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 10 April 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
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 107 132
Rank change year-on-year -8 +25 -27
Contract jobs citing Google 867 598 674
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.21% 2.46% 1.80%
As % of the Vendors category 5.12% 5.19% 4.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 566 344 448
10th Percentile £278 £242 £225
25th Percentile £405 £372 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £611 £638 £650
90th Percentile £709 £737 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.97% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 61 48
10th Percentile £21.25 £16.95 £11.15
25th Percentile £25.88 £24.18 £17.75
Median hourly rate £35.50 £31.76 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.78% +22.15% -34.26%
75th Percentile £35.91 £55.75 £32.81
90th Percentile £49.25 £62.50 £62.88
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £31.76 £26.00
% change year-on-year +11.78% +22.15% -34.26%

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 16,929 11,516 15,822
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 43.16% 47.30% 42.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,058 7,485 10,120
10th Percentile £313 £296 £255
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.19%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
90th Percentile £705 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.53% -0.39% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 877 426 971
10th Percentile £15.36 £14.99 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.50 £14.27
Median hourly rate £27.50 £28.88 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +24.38% -38.91%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.63 £55.68
90th Percentile £77.80 £80.67 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £28.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -0.21% +24.44% -46.17%

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 10 April 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 10 April 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 10 April 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 -8 441 £525 -1.04% 228
North of England -14 154 £500 -9.09% 94
Yorkshire -8 86 £500 +3.90% 42
South East -48 80 £500 -1.48% 109
Midlands -19 66 £533 +34.75% 38
North West -15 59 £544 -13.00% 44
South West -2 57 £538 +7.50% 20
East of England -12 43 £570 +78.13% 23
East Midlands -4 36 £550 +83.33% 23
West Midlands -47 30 £475 - 15
North East -8 12 £475 - 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 31 (3.58%) Apache Spark
2 29 (3.34%) Apache
3 23 (2.65%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (1.85%) Confluence
4 16 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 15 (1.73%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.92%) CMS
7 3 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.35%) Drupal
8 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.12%) IIS
9 1 (0.12%) nginx
9 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.12%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (4.61%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (3.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.27%) Chatbot
5 8 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.58%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.58%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.46%) Trello
8 2 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.23%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.23%) Autodesk Smoke
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.12%) InDesign
9 1 (0.12%) Maya
9 1 (0.12%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (0.69%) Sprinklr
2 4 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.12%) Actimize
5 1 (0.12%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.12%) SAP SRM
5 1 (0.12%) Shopify
5 1 (0.12%) VisionPLUS
5 1 (0.12%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 531 (61.25%) GCP
2 278 (32.06%) Azure
3 236 (27.22%) AWS
4 153 (17.65%) Google Workspace
5 92 (10.61%) GitHub
6 83 (9.57%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 73 (8.42%) Power Platform
8 52 (6.00%) Google Analytics
9 45 (5.19%) Google Sheets
10 44 (5.07%) Microsoft 365
