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 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 115 66
Rank change year-on-year +17 -49 +21
Permanent jobs citing Google 2,675 3,209 7,941
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.73% 3.07% 5.15%
As % of the Vendors category 7.33% 7.32% 13.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,665 1,856 2,951
10th Percentile £26,400 £37,000 £35,165
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £88,283 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,590 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.99% -0.75% +15.79%

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 36,515 43,852 60,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.25% 41.90% 38.94%
Number of salaries quoted 25,094 24,954 33,291
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 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +4.40%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +20 2,338 £55,000 -15.38% 867
UK excluding London +53 1,818 £47,500 -12.99% 480
Work from Home -5 964 £57,500 -13.90% 426
London -17 752 £70,000 -6.67% 428
North of England +53 561 £50,000 -13.51% 145
South East +41 335 £45,000 -10.00% 103
North West +59 279 £50,000 -13.51% 98
South West +36 263 £50,000 -8.41% 79
Midlands +61 250 £47,500 - 76
Yorkshire +47 223 £47,500 -20.20% 42
Scotland -3 205 £69,500 +10.83% 22
East of England +74 134 £28,500 -54.40% 46
West Midlands +11 127 £50,500 +3.59% 41
East Midlands +80 122 £47,500 +18.75% 35
North East +39 59 £52,500 +11.70% 9
Northern Ireland +47 37 £60,000 +51.90% 11
Wales +3 30 £50,000 +11.94% 11
Isle of Man - 4 £82,500 -
Channel Islands - 2 - - 2

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
1 141 (5.27%) Apache
2 127 (4.75%) Apache Spark
3 110 (4.11%) Apache Airflow
4 75 (2.80%) CMS
5 73 (2.73%) Microsoft Exchange
6 71 (2.65%) WordPress
7 59 (2.21%) SharePoint
8 51 (1.91%) Confluence
9 26 (0.97%) SAS
10 17 (0.64%) Cloud Foundry
11 13 (0.49%) nginx
12 11 (0.41%) Jupyter
13 10 (0.37%) Joomla!
14 8 (0.30%) Drupal
14 8 (0.30%) IIS
15 7 (0.26%) SharePoint 2010
15 7 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
15 7 (0.26%) Umbraco
16 5 (0.19%) Oracle Application Server
17 4 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 164 (6.13%) Microsoft Office
2 155 (5.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 85 (3.18%) MS Visio
4 33 (1.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (0.86%) Photoshop
6 22 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
7 18 (0.67%) Adobe XD
8 17 (0.64%) Adobe Illustrator
9 16 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 14 (0.52%) Trello
11 10 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
12 9 (0.34%) InDesign
13 4 (0.15%) SPSS
14 3 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
14 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
14 3 (0.11%) Pro Tools
15 2 (0.075%) FileZilla
15 2 (0.075%) InCopy
15 2 (0.075%) Notion
15 2 (0.075%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 38 (1.42%) Shopify
2 19 (0.71%) Magento
3 9 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
4 6 (0.22%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
7 3 (0.11%) iTrent
7 3 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.075%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.075%) SAP FI-GL
8 2 (0.075%) 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%) Unica
9 1 (0.037%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 1,339 (50.06%) GCP
2 1,068 (39.93%) Azure
3 1,007 (37.64%) AWS
4 344 (12.86%) Google Analytics
5 293 (10.95%) Microsoft 365
6 215 (8.04%) SaaS
7 192 (7.18%) Google Workspace
8 181 (6.77%) Power Platform
9 139 (5.20%) Google Drive
10 132 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
11 121 (4.52%) OneDrive
12 119 (4.45%) Dropbox
13 87 (3.25%) GitHub
14 83 (3.10%) Google Ads
15 80 (2.99%) Google Play
16 70 (2.62%) Google Sheets
17 66 (2.47%) Cloud Computing
18 60 (2.24%) Serverless
19 58 (2.17%) AWS CloudFormation
20 53 (1.98%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 114 (4.26%) Firewall
2 78 (2.92%) Wireless
3 57 (2.13%) LAN
