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 19 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
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 106 113
Rank change year-on-year -19 +7 -6
Contract jobs citing Google 838 630 721
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.04% 2.59% 1.98%
As % of the Vendors category 4.97% 5.43% 4.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 537 368 473
10th Percentile £300 £241 £276
25th Percentile £413 £390 £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 £700 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 60 66
10th Percentile £18.30 £16.95 £11.25
25th Percentile £28.00 £20.64 £20.75
Median hourly rate £35.50 £30.67 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.74% +17.97% -34.26%
75th Percentile £35.91 £50.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £43.35 £62.58 -
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £29.00 £26.49
% change year-on-year +22.41% +9.50% -33.12%

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 16,861 11,593 15,260
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.08% 47.66% 41.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,923 7,461 9,729
10th Percentile £313 £280 £263
25th Percentile £413 £407 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% +1.35% -3.36%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £635
90th Percentile £706 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 880 469 1,006
10th Percentile £15.33 £14.84 £12.06
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.44 £14.27
Median hourly rate £32.11 £26.34 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.94% +17.04% -40.00%
75th Percentile £58.79 £58.75 £57.33
90th Percentile £75.40 £75.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £25.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +25.49% +15.91% -48.02%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -19 425 £520 -0.95% 248
North of England -18 160 £500 - 81
Yorkshire -16 84 £500 +8.11% 21
Midlands -23 67 £529 +28.99% 36
South West +6 63 £550 +25.71% 36
North West -25 61 £550 -8.33% 52
South East -80 61 £550 +8.37% 77
East of England -9 39 £510 +5.15% 31
East Midlands -1 38 £550 +40.66% 18
West Midlands -45 29 £425 -14.57% 18
North East -7 18 £450 - 8
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 39 (4.65%) SharePoint
2 32 (3.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (3.46%) Apache Spark
4 27 (3.22%) Apache
5 18 (2.15%) Apache Airflow
6 13 (1.55%) Confluence
7 9 (1.07%) 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 31 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.31%) Chatbot
5 8 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.60%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.60%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.36%) Adobe After Effects
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 Illustrator
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.12%) Autodesk Smoke
9 1 (0.12%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 5 (0.60%) Sprinklr
2 2 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.12%) Actimize
3 1 (0.12%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.12%) SAP SRM
3 1 (0.12%) VisionPLUS
3 1 (0.12%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 505 (60.26%) GCP
2 239 (28.52%) Azure
3 209 (24.94%) AWS
4 168 (20.05%) Google Workspace
5 87 (10.38%) GitHub
6 84 (10.02%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 69 (8.23%) Microsoft 365
8 66 (7.88%) Power Platform
9 56 (6.68%) Google Sheets
10 49 (5.85%) SaaS
11 43 (5.13%) GitHub Actions
11 43 (5.13%) Google Analytics
12 37 (4.42%) Vertex AI
13 30 (3.58%) Cloud Computing
13 30 (3.58%) Entra ID
14 29 (3.46%) Slack
15 28 (3.34%) Google Drive
