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 27 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
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 97 107
Rank change year-on-year -30 +10 +1
Contract jobs citing Google 984 736 745
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.15% 2.67% 2.24%
As % of the Vendors category 5.18% 5.65% 5.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 593 418 449
10th Percentile £320 £213 £303
25th Percentile £413 £355 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £600 £588 £675
90th Percentile £691 £700 £769
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 56 62
10th Percentile £13.51 £15.50 £22.78
25th Percentile £18.56 £16.95 £33.00
Median hourly rate £31.25 £21.28 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.85% -69.60% +87.79%
75th Percentile £39.28 £40.00 -
90th Percentile £77.00 £55.00 -
UK median hourly rate £28.54 £20.89 £70.00
% change year-on-year +36.60% -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 18,992 13,016 14,500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.54% 47.17% 43.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,896 8,242 9,108
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £615 £615 £627
90th Percentile £703 £713 £731
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £523
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.31% -0.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,033 636 685
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.75 £13.35
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.45 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £29.77
Median % change year-on-year +27.24% -15.52% -28.27%
75th Percentile £65.58 £48.13 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £29.29 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +16.44% -10.18% -36.00%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -22 509 £505 +1.00% 373
North of England -16 200 £500 +11.11% 85
South East -41 108 £525 +60.31% 75
Yorkshire -10 102 £550 +30.95% 27
North West -33 78 £475 -5.00% 50
South West -4 68 £550 +46.67% 187
Midlands -40 43 £425 +6.25% 39
West Midlands -43 29 £414 +0.98% 20
East of England -22 22 £510 +2.00% 21
North East -23 22 £445 -28.80% 9
East Midlands -7 14 £625 +64.91% 19
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 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 36 (3.66%) Apache Airflow
3 31 (3.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 27 (2.74%) Apache
4 27 (2.74%) Confluence
5 22 (2.24%) Apache Spark
5 22 (2.24%) CMS
6 9 (0.91%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 8 (0.81%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.41%) Drupal
8 4 (0.41%) WordPress
9 2 (0.20%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.20%) nginx
10 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.10%) IIS
10 1 (0.10%) JBoss
10 1 (0.10%) Luigi
10 1 (0.10%) Mendix
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 33 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.51%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.41%) Adobe After Effects
6 4 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.41%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.41%) InDesign
6 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.41%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.10%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.10%) Maya
7 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.51%) Shopify
2 4 (0.41%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.41%) Sprinklr
3 3 (0.30%) Cloudability
3 3 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.20%) iTrent
4 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.10%) Actimize
5 1 (0.10%) Maximo
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.10%) Primavera
5 1 (0.10%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.10%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.10%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.10%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 610 (61.99%) GCP
2 293 (29.78%) Azure
3 290 (29.47%) AWS
4 130 (13.21%) Google Workspace
5 93 (9.45%) GitHub
6 75 (7.62%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 71 (7.22%) Microsoft 365
8 63 (6.40%) Google Analytics
9 56 (5.69%) Power Platform
9 56 (5.69%) SaaS
10 51 (5.18%) GitHub Actions
11 46 (4.67%) Google Sheets
