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 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 57 74
Rank change year-on-year -12 +17 -39
Permanent jobs citing GCP 794 900 1,058
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.66% 5.46% 3.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.40% 14.79% 8.82%
Number of salaries quoted 428 468 876
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,253 £87,610
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% -2.69% +9.51%
75th Percentile £93,750 £125,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £137,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% -3.03% +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 8,446 6,086 12,000
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.98% 36.92% 41.24%
Number of salaries quoted 6,030 4,483 9,784
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,599 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -2.44% -5.38%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -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 22 July 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 26 (3.27%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (1.76%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.50%) Apache
3 4 (0.50%) Confluence
4 3 (0.38%) CMS
4 3 (0.38%) SAS
5 2 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.25%) Camunda
5 2 (0.25%) WordPress
6 1 (0.13%) Appian
6 1 (0.13%) Drupal
6 1 (0.13%) IIS
6 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.13%) nginx
6 1 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.13%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.13%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (3.02%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.25%) Shopify
4 1 (0.13%) Magento
4 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 638 (80.35%) AWS
2 474 (59.70%) Azure
3 88 (11.08%) SaaS
4 70 (8.82%) Amazon EKS
5 33 (4.16%) Cloud Run
6 29 (3.65%) GitHub
6 29 (3.65%) Serverless
7 27 (3.40%) Power Platform
8 26 (3.27%) dbt
9 23 (2.90%) Snowflake
10 22 (2.77%) Cloud Functions
11 19 (2.39%) Anthropic Claude
11 19 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (2.39%) GitHub Actions
11 19 (2.39%) Google Analytics
11 19 (2.39%) PaaS
12 18 (2.27%) Entra ID
12 18 (2.27%) Vertex AI
13 17 (2.14%) Amazon ECS
14 16 (2.02%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 98 (12.34%) Broadband
2 30 (3.78%) Network Security
3 18 (2.27%) Firewall
4 17 (2.14%) WAN
5 13 (1.64%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.51%) DNS
6 12 (1.51%) LAN
7 10 (1.26%) SD-WAN
8 9 (1.13%) VPN
9 8 (1.01%) LTE
10 7 (0.88%) Internet
11 6 (0.76%) DHCP
11 6 (0.76%) Fibre Channel
11 6 (0.76%) iSCSI
12 5 (0.63%) MQTT
13 4 (0.50%) SSH
14 3 (0.38%) BGP
14 3 (0.38%) MPLS
14 3 (0.38%) SSL
14 3 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (9.95%) BigQuery
2 63 (7.93%) PostgreSQL
3 33 (4.16%) Data Warehouse
4 30 (3.78%) NoSQL
5 27 (3.40%) MongoDB
6 25 (3.15%) Semantic Layer
7 24 (3.02%) Data Lake
7 24 (3.02%) Power BI
8 22 (2.77%) Looker
8 22 (2.77%) Metadata
9 20 (2.52%) Relational Database
10 19 (2.39%) Pinecone
11 14 (1.76%) Amazon Redshift
12 13 (1.64%) SQL Server
13 10 (1.26%) Tableau
14 9 (1.13%) Elasticsearch
14 9 (1.13%) Redis
15 7 (0.88%) MySQL
16 6 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
16 6 (0.76%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 59 (7.43%) TeamCity
2 48 (6.05%) Git
3 41 (5.16%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.89%) JIRA
5 13 (1.64%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.51%) CircleCI
7 10 (1.26%) GitLab
8 4 (0.50%) MLflow
9 3 (0.38%) Postman
9 3 (0.38%) Selenium
9 3 (0.38%) TestRail
9 3 (0.38%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.25%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.25%) JUnit
10 2 (0.25%) Subversion
11 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.13%) ERwin
11 1 (0.13%) JMeter
11 1 (0.13%) Maven
11 1 (0.13%) Vagrant
General
1 213 (26.83%) Social Skills
2 210 (26.45%) Finance
3 183 (23.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 154 (19.40%) Law
5 122 (15.37%) Banking
6 98 (12.34%) Retail
7 80 (10.08%) Public Sector
8 54 (6.80%) Analytical Skills
9 48 (6.05%) Back Office
9 48 (6.05%) Financial Institution
10 30 (3.78%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (3.02%) Legal
12 16 (2.02%) Front Office
12 16 (2.02%) Marketing
13 7 (0.88%) Legal Technology
13 7 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (0.76%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.63%) Advertising
15 5 (0.63%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.50%) French Language
Job Titles
1 225 (28.34%) Senior
2 180 (22.67%) Software Engineer
3 125 (15.74%) Architect
4 79 (9.95%) Lead
5 65 (8.19%) Developer
6 62 (7.81%) Cloud Engineer
7 53 (6.68%) Data Engineer
8 49 (6.17%) Analyst
9 43 (5.42%) GCP Engineer
10 41 (5.16%) Solutions Architect
11 36 (4.53%) Lead Software Engineer
12 35 (4.41%) Consultant
13 34 (4.28%) Senior Software Engineer
14 32 (4.03%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 32 (4.03%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 31 (3.90%) Python Engineer
15 31 (3.90%) Senior Analyst
16 30 (3.78%) Scala Engineer
16 30 (3.78%) Senior Architect
