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

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 55 46
Rank change year-on-year -23 -9 +6
Permanent jobs citing GCP 513 856 1,336
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.35% 5.21% 5.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.16% 11.22% 12.56%
Number of salaries quoted 382 588 1,134
10th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £46,306
25th Percentile £66,938 £66,438 £60,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +13.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £118,750 £110,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £142,500 £138,750 £120,000
UK median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £75,669
% change year-on-year -3.13% +5.72% -5.41%

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 5,602 7,627 10,634
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.53% 46.46% 46.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,978 4,856 9,194
10th Percentile £32,000 £35,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,750 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £98,750
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 17 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 (11.70%) Apache Airflow
2 26 (5.07%) Apache Spark
3 13 (2.53%) Confluence
4 12 (2.34%) Apache
5 7 (1.36%) IIS
6 5 (0.97%) Apache Pulsar
7 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.39%) Luigi
8 2 (0.39%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.39%) WordPress
9 1 (0.19%) CMS
9 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.19%) Strapi
Applications
1 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.58%) Trello
3 2 (0.39%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.19%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (0.78%) 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
1 437 (85.19%) AWS
2 367 (71.54%) Azure
3 116 (22.61%) SaaS
4 55 (10.72%) dbt
5 53 (10.33%) GitHub
6 33 (6.43%) Power Platform
7 32 (6.24%) GitHub Actions
7 32 (6.24%) Snowflake
8 30 (5.85%) AWS CloudFormation
9 26 (5.07%) Amazon EKS
9 26 (5.07%) Serverless
10 16 (3.12%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (2.53%) Amazon S3
11 13 (2.53%) Azure Service Bus
11 13 (2.53%) Vertex AI
12 12 (2.34%) Amazon ECS
12 12 (2.34%) Azure Machine Learning
13 11 (2.14%) Amazon SageMaker
13 11 (2.14%) Entra ID
13 11 (2.14%) Fivetran
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.07%) Firewall
2 16 (3.12%) Network Security
3 13 (2.53%) VPN
4 12 (2.34%) DNS
5 10 (1.95%) TCP/IP
6 9 (1.75%) WAN
7 7 (1.36%) LAN
8 6 (1.17%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.97%) Broadband
9 5 (0.97%) DHCP
10 4 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.78%) SSL
11 3 (0.58%) Cisco ISE
11 3 (0.58%) Ethernet
11 3 (0.58%) Kerberos
11 3 (0.58%) SCCP
12 2 (0.39%) AMQP
12 2 (0.39%) BGP
12 2 (0.39%) Wireless
13 1 (0.19%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (14.23%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (11.50%) BigQuery
3 45 (8.77%) Data Warehouse
4 44 (8.58%) NoSQL
5 31 (6.04%) Tableau
6 30 (5.85%) Apache Iceberg
7 28 (5.46%) Power BI
8 27 (5.26%) Metadata
9 26 (5.07%) Amazon Athena
10 25 (4.87%) Elasticsearch
11 23 (4.48%) Apache Arrow
11 23 (4.48%) Dremio
12 20 (3.90%) Data Lake
12 20 (3.90%) SQL Server
13 19 (3.70%) Looker
14 18 (3.51%) MySQL
15 17 (3.31%) MongoDB
16 14 (2.73%) Amazon Redshift
17 12 (2.34%) Redis
18 10 (1.95%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 33 (6.43%) Git
2 32 (6.24%) GitLab
3 25 (4.87%) TeamCity
4 22 (4.29%) JIRA
5 17 (3.31%) Jenkins
6 9 (1.75%) MLflow
6 9 (1.75%) Subversion
7 8 (1.56%) Bitbucket
7 8 (1.56%) CircleCI
8 7 (1.36%) Storybook
9 5 (0.97%) git-flow
10 4 (0.78%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.78%) ER Studio
10 4 (0.78%) ERwin
10 4 (0.78%) PowerDesigner
11 3 (0.58%) JUnit
11 3 (0.58%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.58%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.58%) webpack
12 2 (0.39%) Mockito
General
1 175 (34.11%) Social Skills
2 168 (32.75%) Finance
3 64 (12.48%) Law
4 63 (12.28%) Retail
5 51 (9.94%) Banking
6 46 (8.97%) Public Sector
7 45 (8.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 41 (7.99%) Analytical Skills
9 40 (7.80%) Telecoms
10 33 (6.43%) Financial Institution
11 26 (5.07%) Back Office
12 24 (4.68%) Front Office
13 20 (3.90%) Legal
13 20 (3.90%) Marketing
14 16 (3.12%) Manufacturing
15 11 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.95%) Pharmaceutical
17 9 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
18 7 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
19 6 (1.17%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 143 (27.88%) Senior
2 100 (19.49%) Software Engineer
3 91 (17.74%) Developer
4 72 (14.04%) Architect
5 53 (10.33%) Lead
6 37 (7.21%) Data Engineer
7 35 (6.82%) Engineering Manager
8 34 (6.63%) Python Engineer
9 33 (6.43%) Software Developer
10 30 (5.85%) .NET Developer
10 30 (5.85%) .NET Software Developer
11 29 (5.65%) Python Software Engineer
12 26 (5.07%) AWS Engineer
13 25 (4.87%) Cloud Engineer
13 25 (4.87%) Consultant
13 25 (4.87%) Data Architect
14 24 (4.68%) Full-Stack Developer