11 38 (4.38%) Vertex AI
12 37 (4.27%) GitHub Actions
13 32 (3.69%) SaaS
14 31 (3.58%) AWS CloudFormation
15 30 (3.46%) Amazon S3
15 30 (3.46%) Cloud Computing
16 28 (3.23%) Cloud Run
17 26 (3.00%) Entra ID
17 26 (3.00%) Google Gemini
17 26 (3.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 57 (6.57%) Firewall
2 35 (4.04%) DNS
3 33 (3.81%) VPN
4 26 (3.00%) Network Security
5 13 (1.50%) VoIP
6 11 (1.27%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.04%) DHCP
8 8 (0.92%) Internet
9 6 (0.69%) BGP
10 5 (0.58%) SAN
11 4 (0.46%) HTTP
11 4 (0.46%) OSPF
11 4 (0.46%) Reverse Proxy
11 4 (0.46%) Wireless
12 3 (0.35%) IPv4
12 3 (0.35%) IPv6
12 3 (0.35%) LAN
12 3 (0.35%) SMTP
13 2 (0.23%) Cisco IPT
13 2 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (13.03%) BigQuery
2 64 (7.38%) Power BI
3 36 (4.15%) Tableau
4 27 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (2.65%) Data Lake
6 21 (2.42%) Looker
7 20 (2.31%) NoSQL
7 20 (2.31%) OLAP
7 20 (2.31%) SQL Server
8 18 (2.08%) Amazon Athena
8 18 (2.08%) Mixpanel
8 18 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
9 17 (1.96%) Metadata
9 17 (1.96%) OLTP
10 13 (1.50%) Big Data
10 13 (1.50%) MySQL
11 7 (0.81%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.69%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.69%) Redis
12 6 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 75 (8.65%) Jenkins
2 54 (6.23%) Git
3 47 (5.42%) JIRA
4 38 (4.38%) GitLab
5 16 (1.85%) JUnit
6 9 (1.04%) SonarQube
7 7 (0.81%) IntelliJ
8 6 (0.69%) Selenium
9 5 (0.58%) Charles Proxy
9 5 (0.58%) REST Assured
10 4 (0.46%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.46%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.46%) Gatling
10 4 (0.46%) Mockito
10 4 (0.46%) Postman
11 3 (0.35%) Android Studio
11 3 (0.35%) Fiddler
11 3 (0.35%) Gradle
11 3 (0.35%) JMeter
11 3 (0.35%) Liquibase
General
1 279 (32.18%) Social Skills
2 167 (19.26%) Finance
3 118 (13.61%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (9.23%) Public Sector
5 73 (8.42%) Banking
6 71 (8.19%) Marketing
7 48 (5.54%) Retail
8 30 (3.46%) Legal
9 24 (2.77%) Advertising
9 24 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (1.96%) Publishing
12 16 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (1.61%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.50%) Military
15 10 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.15%) Manufacturing
15 10 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (0.81%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 115 (13.26%) GCP Engineer
2 93 (10.73%) Senior
3 92 (10.61%) Architect
4 87 (10.03%) Analyst
5 84 (9.69%) Lead
6 77 (8.88%) Cloud Engineer
7 58 (6.69%) Data Engineer
8 57 (6.57%) Developer
9 28 (3.23%) Cloud Architect
9 28 (3.23%) Consultant
10 27 (3.11%) DevOps Engineer
11 25 (2.88%) Security Engineer
12 24 (2.77%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 24 (2.77%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 24 (2.77%) Solutions Architect
13 23 (2.65%) Network Engineer
13 23 (2.65%) Software Engineer
14 21 (2.42%) Administrator
14 21 (2.42%) GCP DevOps
15 19 (2.19%) GCP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.31%) REST
2 41 (4.73%) Kafka
3 36 (4.15%) PyTorch
4 33 (3.81%) Spring
5 32 (3.69%) LangChain
5 32 (3.69%) Spring Boot
6 28 (3.23%) scikit-learn
7 26 (3.00%) React
7 26 (3.00%) TensorFlow
8 24 (2.77%) RESTful
9 21 (2.42%) Node.js
9 21 (2.42%) OAuth
10 20 (2.31%) HTML
10 20 (2.31%) Pandas
11 18 (2.08%) Great Expectations
12 17 (1.96%) CSS
13 16 (1.85%) AngularJS
14 15 (1.73%) Android SDK
14 15 (1.73%) Jetpack Compose
14 15 (1.73%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 105 (12.11%) Cloud Native
2 39 (4.50%) Public Cloud
3 37 (4.27%) Onboarding
4 32 (3.69%) Product Ownership
5 22 (2.54%) Data Centre
5 22 (2.54%) Virtual Team
6 19 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (2.08%) Mobile App
8 17 (1.96%) AI Agents
8 17 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
9 16 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.61%) Clustering
11 12 (1.38%) Management Information System
11 12 (1.38%) Marketing Technology
12 11 (1.27%) Security Posture
12 11 (1.27%) Smartphone
13 10 (1.15%) Life Science
13 10 (1.15%) Social Media
14 9 (1.04%) Algorithms
14 9 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 53 (6.11%) Windows
