring
11 17 (2.40%) TensorFlow
12 15 (2.12%) Vue
13 14 (1.98%) OAuth
13 14 (1.98%) Playwright
13 14 (1.98%) React Native
13 14 (1.98%) Spring Boot
14 13 (1.84%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 189 (26.73%) Cloud Native
2 83 (11.74%) Distributed Systems
3 79 (11.17%) Product Ownership
4 46 (6.51%) Over-the-Top Content
4 46 (6.51%) Video\Live Streaming
5 27 (3.82%) Blog
6 26 (3.68%) Distributed Architecture
6 26 (3.68%) Security Posture
7 25 (3.54%) Public Cloud
8 23 (3.25%) Onboarding
9 22 (3.11%) Data Structures
9 22 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
10 21 (2.97%) AI Agents
11 19 (2.69%) Management Information System
12 17 (2.40%) Social Media
13 16 (2.26%) Fixed Income
14 14 (1.98%) Mobile App
15 10 (1.41%) Cyberattack
15 10 (1.41%) Data Centre
16 9 (1.27%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 34 (4.81%) Linux
2 19 (2.69%) Android
3 16 (2.26%) Apple iOS
3 16 (2.26%) Windows
4 7 (0.99%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.71%) Unix
6 1 (0.14%) CentOS
6 1 (0.14%) Debian
6 1 (0.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.14%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (40.88%) CI/CD
2 257 (36.35%) Software Engineering
3 201 (28.43%) Agile
4 183 (25.88%) AI
4 183 (25.88%) Mentoring
5 168 (23.76%) DevOps
6 162 (22.91%) Microservices
7 153 (21.64%) Containerisation
8 139 (19.66%) Machine Learning
9 137 (19.38%) Roadmaps
10 136 (19.24%) Clean Code
11 127 (17.96%) Test Automation
12 125 (17.68%) Coaching
13 111 (15.70%) Continuous Improvement
13 111 (15.70%) Technical Leadership
14 105 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
15 98 (13.86%) Infrastructure as Code
16 88 (12.45%) Data Science
17 87 (12.31%) Analytics
18 70 (9.90%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 259 (36.63%) Python
2 174 (24.61%) Java
3 113 (15.98%) Go
4 100 (14.14%) SQL
5 89 (12.59%) JavaScript
6 67 (9.48%) TypeScript
7 64 (9.05%) Scala
8 21 (2.97%) Bash
8 21 (2.97%) C#
9 18 (2.55%) C++
10 14 (1.98%) Rust
11 8 (1.13%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.71%) C
13 3 (0.42%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.42%) Perl
13 3 (0.42%) PHP
13 3 (0.42%) Ruby
14 2 (0.28%) R
14 2 (0.28%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.14%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 102 (14.43%) Degree
2 97 (13.72%) Security Cleared
3 79 (11.17%) SC Cleared
4 38 (5.37%) AWS Certification
5 30 (4.24%) CISSP
6 27 (3.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 27 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (2.26%) CISM
7 16 (2.26%) CREST Certified
7 16 (2.26%) OSCP
8 13 (1.84%) Azure Certification
9 11 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.27%) DV Cleared
11 7 (0.99%) GIAC
11 7 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.85%) CCSP
12 6 (0.85%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.85%) Dell Certification
13 5 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.71%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.09%) Data Quality
2 34 (4.81%) Accessibility
3 32 (4.53%) NIST
4 29 (4.10%) QA
5 28 (3.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (2.83%) GDPR
7 16 (2.26%) GRC
8 10 (1.41%) SOC 2
9 9 (1.27%) NCSC
10 7 (0.99%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 7 (0.99%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.85%) PMO
12 5 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.42%) SLA
14 2 (0.28%) COBIT
14 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.28%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.28%) NIST 800
14 2 (0.28%) SOC 1
14 2 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 164 (23.20%) Docker
2 13 (1.84%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (1.56%) Active Directory
4 6 (0.85%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.85%) vSphere
5 1 (0.14%) Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 163 (23.06%) Kubernetes
2 160 (22.63%) Terraform
3 75 (10.61%) Grafana
4 38 (5.37%) Ansible
5 18 (2.55%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.70%) Podman
6 12 (1.70%) Puppet
7 11 (1.56%) Istio
8 6 (0.85%) Avamar
8 6 (0.85%) Dell DRAC
8 6 (0.85%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (0.85%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (0.85%) VxRail
9 5 (0.71%) Argo
9 5 (0.71%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.42%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.28%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.28%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 144 (20.37%) Google
2 92 (13.01%) Microsoft
3 45 (6.36%) Typelevel
4 34 (4.81%) Adobe
5 25 (3.54%) Databricks
6 24 (3.39%) Apple
6 24 (3.39%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.84%) Palantir
7 13 (1.84%) VMware
8 12 (1.70%) SAP
9 11 (1.56%) Salesforce
10 10 (1.41%) OpenAI
10 10 (1.41%) Oracle
11 9 (1.27%) Dell
12 8 (1.13%) Atlassian
12 8 (1.13%) Cisco
12 8 (1.13%) Confluent
12 8 (1.13%) Foundry
13 6 (0.85%) 3PAR
13 6 (0.85%) Nimble Storage