Google Contracts in the UK excluding London

Google
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Google products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Google over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Google.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 172 139 153
Rank change year-on-year -33 +14 -19
Contract jobs citing Google 242 454 523
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.18% 1.93% 1.71%
As % of the Vendors category 2.76% 4.34% 4.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 286 354
10th Percentile £238 £250 £256
25th Percentile £350 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% +2.56%
75th Percentile £641 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £688 £684
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 27 32
10th Percentile £11.01 £17.93 £15.67
25th Percentile £20.06 £21.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £26.00 £39.55 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year -34.26% +17.19% +56.07%
75th Percentile £70.00 £57.64 £42.00
90th Percentile - £59.17 £49.29
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -35.00% +14.29% +29.63%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,767 10,454 12,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 42.72% 44.48% 39.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,256 7,184 8,264
10th Percentile £206 £205 £185
25th Percentile £363 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +7.53% +9.41%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £690 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 961 479 634
10th Percentile £11.80 £14.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.16 £17.61 £14.00
Median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -42.77% +100.53% +1.08%
75th Percentile £59.92 £62.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.05 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -48.24% +97.67% -2.27%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Google as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Google in the UK excluding London

Google
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Google in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Google in the UK excluding London

Google
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Google in the UK excluding London

Google
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Google in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Google in the UK excluding London

Google
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Google in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Google in the UK excluding London

Google
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England -32 69 £500 -9.09% 164
South East -44 53 £400 +7.56% 113
South West +20 50 £450 -18.18% 73
North West -16 40 £450 -15.29% 98
East of England +1 28 £525 -0.28% 43
Midlands +4 23 £575 +8.18% 75
Yorkshire -12 23 £550 - 61
Scotland -11 18 £619 +47.32% 25
East Midlands +15 13 £613 - 37
West Midlands -5 10 £525 -3.67% 38
North East +20 6 £539 +183.42% 7
Wales +12 1 - - 9
Google
UK

