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 30 July 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
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 92 105
Rank change year-on-year -27 +13 +5
Contract jobs citing Google 986 755 736
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.18% 2.75% 2.16%
As % of the Vendors category 5.31% 5.83% 4.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 611 433 441
10th Percentile £313 £208 £300
25th Percentile £413 £355 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £495 £535
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% -7.48% -2.73%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £675
90th Percentile £691 £700 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £533
% change year-on-year +4.17% -9.94% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 61 65
10th Percentile £13.76 £15.50 £20.75
25th Percentile £23.16 £16.95 £31.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £22.56 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.36% -67.77% +87.79%
75th Percentile £40.00 £43.75 -
90th Percentile £77.00 £55.25 -
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £21.28 £70.00
% change year-on-year +66.82% -69.60% +76.99%

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 18,575 12,956 14,742
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.10% 47.11% 43.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,741 8,207 9,455
10th Percentile £313 £278 £292
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £613 £620 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £503 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +0.60% -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 989 622 806
10th Percentile £16.07 £14.75 £13.69
25th Percentile £19.93 £17.46 £15.62
Median hourly rate £35.53 £25.15 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.27% -10.18% -29.20%
75th Percentile £67.50 £50.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £27.50
% change year-on-year +39.17% -8.55% -34.21%

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 30 July 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 30 July 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 30 July 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 -22 521 £505 +0.95% 494
North of England -21 198 £500 +7.70% 153
Yorkshire -14 101 £538 +21.20% 54
South East -65 99 £527 +17.17% 123
North West -37 79 £488 -18.75% 79
South West +4 73 £550 +48.65% 53
Midlands -38 46 £440 +16.09% 45
West Midlands -47 34 £425 +21.43% 27
East of England -17 23 £510 +5.15% 25
North East -27 22 £440 -29.60% 20
East Midlands -7 12 £625 +64.91% 18
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 47 (4.77%) SharePoint
2 33 (3.35%) Apache
2 33 (3.35%) Apache Airflow
3 30 (3.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 25 (2.54%) Apache Spark
5 24 (2.43%) Confluence
6 18 (1.83%) CMS
7 7 (0.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.61%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.30%) Drupal
9 3 (0.30%) WordPress
10 2 (0.20%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.20%) nginx
11 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.10%) IIS
11 1 (0.10%) JBoss
11 1 (0.10%) Luigi
11 1 (0.10%) Mendix
11 1 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 32 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.22%) Chatbot
5 9 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.61%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.51%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.41%) InDesign
8 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.30%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.10%) Maya
10 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.51%) Sprinklr
2 3 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.30%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.30%) Shopify
3 2 (0.20%) iTrent
3 2 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.10%) Actimize
4 1 (0.10%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.10%) Maximo
4 1 (0.10%) Primavera
4 1 (0.10%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.10%) SAP CAR
4 1 (0.10%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.10%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.10%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 605 (61.36%) GCP
2 274 (27.79%) Azure
3 273 (27.69%) AWS
4 149 (15.11%) Google Workspace
5 90 (9.13%) GitHub
6 85 (8.62%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 75 (7.61%) Microsoft 365
