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 25 May 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
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 102 109
Rank change year-on-year -22 +7 +1
Contract jobs citing Google 830 623 738
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.01% 2.60% 2.02%
As % of the Vendors category 4.90% 5.45% 4.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 359 483
10th Percentile £305 £236 £282
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £626 £650
90th Percentile £697 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 62 67
10th Percentile £13.51 £16.95 £11.25
25th Percentile £26.69 £17.71 £20.75
Median hourly rate £35.50 £28.38 £26.97
Median % change year-on-year +25.09% +5.23% -31.81%
75th Percentile £36.24 £46.30 £70.00
90th Percentile £45.13 £59.98 -
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £27.50 £26.97
% change year-on-year +29.09% +1.97% -31.89%

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 16,954 11,434 15,270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.96% 47.69% 41.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,949 7,342 9,751
10th Percentile £313 £278 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +1.94% -3.92%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £744
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 910 469 1,015
10th Percentile £15.37 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.75 £17.50 £14.34
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% +13.33% -43.11%
75th Percentile £58.75 £55.25 £57.41
90th Percentile £76.68 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.30
% change year-on-year +27.45% +14.35% -47.84%

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 25 May 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 25 May 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 25 May 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 -18 421 £515 -1.90% 297
North of England -20 162 £510 +2.00% 97
Yorkshire -22 86 £500 +8.11% 31
Midlands -23 66 £533 +29.98% 32
South West +2 62 £550 +46.67% 34
North West -29 61 £558 -3.04% 57
South East -84 56 £588 +15.76% 100
East Midlands +3 37 £550 +40.66% 17
East of England -17 37 £510 +5.15% 32
West Midlands -51 29 £425 -14.57% 15
North East -9 18 £450 - 9
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 42 (5.06%) SharePoint
2 30 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (3.49%) Apache Spark
4 27 (3.25%) Apache
5 17 (2.05%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (1.81%) Confluence
7 8 (0.96%) CMS
8 2 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.24%) Drupal
8 2 (0.24%) nginx
8 2 (0.24%) WordPress
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.12%) IIS
9 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 28 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.33%) Chatbot
5 7 (0.84%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.60%) Adobe After Effects
6 5 (0.60%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.36%) InDesign
7 3 (0.36%) Trello
8 2 (0.24%) Maya
8 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.12%) Autodesk Smoke
Business Applications
1 5 (0.60%) Sprinklr
2 1 (0.12%) Actimize
2 1 (0.12%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.12%) SAP SRM
2 1 (0.12%) VisionPLUS
2 1 (0.12%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 499 (60.12%) GCP
2 231 (27.83%) Azure
3 207 (24.94%) AWS
4 167 (20.12%) Google Workspace
5 86 (10.36%) GitHub
6 83 (10.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 71 (8.55%) Microsoft 365
8 63 (7.59%) Power Platform
9 58 (6.99%) Google Sheets
10 48 (5.78%) SaaS
11 44 (5.30%) GitHub Actions
12 39 (4.70%) Google Analytics
13 37 (4.46%) Vertex AI
14 31 (3.73%) Entra ID
15 30 (3.61%) Cloud Computing
16 29 (3.49%) Google Drive
16 29 (3.49%) Slack
17 27 (3.25%) Amazon S3
17 27 (3.25%) AWS CloudFormation
17 27 (3.25%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 48 (5.78%) Firewall
2 41 (4.94%) DNS
3 33 (3.98%) VPN
4 20 (2.41%) Network Security
5 13 (1.57%) VoIP
6 11 (1.33%) DKIM
6 11 (1.33%) DMARC