Google
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 20 (8.26%) Confluence
2 9 (3.72%) SAS
3 7 (2.89%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.48%) Apache Spark
5 5 (2.07%) WordPress
6 4 (1.65%) Apache Solr
6 4 (1.65%) CMS
6 4 (1.65%) nginx
7 1 (0.41%) Apache
7 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.41%) Drupal
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.41%) Umbraco
Applications
1 18 (7.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (3.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.83%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.41%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Adobe Campaign
1 4 (1.65%) FastStats
1 4 (1.65%) Unica
2 1 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.41%) Magento
2 1 (0.41%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 103 (42.56%) GCP
2 67 (27.69%) AWS
3 53 (21.90%) Azure
4 32 (13.22%) Google Analytics
5 27 (11.16%) SaaS
6 26 (10.74%) PaaS
7 23 (9.50%) Google Workspace
8 20 (8.26%) GitHub
9 17 (7.02%) Power Platform
10 15 (6.20%) OpenShift
11 14 (5.79%) IaaS
12 12 (4.96%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (4.13%) Google Sheets
14 8 (3.31%) Google Tag Manager
14 8 (3.31%) Microsoft 365
15 4 (1.65%) Apigee
15 4 (1.65%) Entra ID
15 4 (1.65%) Serverless
15 4 (1.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 3 (1.24%) AWS Direct Connect
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.02%) SNMP
1 17 (7.02%) Software-Defined Radio
2 16 (6.61%) VPN
3 14 (5.79%) Firewall
4 11 (4.55%) DNS
5 9 (3.72%) PBX
5 9 (3.72%) VoIP
6 8 (3.31%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.07%) DHCP
7 5 (2.07%) SAN
8 4 (1.65%) Fibre Channel
8 4 (1.65%) HTTPS
8 4 (1.65%) IPsec
8 4 (1.65%) iSCSI
9 3 (1.24%) HTTP
9 3 (1.24%) SSL
9 3 (1.24%) VLAN
10 2 (0.83%) Intranet
10 2 (0.83%) LAN
10 2 (0.83%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (8.26%) BigQuery
2 15 (6.20%) Power BI
3 13 (5.37%) MySQL
4 11 (4.55%) NoSQL
5 9 (3.72%) Relational Database
6 8 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (2.89%) Big Data
7 7 (2.89%) Tableau
8 6 (2.48%) DB2
9 5 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (2.07%) GIS
10 4 (1.65%) Apache Cassandra
10 4 (1.65%) Couchbase
11 3 (1.24%) Apache Hive
11 3 (1.24%) Bigtable
11 3 (1.24%) Cloud Spanner
11 3 (1.24%) Hadoop
11 3 (1.24%) Metadata
11 3 (1.24%) Spark SQL
12 2 (0.83%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 34 (14.05%) JIRA
2 28 (11.57%) GoogleTest
3 26 (10.74%) Git
4 25 (10.33%) Jenkins
5 20 (8.26%) Bitbucket
6 18 (7.44%) Eclipse
7 17 (7.02%) Robot Framework
8 10 (4.13%) Rational DOORS
9 6 (2.48%) Maven
10 3 (1.24%) gulp
11 2 (0.83%) Selenium
12 1 (0.41%) Appium
12 1 (0.41%) Dreamweaver
12 1 (0.41%) IDA Disassembler
12 1 (0.41%) LoadRunner
12 1 (0.41%) MSTest
12 1 (0.41%) SpecFlow
12 1 (0.41%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.41%) TestRail
12 1 (0.41%) Valgrind
General
1 65 (26.86%) Social Skills
2 29 (11.98%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (11.57%) Finance
4 20 (8.26%) Legal
5 18 (7.44%) Banking
6 17 (7.02%) Public Sector
7 13 (5.37%) Marketing
8 12 (4.96%) Telecoms
9 8 (3.31%) Aerospace
9 8 (3.31%) Retail
10 7 (2.89%) Digital Economy
11 5 (2.07%) Back Office
11 5 (2.07%) Investment Banking
11 5 (2.07%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.65%) Manufacturing
13 3 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.83%) Advertising
14 2 (0.83%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.41%) Games
15 1 (0.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 39 (16.12%) Architect
2 37 (15.29%) Developer
3 29 (11.98%) Software Engineer
4 24 (9.92%) Analyst
5 18 (7.44%) Java Engineer
5 18 (7.44%) Java Software Engineer
6 17 (7.02%) C++ Software Engineer
7 16 (6.61%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (5.79%) Java Developer
9 13 (5.37%) Data Analyst
10 11 (4.55%) Lead
10 11 (4.55%) Senior
11 10 (4.13%) Administrator
12 8 (3.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (3.31%) Technical Architect
13 7 (2.89%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 6 (2.48%) Consultant
14 6 (2.48%) DevOps Engineer
14 6 (2.48%) GCP Architect
14 6 (2.48%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.50%) HTML
2 21 (8.68%) CSS
3 14 (5.79%) REST
3 14 (5.79%) SAML
4 13 (5.37%) Node.js
5 12 (4.96%) Spring
6 11 (4.55%) Qt
6 11 (4.55%) Spring Boot
7 9 (3.72%) GWT
7 9 (3.72%) RESTful
7 9 (3.72%) Restlet
8 8 (3.31%) JAX-RS
9 7 (2.89%) AngularJS
10 6 (2.48%) .NET
