Compute Engine jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, Compute Engine appears in 168 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Cloud Engineer has the most postings mentioning Compute Engine, with demand down 42% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is Compute Engine in demand in 2026?
Yes. Compute Engine appears in 168 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 42% vs the prior 4 weeks. Cloud Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Compute Engine (24.4% of all postings mentioning Compute Engine).
+What jobs require Compute Engine?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Compute Engine are Customer Solutions Architect (13.6% of that role’s postings mention Compute Engine), Cloud DevOps Engineer (9.5% of that role’s postings mention Compute Engine), Cloud Engineer (5.2% of that role’s postings mention Compute Engine).
+What skills are commonly paired with Compute Engine?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), Compute Engine most often appears alongside Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Terraform, IAM, Kubernetes, BigQuery.
+Where is Compute Engine most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Compute Engine are Washington, Bengaluru, London, Pune, Stockholm, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new Compute Engine content and jobs?
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Weekly job postings requiring Compute Engine — last 90 days
Roles most likely to require Compute Engine
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Customer Solutions Architect | 3 | 13.6% |
| Cloud DevOps Engineer | 8 | 9.5% |
| Cloud Engineer | 41 | 5.2% |
| Cloud Architect | 10 | 3.4% |
| Platform Engineering Manager | 1 | 2.5% |
| Python Engineer | 1 | 1.9% |
| Cloud Data Engineer | 1 | 1.8% |
| System Administrator | 1 | 1.7% |
| System Engineer | 1 | 1.6% |
| Cloud Platform Engineer | 2 | 1.4% |
Roles with the most Compute Engine postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Cloud Engineer | 41 | 24.4% |
| DevOps Engineer | 23 | 13.7% |
| GCP Cloud Engineer | 19 | 11.3% |
| Cloud Architect | 10 | 6.0% |
| Cloud DevOps Engineer | 8 | 4.8% |
| Data Engineer | 7 | 4.2% |
| Cloud/DevOps Engineer | 6 | 3.6% |
| Software Engineer | 5 | 3.0% |
| Customer Solutions Architect | 3 | 1.8% |
| AI System Engineer | 2 | 1.2% |
Top metros hiring for Compute Engine
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 65 | 38.7% |
| Bengaluru | 3 | 1.8% |
| London | 3 | 1.8% |
| Pune | 3 | 1.8% |
| Stockholm | 3 | 1.8% |
| Boulogne-Billancourt | 2 | 1.2% |
| Hyderabad | 2 | 1.2% |
| Il | 2 | 1.2% |
| Levallois-Perret | 2 | 1.2% |
Skills commonly paired with Compute Engine
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning Compute Engine by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Compute Engine postings by all Compute Engine postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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