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 3 October 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
3 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 102 105
Rank change year-on-year -13 +3 +8
Contract jobs citing Google 1,090 732 738
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.34% 2.61% 2.27%
As % of the Vendors category 5.65% 5.47% 5.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 669 425 435
10th Percentile £325 £236 £313
25th Percentile £413 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £480 £535
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -10.28% -2.73%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £675
90th Percentile £691 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 40 61
10th Percentile £13.43 £15.40 £26.25
25th Percentile £14.09 £15.56 £36.25
Median hourly rate £27.54 £24.89 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.65% -64.45% +112.12%
75th Percentile £40.31 £36.69 -
90th Percentile £77.00 £62.35 -
UK median hourly rate £23.07 £27.21 £70.00
% change year-on-year -15.21% -61.13% +105.88%

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 19,307 13,378 14,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.50% 47.74% 44.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,853 8,503 8,675
10th Percentile £310 £275 £300
25th Percentile £414 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.98% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £625 £621 £630
90th Percentile £715 £700 £731
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,228 644 543
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.84 £14.84
25th Percentile £16.72 £17.96 £15.62
Median hourly rate £26.14 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.92% -28.14% -20.16%
75th Percentile £62.50 £43.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £69.90 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £25.15 £32.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% -21.41% -25.58%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -12 551 £510 - 2,366
North of England -10 228 £474 +5.29% 390
Yorkshire -11 112 £538 +29.13% 125
South East -25 112 £503 +101.00% 351
North West -26 89 £450 -9.55% 222
South West +19 85 £550 +7.32% 149
Midlands -40 48 £475 +12.83% 162
East of England -10 33 £600 +26.32% 112
West Midlands -41 30 £473 +2.27% 105
North East -22 28 £425 -25.44% 48
East Midlands -6 18 £625 +56.25% 57
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 45 (4.13%) SharePoint
2 40 (3.67%) Apache Airflow
3 35 (3.21%) Confluence
4 34 (3.12%) Apache
5 29 (2.66%) CMS
6 28 (2.57%) Microsoft Exchange
7 19 (1.74%) Apache Spark
8 9 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 9 (0.83%) WordPress
9 8 (0.73%) Sitecore CMS
10 5 (0.46%) IIS
11 4 (0.37%) Drupal
12 3 (0.28%) nginx
13 2 (0.18%) Apache Superset
13 2 (0.18%) Jupyter
14 1 (0.092%) Apache Solr
14 1 (0.092%) Camunda
14 1 (0.092%) Luigi
14 1 (0.092%) Mendix
14 1 (0.092%) OpenStack
Applications
1 42 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (3.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.73%) MS Visio
4 8 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.55%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.37%) Adobe After Effects
7 4 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.28%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.28%) InDesign
9 1 (0.092%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.092%) Maya
Business Applications
1 9 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 6 (0.55%) Shopify
3 4 (0.37%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.28%) Cloudability
4 3 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.28%) iTrent
4 3 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.092%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.092%) Maximo
5 1 (0.092%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.092%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.092%) Primavera
5 1 (0.092%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.092%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.092%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.092%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.092%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 693 (63.58%) GCP
2 336 (30.83%) AWS
3 332 (30.46%) Azure