4 56 (2.09%) DNS
5 42 (1.57%) VPN
6 41 (1.53%) WAN
7 39 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
8 37 (1.38%) Internet
9 30 (1.12%) TCP/IP
10 26 (0.97%) Broadband
10 26 (0.97%) VoIP
11 24 (0.90%) AMQP
11 24 (0.90%) VLAN
12 21 (0.79%) HTTP
13 20 (0.75%) DHCP
14 17 (0.64%) Kerberos
15 15 (0.56%) NAS
16 11 (0.41%) Network Security
17 10 (0.37%) BGP
17 10 (0.37%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 494 (18.47%) BigQuery
2 461 (17.23%) Looker
3 274 (10.24%) Data Warehouse
4 178 (6.65%) Power BI
5 161 (6.02%) SQL Server
6 155 (5.79%) PostgreSQL
7 108 (4.04%) Tableau
8 95 (3.55%) Apache Ignite
8 95 (3.55%) Hadoop
9 93 (3.48%) Relational Database
10 80 (2.99%) NoSQL
11 78 (2.92%) Big Data
12 67 (2.50%) Elasticsearch
13 65 (2.43%) Data Lake
14 62 (2.32%) MySQL
15 53 (1.98%) Redis
16 39 (1.46%) MongoDB
17 32 (1.20%) Data Mining
18 24 (0.90%) Cloudera CDH
19 23 (0.86%) Scylla
Development Applications
1 174 (6.50%) Git
2 140 (5.23%) Jenkins
3 90 (3.36%) JIRA
4 59 (2.21%) GitLab
5 41 (1.53%) Cypress.io
6 32 (1.20%) IBM UrbanCode
7 29 (1.08%) Selenium
8 28 (1.05%) Android Studio
9 22 (0.82%) Cucumber
9 22 (0.82%) Visual Studio
10 21 (0.79%) CircleCI
11 18 (0.67%) Maven
12 16 (0.60%) TeamCity
13 14 (0.52%) Spinnaker
14 11 (0.41%) Appium
15 10 (0.37%) JUnit
16 9 (0.34%) SonarQube
17 8 (0.30%) git-flow
17 8 (0.30%) webpack
18 7 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 644 (24.07%) Analytical Skills
2 603 (22.54%) Social Skills
3 564 (21.08%) Finance
4 362 (13.53%) Marketing
5 270 (10.09%) Banking
6 197 (7.36%) Retail
7 181 (6.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 143 (5.35%) Presentation Skills
9 96 (3.59%) Law
10 78 (2.92%) Advertising
11 73 (2.73%) Billing
11 73 (2.73%) Public Sector
12 69 (2.58%) Front Office
13 60 (2.24%) Legal
14 41 (1.53%) Games
15 39 (1.46%) Manufacturing
15 39 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
16 35 (1.31%) Aerospace
17 34 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
18 26 (0.97%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 404 (15.10%) Senior
2 389 (14.54%) Architect
3 377 (14.09%) Developer
4 269 (10.06%) Data Engineer
5 247 (9.23%) Principal Engineer
6 238 (8.90%) Software Engineer
7 186 (6.95%) Lead
8 180 (6.73%) Platform Engineer
8 180 (6.73%) Principal Data Engineer
9 163 (6.09%) Analyst
10 137 (5.12%) Cloud Architect
11 120 (4.49%) Data Architect
12 105 (3.93%) Python Engineer
13 103 (3.85%) IT Technician
14 102 (3.81%) Data Manager
15 96 (3.59%) Cloud Engineer
16 92 (3.44%) Engineering Manager
17 88 (3.29%) IT Support
17 88 (3.29%) Python Developer
18 86 (3.21%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 232 (8.67%) React
2 186 (6.95%) AngularJS
3 157 (5.87%) .NET
4 147 (5.50%) HTML
5 135 (5.05%) REST
6 132 (4.93%) CSS
7 128 (4.79%) Kafka
8 121 (4.52%) Node.js
9 112 (4.19%) Spring
10 107 (4.00%) ASP.NET
11 97 (3.63%) .NET Framework
11 97 (3.63%) gRPC
12 94 (3.51%) .NET Core
13 93 (3.48%) Material-UI
14 91 (3.40%) Entity Framework
15 84 (3.14%) Twitter Bootstrap
16 79 (2.95%) ASP.NET Web API
17 78 (2.92%) ASP.NET MVC
18 75 (2.80%) Redux
19 69 (2.58%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 362 (13.53%) Self-Motivation
2 214 (8.00%) Public Cloud
3 171 (6.39%) Product Ownership
4 132 (4.93%) Social Media
5 114 (4.26%) iPad
6 101 (3.78%) Cloud Native
7 99 (3.70%) Algorithms
8 96 (3.59%) PKI
9 95 (3.55%) Management Information System
10 94 (3.51%) Mobile App
11 69 (2.58%) Fixed Income
11 69 (2.58%) Hedge funds
12 66 (2.47%) Data Structures
13 64 (2.39%) Onboarding
14 48 (1.79%) BBC
15 41 (1.53%) iPhone
16 33 (1.23%) Data Centre
17 31 (1.16%) Driving Licence
18 30 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
19 28 (1.05%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 295 (11.03%) Windows
2 176 (6.58%) Linux
3 120 (4.49%) Android
4 116 (4.34%) Windows Server
5 55 (2.06%) Mac OS
6 54 (2.02%) Apple iOS
7 34 (1.27%) Windows 10
8 33 (1.23%) Unix
9 29 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 26 (0.97%) Ubuntu
11 25 (0.93%) CentOS
12 24 (0.90%) Debian
13 23 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
