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

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 58 64
Rank change year-on-year -15 +6 -26
Permanent jobs citing GCP 819 843 989
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.51% 5.10% 4.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.44% 14.14% 9.97%
Number of salaries quoted 468 423 740
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £91,563 £132,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £137,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% +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 8,672 5,960 9,918
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.17% 36.09% 40.85%
Number of salaries quoted 6,347 4,353 7,332
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -4.53%

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 31 August 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 11 (1.34%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (1.10%) Apache
2 9 (1.10%) Apache Spark
3 8 (0.98%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.61%) Confluence
5 4 (0.49%) Camunda
6 3 (0.37%) WordPress
7 2 (0.24%) CMS
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.12%) Appian
8 1 (0.12%) Drupal
8 1 (0.12%) IIS
8 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.12%) nginx
8 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 15 (1.83%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.24%) Weka
4 1 (0.12%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (2.93%) Cloudability
2 3 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.12%) Magento
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 656 (80.10%) AWS
2 529 (64.59%) Azure
3 96 (11.72%) SaaS
4 60 (7.33%) Amazon EKS
5 35 (4.27%) GitHub
5 35 (4.27%) Power Platform
6 33 (4.03%) Cloud Run
7 26 (3.17%) dbt
8 25 (3.05%) Serverless
9 24 (2.93%) AWS CloudFormation
10 23 (2.81%) GitHub Actions
11 22 (2.69%) Cloud Functions
11 22 (2.69%) Google Analytics
12 21 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
13 20 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
14 19 (2.32%) Anthropic Claude
14 19 (2.32%) Snowflake
15 17 (2.08%) Datadog
15 17 (2.08%) Firebase
16 16 (1.95%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 62 (7.57%) Broadband
2 36 (4.40%) Network Security
3 22 (2.69%) Firewall
3 22 (2.69%) TCP/IP
4 19 (2.32%) WAN
5 12 (1.47%) SD-WAN
5 12 (1.47%) VPN
6 11 (1.34%) LAN
7 7 (0.85%) DNS
8 6 (0.73%) Fibre Channel
8 6 (0.73%) HTTP
8 6 (0.73%) iSCSI
8 6 (0.73%) LTE
9 5 (0.61%) BGP
9 5 (0.61%) Internet
10 4 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.49%) SSH
10 4 (0.49%) Wireless
11 3 (0.37%) MPLS
11 3 (0.37%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (7.81%) BigQuery
2 44 (5.37%) PostgreSQL
3 43 (5.25%) NoSQL
4 33 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (4.03%) Power BI
5 28 (3.42%) MongoDB
6 23 (2.81%) Data Lake
6 23 (2.81%) Looker
6 23 (2.81%) SQL Server
7 20 (2.44%) Semantic Layer
8 19 (2.32%) Relational Database
9 17 (2.08%) Pinecone
10 16 (1.95%) Chroma
10 16 (1.95%) Tableau
11 14 (1.71%) Metadata
12 10 (1.22%) MySQL
13 9 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (0.61%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.61%) Redis
14 5 (0.61%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 56 (6.84%) Git
2 51 (6.23%) TeamCity
3 41 (5.01%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.83%) JIRA
5 13 (1.59%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.47%) CircleCI
7 8 (0.98%) GitLab
8 4 (0.49%) JUnit
9 3 (0.37%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.37%) Maven
9 3 (0.37%) Postman
9 3 (0.37%) Selenium
9 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.24%) Eclipse
10 2 (0.24%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.24%) ERwin
10 2 (0.24%) Mockito
10 2 (0.24%) Subversion
10 2 (0.24%) TestRail
10 2 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 251 (30.65%) Social Skills
2 215 (26.25%) Finance
3 183 (22.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 137 (16.73%) Law
5 122 (14.90%) Banking
6 92 (11.23%) Public Sector
6 92 (11.23%) Retail
7 75 (9.16%) Analytical Skills
8 52 (6.35%) Financial Institution
9 51 (6.23%) Back Office
10 38 (4.64%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (2.93%) Marketing
12 23 (2.81%) Legal
13 7 (0.85%) Advertising
13 7 (0.85%) Legal Technology
13 7 (0.85%) Telecoms
14 5 (0.61%) Games
15 4 (0.49%) French Language
15 4 (0.49%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 235 (28.69%) Senior
2 173 (21.12%) Software Engineer
3 143 (17.46%) Architect
4 69 (8.42%) Cloud Engineer
5 67 (8.18%) Lead
6 52 (6.35%) Analyst
7 49 (5.98%) Python Engineer
8 45 (5.49%) GCP Engineer
9 43 (5.25%) Developer
10 40 (4.88%) Data Engineer
11 38 (4.64%) Solutions Architect
12 33 (4.03%) Senior Analyst
13 31 (3.79%) Senior Software Engineer
14 30 (3.66%) Senior Architect
15 29 (3.54%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 28 (3.42%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 28 (3.42%) Site Engineer
17 26 (3.17%) Data Architect
17 26 (3.17%) Principal Engineer
