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 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 54 41
Rank change year-on-year -27 -13 +17
Permanent jobs citing GCP 489 914 1,298
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.19% 5.19% 6.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.67% 11.30% 13.73%
Number of salaries quoted 373 640 1,077
10th Percentile £46,700 £57,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £60,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £85,253 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +13.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £96,539
90th Percentile £142,500 £142,500 £120,000
UK median annual salary £77,500 £82,500 £79,632
% change year-on-year -6.06% +3.60% -0.46%

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 5,643 8,085 9,454
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.79% 45.94% 47.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,125 5,315 8,100
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,750 £36,270
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £64,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +1.56% -1.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,382 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.34% +1.41% -3.85%

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 16 December 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 62 (12.68%) Apache Airflow
2 19 (3.89%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.66%) Confluence
4 11 (2.25%) Apache
5 7 (1.43%) IIS
6 5 (1.02%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.41%) Luigi
7 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.41%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.41%) WordPress
8 1 (0.20%) CMS
8 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.20%) Strapi
Applications
1 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.61%) Trello
3 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.20%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.20%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 427 (87.32%) AWS
2 351 (71.78%) Azure
3 109 (22.29%) SaaS
4 65 (13.29%) dbt
5 52 (10.63%) GitHub
6 34 (6.95%) Power Platform
7 32 (6.54%) GitHub Actions
8 27 (5.52%) AWS CloudFormation
9 23 (4.70%) Snowflake
10 21 (4.29%) Serverless
11 20 (4.09%) Amazon EKS
12 16 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (2.86%) PaaS
14 13 (2.66%) Azure Service Bus
15 12 (2.45%) Amazon ECS
16 11 (2.25%) Fivetran
16 11 (2.25%) OpenShift
17 10 (2.04%) Amazon S3
17 10 (2.04%) Entra ID
17 10 (2.04%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.91%) Firewall
2 14 (2.86%) VPN
3 13 (2.66%) DNS
3 13 (2.66%) Network Security
4 9 (1.84%) TCP/IP
4 9 (1.84%) WAN
5 8 (1.64%) LAN
6 6 (1.23%) Broadband
7 5 (1.02%) DHCP
7 5 (1.02%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.82%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (0.61%) BGP
9 3 (0.61%) Cisco ISE
9 3 (0.61%) Ethernet
9 3 (0.61%) Kerberos
9 3 (0.61%) SSL
10 2 (0.41%) Wireless
10 2 (0.41%) Wireshark
11 1 (0.20%) SAN
11 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (17.18%) PostgreSQL
2 48 (9.82%) NoSQL
3 45 (9.20%) BigQuery
4 38 (7.77%) Amazon Athena
4 38 (7.77%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (7.57%) Apache Iceberg
6 35 (7.16%) Apache Arrow
6 35 (7.16%) Dremio
7 30 (6.13%) Power BI
8 26 (5.32%) Tableau
9 21 (4.29%) MongoDB
9 21 (4.29%) SQL Server
10 17 (3.48%) MySQL
11 16 (3.27%) Data Lake
11 16 (3.27%) Elasticsearch
12 14 (2.86%) Metadata
13 12 (2.45%) Looker
13 12 (2.45%) Redis
14 10 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
15 9 (1.84%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 34 (6.95%) Git
2 31 (6.34%) GitLab
3 23 (4.70%) JIRA
4 20 (4.09%) Jenkins
4 20 (4.09%) TeamCity
5 9 (1.84%) Subversion
6 8 (1.64%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.23%) CircleCI
8 5 (1.02%) git-flow
8 5 (1.02%) MLflow
9 4 (0.82%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.82%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.82%) ERwin
9 4 (0.82%) PowerDesigner
10 3 (0.61%) JUnit
10 3 (0.61%) Storybook
10 3 (0.61%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.41%) Burp Suite
11 2 (0.41%) Metasploit
11 2 (0.41%) webpack
General
1 181 (37.01%) Finance
2 170 (34.76%) Social Skills
3 55 (11.25%) Retail
4 52 (10.63%) Law
5 43 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
6 42 (8.59%) Front Office
7 41 (8.38%) Banking
8 39 (7.98%) Telecoms
9 34 (6.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 31 (6.34%) Financial Institution
11 27 (5.52%) Public Sector
12 24 (4.91%) Back Office
13 20 (4.09%) Legal
13 20 (4.09%) Marketing
14 18 (3.68%) Manufacturing
15 11 (2.25%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
18 7 (1.43%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 134 (27.40%) Senior
2 110 (22.49%) Developer
3 104 (21.27%) Software Engineer
4 70 (14.31%) Architect
5 54 (11.04%) Lead
6 47 (9.61%) Python Engineer
7 41 (8.38%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 40 (8.18%) Python Software Engineer
9 38 (7.77%) AWS Engineer
10 36 (7.36%) Python Developer
11 35 (7.16%) AWS Developer
11 35 (7.16%) AWS Software Engineer
11 35 (7.16%) Engineering Manager
12 34 (6.95%) Software Developer
13 30 (6.13%) .NET Developer
13 30 (6.13%) .NET Software Developer