4 153 (14.04%) Google Workspace
5 95 (8.72%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 91 (8.35%) GitHub
7 85 (7.80%) Microsoft 365
8 63 (5.78%) Google Analytics
8 63 (5.78%) Power Platform
9 59 (5.41%) Entra ID
10 53 (4.86%) GitHub Actions
11 51 (4.68%) SaaS
12 49 (4.50%) Vertex AI
13 48 (4.40%) Google Sheets
14 46 (4.22%) dbt
15 42 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
16 35 (3.21%) Cloud Run
17 34 (3.12%) Google Drive
18 33 (3.03%) Google Gemini
19 30 (2.75%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 59 (5.41%) Firewall
2 52 (4.77%) DNS
3 32 (2.94%) VPN
4 31 (2.84%) Network Security
5 25 (2.29%) TCP/IP
6 18 (1.65%) DHCP
7 12 (1.10%) HTTP
7 12 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (1.01%) Internet
8 11 (1.01%) WAN
9 10 (0.92%) DKIM
9 10 (0.92%) DMARC
10 9 (0.83%) BGP
11 8 (0.73%) DNSSEC
11 8 (0.73%) Reverse Proxy
11 8 (0.73%) SD-WAN
11 8 (0.73%) VoIP
12 7 (0.64%) LAN
12 7 (0.64%) VLAN
13 4 (0.37%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 140 (12.84%) BigQuery
2 66 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
3 54 (4.95%) Power BI
4 47 (4.31%) Looker
5 41 (3.76%) Metadata
6 38 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
7 28 (2.57%) Relational Database
8 24 (2.20%) MySQL
8 24 (2.20%) Tableau
9 21 (1.93%) Data Lake
10 20 (1.83%) Big Data
11 17 (1.56%) NoSQL
12 16 (1.47%) SQL Server
13 12 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
13 12 (1.10%) MongoDB
14 8 (0.73%) Flink
14 8 (0.73%) Redis
15 7 (0.64%) Apache Iceberg
15 7 (0.64%) Data Vault
15 7 (0.64%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 101 (9.27%) Jenkins
2 83 (7.61%) Git
3 66 (6.06%) GitLab
4 63 (5.78%) JIRA
5 15 (1.38%) JUnit
6 14 (1.28%) Gradle
7 11 (1.01%) Maven
7 11 (1.01%) SonarQube
7 11 (1.01%) Zephyr
8 10 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
9 7 (0.64%) Claude Code
9 7 (0.64%) Gatling
9 7 (0.64%) JMeter
9 7 (0.64%) NeoLoad
10 6 (0.55%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.55%) MLflow
11 5 (0.46%) Android Studio
11 5 (0.46%) Crashlytics
11 5 (0.46%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.46%) LoadRunner
General
1 299 (27.43%) Social Skills
2 204 (18.72%) Finance
3 142 (13.03%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (11.74%) Public Sector
5 67 (6.15%) Banking
6 66 (6.06%) Marketing
7 51 (4.68%) Retail
8 41 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
9 31 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 22 (2.02%) Publishing
11 21 (1.93%) Legal
12 20 (1.83%) Advertising
12 20 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
13 18 (1.65%) Local Government
14 17 (1.56%) Telecoms
15 16 (1.47%) Games
16 15 (1.38%) Aerospace
17 13 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
18 11 (1.01%) Military
19 10 (0.92%) Billing
Job Titles
1 180 (16.51%) Architect
2 114 (10.46%) Developer
3 106 (9.72%) GCP Engineer
4 105 (9.63%) Senior
5 82 (7.52%) Data Engineer
6 81 (7.43%) Cloud Engineer
7 78 (7.16%) Analyst
8 64 (5.87%) Lead
9 53 (4.86%) Administrator
10 51 (4.68%) Solutions Architect
11 35 (3.21%) DevOps Engineer
12 28 (2.57%) Cloud Architect
12 28 (2.57%) Security Architect
13 26 (2.39%) GCP Architect
13 26 (2.39%) GCP DevOps
13 26 (2.39%) Security Engineer
14 25 (2.29%) GCP Data Engineer
15 24 (2.20%) Consultant
15 24 (2.20%) Support Engineer
16 22 (2.02%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 237 (21.74%) Terraform
2 85 (7.80%) REST
3 48 (4.40%) React
4 47 (4.31%) Kafka
5 46 (4.22%) OAuth
6 38 (3.49%) RESTful
7 36 (3.30%) Node.js
8 35 (3.21%) Spring
9 34 (3.12%) JSON
9 34 (3.12%) Spring Boot
10 32 (2.94%) SAML
11 29 (2.66%) JWT
12 27 (2.48%) Middleware
13 26 (2.39%) XML
14 25 (2.29%) LangGraph
15 24 (2.20%) SOAP
16 23 (2.11%) HTML
16 23 (2.11%) OAuth2
17 22 (2.02%) LangChain
18 21 (1.93%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 202 (18.53%) Cloud Native
2 62 (5.69%) AI Agents
3 56 (5.14%) Management Information System
4 54 (4.95%) Onboarding
5 43 (3.94%) Public Cloud
6 40 (3.67%) Product Ownership
7 37 (3.39%) Distributed Systems
8 32 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
9 31 (2.84%) Security Posture
10 28 (2.57%) Data Centre
11 26 (2.39%) Data Protection Act
11 26 (2.39%) Mobile App
12 22 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
13 20 (1.83%) Virtual Team
14 18 (1.65%) CMDB
14 18 (1.65%) Enterprise Cloud
