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 4 January 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
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 118 149
Rank change year-on-year +6 +31 -33
Contract jobs citing Google 780 598 613
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.48% 2.18% 1.69%
As % of the Vendors category 5.28% 4.74% 3.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 494 336 421
10th Percentile £233 £301 £206
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £529 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.12% +0.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £614 £688 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £503 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.29% -0.47% -8.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 28 32
10th Percentile £18.93 £25.95 £17.00
25th Percentile £22.38 £30.63 £20.44
Median hourly rate £33.32 £43.04 £33.66
Median % change year-on-year -22.59% +27.86% -3.83%
75th Percentile £45.00 £61.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.30 £63.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.46 £43.00 £32.32
% change year-on-year -22.19% +33.04% -7.66%

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 14,763 12,621 15,954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.93% 45.93% 43.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,649 7,638 10,365
10th Percentile £300 £291 £250
25th Percentile £409 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £638
90th Percentile £711 £725 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 687 359 614
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.25 £14.07
25th Percentile £18.15 £17.08 £19.15
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% -32.96% +62.73%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.75 £76.45
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.35 £44.50
% change year-on-year -12.89% -38.54% +66.48%

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 4 January 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 4 January 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 4 January 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 +3 411 £525 -4.55% 429
North of England +9 151 £450 -10.00% 142
Yorkshire -3 81 £400 -20.00% 68
South East -3 79 £313 -37.40% 266
North West +9 65 £492 -10.55% 65
Midlands +8 60 £520 +46.07% 73
South West +9 43 £525 -17.65% 66
West Midlands -10 39 £519 +9.21% 40
East of England -21 23 £625 +47.06% 72
East Midlands -5 21 £520 +68.83% 29
North East -21 5 £475 +13.77% 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 27 (3.46%) Apache Spark
2 20 (2.56%) Confluence
3 19 (2.44%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (2.31%) Apache
5 17 (2.18%) SharePoint
6 11 (1.41%) CMS
7 9 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.77%) Mule
9 5 (0.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.38%) Drupal
10 3 (0.38%) Ethereum
10 3 (0.38%) Hyperledger
10 3 (0.38%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.38%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.26%) SAS
11 2 (0.26%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.26%) WordPress
12 1 (0.13%) JBoss
12 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 34 (4.36%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.77%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.51%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.51%) Trello
6 3 (0.38%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.26%) Autodesk Smoke
7 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.26%) Sketch
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.13%) InDesign
8 1 (0.13%) Maya
Business Applications
1 6 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.64%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.13%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.13%) Shopify
5 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.13%) WebTrends
5 1 (0.13%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 480 (61.54%) GCP
2 271 (34.74%) Azure
3 223 (28.59%) AWS
4 105 (13.46%) Google Workspace
5 98 (12.56%) GitHub
6 70 (8.97%) Power Platform
7 66 (8.46%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 53 (6.79%) Google Analytics
