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 18 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
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 95 104
Rank change year-on-year -26 +9 +8
Contract jobs citing Google 882 661 790
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.05% 2.66% 2.10%
As % of the Vendors category 5.05% 5.61% 4.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 552 367 489
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 £694 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £508 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +1.50% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 64 81
10th Percentile £13.51 £15.52 £11.44
25th Percentile £22.83 £16.95 £25.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.96% -19.70% -16.61%
75th Percentile £37.50 £46.30 £70.00
90th Percentile £52.75 £56.83 -
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £25.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +39.22% -22.73% -16.67%

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 17,469 11,785 15,834
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.64% 47.50% 41.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,179 7,482 10,009
10th Percentile £313 £280 £270
25th Percentile £413 £402 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -0.97% -1.43%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 935 533 1,063
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.84 £12.27
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.79 £14.49
Median hourly rate £33.99 £26.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.26% +10.42% -40.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £53.75 £59.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.98 £25.15 £23.90
% change year-on-year +35.11% +5.23% -44.90%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -22 455 £510 +2.00% 283
North of England -13 180 £500 - 119
Yorkshire -15 93 £515 +10.41% 29
North West -21 68 £528 +5.66% 79
South West +7 63 £550 +46.67% 28
Midlands -18 62 £525 +28.05% 32
South East -84 61 £563 +12.50% 128
East of England -16 33 £540 +11.34% 18
East Midlands +3 32 £550 +39.06% 11
West Midlands -39 30 £431 +2.68% 21
North East -18 22 £450 -28.00% 12
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 (4.99%) SharePoint
2 32 (3.63%) Microsoft Exchange
3 26 (2.95%) Apache Spark
4 24 (2.72%) Apache
5 17 (1.93%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (1.70%) Confluence
7 9 (1.02%) 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 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.83%) 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 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.45%) 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
1 523 (59.30%) GCP
2 230 (26.08%) Azure
3 227 (25.74%) AWS
4 170 (19.27%) Google Workspace
5 91 (10.32%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 85 (9.64%) GitHub
7 77 (8.73%) Microsoft 365
8 59 (6.69%) Power Platform
9 53 (6.01%) Google Sheets
10 51 (5.78%) SaaS
11 44 (4.99%) GitHub Actions
12 42 (4.76%) Vertex AI
13 39 (4.42%) Google Analytics
14 33 (3.74%) Google Drive
15 31 (3.51%) Entra ID
15 31 (3.51%) Slack
16 30 (3.40%) Cloud Computing
17 25 (2.83%) Cloud Run
18 22 (2.49%) Amazon S3
18 22 (2.49%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 56 (6.35%) Firewall
2 48 (5.44%) DNS
3 40 (4.54%) VPN
4 21 (2.38%) Network Security
5 15 (1.70%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.25%) DHCP
6 11 (1.25%) DKIM
6 11 (1.25%) DMARC
7 10 (1.13%) Internet
8 8 (0.91%) VoIP
9 7 (0.79%) BGP
9 7 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.68%) Reverse Proxy
10 6 (0.68%) SMTP
11 5 (0.57%) OSPF
11 5 (0.57%) SAN
12 4 (0.45%) HTTP
12 4 (0.45%) VLAN
13 3 (0.34%) IPv4
13 3 (0.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (9.86%) BigQuery
2 49 (5.56%) Power BI
3 34 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (3.74%) Tableau