16 27 (3.22%) Amazon S3
16 27 (3.22%) Cloud Run
17 26 (3.10%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 47 (5.61%) Firewall
2 41 (4.89%) DNS
3 32 (3.82%) VPN
4 18 (2.15%) Network Security
5 13 (1.55%) VoIP
6 11 (1.31%) DKIM
6 11 (1.31%) DMARC
7 9 (1.07%) Internet
7 9 (1.07%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.84%) DHCP
9 6 (0.72%) Reverse Proxy
10 5 (0.60%) BGP
10 5 (0.60%) SAN
11 4 (0.48%) OSPF
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
1 105 (12.53%) BigQuery
2 58 (6.92%) Power BI
3 37 (4.42%) Tableau
4 31 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (2.74%) Data Lake
6 20 (2.39%) Looker
6 20 (2.39%) SQL Server
7 18 (2.15%) Metadata
7 18 (2.15%) NoSQL
7 18 (2.15%) OLAP
8 16 (1.91%) Amazon Athena
8 16 (1.91%) Mixpanel
9 15 (1.79%) OLTP
10 14 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (1.43%) Big Data
12 11 (1.31%) MySQL
13 9 (1.07%) Relational Database
14 7 (0.84%) Redis
15 6 (0.72%) Snowflake Schema
15 6 (0.72%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 78 (9.31%) Jenkins
2 48 (5.73%) Git
2 48 (5.73%) JIRA
3 37 (4.42%) GitLab
4 13 (1.55%) JUnit
5 9 (1.07%) SonarQube
6 7 (0.84%) IntelliJ
7 5 (0.60%) REST Assured
7 5 (0.60%) Selenium
8 4 (0.48%) Android Studio
8 4 (0.48%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.48%) Gatling
8 4 (0.48%) Gradle
8 4 (0.48%) Postman
9 3 (0.36%) Charles Proxy
9 3 (0.36%) ERwin
9 3 (0.36%) fastlane
9 3 (0.36%) JMeter
9 3 (0.36%) Liquibase
9 3 (0.36%) LoadRunner
General
1 242 (28.88%) Social Skills
2 156 (18.62%) Finance
3 94 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (11.10%) Public Sector
5 67 (8.00%) Marketing
6 60 (7.16%) Banking
7 44 (5.25%) Retail
8 29 (3.46%) Legal
9 23 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (2.03%) Publishing
12 16 (1.91%) Advertising
12 16 (1.91%) Military
13 13 (1.55%) Telecoms
14 12 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (0.95%) Automotive
17 8 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (0.95%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 112 (13.37%) GCP Engineer
2 90 (10.74%) Architect
3 87 (10.38%) Senior
4 78 (9.31%) Analyst
5 74 (8.83%) Lead
6 73 (8.71%) Cloud Engineer
7 58 (6.92%) Data Engineer
8 53 (6.32%) Developer
9 38 (4.53%) Administrator
10 30 (3.58%) DevOps Engineer
11 28 (3.34%) Cloud Architect
12 25 (2.98%) Consultant
13 24 (2.86%) GCP DevOps
14 23 (2.74%) Network Engineer
14 23 (2.74%) Software Engineer
14 23 (2.74%) Solutions Architect
15 21 (2.51%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 21 (2.51%) GCP DevOps Engineer
16 20 (2.39%) Platform Engineer
16 20 (2.39%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (4.30%) REST
2 34 (4.06%) Kafka
3 32 (3.82%) React
4 31 (3.70%) PyTorch
5 29 (3.46%) OAuth
6 27 (3.22%) LangChain
7 25 (2.98%) Spring
7 25 (2.98%) Spring Boot
8 23 (2.74%) Node.js
9 20 (2.39%) scikit-learn
9 20 (2.39%) TensorFlow
10 16 (1.91%) Android Jetpack
10 16 (1.91%) Great Expectations
10 16 (1.91%) Jetpack Compose
11 15 (1.79%) AngularJS
11 15 (1.79%) HTML
12 14 (1.67%) OpenID
12 14 (1.67%) Pandas
12 14 (1.67%) RESTful
12 14 (1.67%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 105 (12.53%) Cloud Native
2 35 (4.18%) Public Cloud
3 31 (3.70%) Product Ownership
4 25 (2.98%) Onboarding
5 23 (2.74%) Data Centre
6 22 (2.63%) Virtual Team
7 20 (2.39%) AI Agents
7 20 (2.39%) Management Information System
8 17 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
9 16 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (1.91%) Mobile App
10 13 (1.55%) Clustering
11 12 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.31%) Security Posture
12 11 (1.31%) Smartphone
13 10 (1.19%) Marketing Technology
14 9 (1.07%) Private Cloud
15 8 (0.95%) Algorithms