2 46 (5.31%) Android
3 40 (4.61%) Linux
4 29 (3.34%) Mac OS
5 27 (3.11%) Apple iOS
6 17 (1.96%) VMS
7 9 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.69%) Data ONTAP
8 6 (0.69%) Windows Server
9 5 (0.58%) CoreOS
9 5 (0.58%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.12%) Solaris
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (25.95%) CI/CD
2 204 (23.53%) DevOps
3 186 (21.45%) AI
4 179 (20.65%) Analytics
5 151 (17.42%) Infrastructure as Code
6 149 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
7 134 (15.46%) Agile
8 111 (12.80%) Migration
9 98 (11.30%) Machine Learning
10 96 (11.07%) Stakeholder Management
11 94 (10.84%) Continuous Improvement
12 91 (10.50%) Observability
13 76 (8.77%) Software Engineering
14 72 (8.30%) Business Intelligence
15 70 (8.07%) Containerisation
15 70 (8.07%) Microservices
16 67 (7.73%) Decision-Making
17 65 (7.50%) LLM
18 64 (7.38%) User Experience
19 62 (7.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 236 (27.22%) Python
2 157 (18.11%) SQL
3 104 (12.00%) Java
4 40 (4.61%) PowerShell
5 35 (4.04%) Bash
5 35 (4.04%) JavaScript
6 30 (3.46%) C#
7 27 (3.11%) Kotlin
8 20 (2.31%) Go
9 16 (1.85%) TypeScript
10 11 (1.27%) Google Apps Script
11 8 (0.92%) Scala
12 6 (0.69%) Ruby
13 5 (0.58%) Bicep
13 5 (0.58%) Groovy
13 5 (0.58%) Rust
14 4 (0.46%) C++
14 4 (0.46%) R
14 4 (0.46%) VBA
15 3 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 134 (15.46%) Security Cleared
2 108 (12.46%) SC Cleared
3 85 (9.80%) Degree
4 26 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.19%) Azure Certification
6 18 (2.08%) AWS Certification
7 16 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.73%) ITIL Certification
8 15 (1.73%) Master's Degree
9 12 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.27%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.15%) CISSP
12 7 (0.81%) CCNP
13 5 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.58%) OCP
13 5 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
14 4 (0.46%) CSPO
14 4 (0.46%) OSCP
14 4 (0.46%) SnowPro
14 4 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (9.11%) GDPR
2 52 (6.00%) Data Quality
3 38 (4.38%) QA
4 19 (2.19%) Accessibility
5 17 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.61%) NIST
7 12 (1.38%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.92%) NCSC
9 7 (0.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.69%) PERC
11 5 (0.58%) WCAG
12 4 (0.46%) GRC
12 4 (0.46%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.35%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.35%) SLA
13 3 (0.35%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.12%) ISO 8583
14 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.12%) PMO
System Software
1 85 (9.80%) Docker
2 34 (3.92%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.58%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.58%) NFS
5 5 (0.58%) vSphere
6 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.12%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.12%) Firmware
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.12%) Snort
7 1 (0.12%) Squid
7 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.12%) Varnish
7 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 186 (21.45%) Terraform
2 148 (17.07%) Kubernetes
3 37 (4.27%) Ansible
4 32 (3.69%) Grafana
5 24 (2.77%) Istio
5 24 (2.77%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (1.15%) Argo
8 10 (1.15%) SCCM
9 9 (1.04%) Kubeflow
10 8 (0.92%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 6 (0.69%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.58%) SnapMirror
13 3 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.35%) Nessus
13 3 (0.35%) QRadar
13 3 (0.35%) vCenter Server
14 2 (0.23%) Knative
14 2 (0.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 132 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 31 (3.58%) Databricks
3 26 (3.00%) Splunk
4 24 (2.77%) Adobe
5 22 (2.54%) ServiceNow
6 21 (2.42%) Salesforce
7 20 (2.31%) Apple
7 20 (2.31%) OpenAI
7 20 (2.31%) Oracle
8 16 (1.85%) IBM
9 15 (1.73%) VMware
10 12 (1.38%) Red Hat
11 11 (1.27%) Citrix
11 11 (1.27%) Foundry
11 11 (1.27%) Okta
12 9 (1.04%) Checkmarx
12 9 (1.04%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.04%) Tealium
13 8 (0.92%) NetApp
13 8 (0.92%) SAP