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 22 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
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 102 111
Rank change year-on-year -21 +9 -4
Contract jobs citing Google 829 629 725
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.01% 2.62% 1.99%
As % of the Vendors category 4.90% 5.51% 4.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 366 478
10th Percentile £305 £240 £279
25th Percentile £413 £378 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £626 £650
90th Percentile £700 £721 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 61 64
10th Percentile £19.35 £16.95 £11.25
25th Percentile £28.41 £20.64 £20.75
Median hourly rate £35.50 £30.00 £26.49
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% +13.27% -33.03%
75th Percentile £36.13 £48.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £45.40 £61.50 -
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £28.38 £26.97
% change year-on-year +25.09% +5.23% -31.89%

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 16,925 11,422 15,218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.98% 47.63% 41.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,946 7,331 9,728
10th Percentile £313 £278 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% +1.94% -3.74%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 893 467 1,003
10th Percentile £15.43 £14.84 £12.03
25th Percentile £18.75 £17.79 £14.27
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.45 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.87% +17.56% -40.00%
75th Percentile £59.00 £58.72 £57.33
90th Percentile £76.73 £73.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.23 £26.18 £22.00
% change year-on-year +23.09% +19.00% -48.24%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -16 421 £520 -0.95% 249
North of England -20 162 £510 +2.00% 80
Yorkshire -12 86 £500 +8.11% 22
Midlands -30 66 £533 +29.98% 31
South West +5 63 £550 +46.67% 34
North West -28 61 £558 -3.04% 48
South East -83 55 £588 +15.76% 92
East Midlands +4 37 £550 +40.66% 14
East of England -11 37 £510 +5.15% 29
West Midlands -44 29 £425 -14.57% 17
North East -14 18 £450 - 10
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 40 (4.83%) SharePoint
2 30 (3.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (3.50%) Apache Spark
4 27 (3.26%) Apache
5 17 (2.05%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (1.81%) Confluence
7 9 (1.09%) 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 28 (3.38%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.33%) Chatbot
5 7 (0.84%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.60%) Adobe After Effects
6 5 (0.60%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (0.36%) InDesign
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 XD
9 1 (0.12%) Autodesk Smoke
Business Applications
1 5 (0.60%) Sprinklr
2 1 (0.12%) Actimize
2 1 (0.12%) Cloudability
2 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.12%) SAP SRM
2 1 (0.12%) VisionPLUS
2 1 (0.12%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 498 (60.07%) GCP
2 232 (27.99%) Azure
3 205 (24.73%) AWS
4 166 (20.02%) Google Workspace
5 87 (10.49%) GitHub
6 83 (10.01%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 70 (8.44%) Microsoft 365
8 64 (7.72%) Power Platform
9 60 (7.24%) Google Sheets
10 48 (5.79%) SaaS
11 44 (5.31%) GitHub Actions
12 41 (4.95%) Google Analytics
13 38 (4.58%) Vertex AI
14 31 (3.74%) Entra ID
15 30 (3.62%) Cloud Computing
16 29 (3.50%) Slack
17 28 (3.38%) Google Drive
18 27 (3.26%) Amazon S3
18 27 (3.26%) Cloud Run
19 26 (3.14%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 47 (5.67%) Firewall
2 41 (4.95%) DNS
3 33 (3.98%) VPN
4 19 (2.29%) Network Security
5 13 (1.57%) VoIP
6 11 (1.33%) DKIM
