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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 61 62
Rank change year-on-year -9 +1 -25
Permanent jobs citing GCP 821 854 992
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.61% 5.14% 4.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.50% 14.34% 9.74%
Number of salaries quoted 465 431 779
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -10.53% +18.75%
75th Percentile £93,750 £127,500 £142,500
90th Percentile £112,650 £137,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £83,230
% change year-on-year -6.25% -3.88% +4.04%

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 8,638 5,955 10,188
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.03% 35.86% 41.04%
Number of salaries quoted 6,255 4,370 7,956
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,125 £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 £81,250 £84,964
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -5.51%

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 14 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 19 (2.31%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (1.71%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.10%) Apache
4 5 (0.61%) Confluence
5 4 (0.49%) Camunda
5 4 (0.49%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.37%) CMS
6 3 (0.37%) WordPress
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.12%) Appian
7 1 (0.12%) Drupal
7 1 (0.12%) IIS
7 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.12%) nginx
7 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 6 (0.73%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.12%) Trello
4 1 (0.12%) Weka
Business Applications
1 24 (2.92%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.24%) Shopify
3 2 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.12%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 652 (79.42%) AWS
2 522 (63.58%) Azure
3 85 (10.35%) SaaS
4 53 (6.46%) Amazon EKS
5 36 (4.38%) Power Platform
6 35 (4.26%) GitHub
7 33 (4.02%) Cloud Run
7 33 (4.02%) dbt
8 29 (3.53%) Serverless
9 24 (2.92%) AWS CloudFormation
10 22 (2.68%) Cloud Functions
10 22 (2.68%) GitHub Actions
10 22 (2.68%) Google Analytics
10 22 (2.68%) Snowflake
11 20 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (2.31%) Anthropic Claude
13 17 (2.07%) Firebase
14 16 (1.95%) Entra ID
14 16 (1.95%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 16 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 80 (9.74%) Broadband
2 34 (4.14%) Network Security
3 22 (2.68%) Firewall
3 22 (2.68%) TCP/IP
4 19 (2.31%) WAN
5 12 (1.46%) SD-WAN
6 11 (1.34%) LAN
6 11 (1.34%) VPN
7 9 (1.10%) DNS
8 8 (0.97%) LTE
9 7 (0.85%) Internet
10 6 (0.73%) Fibre Channel
10 6 (0.73%) HTTP
10 6 (0.73%) iSCSI
11 5 (0.61%) BGP
12 4 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (0.49%) DHCP
12 4 (0.49%) SSH
12 4 (0.49%) Wireless
13 3 (0.37%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (8.65%) BigQuery
2 47 (5.72%) PostgreSQL
3 37 (4.51%) NoSQL
4 34 (4.14%) Power BI
5 33 (4.02%) Data Warehouse
6 30 (3.65%) MongoDB
7 23 (2.80%) Data Lake
7 23 (2.80%) Looker
7 23 (2.80%) SQL Server
8 20 (2.44%) Semantic Layer
9 18 (2.19%) Relational Database
9 18 (2.19%) Tableau
10 17 (2.07%) Pinecone
11 16 (1.95%) Metadata
12 10 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
13 9 (1.10%) MySQL
14 6 (0.73%) SAP HANA
15 5 (0.61%) DynamoDB
15 5 (0.61%) Redis
15 5 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 60 (7.31%) Git
2 44 (5.36%) TeamCity
3 42 (5.12%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.95%) JIRA
5 13 (1.58%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.46%) CircleCI
7 10 (1.22%) 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%) TestRail
9 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
9 3 (0.37%) Zephyr
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
General
1 257 (31.30%) Social Skills
2 210 (25.58%) Finance
3 168 (20.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 130 (15.83%) Law
5 104 (12.67%) Banking
6 82 (9.99%) Public Sector
7 79 (9.62%) Retail
8 75 (9.14%) Analytical Skills
9 43 (5.24%) Financial Institution
10 42 (5.12%) Back Office
11 37 (4.51%) Presentation Skills
12 26 (3.17%) Legal
13 23 (2.80%) Marketing
14 8 (0.97%) Front Office
15 7 (0.85%) Advertising
15 7 (0.85%) Legal Technology
15 7 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
15 7 (0.85%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.61%) Games
17 4 (0.49%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 233 (28.38%) Senior
2 174 (21.19%) Software Engineer
3 136 (16.57%) Architect
4 73 (8.89%) Lead
5 67 (8.16%) Cloud Engineer
6 53 (6.46%) Developer
7 52 (6.33%) Analyst
8 50 (6.09%) Data Engineer
9 49 (5.97%) Python Engineer
10 45 (5.48%) GCP Engineer
11 41 (4.99%) Solutions Architect
12 33 (4.02%) Senior Analyst
12 33 (4.02%) Senior Software Engineer
13 31 (3.78%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 29 (3.53%) Consultant
