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 21 August 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
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 96 106
Rank change year-on-year -28 +10 -1
Contract jobs citing Google 1,009 738 729
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.21% 2.68% 2.19%
As % of the Vendors category 5.31% 5.67% 5.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 615 423 439
10th Percentile £313 £213 £303
25th Percentile £413 £357 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £492 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.47% -10.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £688
90th Percentile £693 £699 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £533
% change year-on-year +4.17% -9.94% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 56 63
10th Percentile £13.51 £15.50 £22.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £16.95 £31.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £21.28 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +52.73% -69.60% +100.00%
75th Percentile £39.04 £40.00 -
90th Percentile £77.00 £55.00 -
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £20.89 £70.00
% change year-on-year +39.16% -70.16% +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 19,002 13,019 14,520
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.61% 47.25% 43.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,949 8,232 9,198
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £502 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.07% -4.36% -
75th Percentile £615 £615 £629
90th Percentile £700 £715 £732
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.31% -0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,025 645 719
10th Percentile £14.56 £14.75 £13.52
25th Percentile £17.97 £17.55 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -13.28% -26.68%
75th Percentile £65.58 £50.00 £63.15
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £25.15 £27.86
% change year-on-year +25.25% -9.73% -31.21%

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 21 August 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 21 August 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 21 August 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 -20 523 £509 +1.75% 256
North of England -17 209 £500 +8.11% 123
South East -52 108 £525 +31.25% 154
Yorkshire -6 107 £538 +22.16% 42
North West -25 82 £500 -13.04% 70
South West -9 71 £550 +33.33% 62
Midlands -33 42 £425 +6.25% 49
West Midlands -40 29 £414 +3.50% 24
North East -16 24 £440 -29.60% 11
East of England -15 23 £510 +3.55% 24
East Midlands -12 13 £625 +64.91% 25
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 48 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 39 (3.87%) Apache Airflow
3 31 (3.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 29 (2.87%) Confluence
5 28 (2.78%) Apache
6 22 (2.18%) Apache Spark
6 22 (2.18%) CMS
7 9 (0.89%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 8 (0.79%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.40%) Drupal
9 4 (0.40%) WordPress
10 2 (0.20%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.20%) nginx
11 1 (0.099%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.099%) IIS
11 1 (0.099%) JBoss
11 1 (0.099%) Luigi
11 1 (0.099%) Mendix
11 1 (0.099%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.099%) Tomcat
Applications
1 33 (3.27%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.99%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.59%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.50%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.50%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
7 4 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.40%) InDesign
7 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.099%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.099%) Maya
8 1 (0.099%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.50%) Shopify
2 4 (0.40%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.40%) Sprinklr
3 3 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.20%) Cloudability
4 2 (0.20%) iTrent
4 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.099%) Actimize
5 1 (0.099%) Maximo
5 1 (0.099%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.099%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.099%) Primavera
5 1 (0.099%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.099%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.099%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.099%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.099%) SAP SRM
