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 12 June 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
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 102 105
Rank change year-on-year -22 +3 +4
Contract jobs citing Google 879 646 766
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.06% 2.63% 2.04%
As % of the Vendors category 5.08% 5.55% 4.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 548 360 478
10th Percentile £300 £213 £300
25th Percentile £413 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £650
90th Percentile £692 £717 £750
UK median daily rate £508 £495 £525
% change year-on-year +2.53% -5.71% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 63 78
10th Percentile £13.51 £15.56 £11.38
25th Percentile £22.50 £16.95 £22.81
Median hourly rate £34.87 £27.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.78% -16.67% -16.56%
75th Percentile £36.02 £45.03 £70.00
90th Percentile £46.71 £57.05 -
UK median hourly rate £35.25 £25.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +38.24% -21.54% -17.93%

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 17,318 11,635 15,729
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.61% 47.46% 41.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,118 7,380 9,989
10th Percentile £313 £276 £270
25th Percentile £413 £404 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £515 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.94% -0.04% -2.24%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £503 £515
% change year-on-year -0.50% -2.43% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 927 512 1,043
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £17.79 £14.48
Median hourly rate £33.99 £27.17 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +25.11% +14.15% -37.37%
75th Percentile £60.75 £54.06 £59.50
90th Percentile £79.72 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £26.32 £23.50
% change year-on-year +23.48% +12.00% -44.71%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -17 454 £520 +4.00% 229
North of England -15 173 £500 - 122
Yorkshire -14 89 £510 +9.44% 34
North West -20 64 £538 +7.50% 75
South West +7 63 £550 +46.67% 29
Midlands -25 63 £525 +25.00% 28
South East -95 60 £563 +12.50% 106
East of England -7 37 £510 +5.15% 22
East Midlands +4 33 £550 +39.06% 14
West Midlands -45 30 £431 -13.32% 14
North East -14 23 £450 -28.00% 14
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 44 (5.01%) SharePoint
2 33 (3.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (3.07%) Apache Spark
4 25 (2.84%) Apache
5 17 (1.93%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (1.71%) Confluence
7 8 (0.91%) CMS
8 2 (0.23%) Drupal
8 2 (0.23%) nginx
8 2 (0.23%) WordPress
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.11%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 29 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.25%) Chatbot
5 8 (0.91%) Photoshop
5 8 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.68%) Adobe After Effects
6 6 (0.68%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.46%) InDesign
8 2 (0.23%) Maya
8 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.23%) Trello
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 5 (0.57%) Sprinklr
2 2 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.23%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.11%) Actimize
3 1 (0.11%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.11%) Primavera
3 1 (0.11%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.11%) SAP CAR
3 1 (0.11%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.11%) SAP SRM
3 1 (0.11%) VisionPLUS
3 1 (0.11%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 525 (59.73%) GCP
2 232 (26.39%) Azure
3 227 (25.82%) AWS
4 176 (20.02%) Google Workspace
5 93 (10.58%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 91 (10.35%) GitHub
7 78 (8.87%) Microsoft 365
8 59 (6.71%) Power Platform
9 54 (6.14%) Google Sheets
10 51 (5.80%) SaaS
11 50 (5.69%) GitHub Actions
12 40 (4.55%) Vertex AI
13 37 (4.21%) Google Analytics
14 32 (3.64%) Entra ID
14 32 (3.64%) Google Drive
14 32 (3.64%) Slack
15 31 (3.53%) Cloud Computing
16 29 (3.30%) Cloud Run
17 24 (2.73%) Amazon S3
17 24 (2.73%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 56 (6.37%) Firewall
