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 11 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
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 104 121
Rank change year-on-year -17 +17 -9
Contract jobs citing Google 848 610 700
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.08% 2.49% 1.90%
As % of the Vendors category 5.03% 5.24% 4.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 358 456
10th Percentile £300 £213 £263
25th Percentile £413 £366 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 60 63
10th Percentile £18.87 £16.95 £11.25
25th Percentile £23.16 £23.45 £20.75
Median hourly rate £35.50 £31.76 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.78% +22.15% -34.34%
75th Percentile £35.75 £51.20 £67.50
90th Percentile £49.15 £62.58 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £31.76 £26.00
% change year-on-year +11.78% +22.15% -34.67%

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 16,850 11,636 15,461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.43% 47.52% 42.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,918 7,502 9,827
10th Percentile £313 £281 £263
25th Percentile £413 £408 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £518
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.35% -2.81%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £638
90th Percentile £711 £725 £748
UK median daily rate £500 £514 £515
% change year-on-year -2.72% -0.19% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 893 466 1,003
10th Percentile £15.65 £14.84 £12.03
25th Percentile £18.59 £17.53 £14.27
Median hourly rate £32.23 £26.45 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.83% +17.56% -43.75%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £76.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.36 £25.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +26.91% +13.33% -48.43%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -6 433 £525 - 218
North of England -16 157 £510 +2.00% 88
Yorkshire -17 82 £500 +8.11% 22
South East -64 69 £530 +4.33% 78
Midlands -25 66 £537 +34.25% 39
South West -3 63 £550 +46.67% 26
North West -26 63 £550 -8.33% 58
East of England -11 39 £540 +33.33% 30
East Midlands -4 38 £550 +40.66% 17
West Midlands -49 28 £456 +8.63% 22
North East -6 15 £463 - 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 37 (4.36%) SharePoint
2 29 (3.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (3.18%) Apache Spark
4 25 (2.95%) Apache
5 18 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
6 13 (1.53%) Confluence
7 9 (1.06%) 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%) JBoss
9 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.12%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 31 (3.66%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.30%) Chatbot
5 8 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.59%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.47%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.47%) Trello
8 2 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.24%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.24%) Maya
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.12%) Autodesk Smoke
9 1 (0.12%) InDesign
9 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.12%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (0.71%) Sprinklr
2 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.12%) Actimize
4 1 (0.12%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.12%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.12%) VisionPLUS
4 1 (0.12%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 521 (61.44%) GCP
2 257 (30.31%) Azure
3 224 (26.42%) AWS
4 167 (19.69%) Google Workspace
5 89 (10.50%) GitHub
6 84 (9.91%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 66 (7.78%) Power Platform
8 65 (7.67%) Microsoft 365
9 51 (6.01%) Google Sheets
10 46 (5.42%) SaaS
11 44 (5.19%) Google Analytics
12 41 (4.83%) GitHub Actions
13 37 (4.36%) Vertex AI
14 30 (3.54%) Cloud Computing
15 29 (3.42%) Entra ID
16 28 (3.30%) Slack
17 27 (3.18%) Amazon S3
