Google Contract Job Trends in England

Google
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of Google products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Google over the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 106 131
Rank change year-on-year -8 +25 -25
Contract jobs citing Google 874 608 675
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.23% 2.49% 1.81%
As % of the Vendors category 5.19% 5.27% 4.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 571 348 446
10th Percentile £281 £250 £254
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £509 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £736 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +2.46% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 62 47
10th Percentile £21.25 £16.95 £11.11
25th Percentile £25.75 £24.30 £17.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £31.88 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% +22.62% -34.26%
75th Percentile £35.91 £55.63 £32.13
90th Percentile £49.50 £62.50 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £31.76 £26.00
% change year-on-year +11.78% +22.15% -34.30%

All Vendors
England

Google falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 16,849 11,535 15,760
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.91% 47.27% 42.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,003 7,482 10,073
10th Percentile £313 £296 £255
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -3.26%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £632
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.05% -1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 876 435 979
10th Percentile £15.32 £14.99 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.66 £18.17 £14.16
Median hourly rate £29.00 £28.75 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +27.78% -41.56%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £78.65 £80.39 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £28.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +3.59% +24.42% -47.06%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Google relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Google job vacancy trend in England

Google
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Google.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Google

Google
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google in England over the 6 months to 16 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Google in England

Google
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Google.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Google

Google
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Google in England over the 6 months to 16 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Google in England

Google
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the England region over the 6 months to 16 April 2026. 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
London -12 442 £525 -1.04% 250
North of England -13 155 £500 -9.09% 86
Yorkshire -13 86 £500 +3.90% 25
South East -52 83 £530 +4.33% 101
Midlands -24 64 £537 +35.78% 37
South West 0 62 £550 +10.00% 19
North West -18 60 £550 -12.00% 54
East of England -10 44 £570 +75.38% 17
East Midlands -4 36 £550 +83.33% 17
West Midlands -44 28 £475 +13.10% 20
North East -8 12 £475 - 8
Google
UK

