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

 6 months to
10 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 47 67
Rank change year-on-year -9 +20 -25
Permanent jobs citing GCP 684 737 1,312
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.95% 5.68% 4.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.23% 12.26% 9.43%
Number of salaries quoted 358 609 1,096
10th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £61,180
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,338 £85,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.37% +9.68% +1.46%
75th Percentile £97,188 £108,750 £104,436
90th Percentile £132,500 £137,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +3.23% -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 6,688 6,011 13,920
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.65% 46.29% 43.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4,513 4,695 12,065
10th Percentile £33,585 £33,600 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -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 10 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 (7.02%) Apache Airflow
2 28 (4.09%) Apache Spark
3 17 (2.49%) Confluence
4 7 (1.02%) Apache
5 5 (0.73%) Apache Pulsar
6 3 (0.44%) CMS
6 3 (0.44%) IIS
6 3 (0.44%) Palantir Foundry
6 3 (0.44%) SAS
6 3 (0.44%) WordPress
7 2 (0.29%) 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 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (0.58%) Trello
2 3 (0.44%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.15%) Notion
Business Applications
1 5 (0.73%) Cloudability
2 2 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.29%) Shopify
3 1 (0.15%) Magento
3 1 (0.15%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 579 (84.65%) AWS
2 423 (61.84%) Azure
3 97 (14.18%) SaaS
4 67 (9.80%) Amazon EKS
5 44 (6.43%) GitHub
6 39 (5.70%) dbt
7 32 (4.68%) AWS CloudFormation
7 32 (4.68%) Snowflake
8 30 (4.39%) Power Platform
8 30 (4.39%) Serverless
9 25 (3.65%) Entra ID
9 25 (3.65%) GitHub Actions
9 25 (3.65%) Vertex AI
10 24 (3.51%) Amazon ECS
11 22 (3.22%) Google Analytics
12 19 (2.78%) Dagster
13 16 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (2.34%) Azure Machine Learning
13 16 (2.34%) Figma
13 16 (2.34%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 72 (10.53%) Broadband
2 22 (3.22%) Firewall
3 18 (2.63%) Network Security
4 17 (2.49%) TCP/IP
5 16 (2.34%) DNS
6 14 (2.05%) WAN
7 13 (1.90%) LAN
8 10 (1.46%) VPN
9 8 (1.17%) Internet
10 7 (1.02%) LTE
10 7 (1.02%) SD-WAN
10 7 (1.02%) SSL
11 5 (0.73%) DHCP
12 4 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.58%) MQTT
12 4 (0.58%) Wireless
13 3 (0.44%) Modbus
13 3 (0.44%) SCCP
13 3 (0.44%) WLAN
14 2 (0.29%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (12.43%) BigQuery
2 76 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
3 49 (7.16%) NoSQL
4 37 (5.41%) Data Warehouse
4 37 (5.41%) Metadata
5 29 (4.24%) Elasticsearch
6 28 (4.09%) Looker
7 25 (3.65%) Tableau
8 24 (3.51%) Power BI
9 23 (3.36%) MongoDB
10 18 (2.63%) Data Lake
11 17 (2.49%) Amazon Redshift
11 17 (2.49%) Redis
11 17 (2.49%) Relational Database
12 16 (2.34%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (1.90%) Semantic Layer
13 13 (1.90%) SQL Server
14 12 (1.75%) MySQL
15 10 (1.46%) Apache Iceberg
15 10 (1.46%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 57 (8.33%) TeamCity
2 42 (6.14%) Git
3 30 (4.39%) GitLab
4 28 (4.09%) JIRA
5 18 (2.63%) Jenkins
6 14 (2.05%) CircleCI
7 12 (1.75%) MLflow
8 9 (1.32%) Subversion
9 8 (1.17%) Bitbucket
9 8 (1.17%) Cypress.io
10 7 (1.02%) Storybook
11 3 (0.44%) git-flow
11 3 (0.44%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.29%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.29%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.29%) TestRail
12 2 (0.29%) Zephyr
13 1 (0.15%) ER Studio
13 1 (0.15%) Gradle
13 1 (0.15%) Vagrant
General
1 218 (31.87%) Social Skills
2 193 (28.22%) Finance
3 144 (21.05%) Law
4 126 (18.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 113 (16.52%) Banking
6 102 (14.91%) Retail
7 80 (11.70%) Public Sector
8 58 (8.48%) Analytical Skills
9 55 (8.04%) Financial Institution
10 51 (7.46%) Back Office
11 39 (5.70%) Telecoms
12 31 (4.53%) Legal
13 22 (3.22%) Marketing
14 18 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
15 17 (2.49%) Front Office
15 17 (2.49%) Manufacturing
16 11 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
16 11 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
18 5 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 211 (30.85%) Senior
2 152 (22.22%) Software Engineer
3 100 (14.62%) Architect
4 77 (11.26%) Lead
5 63 (9.21%) Developer
6 50 (7.31%) Data Engineer
7 40 (5.85%) Consultant
8 39 (5.70%) Senior Software Engineer
9 36 (5.26%) Analyst
10 33 (4.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 31 (4.53%) Solutions Architect
12 30 (4.39%) Scala Engineer
13 28 (4.09%) Lead Software Engineer
14 27 (3.95%) Data Architect
14 27 (3.95%) Senior Consultant
15 26 (3.80%) Cloud Engineer
16 25 (3.65%) Python Engineer