13 30 (6.13%) Data Engineer
14 29 (5.93%) Full-Stack Developer
15 25 (5.11%) Senior Developer
15 25 (5.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (23.93%) React
2 83 (16.97%) Node.js
3 70 (14.31%) .NET
4 66 (13.50%) Kafka
5 53 (10.84%) Vue
6 50 (10.22%) AngularJS
7 44 (9.00%) Pandas
8 42 (8.59%) RESTful
9 40 (8.18%) NumPy
10 35 (7.16%) SciPy
11 25 (5.11%) Django
12 24 (4.91%) REST
13 19 (3.89%) gRPC
13 19 (3.89%) RabbitMQ
14 18 (3.68%) CSS
15 17 (3.48%) HTML
16 16 (3.27%) GraphQL
16 16 (3.27%) OAuth
16 16 (3.27%) Spring
16 16 (3.27%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 106 (21.68%) Cloud Native
2 58 (11.86%) Distributed Systems
3 41 (8.38%) Fixed Income
4 35 (7.16%) Equities
4 35 (7.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 34 (6.95%) Product Ownership
6 19 (3.89%) Public Cloud
7 18 (3.68%) Management Information System
8 14 (2.86%) Distributed Architecture
9 13 (2.66%) Greenfield Project
10 12 (2.45%) Algorithms
11 11 (2.25%) AI Agents
12 10 (2.04%) Data Structures
13 9 (1.84%) Onboarding
14 8 (1.64%) Blog
14 8 (1.64%) Data Centre
15 7 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
15 7 (1.43%) Mobile App
15 7 (1.43%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (7.77%) Linux
2 29 (5.93%) Windows
3 18 (3.68%) Unix
4 16 (3.27%) Android
5 7 (1.43%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.23%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.61%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.41%) CentOS
8 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.20%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (38.65%) Agile
1 189 (38.65%) CI/CD
2 173 (35.38%) Software Engineering
3 154 (31.49%) DevOps
4 138 (28.22%) AI
5 103 (21.06%) Microservices
6 97 (19.84%) Roadmaps
7 88 (18.00%) Infrastructure as Code
7 88 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
8 83 (16.97%) Mentoring
9 75 (15.34%) Computer Science
10 73 (14.93%) Containerisation
11 62 (12.68%) Machine Learning
12 61 (12.47%) Analytics
13 59 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
14 57 (11.66%) Fintech
15 53 (10.84%) Data Pipeline
16 49 (10.02%) Full-Stack Development
17 47 (9.61%) Collaborative Culture
18 46 (9.41%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 177 (36.20%) Python
2 130 (26.58%) TypeScript
3 109 (22.29%) JavaScript
4 99 (20.25%) Java
5 98 (20.04%) SQL
6 46 (9.41%) C#
7 39 (7.98%) Go
8 22 (4.50%) Bash
9 13 (2.66%) PowerShell
9 13 (2.66%) Scala
10 8 (1.64%) PHP
10 8 (1.64%) R
11 7 (1.43%) C++
11 7 (1.43%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.02%) T-SQL
13 4 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.61%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.41%) Bicep
15 2 (0.41%) Ruby
16 1 (0.20%) Korn
Qualifications
1 84 (17.18%) Degree
2 58 (11.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 43 (8.79%) Security Cleared
4 38 (7.77%) SC Cleared
5 19 (3.89%) Azure Certification
6 17 (3.48%) AWS Certification
7 13 (2.66%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.43%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 7 (1.43%) DBS Check
8 7 (1.43%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.43%) OSCP
9 6 (1.23%) CREST Certified
9 6 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (1.02%) CISSP
11 4 (0.82%) OSCE
11 4 (0.82%) PhD
12 3 (0.61%) CEH
12 3 (0.61%) CISM
12 3 (0.61%) MCSE
12 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.73%) GDPR
1 28 (5.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (3.89%) QA
3 18 (3.68%) Data Quality
4 15 (3.07%) NIST
5 13 (2.66%) SOC 2
6 12 (2.45%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.64%) GRC
8 7 (1.43%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.23%) EU AI Act
10 5 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (1.02%) HIPAA
10 5 (1.02%) SLA
11 4 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.41%) ISO 14001
13 2 (0.41%) ISO 26262
13 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 100 (20.45%) Docker
2 16 (3.27%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.61%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.41%) Firmware
5 2 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.20%) HDFS
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 133 (27.20%) Kubernetes
2 100 (20.45%) Terraform
3 45 (9.20%) Ansible
4 40 (8.18%) Grafana
5 25 (5.11%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.64%) Argo
6 8 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.02%) Puppet
8 4 (0.82%) Cilium
8 4 (0.82%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.61%) cPanel
9 3 (0.61%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.61%) Plesk
10 2 (0.41%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.41%) Nmap
11 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.20%) Icinga
11 1 (0.20%) Nagios
11 1 (0.20%) Nessus
11 1 (0.20%) Rancher
Vendors
1 100 (20.45%) Google
2 31 (6.34%) Microsoft
3 21 (4.29%) Databricks
4 11 (2.25%) Talend
5 10 (2.04%) Atlassian
6 9 (1.84%) Oracle
6 9 (1.84%) Zoho
7 8 (1.64%) Informatica
7 8 (1.64%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.64%) SAP
8 7 (1.43%) Alteryx
8 7 (1.43%) VMware
9 5 (1.02%) Ericsson
9 5 (1.02%) IBM
9 5 (1.02%) Mavenir
9 5 (1.02%) Nokia
9 5 (1.02%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.02%) Sage
9 5 (1.02%) Splunk
9 5 (1.02%) Xamarin