12 41 (4.17%) Entra ID
12 41 (4.17%) Vertex AI
13 38 (3.86%) Azure DevOps
14 35 (3.56%) dbt
15 31 (3.15%) Google Drive
16 30 (3.05%) Snowflake
17 25 (2.54%) AWS CloudFormation
18 23 (2.34%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 56 (5.69%) DNS
2 54 (5.49%) Firewall
3 37 (3.76%) VPN
4 25 (2.54%) Network Security
5 24 (2.44%) TCP/IP
6 17 (1.73%) DHCP
7 11 (1.12%) DKIM
7 11 (1.12%) DMARC
7 11 (1.12%) Internet
7 11 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (1.02%) HTTP
9 9 (0.91%) BGP
9 9 (0.91%) WAN
10 8 (0.81%) DNSSEC
10 8 (0.81%) LAN
10 8 (0.81%) VLAN
11 6 (0.61%) OSPF
11 6 (0.61%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.61%) SMTP
12 5 (0.51%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (9.96%) BigQuery
2 58 (5.89%) Data Warehouse
3 49 (4.98%) Power BI
4 33 (3.35%) Looker
5 30 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
6 26 (2.64%) Relational Database
7 25 (2.54%) Tableau
8 24 (2.44%) Metadata
9 22 (2.24%) Big Data
10 18 (1.83%) Data Lake
11 17 (1.73%) MySQL
12 15 (1.52%) SQL Server
13 12 (1.22%) NoSQL
14 10 (1.02%) Amazon Redshift
15 8 (0.81%) Data Vault
15 8 (0.81%) Flink
16 7 (0.71%) InterSystems Cache
16 7 (0.71%) Redis
17 6 (0.61%) RDBMS
17 6 (0.61%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 84 (8.54%) Jenkins
2 63 (6.40%) Git
3 59 (6.00%) JIRA
4 58 (5.89%) GitLab
5 15 (1.52%) JUnit
6 10 (1.02%) Gradle
6 10 (1.02%) SonarQube
7 9 (0.91%) Zephyr
8 8 (0.81%) Gatling
9 7 (0.71%) IntelliJ
9 7 (0.71%) JMeter
9 7 (0.71%) NeoLoad
10 6 (0.61%) Android Studio
10 6 (0.61%) Crashlytics
10 6 (0.61%) MLflow
11 5 (0.51%) fastlane
11 5 (0.51%) LoadRunner
12 4 (0.41%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.41%) Maven
12 4 (0.41%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 254 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 181 (18.39%) Finance
3 123 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 119 (12.09%) Public Sector
5 76 (7.72%) Marketing
6 50 (5.08%) Banking
7 43 (4.37%) Retail
8 33 (3.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 31 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
10 27 (2.74%) Legal
10 27 (2.74%) Publishing
11 23 (2.34%) Advertising
12 21 (2.13%) Telecoms
13 16 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (1.22%) Military
16 11 (1.12%) Games
17 10 (1.02%) Aerospace
17 10 (1.02%) Billing
18 8 (0.81%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 155 (15.75%) Architect
2 100 (10.16%) GCP Engineer
3 96 (9.76%) Developer
4 95 (9.65%) Senior
5 81 (8.23%) Cloud Engineer
6 73 (7.42%) Lead
7 71 (7.22%) Analyst
8 61 (6.20%) Data Engineer
9 50 (5.08%) Solutions Architect
10 35 (3.56%) Administrator
11 26 (2.64%) Cloud Architect
12 25 (2.54%) DevOps Engineer
13 24 (2.44%) Support Engineer
14 22 (2.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 22 (2.24%) Network Engineer
15 21 (2.13%) Consultant
15 21 (2.13%) Security Architect
16 20 (2.03%) Java Developer
17 19 (1.93%) GCP DevOps
18 18 (1.83%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (19.82%) Terraform
2 69 (7.01%) REST
3 45 (4.57%) Kafka
4 42 (4.27%) React
5 36 (3.66%) OAuth
6 35 (3.56%) Spring
6 35 (3.56%) Spring Boot
7 30 (3.05%) JSON
7 30 (3.05%) Node.js
7 30 (3.05%) RESTful
8 25 (2.54%) HTML
8 25 (2.54%) SAML
9 21 (2.13%) CSS
10 20 (2.03%) Android Jetpack
10 20 (2.03%) JWT
10 20 (2.03%) LangChain
11 19 (1.93%) Middleware
11 19 (1.93%) YAML
12 18 (1.83%) LangGraph
13 17 (1.73%) Android SDK
Miscellaneous
1 161 (16.36%) Cloud Native
2 56 (5.69%) AI Agents
3 42 (4.27%) Onboarding
4 41 (4.17%) Product Ownership
5 38 (3.86%) Management Information System
6 27 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
7 24 (2.44%) Mobile App
7 24 (2.44%) Security Posture
8 23 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
9 21 (2.13%) Data Centre
9 21 (2.13%) Virtual Team
10 20 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
10 20 (2.03%) Public Cloud
11 19 (1.93%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (1.32%) CMDB
12 13 (1.32%) Marketing Technology
12 13 (1.32%) PKI
13 12 (1.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 11 (1.12%) Replication
15 10 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 71 (7.22%) Windows
2 66 (6.71%) Linux
3 37 (3.76%) Android
4 25 (2.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (1.73%) Windows Server
6 10 (1.02%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.91%) Unix