8 54 (5.48%) Google Analytics
8 54 (5.48%) SaaS
9 49 (4.97%) Power Platform
10 46 (4.67%) GitHub Actions
10 46 (4.67%) Vertex AI
11 44 (4.46%) Google Sheets
12 34 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
13 33 (3.35%) Entra ID
14 32 (3.25%) Google Drive
15 28 (2.84%) dbt
16 26 (2.64%) AWS CloudFormation
16 26 (2.64%) Snowflake
17 25 (2.54%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 69 (7.00%) Firewall
2 62 (6.29%) DNS
3 46 (4.67%) VPN
4 26 (2.64%) TCP/IP
5 20 (2.03%) Network Security
6 16 (1.62%) DHCP
7 11 (1.12%) DKIM
7 11 (1.12%) DMARC
8 10 (1.01%) BGP
9 9 (0.91%) Internet
10 8 (0.81%) DNSSEC
10 8 (0.81%) OSPF
10 8 (0.81%) VLAN
11 7 (0.71%) HTTP
11 7 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.61%) LAN
12 6 (0.61%) SMTP
12 6 (0.61%) VoIP
12 6 (0.61%) WAN
13 5 (0.51%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (10.04%) BigQuery
2 54 (5.48%) Data Warehouse
3 42 (4.26%) Power BI
4 31 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (2.84%) Looker
6 23 (2.33%) Tableau
7 22 (2.23%) Relational Database
8 20 (2.03%) Big Data
9 19 (1.93%) Data Lake
10 18 (1.83%) Metadata
10 18 (1.83%) MySQL
11 15 (1.52%) SQL Server
12 13 (1.32%) NoSQL
13 8 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (0.81%) Redis
14 7 (0.71%) Flink
14 7 (0.71%) InterSystems Cache
14 7 (0.71%) OLTP
15 6 (0.61%) Data Vault
15 6 (0.61%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 90 (9.13%) Jenkins
2 62 (6.29%) Git
3 56 (5.68%) JIRA
4 54 (5.48%) GitLab
5 16 (1.62%) JUnit
6 9 (0.91%) Gradle
6 9 (0.91%) SonarQube
7 8 (0.81%) Gatling
8 7 (0.71%) IntelliJ
8 7 (0.71%) JMeter
9 6 (0.61%) Android Studio
9 6 (0.61%) Crashlytics
9 6 (0.61%) MLflow
9 6 (0.61%) NeoLoad
10 5 (0.51%) fastlane
10 5 (0.51%) LoadRunner
10 5 (0.51%) Zephyr
11 4 (0.41%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.41%) Maven
11 4 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 239 (24.24%) Social Skills
2 182 (18.46%) Finance
3 117 (11.87%) Public Sector
4 112 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (7.40%) Marketing
6 60 (6.09%) Banking
7 47 (4.77%) Retail
8 34 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
9 30 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 28 (2.84%) Legal
11 25 (2.54%) Publishing
12 21 (2.13%) Advertising
13 19 (1.93%) Telecoms
14 14 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (1.12%) Games
16 11 (1.12%) Military
17 9 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
18 8 (0.81%) Aerospace
19 7 (0.71%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 125 (12.68%) Architect
2 114 (11.56%) GCP Engineer
3 95 (9.63%) Developer
4 88 (8.92%) Senior
5 82 (8.32%) Cloud Engineer
5 82 (8.32%) Lead
6 75 (7.61%) Analyst
7 65 (6.59%) Data Engineer
8 40 (4.06%) Solutions Architect
9 32 (3.25%) Administrator
9 32 (3.25%) DevOps Engineer
10 27 (2.74%) Network Engineer
11 26 (2.64%) GCP DevOps
12 23 (2.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 23 (2.33%) Security Engineer
13 22 (2.23%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 22 (2.23%) Consultant
14 21 (2.13%) Cloud Architect
14 21 (2.13%) GCP DevOps Engineer
14 21 (2.13%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (7.71%) REST
2 44 (4.46%) Kafka
3 40 (4.06%) React
3 40 (4.06%) Spring
3 40 (4.06%) Spring Boot
4 29 (2.94%) OAuth
5 27 (2.74%) Node.js
6 25 (2.54%) JSON
6 25 (2.54%) RESTful
7 24 (2.43%) Android Jetpack
8 23 (2.33%) HTML
8 23 (2.33%) LangChain
9 21 (2.13%) Android SDK
10 20 (2.03%) SAML
11 19 (1.93%) CSS
11 19 (1.93%) Jetpack Compose
11 19 (1.93%) YAML
12 17 (1.72%) PyTorch
13 16 (1.62%) LangGraph
14 15 (1.52%) Apache Beam
Miscellaneous
1 154 (15.62%) Cloud Native
2 53 (5.38%) AI Agents
3 42 (4.26%) Product Ownership
4 33 (3.35%) Management Information System
4 33 (3.35%) Onboarding
5 28 (2.84%) Mobile App
6 27 (2.74%) Virtual Team
7 26 (2.64%) Public Cloud
7 26 (2.64%) Security Posture
8 25 (2.54%) Data Centre
9 24 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
9 24 (2.43%) Hybrid Cloud
10 15 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
11 14 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (1.32%) Clustering
12 13 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.32%) Marketing Technology
13 12 (1.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 10 (1.01%) Algorithms
14 10 (1.01%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 66 (6.69%) Windows
2 63 (6.39%) Linux
3 42 (4.26%) Android
4 29 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (1.42%) Windows Server