5 25 (2.83%) SQL Server
6 22 (2.49%) Data Lake
7 21 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (2.15%) MySQL
9 18 (2.04%) Metadata
10 16 (1.81%) Looker
11 14 (1.59%) Big Data
12 13 (1.47%) OLAP
13 12 (1.36%) NoSQL
13 12 (1.36%) Relational Database
14 11 (1.25%) Amazon Athena
14 11 (1.25%) Mixpanel
14 11 (1.25%) OLTP
15 9 (1.02%) Redis
16 6 (0.68%) RDBMS
16 6 (0.68%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 79 (8.96%) Jenkins
2 54 (6.12%) Git
2 54 (6.12%) JIRA
3 32 (3.63%) GitLab
4 15 (1.70%) JUnit
5 9 (1.02%) SonarQube
6 7 (0.79%) IntelliJ
7 6 (0.68%) Gradle
8 5 (0.57%) Android Studio
8 5 (0.57%) Crashlytics
8 5 (0.57%) fastlane
8 5 (0.57%) REST Assured
8 5 (0.57%) Selenium
9 4 (0.45%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.45%) Gatling
9 4 (0.45%) Postman
10 3 (0.34%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.34%) Liquibase
10 3 (0.34%) LoadRunner
10 3 (0.34%) webpack
General
1 240 (27.21%) Social Skills
2 183 (20.75%) Finance
3 98 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 98 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 69 (7.82%) Marketing
5 64 (7.26%) Banking
6 52 (5.90%) Retail
7 30 (3.40%) Legal
7 30 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
8 24 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (2.27%) Publishing
10 18 (2.04%) Advertising
11 14 (1.59%) Military
12 12 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
13 11 (1.25%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
15 9 (1.02%) Billing
15 9 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (0.91%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 108 (12.24%) GCP Engineer
2 99 (11.22%) Architect
3 86 (9.75%) Senior
4 77 (8.73%) Cloud Engineer
5 69 (7.82%) Developer
6 67 (7.60%) Analyst
7 66 (7.48%) Lead
8 56 (6.35%) Data Engineer
9 35 (3.97%) Administrator
10 30 (3.40%) Solutions Architect
11 27 (3.06%) Cloud Architect
11 27 (3.06%) DevOps Engineer
12 25 (2.83%) Consultant
12 25 (2.83%) GCP DevOps
13 24 (2.72%) Network Engineer
13 24 (2.72%) Security Engineer
14 22 (2.49%) Software Engineer
15 21 (2.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 21 (2.38%) Platform Engineer
16 20 (2.27%) GCP DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (5.33%) REST
2 40 (4.54%) React
3 33 (3.74%) Kafka
4 32 (3.63%) Spring
4 32 (3.63%) Spring Boot
5 30 (3.40%) OAuth
6 28 (3.17%) Node.js
7 21 (2.38%) PyTorch
8 18 (2.04%) HTML
9 17 (1.93%) RESTful
9 17 (1.93%) SAML
10 16 (1.81%) Android Jetpack
10 16 (1.81%) Jetpack Compose
10 16 (1.81%) LangChain
11 15 (1.70%) .NET
11 15 (1.70%) Android SDK
11 15 (1.70%) CSS
11 15 (1.70%) OpenID
12 14 (1.59%) OAuth2
13 13 (1.47%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 131 (14.85%) Cloud Native
2 36 (4.08%) Public Cloud
3 35 (3.97%) Product Ownership
4 28 (3.17%) Data Centre
4 28 (3.17%) Management Information System
5 27 (3.06%) Onboarding
6 26 (2.95%) Virtual Team
7 23 (2.61%) AI Agents
8 21 (2.38%) Security Posture
9 20 (2.27%) Mobile App
10 18 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
11 16 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (1.59%) Clustering
13 13 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
13 13 (1.47%) Private Cloud
14 12 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
15 9 (1.02%) Marketing Technology
15 9 (1.02%) Mobile Payment
16 8 (0.91%) Freedom of Information
16 8 (0.91%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 56 (6.35%) Windows
2 50 (5.67%) Linux
3 46 (5.22%) Android
4 25 (2.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (2.04%) Apple iOS
6 17 (1.93%) Mac OS
7 12 (1.36%) VMS
7 12 (1.36%) Windows Server
8 7 (0.79%) Unix
9 6 (0.68%) Data ONTAP
10 5 (0.57%) CoreOS
10 5 (0.57%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.45%) Alpine Linux
12 1 (0.11%) Solaris
12 1 (0.11%) SUSE
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