17 26 (3.17%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 201 (24.54%) Terraform
2 80 (9.77%) React
3 57 (6.96%) Node.js
4 51 (6.23%) REST
5 37 (4.52%) .NET
6 36 (4.40%) LangChain
7 29 (3.54%) Kafka
7 29 (3.54%) Spring
8 24 (2.93%) PyTorch
9 23 (2.81%) FastAPI
9 23 (2.81%) OAuth
10 22 (2.69%) gRPC
11 21 (2.56%) LangGraph
11 21 (2.56%) Middleware
11 21 (2.56%) RESTful
11 21 (2.56%) Spring Boot
12 20 (2.44%) Django
13 19 (2.32%) TensorFlow
14 18 (2.20%) OpenID
15 17 (2.08%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 216 (26.37%) Cloud Native
2 87 (10.62%) Product Ownership
3 82 (10.01%) Distributed Systems
4 49 (5.98%) AI Agents
5 26 (3.17%) Distributed Architecture
6 23 (2.81%) Video\Live Streaming
7 20 (2.44%) Public Cloud
7 20 (2.44%) Security Posture
8 19 (2.32%) Blog
8 19 (2.32%) Over-the-Top Content
8 19 (2.32%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (1.95%) Onboarding
11 15 (1.83%) Data Centre
11 15 (1.83%) Data Structures
12 14 (1.71%) Mobile App
13 13 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
13 13 (1.59%) Social Media
14 12 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
14 12 (1.47%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 49 (5.98%) Linux
2 18 (2.20%) Unix
3 15 (1.83%) Windows
4 8 (0.98%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.85%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.73%) Android
7 1 (0.12%) CentOS
7 1 (0.12%) Debian
7 1 (0.12%) Solaris
7 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (40.78%) CI/CD
2 295 (36.02%) Software Engineering
3 260 (31.75%) AI
3 260 (31.75%) Mentoring
4 221 (26.98%) Agile
5 195 (23.81%) DevOps
6 156 (19.05%) Infrastructure as Code
7 153 (18.68%) Technical Leadership
8 143 (17.46%) Roadmaps
9 141 (17.22%) Continuous Improvement
10 140 (17.09%) Microservices
11 133 (16.24%) Containerisation
12 132 (16.12%) Test Automation
13 129 (15.75%) Machine Learning
14 121 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
15 118 (14.41%) Observability
16 108 (13.19%) Clean Code
16 108 (13.19%) Coaching
17 107 (13.06%) Analytics
18 95 (11.60%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 285 (34.80%) Python
2 165 (20.15%) Java
3 132 (16.12%) SQL
4 92 (11.23%) JavaScript
5 66 (8.06%) Go
6 57 (6.96%) TypeScript
7 40 (4.88%) C#
8 28 (3.42%) Scala
9 20 (2.44%) Bash
10 19 (2.32%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.34%) Rust
12 9 (1.10%) C++
13 7 (0.85%) Ruby
14 5 (0.61%) C
14 5 (0.61%) PHP
15 4 (0.49%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.49%) R
16 3 (0.37%) Perl
16 3 (0.37%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 128 (15.63%) Security Cleared
2 112 (13.68%) SC Cleared
3 107 (13.06%) Degree
4 52 (6.35%) AWS Certification
5 30 (3.66%) CISSP
6 29 (3.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 25 (3.05%) CISM
8 24 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (2.56%) Azure Certification
10 14 (1.71%) DV Cleared
11 11 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (1.10%) CREST Certified
12 9 (1.10%) OSCP
13 6 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (0.73%) CCSP
13 6 (0.73%) Dell Certification
14 5 (0.61%) CCIE
14 5 (0.61%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.61%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (7.20%) Data Quality
2 37 (4.52%) NIST
3 36 (4.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 33 (4.03%) Accessibility
5 23 (2.81%) NCSC
6 16 (1.95%) GDPR
6 16 (1.95%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 15 (1.83%) QA
8 10 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (1.22%) GRC
9 7 (0.85%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.85%) SLA
10 6 (0.73%) PMO
11 5 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 4 (0.49%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.49%) NIST 800
13 2 (0.24%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 168 (20.51%) Docker
2 15 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.98%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.73%) vSphere
6 3 (0.37%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.37%) Firmware
7 2 (0.24%) KVM
Systems Management
1 201 (24.54%) Kubernetes
2 77 (9.40%) Grafana
3 35 (4.27%) Ansible
4 16 (1.95%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.83%) Istio
6 13 (1.59%) Podman
7 12 (1.47%) Puppet
8 6 (0.73%) Avamar
8 6 (0.73%) Dell DRAC
8 6 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
8 6 (0.73%) EMC VPLEX
8 6 (0.73%) VxRail
9 5 (0.61%) CASB
9 5 (0.61%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.37%) Argo
11 3 (0.37%) linkerd
12 2 (0.24%) Packer
13 1 (0.12%) QRadar
13 1 (0.12%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 166 (20.27%) Google
2 107 (13.06%) Microsoft
3 33 (4.03%) Adobe
4 25 (3.05%) ServiceNow
5 24 (2.93%) Apple
6 20 (2.44%) Databricks
7 18 (2.20%) Typelevel
8 17 (2.08%) Dynatrace
9 16 (1.95%) Okta
10 15 (1.83%) OpenAI
10 15 (1.83%) Ping Identity
11 14 (1.71%) Informatica
11 14 (1.71%) VMware
12 13 (1.59%) SAP
13 12 (1.47%) Splunk
14 10 (1.22%) Cisco
14 10 (1.22%) Oracle
15 9 (1.10%) New Relic
15 9 (1.10%) Palo Alto
16 8 (0.98%) Confluent