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

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 55 51
Rank change year-on-year -21 -4 +1
Permanent jobs citing GCP 529 874 1,389
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.37% 5.36% 5.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.15% 11.49% 11.69%
Number of salaries quoted 372 595 1,179
10th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £65,938 £66,375 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +14.86% -1.33%
75th Percentile £115,000 £110,000 £96,000
90th Percentile £142,500 £138,750 £118,750
UK median annual salary £77,250 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.44% +6.67% -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 5,783 7,607 11,887
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.82% 46.68% 46.18%
Number of salaries quoted 4,026 4,825 10,360
10th Percentile £32,125 £35,750 £36,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,498 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.39% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
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 28 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 56 (10.59%) Apache Airflow
2 28 (5.29%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.46%) Apache
3 13 (2.46%) Confluence
4 7 (1.32%) IIS
5 5 (0.95%) Apache Pulsar
6 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.38%) Luigi
7 2 (0.38%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.38%) WordPress
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.19%) CMS
8 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.19%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.57%) Trello
3 2 (0.38%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.19%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 451 (85.26%) AWS
2 368 (69.57%) Azure
3 124 (23.44%) SaaS
4 53 (10.02%) GitHub
5 52 (9.83%) dbt
6 39 (7.37%) Amazon EKS
7 33 (6.24%) Snowflake
8 32 (6.05%) GitHub Actions
8 32 (6.05%) Power Platform
9 30 (5.67%) AWS CloudFormation
10 26 (4.91%) Serverless
11 16 (3.02%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (3.02%) Vertex AI
12 14 (2.65%) Azure Machine Learning
13 13 (2.46%) Amazon S3
13 13 (2.46%) Azure Service Bus
14 12 (2.27%) Amazon ECS
14 12 (2.27%) Amazon SageMaker
14 12 (2.27%) Entra ID
15 11 (2.08%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.73%) Firewall
2 16 (3.02%) Network Security
3 13 (2.46%) VPN
4 12 (2.27%) DNS
5 10 (1.89%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.70%) WAN
7 8 (1.51%) Broadband
8 7 (1.32%) LAN
9 6 (1.13%) DHCP
9 6 (1.13%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.76%) SSL
11 3 (0.57%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (0.57%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.57%) Kerberos
11 3 (0.57%) SCCP
12 2 (0.38%) AMQP
12 2 (0.38%) Wireless
13 1 (0.19%) NAS
13 1 (0.19%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (14.18%) PostgreSQL
2 62 (11.72%) BigQuery
3 46 (8.70%) Data Warehouse
4 43 (8.13%) NoSQL
5 31 (5.86%) Tableau
6 29 (5.48%) Metadata
7 26 (4.91%) Elasticsearch
7 26 (4.91%) Power BI
8 25 (4.73%) Apache Iceberg
9 21 (3.97%) SQL Server
10 20 (3.78%) Amazon Athena
10 20 (3.78%) Looker
11 19 (3.59%) Data Lake
12 18 (3.40%) MySQL
13 17 (3.21%) Apache Arrow
13 17 (3.21%) Dremio
14 16 (3.02%) MongoDB
15 15 (2.84%) Amazon Redshift
16 11 (2.08%) Redis
16 11 (2.08%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 38 (7.18%) TeamCity
2 32 (6.05%) Git
3 30 (5.67%) GitLab
4 22 (4.16%) JIRA
5 14 (2.65%) Jenkins
6 10 (1.89%) MLflow
7 9 (1.70%) Subversion
8 8 (1.51%) Bitbucket
8 8 (1.51%) CircleCI
9 7 (1.32%) Storybook
10 5 (0.95%) git-flow
11 4 (0.76%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.76%) ER Studio
11 4 (0.76%) ERwin
11 4 (0.76%) PowerDesigner
12 3 (0.57%) JUnit
12 3 (0.57%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.57%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.57%) webpack
13 2 (0.38%) Mockito
General
1 181 (34.22%) Social Skills
2 178 (33.65%) Finance
3 81 (15.31%) Law
3 81 (15.31%) Retail
4 69 (13.04%) Banking
5 64 (12.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 50 (9.45%) Public Sector
7 42 (7.94%) Financial Institution
8 41 (7.75%) Analytical Skills
9 38 (7.18%) Telecoms
10 35 (6.62%) Back Office
11 24 (4.54%) Legal
12 21 (3.97%) Marketing
13 18 (3.40%) Front Office
14 15 (2.84%) Manufacturing
15 12 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
18 7 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
19 6 (1.13%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 151 (28.54%) Senior
2 106 (20.04%) Software Engineer
3 88 (16.64%) Developer
4 75 (14.18%) Architect
5 54 (10.21%) Lead
6 40 (7.56%) Data Engineer
7 35 (6.62%) Engineering Manager
8 34 (6.43%) Software Developer
9 30 (5.67%) .NET Developer
9 30 (5.67%) .NET Software Developer
10 29 (5.48%) Python Engineer
11 27 (5.10%) Consultant
11 27 (5.10%) Data Architect
12 26 (4.91%) Senior Software Engineer
13 24 (4.54%) Full-Stack Developer
13 24 (4.54%) Python Software Engineer
14 23 (4.35%) Analyst
15 22 (4.16%) Cloud Engineer
