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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 71 61
Rank change year-on-year -1 -10 -19
Permanent jobs citing GCP 827 771 963
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.32% 4.59% 4.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.53% 13.44% 10.46%
Number of salaries quoted 481 363 674
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £92,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -2.17% +15.53%
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 8,682 5,737 9,209
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.82% 34.13% 42.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6,375 4,053 6,067
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,738
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 7 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 (1.45%) Apache
1 12 (1.45%) Apache Spark
2 11 (1.33%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (0.97%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.36%) Camunda
4 3 (0.36%) Confluence
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%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 15 (1.81%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.24%) Weka
4 1 (0.12%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 19 (2.30%) Cloudability
2 3 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 657 (79.44%) AWS
2 519 (62.76%) Azure
3 125 (15.11%) SaaS
4 81 (9.79%) Amazon EKS
5 46 (5.56%) GitHub
6 35 (4.23%) Power Platform
7 34 (4.11%) dbt
8 31 (3.75%) GitHub Actions
9 27 (3.26%) Cloud Run
10 24 (2.90%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 24 (2.90%) Snowflake
11 23 (2.78%) AWS CloudFormation
11 23 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
12 22 (2.66%) Serverless
13 19 (2.30%) Anthropic Claude
13 19 (2.30%) Datadog
14 18 (2.18%) Firebase
14 18 (2.18%) Google Analytics
15 17 (2.06%) Cloud Functions
16 16 (1.93%) Amazon Bedrock
Communications & Networking
1 37 (4.47%) Network Security
2 33 (3.99%) Broadband
3 27 (3.26%) TCP/IP
4 18 (2.18%) Firewall
5 16 (1.93%) VPN
6 14 (1.69%) BGP
7 11 (1.33%) 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 (0.48%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.48%) 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%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (7.62%) BigQuery
2 62 (7.50%) PostgreSQL
3 33 (3.99%) Power BI
4 32 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (3.87%) NoSQL
5 28 (3.39%) Looker
6 25 (3.02%) SQL Server
7 23 (2.78%) Metadata
8 22 (2.66%) Semantic Layer
9 21 (2.54%) MongoDB
10 20 (2.42%) Data Lake
11 17 (2.06%) Pinecone
11 17 (2.06%) Tableau
12 16 (1.93%) Chroma
13 14 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
14 13 (1.57%) Relational Database
15 10 (1.21%) MySQL
16 7 (0.85%) Metadata Repository
16 7 (0.85%) Redis
17 6 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 89 (10.76%) TeamCity
2 52 (6.29%) Git
3 46 (5.56%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.69%) GitLab
5 8 (0.97%) Cypress.io
6 7 (0.85%) JIRA
7 6 (0.73%) CircleCI
8 5 (0.60%) JUnit
9 4 (0.48%) Claude Code
9 4 (0.48%) Maven
10 3 (0.36%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.36%) Mockito
10 3 (0.36%) Postman
10 3 (0.36%) Selenium
10 3 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.24%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.24%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.24%) ERwin
11 2 (0.24%) MLflow
11 2 (0.24%) Subversion
General
1 256 (30.96%) Social Skills
2 247 (29.87%) Finance
3 212 (25.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 166 (20.07%) Law
5 164 (19.83%) Banking
6 137 (16.57%) Retail
7 93 (11.25%) Public Sector
8 83 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
9 77 (9.31%) Back Office
10 76 (9.19%) Financial Institution
11 41 (4.96%) Marketing
12 38 (4.59%) Presentation Skills
13 23 (2.78%) Legal
14 14 (1.69%) Front Office
15 9 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (0.97%) Advertising
17 7 (0.85%) French Language
17 7 (0.85%) Telecoms
18 5 (0.60%) Games
19 3 (0.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 234 (28.30%) Senior
2 196 (23.70%) Software Engineer
3 138 (16.69%) Architect
4 79 (9.55%) Lead
5 70 (8.46%) Cloud Engineer
6 58 (7.01%) GCP Engineer
6 58 (7.01%) Python Engineer
7 56 (6.77%) Analyst
8 50 (6.05%) Developer
9 47 (5.68%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 38 (4.59%) Data Engineer
11 34 (4.11%) Lead Software Engineer
12 33 (3.99%) Senior Software Engineer
13 32 (3.87%) Solutions Architect
14 29 (3.51%) Data Architect
14 29 (3.51%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 28 (3.39%) Senior Architect
15 28 (3.39%) Site Engineer
16 27 (3.26%) Security Architect