6 11 (1.33%) DMARC
7 10 (1.21%) TCP/IP
8 9 (1.09%) Internet
9 7 (0.84%) DHCP
10 6 (0.72%) BGP
10 6 (0.72%) Reverse Proxy
11 5 (0.60%) OSPF
11 5 (0.60%) SAN
12 4 (0.48%) Wireless
13 3 (0.36%) HTTP
13 3 (0.36%) IPv4
13 3 (0.36%) IPv6
13 3 (0.36%) VLAN
13 3 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (12.30%) BigQuery
2 55 (6.63%) Power BI
3 36 (4.34%) Tableau
4 29 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (2.77%) Data Lake
6 20 (2.41%) SQL Server
7 19 (2.29%) Looker
8 18 (2.17%) Metadata
8 18 (2.17%) OLAP
9 16 (1.93%) Amazon Athena
9 16 (1.93%) Mixpanel
9 16 (1.93%) NoSQL
10 15 (1.81%) OLTP
11 14 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
12 12 (1.45%) Big Data
13 11 (1.33%) MySQL
14 9 (1.09%) Relational Database
15 7 (0.84%) Redis
16 6 (0.72%) Star Schema
17 5 (0.60%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 77 (9.29%) Jenkins
2 50 (6.03%) JIRA
3 46 (5.55%) Git
4 38 (4.58%) GitLab
5 11 (1.33%) JUnit
6 9 (1.09%) SonarQube
7 7 (0.84%) IntelliJ
8 5 (0.60%) REST Assured
8 5 (0.60%) Selenium
9 4 (0.48%) Android Studio
9 4 (0.48%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.48%) Gatling
9 4 (0.48%) Gradle
9 4 (0.48%) Postman
10 3 (0.36%) Crashlytics
10 3 (0.36%) ERwin
10 3 (0.36%) fastlane
10 3 (0.36%) JMeter
10 3 (0.36%) Liquibase
10 3 (0.36%) LoadRunner
General
1 235 (28.35%) Social Skills
2 156 (18.82%) Finance
3 93 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (10.86%) Public Sector
5 67 (8.08%) Marketing
6 60 (7.24%) Banking
7 45 (5.43%) Retail
8 29 (3.50%) Legal
9 26 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (2.29%) Publishing
11 17 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (1.93%) Advertising
12 16 (1.93%) Military
13 12 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.45%) Telecoms
14 9 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (0.97%) Automotive
15 8 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (0.97%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 111 (13.39%) GCP Engineer
2 93 (11.22%) Architect
3 85 (10.25%) Senior
4 74 (8.93%) Analyst
5 72 (8.69%) Cloud Engineer
5 72 (8.69%) Lead
6 56 (6.76%) Data Engineer
7 50 (6.03%) Developer
8 39 (4.70%) Administrator
9 30 (3.62%) DevOps Engineer
10 28 (3.38%) Cloud Architect
11 25 (3.02%) Consultant
11 25 (3.02%) Solutions Architect
12 24 (2.90%) GCP DevOps
13 23 (2.77%) Network Engineer
13 23 (2.77%) Software Engineer
14 21 (2.53%) GCP DevOps Engineer
14 21 (2.53%) Platform Engineer
15 20 (2.41%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 19 (2.29%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (4.22%) REST
2 34 (4.10%) Kafka
3 33 (3.98%) React
4 29 (3.50%) OAuth
4 29 (3.50%) PyTorch
5 27 (3.26%) LangChain
6 25 (3.02%) Spring
6 25 (3.02%) Spring Boot
7 24 (2.90%) Node.js
8 18 (2.17%) scikit-learn
8 18 (2.17%) TensorFlow
9 16 (1.93%) Great Expectations
10 15 (1.81%) AngularJS
10 15 (1.81%) HTML
11 14 (1.69%) OpenID
11 14 (1.69%) SAML
12 13 (1.57%) .NET
12 13 (1.57%) Android Jetpack
12 13 (1.57%) Jetpack Compose
12 13 (1.57%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 106 (12.79%) Cloud Native
2 32 (3.86%) Public Cloud
3 31 (3.74%) Product Ownership
4 24 (2.90%) Data Centre
5 22 (2.65%) Onboarding
5 22 (2.65%) Virtual Team
6 21 (2.53%) AI Agents
7 19 (2.29%) Management Information System
8 17 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.81%) Mobile App
11 12 (1.45%) Clustering
11 12 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.33%) Security Posture
12 11 (1.33%) Smartphone
13 10 (1.21%) Marketing Technology
13 10 (1.21%) Private Cloud
14 8 (0.97%) Algorithms
14 8 (0.97%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 42 (5.07%) Windows
2 41 (4.95%) Android
3 32 (3.86%) Linux
4 27 (3.26%) Mac OS
5 23 (2.77%) Apple iOS
6 16 (1.93%) VMS
