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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 48 74
Rank change year-on-year -18 +26 -37
Permanent jobs citing GCP 742 946 1,230
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.64% 6.05% 3.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.56% 15.91% 8.59%
Number of salaries quoted 377 505 1,029
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,698 £50,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,253 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% +3.34% +6.45%
75th Percentile £93,750 £110,000 £118,750
90th Percentile £111,850 £137,500 £155,665
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -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 7,761 5,947 14,326
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.09% 38.02% 42.35%
Number of salaries quoted 5,508 4,349 11,902
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,438 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.95%

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 26 June 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 34 (4.58%) Apache Airflow
2 21 (2.83%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.67%) Apache
4 4 (0.54%) Confluence
5 3 (0.40%) CMS
5 3 (0.40%) SAS
6 2 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.27%) Camunda
6 2 (0.27%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.13%) Appian
7 1 (0.13%) Drupal
7 1 (0.13%) IIS
7 1 (0.13%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.13%) nginx
7 1 (0.13%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.27%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.27%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (3.23%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.27%) Shopify
4 1 (0.13%) Magento
4 1 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 599 (80.73%) AWS
2 438 (59.03%) Azure
3 90 (12.13%) SaaS
4 70 (9.43%) Amazon EKS
5 30 (4.04%) Serverless
6 28 (3.77%) Cloud Run
7 27 (3.64%) Power Platform
8 25 (3.37%) Snowflake
9 24 (3.23%) dbt
10 23 (3.10%) Vertex AI
11 21 (2.83%) GitHub
12 20 (2.70%) Cloud Functions
12 20 (2.70%) Google Analytics
13 18 (2.43%) Entra ID
13 18 (2.43%) PaaS
14 16 (2.16%) Dagster
15 15 (2.02%) Amazon ECS
16 14 (1.89%) Anthropic Claude
16 14 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
16 14 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 100 (13.48%) Broadband
2 26 (3.50%) Network Security
3 16 (2.16%) Firewall
3 16 (2.16%) WAN
4 12 (1.62%) LAN
5 11 (1.48%) DNS
6 9 (1.21%) SD-WAN
7 8 (1.08%) LTE
7 8 (1.08%) TCP/IP
7 8 (1.08%) VPN
8 7 (0.94%) Internet
9 6 (0.81%) Fibre Channel
9 6 (0.81%) iSCSI
10 5 (0.67%) DHCP
11 4 (0.54%) MQTT
12 3 (0.40%) BGP
12 3 (0.40%) Modbus
12 3 (0.40%) MPLS
12 3 (0.40%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (0.40%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (12.13%) BigQuery
2 59 (7.95%) PostgreSQL
3 35 (4.72%) Metadata
4 34 (4.58%) Data Warehouse
5 33 (4.45%) NoSQL
6 29 (3.91%) Semantic Layer
7 27 (3.64%) MongoDB
8 26 (3.50%) Looker
9 24 (3.23%) Data Lake
10 23 (3.10%) Power BI
11 17 (2.29%) Pinecone
11 17 (2.29%) Relational Database
12 16 (2.16%) Elasticsearch
12 16 (2.16%) Tableau
13 15 (2.02%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (1.35%) SQL Server
15 7 (0.94%) Delta Lake
15 7 (0.94%) Weaviate
16 6 (0.81%) Apache Iceberg
16 6 (0.81%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 57 (7.68%) TeamCity
2 43 (5.80%) Git
3 32 (4.31%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.89%) CircleCI
4 14 (1.89%) JIRA
5 12 (1.62%) Cypress.io
6 11 (1.48%) GitLab
7 7 (0.94%) MLflow
8 3 (0.40%) Postman
8 3 (0.40%) Selenium
9 2 (0.27%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.27%) JUnit
9 2 (0.27%) Subversion
9 2 (0.27%) TestRail
9 2 (0.27%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.13%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.13%) Gatling
10 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.13%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.13%) webpack
General
1 194 (26.15%) Social Skills
2 190 (25.61%) Finance
3 172 (23.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 151 (20.35%) Law
5 115 (15.50%) Banking
6 94 (12.67%) Retail
7 89 (11.99%) Public Sector
8 45 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
8 45 (6.06%) Back Office
8 45 (6.06%) Financial Institution
9 25 (3.37%) Legal
9 25 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
10 16 (2.16%) Front Office
11 10 (1.35%) Marketing
12 8 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (0.94%) Legal Technology
14 6 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (0.67%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.54%) French Language
16 4 (0.54%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 202 (27.22%) Senior
2 158 (21.29%) Software Engineer
3 131 (17.65%) Architect
4 62 (8.36%) Developer
4 62 (8.36%) Lead
5 56 (7.55%) Cloud Engineer
6 55 (7.41%) Data Engineer
7 53 (7.14%) Analyst
8 39 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
9 38 (5.12%) Consultant
10 33 (4.45%) Lead Software Engineer
10 33 (4.45%) Senior Software Engineer
11 32 (4.31%) GCP Engineer
12 30 (4.04%) Data Architect
12 30 (4.04%) Scala Engineer
12 30 (4.04%) Senior Architect
13 29 (3.91%) Senior Analyst