10 6 (2.48%) Flash
10 6 (2.48%) React
11 5 (2.07%) Google Maps API
11 5 (2.07%) JSON
11 5 (2.07%) Web Services
12 4 (1.65%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.37%) Public Cloud
1 13 (5.37%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (4.96%) Mobile App
2 12 (4.96%) Virtual Team
3 11 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 11 (4.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 11 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 10 (4.13%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.72%) Blackberry
5 9 (3.72%) Video Conferencing
6 7 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.89%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (2.07%) Security Posture
7 5 (2.07%) Social Media
8 4 (1.65%) Client/Server
8 4 (1.65%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.65%) Insider Threat
8 4 (1.65%) NVMe
8 4 (1.65%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 37 (15.29%) Linux
2 26 (10.74%) Windows
3 14 (5.79%) Windows Server
4 11 (4.55%) Apple iOS
5 10 (4.13%) Android
6 9 (3.72%) Unix
7 4 (1.65%) CentOS
7 4 (1.65%) Data ONTAP
7 4 (1.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (26.03%) Agile
2 47 (19.42%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (19.01%) DevOps
4 44 (18.18%) Analytics
5 42 (17.36%) Software Engineering
6 39 (16.12%) CI/CD
7 30 (12.40%) Roadmaps
8 25 (10.33%) Migration
9 24 (9.92%) Computer Science
10 21 (8.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 21 (8.68%) Scrum
10 21 (8.68%) TOGAF
11 20 (8.26%) Technical Leadership
12 17 (7.02%) Infrastructure as Code
12 17 (7.02%) ITIL
13 16 (6.61%) Business Intelligence
13 16 (6.61%) Customer Requirements
13 16 (6.61%) Data Modelling
13 16 (6.61%) UML
14 15 (6.20%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 55 (22.73%) Java
2 53 (21.90%) Python
3 40 (16.53%) SQL
4 37 (15.29%) JavaScript
5 29 (11.98%) C++
6 14 (5.79%) TypeScript
7 10 (4.13%) Bash
7 10 (4.13%) PowerShell
8 5 (2.07%) PHP
9 4 (1.65%) Perl
10 3 (1.24%) C
11 2 (0.83%) C#
11 2 (0.83%) Go
11 2 (0.83%) Groovy
11 2 (0.83%) R
11 2 (0.83%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.41%) CQL
12 1 (0.41%) Elixir
12 1 (0.41%) Julia
12 1 (0.41%) Rust
Qualifications
1 39 (16.12%) Security Cleared
2 36 (14.88%) Degree
3 30 (12.40%) SC Cleared
4 15 (6.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (4.55%) DV Cleared
6 9 (3.72%) APMP
6 9 (3.72%) PMI Certification
6 9 (3.72%) PMP
7 8 (3.31%) TOGAF Certification
8 7 (2.89%) HND
9 5 (2.07%) DBS Check
9 5 (2.07%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.65%) CCNP
10 4 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (1.24%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.24%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.79%) GDPR
2 11 (4.55%) MISRA
3 9 (3.72%) QA
4 6 (2.48%) NIST
5 5 (2.07%) HIPAA
5 5 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.24%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.83%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.83%) Disclosure Scotland
7 2 (0.83%) WCAG
8 1 (0.41%) GRC
8 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 20 (8.26%) Docker
2 16 (6.61%) Firmware
3 14 (5.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.89%) Active Directory
5 5 (2.07%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.65%) GPFS
6 4 (1.65%) NFS
6 4 (1.65%) VMware NSX
6 4 (1.65%) zsh
7 3 (1.24%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.41%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.41%) Snort
8 1 (0.41%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 26 (10.74%) Kubernetes
2 19 (7.85%) Terraform
3 14 (5.79%) Ansible
4 10 (4.13%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (3.31%) Istio
6 7 (2.89%) Rancher
7 6 (2.48%) SCCM
8 4 (1.65%) OPNET
8 4 (1.65%) Veritas Storage Foundation
9 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.83%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.41%) Kibana
10 1 (0.41%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.41%) Puppet
10 1 (0.41%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.41%) vMotion
Vendors
1 44 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.26%) Atlassian
3 16 (6.61%) Oracle
3 16 (6.61%) Salesforce
4 15 (6.20%) IBM
4 15 (6.20%) VMware
5 14 (5.79%) Cisco
6 9 (3.72%) Avaya
6 9 (3.72%) Ericsson
6 9 (3.72%) Juniper
6 9 (3.72%) Nokia
6 9 (3.72%) Ribbon
7 8 (3.31%) Adobe
7 8 (3.31%) Apple
8 7 (2.89%) Facebook
9 5 (2.07%) Brocade
9 5 (2.07%) Databricks
9 5 (2.07%) EMC
9 5 (2.07%) NetApp
9 5 (2.07%) Veritas