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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 55 48
Rank change year-on-year -32 -7 +8
Permanent jobs citing GCP 502 951 1,335
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.21% 4.78% 6.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.98% 10.78% 12.72%
Number of salaries quoted 391 669 1,083
10th Percentile £47,500 £57,250 £46,306
25th Percentile £67,500 £70,750 £61,180
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £87,500 £79,632
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +9.88% +6.18%
75th Percentile £132,500 £126,250 £98,750
90th Percentile £142,500 £147,500 £132,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £83,230 £79,632
% change year-on-year -3.88% +4.52% +1.91%

All Cloud 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 5,591 8,823 10,493
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.73% 44.36% 47.96%
Number of salaries quoted 4,199 5,724 8,959
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +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 15 November 2025.

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 82 (16.33%) Apache Airflow
2 15 (2.99%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.59%) Apache
4 9 (1.79%) Confluence
5 8 (1.59%) IIS
6 3 (0.60%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.40%) Luigi
7 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.20%) MetaMask
8 1 (0.20%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.60%) Trello
3 1 (0.20%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.80%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.20%) Magento
2 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 448 (89.24%) AWS
2 341 (67.93%) Azure
3 105 (20.92%) SaaS
4 86 (17.13%) dbt
5 47 (9.36%) GitHub
6 34 (6.77%) Power Platform
7 27 (5.38%) GitHub Actions
8 26 (5.18%) AWS CloudFormation
9 20 (3.98%) PaaS
9 20 (3.98%) Snowflake
10 19 (3.78%) OCI
10 19 (3.78%) Serverless
11 18 (3.59%) Amazon EKS
12 16 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (2.79%) IaaS
14 12 (2.39%) Amazon ECS
15 11 (2.19%) OpenShift
16 10 (1.99%) Azure Service Bus
16 10 (1.99%) Fivetran
17 9 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.98%) Firewall
2 20 (3.98%) VPN
3 17 (3.39%) Network Security
4 16 (3.19%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.99%) DNS
5 10 (1.99%) WAN
6 9 (1.79%) BGP
6 9 (1.79%) LAN
7 7 (1.39%) VLAN
8 6 (1.20%) Broadband
8 6 (1.20%) OSPF
9 5 (1.00%) DHCP
9 5 (1.00%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.80%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (0.60%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (0.60%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.60%) Kerberos
12 1 (0.20%) Cisco ASA
12 1 (0.20%) NAS
12 1 (0.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 114 (22.71%) PostgreSQL
2 63 (12.55%) Amazon Athena
3 60 (11.95%) Apache Arrow
3 60 (11.95%) Apache Iceberg
3 60 (11.95%) Dremio
4 46 (9.16%) NoSQL
5 38 (7.57%) Data Warehouse
6 33 (6.57%) BigQuery
7 32 (6.37%) Power BI
8 23 (4.58%) Tableau
9 22 (4.38%) MongoDB
10 20 (3.98%) SQL Server
11 17 (3.39%) Data Lake
12 15 (2.99%) MySQL
13 13 (2.59%) Elasticsearch
13 13 (2.59%) Metadata
14 12 (2.39%) Redis
15 10 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
16 8 (1.59%) Amazon Redshift
16 8 (1.59%) Looker
Development Applications
1 34 (6.77%) Git
2 25 (4.98%) GitLab
3 21 (4.18%) Jenkins
4 18 (3.59%) JIRA
4 18 (3.59%) TeamCity
5 5 (1.00%) git-flow
5 5 (1.00%) Subversion
6 4 (0.80%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.80%) CircleCI
6 4 (0.80%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.80%) ER Studio
6 4 (0.80%) ERwin
6 4 (0.80%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (0.60%) JUnit
7 3 (0.60%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.40%) MLflow
8 2 (0.40%) Mocha
8 2 (0.40%) Mockito
8 2 (0.40%) webpack
9 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
General
1 209 (41.63%) Finance
2 161 (32.07%) Social Skills
3 76 (15.14%) Front Office
4 49 (9.76%) Retail
5 44 (8.76%) Banking
6 43 (8.57%) Law
7 41 (8.17%) Analytical Skills
8 30 (5.98%) Financial Institution
9 29 (5.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 28 (5.58%) Telecoms
11 25 (4.98%) Public Sector
12 23 (4.58%) Back Office
13 20 (3.98%) Marketing
14 18 (3.59%) Legal
15 15 (2.99%) Manufacturing
16 14 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (1.39%) Electronics
17 7 (1.39%) Tech for Good
18 6 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 147 (29.28%) Developer
2 123 (24.50%) Software Engineer
3 119 (23.71%) Senior
4 81 (16.14%) Architect
5 76 (15.14%) Developer/Software Engineer
6 63 (12.55%) AWS Engineer
6 63 (12.55%) Python Engineer
7 60 (11.95%) AWS Developer
7 60 (11.95%) AWS Software Engineer
8 55 (10.96%) Python Software Engineer
9 52 (10.36%) Python Developer
10 51 (10.16%) Lead
11 36 (7.17%) Full-Stack Developer
12 34 (6.77%) Engineering Manager
13 33 (6.57%) Software Developer
14 32 (6.37%) Solutions Architect
15 31 (6.18%) .NET Developer
16 30 (5.98%) .NET Software Developer
17 28 (5.58%) Data Engineer
