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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 42 76
Rank change year-on-year -18 +34 -36
Permanent jobs citing GCP 687 991 1,247
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.75% 6.82% 3.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.84% 16.20% 8.95%
Number of salaries quoted 350 536 1,066
10th Percentile £52,775 £51,698 £48,750
25th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,253 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £137,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £82,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +6.45% -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 6,979 6,118 13,937
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.05% 42.09% 42.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4,774 4,457 11,917
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £79,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%

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 13 May 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 45 (6.55%) Apache Airflow
2 28 (4.08%) Apache Spark
3 8 (1.16%) Confluence
4 5 (0.73%) Apache
5 3 (0.44%) CMS
5 3 (0.44%) Palantir Foundry
5 3 (0.44%) SAS
6 2 (0.29%) Apache Pulsar
6 2 (0.29%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.29%) WordPress
7 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.15%) Camunda
7 1 (0.15%) Drupal
7 1 (0.15%) IIS
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.15%) nginx
7 1 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.15%) Strapi
Applications
1 3 (0.44%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (3.49%) Cloudability
2 2 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.29%) Shopify
3 1 (0.15%) Magento
3 1 (0.15%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 563 (81.95%) AWS
2 417 (60.70%) Azure
3 79 (11.50%) SaaS
4 60 (8.73%) Amazon EKS
5 29 (4.22%) Serverless
5 29 (4.22%) Snowflake
6 28 (4.08%) dbt
7 24 (3.49%) Power Platform
7 24 (3.49%) Vertex AI
8 23 (3.35%) Entra ID
9 22 (3.20%) GitHub
10 19 (2.77%) Dagster
10 19 (2.77%) Google Analytics
11 17 (2.47%) Cloud Run
12 16 (2.33%) Azure Machine Learning
12 16 (2.33%) Figma
13 15 (2.18%) Amazon ECS
13 15 (2.18%) AWS CloudFormation
13 15 (2.18%) Cloud Functions
13 15 (2.18%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 88 (12.81%) Broadband
2 21 (3.06%) Network Security
3 19 (2.77%) Firewall
4 16 (2.33%) WAN
5 15 (2.18%) DNS
6 13 (1.89%) LAN
7 10 (1.46%) SD-WAN
8 9 (1.31%) TCP/IP
9 8 (1.16%) Internet
9 8 (1.16%) VPN
10 7 (1.02%) LTE
10 7 (1.02%) SSL
11 5 (0.73%) DHCP
11 5 (0.73%) Wireless
12 4 (0.58%) MQTT
13 3 (0.44%) iSCSI
13 3 (0.44%) MPLS
13 3 (0.44%) SCCP
13 3 (0.44%) Software-Defined Networking
13 3 (0.44%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (12.95%) BigQuery
2 59 (8.59%) PostgreSQL
3 38 (5.53%) NoSQL
4 37 (5.39%) Metadata
5 32 (4.66%) Data Warehouse
6 27 (3.93%) Looker
7 24 (3.49%) MongoDB
8 22 (3.20%) Elasticsearch
9 21 (3.06%) Data Lake
10 20 (2.91%) Tableau
11 19 (2.77%) Semantic Layer
12 18 (2.62%) Amazon Redshift
12 18 (2.62%) Power BI
13 15 (2.18%) Relational Database
14 10 (1.46%) Apache Iceberg
14 10 (1.46%) Delta Lake
14 10 (1.46%) Pinecone
15 9 (1.31%) Weaviate
16 8 (1.16%) SQL Server
17 7 (1.02%) Redis
Development Applications
1 47 (6.84%) TeamCity
2 37 (5.39%) Git
3 19 (2.77%) GitLab
4 18 (2.62%) CircleCI
4 18 (2.62%) JIRA
5 15 (2.18%) Jenkins
6 12 (1.75%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.75%) MLflow
7 7 (1.02%) Storybook
8 4 (0.58%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.58%) Subversion
9 2 (0.29%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.29%) TestRail
9 2 (0.29%) Zephyr
10 1 (0.15%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.15%) Gatling
10 1 (0.15%) Maven
10 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.15%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.15%) webpack
General
1 178 (25.91%) Social Skills
2 170 (24.75%) Finance
3 147 (21.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 140 (20.38%) Law
5 103 (14.99%) Banking
6 85 (12.37%) Retail
7 76 (11.06%) Public Sector
8 52 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
9 34 (4.95%) Back Office
9 34 (4.95%) Financial Institution
10 28 (4.08%) Legal
11 19 (2.77%) Presentation Skills
11 19 (2.77%) Telecoms
12 17 (2.47%) Front Office
13 15 (2.18%) Marketing
14 9 (1.31%) Manufacturing
14 9 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
17 3 (0.44%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 202 (29.40%) Senior
2 149 (21.69%) Software Engineer
3 105 (15.28%) Architect
4 66 (9.61%) Lead
5 57 (8.30%) Developer
6 53 (7.71%) Data Engineer
7 52 (7.57%) Analyst
8 39 (5.68%) Cloud Engineer
8 39 (5.68%) Consultant
9 35 (5.09%) Senior Software Engineer
10 33 (4.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 31 (4.51%) Solutions Architect
12 30 (4.37%) Scala Engineer
13 28 (4.08%) Lead Software Engineer
14 27 (3.93%) Data Architect
14 27 (3.93%) Senior Analyst
15 26 (3.78%) Senior Architect
16 24 (3.49%) Senior Consultant
17 22 (3.20%) Senior Manager