2 46 (5.23%) DNS
3 39 (4.44%) VPN
4 20 (2.28%) Network Security
5 15 (1.71%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.37%) VoIP
7 11 (1.25%) DKIM
7 11 (1.25%) DMARC
7 11 (1.25%) Internet
8 10 (1.14%) DHCP
9 7 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.68%) BGP
10 6 (0.68%) Reverse Proxy
11 5 (0.57%) OSPF
11 5 (0.57%) SAN
11 5 (0.57%) SMTP
12 4 (0.46%) HTTP
12 4 (0.46%) Wireless
13 3 (0.34%) IPv4
13 3 (0.34%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (10.58%) BigQuery
2 49 (5.57%) Power BI
3 36 (4.10%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (3.64%) Tableau
5 24 (2.73%) Data Lake
5 24 (2.73%) SQL Server
6 19 (2.16%) MySQL
6 19 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
7 18 (2.05%) Metadata
8 16 (1.82%) Looker
9 14 (1.59%) Big Data
9 14 (1.59%) OLAP
10 12 (1.37%) Amazon Athena
10 12 (1.37%) Mixpanel
10 12 (1.37%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.37%) OLTP
11 11 (1.25%) Relational Database
12 8 (0.91%) Redis
13 6 (0.68%) RDBMS
13 6 (0.68%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 86 (9.78%) Jenkins
2 54 (6.14%) JIRA
3 53 (6.03%) Git
4 38 (4.32%) GitLab
5 15 (1.71%) JUnit
6 9 (1.02%) SonarQube
7 7 (0.80%) IntelliJ
8 6 (0.68%) Android Studio
8 6 (0.68%) Gradle
9 5 (0.57%) Crashlytics
9 5 (0.57%) fastlane
9 5 (0.57%) REST Assured
9 5 (0.57%) Selenium
10 4 (0.46%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.46%) Gatling
10 4 (0.46%) Postman
11 3 (0.34%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.34%) ERwin
11 3 (0.34%) Liquibase
11 3 (0.34%) webpack
General
1 241 (27.42%) Social Skills
2 179 (20.36%) Finance
3 100 (11.38%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (10.69%) Public Sector
5 67 (7.62%) Marketing
6 64 (7.28%) Banking
7 52 (5.92%) Retail
8 30 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
9 29 (3.30%) Legal
10 25 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 19 (2.16%) Publishing
12 17 (1.93%) Advertising
13 15 (1.71%) Military
14 11 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
14 11 (1.25%) Telecoms
15 9 (1.02%) Billing
15 9 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
15 9 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
16 8 (0.91%) Automotive
16 8 (0.91%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 111 (12.63%) GCP Engineer
2 98 (11.15%) Architect
3 89 (10.13%) Senior
4 78 (8.87%) Cloud Engineer
5 70 (7.96%) Analyst
6 66 (7.51%) Lead
7 64 (7.28%) Developer
8 58 (6.60%) Data Engineer
9 38 (4.32%) Administrator
10 29 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
11 28 (3.19%) DevOps Engineer
12 27 (3.07%) Cloud Architect
13 25 (2.84%) Consultant
14 24 (2.73%) GCP DevOps
14 24 (2.73%) Security Engineer
15 23 (2.62%) Network Engineer
15 23 (2.62%) Software Engineer
16 22 (2.50%) Platform Engineer
17 19 (2.16%) GCP DevOps Engineer
17 19 (2.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (5.12%) REST
2 40 (4.55%) React
3 33 (3.75%) Spring
3 33 (3.75%) Spring Boot
4 32 (3.64%) Kafka
5 30 (3.41%) Node.js
5 30 (3.41%) OAuth
6 21 (2.39%) PyTorch
7 20 (2.28%) LangChain
8 17 (1.93%) Android Jetpack
8 17 (1.93%) Jetpack Compose
8 17 (1.93%) RESTful
9 16 (1.82%) HTML
9 16 (1.82%) SAML
10 15 (1.71%) .NET
10 15 (1.71%) Android SDK
10 15 (1.71%) AngularJS
11 14 (1.59%) CSS
11 14 (1.59%) OpenID
12 13 (1.48%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 131 (14.90%) Cloud Native
2 35 (3.98%) Public Cloud
3 31 (3.53%) Product Ownership
4 27 (3.07%) Management Information System
4 27 (3.07%) Onboarding
5 26 (2.96%) Data Centre
5 26 (2.96%) Virtual Team
6 22 (2.50%) AI Agents
7 21 (2.39%) Mobile App
8 20 (2.28%) Security Posture
9 17 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
10 16 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (1.48%) Clustering
11 13 (1.48%) Private Cloud
12 12 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
14 10 (1.14%) Smartphone
15 9 (1.02%) Marketing Technology
15 9 (1.02%) Mobile Payment
16 8 (0.91%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 58 (6.60%) Windows
2 51 (5.80%) Android
3 48 (5.46%) Linux
4 24 (2.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 22 (2.50%) Apple iOS
6 21 (2.39%) Mac OS
7 14 (1.59%) VMS
8 12 (1.37%) Windows Server
9 6 (0.68%) Data ONTAP
9 6 (0.68%) Unix
