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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 61 65
Rank change year-on-year -12 +4 -27
Permanent jobs citing GCP 814 833 980
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.48% 5.10% 4.05%
As % of the Cloud Services category 9.39% 14.16% 9.94%
Number of salaries quoted 463 416 730
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,500 £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 £91,875 £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 8,671 5,881 9,863
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.11% 35.98% 40.75%
Number of salaries quoted 6,345 4,297 7,268
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% - -4.00%

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 3 September 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 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
2 9 (1.11%) Apache
2 9 (1.11%) Apache Spark
3 8 (0.98%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.61%) Confluence
5 4 (0.49%) Camunda
6 3 (0.37%) WordPress
7 2 (0.25%) 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 (1.84%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.25%) Weka
4 1 (0.12%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (2.95%) Cloudability
2 3 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.12%) Magento
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 652 (80.10%) AWS
2 524 (64.37%) Azure
3 96 (11.79%) SaaS
4 59 (7.25%) Amazon EKS
5 35 (4.30%) GitHub
5 35 (4.30%) Power Platform
6 33 (4.05%) Cloud Run
7 26 (3.19%) dbt
8 25 (3.07%) Serverless
9 24 (2.95%) AWS CloudFormation
10 23 (2.83%) GitHub Actions
11 22 (2.70%) Cloud Functions
11 22 (2.70%) Google Analytics
11 22 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
12 20 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
13 19 (2.33%) Anthropic Claude
13 19 (2.33%) Snowflake
14 17 (2.09%) Datadog
14 17 (2.09%) Firebase
15 16 (1.97%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 62 (7.62%) Broadband
2 36 (4.42%) Network Security
3 20 (2.46%) Firewall
3 20 (2.46%) TCP/IP
4 17 (2.09%) WAN
5 11 (1.35%) SD-WAN
5 11 (1.35%) VPN
6 9 (1.11%) LAN
7 6 (0.74%) DNS
7 6 (0.74%) Fibre Channel
7 6 (0.74%) HTTP
7 6 (0.74%) iSCSI
7 6 (0.74%) LTE
8 5 (0.61%) BGP
8 5 (0.61%) Internet
9 4 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (0.49%) SSH
9 4 (0.49%) Wireless
10 3 (0.37%) MPLS
10 3 (0.37%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (7.74%) BigQuery
2 45 (5.53%) PostgreSQL
3 41 (5.04%) NoSQL
4 33 (4.05%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (4.05%) Power BI
5 28 (3.44%) MongoDB
6 23 (2.83%) Looker
6 23 (2.83%) SQL Server
7 21 (2.58%) Data Lake
8 20 (2.46%) Semantic Layer
9 19 (2.33%) Relational Database
10 17 (2.09%) Pinecone
11 16 (1.97%) Chroma
11 16 (1.97%) Metadata
11 16 (1.97%) Tableau
12 10 (1.23%) MySQL
13 9 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.86%) Metadata Repository
15 5 (0.61%) DynamoDB
15 5 (0.61%) Redis
Development Applications
1 57 (7.00%) Git
2 52 (6.39%) TeamCity
3 41 (5.04%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.84%) JIRA
5 13 (1.60%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.47%) CircleCI
7 8 (0.98%) GitLab
8 5 (0.61%) JUnit
9 4 (0.49%) Maven
10 3 (0.37%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.37%) Mockito
10 3 (0.37%) Postman
10 3 (0.37%) Selenium
10 3 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.25%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.25%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.25%) ERwin
11 2 (0.25%) Subversion
11 2 (0.25%) TestRail
11 2 (0.25%) Zephyr
General
1 247 (30.34%) Social Skills
2 214 (26.29%) Finance
3 183 (22.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 135 (16.58%) Law
5 121 (14.86%) Banking
6 93 (11.43%) Public Sector
6 93 (11.43%) Retail
7 73 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
8 52 (6.39%) Back Office
8 52 (6.39%) Financial Institution
9 37 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
10 24 (2.95%) Marketing
11 23 (2.83%) Legal
12 7 (0.86%) Advertising
12 7 (0.86%) Legal Technology
12 7 (0.86%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.61%) Games
14 4 (0.49%) French Language
15 3 (0.37%) Local Government
15 3 (0.37%) Prime Brokerage
Job Titles
1 234 (28.75%) Senior
2 175 (21.50%) Software Engineer
3 140 (17.20%) Architect
4 69 (8.48%) Cloud Engineer
5 67 (8.23%) Lead
6 52 (6.39%) Analyst
7 49 (6.02%) Python Engineer
8 45 (5.53%) GCP Engineer
9 43 (5.28%) Developer
10 40 (4.91%) Data Engineer
11 36 (4.42%) Solutions Architect
12 33 (4.05%) Senior Analyst
12 33 (4.05%) Senior Software Engineer
13 31 (3.81%) Senior Architect
14 29 (3.56%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 28 (3.44%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 28 (3.44%) Site Engineer
16 27 (3.32%) Data Architect
17 26 (3.19%) Consultant