17 26 (3.14%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 226 (27.33%) Terraform
2 64 (7.74%) React
3 53 (6.41%) LangChain
4 48 (5.80%) Node.js
5 38 (4.59%) REST
6 37 (4.47%) LangGraph
7 35 (4.23%) .NET
8 29 (3.51%) RESTful
9 28 (3.39%) Spring
10 27 (3.26%) PyTorch
11 22 (2.66%) Middleware
11 22 (2.66%) TensorFlow
12 21 (2.54%) Spring Boot
13 20 (2.42%) FastAPI
13 20 (2.42%) Kafka
14 19 (2.30%) scikit-learn
15 18 (2.18%) OAuth
16 17 (2.06%) OAuth2
16 17 (2.06%) OpenID
17 16 (1.93%) NestJS
Miscellaneous
1 239 (28.90%) Cloud Native
2 90 (10.88%) Product Ownership
3 76 (9.19%) Distributed Systems
4 64 (7.74%) AI Agents
5 37 (4.47%) Blog
6 23 (2.78%) Distributed Architecture
7 20 (2.42%) Security Posture
8 17 (2.06%) Public Cloud
9 15 (1.81%) Hedge funds
10 14 (1.69%) Data Centre
10 14 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.69%) Social Media
11 13 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
11 13 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
12 12 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.33%) Data Structures
13 11 (1.33%) Replication
14 10 (1.21%) Mobile App
15 9 (1.09%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 44 (5.32%) Linux
2 18 (2.18%) Unix
3 12 (1.45%) Apple iOS
3 12 (1.45%) Windows
4 6 (0.73%) Android
5 5 (0.60%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.48%) 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 (41.72%) CI/CD
2 294 (35.55%) Software Engineering
3 283 (34.22%) AI
4 269 (32.53%) Mentoring
5 202 (24.43%) Agile
6 193 (23.34%) DevOps
7 148 (17.90%) Infrastructure as Code
8 146 (17.65%) Technical Leadership
9 142 (17.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 138 (16.69%) Test Automation
11 135 (16.32%) Microservices
12 129 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
13 125 (15.11%) Observability
14 123 (14.87%) Roadmaps
15 119 (14.39%) Machine Learning
16 108 (13.06%) Analytics
17 105 (12.70%) Clean Code
18 101 (12.21%) Deployment Automation
19 99 (11.97%) Coaching
20 97 (11.73%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 297 (35.91%) Python
2 200 (24.18%) Java
3 146 (17.65%) SQL
4 76 (9.19%) JavaScript
5 61 (7.38%) TypeScript
6 52 (6.29%) Go
7 37 (4.47%) C#
8 31 (3.75%) Bash
9 23 (2.78%) R
10 18 (2.18%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.69%) Scala
12 11 (1.33%) Rust
13 9 (1.09%) C++
14 6 (0.73%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.60%) Kotlin
16 4 (0.48%) C
16 4 (0.48%) PHP
16 4 (0.48%) Ruby
17 3 (0.36%) VB.NET
18 2 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 127 (15.36%) Security Cleared
2 111 (13.42%) SC Cleared
3 98 (11.85%) Degree
4 51 (6.17%) AWS Certification
5 33 (3.99%) CISSP
6 28 (3.39%) CISM
7 23 (2.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 23 (2.78%) Azure Certification
8 19 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.33%) DV Cleared
10 10 (1.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 10 (1.21%) CCSP
10 10 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (0.85%) CREST Certified
11 7 (0.85%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.73%) Dell Certification
12 6 (0.73%) GIAC
12 6 (0.73%) OSCP
13 5 (0.60%) GCFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (8.10%) Data Quality
2 46 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 41 (4.96%) NIST
4 25 (3.02%) GDPR
5 23 (2.78%) NCSC
6 20 (2.42%) Accessibility
7 19 (2.30%) PCI DSS
8 15 (1.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 10 (1.21%) SOC 2
10 9 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
10 9 (1.09%) QA
11 6 (0.73%) PMO
12 5 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 4 (0.48%) Def Stans
13 4 (0.48%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.48%) SLA
14 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.36%) GRC
14 3 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 142 (17.17%) 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
1 238 (28.78%) Kubernetes
2 114 (13.78%) Grafana
3 33 (3.99%) Ansible
4 25 (3.02%) 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%) 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 (0.60%) CASB
9 4 (0.48%) Cilium
9 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.48%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.36%) linkerd
11 1 (0.12%) QRadar
Vendors
1 193 (23.34%) Google
2 91 (11.00%) Microsoft
3 29 (3.51%) Adobe
4 23 (2.78%) ServiceNow
5 21 (2.54%) Apple
6 20 (2.42%) Databricks
7 17 (2.06%) Dynatrace
8 16 (1.93%) OpenAI
8 16 (1.93%) Splunk
9 15 (1.81%) Informatica
9 15 (1.81%) Okta
9 15 (1.81%) Ping Identity
10 12 (1.45%) New Relic
11 11 (1.33%) Oracle
11 11 (1.33%) SAP
11 11 (1.33%) VMware
12 8 (0.97%) Cisco
13 7 (0.85%) Palo Alto
13 7 (0.85%) Veeam
14 6 (0.73%) Nimble Storage