13 23 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
14 8 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
15 7 (0.26%) CoreOS
15 7 (0.26%) zOS
16 5 (0.19%) VMS
16 5 (0.19%) Windows 7
16 5 (0.19%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 947 (35.40%) Agile
2 837 (31.29%) Problem-Solving
3 542 (20.26%) Mentoring
4 540 (20.19%) Analytics
5 489 (18.28%) DevOps
6 446 (16.67%) Data Engineering
7 391 (14.62%) Platform Engineering
8 380 (14.21%) Software Engineering
9 325 (12.15%) Project Management
10 298 (11.14%) CI/CD
11 272 (10.17%) Data Science
12 263 (9.83%) ETL
13 260 (9.72%) Data Modelling
14 256 (9.57%) Migration
15 254 (9.50%) Full Stack Development
16 251 (9.38%) Roadmaps
17 237 (8.86%) Data Pipeline
18 227 (8.49%) Microservices
19 219 (8.19%) Artificial Intelligence
20 217 (8.11%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 507 (18.95%) Python
2 434 (16.22%) SQL
3 284 (10.62%) Java
4 274 (10.24%) JavaScript
5 192 (7.18%) TypeScript
6 183 (6.84%) C#
7 76 (2.84%) Scala
8 71 (2.65%) Go
9 66 (2.47%) PHP
10 64 (2.39%) PowerShell
11 62 (2.32%) Bash
12 56 (2.09%) Kotlin
13 36 (1.35%) R
14 35 (1.31%) C++
15 23 (0.86%) C
15 23 (0.86%) Groovy
16 16 (0.60%) Shell Script
17 15 (0.56%) T-SQL
18 8 (0.30%) MATLAB
18 8 (0.30%) Rust
Qualifications
1 400 (14.95%) Degree
2 126 (4.71%) Computer Science Degree
3 107 (4.00%) Security Cleared
4 94 (3.51%) SC Cleared
5 69 (2.58%) DBS Check
6 44 (1.64%) Master's Degree
7 39 (1.46%) AWS Certification
8 36 (1.35%) DV Cleared
9 31 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
10 30 (1.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 22 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (0.75%) CISSP
13 16 (0.60%) MCSE
14 15 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
14 15 (0.56%) HND
15 14 (0.52%) Azure Certification
16 13 (0.49%) HNC
16 13 (0.49%) PhD
17 11 (0.41%) CIPD
17 11 (0.41%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 306 (11.44%) GDPR
2 182 (6.80%) QA
3 166 (6.21%) Data Quality
4 38 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 31 (1.16%) Accessibility
6 24 (0.90%) SLA
7 17 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (0.56%) SOC 2
9 14 (0.52%) NIST
10 13 (0.49%) PCI DSS
11 10 (0.37%) COBIT
12 9 (0.34%) WCAG
13 8 (0.30%) PSD2
14 7 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.26%) COSHH
14 7 (0.26%) NEBOSH
15 5 (0.19%) NCSC
16 4 (0.15%) ISO 9001
17 3 (0.11%) CRD IV
17 3 (0.11%) GRC
System Software
1 261 (9.76%) Docker
2 166 (6.21%) Active Directory
3 103 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 74 (2.77%) Hyper-V
5 19 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (0.41%) XenDesktop
7 9 (0.34%) KVM
8 8 (0.30%) XenApp
9 7 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.22%) Firmware
11 5 (0.19%) vSphere
12 4 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
12 4 (0.15%) VMware Server
12 4 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.075%) Apache Flume
13 2 (0.075%) HDFS
13 2 (0.075%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.075%) Varnish
14 1 (0.037%) etcd
14 1 (0.037%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 291 (10.88%) Kubernetes
2 237 (8.86%) Terraform
3 92 (3.44%) Ansible
4 50 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 38 (1.42%) Grafana
6 36 (1.35%) Puppet
7 35 (1.31%) Progress Chef
8 34 (1.27%) SCCM
9 28 (1.05%) Prometheus
10 16 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
11 12 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
12 9 (0.34%) PaperCut
12 9 (0.34%) SCOM
13 7 (0.26%) CA Endevor
13 7 (0.26%) Packer
14 5 (0.19%) logstash
14 5 (0.19%) Rancher
14 5 (0.19%) SmoothWall
14 5 (0.19%) WSUS
15 3 (0.11%) Consul
Vendors
1 687 (25.68%) Microsoft
2 155 (5.79%) Apple
3 116 (4.34%) VMware
4 82 (3.07%) Adobe
5 71 (2.65%) Facebook
6 67 (2.50%) Oracle
7 56 (2.09%) Cisco
8 55 (2.06%) IBM
9 41 (1.53%) Dell
10 37 (1.38%) Databricks
11 36 (1.35%) Sony
11 36 (1.35%) Yahoo!
12 34 (1.27%) Salesforce
13 31 (1.16%) SAP
14 29 (1.08%) Splunk
15 28 (1.05%) Red Hat
16 27 (1.01%) Dynatrace
17 25 (0.93%) Meraki
18 24 (0.90%) Ahrefs
18 24 (0.90%) SaltStack