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 14 February 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
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 116 134
Rank change year-on-year +1 +18 -24
Contract jobs citing Google 819 590 681
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.39% 2.26% 1.79%
As % of the Vendors category 5.30% 4.88% 4.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 523 329 468
10th Percentile £263 £281 £213
25th Percentile £378 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £609 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 38 50
10th Percentile £15.26 £25.25 £15.04
25th Percentile £23.50 £30.06 £18.69
Median hourly rate £32.50 £44.79 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.44% +72.26% -25.71%
75th Percentile £39.29 £62.25 £62.00
90th Percentile £50.60 £63.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.09 £44.79 £26.00
% change year-on-year -26.13% +72.26% -25.71%

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 15,444 12,082 16,483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 45.12% 46.37% 43.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,090 7,355 10,628
10th Percentile £300 £278 £250
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £706 £718 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 787 344 850
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.62 £12.99
25th Percentile £17.99 £20.00 £15.45
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.62 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.18% +7.42% -12.31%
75th Percentile £56.69 £65.00 £56.49
90th Percentile £73.00 £80.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £23.91 £29.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -17.54% +5.45% -14.73%

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 14 February 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 14 February 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 14 February 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 -12 408 £525 -4.55% 155
North of England -5 154 £475 -5.00% 80
Yorkshire -11 89 £464 -7.20% 22
Midlands +15 86 £523 +20.67% 44
South East -4 79 £319 -36.30% 116
North West -10 57 £471 -18.09% 51
West Midlands -8 50 £488 -15.22% 32
South West +9 46 £525 -14.29% 38
East Midlands +5 36 £550 +54.49% 12
East of England -20 33 £625 +47.06% 27
North East -18 8 £495 +45.59% 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 30 (3.66%) Apache Spark
2 24 (2.93%) Apache
3 16 (1.95%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (1.95%) Confluence
3 16 (1.95%) SharePoint
4 11 (1.34%) CMS
5 10 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.37%) Drupal
7 3 (0.37%) Ethereum
7 3 (0.37%) Hyperledger
7 3 (0.37%) Jupyter
8 2 (0.24%) Mule
8 2 (0.24%) SAS
8 2 (0.24%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.12%) JBoss
9 1 (0.12%) nginx
9 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 37 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (2.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.10%) Chatbot
4 7 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.61%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.49%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.37%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.37%) Trello
8 2 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.24%) Autodesk Smoke
8 2 (0.24%) Sketch
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.12%) InDesign
9 1 (0.12%) Maya
9 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.24%) Sprinklr
3 1 (0.12%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.12%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.12%) Shopify
3 1 (0.12%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 516 (63.00%) GCP
2 291 (35.53%) Azure
3 247 (30.16%) AWS
4 134 (16.36%) Google Workspace
5 99 (12.09%) GitHub
6 76 (9.28%) Power Platform
7 74 (9.04%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 47 (5.74%) Google Analytics
9 43 (5.25%) Cloud Run
10 42 (5.13%) GitHub Actions
10 42 (5.13%) Serverless
11 39 (4.76%) Cloud Computing
12 38 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
13 33 (4.03%) Google Sheets
14 32 (3.91%) Entra ID
14 32 (3.91%) SaaS
15 30 (3.66%) Google Gemini