5 1 (0.099%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.099%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 628 (62.24%) GCP
2 298 (29.53%) Azure
3 297 (29.44%) AWS
4 133 (13.18%) Google Workspace
5 95 (9.42%) GitHub
6 79 (7.83%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 74 (7.33%) Microsoft 365
8 63 (6.24%) Google Analytics
9 56 (5.55%) SaaS
10 54 (5.35%) Power Platform
11 50 (4.96%) GitHub Actions
12 47 (4.66%) Google Sheets
13 43 (4.26%) Vertex AI
14 40 (3.96%) Entra ID
15 38 (3.77%) Azure DevOps
16 36 (3.57%) dbt
17 32 (3.17%) Google Drive
18 31 (3.07%) Snowflake
19 25 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
20 23 (2.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 63 (6.24%) Firewall
2 59 (5.85%) DNS
3 44 (4.36%) VPN
4 26 (2.58%) Network Security
4 26 (2.58%) TCP/IP
5 17 (1.68%) DHCP
6 12 (1.19%) BGP
7 11 (1.09%) DKIM
7 11 (1.09%) DMARC
7 11 (1.09%) Internet
7 11 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (0.99%) HTTP
9 9 (0.89%) WAN
10 8 (0.79%) DNSSEC
10 8 (0.79%) LAN
10 8 (0.79%) OSPF
10 8 (0.79%) VLAN
11 6 (0.59%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.59%) SMTP
12 5 (0.50%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (10.11%) BigQuery
2 60 (5.95%) Data Warehouse
3 48 (4.76%) Power BI
4 34 (3.37%) Looker
5 32 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
6 26 (2.58%) Relational Database
7 25 (2.48%) Metadata
7 25 (2.48%) Tableau
8 23 (2.28%) Big Data
9 18 (1.78%) Data Lake
10 17 (1.68%) MySQL
11 15 (1.49%) SQL Server
12 13 (1.29%) NoSQL
13 11 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (0.79%) Data Vault
14 8 (0.79%) Flink
14 8 (0.79%) Redis
15 7 (0.69%) InterSystems Cache
16 6 (0.59%) RDBMS
16 6 (0.59%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 85 (8.42%) Jenkins
2 65 (6.44%) Git
3 61 (6.05%) JIRA
4 56 (5.55%) GitLab
5 14 (1.39%) JUnit
6 9 (0.89%) Gatling
6 9 (0.89%) Gradle
6 9 (0.89%) SonarQube
6 9 (0.89%) Zephyr
7 7 (0.69%) IntelliJ
7 7 (0.69%) JMeter
7 7 (0.69%) NeoLoad
8 6 (0.59%) Android Studio
8 6 (0.59%) Crashlytics
8 6 (0.59%) MLflow
9 5 (0.50%) fastlane
9 5 (0.50%) LoadRunner
10 4 (0.40%) Bitbucket
10 4 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
10 4 (0.40%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 252 (24.98%) Social Skills
2 188 (18.63%) Finance
3 122 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
3 122 (12.09%) Public Sector
4 72 (7.14%) Marketing
5 54 (5.35%) Banking
6 45 (4.46%) Retail
7 32 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 32 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
8 27 (2.68%) Legal
9 26 (2.58%) Publishing
10 25 (2.48%) Advertising
11 22 (2.18%) Telecoms
12 16 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
14 11 (1.09%) Games
14 11 (1.09%) Military
15 10 (0.99%) Aerospace
15 10 (0.99%) Billing
16 8 (0.79%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 155 (15.36%) Architect
2 109 (10.80%) GCP Engineer
3 98 (9.71%) Senior
4 96 (9.51%) Developer
5 85 (8.42%) Cloud Engineer
6 75 (7.43%) Analyst
7 73 (7.23%) Lead
8 65 (6.44%) Data Engineer
9 50 (4.96%) Solutions Architect
10 34 (3.37%) Administrator
11 28 (2.78%) DevOps Engineer
11 28 (2.78%) Network Engineer
12 27 (2.68%) Cloud Architect
13 25 (2.48%) Support Engineer
14 23 (2.28%) Consultant
15 22 (2.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 21 (2.08%) GCP DevOps
16 21 (2.08%) Security Architect
16 21 (2.08%) Security Engineer
17 20 (1.98%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (20.22%) Terraform
2 70 (6.94%) REST
3 46 (4.56%) Kafka
4 42 (4.16%) React
5 36 (3.57%) OAuth
6 34 (3.37%) Spring
6 34 (3.37%) Spring Boot
7 30 (2.97%) JSON
7 30 (2.97%) RESTful
8 29 (2.87%) Node.js
9 25 (2.48%) SAML
10 24 (2.38%) HTML
11 21 (2.08%) LangChain
12 20 (1.98%) Android Jetpack
12 20 (1.98%) CSS
12 20 (1.98%) JWT
13 19 (1.88%) YAML
14 18 (1.78%) LangGraph
14 18 (1.78%) Middleware
15 17 (1.68%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 166 (16.45%) Cloud Native
2 56 (5.55%) AI Agents
3 44 (4.36%) Product Ownership
4 42 (4.16%) Onboarding
5 37 (3.67%) Management Information System
6 30 (2.97%) Hybrid Cloud
7 25 (2.48%) Distributed Systems
7 25 (2.48%) Mobile App
8 24 (2.38%) Data Centre
8 24 (2.38%) Security Posture
9 23 (2.28%) Virtual Team
10 22 (2.18%) Public Cloud
11 20 (1.98%) Data Protection Act
12 18 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
13 13 (1.29%) Marketing Technology
14 12 (1.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 11 (1.09%) CMDB
15 11 (1.09%) PKI
15 11 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
