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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 56 45
Rank change year-on-year -24 -11 +7
Permanent jobs citing GCP 501 852 1,299
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.29% 5.17% 6.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.01% 11.13% 12.88%
Number of salaries quoted 377 587 1,097
10th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £67,500 £66,375 £60,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +13.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £118,750 £110,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £142,500 £138,750 £120,000
UK median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £75,669
% change year-on-year -3.13% +5.72% -5.41%

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 5,558 7,655 10,086
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.53% 46.49% 46.85%
Number of salaries quoted 3,951 4,881 8,690
10th Percentile £32,000 £36,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

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 January 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 59 (11.78%) Apache Airflow
2 24 (4.79%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.59%) Confluence
4 11 (2.20%) Apache
5 7 (1.40%) IIS
6 5 (1.00%) Apache Pulsar
7 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.40%) Luigi
8 2 (0.40%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.40%) WordPress
9 1 (0.20%) CMS
9 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.20%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.20%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.60%) Trello
3 2 (0.40%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.20%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.20%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 425 (84.83%) AWS
2 358 (71.46%) Azure
3 114 (22.75%) SaaS
4 55 (10.98%) dbt
5 53 (10.58%) GitHub
6 32 (6.39%) GitHub Actions
6 32 (6.39%) Power Platform
7 30 (5.99%) Snowflake
8 29 (5.79%) AWS CloudFormation
9 25 (4.99%) Serverless
10 23 (4.59%) Amazon EKS
11 16 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (2.59%) Amazon S3
12 13 (2.59%) Azure Service Bus
13 12 (2.40%) Amazon ECS
13 12 (2.40%) Vertex AI
14 11 (2.20%) Azure Machine Learning
14 11 (2.20%) Entra ID
14 11 (2.20%) Fivetran
14 11 (2.20%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.19%) Firewall
2 16 (3.19%) Network Security
3 13 (2.59%) VPN
4 12 (2.40%) DNS
5 10 (2.00%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.80%) WAN
7 7 (1.40%) LAN
8 6 (1.20%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.00%) Broadband
9 5 (1.00%) DHCP
10 4 (0.80%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.80%) SSL
11 3 (0.60%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (0.60%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.60%) Kerberos
11 3 (0.60%) SCCP
12 2 (0.40%) BGP
12 2 (0.40%) Wireless
13 1 (0.20%) IP Telephony
13 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (14.37%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (11.58%) BigQuery
3 43 (8.58%) Data Warehouse
3 43 (8.58%) NoSQL
4 29 (5.79%) Apache Iceberg
4 29 (5.79%) Tableau
5 27 (5.39%) Power BI
6 26 (5.19%) Amazon Athena
7 23 (4.59%) Apache Arrow
7 23 (4.59%) Dremio
7 23 (4.59%) Elasticsearch
8 21 (4.19%) Metadata
8 21 (4.19%) SQL Server
9 20 (3.99%) Data Lake
10 18 (3.59%) Looker
10 18 (3.59%) MongoDB
11 17 (3.39%) MySQL
12 13 (2.59%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (2.40%) Redis
14 10 (2.00%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 33 (6.59%) Git
1 33 (6.59%) GitLab
2 23 (4.59%) TeamCity
3 22 (4.39%) JIRA
4 17 (3.39%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.80%) Subversion
6 8 (1.60%) Bitbucket
6 8 (1.60%) CircleCI
6 8 (1.60%) MLflow
7 7 (1.40%) Storybook
8 5 (1.00%) git-flow
9 4 (0.80%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.80%) ER Studio
9 4 (0.80%) ERwin
9 4 (0.80%) PowerDesigner
10 3 (0.60%) JUnit
10 3 (0.60%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.60%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.60%) webpack
11 2 (0.40%) Mockito
General
1 172 (34.33%) Social Skills
2 165 (32.93%) Finance
3 61 (12.18%) Law
4 60 (11.98%) Retail
5 48 (9.58%) Banking
6 42 (8.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (8.18%) Public Sector
8 40 (7.98%) Analytical Skills
8 40 (7.98%) Telecoms
9 32 (6.39%) Financial Institution
10 25 (4.99%) Back Office
11 24 (4.79%) Front Office
12 20 (3.99%) Legal
12 20 (3.99%) Marketing
13 16 (3.19%) Manufacturing
14 11 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (2.00%) Pharmaceutical
16 9 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
17 7 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
18 6 (1.20%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 137 (27.35%) Senior
2 98 (19.56%) Software Engineer
3 91 (18.16%) Developer
4 65 (12.97%) Architect
5 53 (10.58%) Lead
6 37 (7.39%) Data Engineer
7 35 (6.99%) Engineering Manager
8 34 (6.79%) Python Engineer
9 33 (6.59%) Software Developer
10 30 (5.99%) .NET Developer
10 30 (5.99%) .NET Software Developer
11 29 (5.79%) Python Software Engineer
12 26 (5.19%) AWS Engineer
13 25 (4.99%) Cloud Engineer
14 24 (4.79%) Consultant
14 24 (4.79%) Full-Stack Developer