10 5 (0.57%) CoreOS
10 5 (0.57%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.46%) Alpine Linux
12 1 (0.11%) CentOS
12 1 (0.11%) Solaris
12 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (28.21%) CI/CD
2 207 (23.55%) DevOps
3 168 (19.11%) AI
4 167 (19.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 147 (16.72%) Migration
6 145 (16.50%) Agile
6 145 (16.50%) Analytics
7 135 (15.36%) Problem-Solving
8 102 (11.60%) Observability
9 94 (10.69%) Stakeholder Management
10 76 (8.65%) Continuous Improvement
10 76 (8.65%) Software Engineering
11 74 (8.42%) Cloud Security
12 69 (7.85%) Machine Learning
12 69 (7.85%) Roadmaps
13 67 (7.62%) Decision-Making
14 63 (7.17%) Microservices
15 62 (7.05%) Data Modelling
16 61 (6.94%) Change Management
17 59 (6.71%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 230 (26.17%) Python
2 162 (18.43%) SQL
3 116 (13.20%) Java
4 60 (6.83%) PowerShell
5 46 (5.23%) Bash
6 33 (3.75%) JavaScript
7 27 (3.07%) Go
7 27 (3.07%) Kotlin
8 25 (2.84%) C#
9 21 (2.39%) TypeScript
10 9 (1.02%) Rust
10 9 (1.02%) Scala
11 8 (0.91%) Bicep
11 8 (0.91%) Google Apps Script
11 8 (0.91%) Groovy
12 6 (0.68%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.57%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.57%) R
13 5 (0.57%) Ruby
14 4 (0.46%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 150 (17.06%) Security Cleared
2 121 (13.77%) SC Cleared
3 83 (9.44%) Degree
4 30 (3.41%) AWS Certification
5 27 (3.07%) Azure Certification
6 26 (2.96%) DV Cleared
7 24 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 21 (2.39%) CISSP
9 20 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (1.59%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (1.14%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (0.68%) CCNP
13 6 (0.68%) CISM
13 6 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (0.57%) OCP
14 5 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
15 4 (0.46%) IBM Certification
15 4 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (6.03%) GDPR
2 41 (4.66%) Data Quality
3 30 (3.41%) QA
4 18 (2.05%) NIST
5 16 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.71%) Accessibility
7 13 (1.48%) PCI DSS
8 10 (1.14%) WCAG
9 7 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.80%) HIPAA
10 6 (0.68%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.57%) NCSC
12 4 (0.46%) GRC
12 4 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.46%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.46%) PERC
13 3 (0.34%) SLA
14 2 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.23%) PMO
15 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 77 (8.76%) Docker
2 47 (5.35%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.80%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.57%) NFS
6 5 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.57%) vSphere
7 4 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.34%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.34%) Microsoft App-V
8 3 (0.34%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.11%) Firmware
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 1 (0.11%) Varnish
10 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 207 (23.55%) Terraform
2 148 (16.84%) Kubernetes
3 38 (4.32%) Ansible
4 29 (3.30%) Grafana
5 24 (2.73%) Prometheus
6 20 (2.28%) Istio
7 15 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
7 15 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (1.59%) Progress Chef
9 9 (1.02%) Argo
9 9 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (0.80%) SCCM
10 7 (0.80%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 6 (0.68%) Kubeflow
11 6 (0.68%) Puppet
12 5 (0.57%) Podman
12 5 (0.57%) SnapMirror
13 4 (0.46%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.34%) vMotion
15 2 (0.23%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 140 (15.93%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.07%) ServiceNow
3 26 (2.96%) Oracle
4 24 (2.73%) Apple
5 23 (2.62%) Databricks
6 21 (2.39%) Salesforce
7 20 (2.28%) Red Hat
8 19 (2.16%) Splunk
9 18 (2.05%) Okta
9 18 (2.05%) OpenAI
10 16 (1.82%) Adobe
10 16 (1.82%) Dynatrace
11 14 (1.59%) TikTok
12 13 (1.48%) SAP
13 11 (1.25%) IBM
13 11 (1.25%) VMware
14 10 (1.14%) Rapid7
15 9 (1.02%) Checkmarx
15 9 (1.02%) CyberArk
16 8 (0.91%) Citrix