9 37 (4.74%) GitHub Actions
9 37 (4.74%) Serverless
10 36 (4.62%) SaaS
11 34 (4.36%) Microsoft 365
12 33 (4.23%) Cloud Run
13 30 (3.85%) Google Tag Manager
14 29 (3.72%) Cloud Computing
14 29 (3.72%) Entra ID
15 26 (3.33%) Cloud Functions
16 25 (3.21%) Vertex AI
17 24 (3.08%) Google Gemini
17 24 (3.08%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 57 (7.31%) Firewall
2 23 (2.95%) Network Security
3 12 (1.54%) DNS
4 8 (1.03%) Internet
4 8 (1.03%) VoIP
5 6 (0.77%) HTTP
5 6 (0.77%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.77%) VPN
5 6 (0.77%) Wireless
6 5 (0.64%) DHCP
7 4 (0.51%) LAN
8 3 (0.38%) Intranet
8 3 (0.38%) SMTP
9 2 (0.26%) BGP
9 2 (0.26%) Broadband
9 2 (0.26%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.26%) SSL
9 2 (0.26%) VLAN
9 2 (0.26%) VRRP
9 2 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (12.18%) BigQuery
2 64 (8.21%) Power BI
3 40 (5.13%) NoSQL
4 37 (4.74%) PostgreSQL
5 33 (4.23%) Tableau
6 27 (3.46%) Looker
7 23 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
8 21 (2.69%) SQL Server
9 20 (2.56%) Big Data
10 15 (1.92%) MySQL
11 14 (1.79%) Data Lake
11 14 (1.79%) Mixpanel
12 12 (1.54%) Relational Database
13 10 (1.28%) Hadoop
13 10 (1.28%) Redis
14 9 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
14 9 (1.15%) Metadata
14 9 (1.15%) MongoDB
15 8 (1.03%) OLAP
15 8 (1.03%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 90 (11.54%) Jenkins
2 70 (8.97%) Git
3 46 (5.90%) JIRA
4 45 (5.77%) GitLab
5 15 (1.92%) Sonatype Nexus
6 13 (1.67%) SonarQube
7 9 (1.15%) Liquibase
8 8 (1.03%) CircleCI
8 8 (1.03%) Cypress.io
8 8 (1.03%) Gradle
9 6 (0.77%) Visual Website Optimizer
10 5 (0.64%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.64%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (0.64%) JUnit
10 5 (0.64%) Mockito
10 5 (0.64%) Selenium
11 4 (0.51%) Maven
12 3 (0.38%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.38%) Fiddler
12 3 (0.38%) Xcode
General
1 290 (37.18%) Social Skills
2 152 (19.49%) Finance
3 96 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (11.67%) Banking
5 60 (7.69%) Marketing
6 56 (7.18%) Public Sector
7 24 (3.08%) Retail
8 22 (2.82%) Pharmaceutical
9 19 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
10 17 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.18%) Publishing
11 16 (2.05%) Advertising
11 16 (2.05%) Financial Institution
11 16 (2.05%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (1.92%) Telecoms
13 13 (1.67%) Legal
14 8 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.90%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.77%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 100 (12.82%) Senior
2 82 (10.51%) Developer
3 76 (9.74%) Analyst
4 73 (9.36%) GCP Engineer
5 68 (8.72%) Architect
6 62 (7.95%) Lead
7 47 (6.03%) Cloud Engineer
8 35 (4.49%) DevOps Engineer
9 33 (4.23%) Data Engineer
10 30 (3.85%) Consultant
11 28 (3.59%) Software Engineer
12 26 (3.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 26 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
13 24 (3.08%) Android Developer
14 23 (2.95%) GCP DevOps
15 22 (2.82%) Support Engineer
16 21 (2.69%) Data Scientist
16 21 (2.69%) GCP DevOps Engineer
16 21 (2.69%) Senior Developer
17 20 (2.56%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (7.31%) RESTful
2 41 (5.26%) REST
3 37 (4.74%) React
4 35 (4.49%) HTML
5 34 (4.36%) Node.js
6 31 (3.97%) Spring
7 30 (3.85%) Kafka
8 28 (3.59%) CSS
8 28 (3.59%) PyTorch
9 27 (3.46%) FastAPI
10 26 (3.33%) LangChain
10 26 (3.33%) scikit-learn
11 25 (3.21%) LangGraph
11 25 (3.21%) TensorFlow
12 23 (2.95%) Spring Boot
13 21 (2.69%) AngularJS
13 21 (2.69%) OAuth
14 20 (2.56%) Android Jetpack
14 20 (2.56%) Jetpack Compose
15 18 (2.31%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 92 (11.79%) Cloud Native
2 46 (5.90%) Onboarding
3 31 (3.97%) Distributed Systems
4 28 (3.59%) Public Cloud
5 24 (3.08%) Mobile App
6 23 (2.95%) Product Ownership
7 19 (2.44%) Life Science
8 18 (2.31%) AI Agents
9 17 (2.18%) Data Protection Act
10 16 (2.05%) Genomics
11 15 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
12 13 (1.67%) Social Media
13 12 (1.54%) Data Centre
13 12 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