7 11 (1.33%) 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%) SUSE
10 1 (0.12%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.12%) Unix
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (26.30%) CI/CD
2 190 (22.92%) DevOps
3 163 (19.66%) AI
4 156 (18.82%) Analytics
5 151 (18.21%) Infrastructure as Code
6 139 (16.77%) Migration
7 120 (14.48%) Agile
8 117 (14.11%) Problem-Solving
9 95 (11.46%) Observability
10 89 (10.74%) Stakeholder Management
11 76 (9.17%) Continuous Improvement
11 76 (9.17%) Machine Learning
12 73 (8.81%) Software Engineering
13 68 (8.20%) Decision-Making
14 65 (7.84%) Business Intelligence
15 61 (7.36%) Roadmaps
16 60 (7.24%) Data Modelling
17 59 (7.12%) Data Engineering
18 57 (6.88%) Cloud Security
18 57 (6.88%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 211 (25.45%) Python
2 157 (18.94%) SQL
3 90 (10.86%) Java
4 50 (6.03%) PowerShell
5 42 (5.07%) Bash
6 30 (3.62%) JavaScript
7 28 (3.38%) C#
8 24 (2.90%) Kotlin
9 22 (2.65%) Go
10 17 (2.05%) TypeScript
11 10 (1.21%) Scala
12 9 (1.09%) Rust
13 8 (0.97%) Google Apps Script
14 7 (0.84%) Groovy
15 5 (0.60%) R
16 4 (0.48%) Bicep
16 4 (0.48%) C++
16 4 (0.48%) Ruby
17 3 (0.36%) Korn
17 3 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 147 (17.73%) Security Cleared
2 122 (14.72%) SC Cleared
3 69 (8.32%) Degree
4 22 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (2.53%) Azure Certification
6 19 (2.29%) DV Cleared
7 18 (2.17%) AWS Certification
8 16 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (1.81%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (1.33%) Master's Degree
11 9 (1.09%) CISSP
12 6 (0.72%) CCNP
13 5 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.60%) OCP
13 5 (0.60%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (0.60%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (0.48%) IBM Certification
14 4 (0.48%) SnowPro
15 3 (0.36%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (7.36%) GDPR
2 47 (5.67%) Data Quality
3 34 (4.10%) QA
4 17 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.81%) Accessibility
5 15 (1.81%) NIST
6 10 (1.21%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.84%) WCAG
8 6 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.72%) PERC
9 5 (0.60%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.48%) GRC
10 4 (0.48%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.48%) NCSC
10 4 (0.48%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.36%) SLA
11 3 (0.36%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 68 (8.20%) Docker
2 48 (5.79%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.60%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.60%) NFS
5 5 (0.60%) vSphere
6 4 (0.48%) 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
1 182 (21.95%) Terraform
2 133 (16.04%) Kubernetes
3 33 (3.98%) Ansible
4 28 (3.38%) Grafana
5 22 (2.65%) Prometheus
6 20 (2.41%) Istio
7 17 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
8 16 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
9 10 (1.21%) SCCM
10 9 (1.09%) Argo
10 9 (1.09%) Jamf Pro
11 7 (0.84%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 6 (0.72%) Kubeflow
12 6 (0.72%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.60%) Podman
13 5 (0.60%) SnapMirror
14 3 (0.36%) Nessus
15 2 (0.24%) Cilium
15 2 (0.24%) Puppet
15 2 (0.24%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 126 (15.20%) Microsoft
2 32 (3.86%) Databricks
3 24 (2.90%) ServiceNow
4 21 (2.53%) Apple
4 21 (2.53%) Oracle
5 20 (2.41%) Salesforce
6 18 (2.17%) Adobe
6 18 (2.17%) OpenAI
7 14 (1.69%) Splunk
7 14 (1.69%) VMware
8 13 (1.57%) Red Hat
9 12 (1.45%) Dynatrace
9 12 (1.45%) IBM
9 12 (1.45%) Okta
10 10 (1.21%) TikTok
11 9 (1.09%) Checkmarx
11 9 (1.09%) Citrix
11 9 (1.09%) CyberArk
12 8 (0.97%) NetApp
12 8 (0.97%) SAP