Google
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Google products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Google over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Google.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 117 61
Rank change year-on-year +19 -56 +23
Permanent jobs citing Google 2,692 2,930 9,189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.62% 3.01% 5.50%
As % of the Vendors category 7.33% 7.20% 14.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,662 1,735 2,862
10th Percentile £26,265 £36,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,874 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,029 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.10% +2.45% -
75th Percentile £79,688 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,590 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.99% +3.98% +10.53%

All Vendors
UK

Google is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,727 40,716 64,919
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.79% 41.82% 38.88%
Number of salaries quoted 24,890 23,574 33,282
10th Percentile £26,700 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +5.26% +3.26%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Google as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Google in the UK

Google
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Google.

Salary trend for Google in the UK

Google
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Google over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Google in the UK

Google
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +19 2,368 £55,000 -15.38% 983
UK excluding London +58 1,813 £47,500 -12.99% 570
Work from Home -14 934 £55,000 -15.38% 480
London -10 780 £70,000 -6.67% 422
North of England +46 574 £47,500 -20.20% 205
South East +33 344 £46,000 -8.00% 130
North West +52 293 £45,750 -23.14% 128
South West +21 257 £47,500 -11.29% 63
Midlands +51 239 £47,500 -5.00% 94
Yorkshire +44 222 £45,000 -24.40% 66
Scotland +26 190 £64,750 +8.78% 23
East of England +73 133 £28,500 -36.67% 54
West Midlands -6 122 £42,500 -15.00% 55
East Midlands +76 113 £47,500 +5.56% 40
North East +37 59 £55,000 +16.40% 13
Northern Ireland +37 39 £60,000 +51.90% 7
Wales -14 30 £50,000 +11.94% 5
Isle of Man - 4 £82,500 - 1
Channel Islands - 3 £67,500 -