6 11 (1.33%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.08%) Internet
8 7 (0.84%) DHCP
9 6 (0.72%) BGP
9 6 (0.72%) Reverse Proxy
10 5 (0.60%) OSPF
10 5 (0.60%) SAN
11 4 (0.48%) Wireless
12 3 (0.36%) HTTP
12 3 (0.36%) IPv4
12 3 (0.36%) IPv6
12 3 (0.36%) VLAN
12 3 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (12.17%) BigQuery
2 54 (6.51%) Power BI
3 36 (4.34%) Tableau
4 29 (3.49%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (2.77%) Data Lake
6 21 (2.53%) SQL Server
7 18 (2.17%) Looker
7 18 (2.17%) Metadata
7 18 (2.17%) OLAP
8 16 (1.93%) Amazon Athena
8 16 (1.93%) Mixpanel
9 15 (1.81%) NoSQL
9 15 (1.81%) OLTP
10 14 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (1.45%) Big Data
11 12 (1.45%) MySQL
12 9 (1.08%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.72%) Redis
13 6 (0.72%) Star Schema
14 5 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 77 (9.28%) Jenkins
2 48 (5.78%) JIRA
3 46 (5.54%) Git
4 38 (4.58%) GitLab
5 11 (1.33%) JUnit
6 9 (1.08%) SonarQube
7 7 (0.84%) IntelliJ
8 5 (0.60%) REST Assured
8 5 (0.60%) Selenium
9 4 (0.48%) Android Studio
9 4 (0.48%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.48%) Gatling
9 4 (0.48%) Gradle
9 4 (0.48%) Postman
10 3 (0.36%) Charles Proxy
10 3 (0.36%) ERwin
10 3 (0.36%) JMeter
10 3 (0.36%) Liquibase
10 3 (0.36%) LoadRunner
10 3 (0.36%) webpack
General
1 234 (28.19%) Social Skills
2 155 (18.67%) Finance
3 95 (11.45%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (10.96%) Public Sector
5 65 (7.83%) Marketing
6 60 (7.23%) Banking
7 45 (5.42%) Retail
8 29 (3.49%) Legal
9 25 (3.01%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (2.17%) Publishing
11 16 (1.93%) Advertising
11 16 (1.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (1.93%) Military
12 12 (1.45%) Telecoms
13 11 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
14 9 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (0.96%) Automotive
15 8 (0.96%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.84%) Games
Job Titles
1 111 (13.37%) GCP Engineer
2 93 (11.20%) Architect
3 84 (10.12%) Senior
4 73 (8.80%) Analyst
5 72 (8.67%) Cloud Engineer
5 72 (8.67%) Lead
6 57 (6.87%) Data Engineer
7 52 (6.27%) Developer
8 38 (4.58%) Administrator
9 28 (3.37%) Cloud Architect
9 28 (3.37%) DevOps Engineer
10 25 (3.01%) Solutions Architect
11 24 (2.89%) Consultant
12 23 (2.77%) Network Engineer
12 23 (2.77%) Software Engineer
13 22 (2.65%) GCP DevOps
14 21 (2.53%) Platform Engineer
15 20 (2.41%) Security Engineer
16 19 (2.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 19 (2.29%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (4.46%) REST
2 35 (4.22%) React
3 34 (4.10%) Kafka
4 29 (3.49%) OAuth
5 28 (3.37%) PyTorch
6 26 (3.13%) LangChain
6 26 (3.13%) Node.js
7 25 (3.01%) Spring
7 25 (3.01%) Spring Boot
8 18 (2.17%) scikit-learn
8 18 (2.17%) TensorFlow
9 16 (1.93%) Great Expectations
10 15 (1.81%) .NET
10 15 (1.81%) AngularJS
11 14 (1.69%) OpenID
11 14 (1.69%) SAML
12 13 (1.57%) Android Jetpack
12 13 (1.57%) Jetpack Compose
12 13 (1.57%) Pandas
12 13 (1.57%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 109 (13.13%) Cloud Native
2 32 (3.86%) Public Cloud
3 30 (3.61%) Product Ownership
4 24 (2.89%) Data Centre
5 22 (2.65%) Onboarding
5 22 (2.65%) Virtual Team
6 21 (2.53%) AI Agents
7 19 (2.29%) Management Information System
8 17 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (1.81%) Mobile App
9 15 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.45%) Clustering
10 12 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
11 11 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (1.33%) Private Cloud
11 11 (1.33%) Security Posture
11 11 (1.33%) Smartphone
12 10 (1.20%) Marketing Technology
13 8 (0.96%) Algorithms
13 8 (0.96%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 44 (5.30%) Windows
2 42 (5.06%) Android
3 33 (3.98%) Linux
4 27 (3.25%) Mac OS
5 23 (2.77%) Apple iOS
6 16 (1.93%) VMS
7 11 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.72%) Data ONTAP
9 5 (0.60%) CoreOS
9 5 (0.60%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.60%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.12%) Solaris