16 29 (3.54%) AWS CloudFormation
16 29 (3.54%) Cloud Functions
17 28 (3.42%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 51 (6.23%) Firewall
2 25 (3.05%) Network Security
3 14 (1.71%) DNS
3 14 (1.71%) VPN
4 11 (1.34%) VoIP
5 9 (1.10%) Internet
6 7 (0.85%) DHCP
7 6 (0.73%) Wireless
8 5 (0.61%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.37%) HTTP
9 3 (0.37%) LAN
10 2 (0.24%) BGP
10 2 (0.24%) Cisco IPT
10 2 (0.24%) Intranet
10 2 (0.24%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.24%) SAN
10 2 (0.24%) SSL
10 2 (0.24%) VLAN
10 2 (0.24%) VRRP
11 1 (0.12%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (12.94%) BigQuery
2 67 (8.18%) Power BI
3 35 (4.27%) Tableau
4 34 (4.15%) PostgreSQL
5 33 (4.03%) NoSQL
6 25 (3.05%) SQL Server
7 24 (2.93%) Looker
8 20 (2.44%) Data Lake
8 20 (2.44%) Mixpanel
9 18 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (2.20%) MySQL
10 16 (1.95%) OLAP
11 14 (1.71%) Amazon Athena
11 14 (1.71%) Big Data
11 14 (1.71%) Metadata
12 13 (1.59%) OLTP
13 10 (1.22%) Relational Database
14 8 (0.98%) Hadoop
14 8 (0.98%) Redis
15 6 (0.73%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 85 (10.38%) Jenkins
2 65 (7.94%) Git
3 45 (5.49%) JIRA
4 44 (5.37%) GitLab
5 7 (0.85%) JUnit
5 7 (0.85%) Liquibase
6 6 (0.73%) Selenium
6 6 (0.73%) Visual Website Optimizer
7 5 (0.61%) Browser DevTools
7 5 (0.61%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.61%) Mockito
7 5 (0.61%) REST Assured
8 4 (0.49%) Android Studio
8 4 (0.49%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.49%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.49%) Gradle
8 4 (0.49%) Postman
9 3 (0.37%) Charles Proxy
9 3 (0.37%) Fiddler
9 3 (0.37%) LoadRunner
General
1 308 (37.61%) Social Skills
2 163 (19.90%) Finance
3 112 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (10.62%) Banking
5 62 (7.57%) Public Sector
6 55 (6.72%) Marketing
7 45 (5.49%) Retail
8 22 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
9 19 (2.32%) Pharmaceutical
10 17 (2.08%) Advertising
10 17 (2.08%) Legal
10 17 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (1.59%) Financial Institution
12 13 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (1.59%) Publishing
13 11 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
14 10 (1.22%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.10%) Military
15 9 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 99 (12.09%) Senior
2 89 (10.87%) Architect
3 79 (9.65%) Developer
4 77 (9.40%) GCP Engineer
5 75 (9.16%) Analyst
6 72 (8.79%) Lead
7 55 (6.72%) Cloud Engineer
8 38 (4.64%) Data Engineer
9 30 (3.66%) DevOps Engineer
9 30 (3.66%) Software Engineer
10 29 (3.54%) Consultant
11 26 (3.17%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 25 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
13 22 (2.69%) Android Developer
13 22 (2.69%) Cloud Architect
13 22 (2.69%) Senior Cloud Engineer
14 21 (2.56%) Support Engineer
15 20 (2.44%) Data Scientist
15 20 (2.44%) GCP DevOps
16 19 (2.32%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (6.84%) REST
2 48 (5.86%) RESTful
3 39 (4.76%) React
4 35 (4.27%) Kafka
4 35 (4.27%) Spring
5 34 (4.15%) HTML
5 34 (4.15%) Node.js
6 33 (4.03%) PyTorch
7 28 (3.42%) CSS
7 28 (3.42%) Spring Boot
7 28 (3.42%) TensorFlow
8 27 (3.30%) LangChain
9 26 (3.17%) OAuth
10 25 (3.05%) scikit-learn
11 23 (2.81%) AngularJS
11 23 (2.81%) FastAPI
12 21 (2.56%) LangGraph
13 18 (2.20%) Android Jetpack
13 18 (2.20%) Jetpack Compose
14 16 (1.95%) Android SDK
Miscellaneous
1 93 (11.36%) Cloud Native
2 47 (5.74%) Onboarding
3 40 (4.88%) Public Cloud
4 32 (3.91%) Distributed Systems
5 23 (2.81%) Mobile App
6 22 (2.69%) Product Ownership
7 18 (2.20%) Life Science
8 14 (1.71%) AI Agents
8 14 (1.71%) Genomics
9 13 (1.59%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.47%) Management Information System
10 12 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.47%) Social Media
11 11 (1.34%) Algorithms
11 11 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
11 11 (1.34%) Virtual Team
12 10 (1.22%) Smartphone
13 9 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.10%) e-Learning
13 9 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 53 (6.47%) Android
2 52 (6.35%) Linux
3 51 (6.23%) Windows
4 31 (3.79%) Apple iOS