17 27 (3.18%) AWS CloudFormation
17 27 (3.18%) Cloud Run
17 27 (3.18%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 52 (6.13%) Firewall
2 39 (4.60%) DNS
3 33 (3.89%) VPN
4 21 (2.48%) Network Security
5 15 (1.77%) VoIP
6 9 (1.06%) DKIM
6 9 (1.06%) DMARC
6 9 (1.06%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.94%) Internet
8 7 (0.83%) DHCP
9 6 (0.71%) Reverse Proxy
10 5 (0.59%) BGP
10 5 (0.59%) SAN
11 4 (0.47%) OSPF
11 4 (0.47%) Wireless
12 3 (0.35%) HTTP
12 3 (0.35%) IPv4
12 3 (0.35%) IPv6
12 3 (0.35%) VLAN
12 3 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (12.50%) BigQuery
2 57 (6.72%) Power BI
3 36 (4.25%) Tableau
4 27 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (2.48%) Data Lake
6 20 (2.36%) Looker
6 20 (2.36%) SQL Server
7 19 (2.24%) NoSQL
8 18 (2.12%) Metadata
8 18 (2.12%) OLAP
9 16 (1.89%) Amazon Athena
9 16 (1.89%) Mixpanel
9 16 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
10 15 (1.77%) OLTP
11 12 (1.42%) Big Data
11 12 (1.42%) MySQL
12 10 (1.18%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.71%) Redis
13 6 (0.71%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (0.71%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 76 (8.96%) Jenkins
2 50 (5.90%) Git
3 46 (5.42%) JIRA
4 37 (4.36%) GitLab
5 15 (1.77%) JUnit
6 9 (1.06%) SonarQube
7 7 (0.83%) IntelliJ
8 5 (0.59%) REST Assured
8 5 (0.59%) Selenium
9 4 (0.47%) Charles Proxy
9 4 (0.47%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.47%) Gatling
9 4 (0.47%) Postman
10 3 (0.35%) Android Studio
10 3 (0.35%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.35%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.35%) ERwin
10 3 (0.35%) Gradle
10 3 (0.35%) Liquibase
10 3 (0.35%) Mockito
General
1 253 (29.83%) Social Skills
2 160 (18.87%) Finance
3 100 (11.79%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (10.97%) Public Sector
5 65 (7.67%) Marketing
6 64 (7.55%) Banking
7 45 (5.31%) Retail
8 30 (3.54%) Legal
9 22 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (2.00%) Advertising
10 17 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.00%) Military
10 17 (2.00%) Publishing
11 14 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (1.53%) Telecoms
13 10 (1.18%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
14 9 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.83%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 111 (13.09%) GCP Engineer
2 96 (11.32%) Architect
3 87 (10.26%) Senior
4 83 (9.79%) Lead
5 82 (9.67%) Analyst
6 73 (8.61%) Cloud Engineer
7 56 (6.60%) Data Engineer
8 52 (6.13%) Developer
9 36 (4.25%) Administrator
10 30 (3.54%) Cloud Architect
11 29 (3.42%) DevOps Engineer
12 25 (2.95%) Consultant
13 24 (2.83%) Solutions Architect
14 23 (2.71%) Network Engineer
14 23 (2.71%) Software Engineer
15 22 (2.59%) GCP DevOps
15 22 (2.59%) Security Engineer
16 21 (2.48%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 20 (2.36%) Platform Engineer
17 20 (2.36%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (4.60%) REST
2 38 (4.48%) Kafka
3 34 (4.01%) React
4 31 (3.66%) PyTorch
5 30 (3.54%) Spring
6 29 (3.42%) OAuth
6 29 (3.42%) Spring Boot
7 28 (3.30%) LangChain
8 23 (2.71%) Node.js
9 20 (2.36%) scikit-learn
9 20 (2.36%) TensorFlow
10 19 (2.24%) AngularJS
10 19 (2.24%) HTML
11 17 (2.00%) RESTful
12 16 (1.89%) Great Expectations
13 15 (1.77%) CSS
13 15 (1.77%) OpenID
13 15 (1.77%) SAML
14 14 (1.65%) .NET
14 14 (1.65%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 107 (12.62%) Cloud Native
2 35 (4.13%) Public Cloud
3 34 (4.01%) Product Ownership
4 29 (3.42%) Onboarding
5 22 (2.59%) Data Centre
5 22 (2.59%) Virtual Team
6 20 (2.36%) AI Agents
7 19 (2.24%) Management Information System
8 17 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
9 16 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (1.89%) Mobile App
10 13 (1.53%) Clustering
10 13 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
10 13 (1.53%) Smartphone
11 11 (1.30%) Marketing Technology
11 11 (1.30%) Security Posture
12 9 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
12 9 (1.06%) e-Learning
