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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 69 58
Rank change year-on-year -3 -11 -15
Permanent jobs citing GCP 822 773 971
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.31% 4.60% 4.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.55% 13.47% 10.48%
Number of salaries quoted 475 364 682
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £62,917 £65,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,250 £91,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.90% -1.37% +14.90%
75th Percentile £95,000 £136,250 £142,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £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 8,607 5,738 9,261
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.70% 34.16% 42.35%
Number of salaries quoted 6,307 4,055 6,096
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,500
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 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -5.51% +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 8 October 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 12 (1.46%) Apache
2 11 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
2 11 (1.34%) Apache Spark
3 8 (0.97%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.36%) Camunda
4 3 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
5 2 (0.24%) WordPress
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.12%) Appian
6 1 (0.12%) CMS
6 1 (0.12%) Confluence
6 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 14 (1.70%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.24%) Weka
4 1 (0.12%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 19 (2.31%) Cloudability
2 3 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 652 (79.32%) AWS
2 512 (62.29%) Azure
3 128 (15.57%) SaaS
4 84 (10.22%) Amazon EKS
5 47 (5.72%) GitHub
6 35 (4.26%) Power Platform
7 34 (4.14%) dbt
8 32 (3.89%) GitHub Actions
9 27 (3.28%) Cloud Run
10 26 (3.16%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 24 (2.92%) Snowflake
12 23 (2.80%) AWS CloudFormation
13 22 (2.68%) Microsoft 365
14 21 (2.55%) Serverless
15 20 (2.43%) Datadog
16 19 (2.31%) Anthropic Claude
17 18 (2.19%) Firebase
17 18 (2.19%) Google Analytics
18 17 (2.07%) Cloud Functions
19 16 (1.95%) Amazon Bedrock
Communications & Networking
1 38 (4.62%) Network Security
2 33 (4.01%) Broadband
3 29 (3.53%) TCP/IP
4 20 (2.43%) Firewall
5 18 (2.19%) VPN
6 16 (1.95%) BGP
7 11 (1.34%) WAN
8 8 (0.97%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.73%) Fibre Channel
9 6 (0.73%) HTTP
9 6 (0.73%) iSCSI
9 6 (0.73%) VLAN
10 4 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.49%) SSH
11 3 (0.36%) Ethernet VPN
11 3 (0.36%) LAN
11 3 (0.36%) MPLS
11 3 (0.36%) OSPF
11 3 (0.36%) VXLAN
12 2 (0.24%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (7.79%) PostgreSQL
2 63 (7.66%) BigQuery
3 33 (4.01%) Power BI
4 32 (3.89%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (3.89%) NoSQL
5 28 (3.41%) Looker
6 25 (3.04%) SQL Server
7 23 (2.80%) Metadata
8 22 (2.68%) Semantic Layer
9 21 (2.55%) MongoDB
10 20 (2.43%) Data Lake
11 17 (2.07%) Pinecone
11 17 (2.07%) Tableau
12 16 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
12 16 (1.95%) Chroma
13 13 (1.58%) Relational Database
14 10 (1.22%) MySQL
15 7 (0.85%) Metadata Repository
15 7 (0.85%) Redis
16 6 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 92 (11.19%) TeamCity
2 50 (6.08%) Git
3 46 (5.60%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.82%) GitLab
5 8 (0.97%) Cypress.io
6 6 (0.73%) CircleCI
7 5 (0.61%) JUnit
8 4 (0.49%) Claude Code
8 4 (0.49%) JIRA
8 4 (0.49%) Maven
9 3 (0.36%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.36%) Mockito
9 3 (0.36%) Postman
9 3 (0.36%) Selenium
9 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.24%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.24%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.24%) ERwin
10 2 (0.24%) MLflow
10 2 (0.24%) Subversion
General
1 256 (31.14%) Social Skills
2 247 (30.05%) Finance
3 213 (25.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 167 (20.32%) Law
5 163 (19.83%) Banking
6 138 (16.79%) Retail
7 93 (11.31%) Public Sector
8 82 (9.98%) Analytical Skills
9 80 (9.73%) Back Office
10 79 (9.61%) Financial Institution
11 41 (4.99%) Marketing
12 38 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (2.55%) Legal
14 14 (1.70%) Front Office
15 9 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (0.85%) French Language
16 7 (0.85%) Telecoms
17 6 (0.73%) Advertising
18 5 (0.61%) Games
19 3 (0.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 236 (28.71%) Senior
2 196 (23.84%) Software Engineer
3 135 (16.42%) Architect
4 79 (9.61%) Lead
5 71 (8.64%) Cloud Engineer
6 60 (7.30%) GCP Engineer
7 57 (6.93%) Python Engineer
8 56 (6.81%) Analyst
9 51 (6.20%) Developer
10 47 (5.72%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 38 (4.62%) Data Engineer
12 34 (4.14%) Lead Software Engineer
12 34 (4.14%) Senior Software Engineer
13 31 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
14 29 (3.53%) Data Architect
14 29 (3.53%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 28 (3.41%) Senior Architect
15 28 (3.41%) Site Engineer