8 8 (0.81%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.71%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.51%) VMS
11 4 (0.41%) Alpine Linux
11 4 (0.41%) Windows 10
12 3 (0.30%) CentOS
13 2 (0.20%) Data ONTAP
13 2 (0.20%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.10%) CoreOS
14 1 (0.10%) SUSE
14 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (28.76%) CI/CD
2 224 (22.76%) Agile
3 223 (22.66%) DevOps
4 207 (21.04%) AI
5 191 (19.41%) Infrastructure as Code
6 179 (18.19%) Analytics
7 140 (14.23%) Problem-Solving
8 134 (13.62%) Migration
9 132 (13.41%) Stakeholder Management
10 109 (11.08%) Continuous Improvement
11 97 (9.86%) Roadmaps
12 92 (9.35%) Containerisation
13 90 (9.15%) Observability
13 90 (9.15%) Software Engineering
14 89 (9.04%) Cloud Security
14 89 (9.04%) Machine Learning
15 86 (8.74%) Data Modelling
15 86 (8.74%) Decision-Making
16 85 (8.64%) Microservices
17 76 (7.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 281 (28.56%) Python
2 169 (17.17%) SQL
3 136 (13.82%) Java
4 85 (8.64%) PowerShell
5 81 (8.23%) Bash
6 48 (4.88%) JavaScript
7 33 (3.35%) Go
8 29 (2.95%) TypeScript
9 24 (2.44%) Kotlin
10 22 (2.24%) C#
11 21 (2.13%) Scala
12 18 (1.83%) Shell Script
13 12 (1.22%) Bicep
13 12 (1.22%) Groovy
14 8 (0.81%) Rust
15 7 (0.71%) Google Apps Script
16 6 (0.61%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.61%) R
16 6 (0.61%) SOQL
17 4 (0.41%) Perl
Qualifications
1 220 (22.36%) Security Cleared
2 172 (17.48%) SC Cleared
3 86 (8.74%) Degree
4 54 (5.49%) DV Cleared
5 41 (4.17%) AWS Certification
6 34 (3.46%) Azure Certification
7 31 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (2.95%) CISSP
9 27 (2.74%) BPSS Clearance
10 16 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.52%) Master's Degree
12 9 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 7 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 7 (0.71%) CCNP
14 7 (0.71%) CISM
14 7 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (0.61%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
15 6 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
15 6 (0.61%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (5.69%) Data Quality
2 44 (4.47%) QA
3 41 (4.17%) GDPR
4 21 (2.13%) Accessibility
4 21 (2.13%) NIST
5 19 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.32%) WCAG
7 8 (0.81%) NCSC
7 8 (0.81%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.81%) PMO
8 7 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.61%) GRC
10 4 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.41%) PERC
10 4 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.30%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 19770
11 3 (0.30%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.30%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.20%) PSD2
System Software
1 117 (11.89%) Docker
2 57 (5.79%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.51%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.41%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (0.41%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.30%) Firmware
8 3 (0.30%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.20%) vSphere
10 1 (0.10%) NFS
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.10%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 1 (0.10%) Varnish
10 1 (0.10%) zsh
Systems Management
1 190 (19.31%) Kubernetes
2 45 (4.57%) Ansible
3 35 (3.56%) Grafana
4 31 (3.15%) Prometheus
5 25 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 20 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (1.73%) Progress Chef
8 10 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
8 10 (1.02%) Puppet
9 7 (0.71%) Kubeflow
10 6 (0.61%) Istio
11 5 (0.51%) Cilium
11 5 (0.51%) Podman
11 5 (0.51%) SCCM
11 5 (0.51%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.41%) Argo
12 4 (0.41%) vMotion
13 3 (0.30%) CASB
13 3 (0.30%) Nagios
14 2 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 198 (20.12%) Microsoft
2 40 (4.07%) Oracle
3 31 (3.15%) Adobe
4 30 (3.05%) Databricks
5 28 (2.85%) OpenAI
6 26 (2.64%) Splunk
7 24 (2.44%) Dynatrace
7 24 (2.44%) Salesforce
8 23 (2.34%) ServiceNow
9 22 (2.24%) TikTok
10 21 (2.13%) IBM
11 19 (1.93%) Red Hat
11 19 (1.93%) SAP
12 17 (1.73%) VMware
13 16 (1.63%) Okta
14 15 (1.52%) Apple
15 14 (1.42%) Cisco
15 14 (1.42%) Informatica
16 12 (1.22%) MuleSoft
16 12 (1.22%) Tealium