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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 57 44
Rank change year-on-year -26 -13 +8
Permanent jobs citing GCP 483 844 1,282
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.20% 5.12% 6.05%
As % of the Cloud Services category 8.83% 11.07% 12.96%
Number of salaries quoted 362 589 1,084
10th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £60,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,102 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.59% +13.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £118,750 £110,000 £96,135
90th Percentile £142,500 £138,750 £120,000
UK median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -3.13% +3.23% -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 5,473 7,622 9,894
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.25% 46.28% 46.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3,921 4,872 8,525
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £65,000 £61,206
Median % change year-on-year -7.54% +6.20% -5.84%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,070
90th Percentile £100,000 £104,925 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £64,600 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.12% +7.67% -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 9 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 60 (12.42%) Apache Airflow
2 23 (4.76%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.69%) Confluence
4 11 (2.28%) Apache
5 7 (1.45%) IIS
6 5 (1.04%) Apache Pulsar
7 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.41%) Luigi
8 2 (0.41%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.41%) WordPress
9 1 (0.21%) CMS
9 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.21%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.62%) Trello
3 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.21%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.21%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 410 (84.89%) AWS
2 347 (71.84%) Azure
3 108 (22.36%) SaaS
4 57 (11.80%) dbt
5 53 (10.97%) GitHub
6 32 (6.63%) GitHub Actions
6 32 (6.63%) Power Platform
7 30 (6.21%) Snowflake
8 27 (5.59%) AWS CloudFormation
9 22 (4.55%) Serverless
10 21 (4.35%) Amazon EKS
11 15 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (2.69%) Amazon S3
12 13 (2.69%) Azure Service Bus
13 12 (2.48%) Amazon ECS
14 11 (2.28%) Entra ID
14 11 (2.28%) Fivetran
14 11 (2.28%) Vertex AI
15 10 (2.07%) Amazon SageMaker
15 10 (2.07%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.97%) Firewall
2 14 (2.90%) Network Security
3 13 (2.69%) VPN
4 12 (2.48%) DNS
5 10 (2.07%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.86%) WAN
7 7 (1.45%) LAN
8 6 (1.24%) Broadband
8 6 (1.24%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.04%) DHCP
10 4 (0.83%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.83%) SSL
11 3 (0.62%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (0.62%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.62%) Kerberos
12 2 (0.41%) BGP
12 2 (0.41%) Wireless
13 1 (0.21%) Internet
13 1 (0.21%) MPLS
13 1 (0.21%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (14.91%) PostgreSQL
2 54 (11.18%) BigQuery
3 46 (9.52%) NoSQL
4 43 (8.90%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (6.63%) Apache Iceberg
6 29 (6.00%) Amazon Athena
7 28 (5.80%) Power BI
7 28 (5.80%) Tableau
8 26 (5.38%) Apache Arrow
8 26 (5.38%) Dremio
9 22 (4.55%) Elasticsearch
10 21 (4.35%) SQL Server
11 19 (3.93%) Data Lake
12 18 (3.73%) MongoDB
13 17 (3.52%) Looker
13 17 (3.52%) MySQL
14 16 (3.31%) Metadata
15 13 (2.69%) Amazon Redshift
16 12 (2.48%) Redis
17 10 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 34 (7.04%) Git
1 34 (7.04%) GitLab
2 22 (4.55%) JIRA
3 21 (4.35%) TeamCity
4 18 (3.73%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.86%) Subversion
6 8 (1.66%) Bitbucket
7 7 (1.45%) MLflow
7 7 (1.45%) Storybook
8 6 (1.24%) CircleCI
9 5 (1.04%) git-flow
10 4 (0.83%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.83%) ER Studio
10 4 (0.83%) ERwin
10 4 (0.83%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.62%) JUnit
11 3 (0.62%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.62%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.41%) Mockito
12 2 (0.41%) webpack
General
1 171 (35.40%) Social Skills
2 168 (34.78%) Finance
3 54 (11.18%) Law
3 54 (11.18%) Retail
4 45 (9.32%) Banking
5 39 (8.07%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (8.07%) Telecoms
6 37 (7.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 34 (7.04%) Public Sector
8 31 (6.42%) Financial Institution
9 27 (5.59%) Front Office
10 24 (4.97%) Back Office
11 20 (4.14%) Legal
11 20 (4.14%) Marketing
12 17 (3.52%) Manufacturing
13 12 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
16 7 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (1.24%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 129 (26.71%) Senior
2 99 (20.50%) Software Engineer
3 94 (19.46%) Developer
4 61 (12.63%) Architect
5 51 (10.56%) Lead
6 36 (7.45%) Python Engineer
7 35 (7.25%) Data Engineer
7 35 (7.25%) Engineering Manager
8 33 (6.83%) Software Developer
9 32 (6.63%) Python Software Engineer
10 30 (6.21%) .NET Developer
10 30 (6.21%) .NET Software Developer
11 29 (6.00%) AWS Engineer
12 27 (5.59%) Python Developer