18 23 (4.58%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (28.09%) React
2 110 (21.91%) Node.js
3 83 (16.53%) Vue
4 79 (15.74%) AngularJS
5 73 (14.54%) .NET
6 70 (13.94%) Pandas
7 65 (12.95%) NumPy
8 60 (11.95%) SciPy
9 59 (11.75%) Kafka
10 35 (6.97%) RESTful
11 22 (4.38%) Django
11 22 (4.38%) REST
12 20 (3.98%) RabbitMQ
12 20 (3.98%) Redux
13 18 (3.59%) CSS
14 17 (3.39%) FastAPI
14 17 (3.39%) Spring
14 17 (3.39%) Spring Boot
15 16 (3.19%) Flask
15 16 (3.19%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 101 (20.12%) Cloud Native
2 76 (15.14%) Fixed Income
3 70 (13.94%) Equities
3 70 (13.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 46 (9.16%) Distributed Systems
5 29 (5.78%) Management Information System
6 25 (4.98%) Product Ownership
7 24 (4.78%) Public Cloud
8 11 (2.19%) Algorithms
9 10 (1.99%) Private Cloud
10 8 (1.59%) Data Centre
10 8 (1.59%) Data Structures
10 8 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.39%) Blog
11 7 (1.39%) Distributed Architecture
11 7 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.20%) Reinsurance
13 5 (1.00%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (1.00%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 39 (7.77%) Linux
2 29 (5.78%) Windows
3 17 (3.39%) Unix
4 6 (1.20%) Android
4 6 (1.20%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.80%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.40%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.40%) CentOS
6 2 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (45.42%) Agile
2 189 (37.65%) Software Engineering
3 182 (36.25%) CI/CD
4 156 (31.08%) DevOps
5 123 (24.50%) AI
6 100 (19.92%) Problem-Solving
7 93 (18.53%) Microservices
8 92 (18.33%) Fintech
9 91 (18.13%) Infrastructure as Code
10 83 (16.53%) Roadmaps
11 76 (15.14%) Investment Management
12 72 (14.34%) Asset Management
13 71 (14.14%) Containerisation
14 70 (13.94%) Mentoring
14 70 (13.94%) Risk Management
15 66 (13.15%) Order Management
16 64 (12.75%) Analytics
17 60 (11.95%) Performance Attribution
18 59 (11.75%) Computer Science
19 55 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 209 (41.63%) Python
2 153 (30.48%) TypeScript
3 143 (28.49%) JavaScript
4 107 (21.31%) Java
5 102 (20.32%) SQL
6 49 (9.76%) C#
7 22 (4.38%) Go
8 19 (3.78%) Bash
9 13 (2.59%) PowerShell
9 13 (2.59%) Scala
10 9 (1.79%) R
11 7 (1.39%) Kotlin
11 7 (1.39%) T-SQL
12 6 (1.20%) PHP
13 5 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.60%) C++
14 3 (0.60%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.40%) Bicep
15 2 (0.40%) Ruby
16 1 (0.20%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 67 (13.35%) Degree
2 45 (8.96%) Security Cleared
3 43 (8.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 38 (7.57%) SC Cleared
5 25 (4.98%) AWS Certification
5 25 (4.98%) Azure Certification
6 15 (2.99%) Master's Degree
7 13 (2.59%) DV Cleared
8 11 (2.19%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 9 (1.79%) TOGAF Certification
10 8 (1.59%) DBS Check
11 6 (1.20%) OSCP
12 5 (1.00%) PhD
13 4 (0.80%) CREST Certified
13 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.80%) OSCE
14 3 (0.60%) CCNP
14 3 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.60%) CISSP
14 3 (0.60%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.77%) GDPR
2 26 (5.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (3.78%) Data Quality
4 17 (3.39%) NIST
5 14 (2.79%) QA
6 12 (2.39%) SOC 2
7 11 (2.19%) HIPAA
8 9 (1.79%) GRC
9 7 (1.39%) Accessibility
9 7 (1.39%) PCI DSS
10 6 (1.20%) EU AI Act
11 5 (1.00%) SLA
12 4 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 2 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.40%) ISO 14001
14 2 (0.40%) ISO 26262
14 2 (0.40%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 99 (19.72%) Docker
2 11 (2.19%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.60%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.40%) Firmware
5 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.20%) HDFS
6 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 130 (25.90%) Kubernetes
2 95 (18.92%) Terraform
3 51 (10.16%) Ansible
4 34 (6.77%) Grafana
5 21 (4.18%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.20%) Argo
7 5 (1.00%) Puppet
8 4 (0.80%) Cilium
8 4 (0.80%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.80%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.40%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.20%) cPanel
10 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.20%) Icinga
10 1 (0.20%) Nagios
10 1 (0.20%) Nmap
10 1 (0.20%) Plesk
10 1 (0.20%) Rancher
10 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 110 (21.91%) Google
2 31 (6.18%) Microsoft
3 18 (3.59%) Databricks
4 12 (2.39%) Talend
5 10 (1.99%) Informatica
5 10 (1.99%) SAP
6 9 (1.79%) Alteryx
6 9 (1.79%) Oracle
6 9 (1.79%) VMware
6 9 (1.79%) Zoho
7 8 (1.59%) IBM
8 6 (1.20%) Cisco
9 5 (1.00%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.00%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.00%) Sage
9 5 (1.00%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.00%) Xamarin
10 4 (0.80%) Dell
10 4 (0.80%) HubSpot
10 4 (0.80%) Splunk