5 29 (3.54%) Mac OS
6 14 (1.71%) VMS
7 6 (0.73%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.61%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.49%) Unix
10 2 (0.24%) CoreOS
10 2 (0.24%) Data ONTAP
10 2 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.12%) Solaris
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (27.35%) CI/CD
1 224 (27.35%) DevOps
2 178 (21.73%) AI
3 163 (19.90%) Problem-Solving
4 160 (19.54%) Analytics
5 157 (19.17%) Agile
6 131 (16.00%) Infrastructure as Code
7 119 (14.53%) Containerisation
8 104 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 96 (11.72%) Machine Learning
10 93 (11.36%) Migration
11 88 (10.74%) Microservices
12 85 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
13 83 (10.13%) User Experience
14 72 (8.79%) Observability
14 72 (8.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 70 (8.55%) Business Intelligence
16 69 (8.42%) Change Management
17 66 (8.06%) Software Engineering
18 62 (7.57%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 253 (30.89%) Python
2 147 (17.95%) SQL
3 92 (11.23%) Java
4 49 (5.98%) JavaScript
5 45 (5.49%) PowerShell
6 39 (4.76%) Bash
7 29 (3.54%) Kotlin
8 28 (3.42%) Go
8 28 (3.42%) TypeScript
9 21 (2.56%) C#
10 9 (1.10%) Ruby
11 8 (0.98%) VBA
12 7 (0.85%) Bicep
12 7 (0.85%) Google Apps Script
12 7 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (0.85%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.61%) Groovy
13 5 (0.61%) Scala
14 3 (0.37%) C++
15 2 (0.24%) PHP
Qualifications
1 120 (14.65%) Security Cleared
2 101 (12.33%) SC Cleared
3 99 (12.09%) Degree
4 38 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (3.30%) Master's Degree
6 16 (1.95%) Azure Certification
7 15 (1.83%) AWS Certification
8 14 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.71%) ITIL Certification
9 10 (1.22%) DV Cleared
10 8 (0.98%) CISSP
11 7 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
12 6 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.73%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.61%) OCP
13 5 (0.61%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (0.61%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 4 (0.49%) CCSP
14 4 (0.49%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (7.69%) GDPR
2 43 (5.25%) Data Quality
3 34 (4.15%) QA
4 22 (2.69%) Accessibility
5 19 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.34%) NIST
6 11 (1.34%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.98%) NCSC
8 7 (0.85%) GRC
9 6 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 6 (0.73%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.61%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.61%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.24%) PERC
11 2 (0.24%) SLA
11 2 (0.24%) WCAG
12 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.12%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.12%) PMO
System Software
1 130 (15.87%) Docker
2 35 (4.27%) Active Directory
3 17 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.73%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.61%) Squid
6 4 (0.49%) Snort
7 3 (0.37%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 2 (0.24%) NFS
8 2 (0.24%) vSphere
9 1 (0.12%) KVM
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 171 (20.88%) Kubernetes
2 156 (19.05%) Terraform
3 48 (5.86%) Ansible
4 36 (4.40%) Grafana
5 29 (3.54%) Prometheus
6 26 (3.17%) Istio
7 15 (1.83%) Argo
8 13 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (1.47%) SCCM
10 7 (0.85%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 6 (0.73%) Nessus
11 6 (0.73%) NetBackup
11 6 (0.73%) Oracle RMAN
11 6 (0.73%) QRadar
12 4 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
12 4 (0.49%) logstash
12 4 (0.49%) Nexpose
12 4 (0.49%) Suricata
13 3 (0.37%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 127 (15.51%) Microsoft
2 43 (5.25%) Splunk
3 30 (3.66%) Databricks
4 24 (2.93%) OpenAI
4 24 (2.93%) Salesforce
5 23 (2.81%) Apple
6 22 (2.69%) Adobe
7 21 (2.56%) Oracle
8 18 (2.20%) VMware
9 17 (2.08%) ServiceNow
10 15 (1.83%) Okta
10 15 (1.83%) SAP
11 14 (1.71%) Palo Alto
12 13 (1.59%) Foundry
12 13 (1.59%) IBM
13 11 (1.34%) CyberArk
14 10 (1.22%) Amplitude
14 10 (1.22%) Cisco
15 9 (1.10%) Citrix
15 9 (1.10%) Optimizely