6 11 (1.12%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.91%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.91%) Unix
7 9 (0.91%) VMS
8 6 (0.61%) Data ONTAP
9 5 (0.51%) CoreOS
9 5 (0.51%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.41%) Alpine Linux
11 2 (0.20%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.10%) CentOS
12 1 (0.10%) SUSE
12 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.10%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (28.30%) CI/CD
2 224 (22.72%) DevOps
3 216 (21.91%) Agile
4 208 (21.10%) AI
5 183 (18.56%) Infrastructure as Code
6 173 (17.55%) Analytics
7 149 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
8 136 (13.79%) Migration
9 111 (11.26%) Stakeholder Management
10 100 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 100 (10.14%) Roadmaps
11 99 (10.04%) Observability
12 90 (9.13%) Machine Learning
13 87 (8.82%) Decision-Making
14 86 (8.72%) Software Engineering
15 84 (8.52%) Cloud Security
15 84 (8.52%) Data Modelling
16 83 (8.42%) Microservices
17 74 (7.51%) Containerisation
18 68 (6.90%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 274 (27.79%) Python
2 171 (17.34%) SQL
3 151 (15.31%) Java
4 85 (8.62%) PowerShell
5 77 (7.81%) Bash
6 44 (4.46%) JavaScript
7 34 (3.45%) Kotlin
8 28 (2.84%) Go
9 26 (2.64%) TypeScript
10 22 (2.23%) C#
11 18 (1.83%) Scala
12 15 (1.52%) Groovy
13 13 (1.32%) Shell Script
14 12 (1.22%) Bicep
14 12 (1.22%) Google Apps Script
15 10 (1.01%) Rust
16 6 (0.61%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.61%) SOQL
17 5 (0.51%) Ruby
18 4 (0.41%) Korn
Qualifications
1 189 (19.17%) Security Cleared
2 154 (15.62%) SC Cleared
3 84 (8.52%) Degree
4 47 (4.77%) DV Cleared
5 42 (4.26%) AWS Certification
6 31 (3.14%) Azure Certification
7 30 (3.04%) CISSP
8 28 (2.84%) BPSS Clearance
9 26 (2.64%) Computer Science Degree
10 19 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.52%) Master's Degree
12 10 (1.01%) CCNP
13 8 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 8 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 8 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (0.71%) CISM
15 6 (0.61%) PhD
16 5 (0.51%) OCP
16 5 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (4.97%) Data Quality
2 46 (4.67%) QA
3 44 (4.46%) GDPR
4 21 (2.13%) NIST
5 18 (1.83%) Accessibility
6 17 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.22%) WCAG
8 9 (0.91%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.81%) NCSC
10 6 (0.61%) PMO
11 5 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.41%) GRC
12 4 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.41%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.41%) PERC
12 4 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.30%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.30%) SLA
13 3 (0.30%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.20%) PSD2
System Software
1 105 (10.65%) Docker
2 53 (5.38%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.51%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.51%) NFS
6 5 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.51%) vSphere
7 4 (0.41%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (0.41%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.30%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.20%) Firmware
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.10%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 1 (0.10%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 205 (20.79%) Terraform
2 175 (17.75%) Kubernetes
3 39 (3.96%) Ansible
3 39 (3.96%) Grafana
4 31 (3.14%) Prometheus
5 20 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
6 19 (1.93%) Progress Chef
7 14 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (0.91%) Istio
8 9 (0.91%) Jamf Pro
8 9 (0.91%) Puppet
9 6 (0.61%) Kubeflow
9 6 (0.61%) Podman
9 6 (0.61%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 5 (0.51%) SCCM
10 5 (0.51%) SnapMirror
10 5 (0.51%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.41%) vMotion
12 3 (0.30%) Argo
12 3 (0.30%) Nagios
Vendors
1 172 (17.44%) Microsoft
2 30 (3.04%) Oracle
2 30 (3.04%) Splunk
3 28 (2.84%) OpenAI
4 26 (2.64%) Databricks
4 26 (2.64%) Dynatrace
5 25 (2.54%) Adobe
5 25 (2.54%) Red Hat
6 23 (2.33%) Salesforce
7 19 (1.93%) ServiceNow
7 19 (1.93%) TikTok
8 17 (1.72%) IBM
9 16 (1.62%) VMware
10 15 (1.52%) Apple
10 15 (1.52%) Okta
11 14 (1.42%) SAP
12 12 (1.22%) Cisco
13 10 (1.01%) Informatica
13 10 (1.01%) Tealium
14 9 (0.91%) Checkmarx