16 27 (3.28%) Java Engineer
17 26 (3.16%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 229 (27.86%) Terraform
2 64 (7.79%) React
3 53 (6.45%) LangChain
4 48 (5.84%) Node.js
5 39 (4.74%) REST
6 37 (4.50%) LangGraph
7 34 (4.14%) .NET
8 28 (3.41%) RESTful
8 28 (3.41%) Spring
9 26 (3.16%) PyTorch
10 21 (2.55%) Middleware
10 21 (2.55%) Spring Boot
10 21 (2.55%) TensorFlow
11 20 (2.43%) FastAPI
11 20 (2.43%) Kafka
12 18 (2.19%) OAuth
12 18 (2.19%) scikit-learn
13 17 (2.07%) OAuth2
13 17 (2.07%) OpenID
14 16 (1.95%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 240 (29.20%) Cloud Native
2 86 (10.46%) Product Ownership
3 79 (9.61%) Distributed Systems
4 63 (7.66%) AI Agents
5 39 (4.74%) Blog
6 22 (2.68%) Distributed Architecture
7 21 (2.55%) Security Posture
8 17 (2.07%) Public Cloud
9 15 (1.82%) Hedge funds
10 14 (1.70%) Data Centre
10 14 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.70%) Social Media
11 13 (1.58%) Cyber Threat
11 13 (1.58%) Greenfield Project
12 12 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.34%) Data Structures
13 11 (1.34%) Replication
14 10 (1.22%) Management Information System
14 10 (1.22%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 44 (5.35%) Linux
2 18 (2.19%) Unix
3 12 (1.46%) Apple iOS
3 12 (1.46%) Windows
4 6 (0.73%) Android
5 5 (0.61%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.49%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.12%) CentOS
7 1 (0.12%) Debian
7 1 (0.12%) Solaris
7 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (41.97%) CI/CD
2 293 (35.64%) Software Engineering
3 283 (34.43%) AI
4 269 (32.73%) Mentoring
5 197 (23.97%) Agile
6 190 (23.11%) DevOps
7 149 (18.13%) Infrastructure as Code
8 144 (17.52%) Technical Leadership
9 140 (17.03%) Continuous Improvement
9 140 (17.03%) Test Automation
10 135 (16.42%) Microservices
11 130 (15.82%) Problem-Solving
12 126 (15.33%) Observability
13 118 (14.36%) Machine Learning
14 117 (14.23%) Roadmaps
15 105 (12.77%) Analytics
15 105 (12.77%) Clean Code
16 101 (12.29%) Deployment Automation
17 99 (12.04%) Coaching
18 98 (11.92%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 298 (36.25%) Python
2 200 (24.33%) Java
3 147 (17.88%) SQL
4 74 (9.00%) JavaScript
5 59 (7.18%) TypeScript
6 54 (6.57%) Go
7 36 (4.38%) C#
8 31 (3.77%) Bash
9 23 (2.80%) R
10 18 (2.19%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.70%) Scala
12 11 (1.34%) Rust
13 8 (0.97%) C++
14 6 (0.73%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.61%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.49%) C
16 4 (0.49%) PHP
16 4 (0.49%) Ruby
17 3 (0.36%) VB.NET
18 2 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 126 (15.33%) Security Cleared
2 110 (13.38%) SC Cleared
3 98 (11.92%) Degree
4 50 (6.08%) AWS Certification
5 34 (4.14%) CISSP
6 29 (3.53%) CISM
7 23 (2.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 22 (2.68%) Azure Certification
9 19 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (1.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 11 (1.34%) CCSP
11 11 (1.34%) DV Cleared
12 9 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.85%) CREST Certified
13 7 (0.85%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.73%) Dell Certification
14 6 (0.73%) GIAC
14 6 (0.73%) OSCP
15 5 (0.61%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (7.91%) Data Quality
2 47 (5.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 42 (5.11%) NIST
4 25 (3.04%) GDPR
5 23 (2.80%) NCSC
6 21 (2.55%) PCI DSS
7 20 (2.43%) Accessibility
8 15 (1.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 12 (1.46%) SOC 2
10 9 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.97%) QA
12 6 (0.73%) PMO
13 5 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 4 (0.49%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.49%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.49%) SLA
15 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.36%) GRC
15 3 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 143 (17.40%) Docker
2 9 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (0.97%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.73%) vSphere
5 2 (0.24%) Firmware
5 2 (0.24%) KVM
6 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 241 (29.32%) Kubernetes
2 118 (14.36%) Grafana
3 33 (4.01%) Ansible
4 25 (3.04%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.97%) Puppet
6 7 (0.85%) Istio
6 7 (0.85%) Podman
7 6 (0.73%) Argo
7 6 (0.73%) Avamar
7 6 (0.73%) Cilium
7 6 (0.73%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (0.73%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.73%) VxRail
8 5 (0.61%) CASB
9 4 (0.49%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.36%) linkerd
10 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
11 1 (0.12%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 194 (23.60%) Google
2 90 (10.95%) Microsoft
3 29 (3.53%) Adobe
4 23 (2.80%) ServiceNow
5 21 (2.55%) Apple
6 20 (2.43%) Databricks
7 17 (2.07%) Dynatrace
8 16 (1.95%) OpenAI
8 16 (1.95%) Splunk
9 15 (1.82%) Informatica
9 15 (1.82%) Okta
9 15 (1.82%) Ping Identity
10 12 (1.46%) New Relic
11 11 (1.34%) Oracle
11 11 (1.34%) SAP
11 11 (1.34%) VMware
12 8 (0.97%) Cisco
13 7 (0.85%) Palo Alto
13 7 (0.85%) Veeam
14 6 (0.73%) Nimble Storage