15 15 (1.38%) Data Structures
16 14 (1.28%) Clustering
17 13 (1.19%) PKI
17 13 (1.19%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 84 (7.71%) Linux
1 84 (7.71%) Windows
2 39 (3.58%) Android
3 28 (2.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 23 (2.11%) Windows Server
5 17 (1.56%) Unix
6 13 (1.19%) Mac OS
7 10 (0.92%) Apple iOS
8 7 (0.64%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.64%) VMS
9 4 (0.37%) Alpine Linux
9 4 (0.37%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.28%) CentOS
11 2 (0.18%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.18%) SUSE
11 2 (0.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.18%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.092%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.092%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (31.56%) CI/CD
2 262 (24.04%) DevOps
3 249 (22.84%) Agile
4 244 (22.39%) AI
5 228 (20.92%) Infrastructure as Code
6 193 (17.71%) Analytics
7 171 (15.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 153 (14.04%) Migration
9 150 (13.76%) Problem-Solving
10 119 (10.92%) Containerisation
11 117 (10.73%) Cloud Security
12 115 (10.55%) Roadmaps
13 111 (10.18%) Observability
14 109 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
14 109 (10.00%) Software Engineering
15 106 (9.72%) Data Modelling
16 101 (9.27%) Microservices
17 96 (8.81%) Technical Leadership
18 94 (8.62%) Machine Learning
19 91 (8.35%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 334 (30.64%) Python
2 213 (19.54%) SQL
3 144 (13.21%) Java
4 96 (8.81%) Bash
4 96 (8.81%) PowerShell
5 53 (4.86%) JavaScript
6 48 (4.40%) Go
7 29 (2.66%) TypeScript
8 27 (2.48%) Kotlin
9 24 (2.20%) Shell Script
10 22 (2.02%) C#
11 19 (1.74%) Scala
12 15 (1.38%) Groovy
13 13 (1.19%) Bicep
14 10 (0.92%) Google Apps Script
15 9 (0.83%) R
16 7 (0.64%) Perl
16 7 (0.64%) Rust
17 6 (0.55%) SOQL
18 5 (0.46%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 251 (23.03%) Security Cleared
2 198 (18.17%) SC Cleared
3 107 (9.82%) Degree
4 64 (5.87%) DV Cleared
5 49 (4.50%) AWS Certification
6 43 (3.94%) Azure Certification
6 43 (3.94%) CISSP
7 37 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (2.84%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 17 (1.56%) CISM
11 13 (1.19%) Master's Degree
12 12 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 10 (0.92%) CCSP
15 8 (0.73%) CISA
16 7 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
16 7 (0.64%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 7 (0.64%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (7.06%) Data Quality
2 48 (4.40%) QA
3 36 (3.30%) GDPR
4 29 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 28 (2.57%) NIST
6 21 (1.93%) Accessibility
7 12 (1.10%) PCI DSS
8 11 (1.01%) GRC
9 10 (0.92%) NCSC
10 9 (0.83%) WCAG
11 8 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
11 8 (0.73%) PMO
12 7 (0.64%) HIPAA
12 7 (0.64%) SOC 2
13 6 (0.55%) EU AI Act
13 6 (0.55%) SLA
14 5 (0.46%) ISO 31000
14 5 (0.46%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27005
15 4 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 142 (13.03%) Docker
2 59 (5.41%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.46%) 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 (0.18%) Firmware
8 1 (0.092%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.092%) vSphere
8 1 (0.092%) zsh
Systems Management
1 237 (21.74%) Kubernetes
2 66 (6.06%) Ansible
3 38 (3.49%) Grafana
4 30 (2.75%) Prometheus
5 29 (2.66%) Microsoft Intune
6 19 (1.74%) Progress Chef
7 18 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
9 10 (0.92%) Puppet
10 8 (0.73%) CASB
11 7 (0.64%) Argo
12 6 (0.55%) Cilium
12 6 (0.55%) Istio
13 4 (0.37%) Podman
13 4 (0.37%) SCCM
13 4 (0.37%) vCenter Server
14 3 (0.28%) Nagios
14 3 (0.28%) QRadar
14 3 (0.28%) vMotion
15 2 (0.18%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 244 (22.39%) Microsoft
2 44 (4.04%) Oracle
3 41 (3.76%) Splunk
4 37 (3.39%) Adobe
4 37 (3.39%) OpenAI
5 34 (3.12%) ServiceNow
6 33 (3.03%) Databricks
7 30 (2.75%) Dynatrace
8 29 (2.66%) IBM
9 27 (2.48%) Salesforce
10 23 (2.11%) Okta
11 22 (2.02%) TikTok
12 21 (1.93%) Cisco
12 21 (1.93%) SAP
13 20 (1.83%) Red Hat
14 16 (1.47%) Apple
14 16 (1.47%) Informatica
14 16 (1.47%) MuleSoft
15 15 (1.38%) VMware
16 14 (1.28%) CrowdStrike
3,486 Google jobs in England