17 27 (3.40%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (10.96%) React
2 63 (7.93%) Node.js
3 49 (6.17%) gRPC
4 46 (5.79%) Kafka
5 38 (4.79%) REST
6 37 (4.66%) LangChain
7 27 (3.40%) Django
8 25 (3.15%) .NET
9 24 (3.02%) FastAPI
9 24 (3.02%) LangGraph
10 23 (2.90%) OAuth
11 22 (2.77%) PyTorch
11 22 (2.77%) Spring
11 22 (2.77%) TensorFlow
12 20 (2.52%) RESTful
13 19 (2.39%) OpenID
14 18 (2.27%) Spring Boot
15 17 (2.14%) AngularJS
15 17 (2.14%) SAML
15 17 (2.14%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 219 (27.58%) Cloud Native
2 88 (11.08%) Distributed Systems
3 85 (10.71%) Product Ownership
4 46 (5.79%) Over-the-Top Content
4 46 (5.79%) Video\Live Streaming
5 40 (5.04%) AI Agents
6 25 (3.15%) Blog
6 25 (3.15%) Security Posture
7 22 (2.77%) Data Structures
7 22 (2.77%) Distributed Architecture
8 20 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
9 19 (2.39%) Onboarding
9 19 (2.39%) Public Cloud
10 18 (2.27%) Management Information System
11 17 (2.14%) Social Media
12 16 (2.02%) Fixed Income
13 13 (1.64%) Mobile App
14 12 (1.51%) Data Centre
15 10 (1.26%) Cyberattack
15 10 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.67%) Linux
2 17 (2.14%) Windows
3 12 (1.51%) Unix
4 9 (1.13%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.01%) Android
5 8 (1.01%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.13%) CentOS
6 1 (0.13%) Debian
6 1 (0.13%) Solaris
6 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (42.32%) CI/CD
2 297 (37.41%) Software Engineering
3 227 (28.59%) Mentoring
4 224 (28.21%) Agile
5 218 (27.46%) AI
6 177 (22.29%) DevOps
7 170 (21.41%) Microservices
8 159 (20.03%) Containerisation
9 147 (18.51%) Machine Learning
10 143 (18.01%) Roadmaps
10 143 (18.01%) Test Automation
11 136 (17.13%) Clean Code
12 133 (16.75%) Technical Leadership
13 130 (16.37%) Coaching
14 127 (15.99%) Problem-Solving
15 124 (15.62%) Infrastructure as Code
16 117 (14.74%) Continuous Improvement
17 91 (11.46%) Data Science
18 90 (11.34%) Observability
19 89 (11.21%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 300 (37.78%) Python
2 180 (22.67%) Java
3 116 (14.61%) SQL
4 100 (12.59%) JavaScript
5 96 (12.09%) Go
6 62 (7.81%) Scala
7 60 (7.56%) TypeScript
8 26 (3.27%) C#
9 20 (2.52%) Bash
10 16 (2.02%) C++
10 16 (2.02%) Rust
11 11 (1.39%) PowerShell
12 6 (0.76%) C
13 5 (0.63%) Ruby
14 4 (0.50%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.50%) PHP
15 3 (0.38%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.38%) Perl
15 3 (0.38%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.25%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 115 (14.48%) Security Cleared
2 105 (13.22%) Degree
3 96 (12.09%) SC Cleared
4 43 (5.42%) AWS Certification
5 38 (4.79%) CISSP
6 29 (3.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 24 (3.02%) CISM
8 22 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (2.27%) Azure Certification
10 12 (1.51%) CREST Certified
10 12 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (1.51%) OSCP
11 11 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (1.13%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.88%) GIAC
14 6 (0.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (0.76%) CCSP
14 6 (0.76%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.76%) Dell Certification
15 5 (0.63%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.67%) Data Quality
2 39 (4.91%) NIST
3 33 (4.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (3.53%) Accessibility
5 25 (3.15%) QA
6 21 (2.64%) GDPR
7 17 (2.14%) NCSC
8 14 (1.76%) GRC
9 13 (1.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
10 8 (1.01%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.76%) PMO
12 5 (0.63%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.50%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 4 (0.50%) Def Stans
13 4 (0.50%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.38%) SLA
15 2 (0.25%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 2 (0.25%) SEPA
System Software
1 184 (23.17%) Docker
2 14 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.01%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.88%) Active Directory
6 6 (0.76%) vSphere
7 2 (0.25%) KVM
8 1 (0.13%) Firmware
8 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 190 (23.93%) Kubernetes
2 181 (22.80%) Terraform
3 80 (10.08%) Grafana
4 35 (4.41%) Ansible
5 17 (2.14%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.89%) Istio
7 14 (1.76%) Puppet
8 13 (1.64%) Podman
9 6 (0.76%) Avamar
9 6 (0.76%) Dell DRAC
9 6 (0.76%) EMC NetWorker
9 6 (0.76%) EMC VPLEX
9 6 (0.76%) VxRail
10 5 (0.63%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.63%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.50%) CASB
11 4 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.38%) linkerd
13 2 (0.25%) Argo
13 2 (0.25%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 147 (18.51%) Google
2 98 (12.34%) Microsoft
3 45 (5.67%) Typelevel
4 28 (3.53%) Adobe
5 25 (3.15%) ServiceNow
6 24 (3.02%) Apple
7 20 (2.52%) Databricks
8 17 (2.14%) Okta
9 16 (2.02%) SAP
9 16 (2.02%) VMware
10 13 (1.64%) Oracle
11 12 (1.51%) Ping Identity
12 10 (1.26%) ForgeRock
12 10 (1.26%) Informatica
13 9 (1.13%) Splunk
14 8 (1.01%) Cisco
14 8 (1.01%) Confluent
14 8 (1.01%) Dell
14 8 (1.01%) Dynatrace
15 7 (0.88%) Veeam