1 241 (27.32%) CI/CD
2 207 (23.47%) DevOps
3 173 (19.61%) AI
4 162 (18.37%) Infrastructure as Code
5 153 (17.35%) Agile
6 147 (16.67%) Migration
7 145 (16.44%) Analytics
8 127 (14.40%) Problem-Solving
9 98 (11.11%) Observability
10 94 (10.66%) Stakeholder Management
11 75 (8.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 75 (8.50%) Roadmaps
11 75 (8.50%) Software Engineering
12 74 (8.39%) Cloud Security
13 72 (8.16%) Machine Learning
14 69 (7.82%) Decision-Making
15 62 (7.03%) Microservices
16 61 (6.92%) Change Management
17 59 (6.69%) Business Intelligence
17 59 (6.69%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 233 (26.42%) Python
2 163 (18.48%) SQL
3 121 (13.72%) Java
4 62 (7.03%) PowerShell
5 47 (5.33%) Bash
6 33 (3.74%) JavaScript
7 29 (3.29%) Go
8 26 (2.95%) Kotlin
9 24 (2.72%) C#
10 22 (2.49%) TypeScript
11 11 (1.25%) Rust
12 9 (1.02%) Google Apps Script
12 9 (1.02%) Scala
13 8 (0.91%) Bicep
13 8 (0.91%) Groovy
14 6 (0.68%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.57%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.57%) R
15 5 (0.57%) Ruby
16 4 (0.45%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 144 (16.33%) Security Cleared
2 117 (13.27%) SC Cleared
3 87 (9.86%) Degree
4 33 (3.74%) AWS Certification
5 30 (3.40%) DV Cleared
6 29 (3.29%) Azure Certification
7 25 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (2.61%) CISSP
9 19 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
12 10 (1.13%) Master's Degree
13 7 (0.79%) CCNP
13 7 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (0.68%) CISM
15 5 (0.57%) OCP
15 5 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
16 4 (0.45%) IBM Certification
16 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (5.78%) GDPR
2 41 (4.65%) Data Quality
3 30 (3.40%) QA
4 18 (2.04%) NIST
5 16 (1.81%) Accessibility
5 16 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.47%) PCI DSS
7 11 (1.25%) WCAG
8 8 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.79%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.57%) NCSC
10 5 (0.57%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (0.45%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.45%) PERC
12 3 (0.34%) GRC
12 3 (0.34%) SLA
13 2 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.23%) PMO
13 2 (0.23%) PSD2
System Software
1 74 (8.39%) Docker
2 46 (5.22%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.68%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.57%) NFS
6 5 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.57%) vSphere
7 4 (0.45%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.45%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (0.45%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.11%) Firmware
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 1 (0.11%) Varnish
9 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 204 (23.13%) Terraform
2 145 (16.44%) Kubernetes
3 37 (4.20%) Ansible
4 29 (3.29%) Grafana
5 25 (2.83%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.81%) Istio
7 15 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
7 15 (1.70%) Progress Chef
8 14 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
10 7 (0.79%) Puppet
10 7 (0.79%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 6 (0.68%) Kubeflow
11 6 (0.68%) SCCM
12 5 (0.57%) Podman
12 5 (0.57%) SnapMirror
12 5 (0.57%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.45%) Argo
13 4 (0.45%) vMotion
14 3 (0.34%) Nagios
Vendors
1 140 (15.87%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.06%) ServiceNow
3 26 (2.95%) Oracle
4 25 (2.83%) Apple
5 22 (2.49%) Databricks
6 21 (2.38%) Red Hat
6 21 (2.38%) Salesforce
7 19 (2.15%) Okta
8 18 (2.04%) Adobe
8 18 (2.04%) OpenAI
8 18 (2.04%) Splunk
9 16 (1.81%) Dynatrace
10 15 (1.70%) TikTok
11 13 (1.47%) SAP
12 12 (1.36%) IBM
12 12 (1.36%) VMware
13 10 (1.13%) Rapid7
14 9 (1.02%) Checkmarx
14 9 (1.02%) CyberArk
15 8 (0.91%) Citrix