13 26 (5.38%) AWS Developer
13 26 (5.38%) AWS Software Engineer
13 26 (5.38%) Developer/Software Engineer
14 24 (4.97%) Consultant
15 23 (4.76%) Cloud Engineer
15 23 (4.76%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (21.12%) React
2 72 (14.91%) Node.js
3 67 (13.87%) .NET
4 55 (11.39%) Kafka
5 43 (8.90%) RESTful
6 37 (7.66%) Vue
7 35 (7.25%) AngularJS
7 35 (7.25%) Pandas
8 31 (6.42%) NumPy
9 26 (5.38%) SciPy
10 24 (4.97%) Django
11 21 (4.35%) REST
12 18 (3.73%) CSS
13 17 (3.52%) gRPC
13 17 (3.52%) HTML
13 17 (3.52%) RabbitMQ
14 16 (3.31%) OAuth
14 16 (3.31%) Spring
15 14 (2.90%) OAuth2
15 14 (2.90%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 108 (22.36%) Cloud Native
2 60 (12.42%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (8.07%) Product Ownership
4 26 (5.38%) Equities
4 26 (5.38%) Fixed Income
4 26 (5.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 15 (3.11%) Distributed Architecture
6 13 (2.69%) Public Cloud
7 12 (2.48%) Algorithms
7 12 (2.48%) Data Structures
7 12 (2.48%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (2.28%) AI Agents
8 11 (2.28%) Management Information System
9 10 (2.07%) Mobile App
9 10 (2.07%) Onboarding
10 9 (1.86%) Blog
11 8 (1.66%) Data Centre
12 7 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.45%) Security Posture
13 6 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.45%) Linux
2 28 (5.80%) Windows
3 18 (3.73%) Unix
4 17 (3.52%) Android
5 8 (1.66%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.24%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.41%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.21%) CentOS
8 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (39.75%) CI/CD
2 167 (34.58%) Software Engineering
3 162 (33.54%) Agile
4 150 (31.06%) DevOps
5 145 (30.02%) AI
6 103 (21.33%) Roadmaps
7 100 (20.70%) Microservices
8 91 (18.84%) Infrastructure as Code
9 88 (18.22%) Mentoring
10 81 (16.77%) Computer Science
11 78 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
12 75 (15.53%) Containerisation
13 69 (14.29%) Analytics
14 64 (13.25%) Machine Learning
15 61 (12.63%) Continuous Improvement
15 61 (12.63%) Data Pipeline
16 52 (10.77%) Collaborative Culture
17 51 (10.56%) Fintech
18 50 (10.35%) Data Modelling
18 50 (10.35%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 163 (33.75%) Python
2 121 (25.05%) TypeScript
3 99 (20.50%) Java
4 96 (19.88%) SQL
5 94 (19.46%) JavaScript
6 42 (8.70%) Go
7 41 (8.49%) C#
8 22 (4.55%) Bash
9 19 (3.93%) Scala
10 13 (2.69%) PowerShell
11 8 (1.66%) C++
11 8 (1.66%) PHP
12 6 (1.24%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.04%) R
13 5 (1.04%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.83%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.41%) Bicep
15 2 (0.41%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.41%) Ruby
15 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 91 (18.84%) Degree
2 60 (12.42%) Computer Science Degree
3 43 (8.90%) Security Cleared
4 42 (8.70%) SC Cleared
5 14 (2.90%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.69%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.48%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.45%) CREST Certified
8 7 (1.45%) OSCP
9 6 (1.24%) CISSP
9 6 (1.24%) DBS Check
10 5 (1.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.83%) CEH
11 4 (0.83%) CISM
11 4 (0.83%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.83%) OSCE
11 4 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.62%) PhD
13 2 (0.41%) CISA
13 2 (0.41%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (5.18%) GDPR
3 22 (4.55%) QA
4 21 (4.35%) Data Quality
5 18 (3.73%) Accessibility
6 14 (2.90%) SOC 2
7 13 (2.69%) NIST
8 8 (1.66%) GRC
8 8 (1.66%) PCI DSS
9 6 (1.24%) EU AI Act
10 5 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (1.04%) SLA
11 4 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
12 3 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.62%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 2 (0.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.41%) ISO 14001
13 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 101 (20.91%) Docker
2 16 (3.31%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (0.62%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.41%) Firmware
4 2 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.21%) HDFS
5 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 129 (26.71%) Kubernetes
2 110 (22.77%) Terraform
3 46 (9.52%) Ansible
4 44 (9.11%) Grafana
5 28 (5.80%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.66%) Argo
6 8 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.04%) Puppet
8 4 (0.83%) Cilium
8 4 (0.83%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.83%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.62%) cPanel
9 3 (0.62%) Plesk
10 1 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.21%) Icinga
10 1 (0.21%) Nagios
10 1 (0.21%) Nessus
10 1 (0.21%) Nmap
10 1 (0.21%) Rancher
Vendors
1 111 (22.98%) Google
2 31 (6.42%) Microsoft
3 27 (5.59%) Databricks
4 13 (2.69%) Atlassian
5 10 (2.07%) Talend
6 9 (1.86%) Salesforce
6 9 (1.86%) Zoho
7 8 (1.66%) Palantir
7 8 (1.66%) SAP
8 7 (1.45%) Informatica
9 6 (1.24%) Adobe
9 6 (1.24%) Oracle
9 6 (1.24%) VMware
10 5 (1.04%) Ericsson
10 5 (1.04%) Mavenir
10 5 (1.04%) Nokia
10 5 (1.04%) OpenAI
10 5 (1.04%) Sage
10 5 (1.04%) Splunk
10 5 (1.04%) Xamarin