10 1 (0.12%) SUSE
10 1 (0.12%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.12%) Unix
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (26.63%) CI/CD
2 190 (22.89%) DevOps
3 161 (19.40%) AI
4 155 (18.67%) Analytics
5 153 (18.43%) Infrastructure as Code
6 137 (16.51%) Migration
7 120 (14.46%) Agile
8 118 (14.22%) Problem-Solving
9 94 (11.33%) Observability
10 88 (10.60%) Stakeholder Management
11 77 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
12 75 (9.04%) Machine Learning
13 73 (8.80%) Software Engineering
14 68 (8.19%) Decision-Making
15 64 (7.71%) Business Intelligence
16 61 (7.35%) Data Modelling
17 59 (7.11%) Data Engineering
17 59 (7.11%) Roadmaps
18 57 (6.87%) Cloud Security
19 56 (6.75%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 214 (25.78%) Python
2 157 (18.92%) SQL
3 92 (11.08%) Java
4 49 (5.90%) PowerShell
5 42 (5.06%) Bash
6 28 (3.37%) C#
6 28 (3.37%) JavaScript
7 24 (2.89%) Kotlin
8 22 (2.65%) Go
9 19 (2.29%) TypeScript
10 10 (1.20%) Scala
11 9 (1.08%) Rust
12 8 (0.96%) Google Apps Script
13 7 (0.84%) Groovy
14 5 (0.60%) R
14 5 (0.60%) Ruby
15 4 (0.48%) Bicep
15 4 (0.48%) C++
16 3 (0.36%) LookML
16 3 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 147 (17.71%) Security Cleared
2 122 (14.70%) SC Cleared
3 69 (8.31%) Degree
4 22 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (2.65%) DV Cleared
5 21 (2.53%) Azure Certification
6 18 (2.17%) AWS Certification
7 16 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.81%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.33%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.08%) CISSP
11 6 (0.72%) CCNP
12 5 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (0.60%) OCP
12 5 (0.60%) Oracle Certification
12 5 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.48%) IBM Certification
13 4 (0.48%) SnowPro
14 3 (0.36%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (7.47%) GDPR
2 46 (5.54%) Data Quality
3 33 (3.98%) QA
4 17 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.81%) NIST
6 14 (1.69%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.20%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.84%) WCAG
9 6 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.72%) PERC
10 5 (0.60%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.60%) NCSC
11 4 (0.48%) GRC
11 4 (0.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (0.48%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.36%) SLA
12 3 (0.36%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.12%) PMO
System Software
1 66 (7.95%) Docker
2 48 (5.78%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.60%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.60%) NFS
5 5 (0.60%) vSphere
6 4 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.12%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.12%) Firmware
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.12%) Snort
8 1 (0.12%) Squid
8 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.12%) Varnish
8 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 184 (22.17%) Terraform
2 134 (16.14%) Kubernetes
3 32 (3.86%) Ansible
4 28 (3.37%) Grafana
5 22 (2.65%) Prometheus
6 20 (2.41%) Istio
7 18 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
8 16 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
9 10 (1.20%) SCCM
10 9 (1.08%) Argo
10 9 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
11 7 (0.84%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 6 (0.72%) Kubeflow
12 6 (0.72%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.60%) Podman
13 5 (0.60%) SnapMirror
14 3 (0.36%) Nessus
14 3 (0.36%) Puppet
15 2 (0.24%) Cilium
15 2 (0.24%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 126 (15.18%) Microsoft
2 31 (3.73%) Databricks
3 24 (2.89%) ServiceNow
4 21 (2.53%) Apple
4 21 (2.53%) Oracle
5 19 (2.29%) Salesforce
6 17 (2.05%) Adobe
6 17 (2.05%) OpenAI
7 14 (1.69%) Splunk
7 14 (1.69%) VMware
8 13 (1.57%) Red Hat
9 12 (1.45%) Dynatrace
9 12 (1.45%) IBM
9 12 (1.45%) Okta
10 10 (1.20%) TikTok
11 9 (1.08%) Checkmarx
11 9 (1.08%) Citrix
11 9 (1.08%) CyberArk
12 8 (0.96%) NetApp
12 8 (0.96%) SAP