14 24 (4.68%) Python Developer
15 23 (4.48%) AWS Developer
15 23 (4.48%) AWS Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (20.08%) React
2 72 (14.04%) Node.js
3 66 (12.87%) .NET
4 57 (11.11%) Kafka
5 44 (8.58%) RESTful
6 33 (6.43%) AngularJS
6 33 (6.43%) Vue
7 32 (6.24%) Pandas
8 28 (5.46%) NumPy
9 24 (4.68%) Django
10 23 (4.48%) REST
10 23 (4.48%) SciPy
11 19 (3.70%) CSS
12 18 (3.51%) HTML
12 18 (3.51%) Spring
13 17 (3.31%) gRPC
13 17 (3.31%) RabbitMQ
14 16 (3.12%) OAuth
14 16 (3.12%) Spring Boot
15 14 (2.73%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 118 (23.00%) Cloud Native
2 61 (11.89%) Distributed Systems
3 40 (7.80%) Product Ownership
4 23 (4.48%) Equities
4 23 (4.48%) Fixed Income
4 23 (4.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 21 (4.09%) Public Cloud
6 17 (3.31%) Distributed Architecture
7 12 (2.34%) AI Agents
7 12 (2.34%) Algorithms
7 12 (2.34%) Blog
8 11 (2.14%) Data Structures
8 11 (2.14%) Greenfield Project
8 11 (2.14%) Mobile App
9 10 (1.95%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.95%) Security Posture
10 9 (1.75%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.56%) Data Centre
11 8 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 38 (7.41%) Linux
2 28 (5.46%) Windows
3 20 (3.90%) Android
4 18 (3.51%) Unix
5 11 (2.14%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.17%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.39%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.39%) 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
1 208 (40.55%) CI/CD
2 175 (34.11%) Software Engineering
3 171 (33.33%) Agile
4 164 (31.97%) DevOps
5 153 (29.82%) AI
6 106 (20.66%) Microservices
6 106 (20.66%) Roadmaps
7 100 (19.49%) Mentoring
8 95 (18.52%) Infrastructure as Code
9 86 (16.76%) Containerisation
10 84 (16.37%) Computer Science
11 79 (15.40%) Problem-Solving
12 72 (14.04%) Analytics
13 69 (13.45%) Continuous Improvement
14 68 (13.26%) Machine Learning
15 63 (12.28%) Data Pipeline
16 60 (11.70%) Data Modelling
17 56 (10.92%) Collaborative Culture
18 55 (10.72%) Test Automation
19 52 (10.14%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 167 (32.55%) Python
2 120 (23.39%) TypeScript
3 107 (20.86%) Java
4 99 (19.30%) SQL
5 95 (18.52%) JavaScript
6 46 (8.97%) Go
7 39 (7.60%) C#
8 22 (4.29%) Bash
9 18 (3.51%) Scala
10 13 (2.53%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.75%) C++
12 8 (1.56%) PHP
13 5 (0.97%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.97%) R
13 5 (0.97%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.39%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.39%) Ruby
15 2 (0.39%) Rust
15 2 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 96 (18.71%) Degree
2 61 (11.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 46 (8.97%) Security Cleared
4 44 (8.58%) SC Cleared
5 15 (2.92%) Azure Certification
6 13 (2.53%) AWS Certification
6 13 (2.53%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.56%) CREST Certified
7 8 (1.56%) OSCP
8 6 (1.17%) CISSP
9 5 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (0.97%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.97%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.78%) CEH
10 4 (0.78%) CISM
10 4 (0.78%) OSCE
10 4 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.58%) PhD
12 2 (0.39%) CISA
12 2 (0.39%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (6.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (5.07%) GDPR
3 22 (4.29%) Data Quality
3 22 (4.29%) QA
4 18 (3.51%) Accessibility
5 15 (2.92%) NIST
5 15 (2.92%) SOC 2
6 10 (1.95%) PCI DSS
7 9 (1.75%) GRC
8 6 (1.17%) EU AI Act
9 5 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.97%) SLA
10 3 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (0.39%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.39%) ISO 14001
11 2 (0.39%) ISO 26262
11 2 (0.39%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 106 (20.66%) Docker
2 16 (3.12%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (0.58%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.39%) Firmware
4 2 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.19%) HDFS
5 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 140 (27.29%) Kubernetes
2 120 (23.39%) Terraform
3 48 (9.36%) Ansible
3 48 (9.36%) Grafana
4 28 (5.46%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.95%) Argo
6 8 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (1.17%) Puppet
8 4 (0.78%) Cilium
8 4 (0.78%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.78%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.58%) cPanel
9 3 (0.58%) Plesk
10 1 (0.19%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.19%) Icinga
10 1 (0.19%) Nagios
10 1 (0.19%) Nessus
10 1 (0.19%) Nmap
10 1 (0.19%) Rancher
Vendors
1 122 (23.78%) Google
2 38 (7.41%) Microsoft
3 29 (5.65%) Databricks
4 13 (2.53%) Atlassian
5 11 (2.14%) Salesforce
6 10 (1.95%) Palantir
6 10 (1.95%) Talend
7 9 (1.75%) Informatica
7 9 (1.75%) SAP
7 9 (1.75%) Zoho
8 8 (1.56%) Oracle
9 7 (1.36%) Adobe
10 6 (1.17%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.17%) Sage
10 6 (1.17%) VMware
11 5 (0.97%) Ericsson
11 5 (0.97%) Mavenir
11 5 (0.97%) Nokia
11 5 (0.97%) Splunk
11 5 (0.97%) Xamarin