15 27 (3.29%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 27 (3.29%) Site Reliability Engineer
16 26 (3.17%) Site Engineer
17 25 (3.05%) Lead Software Engineer
17 25 (3.05%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (10.84%) React
2 59 (7.19%) Node.js
3 50 (6.09%) REST
4 41 (4.99%) Kafka
5 39 (4.75%) LangChain
6 37 (4.51%) .NET
7 31 (3.78%) gRPC
8 29 (3.53%) Spring
9 25 (3.05%) FastAPI
9 25 (3.05%) OAuth
10 23 (2.80%) Django
10 23 (2.80%) LangGraph
11 21 (2.56%) RESTful
11 21 (2.56%) Spring Boot
12 20 (2.44%) OpenID
12 20 (2.44%) PyTorch
13 18 (2.19%) AngularJS
13 18 (2.19%) SAML
13 18 (2.19%) TensorFlow
13 18 (2.19%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 208 (25.33%) Cloud Native
2 84 (10.23%) Distributed Systems
3 79 (9.62%) Product Ownership
4 48 (5.85%) AI Agents
5 32 (3.90%) Video\Live Streaming
6 28 (3.41%) Over-the-Top Content
7 25 (3.05%) Public Cloud
8 24 (2.92%) Distributed Architecture
9 22 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
10 21 (2.56%) Security Posture
11 20 (2.44%) Data Structures
12 18 (2.19%) Social Media
13 16 (1.95%) Blog
13 16 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (1.95%) Management Information System
13 16 (1.95%) Onboarding
14 15 (1.83%) Data Centre
15 14 (1.71%) Mobile App
16 12 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
16 12 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 52 (6.33%) Linux
2 18 (2.19%) Unix
3 16 (1.95%) Windows
4 8 (0.97%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.73%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.61%) Android
7 1 (0.12%) CentOS
7 1 (0.12%) Debian
7 1 (0.12%) Solaris
7 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (40.80%) CI/CD
2 298 (36.30%) Software Engineering
3 250 (30.45%) Mentoring
4 248 (30.21%) AI
5 226 (27.53%) Agile
6 186 (22.66%) DevOps
7 156 (19.00%) Infrastructure as Code
8 148 (18.03%) Microservices
8 148 (18.03%) Roadmaps
9 141 (17.17%) Containerisation
10 140 (17.05%) Technical Leadership
11 136 (16.57%) Machine Learning
12 135 (16.44%) Continuous Improvement
13 131 (15.96%) Problem-Solving
14 128 (15.59%) Test Automation
15 114 (13.89%) Observability
16 113 (13.76%) Clean Code
17 111 (13.52%) Coaching
18 109 (13.28%) Analytics
19 86 (10.48%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 304 (37.03%) Python
2 162 (19.73%) Java
3 132 (16.08%) SQL
4 99 (12.06%) JavaScript
5 76 (9.26%) Go
6 62 (7.55%) TypeScript
7 42 (5.12%) Scala
8 40 (4.87%) C#
9 21 (2.56%) Bash
10 18 (2.19%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.71%) C++
12 13 (1.58%) Rust
13 7 (0.85%) Ruby
14 5 (0.61%) C
14 5 (0.61%) PHP
14 5 (0.61%) R
15 4 (0.49%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.37%) Perl
16 3 (0.37%) Shell Script
16 3 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 134 (16.32%) Security Cleared
2 116 (14.13%) SC Cleared
3 111 (13.52%) Degree
4 52 (6.33%) AWS Certification
5 33 (4.02%) CISSP
6 29 (3.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 26 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (2.92%) CISM
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 8 (0.97%) CREST Certified
12 8 (0.97%) 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 54 (6.58%) Data Quality
2 37 (4.51%) NIST
3 33 (4.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 30 (3.65%) Accessibility
5 21 (2.56%) GDPR
5 21 (2.56%) NCSC
5 21 (2.56%) QA
6 14 (1.71%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 10 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
7 10 (1.22%) GRC
8 8 (0.97%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.73%) PMO
9 6 (0.73%) SLA
10 5 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.49%) Def Stans
11 4 (0.49%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.37%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 177 (21.56%) Docker
2 16 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.97%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.73%) vSphere
6 5 (0.61%) Active Directory
7 2 (0.24%) Firmware
7 2 (0.24%) KVM
Systems Management
1 190 (23.14%) Terraform
2 189 (23.02%) Kubernetes
3 68 (8.28%) Grafana
4 37 (4.51%) Ansible
5 16 (1.95%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.83%) Istio
7 13 (1.58%) Podman
8 12 (1.46%) Puppet
9 6 (0.73%) Avamar
9 6 (0.73%) CASB
9 6 (0.73%) Dell DRAC
9 6 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
9 6 (0.73%) EMC VPLEX
9 6 (0.73%) VxRail
10 5 (0.61%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.37%) Argo
12 3 (0.37%) linkerd
13 2 (0.24%) Packer
14 1 (0.12%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 171 (20.83%) Google
2 109 (13.28%) Microsoft
3 30 (3.65%) Adobe
4 27 (3.29%) Typelevel
5 25 (3.05%) ServiceNow
6 24 (2.92%) Apple
7 22 (2.68%) Databricks
8 18 (2.19%) Okta
9 15 (1.83%) Dynatrace
9 15 (1.83%) Ping Identity
9 15 (1.83%) SAP
10 14 (1.71%) Informatica
10 14 (1.71%) VMware
11 12 (1.46%) Splunk
12 11 (1.34%) Oracle
13 10 (1.22%) Cisco
14 9 (1.10%) New Relic
14 9 (1.10%) Palo Alto
15 8 (0.97%) Confluent
15 8 (0.97%) ForgeRock