18 21 (3.06%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (12.81%) React
2 65 (9.46%) Node.js
3 56 (8.15%) gRPC
3 56 (8.15%) Kafka
4 31 (4.51%) REST
5 30 (4.37%) Django
6 27 (3.93%) RESTful
7 24 (3.49%) .NET
8 21 (3.06%) Redux
9 18 (2.62%) React Native
10 17 (2.47%) Spring
10 17 (2.47%) Vue
11 16 (2.33%) PyTorch
11 16 (2.33%) TensorFlow
12 15 (2.18%) AngularJS
12 15 (2.18%) FastAPI
12 15 (2.18%) OAuth
13 14 (2.04%) LangChain
13 14 (2.04%) Playwright
13 14 (2.04%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 173 (25.18%) Cloud Native
2 87 (12.66%) Distributed Systems
3 71 (10.33%) Product Ownership
4 46 (6.70%) Over-the-Top Content
4 46 (6.70%) Video\Live Streaming
5 28 (4.08%) Distributed Architecture
6 26 (3.78%) Blog
6 26 (3.78%) Security Posture
7 25 (3.64%) Data Structures
7 25 (3.64%) Public Cloud
8 22 (3.20%) Onboarding
9 20 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (2.77%) Management Information System
11 17 (2.47%) Mobile App
11 17 (2.47%) Social Media
12 16 (2.33%) Fixed Income
13 15 (2.18%) AI Agents
14 12 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
15 10 (1.46%) Cyberattack
16 8 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.80%) Linux
2 24 (3.49%) Android
3 19 (2.77%) Apple iOS
4 17 (2.47%) Windows
5 7 (1.02%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.87%) Unix
7 1 (0.15%) CentOS
7 1 (0.15%) Debian
7 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.15%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 273 (39.74%) CI/CD
2 245 (35.66%) Software Engineering
3 199 (28.97%) Agile
4 182 (26.49%) Mentoring
5 168 (24.45%) AI
6 166 (24.16%) DevOps
7 163 (23.73%) Microservices
8 152 (22.13%) Containerisation
9 131 (19.07%) Roadmaps
10 130 (18.92%) Machine Learning
11 128 (18.63%) Clean Code
12 122 (17.76%) Coaching
13 114 (16.59%) Test Automation
14 110 (16.01%) Continuous Improvement
15 108 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
16 103 (14.99%) Technical Leadership
17 92 (13.39%) Infrastructure as Code
18 90 (13.10%) Data Science
19 89 (12.95%) Analytics
20 75 (10.92%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 250 (36.39%) Python
2 169 (24.60%) Java
3 116 (16.89%) Go
4 96 (13.97%) SQL
5 88 (12.81%) JavaScript
6 69 (10.04%) TypeScript
7 65 (9.46%) Scala
8 19 (2.77%) C#
8 19 (2.77%) C++
9 18 (2.62%) Bash
10 14 (2.04%) Rust
11 10 (1.46%) PowerShell
12 7 (1.02%) PHP
13 5 (0.73%) C
14 4 (0.58%) Ruby
15 3 (0.44%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.44%) Perl
16 2 (0.29%) R
16 2 (0.29%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.15%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 113 (16.45%) Degree
2 94 (13.68%) Security Cleared
3 76 (11.06%) SC Cleared
4 38 (5.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 37 (5.39%) AWS Certification
6 28 (4.08%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 27 (3.93%) CISSP
8 16 (2.33%) CREST Certified
8 16 (2.33%) OSCP
9 14 (2.04%) CISM
10 12 (1.75%) Azure Certification
11 10 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (1.16%) DV Cleared
13 7 (1.02%) GIAC
13 7 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (0.87%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.73%) CCIE
15 5 (0.73%) CCNP
15 5 (0.73%) CCSP
15 5 (0.73%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.80%) Accessibility
2 31 (4.51%) Data Quality
3 28 (4.08%) QA
4 26 (3.78%) NIST
5 23 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (2.91%) GDPR
7 16 (2.33%) GRC
8 9 (1.31%) SOC 2
9 7 (1.02%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.87%) NCSC
11 5 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.44%) PMO
12 3 (0.44%) SLA
13 2 (0.29%) COBIT
13 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
13 2 (0.29%) SEPA
13 2 (0.29%) SOC 1
13 2 (0.29%) WCAG
14 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 164 (23.87%) Docker
2 13 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (1.75%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.44%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.44%) vSphere
5 1 (0.15%) Firmware
5 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 156 (22.71%) Kubernetes
2 150 (21.83%) Terraform
3 68 (9.90%) Grafana
4 40 (5.82%) Ansible
5 19 (2.77%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.75%) Podman
7 11 (1.60%) Puppet
8 9 (1.31%) Istio
9 8 (1.16%) Argo
10 5 (0.73%) AWS Copilot
11 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.44%) Avamar
12 3 (0.44%) Dell DRAC
12 3 (0.44%) EMC NetWorker
12 3 (0.44%) EMC VPLEX
12 3 (0.44%) VxRail
13 2 (0.29%) cPanel
13 2 (0.29%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.29%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 139 (20.23%) Google
2 88 (12.81%) Microsoft
3 45 (6.55%) Typelevel
4 34 (4.95%) Adobe
5 25 (3.64%) Apple
5 25 (3.64%) Databricks
6 24 (3.49%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.89%) Palantir
8 11 (1.60%) Salesforce
9 10 (1.46%) OpenAI
9 10 (1.46%) SAP
9 10 (1.46%) VMware
10 9 (1.31%) Atlassian
11 8 (1.16%) Cisco
11 8 (1.16%) Confluent
11 8 (1.16%) Foundry
11 8 (1.16%) Oracle
12 6 (0.87%) Dell
13 5 (0.73%) Okta
13 5 (0.73%) Splunk