Google
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 31 (3.55%) Apache Spark
2 28 (3.20%) Apache
3 24 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 24 (2.75%) SharePoint
4 22 (2.52%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (1.83%) Confluence
6 8 (0.92%) CMS
7 3 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.34%) nginx
8 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.11%) Drupal
9 1 (0.11%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) JBoss
9 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.11%) SAS
9 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 38 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.26%) Chatbot
5 8 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.57%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.57%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.46%) Trello
8 2 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.23%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.23%) Autodesk Smoke
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.11%) InDesign
9 1 (0.11%) Maya
9 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (0.69%) Sprinklr
2 4 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.11%) Actimize
4 1 (0.11%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.11%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.11%) Shopify
4 1 (0.11%) VisionPLUS
4 1 (0.11%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 536 (61.33%) GCP
2 279 (31.92%) Azure
3 235 (26.89%) AWS
4 160 (18.31%) Google Workspace
5 92 (10.53%) GitHub
6 84 (9.61%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 71 (8.12%) Power Platform
8 53 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
9 51 (5.84%) Google Analytics
10 46 (5.26%) Google Sheets
11 40 (4.58%) SaaS
11 40 (4.58%) Vertex AI
12 37 (4.23%) GitHub Actions
13 30 (3.43%) AWS CloudFormation
13 30 (3.43%) Cloud Computing
14 28 (3.20%) Amazon S3
14 28 (3.20%) Cloud Run
15 26 (2.97%) Entra ID
15 26 (2.97%) Google Gemini
15 26 (2.97%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 57 (6.52%) Firewall
2 38 (4.35%) DNS
3 33 (3.78%) VPN
4 26 (2.97%) Network Security
5 13 (1.49%) VoIP
6 11 (1.26%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.03%) DHCP
8 8 (0.92%) Internet
9 7 (0.80%) DKIM
9 7 (0.80%) DMARC
10 6 (0.69%) BGP
10 6 (0.69%) Reverse Proxy
11 5 (0.57%) SAN
12 4 (0.46%) HTTP
12 4 (0.46%) OSPF
12 4 (0.46%) Wireless
13 3 (0.34%) IPv4
13 3 (0.34%) IPv6
13 3 (0.34%) LAN
13 3 (0.34%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (12.36%) BigQuery
2 62 (7.09%) Power BI
3 36 (4.12%) Tableau
4 27 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (2.63%) Data Lake
6 21 (2.40%) NoSQL
7 20 (2.29%) OLAP
7 20 (2.29%) SQL Server
8 19 (2.17%) Looker
9 18 (2.06%) Amazon Athena
9 18 (2.06%) Metadata
9 18 (2.06%) Mixpanel
10 17 (1.95%) OLTP
11 15 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
12 12 (1.37%) Big Data
13 11 (1.26%) MySQL
14 7 (0.80%) Relational Database
15 6 (0.69%) Redis
15 6 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
15 6 (0.69%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 74 (8.47%) Jenkins
2 52 (5.95%) Git
3 51 (5.84%) JIRA
4 36 (4.12%) GitLab
5 16 (1.83%) JUnit
6 9 (1.03%) SonarQube
7 7 (0.80%) IntelliJ
8 6 (0.69%) Selenium
9 5 (0.57%) Charles Proxy
9 5 (0.57%) REST Assured
10 4 (0.46%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.46%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.46%) Gatling
10 4 (0.46%) Mockito
10 4 (0.46%) Postman
11 3 (0.34%) Android Studio
11 3 (0.34%) ERwin
11 3 (0.34%) Fiddler
11 3 (0.34%) Gradle
11 3 (0.34%) Liquibase
General
1 273 (31.24%) Social Skills
2 162 (18.54%) Finance
3 119 (13.62%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (9.73%) Public Sector
5 70 (8.01%) Banking
6 69 (7.89%) Marketing
7 49 (5.61%) Retail
8 31 (3.55%) Legal
9 23 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
10 22 (2.52%) Advertising
11 18 (2.06%) Documentation Skills
11 18 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 17 (1.95%) Publishing
13 15 (1.72%) Military
14 14 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.60%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.14%) Manufacturing
17 7 (0.80%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 113 (12.93%) GCP Engineer
2 93 (10.64%) Senior
3 91 (10.41%) Architect
4 86 (9.84%) Analyst
4 86 (9.84%) Lead
5 77 (8.81%) Cloud Engineer
6 59 (6.75%) Developer
7 57 (6.52%) Data Engineer
8 28 (3.20%) Administrator
8 28 (3.20%) Cloud Architect
8 28 (3.20%) Consultant
9 26 (2.97%) DevOps Engineer
10 24 (2.75%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 24 (2.75%) Software Engineer
10 24 (2.75%) Solutions Architect
11 23 (2.63%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 23 (2.63%) Network Engineer
12 22 (2.52%) Security Engineer
13 21 (2.40%) GCP DevOps
14 20 (2.29%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (5.03%) REST
2 41 (4.69%) Kafka
3 36 (4.12%) PyTorch
4 33 (3.78%) Spring
5 32 (3.66%) LangChain
5 32 (3.66%) React
5 32 (3.66%) Spring Boot
