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

 6 months to
2 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 56 64
Rank change year-on-year -11 +8 -28
Permanent jobs citing GCP 819 896 986
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.68% 5.40% 3.90%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.49% 14.74% 9.55%
Number of salaries quoted 460 468 795
10th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £60,563 £64,509 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £85,253 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.03% -10.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £95,000 £125,625 £142,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £137,500 £165,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -6.25% -3.03% +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 8,634 6,078 10,328
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.78% 36.65% 40.82%
Number of salaries quoted 6,217 4,486 8,220
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,750 £36,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £46,998
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -4.76% -3.08%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £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% - -4.00%

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 2 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 22 (2.69%) Apache Airflow
2 14 (1.71%) Apache Spark
3 7 (0.85%) Apache
4 4 (0.49%) Confluence
5 3 (0.37%) Camunda
5 3 (0.37%) CMS
5 3 (0.37%) SAS
5 3 (0.37%) WordPress
6 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.12%) Appian
6 1 (0.12%) Drupal
6 1 (0.12%) IIS
6 1 (0.12%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.12%) nginx
6 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.12%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.12%) Lightworks
2 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (2.93%) Cloudability
2 4 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.24%) Shopify
4 1 (0.12%) Magento
4 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 653 (79.73%) AWS
2 507 (61.90%) Azure
3 82 (10.01%) SaaS
4 61 (7.45%) Amazon EKS
5 34 (4.15%) dbt
6 33 (4.03%) Cloud Run
6 33 (4.03%) Power Platform
7 32 (3.91%) GitHub
8 28 (3.42%) Serverless
9 26 (3.17%) AWS CloudFormation
10 25 (3.05%) Snowflake
11 22 (2.69%) Cloud Functions
12 21 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
12 21 (2.56%) Google Analytics
13 20 (2.44%) Anthropic Claude
13 20 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
14 19 (2.32%) PaaS
15 17 (2.08%) Amazon ECS
15 17 (2.08%) Entra ID
15 17 (2.08%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 90 (10.99%) Broadband
2 31 (3.79%) Network Security
3 23 (2.81%) TCP/IP
4 19 (2.32%) Firewall
5 17 (2.08%) WAN
6 11 (1.34%) DNS
6 11 (1.34%) LAN
7 10 (1.22%) SD-WAN
8 9 (1.10%) VPN
9 8 (0.98%) LTE
10 7 (0.85%) Internet
11 6 (0.73%) Fibre Channel
11 6 (0.73%) HTTP
11 6 (0.73%) iSCSI
12 5 (0.61%) DHCP
13 4 (0.49%) MQTT
13 4 (0.49%) SSH
14 3 (0.37%) Modbus
14 3 (0.37%) Software-Defined Networking
14 3 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (9.65%) BigQuery
2 57 (6.96%) PostgreSQL
3 33 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
3 33 (4.03%) NoSQL
4 31 (3.79%) Power BI
5 29 (3.54%) MongoDB
6 25 (3.05%) Data Lake
6 25 (3.05%) Looker
7 23 (2.81%) Semantic Layer
8 21 (2.56%) SQL Server
9 19 (2.32%) Metadata
10 18 (2.20%) Pinecone
10 18 (2.20%) Relational Database
11 14 (1.71%) Amazon Redshift
11 14 (1.71%) Tableau
12 10 (1.22%) Redis
13 8 (0.98%) MySQL
14 7 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.73%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 56 (6.84%) Git
2 51 (6.23%) TeamCity
3 43 (5.25%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.83%) JIRA
5 13 (1.59%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.47%) CircleCI
7 9 (1.10%) GitLab
8 3 (0.37%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.37%) JUnit
8 3 (0.37%) Postman
8 3 (0.37%) Selenium
8 3 (0.37%) TestRail
8 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.37%) Zephyr
9 2 (0.24%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.24%) Maven
9 2 (0.24%) MLflow
9 2 (0.24%) Subversion
10 1 (0.12%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.12%) Gatling
General
1 244 (29.79%) Social Skills
2 213 (26.01%) Finance
3 180 (21.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 143 (17.46%) Law
5 113 (13.80%) Banking
6 87 (10.62%) Retail
7 84 (10.26%) Public Sector
8 67 (8.18%) Analytical Skills
9 44 (5.37%) Back Office
9 44 (5.37%) Financial Institution
10 34 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (2.93%) Legal
12 18 (2.20%) Marketing
13 16 (1.95%) Front Office
14 7 (0.85%) Legal Technology
14 7 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.73%) Advertising
15 6 (0.73%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.61%) Games
16 5 (0.61%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 230 (28.08%) Senior
2 181 (22.10%) Software Engineer
3 129 (15.75%) Architect
4 82 (10.01%) Lead
5 66 (8.06%) Cloud Engineer
6 63 (7.69%) Developer
7 55 (6.72%) Analyst
8 51 (6.23%) Data Engineer
9 44 (5.37%) GCP Engineer
9 44 (5.37%) Python Engineer
10 40 (4.88%) Solutions Architect
11 34 (4.15%) Lead Software Engineer