15 22 (4.16%) Senior Developer
16 21 (3.97%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (19.09%) React
2 66 (12.48%) .NET
3 62 (11.72%) Node.js
4 58 (10.96%) Kafka
5 45 (8.51%) RESTful
6 28 (5.29%) Vue
7 27 (5.10%) AngularJS
8 25 (4.73%) Pandas
9 23 (4.35%) Django
10 22 (4.16%) NumPy
11 21 (3.97%) REST
12 19 (3.59%) CSS
13 18 (3.40%) HTML
14 17 (3.21%) gRPC
14 17 (3.21%) OAuth
14 17 (3.21%) SciPy
14 17 (3.21%) Spring
15 16 (3.02%) RabbitMQ
16 15 (2.84%) PyTorch
16 15 (2.84%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 129 (24.39%) Cloud Native
2 62 (11.72%) Distributed Systems
3 45 (8.51%) Product Ownership
4 23 (4.35%) Blog
5 18 (3.40%) Public Cloud
6 17 (3.21%) Distributed Architecture
6 17 (3.21%) Equities
6 17 (3.21%) Fixed Income
6 17 (3.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (2.27%) AI Agents
8 11 (2.08%) Data Structures
8 11 (2.08%) Mobile App
8 11 (2.08%) Onboarding
8 11 (2.08%) Security Posture
9 10 (1.89%) Algorithms
9 10 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.51%) Data Centre
12 7 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 39 (7.37%) Linux
2 25 (4.73%) Windows
3 21 (3.97%) Android
4 18 (3.40%) Unix
5 12 (2.27%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.13%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.38%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.19%) CentOS
8 1 (0.19%) Debian
8 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (41.21%) CI/CD
2 186 (35.16%) Software Engineering
3 164 (31.00%) DevOps
4 163 (30.81%) Agile
5 158 (29.87%) AI
6 114 (21.55%) Microservices
7 112 (21.17%) Roadmaps
8 106 (20.04%) Mentoring
9 91 (17.20%) Infrastructure as Code
10 86 (16.26%) Containerisation
11 85 (16.07%) Computer Science
12 84 (15.88%) Problem-Solving
13 71 (13.42%) Analytics
13 71 (13.42%) Machine Learning
13 71 (13.42%) Test Automation
14 69 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
15 66 (12.48%) Clean Code
16 63 (11.91%) Data Pipeline
17 62 (11.72%) Data Modelling
18 58 (10.96%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 163 (30.81%) Python
2 122 (23.06%) Java
3 118 (22.31%) TypeScript
4 101 (19.09%) SQL
5 91 (17.20%) JavaScript
6 49 (9.26%) Go
7 38 (7.18%) C#
8 24 (4.54%) Bash
9 20 (3.78%) Scala
10 13 (2.46%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.70%) C++
12 7 (1.32%) PHP
13 5 (0.95%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.95%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.76%) R
15 2 (0.38%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.38%) Ruby
15 2 (0.38%) Rust
15 2 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 96 (18.15%) Degree
2 62 (11.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 50 (9.45%) Security Cleared
4 47 (8.88%) SC Cleared
5 15 (2.84%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.46%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.27%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.89%) CISSP
9 9 (1.70%) CREST Certified
9 9 (1.70%) OSCP
10 6 (1.13%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.95%) CISM
12 4 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.76%) CEH
12 4 (0.76%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.76%) OSCE
12 4 (0.76%) PhD
12 4 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.57%) CISA
14 2 (0.38%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (5.10%) GDPR
3 24 (4.54%) Data Quality
4 23 (4.35%) QA
5 19 (3.59%) Accessibility
6 17 (3.21%) NIST
7 16 (3.02%) SOC 2
8 11 (2.08%) GRC
8 11 (2.08%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.13%) EU AI Act
10 5 (0.95%) SLA
11 3 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 2 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.38%) ISO 14001
12 2 (0.38%) ISO 26262
12 2 (0.38%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.38%) SOC 1
System Software
1 105 (19.85%) Docker
2 17 (3.21%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (0.57%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.38%) Firmware
4 2 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) HDFS
5 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 150 (28.36%) Kubernetes
2 132 (24.95%) Terraform
3 59 (11.15%) Grafana
4 44 (8.32%) Ansible
5 26 (4.91%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.89%) Argo
7 8 (1.51%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.13%) Puppet
9 4 (0.76%) Cilium
9 4 (0.76%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.76%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.57%) cPanel
10 3 (0.57%) Plesk
11 1 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.19%) Icinga
11 1 (0.19%) Nagios
11 1 (0.19%) Nessus
11 1 (0.19%) Nmap
11 1 (0.19%) Rancher
Vendors
1 125 (23.63%) Google
2 40 (7.56%) Microsoft
3 31 (5.86%) Databricks
4 13 (2.46%) Atlassian
5 11 (2.08%) Palantir
5 11 (2.08%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.89%) SAP
6 10 (1.89%) Talend
7 9 (1.70%) Informatica
7 9 (1.70%) Oracle
7 9 (1.70%) Zoho
8 8 (1.51%) Adobe
8 8 (1.51%) OpenAI
9 7 (1.32%) Sage
10 6 (1.13%) VMware
11 5 (0.95%) Ericsson
11 5 (0.95%) IBM
11 5 (0.95%) Nokia
11 5 (0.95%) Splunk
11 5 (0.95%) Xamarin