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 26 September 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
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 100 106
Rank change year-on-year -18 +6 +7
Contract jobs citing Google 1,078 731 746
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.32% 2.62% 2.28%
As % of the Vendors category 5.58% 5.50% 5.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 418 440
10th Percentile £323 £225 £302
25th Percentile £413 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £486 £533
Median % change year-on-year +4.94% -8.82% -3.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £675
90th Percentile £692 £700 £752
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 39 61
10th Percentile £13.36 £15.30 £25.99
25th Percentile £13.82 £15.56 £36.25
Median hourly rate £26.00 £27.21 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% -61.13% +105.88%
75th Percentile £40.63 £37.38 -
90th Percentile £77.00 £62.45 -
UK median hourly rate £23.07 £27.27 £70.00
% change year-on-year -15.40% -61.04% +100.00%

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 19,315 13,283 14,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.49% 47.54% 44.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,934 8,451 8,770
10th Percentile £309 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £622 £621 £630
90th Percentile £713 £706 £732
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,173 631 569
10th Percentile £14.01 £14.84 £14.50
25th Percentile £16.72 £18.00 £15.62
Median hourly rate £27.30 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.55% -28.14% -20.16%
75th Percentile £63.75 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.79 £69.65 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £32.50
% change year-on-year +2.39% -22.62% -25.87%

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -23 538 £503 -1.71% 1,977
North of England -14 225 £475 +5.56% 308
Yorkshire -7 116 £525 +26.13% 93
South East -28 114 £525 +90.91% 305
South West +15 84 £550 +10.00% 166
North West -24 84 £453 -9.40% 191
Midlands -31 51 £475 +13.10% 128
West Midlands -41 33 £473 +2.27% 90
East of England -21 31 £600 +33.33% 87
North East -18 26 £433 -24.12% 25
East Midlands -4 18 £625 +66.67% 38
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 46 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 42 (3.90%) Apache Airflow
3 35 (3.25%) Confluence
4 33 (3.06%) Apache
5 29 (2.69%) Microsoft Exchange
6 27 (2.50%) CMS
7 18 (1.67%) Apache Spark
8 9 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.83%) WordPress
9 8 (0.74%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.37%) Drupal
10 4 (0.37%) IIS
11 2 (0.19%) Apache Superset
11 2 (0.19%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.19%) nginx
12 1 (0.093%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.093%) Camunda
12 1 (0.093%) Luigi
12 1 (0.093%) Mendix
12 1 (0.093%) OpenStack
Applications
1 41 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.74%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.46%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.37%) Adobe After Effects
7 4 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.28%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.28%) InDesign
9 1 (0.093%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.093%) Maya
Business Applications
1 9 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.46%) Shopify
3 4 (0.37%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.28%) Cloudability
4 3 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.28%) iTrent
5 2 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.093%) Actimize
6 1 (0.093%) Maximo
6 1 (0.093%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.093%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.093%) Primavera
6 1 (0.093%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.093%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.093%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.093%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.093%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.093%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 679 (62.99%) GCP
2 324 (30.06%) AWS
3 323 (29.96%) Azure
4 156 (14.47%) Google Workspace
5 93 (8.63%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 89 (8.26%) GitHub