Google
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 175 (6.50%) Apache
2 148 (5.50%) Apache Airflow
3 112 (4.16%) Apache Spark
4 76 (2.82%) CMS
4 76 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 70 (2.60%) WordPress
6 62 (2.30%) SharePoint
7 54 (2.01%) Confluence
8 29 (1.08%) SAS
9 17 (0.63%) Cloud Foundry
10 13 (0.48%) nginx
10 13 (0.48%) SharePoint 2010
10 13 (0.48%) SharePoint 2013
11 11 (0.41%) Jupyter
12 10 (0.37%) Joomla!
13 8 (0.30%) IIS
14 7 (0.26%) Drupal
14 7 (0.26%) Umbraco
15 6 (0.22%) Luigi
16 4 (0.15%) Ethereum
Applications
1 167 (6.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 158 (5.87%) Microsoft Office
3 85 (3.16%) MS Visio
4 37 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
6 20 (0.74%) Photoshop
7 16 (0.59%) Adobe XD
8 15 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
9 14 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 14 (0.52%) Trello
10 10 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
11 8 (0.30%) InDesign
12 4 (0.15%) SPSS
13 3 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
13 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
13 3 (0.11%) Pro Tools
14 2 (0.074%) Adobe Premiere
14 2 (0.074%) FileZilla
14 2 (0.074%) Notion
14 2 (0.074%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 39 (1.45%) Shopify
2 18 (0.67%) Magento
3 9 (0.33%) Unit4 Business World
4 6 (0.22%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.15%) iTrent
6 4 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
7 3 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.074%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.074%) SAP R/3
9 1 (0.037%) Adobe Campaign
9 1 (0.037%) FastStats
9 1 (0.037%) HFM
9 1 (0.037%) Oracle FAH
9 1 (0.037%) SAP Payroll
9 1 (0.037%) Sprinklr
9 1 (0.037%) Unica
9 1 (0.037%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 1,354 (50.30%) GCP
2 1,105 (41.05%) Azure
3 1,045 (38.82%) AWS
4 333 (12.37%) Google Analytics
5 299 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
6 200 (7.43%) SaaS
7 191 (7.10%) Google Workspace
8 171 (6.35%) Power Platform
9 138 (5.13%) Google Drive
10 134 (4.98%) Azure DevOps
11 122 (4.53%) OneDrive
12 119 (4.42%) Dropbox
13 90 (3.34%) Google Ads
14 81 (3.01%) Google Play
15 77 (2.86%) GitHub
16 72 (2.67%) Google Sheets
17 69 (2.56%) Cloud Computing
18 65 (2.41%) AWS CloudFormation
19 59 (2.19%) Serverless
20 56 (2.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 114 (4.23%) Firewall
2 78 (2.90%) Wireless
3 59 (2.19%) DNS
4 55 (2.04%) LAN
5 40 (1.49%) WAN
6 39 (1.45%) Internet
7 37 (1.37%) VPN
8 36 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
9 31 (1.15%) TCP/IP
10 28 (1.04%) AMQP
10 28 (1.04%) HTTP
11 27 (1.00%) Broadband
12 23 (0.85%) VoIP
13 18 (0.67%) DHCP
13 18 (0.67%) VLAN
14 17 (0.63%) Kerberos
15 16 (0.59%) NAS
16 11 (0.41%) MQTT
16 11 (0.41%) Network Security
17 10 (0.37%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 476 (17.68%) BigQuery
2 454 (16.86%) Looker
3 271 (10.07%) Data Warehouse
4 175 (6.50%) PostgreSQL
5 170 (6.32%) SQL Server
6 168 (6.24%) Power BI
7 116 (4.31%) Apache Ignite
8 92 (3.42%) Tableau
9 88 (3.27%) Relational Database
10 79 (2.93%) Hadoop
11 78 (2.90%) NoSQL
12 76 (2.82%) Big Data
13 55 (2.04%) Data Lake
13 55 (2.04%) MySQL
14 53 (1.97%) Elasticsearch
15 47 (1.75%) Redis
16 38 (1.41%) MongoDB
17 28 (1.04%) Cloudera CDH
18 22 (0.82%) Data Mining
19 21 (0.78%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 177 (6.58%) Git
2 127 (4.72%) Jenkins
3 87 (3.23%) JIRA
4 63 (2.34%) Cypress.io
5 53 (1.97%) GitLab
6 31 (1.15%) Selenium
7 29 (1.08%) Android Studio
8 22 (0.82%) IBM UrbanCode
8 22 (0.82%) Visual Studio
9 19 (0.71%) Cucumber
10 17 (0.63%) CircleCI
10 17 (0.63%) Maven
11 16 (0.59%) Spinnaker
11 16 (0.59%) TeamCity
12 11 (0.41%) SonarQube
13 10 (0.37%) Appium
14 9 (0.33%) JUnit
15 8 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
15 8 (0.30%) webpack
16 6 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 631 (23.44%) Analytical Skills
2 608 (22.59%) Social Skills
3 558 (20.73%) Finance
4 376 (13.97%) Marketing
5 269 (9.99%) Banking
6 195 (7.24%) Retail
7 176 (6.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 138 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
9 104 (3.86%) Law
10 99 (3.68%) Front Office
11 85 (3.16%) Advertising
12 73 (2.71%) Billing
13 67 (2.49%) Public Sector
14 62 (2.30%) Legal
15 40 (1.49%) Games
16 38 (1.41%) Manufacturing
16 38 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
17 37 (1.37%) Aerospace
17 37 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
18 26 (0.97%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 411 (15.27%) Developer
2 394 (14.64%) Senior
3 391 (14.52%) Architect
4 277 (10.29%) Software Engineer
5 264 (9.81%) Data Engineer
6 239 (8.88%) Principal Engineer
7 180 (6.69%) Platform Engineer
8 179 (6.65%) Principal Data Engineer
9 176 (6.54%) Lead
10 161 (5.98%) Analyst
11 129 (4.79%) Cloud Architect
11 129 (4.79%) Python Engineer
12 123 (4.57%) Data Architect
13 116 (4.31%) Python Developer
14 111 (4.12%) React Developer
15 106 (3.94%) IT Technician
16 104 (3.86%) Cloud Engineer
16 104 (3.86%) Python Software Engineer
17 101 (3.75%) Developer/Software Engineer
18 99 (3.68%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 265 (9.84%) React
2 192 (7.13%) AngularJS
3 166 (6.17%) .NET
4 146 (5.42%) HTML
5 135 (5.01%) CSS
6 134 (4.98%) REST
7 132 (4.90%) Node.js
8 131 (4.87%) gRPC
