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 24 July 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
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 91 105
Rank change year-on-year -29 +14 +7
Contract jobs citing Google 972 744 750
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.16% 2.72% 2.15%
As % of the Vendors category 5.27% 5.74% 4.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 426 453
10th Percentile £306 £205 £304
25th Percentile £413 £355 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £495 £530
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% -6.60% -3.64%
75th Percentile £598 £608 £675
90th Percentile £691 £700 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £525
% change year-on-year +4.17% -8.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 64 70
10th Percentile £15.75 £15.50 £19.59
25th Percentile £25.88 £16.95 £25.99
Median hourly rate £35.50 £24.66 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.96% -64.77% +76.99%
75th Percentile £39.52 £44.39 -
90th Percentile £77.00 £54.43 -
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £23.61 £68.75
% change year-on-year +50.36% -65.66% +73.72%

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 18,443 12,960 15,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.03% 47.36% 43.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,674 8,202 9,702
10th Percentile £313 £280 £281
25th Percentile £413 £402 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £510 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -1.92% -0.95%
75th Percentile £610 £623 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 962 617 868
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.75 £13.29
25th Percentile £20.31 £17.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.81 £25.15 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.39% -6.85% -29.92%
75th Percentile £67.50 £50.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.11 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.22 £25.15 £26.97
% change year-on-year +40.04% -6.75% -35.01%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -24 520 £501 +0.05% 545
North of England -20 188 £500 +7.30% 159
Yorkshire -17 95 £520 +16.33% 42
South East -68 91 £537 +16.11% 117
North West -30 77 £488 -2.50% 99
South West -4 69 £550 +48.65% 40
Midlands -29 50 £462 +15.38% 53
West Midlands -46 34 £425 +13.33% 38
East of England -20 24 £510 +5.15% 22
North East -19 20 £440 -29.60% 18
East Midlands -2 16 £550 +37.50% 15
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 48 (4.94%) SharePoint
2 34 (3.50%) Apache
3 32 (3.29%) Apache Airflow
4 31 (3.19%) Microsoft Exchange
5 28 (2.88%) Apache Spark
6 23 (2.37%) Confluence
7 16 (1.65%) CMS
8 5 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.31%) Drupal
10 3 (0.31%) WordPress
11 2 (0.21%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.21%) nginx
12 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.10%) IIS
12 1 (0.10%) JBoss
12 1 (0.10%) Luigi
12 1 (0.10%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 31 (3.19%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (1.34%) Chatbot
5 9 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.62%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.51%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.41%) InDesign
8 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.31%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.21%) Maya
11 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.51%) Sprinklr
2 3 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.31%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.21%) Shopify
4 1 (0.10%) Actimize
4 1 (0.10%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.10%) iTrent
4 1 (0.10%) Maximo
4 1 (0.10%) Primavera
4 1 (0.10%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.10%) SAP CAR
4 1 (0.10%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.10%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.10%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 582 (59.88%) GCP
2 266 (27.37%) Azure
3 264 (27.16%) AWS
4 160 (16.46%) Google Workspace
5 88 (9.05%) GitHub
6 85 (8.74%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 78 (8.02%) Microsoft 365
8 50 (5.14%) Google Analytics
8 50 (5.14%) Power Platform
8 50 (5.14%) SaaS
9 47 (4.84%) Google Sheets
10 44 (4.53%) GitHub Actions
11 43 (4.42%) Vertex AI
12 35 (3.60%) Entra ID
13 34 (3.50%) Google Drive