12 9 (1.06%) Life Science
13 8 (0.94%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.31%) Windows
2 44 (5.19%) Android
3 29 (3.42%) Linux
3 29 (3.42%) Mac OS
4 27 (3.18%) Apple iOS
5 16 (1.89%) VMS
6 9 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.71%) Data ONTAP
8 5 (0.59%) CoreOS
8 5 (0.59%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.59%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.12%) Solaris
9 1 (0.12%) Unix
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 222 (26.18%) CI/CD
2 196 (23.11%) DevOps
3 167 (19.69%) AI
4 161 (18.99%) Analytics
5 150 (17.69%) Infrastructure as Code
6 135 (15.92%) Migration
7 129 (15.21%) Problem-Solving
8 123 (14.50%) Agile
9 91 (10.73%) Observability
10 89 (10.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 86 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
12 81 (9.55%) Machine Learning
13 74 (8.73%) Software Engineering
14 67 (7.90%) Business Intelligence
14 67 (7.90%) Decision-Making
15 61 (7.19%) Containerisation
15 61 (7.19%) Microservices
16 60 (7.08%) Data Engineering
16 60 (7.08%) Data Modelling
16 60 (7.08%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 210 (24.76%) Python
2 154 (18.16%) SQL
3 96 (11.32%) Java
4 46 (5.42%) PowerShell
5 38 (4.48%) Bash
5 38 (4.48%) JavaScript
6 29 (3.42%) C#
7 25 (2.95%) Kotlin
8 19 (2.24%) Go
9 18 (2.12%) TypeScript
10 10 (1.18%) Scala
11 9 (1.06%) Google Apps Script
12 7 (0.83%) Groovy
12 7 (0.83%) Rust
13 5 (0.59%) R
14 4 (0.47%) Bicep
14 4 (0.47%) C++
14 4 (0.47%) Ruby
15 3 (0.35%) LookML
15 3 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 150 (17.69%) Security Cleared
2 126 (14.86%) SC Cleared
3 72 (8.49%) Degree
4 21 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (2.36%) Azure Certification
6 17 (2.00%) AWS Certification
6 17 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
7 16 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.89%) DV Cleared
8 12 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.30%) Master's Degree
10 10 (1.18%) CISSP
11 6 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (0.71%) CCNP
12 5 (0.59%) OCP
12 5 (0.59%) Oracle Certification
12 5 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.47%) CSPO
13 4 (0.47%) IBM Certification
13 4 (0.47%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (8.02%) GDPR
2 51 (6.01%) Data Quality
3 36 (4.25%) QA
4 18 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (2.00%) Accessibility
6 16 (1.89%) NIST
7 11 (1.30%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.83%) WCAG
9 6 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.71%) PERC
10 5 (0.59%) GRC
10 5 (0.59%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 4 (0.47%) NCSC
11 4 (0.47%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.35%) SLA
12 3 (0.35%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.12%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 76 (8.96%) Docker
2 47 (5.54%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.59%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.59%) NFS
5 5 (0.59%) vSphere
6 3 (0.35%) 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
1 183 (21.58%) Terraform
2 139 (16.39%) Kubernetes
3 34 (4.01%) Ansible
4 28 (3.30%) Grafana
5 21 (2.48%) Istio
5 21 (2.48%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (1.18%) Argo
8 9 (1.06%) SCCM
9 7 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (0.83%) Kubeflow
9 7 (0.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 6 (0.71%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.59%) Podman
11 5 (0.59%) SnapMirror
12 3 (0.35%) Nessus
13 2 (0.24%) Fluentd
13 2 (0.24%) logstash
13 2 (0.24%) QRadar
Vendors
1 127 (14.98%) Microsoft
2 30 (3.54%) Databricks
3 23 (2.71%) Oracle
3 23 (2.71%) ServiceNow
4 20 (2.36%) Salesforce
5 19 (2.24%) Adobe
5 19 (2.24%) Apple
6 18 (2.12%) OpenAI
7 17 (2.00%) Splunk
8 15 (1.77%) VMware
9 13 (1.53%) IBM
10 12 (1.42%) Red Hat
11 11 (1.30%) Dynatrace
11 11 (1.30%) Okta
12 10 (1.18%) Citrix
13 9 (1.06%) Checkmarx
13 9 (1.06%) CyberArk
14 8 (0.94%) Foundry
14 8 (0.94%) NetApp
14 8 (0.94%) TikTok