7 86 (7.98%) Microsoft 365
8 64 (5.94%) Google Analytics
9 61 (5.66%) Power Platform
10 55 (5.10%) Entra ID
11 54 (5.01%) SaaS
12 52 (4.82%) GitHub Actions
13 51 (4.73%) Vertex AI
14 48 (4.45%) Google Sheets
15 47 (4.36%) dbt
16 41 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
17 35 (3.25%) Cloud Run
18 34 (3.15%) Google Drive
19 29 (2.69%) Google Gemini
20 28 (2.60%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 55 (5.10%) Firewall
2 51 (4.73%) DNS
3 31 (2.88%) VPN
4 28 (2.60%) Network Security
5 24 (2.23%) TCP/IP
6 18 (1.67%) DHCP
7 12 (1.11%) HTTP
7 12 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (1.02%) DKIM
8 11 (1.02%) DMARC
9 10 (0.93%) Internet
9 10 (0.93%) WAN
10 8 (0.74%) BGP
10 8 (0.74%) DNSSEC
10 8 (0.74%) VoIP
11 7 (0.65%) LAN
11 7 (0.65%) Reverse Proxy
11 7 (0.65%) SD-WAN
11 7 (0.65%) VLAN
12 4 (0.37%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (13.08%) BigQuery
2 67 (6.22%) Data Warehouse
3 52 (4.82%) Power BI
4 46 (4.27%) Looker
5 40 (3.71%) Metadata
6 37 (3.43%) PostgreSQL
7 29 (2.69%) Relational Database
8 23 (2.13%) Tableau
9 22 (2.04%) MySQL
10 20 (1.86%) Data Lake
11 19 (1.76%) Big Data
12 17 (1.58%) SQL Server
13 16 (1.48%) NoSQL
14 12 (1.11%) Amazon Redshift
15 10 (0.93%) MongoDB
16 8 (0.74%) Flink
16 8 (0.74%) Redis
17 7 (0.65%) Apache Iceberg
17 7 (0.65%) Data Vault
17 7 (0.65%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 95 (8.81%) Jenkins
2 81 (7.51%) Git
3 65 (6.03%) GitLab
4 64 (5.94%) JIRA
5 16 (1.48%) JUnit
6 14 (1.30%) Gradle
7 11 (1.02%) SonarQube
7 11 (1.02%) Zephyr
8 10 (0.93%) Maven
9 9 (0.83%) Sonatype Nexus
10 7 (0.65%) Claude Code
10 7 (0.65%) Gatling
10 7 (0.65%) JMeter
10 7 (0.65%) NeoLoad
11 6 (0.56%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.56%) MLflow
12 5 (0.46%) Android Studio
12 5 (0.46%) Crashlytics
12 5 (0.46%) IntelliJ
12 5 (0.46%) LoadRunner
General
1 288 (26.72%) Social Skills
2 204 (18.92%) Finance
3 140 (12.99%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (11.87%) Public Sector
5 67 (6.22%) Marketing
6 63 (5.84%) Banking
7 50 (4.64%) Retail
8 36 (3.34%) Organisational Skills
9 31 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (2.13%) Publishing
11 22 (2.04%) Legal
12 20 (1.86%) Advertising
12 20 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
13 17 (1.58%) Local Government
14 16 (1.48%) Games
14 16 (1.48%) Telecoms
15 14 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
15 14 (1.30%) Military
16 13 (1.21%) Aerospace
16 13 (1.21%) Billing
Job Titles
1 177 (16.42%) Architect
2 114 (10.58%) Developer
3 106 (9.83%) GCP Engineer
4 100 (9.28%) Senior
5 82 (7.61%) Data Engineer
6 78 (7.24%) Analyst
7 75 (6.96%) Cloud Engineer
8 67 (6.22%) Lead
9 52 (4.82%) Solutions Architect
10 50 (4.64%) Administrator
11 30 (2.78%) DevOps Engineer
12 27 (2.50%) Cloud Architect
13 26 (2.41%) Security Architect
14 24 (2.23%) GCP Architect
14 24 (2.23%) GCP Data Engineer
14 24 (2.23%) Support Engineer
15 23 (2.13%) GCP DevOps
15 23 (2.13%) Security Engineer
16 22 (2.04%) Platform Engineer
17 21 (1.95%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 228 (21.15%) Terraform
2 85 (7.88%) REST
3 50 (4.64%) React
4 45 (4.17%) OAuth
5 44 (4.08%) Kafka
6 37 (3.43%) Node.js
6 37 (3.43%) RESTful
7 36 (3.34%) Spring
8 35 (3.25%) Spring Boot
9 32 (2.97%) JSON
9 32 (2.97%) SAML
10 29 (2.69%) JWT
11 27 (2.50%) Middleware
12 24 (2.23%) SOAP
12 24 (2.23%) XML
13 23 (2.13%) HTML
13 23 (2.13%) LangGraph
13 23 (2.13%) OAuth2
14 22 (2.04%) LangChain
15 21 (1.95%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 192 (17.81%) Cloud Native
2 62 (5.75%) AI Agents
3 54 (5.01%) Management Information System
4 51 (4.73%) Onboarding
5 41 (3.80%) Product Ownership
6 36 (3.34%) Distributed Systems
6 36 (3.34%) Public Cloud
7 31 (2.88%) Security Posture
8 30 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
9 26 (2.41%) Data Centre
10 25 (2.32%) Mobile App
11 23 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
12 22 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
12 22 (2.04%) Virtual Team
13 18 (1.67%) CMDB
14 17 (1.58%) Enterprise Cloud
15 15 (1.39%) Data Structures
16 14 (1.30%) Clustering
17 13 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
17 13 (1.21%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 81 (7.51%) Windows
2 78 (7.24%) Linux
3 38 (3.53%) Android