17 26 (3.19%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 201 (24.69%) Terraform
2 80 (9.83%) React
3 56 (6.88%) Node.js
4 50 (6.14%) REST
5 36 (4.42%) LangChain
6 35 (4.30%) .NET
7 30 (3.69%) Spring
8 27 (3.32%) Kafka
9 24 (2.95%) PyTorch
10 23 (2.83%) FastAPI
10 23 (2.83%) OAuth
11 22 (2.70%) RESTful
11 22 (2.70%) Spring Boot
12 21 (2.58%) LangGraph
12 21 (2.58%) Middleware
13 20 (2.46%) Django
13 20 (2.46%) gRPC
14 19 (2.33%) TensorFlow
15 18 (2.21%) OpenID
16 17 (2.09%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 213 (26.17%) Cloud Native
2 85 (10.44%) Product Ownership
3 83 (10.20%) Distributed Systems
4 49 (6.02%) AI Agents
5 26 (3.19%) Distributed Architecture
6 23 (2.83%) Video\Live Streaming
7 20 (2.46%) Blog
7 20 (2.46%) Public Cloud
8 19 (2.33%) Over-the-Top Content
8 19 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (2.21%) Security Posture
10 16 (1.97%) Onboarding
11 15 (1.84%) Data Centre
11 15 (1.84%) Data Structures
11 15 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
12 13 (1.60%) Social Media
13 12 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
13 12 (1.47%) Management Information System
13 12 (1.47%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 49 (6.02%) Linux
2 18 (2.21%) Unix
3 14 (1.72%) Windows
4 7 (0.86%) Apple iOS
4 7 (0.86%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.74%) Android
6 1 (0.12%) CentOS
6 1 (0.12%) Debian
6 1 (0.12%) Solaris
6 1 (0.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (41.40%) CI/CD
2 295 (36.24%) Software Engineering
3 260 (31.94%) Mentoring
4 257 (31.57%) AI
5 222 (27.27%) Agile
6 193 (23.71%) DevOps
7 154 (18.92%) Infrastructure as Code
8 153 (18.80%) Technical Leadership
9 140 (17.20%) Microservices
9 140 (17.20%) Roadmaps
10 138 (16.95%) Continuous Improvement
11 133 (16.34%) Test Automation
12 131 (16.09%) Containerisation
13 127 (15.60%) Machine Learning
14 122 (14.99%) Problem-Solving
15 118 (14.50%) Observability
16 110 (13.51%) Coaching
17 109 (13.39%) Clean Code
18 103 (12.65%) Analytics
19 94 (11.55%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 284 (34.89%) Python
2 168 (20.64%) Java
3 130 (15.97%) SQL
4 91 (11.18%) JavaScript
5 64 (7.86%) Go
6 58 (7.13%) TypeScript
7 38 (4.67%) C#
8 28 (3.44%) Scala
9 20 (2.46%) Bash
10 19 (2.33%) PowerShell
11 11 (1.35%) Rust
12 9 (1.11%) C++
13 7 (0.86%) 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 (15.72%) Security Cleared
2 111 (13.64%) SC Cleared
3 106 (13.02%) Degree
4 52 (6.39%) AWS Certification
5 31 (3.81%) CISSP
6 29 (3.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 26 (3.19%) CISM
8 24 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (2.58%) Azure Certification
10 13 (1.60%) DV Cleared
11 11 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (1.11%) CREST Certified
13 9 (1.11%) OSCP
14 6 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (0.74%) CCSP
14 6 (0.74%) Dell Certification
15 5 (0.61%) CRISC
15 5 (0.61%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.61%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (7.49%) Data Quality
2 38 (4.67%) NIST
3 37 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 33 (4.05%) Accessibility
5 24 (2.95%) NCSC
6 17 (2.09%) GDPR
7 16 (1.97%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 15 (1.84%) QA
9 10 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (1.23%) GRC
10 8 (0.98%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.86%) SLA
12 6 (0.74%) PMO
13 5 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 4 (0.49%) Def Stans
14 4 (0.49%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 2 (0.25%) HIPAA
17 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
17 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 167 (20.52%) Docker
2 13 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.98%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.74%) vSphere
6 3 (0.37%) Active Directory
6 3 (0.37%) Firmware
7 2 (0.25%) KVM
Systems Management
1 201 (24.69%) Kubernetes
2 78 (9.58%) Grafana
3 35 (4.30%) Ansible
4 16 (1.97%) Prometheus
5 13 (1.60%) Istio
5 13 (1.60%) Podman
6 12 (1.47%) Puppet
7 6 (0.74%) Avamar
7 6 (0.74%) Dell DRAC
7 6 (0.74%) EMC NetWorker
7 6 (0.74%) EMC VPLEX
7 6 (0.74%) VxRail
8 5 (0.61%) CASB
8 5 (0.61%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.37%) Argo
10 3 (0.37%) linkerd
11 2 (0.25%) Packer
12 1 (0.12%) QRadar
12 1 (0.12%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 166 (20.39%) Google
2 107 (13.14%) Microsoft
3 33 (4.05%) Adobe
4 25 (3.07%) ServiceNow
5 24 (2.95%) Apple
6 20 (2.46%) Databricks
7 18 (2.21%) Typelevel
8 17 (2.09%) Dynatrace
9 16 (1.97%) Okta
10 15 (1.84%) OpenAI
10 15 (1.84%) Ping Identity
11 14 (1.72%) Informatica
12 13 (1.60%) SAP
12 13 (1.60%) VMware
13 12 (1.47%) Splunk
14 10 (1.23%) Cisco
14 10 (1.23%) Oracle
15 9 (1.11%) New Relic
15 9 (1.11%) Palo Alto
16 7 (0.86%) Dell