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

 6 months to
17 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 48 73
Rank change year-on-year -6 +25 -31
Permanent jobs citing GCP 689 726 1,305
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.91% 5.49% 4.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 10.20% 12.16% 9.28%
Number of salaries quoted 351 595 1,101
10th Percentile £54,500 £53,750 £48,750
25th Percentile £64,439 £68,125 £61,180
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £85,253 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £137,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £82,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +6.45% -2.68%

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 6,753 5,970 14,061
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 38.31% 45.14% 43.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4,532 4,680 12,108
10th Percentile £33,750 £33,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,042 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

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 April 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 49 (7.11%) Apache Airflow
2 29 (4.21%) Apache Spark
3 16 (2.32%) Confluence
4 8 (1.16%) Apache
5 5 (0.73%) Apache Pulsar
6 3 (0.44%) CMS
6 3 (0.44%) Palantir Foundry
6 3 (0.44%) SAS
6 3 (0.44%) WordPress
7 2 (0.29%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.15%) Camunda
8 1 (0.15%) Drupal
8 1 (0.15%) IIS
8 1 (0.15%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.15%) nginx
8 1 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.15%) Strapi
Applications
1 3 (0.44%) Chatbot
1 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.44%) Trello
2 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.15%) Notion
Business Applications
1 9 (1.31%) Cloudability
2 2 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.29%) Shopify
3 1 (0.15%) Magento
3 1 (0.15%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 585 (84.91%) AWS
2 420 (60.96%) Azure
3 95 (13.79%) SaaS
4 70 (10.16%) Amazon EKS
5 40 (5.81%) GitHub
6 35 (5.08%) dbt
7 30 (4.35%) Serverless
8 29 (4.21%) Snowflake
9 28 (4.06%) Power Platform
10 27 (3.92%) AWS CloudFormation
11 26 (3.77%) Vertex AI
12 25 (3.63%) Entra ID
13 23 (3.34%) GitHub Actions
14 22 (3.19%) Amazon ECS
14 22 (3.19%) Google Analytics
15 19 (2.76%) Dagster
16 17 (2.47%) Cloud Run
17 16 (2.32%) Azure Machine Learning
17 16 (2.32%) Figma
18 15 (2.18%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 77 (11.18%) Broadband
2 21 (3.05%) Firewall
3 20 (2.90%) Network Security
4 15 (2.18%) DNS
4 15 (2.18%) TCP/IP
5 13 (1.89%) WAN
6 12 (1.74%) LAN
7 9 (1.31%) VPN
8 8 (1.16%) Internet
9 7 (1.02%) LTE
9 7 (1.02%) SD-WAN
9 7 (1.02%) SSL
10 5 (0.73%) DHCP
11 4 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.58%) MQTT
11 4 (0.58%) Wireless
12 3 (0.44%) Modbus
12 3 (0.44%) SCCP
12 3 (0.44%) WLAN
13 2 (0.29%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (12.19%) BigQuery
2 72 (10.45%) PostgreSQL
3 50 (7.26%) NoSQL
4 37 (5.37%) Metadata
5 34 (4.93%) Data Warehouse
6 27 (3.92%) Elasticsearch
6 27 (3.92%) Looker
6 27 (3.92%) MongoDB
7 24 (3.48%) Tableau
8 22 (3.19%) Power BI
9 18 (2.61%) Data Lake
10 17 (2.47%) Amazon Redshift
10 17 (2.47%) Relational Database
11 15 (2.18%) Redis
12 14 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
13 13 (1.89%) Semantic Layer
14 11 (1.60%) SQL Server
15 10 (1.45%) Apache Iceberg
15 10 (1.45%) Delta Lake
15 10 (1.45%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 60 (8.71%) TeamCity
2 43 (6.24%) Git
3 28 (4.06%) GitLab
4 27 (3.92%) JIRA
5 18 (2.61%) CircleCI
6 16 (2.32%) Jenkins
7 12 (1.74%) Cypress.io
7 12 (1.74%) MLflow
8 9 (1.31%) Subversion
9 8 (1.16%) Bitbucket
10 7 (1.02%) Storybook
11 2 (0.29%) git-flow
11 2 (0.29%) Maven
11 2 (0.29%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.29%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.29%) TestRail
11 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.29%) Zephyr
12 1 (0.15%) JMeter
12 1 (0.15%) Metasploit
General
1 208 (30.19%) Social Skills
2 198 (28.74%) Finance
3 149 (21.63%) Law
4 135 (19.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 118 (17.13%) Banking
6 105 (15.24%) Retail
7 80 (11.61%) Public Sector
8 58 (8.42%) Financial Institution
9 56 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
10 54 (7.84%) Back Office
11 37 (5.37%) Telecoms
12 31 (4.50%) Legal
13 22 (3.19%) Marketing
14 17 (2.47%) Front Office
14 17 (2.47%) Manufacturing
14 17 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (1.60%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (0.73%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 213 (30.91%) Senior
2 155 (22.50%) Software Engineer
3 102 (14.80%) Architect
4 77 (11.18%) Lead
5 63 (9.14%) Developer
6 52 (7.55%) Data Engineer
7 41 (5.95%) Consultant
8 40 (5.81%) Analyst
9 39 (5.66%) Senior Software Engineer
10 34 (4.93%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 30 (4.35%) Scala Engineer
11 30 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
12 29 (4.21%) Lead Software Engineer
13 28 (4.06%) Cloud Engineer
14 27 (3.92%) Senior Consultant
15 26 (3.77%) Data Architect