6 28 (3.20%) scikit-learn
7 26 (2.97%) OAuth
7 26 (2.97%) TensorFlow
8 23 (2.63%) Node.js
9 21 (2.40%) RESTful
10 20 (2.29%) AngularJS
10 20 (2.29%) HTML
10 20 (2.29%) Pandas
11 18 (2.06%) Great Expectations
12 17 (1.95%) CSS
13 15 (1.72%) Android Jetpack
13 15 (1.72%) Android SDK
13 15 (1.72%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 105 (12.01%) Cloud Native
2 38 (4.35%) Public Cloud
3 34 (3.89%) Product Ownership
4 33 (3.78%) Onboarding
5 22 (2.52%) Data Centre
5 22 (2.52%) Virtual Team
6 20 (2.29%) AI Agents
6 20 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (2.06%) Mobile App
8 16 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (1.72%) Management Information System
10 14 (1.60%) Clustering
11 12 (1.37%) Marketing Technology
12 11 (1.26%) Life Science
12 11 (1.26%) Security Posture
12 11 (1.26%) Smartphone
13 10 (1.14%) Algorithms
13 10 (1.14%) Social Media
14 9 (1.03%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 53 (6.06%) Windows
2 46 (5.26%) Android
3 37 (4.23%) Linux
4 29 (3.32%) Mac OS
5 27 (3.09%) Apple iOS
6 17 (1.95%) VMS
7 9 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.69%) Data ONTAP
8 6 (0.69%) Windows Server
9 5 (0.57%) CoreOS
9 5 (0.57%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Solaris
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (25.51%) CI/CD
2 199 (22.77%) DevOps
3 187 (21.40%) AI
4 177 (20.25%) Analytics
5 150 (17.16%) Infrastructure as Code
6 148 (16.93%) Problem-Solving
7 133 (15.22%) Agile
8 122 (13.96%) Migration
9 98 (11.21%) Machine Learning
10 97 (11.10%) Stakeholder Management
11 96 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
12 91 (10.41%) Observability
13 78 (8.92%) Software Engineering
14 70 (8.01%) Business Intelligence
15 69 (7.89%) Containerisation
16 67 (7.67%) Decision-Making
16 67 (7.67%) Microservices
17 65 (7.44%) Change Management
18 63 (7.21%) LLM
18 63 (7.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 233 (26.66%) Python
2 157 (17.96%) SQL
3 103 (11.78%) Java
4 44 (5.03%) PowerShell
5 42 (4.81%) JavaScript
6 38 (4.35%) Bash
7 30 (3.43%) C#
8 28 (3.20%) Kotlin
9 20 (2.29%) TypeScript
10 19 (2.17%) Go
11 11 (1.26%) Google Apps Script
12 8 (0.92%) Scala
13 5 (0.57%) Bicep
13 5 (0.57%) Groovy
13 5 (0.57%) Rust
14 4 (0.46%) C++
14 4 (0.46%) R
14 4 (0.46%) Ruby
14 4 (0.46%) VBA
15 3 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 145 (16.59%) Security Cleared
2 117 (13.39%) SC Cleared
3 85 (9.73%) Degree
4 25 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.17%) Azure Certification
6 18 (2.06%) AWS Certification
7 16 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.72%) DV Cleared
8 15 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
9 14 (1.60%) Master's Degree
10 12 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.14%) CISSP
12 7 (0.80%) CCNP
13 5 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.57%) OCP
13 5 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
14 4 (0.46%) CCSP
14 4 (0.46%) IBM Certification
14 4 (0.46%) OSCP
14 4 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (8.92%) GDPR
2 52 (5.95%) Data Quality
3 37 (4.23%) QA
4 19 (2.17%) Accessibility
5 15 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.60%) NIST
7 12 (1.37%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 6 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.69%) NCSC
9 6 (0.69%) PERC
10 5 (0.57%) WCAG
11 4 (0.46%) GRC
11 4 (0.46%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.34%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.34%) SLA
12 3 (0.34%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.11%) ISO 8583
13 1 (0.11%) PMO
System Software
1 87 (9.95%) Docker
2 42 (4.81%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.57%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.57%) NFS
5 5 (0.57%) vSphere
6 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.11%) Firmware
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.11%) Snort
7 1 (0.11%) Squid
7 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.11%) Varnish
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 184 (21.05%) Terraform
2 147 (16.82%) Kubernetes
3 36 (4.12%) Ansible
4 30 (3.43%) Grafana
5 24 (2.75%) Istio
6 23 (2.63%) Prometheus
7 16 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
9 10 (1.14%) SCCM
10 9 (1.03%) Argo
10 9 (1.03%) Kubeflow
11 8 (0.92%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 6 (0.69%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.57%) Podman
13 5 (0.57%) SnapMirror
14 3 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.34%) Nessus
14 3 (0.34%) QRadar
14 3 (0.34%) vCenter Server
15 2 (0.23%) logstash
Vendors
1 134 (15.33%) Microsoft
2 31 (3.55%) Databricks
3 23 (2.63%) Adobe
4 22 (2.52%) Salesforce
4 22 (2.52%) ServiceNow
5 21 (2.40%) Oracle
5 21 (2.40%) Splunk
6 20 (2.29%) Apple
6 20 (2.29%) OpenAI
7 16 (1.83%) IBM
8 15 (1.72%) VMware
9 12 (1.37%) Red Hat
10 11 (1.26%) Citrix
10 11 (1.26%) Foundry
10 11 (1.26%) Okta
11 9 (1.03%) Checkmarx
11 9 (1.03%) Dynatrace
11 9 (1.03%) Tealium
12 8 (0.92%) NetApp
12 8 (0.92%) SAP