13 12 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
14 11 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
15 10 (1.28%) Algorithms
16 8 (1.03%) Data Structures
16 8 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
16 8 (1.03%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 57 (7.31%) Linux
2 46 (5.90%) Android
3 45 (5.77%) Windows
4 23 (2.95%) Apple iOS
5 18 (2.31%) Mac OS
6 13 (1.67%) VMS
7 8 (1.03%) Unix
8 6 (0.77%) Windows Server
9 5 (0.64%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.13%) MVS
10 1 (0.13%) Robot Operating System
10 1 (0.13%) Solaris
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (27.05%) DevOps
2 203 (26.03%) CI/CD
3 166 (21.28%) Agile
4 157 (20.13%) AI
5 155 (19.87%) Problem-Solving
6 154 (19.74%) Analytics
7 121 (15.51%) Containerisation
8 112 (14.36%) Infrastructure as Code
9 98 (12.56%) Continuous Improvement
10 96 (12.31%) Machine Learning
11 93 (11.92%) Microservices
12 85 (10.90%) Migration
13 78 (10.00%) User Experience
14 77 (9.87%) Stakeholder Management
15 67 (8.59%) Business Intelligence
16 66 (8.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 63 (8.08%) Software Engineering
18 62 (7.95%) Change Management
19 59 (7.56%) Computer Science
19 59 (7.56%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 232 (29.74%) Python
2 133 (17.05%) SQL
3 84 (10.77%) Java
4 53 (6.79%) JavaScript
5 42 (5.38%) PowerShell
6 38 (4.87%) Bash
7 28 (3.59%) Kotlin
8 25 (3.21%) TypeScript
9 23 (2.95%) Go
10 14 (1.79%) C#
11 12 (1.54%) Ruby
12 10 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
13 9 (1.15%) Shell Script
14 7 (0.90%) VBA
15 6 (0.77%) R
16 5 (0.64%) Bicep
16 5 (0.64%) C++
16 5 (0.64%) Scala
17 3 (0.38%) Objective-C
17 3 (0.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 110 (14.10%) Security Cleared
2 95 (12.18%) SC Cleared
3 89 (11.41%) Degree
4 35 (4.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (3.46%) Master's Degree
6 17 (2.18%) AWS Certification
7 16 (2.05%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.67%) CISSP
8 13 (1.67%) MCP
9 11 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 9 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.15%) DV Cleared
12 6 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (0.77%) CCSP
12 6 (0.77%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (0.77%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.64%) CEH
13 5 (0.64%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (6.67%) GDPR
2 37 (4.74%) Data Quality
3 32 (4.10%) QA
4 24 (3.08%) Accessibility
5 19 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.15%) NCSC
7 8 (1.03%) NIST
7 8 (1.03%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.90%) GRC
9 6 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.64%) ISO 20022
10 5 (0.64%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.51%) SLA
12 2 (0.26%) DICOM
12 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
12 2 (0.26%) PERC
12 2 (0.26%) WCAG
13 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.13%) MiFID
System Software
1 145 (18.59%) Docker
2 35 (4.49%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.64%) Squid
5 4 (0.51%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.51%) Snort
6 2 (0.26%) KVM
7 1 (0.13%) NFS
7 1 (0.13%) SRDF
7 1 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 164 (21.03%) Kubernetes
2 135 (17.31%) Terraform
3 52 (6.67%) Ansible
4 34 (4.36%) Grafana
5 30 (3.85%) Prometheus
6 17 (2.18%) Argo
6 17 (2.18%) Istio
7 13 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
8 12 (1.54%) SCCM
8 12 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.90%) QRadar
10 6 (0.77%) NetBackup
10 6 (0.77%) Oracle RMAN
11 5 (0.64%) Nessus
11 5 (0.64%) Puppet
12 4 (0.51%) logstash
12 4 (0.51%) Nexpose
12 4 (0.51%) Suricata
13 3 (0.38%) CSIRT
13 3 (0.38%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 132 (16.92%) Microsoft
2 47 (6.03%) Splunk
3 28 (3.59%) Adobe
3 28 (3.59%) Salesforce
4 23 (2.95%) Databricks
5 22 (2.82%) Apple
5 22 (2.82%) OpenAI
6 19 (2.44%) Oracle
7 17 (2.18%) VMware
8 15 (1.92%) Palo Alto
8 15 (1.92%) SAP
9 13 (1.67%) Cisco
9 13 (1.67%) Okta
10 12 (1.54%) CrowdStrike
10 12 (1.54%) CyberArk
10 12 (1.54%) IBM
11 11 (1.41%) Citrix
11 11 (1.41%) Foundry
12 10 (1.28%) Amplitude
13 9 (1.15%) Optimizely