16 24 (3.48%) Java Engineer
16 24 (3.48%) Python Engineer
16 24 (3.48%) Senior Architect
17 22 (3.19%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (14.95%) React
2 70 (10.16%) Kafka
3 67 (9.72%) Node.js
4 64 (9.29%) gRPC
5 41 (5.95%) RESTful
6 37 (5.37%) Django
7 36 (5.22%) REST
8 27 (3.92%) .NET
9 23 (3.34%) Redux
10 21 (3.05%) OAuth
11 19 (2.76%) Spring
12 18 (2.61%) CSS
12 18 (2.61%) HTML
12 18 (2.61%) React Native
12 18 (2.61%) Vue
13 17 (2.47%) FastAPI
13 17 (2.47%) PyTorch
13 17 (2.47%) TensorFlow
14 16 (2.32%) AngularJS
15 15 (2.18%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 182 (26.42%) Cloud Native
2 102 (14.80%) Distributed Systems
3 75 (10.89%) Product Ownership
4 47 (6.82%) Video\Live Streaming
5 45 (6.53%) Over-the-Top Content
6 30 (4.35%) Blog
7 26 (3.77%) Security Posture
8 25 (3.63%) Public Cloud
9 24 (3.48%) Data Structures
10 23 (3.34%) Distributed Architecture
11 22 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
12 19 (2.76%) Management Information System
12 19 (2.76%) Onboarding
13 17 (2.47%) Mobile App
14 16 (2.32%) Fixed Income
15 14 (2.03%) AI Agents
16 12 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
17 10 (1.45%) Cyberattack
17 10 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
17 10 (1.45%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 47 (6.82%) Linux
2 27 (3.92%) Android
3 25 (3.63%) Windows
4 18 (2.61%) Apple iOS
5 15 (2.18%) Unix
6 7 (1.02%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.87%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.29%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.15%) CentOS
9 1 (0.15%) Debian
9 1 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (45.43%) CI/CD
2 252 (36.57%) Software Engineering
3 192 (27.87%) DevOps
4 188 (27.29%) Agile
5 185 (26.85%) Microservices
6 171 (24.82%) Containerisation
7 161 (23.37%) AI
8 157 (22.79%) Mentoring
9 144 (20.90%) Clean Code
10 127 (18.43%) Machine Learning
11 125 (18.14%) Roadmaps
12 123 (17.85%) Problem-Solving
13 122 (17.71%) Coaching
14 120 (17.42%) Test Automation
15 115 (16.69%) Infrastructure as Code
16 113 (16.40%) Continuous Improvement
17 94 (13.64%) Analytics
18 93 (13.50%) Data Science
19 84 (12.19%) Computer Science
19 84 (12.19%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 252 (36.57%) Python
2 178 (25.83%) Java
3 123 (17.85%) Go
4 104 (15.09%) SQL
5 88 (12.77%) JavaScript
6 79 (11.47%) TypeScript
7 64 (9.29%) Scala
8 27 (3.92%) Bash
8 27 (3.92%) C#
9 21 (3.05%) C++
10 13 (1.89%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.45%) Rust
12 7 (1.02%) PHP
13 6 (0.87%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.73%) Ruby
15 4 (0.58%) C
16 3 (0.44%) Objective-C
16 3 (0.44%) Perl
17 2 (0.29%) Shell Script
18 1 (0.15%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 126 (18.29%) Degree
2 87 (12.63%) Security Cleared
3 77 (11.18%) SC Cleared
4 55 (7.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (3.48%) AWS Certification
6 21 (3.05%) CISSP
7 19 (2.76%) CREST Certified
7 19 (2.76%) OSCP
8 15 (2.18%) Azure Certification
9 14 (2.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 10 (1.45%) CISM
11 9 (1.31%) DV Cleared
12 8 (1.16%) OSCE
13 7 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (1.02%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.87%) GIAC
15 5 (0.73%) GPEN
15 5 (0.73%) ISACA
15 5 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.73%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (4.93%) Accessibility
2 34 (4.93%) QA
3 28 (4.06%) GDPR
4 25 (3.63%) NIST
5 23 (3.34%) Data Quality
6 21 (3.05%) GRC
7 16 (2.32%) SOC 2
8 14 (2.03%) PCI DSS
9 9 (1.31%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.87%) EU AI Act
10 6 (0.87%) SLA
11 4 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 3 (0.44%) NCSC
13 2 (0.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 2 (0.29%) ISO 26262
13 2 (0.29%) SEPA
13 2 (0.29%) SOC 1
System Software
1 186 (27.00%) Docker
2 17 (2.47%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.15%) Firmware
5 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.15%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 188 (27.29%) Kubernetes
2 174 (25.25%) Terraform
3 84 (12.19%) Grafana
4 45 (6.53%) Ansible
5 27 (3.92%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.74%) Podman
7 10 (1.45%) Puppet
8 8 (1.16%) Argo
8 8 (1.16%) Istio
8 8 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.73%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.58%) Cilium
11 3 (0.44%) cPanel
11 3 (0.44%) Plesk
12 2 (0.29%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (0.29%) Opsgenie
12 2 (0.29%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.15%) Avamar
13 1 (0.15%) CASB
Vendors
1 152 (22.06%) Google
2 74 (10.74%) Microsoft
3 45 (6.53%) Typelevel
4 24 (3.48%) Databricks
5 19 (2.76%) Adobe
6 13 (1.89%) Atlassian
6 13 (1.89%) Palantir
6 13 (1.89%) SAP
7 11 (1.60%) Apple
7 11 (1.60%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.31%) OpenAI
8 9 (1.31%) Oracle
8 9 (1.31%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.31%) VMware
9 8 (1.16%) Confluent
9 8 (1.16%) Foundry
10 6 (0.87%) Splunk
11 5 (0.73%) Ericsson
11 5 (0.73%) Informatica
11 5 (0.73%) Nokia
306 hybrid/remote GCP jobs