15 8 (0.95%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 44 (5.25%) Android
2 41 (4.89%) Windows
3 30 (3.58%) Linux
4 27 (3.22%) Mac OS
5 24 (2.86%) Apple iOS
6 16 (1.91%) VMS
7 9 (1.07%) 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%) Unix
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (26.37%) CI/CD
2 195 (23.27%) DevOps
3 161 (19.21%) AI
3 161 (19.21%) Analytics
4 149 (17.78%) Infrastructure as Code
5 138 (16.47%) Migration
6 120 (14.32%) Agile
7 119 (14.20%) Problem-Solving
8 92 (10.98%) Observability
9 87 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
10 79 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
11 78 (9.31%) Machine Learning
12 73 (8.71%) Software Engineering
13 70 (8.35%) Decision-Making
14 68 (8.11%) Business Intelligence
15 62 (7.40%) Data Modelling
16 61 (7.28%) Roadmaps
17 60 (7.16%) Data Engineering
18 59 (7.04%) User Experience
19 56 (6.68%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 212 (25.30%) Python
2 160 (19.09%) SQL
3 92 (10.98%) Java
4 48 (5.73%) PowerShell
5 40 (4.77%) Bash
6 30 (3.58%) JavaScript
7 28 (3.34%) C#
8 27 (3.22%) Kotlin
9 21 (2.51%) Go
10 17 (2.03%) TypeScript
11 10 (1.19%) Scala
12 8 (0.95%) Google Apps Script
12 8 (0.95%) Rust
13 7 (0.84%) Groovy
14 5 (0.60%) R
15 4 (0.48%) Bicep
15 4 (0.48%) C++
15 4 (0.48%) Ruby
16 3 (0.36%) LookML
16 3 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 148 (17.66%) Security Cleared
2 123 (14.68%) SC Cleared
3 70 (8.35%) Degree
4 21 (2.51%) Azure Certification
4 21 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (2.15%) DV Cleared
6 17 (2.03%) AWS Certification
7 16 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (1.31%) Master's Degree
10 10 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (1.07%) CISSP
12 5 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (0.60%) CCNP
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 (7.40%) GDPR
2 48 (5.73%) Data Quality
3 34 (4.06%) QA
4 17 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (1.91%) Accessibility
6 15 (1.79%) NIST
7 10 (1.19%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.84%) WCAG
9 6 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.72%) PERC
10 5 (0.60%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.48%) GRC
11 4 (0.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (0.48%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.36%) NCSC
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%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 70 (8.35%) Docker
2 49 (5.85%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.60%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.60%) NFS
5 5 (0.60%) vSphere
6 3 (0.36%) 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
Systems Management
1 180 (21.48%) Terraform
2 134 (15.99%) Kubernetes
3 32 (3.82%) Ansible
4 28 (3.34%) Grafana
5 22 (2.63%) Prometheus
6 21 (2.51%) Istio
7 17 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
8 15 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
9 10 (1.19%) SCCM
10 9 (1.07%) Argo
11 8 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
12 7 (0.84%) Kubeflow
12 7 (0.84%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 6 (0.72%) Progress Chef
14 5 (0.60%) Podman
14 5 (0.60%) SnapMirror
15 3 (0.36%) Nessus
16 2 (0.24%) Cilium
16 2 (0.24%) OpenVAS
16 2 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 128 (15.27%) Microsoft
2 32 (3.82%) Databricks
3 23 (2.74%) ServiceNow
4 21 (2.51%) Apple
4 21 (2.51%) Salesforce
5 20 (2.39%) Oracle
6 18 (2.15%) OpenAI
7 16 (1.91%) Adobe
8 14 (1.67%) Splunk
9 13 (1.55%) VMware
10 12 (1.43%) Dynatrace
10 12 (1.43%) IBM
10 12 (1.43%) Okta
10 12 (1.43%) Red Hat
11 10 (1.19%) TikTok
12 9 (1.07%) Checkmarx
12 9 (1.07%) Citrix
12 9 (1.07%) CyberArk
12 9 (1.07%) SAP
13 8 (0.95%) NetApp