12 33 (4.03%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 33 (4.03%) Senior Software Engineer
13 32 (3.91%) Senior Analyst
14 31 (3.79%) Consultant
14 31 (3.79%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 27 (3.30%) Senior Architect
16 26 (3.17%) Senior Manager
17 24 (2.93%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (11.11%) React
2 64 (7.81%) Node.js
3 46 (5.62%) REST
4 45 (5.49%) Kafka
5 40 (4.88%) gRPC
6 37 (4.52%) LangChain
7 31 (3.79%) .NET
8 28 (3.42%) Django
9 26 (3.17%) Spring
10 25 (3.05%) FastAPI
11 24 (2.93%) OAuth
12 23 (2.81%) LangGraph
13 20 (2.44%) OpenID
13 20 (2.44%) PyTorch
13 20 (2.44%) Spring Boot
14 19 (2.32%) RESTful
14 19 (2.32%) TensorFlow
15 18 (2.20%) AngularJS
15 18 (2.20%) SAML
15 18 (2.20%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 217 (26.50%) Cloud Native
2 92 (11.23%) Distributed Systems
3 82 (10.01%) Product Ownership
4 45 (5.49%) AI Agents
5 41 (5.01%) Video\Live Streaming
6 37 (4.52%) Over-the-Top Content
7 24 (2.93%) Security Posture
8 23 (2.81%) Distributed Architecture
8 23 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
9 21 (2.56%) Public Cloud
10 20 (2.44%) Data Structures
10 20 (2.44%) Management Information System
11 19 (2.32%) Social Media
12 18 (2.20%) Blog
12 18 (2.20%) Onboarding
13 16 (1.95%) Fixed Income
14 14 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.71%) Mobile App
15 12 (1.47%) Data Centre
16 11 (1.34%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 53 (6.47%) Linux
2 21 (2.56%) Unix
3 18 (2.20%) Windows
4 9 (1.10%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.85%) Android
5 7 (0.85%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) CentOS
6 1 (0.12%) Debian
6 1 (0.12%) Solaris
6 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (42.00%) CI/CD
2 304 (37.12%) Software Engineering
3 249 (30.40%) Mentoring
4 231 (28.21%) Agile
5 229 (27.96%) AI
6 190 (23.20%) DevOps
7 160 (19.54%) Microservices
8 153 (18.68%) Containerisation
9 146 (17.83%) Infrastructure as Code
10 144 (17.58%) Roadmaps
11 140 (17.09%) Machine Learning
12 137 (16.73%) Technical Leadership
12 137 (16.73%) Test Automation
13 134 (16.36%) Continuous Improvement
14 128 (15.63%) Clean Code
14 128 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
15 127 (15.51%) Coaching
16 108 (13.19%) Observability
17 97 (11.84%) Analytics
18 86 (10.50%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 313 (38.22%) Python
2 174 (21.25%) Java
3 124 (15.14%) SQL
4 106 (12.94%) JavaScript
5 91 (11.11%) Go
6 64 (7.81%) TypeScript
7 52 (6.35%) Scala
8 35 (4.27%) C#
9 21 (2.56%) Bash
10 15 (1.83%) C++
10 15 (1.83%) PowerShell
10 15 (1.83%) Rust
11 6 (0.73%) Ruby
12 5 (0.61%) C
12 5 (0.61%) PHP
12 5 (0.61%) R
13 4 (0.49%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.37%) Perl
14 3 (0.37%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 132 (16.12%) Security Cleared
2 114 (13.92%) SC Cleared
3 111 (13.55%) Degree
4 48 (5.86%) AWS Certification
5 35 (4.27%) CISSP
6 29 (3.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 26 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (2.81%) CISM
9 18 (2.20%) Azure Certification
10 12 (1.47%) DV Cleared
10 12 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (1.22%) CREST Certified
12 10 (1.22%) OSCP
13 6 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (0.73%) CCSP
13 6 (0.73%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.73%) Dell Certification
14 5 (0.61%) CCIE
14 5 (0.61%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (6.11%) Data Quality
2 38 (4.64%) NIST
3 32 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 30 (3.66%) Accessibility
5 23 (2.81%) QA
6 21 (2.56%) GDPR
7 19 (2.32%) NCSC
8 13 (1.59%) GRC
8 13 (1.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 9 (1.10%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.73%) PMO
12 4 (0.49%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 4 (0.49%) Def Stans
12 4 (0.49%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.49%) SLA
12 4 (0.49%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.24%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 2 (0.24%) SEPA
System Software
1 182 (22.22%) Docker
2 15 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.98%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.73%) Active Directory
5 6 (0.73%) vSphere
6 2 (0.24%) KVM
7 1 (0.12%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 189 (23.08%) Kubernetes
1 189 (23.08%) Terraform
2 73 (8.91%) Grafana
3 36 (4.40%) Ansible
4 16 (1.95%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.83%) Istio
6 14 (1.71%) Puppet
7 13 (1.59%) Podman
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%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.61%) CASB
9 5 (0.61%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.37%) linkerd
12 2 (0.24%) Argo
12 2 (0.24%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 160 (19.54%) Google
2 105 (12.82%) Microsoft
3 36 (4.40%) Typelevel
4 27 (3.30%) Adobe
5 25 (3.05%) ServiceNow
6 24 (2.93%) Apple
7 20 (2.44%) Databricks
8 18 (2.20%) Okta
9 15 (1.83%) SAP
9 15 (1.83%) VMware
10 14 (1.71%) Ping Identity
11 12 (1.47%) Oracle
12 11 (1.34%) Dynatrace
12 11 (1.34%) Informatica
13 10 (1.22%) Splunk
14 9 (1.10%) ForgeRock
15 8 (0.98%) Cisco
15 8 (0.98%) Confluent
15 8 (0.98%) Dell
16 7 (0.85%) Salesforce
718 hybrid/remote GCP jobs