4 28 (2.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 22 (2.04%) Windows Server
6 16 (1.48%) Unix
7 13 (1.21%) Mac OS
8 9 (0.83%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.65%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.56%) VMS
11 4 (0.37%) Alpine Linux
11 4 (0.37%) Windows 10
12 3 (0.28%) CentOS
13 2 (0.19%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.19%) SUSE
13 2 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.19%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (30.89%) CI/CD
2 252 (23.38%) DevOps
3 246 (22.82%) Agile
4 239 (22.17%) AI
5 221 (20.50%) Infrastructure as Code
6 190 (17.63%) Analytics
7 167 (15.49%) Stakeholder Management
8 154 (14.29%) Migration
9 153 (14.19%) Problem-Solving
10 117 (10.85%) Containerisation
11 113 (10.48%) Roadmaps
12 110 (10.20%) Cloud Security
12 110 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
13 107 (9.93%) Software Engineering
14 106 (9.83%) Observability
15 105 (9.74%) Data Modelling
16 102 (9.46%) Microservices
17 95 (8.81%) Technical Leadership
18 90 (8.35%) Machine Learning
19 89 (8.26%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 328 (30.43%) Python
2 207 (19.20%) SQL
3 142 (13.17%) Java
4 93 (8.63%) PowerShell
5 91 (8.44%) Bash
6 53 (4.92%) JavaScript
7 48 (4.45%) Go
8 29 (2.69%) TypeScript
9 24 (2.23%) Kotlin
10 23 (2.13%) Shell Script
11 20 (1.86%) C#
12 19 (1.76%) Scala
13 14 (1.30%) Groovy
14 12 (1.11%) Bicep
15 10 (0.93%) Google Apps Script
16 9 (0.83%) R
17 7 (0.65%) Perl
17 7 (0.65%) Rust
18 6 (0.56%) SOQL
19 5 (0.46%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 246 (22.82%) Security Cleared
2 195 (18.09%) SC Cleared
3 101 (9.37%) Degree
4 61 (5.66%) DV Cleared
5 47 (4.36%) AWS Certification
6 41 (3.80%) Azure Certification
6 41 (3.80%) CISSP
7 34 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (2.04%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (1.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 16 (1.48%) CISM
11 13 (1.21%) Master's Degree
12 11 (1.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 11 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (0.83%) CCSP
14 7 (0.65%) CISA
14 7 (0.65%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (0.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (6.77%) Data Quality
2 48 (4.45%) QA
3 38 (3.53%) GDPR
4 28 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 25 (2.32%) NIST
6 21 (1.95%) Accessibility
7 11 (1.02%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.93%) GRC
9 9 (0.83%) NCSC
9 9 (0.83%) WCAG
10 8 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
10 8 (0.74%) PMO
11 7 (0.65%) HIPAA
11 7 (0.65%) SOC 2
12 6 (0.56%) SLA
13 4 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.37%) ISO 31000
13 4 (0.37%) ISO 9001
13 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 4 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 140 (12.99%) Docker
2 58 (5.38%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.37%) ISA Server
6 3 (0.28%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (0.28%) Terminal Services
6 3 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.28%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.19%) Firmware
8 1 (0.093%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.093%) vSphere
8 1 (0.093%) zsh
Systems Management
1 229 (21.24%) Kubernetes
2 61 (5.66%) Ansible
3 34 (3.15%) Grafana
4 28 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 27 (2.50%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.67%) Progress Chef
6 18 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (1.21%) Jamf Pro
8 10 (0.93%) Puppet
9 7 (0.65%) CASB
10 6 (0.56%) Argo
10 6 (0.56%) Cilium
11 4 (0.37%) Istio
11 4 (0.37%) Kubeflow
11 4 (0.37%) Podman
11 4 (0.37%) SCCM
11 4 (0.37%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.28%) Nagios
12 3 (0.28%) vMotion
13 2 (0.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 237 (21.99%) Microsoft
2 43 (3.99%) Oracle
3 38 (3.53%) Splunk
4 36 (3.34%) ServiceNow
5 35 (3.25%) Adobe
6 33 (3.06%) OpenAI
7 32 (2.97%) Databricks
8 28 (2.60%) Dynatrace
8 28 (2.60%) IBM
9 25 (2.32%) Salesforce
10 24 (2.23%) TikTok
11 22 (2.04%) Okta
12 20 (1.86%) SAP
13 19 (1.76%) Cisco
13 19 (1.76%) Red Hat
14 16 (1.48%) Apple
14 16 (1.48%) Informatica
14 16 (1.48%) MuleSoft
15 15 (1.39%) VMware
16 13 (1.21%) CrowdStrike