17 23 (3.36%) Senior Architect
18 22 (3.22%) Java Engineer
18 22 (3.22%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (15.35%) React
2 71 (10.38%) Kafka
3 64 (9.36%) gRPC
3 64 (9.36%) Node.js
4 43 (6.29%) RESTful
5 40 (5.85%) Django
6 36 (5.26%) REST
7 30 (4.39%) .NET
8 23 (3.36%) Redux
9 22 (3.22%) OAuth
10 20 (2.92%) CSS
10 20 (2.92%) HTML
10 20 (2.92%) Spring
11 19 (2.78%) Vue
12 18 (2.63%) FastAPI
12 18 (2.63%) React Native
13 17 (2.49%) PyTorch
13 17 (2.49%) TensorFlow
14 16 (2.34%) AngularJS
15 15 (2.19%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 179 (26.17%) Cloud Native
2 103 (15.06%) Distributed Systems
3 74 (10.82%) Product Ownership
4 47 (6.87%) Video\Live Streaming
5 45 (6.58%) Over-the-Top Content
6 30 (4.39%) Blog
7 26 (3.80%) Security Posture
8 23 (3.36%) Public Cloud
9 22 (3.22%) Data Structures
9 22 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
10 21 (3.07%) Distributed Architecture
11 20 (2.92%) Management Information System
12 19 (2.78%) Onboarding
13 17 (2.49%) Mobile App
14 16 (2.34%) Fixed Income
15 15 (2.19%) AI Agents
16 11 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
16 11 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
17 10 (1.46%) Cyberattack
17 10 (1.46%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 50 (7.31%) Linux
2 30 (4.39%) Windows
3 26 (3.80%) Android
4 19 (2.78%) Unix
5 17 (2.49%) Apple iOS
6 8 (1.17%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.88%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.29%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.15%) CentOS
9 1 (0.15%) Debian
9 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 311 (45.47%) CI/CD
2 249 (36.40%) Software Engineering
3 198 (28.95%) DevOps
4 188 (27.49%) Agile
5 185 (27.05%) Microservices
6 168 (24.56%) Containerisation
7 161 (23.54%) AI
8 155 (22.66%) Mentoring
9 143 (20.91%) Clean Code
10 128 (18.71%) Machine Learning
11 127 (18.57%) Problem-Solving
12 124 (18.13%) Roadmaps
13 122 (17.84%) Coaching
14 118 (17.25%) Test Automation
15 116 (16.96%) Infrastructure as Code
16 109 (15.94%) Continuous Improvement
17 96 (14.04%) Analytics
18 94 (13.74%) Data Science
19 89 (13.01%) Computer Science
20 83 (12.13%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 253 (36.99%) Python
2 172 (25.15%) Java
3 122 (17.84%) Go
4 110 (16.08%) SQL
5 84 (12.28%) JavaScript
6 82 (11.99%) TypeScript
7 64 (9.36%) Scala
8 29 (4.24%) Bash
8 29 (4.24%) C#
9 20 (2.92%) C++
10 15 (2.19%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.46%) Rust
12 7 (1.02%) PHP
13 6 (0.88%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.73%) Ruby
15 4 (0.58%) C
16 3 (0.44%) Objective-C
16 3 (0.44%) Perl
17 2 (0.29%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 129 (18.86%) Degree
2 87 (12.72%) Security Cleared
3 78 (11.40%) SC Cleared
4 61 (8.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.78%) AWS Certification
5 19 (2.78%) CISSP
6 18 (2.63%) CREST Certified
6 18 (2.63%) OSCP
7 16 (2.34%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (1.17%) CISM
9 8 (1.17%) DV Cleared
9 8 (1.17%) OSCE
10 7 (1.02%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (0.88%) GIAC
11 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (0.73%) GPEN
12 5 (0.73%) ISACA
12 5 (0.73%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.26%) QA
2 34 (4.97%) Accessibility
3 33 (4.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 29 (4.24%) GDPR
5 23 (3.36%) Data Quality
5 23 (3.36%) NIST
6 21 (3.07%) GRC
7 16 (2.34%) SOC 2
8 14 (2.05%) PCI DSS
9 9 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.88%) EU AI Act
10 6 (0.88%) SLA
11 4 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
11 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 2 (0.29%) ISO 26262
13 2 (0.29%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.29%) NCSC
13 2 (0.29%) SEPA
13 2 (0.29%) SOC 1
System Software
1 188 (27.49%) Docker
2 17 (2.49%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.15%) Firmware
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 187 (27.34%) Kubernetes
2 175 (25.58%) Terraform
3 82 (11.99%) Grafana
4 46 (6.73%) Ansible
5 28 (4.09%) Prometheus
6 9 (1.32%) Puppet
7 8 (1.17%) Argo
7 8 (1.17%) Istio
7 8 (1.17%) Podman
7 8 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.73%) AWS Copilot
9 4 (0.58%) Cilium
10 3 (0.44%) cPanel
10 3 (0.44%) Plesk
11 2 (0.29%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
11 2 (0.29%) Opsgenie
12 1 (0.15%) CASB
12 1 (0.15%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.15%) Rancher
Vendors
1 154 (22.51%) Google
2 72 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 45 (6.58%) Typelevel
4 26 (3.80%) Databricks
5 15 (2.19%) Adobe
6 13 (1.90%) Atlassian
6 13 (1.90%) Palantir
6 13 (1.90%) SAP
7 11 (1.61%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.32%) OpenAI
8 9 (1.32%) Oracle
8 9 (1.32%) VMware
9 8 (1.17%) Confluent
9 8 (1.17%) Foundry
9 8 (1.17%) Splunk
10 7 (1.02%) Apple
11 6 (0.88%) Informatica
12 5 (0.73%) Cisco
12 5 (0.73%) Ericsson
12 5 (0.73%) Nokia
308 hybrid/remote GCP jobs