16 10 (0.99%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 74 (7.33%) Windows
2 68 (6.74%) Linux
3 37 (3.67%) Android
4 29 (2.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (1.68%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.99%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.89%) Unix
8 8 (0.79%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.69%) Ubuntu
9 7 (0.69%) VMS
10 4 (0.40%) Alpine Linux
10 4 (0.40%) Data ONTAP
10 4 (0.40%) Windows 10
11 3 (0.30%) CentOS
11 3 (0.30%) CoreOS
12 2 (0.20%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.099%) SUSE
13 1 (0.099%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.099%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (28.44%) CI/CD
2 230 (22.79%) DevOps
3 228 (22.60%) Agile
4 208 (20.61%) AI
5 194 (19.23%) Infrastructure as Code
6 182 (18.04%) Analytics
7 144 (14.27%) Problem-Solving
8 139 (13.78%) Migration
9 130 (12.88%) Stakeholder Management
10 109 (10.80%) Continuous Improvement
11 98 (9.71%) Roadmaps
12 92 (9.12%) Containerisation
12 92 (9.12%) Machine Learning
12 92 (9.12%) Software Engineering
13 91 (9.02%) Cloud Security
13 91 (9.02%) Observability
14 89 (8.82%) Data Modelling
14 89 (8.82%) Decision-Making
15 87 (8.62%) Microservices
16 76 (7.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 288 (28.54%) Python
2 173 (17.15%) SQL
3 140 (13.88%) Java
4 87 (8.62%) PowerShell
5 84 (8.33%) Bash
6 47 (4.66%) JavaScript
7 31 (3.07%) Go
8 29 (2.87%) TypeScript
9 24 (2.38%) Kotlin
10 21 (2.08%) Scala
11 20 (1.98%) C#
12 19 (1.88%) Shell Script
13 12 (1.19%) Bicep
13 12 (1.19%) Groovy
14 10 (0.99%) Rust
15 8 (0.79%) Google Apps Script
16 6 (0.59%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.59%) SOQL
17 5 (0.50%) R
18 4 (0.40%) Perl
Qualifications
1 214 (21.21%) Security Cleared
2 169 (16.75%) SC Cleared
3 86 (8.52%) Degree
4 52 (5.15%) DV Cleared
5 44 (4.36%) AWS Certification
6 36 (3.57%) Azure Certification
7 31 (3.07%) CISSP
7 31 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (2.58%) BPSS Clearance
9 19 (1.88%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (1.49%) Master's Degree
11 10 (0.99%) CCNP
12 9 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 8 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 8 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (0.69%) CISM
15 6 (0.59%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 6 (0.59%) PhD
16 5 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (5.55%) Data Quality
2 45 (4.46%) QA
3 41 (4.06%) GDPR
4 21 (2.08%) Accessibility
4 21 (2.08%) NIST
5 19 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.29%) WCAG
7 8 (0.79%) NCSC
7 8 (0.79%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.79%) PMO
8 7 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.59%) GRC
10 4 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.40%) PERC
10 4 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.40%) SLA
11 3 (0.30%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.30%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.30%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.20%) PSD2
System Software
1 117 (11.60%) Docker
2 57 (5.65%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.50%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.40%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (0.40%) Terminal Services
7 4 (0.40%) vSphere
8 3 (0.30%) Firmware
8 3 (0.30%) NFS
8 3 (0.30%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.099%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.099%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 1 (0.099%) Varnish
9 1 (0.099%) zsh
Systems Management
1 193 (19.13%) Kubernetes
2 45 (4.46%) Ansible
3 35 (3.47%) Grafana
4 31 (3.07%) Prometheus
5 25 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 20 (1.98%) Progress Chef
6 20 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (1.09%) Puppet
8 10 (0.99%) Jamf Pro
9 8 (0.79%) Kubeflow
10 6 (0.59%) Istio
10 6 (0.59%) Podman
11 5 (0.50%) SCCM
11 5 (0.50%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.40%) Argo
12 4 (0.40%) vMotion
13 3 (0.30%) CASB
13 3 (0.30%) Cilium
13 3 (0.30%) Nagios
13 3 (0.30%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 197 (19.52%) Microsoft
2 41 (4.06%) Oracle
3 31 (3.07%) Adobe
4 29 (2.87%) Databricks
5 28 (2.78%) OpenAI
6 26 (2.58%) Salesforce
6 26 (2.58%) Splunk
7 25 (2.48%) Dynatrace
8 24 (2.38%) Red Hat
9 23 (2.28%) ServiceNow
10 22 (2.18%) TikTok
11 20 (1.98%) IBM
12 19 (1.88%) SAP
13 18 (1.78%) VMware
14 16 (1.59%) Apple
14 16 (1.59%) Okta
15 14 (1.39%) Cisco
15 14 (1.39%) Informatica
16 12 (1.19%) MuleSoft
16 12 (1.19%) Tealium