9 127 (4.72%) Material-UI
10 109 (4.05%) Spring
11 108 (4.01%) ASP.NET
11 108 (4.01%) Redux
12 105 (3.90%) Kafka
13 99 (3.68%) Protocol Buffers
14 98 (3.64%) .NET Framework
15 96 (3.57%) .NET Core
16 93 (3.45%) Entity Framework
17 85 (3.16%) Twitter Bootstrap
18 82 (3.05%) ASP.NET Web API
19 80 (2.97%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 366 (13.60%) Self-Motivation
2 219 (8.14%) Public Cloud
3 152 (5.65%) Product Ownership
4 134 (4.98%) Social Media
5 114 (4.23%) iPad
6 107 (3.97%) Cloud Native
7 102 (3.79%) Management Information System
8 99 (3.68%) Fixed Income
8 99 (3.68%) Hedge funds
9 98 (3.64%) Mobile App
9 98 (3.64%) PKI
10 97 (3.60%) Algorithms
11 62 (2.30%) Onboarding
12 54 (2.01%) Data Structures
13 52 (1.93%) Equities
14 48 (1.78%) BBC
15 42 (1.56%) iPhone
16 36 (1.34%) Data Centre
17 30 (1.11%) IoT
18 26 (0.97%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 289 (10.74%) Windows
2 159 (5.91%) Linux
3 121 (4.49%) Android
4 113 (4.20%) Windows Server
5 55 (2.04%) Apple iOS
6 51 (1.89%) Mac OS
7 35 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 35 (1.30%) Windows 10
8 31 (1.15%) Ubuntu
9 29 (1.08%) CentOS
10 28 (1.04%) Debian
11 27 (1.00%) Unix
12 24 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
12 24 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
13 8 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
14 5 (0.19%) VMS
14 5 (0.19%) Windows 7
14 5 (0.19%) Windows 8
15 4 (0.15%) DC/OS
15 4 (0.15%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 943 (35.03%) Agile
2 828 (30.76%) Problem-Solving
3 530 (19.69%) Analytics
4 522 (19.39%) Mentoring
5 459 (17.05%) DevOps
6 439 (16.31%) Data Engineering
7 402 (14.93%) Software Engineering
8 398 (14.78%) Platform Engineering
9 323 (12.00%) Project Management
10 302 (11.22%) CI/CD
11 284 (10.55%) Full Stack Development
12 261 (9.70%) Data Science
13 260 (9.66%) ETL
14 259 (9.62%) Migration
15 256 (9.51%) Roadmaps
16 253 (9.40%) Data Modelling
17 245 (9.10%) Microservices
18 237 (8.80%) Artificial Intelligence
19 230 (8.54%) Data Pipeline
19 230 (8.54%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 531 (19.73%) Python
2 447 (16.60%) SQL
3 297 (11.03%) JavaScript
4 292 (10.85%) Java
5 216 (8.02%) TypeScript
6 187 (6.95%) C#
7 78 (2.90%) Scala
8 74 (2.75%) Kotlin
9 72 (2.67%) Go
10 67 (2.49%) PHP
11 59 (2.19%) PowerShell
12 51 (1.89%) Bash
13 34 (1.26%) R
14 30 (1.11%) C++
15 23 (0.85%) Groovy
16 21 (0.78%) C
17 16 (0.59%) T-SQL
18 13 (0.48%) Shell Script
19 9 (0.33%) Rust
20 8 (0.30%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 398 (14.78%) Degree
2 134 (4.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 106 (3.94%) Security Cleared
4 94 (3.49%) SC Cleared
5 72 (2.67%) DBS Check
6 51 (1.89%) Master's Degree
7 44 (1.63%) AWS Certification
8 41 (1.52%) DV Cleared
9 39 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
10 37 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 22 (0.82%) MCSE
12 20 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (0.74%) CISSP
13 17 (0.63%) PhD
14 16 (0.59%) Azure Certification
15 15 (0.56%) HND
15 15 (0.56%) MCITP
16 13 (0.48%) HNC
17 12 (0.45%) CIPD
17 12 (0.45%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 305 (11.33%) GDPR
2 189 (7.02%) QA
3 164 (6.09%) Data Quality
4 37 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 32 (1.19%) Accessibility
6 24 (0.89%) SLA
7 17 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (0.48%) SOC 2
9 12 (0.45%) COBIT
9 12 (0.45%) NIST
9 12 (0.45%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.30%) PSD2
11 7 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.26%) COSHH
11 7 (0.26%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.26%) NEBOSH
12 6 (0.22%) WCAG
13 4 (0.15%) NCSC
14 3 (0.11%) CRD IV
14 3 (0.11%) GRC
System Software
1 239 (8.88%) Docker
2 161 (5.98%) Active Directory
3 110 (4.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 75 (2.79%) Hyper-V
5 28 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (0.71%) XenDesktop
7 16 (0.59%) XenApp
8 10 (0.37%) KVM
9 8 (0.30%) vSphere
10 7 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
11 6 (0.22%) Firmware
12 4 (0.15%) VMware Server
12 4 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
13 3 (0.11%) HDFS
14 2 (0.074%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.074%) Varnish
15 1 (0.037%) etcd
15 1 (0.037%) Virtual Desktop
15 1 (0.037%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 271 (10.07%) Kubernetes
2 245 (9.10%) Terraform
3 101 (3.75%) Ansible
4 48 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 42 (1.56%) Puppet
6 38 (1.41%) SCCM
7 37 (1.37%) Progress Chef
8 34 (1.26%) Grafana
9 28 (1.04%) Prometheus
10 15 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
11 14 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
12 9 (0.33%) SCOM
13 7 (0.26%) Packer
14 6 (0.22%) PaperCut
15 5 (0.19%) logstash
16 4 (0.15%) Argo
16 4 (0.15%) Istio
16 4 (0.15%) Rancher
17 3 (0.11%) Galera Cluster
17 3 (0.11%) Salt
Vendors
1 704 (26.15%) Microsoft
2 152 (5.65%) Apple
3 123 (4.57%) VMware
4 77 (2.86%) Adobe
5 70 (2.60%) Facebook
6 65 (2.41%) Oracle
7 59 (2.19%) Cisco
8 53 (1.97%) IBM
9 42 (1.56%) Databricks
10 40 (1.49%) Dell
11 36 (1.34%) Sony
11 36 (1.34%) Yahoo!
12 32 (1.19%) Red Hat
12 32 (1.19%) Salesforce
13 31 (1.15%) HP
14 30 (1.11%) Citrix
15 28 (1.04%) SaltStack
16 27 (1.00%) Dynatrace
17 26 (0.97%) Splunk
18 23 (0.85%) SAP