14 27 (3.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 26 (3.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 26 (3.50%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (9.97%) React
2 64 (8.63%) Node.js
3 50 (6.74%) Kafka
4 49 (6.60%) gRPC
5 32 (4.31%) LangChain
6 30 (4.04%) Django
6 30 (4.04%) REST
7 24 (3.23%) PyTorch
7 24 (3.23%) TensorFlow
8 23 (3.10%) .NET
9 21 (2.83%) FastAPI
9 21 (2.83%) LangGraph
9 21 (2.83%) Spring
10 20 (2.70%) RESTful
11 18 (2.43%) Spring Boot
12 17 (2.29%) Redux
13 16 (2.16%) Vue
14 14 (1.89%) Playwright
15 13 (1.75%) AngularJS
15 13 (1.75%) LlamaIndex
Miscellaneous
1 204 (27.49%) Cloud Native
2 82 (11.05%) Product Ownership
3 79 (10.65%) Distributed Systems
4 46 (6.20%) Over-the-Top Content
4 46 (6.20%) Video\Live Streaming
5 30 (4.04%) AI Agents
6 27 (3.64%) Public Cloud
6 27 (3.64%) Security Posture
7 26 (3.50%) Blog
8 24 (3.23%) Data Structures
9 23 (3.10%) Distributed Architecture
10 20 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
11 19 (2.56%) Management Information System
11 19 (2.56%) Onboarding
12 17 (2.29%) Social Media
13 16 (2.16%) Fixed Income
14 11 (1.48%) Data Centre
15 10 (1.35%) Cyberattack
15 10 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
15 10 (1.35%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 38 (5.12%) Linux
2 16 (2.16%) Windows
3 11 (1.48%) Android
3 11 (1.48%) Apple iOS
4 9 (1.21%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.81%) Unix
6 1 (0.13%) CentOS
6 1 (0.13%) Debian
6 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.13%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (41.11%) CI/CD
2 270 (36.39%) Software Engineering
3 223 (30.05%) Agile
4 215 (28.98%) Mentoring
5 203 (27.36%) AI
6 165 (22.24%) DevOps
7 162 (21.83%) Microservices
8 149 (20.08%) Containerisation
9 146 (19.68%) Roadmaps
10 142 (19.14%) Machine Learning
11 138 (18.60%) Test Automation
12 135 (18.19%) Clean Code
12 135 (18.19%) Coaching
13 127 (17.12%) Technical Leadership
14 113 (15.23%) Continuous Improvement
15 107 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
16 96 (12.94%) Infrastructure as Code
17 90 (12.13%) Data Science
18 83 (11.19%) Analytics
19 76 (10.24%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 277 (37.33%) Python
2 182 (24.53%) Java
3 109 (14.69%) SQL
4 94 (12.67%) Go
5 92 (12.40%) JavaScript
6 64 (8.63%) Scala
7 60 (8.09%) TypeScript
8 20 (2.70%) C#
9 18 (2.43%) Bash
10 14 (1.89%) C++
11 13 (1.75%) Rust
12 9 (1.21%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.67%) C
13 5 (0.67%) Ruby
14 4 (0.54%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.40%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.40%) Perl
15 3 (0.40%) PHP
16 2 (0.27%) ABAP
16 2 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 107 (14.42%) Security Cleared
2 100 (13.48%) Degree
3 87 (11.73%) SC Cleared
4 41 (5.53%) AWS Certification
5 33 (4.45%) CISSP
6 29 (3.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 25 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (2.43%) Azure Certification
8 18 (2.43%) CISM
9 13 (1.75%) CREST Certified
9 13 (1.75%) OSCP
10 11 (1.48%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (1.35%) DV Cleared
12 7 (0.94%) GIAC
13 6 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (0.81%) CCSP
13 6 (0.81%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.81%) Dell Certification
14 5 (0.67%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (5.53%) Data Quality
2 36 (4.85%) NIST
3 30 (4.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (3.77%) Accessibility
5 25 (3.37%) QA
6 19 (2.56%) GDPR
7 15 (2.02%) GRC
8 14 (1.89%) NCSC
9 11 (1.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 8 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.94%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.81%) PMO
12 6 (0.81%) SOC 2
13 4 (0.54%) Def Stans
13 4 (0.54%) NIST 800
14 3 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.40%) SLA
15 2 (0.27%) COBIT
15 2 (0.27%) SEPA
15 2 (0.27%) SOC 1
System Software
1 158 (21.29%) Docker
2 13 (1.75%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (0.94%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.94%) Hyper-V
3 7 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.81%) vSphere
5 1 (0.13%) Firmware
5 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 164 (22.10%) Kubernetes
2 151 (20.35%) Terraform
3 73 (9.84%) Grafana
4 34 (4.58%) Ansible
5 14 (1.89%) Istio
6 13 (1.75%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.75%) Puppet
7 12 (1.62%) Podman
8 6 (0.81%) Avamar
8 6 (0.81%) Dell DRAC
8 6 (0.81%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (0.81%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (0.81%) VxRail
9 5 (0.67%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.54%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.40%) Argo
12 2 (0.27%) linkerd
12 2 (0.27%) Opsgenie
13 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 140 (18.87%) Google
2 96 (12.94%) Microsoft
3 45 (6.06%) Typelevel
4 31 (4.18%) Adobe
5 24 (3.23%) Apple
5 24 (3.23%) Databricks
5 24 (3.23%) ServiceNow
6 16 (2.16%) SAP
7 14 (1.89%) VMware
8 13 (1.75%) Oracle
9 9 (1.21%) OpenAI
10 8 (1.08%) Confluent
10 8 (1.08%) Dell
10 8 (1.08%) Palantir
10 8 (1.08%) Salesforce
11 7 (0.94%) Cisco
11 7 (0.94%) Splunk
11 7 (0.94%) Veeam
12 6 (0.81%) NetApp
12 6 (0.81%) Nimble Storage