14 24 (4.79%) Python Developer
15 23 (4.59%) AWS Developer
15 23 (4.59%) AWS Software Engineer
15 23 (4.59%) Developer/Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (20.36%) React
2 71 (14.17%) Node.js
3 67 (13.37%) .NET
4 57 (11.38%) Kafka
5 43 (8.58%) RESTful
6 34 (6.79%) Vue
7 32 (6.39%) AngularJS
7 32 (6.39%) Pandas
8 28 (5.59%) NumPy
9 24 (4.79%) Django
10 23 (4.59%) SciPy
11 22 (4.39%) REST
12 19 (3.79%) CSS
13 18 (3.59%) HTML
14 17 (3.39%) Spring
15 16 (3.19%) gRPC
15 16 (3.19%) OAuth
15 16 (3.19%) RabbitMQ
16 15 (2.99%) Spring Boot
17 14 (2.79%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 116 (23.15%) Cloud Native
2 61 (12.18%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (7.78%) Product Ownership
4 23 (4.59%) Equities
4 23 (4.59%) Fixed Income
4 23 (4.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 17 (3.39%) Distributed Architecture
6 16 (3.19%) Public Cloud
7 12 (2.40%) AI Agents
7 12 (2.40%) Algorithms
8 11 (2.20%) Blog
8 11 (2.20%) Data Structures
8 11 (2.20%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (2.20%) Mobile App
9 10 (2.00%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.80%) Management Information System
10 9 (1.80%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.60%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.19%) Linux
2 28 (5.59%) Windows
3 19 (3.79%) Android
4 18 (3.59%) Unix
5 10 (2.00%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.20%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.40%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (40.32%) CI/CD
2 171 (34.13%) Software Engineering
3 165 (32.93%) Agile
4 159 (31.74%) DevOps
5 151 (30.14%) AI
6 104 (20.76%) Roadmaps
7 103 (20.56%) Microservices
8 94 (18.76%) Infrastructure as Code
8 94 (18.76%) Mentoring
9 83 (16.57%) Computer Science
10 81 (16.17%) Containerisation
11 78 (15.57%) Problem-Solving
12 71 (14.17%) Analytics
13 68 (13.57%) Continuous Improvement
14 66 (13.17%) Machine Learning
15 62 (12.38%) Data Pipeline
16 54 (10.78%) Collaborative Culture
16 54 (10.78%) Data Modelling
17 52 (10.38%) Observability
18 51 (10.18%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 163 (32.53%) Python
2 121 (24.15%) TypeScript
3 101 (20.16%) Java
4 96 (19.16%) SQL
5 95 (18.96%) JavaScript
6 43 (8.58%) Go
7 40 (7.98%) C#
8 21 (4.19%) Bash
9 17 (3.39%) Scala
10 13 (2.59%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.80%) C++
12 8 (1.60%) PHP
13 5 (1.00%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.00%) R
13 5 (1.00%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.80%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.40%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.40%) Ruby
15 2 (0.40%) Rust
15 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 95 (18.96%) Degree
2 61 (12.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 45 (8.98%) Security Cleared
4 44 (8.78%) SC Cleared
5 15 (2.99%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.59%) AWS Certification
6 13 (2.59%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.40%) CREST Certified
7 7 (1.40%) OSCP
8 6 (1.20%) CISSP
9 5 (1.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.00%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.80%) CEH
10 4 (0.80%) CISM
10 4 (0.80%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.80%) OSCE
10 4 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.60%) PhD
12 2 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.40%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (5.19%) GDPR
3 22 (4.39%) QA
4 21 (4.19%) Data Quality
5 18 (3.59%) Accessibility
6 14 (2.79%) NIST
6 14 (2.79%) SOC 2
7 10 (2.00%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.80%) GRC
9 6 (1.20%) EU AI Act
10 5 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (1.00%) SLA
11 4 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.40%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.40%) ISO 14001
13 2 (0.40%) ISO 26262
13 2 (0.40%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 106 (21.16%) Docker
2 16 (3.19%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (0.60%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.40%) Firmware
4 2 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.20%) HDFS
5 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 137 (27.35%) Kubernetes
2 118 (23.55%) Terraform
3 47 (9.38%) Ansible
3 47 (9.38%) Grafana
4 29 (5.79%) Prometheus
5 10 (2.00%) Argo
6 8 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.00%) Puppet
8 4 (0.80%) Cilium
8 4 (0.80%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.80%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.60%) cPanel
9 3 (0.60%) Plesk
10 1 (0.20%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.20%) Icinga
10 1 (0.20%) Nagios
10 1 (0.20%) Nessus
10 1 (0.20%) Nmap
10 1 (0.20%) Rancher
Vendors
1 116 (23.15%) Google
2 34 (6.79%) Microsoft
3 28 (5.59%) Databricks
4 13 (2.59%) Atlassian
5 11 (2.20%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.00%) Talend
7 9 (1.80%) Palantir
7 9 (1.80%) Zoho
8 8 (1.60%) Informatica
8 8 (1.60%) SAP
9 7 (1.40%) Adobe
10 6 (1.20%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.20%) Oracle
10 6 (1.20%) VMware
11 5 (1.00%) Ericsson
11 5 (1.00%) Mavenir
11 5 (1.00%) Nokia
11 5 (1.00%) Sage
11 5 (1.00%) Splunk
11 5 (1.00%) Xamarin