14 30 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
15 26 (2.67%) Google Gemini
15 26 (2.67%) Snowflake
16 25 (2.57%) dbt
16 25 (2.57%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 68 (7.00%) Firewall
2 63 (6.48%) DNS
3 48 (4.94%) VPN
4 28 (2.88%) TCP/IP
5 20 (2.06%) Network Security
6 18 (1.85%) DHCP
7 11 (1.13%) DKIM
7 11 (1.13%) DMARC
8 10 (1.03%) BGP
9 9 (0.93%) Internet
10 8 (0.82%) DNSSEC
10 8 (0.82%) OSPF
10 8 (0.82%) VLAN
11 7 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.62%) HTTP
12 6 (0.62%) LAN
12 6 (0.62%) SMTP
12 6 (0.62%) VoIP
12 6 (0.62%) WAN
13 5 (0.51%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (10.29%) BigQuery
2 51 (5.25%) Data Warehouse
3 43 (4.42%) Power BI
4 31 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
5 25 (2.57%) Looker
6 22 (2.26%) Relational Database
6 22 (2.26%) Tableau
7 21 (2.16%) Data Lake
8 20 (2.06%) Big Data
9 19 (1.95%) Metadata
10 18 (1.85%) MySQL
11 16 (1.65%) SQL Server
12 12 (1.23%) NoSQL
13 8 (0.82%) Amazon Athena
13 8 (0.82%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (0.82%) Mixpanel
13 8 (0.82%) OLTP
13 8 (0.82%) Redis
14 7 (0.72%) InterSystems Cache
14 7 (0.72%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 85 (8.74%) Jenkins
2 60 (6.17%) Git
3 56 (5.76%) JIRA
4 48 (4.94%) GitLab
5 16 (1.65%) JUnit
6 9 (0.93%) Gradle
6 9 (0.93%) SonarQube
7 7 (0.72%) IntelliJ
8 6 (0.62%) Android Studio
8 6 (0.62%) Crashlytics
8 6 (0.62%) Gatling
8 6 (0.62%) MLflow
9 5 (0.51%) fastlane
9 5 (0.51%) JMeter
10 4 (0.41%) Maven
10 4 (0.41%) NeoLoad
10 4 (0.41%) Zephyr
11 3 (0.31%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.31%) Liquibase
11 3 (0.31%) webpack
General
1 241 (24.79%) Social Skills
2 181 (18.62%) Finance
3 118 (12.14%) Public Sector
4 109 (11.21%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (7.30%) Marketing
6 57 (5.86%) Banking
7 48 (4.94%) Retail
8 34 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
9 29 (2.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (2.98%) Legal
10 22 (2.26%) Publishing
11 21 (2.16%) Advertising
12 17 (1.75%) Telecoms
13 14 (1.44%) Documentation Skills
14 13 (1.34%) Military
15 11 (1.13%) Games
15 11 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (0.72%) Aerospace
17 7 (0.72%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 122 (12.55%) Architect
2 111 (11.42%) GCP Engineer
3 92 (9.47%) Developer
4 91 (9.36%) Senior
5 83 (8.54%) Cloud Engineer
6 80 (8.23%) Lead
7 74 (7.61%) Analyst
8 66 (6.79%) Data Engineer
9 37 (3.81%) Solutions Architect
10 32 (3.29%) DevOps Engineer
11 31 (3.19%) Administrator
12 27 (2.78%) Network Engineer
13 26 (2.67%) GCP DevOps
14 23 (2.37%) Security Engineer
15 22 (2.26%) Cloud Architect
15 22 (2.26%) Consultant
16 21 (2.16%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 21 (2.16%) GCP DevOps Engineer
16 21 (2.16%) Software Engineer
17 19 (1.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (7.41%) REST
2 43 (4.42%) Kafka
3 40 (4.12%) React
3 40 (4.12%) Spring
3 40 (4.12%) Spring Boot
4 26 (2.67%) Node.js
5 25 (2.57%) OAuth
6 23 (2.37%) Android Jetpack
6 23 (2.37%) JSON
6 23 (2.37%) LangChain
6 23 (2.37%) RESTful
7 21 (2.16%) Android SDK
7 21 (2.16%) HTML
8 18 (1.85%) Jetpack Compose
8 18 (1.85%) PyTorch
8 18 (1.85%) YAML
9 17 (1.75%) CSS
9 17 (1.75%) SAML
10 14 (1.44%) Apache Beam
10 14 (1.44%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 147 (15.12%) Cloud Native
2 47 (4.84%) AI Agents
3 37 (3.81%) Product Ownership
4 33 (3.40%) Onboarding
5 32 (3.29%) Management Information System
6 28 (2.88%) Virtual Team
7 27 (2.78%) Data Centre
7 27 (2.78%) Mobile App
7 27 (2.78%) Public Cloud
8 26 (2.67%) Security Posture
9 24 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
10 23 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (1.44%) Clustering
12 14 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
13 13 (1.34%) Marketing Technology
14 12 (1.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 11 (1.13%) Enterprise Software
16 10 (1.03%) Data Structures
16 10 (1.03%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 67 (6.89%) Windows
2 62 (6.38%) Linux
3 44 (4.53%) Android
4 28 (2.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (1.44%) Mac OS
6 13 (1.34%) Windows Server
7 12 (1.23%) Apple iOS
8 9 (0.93%) Unix
8 9 (0.93%) VMS
9 6 (0.62%) Data ONTAP
10 5 (0.51%) CoreOS
10 5 (0.51%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.41%) Alpine Linux
12 1 (0.10%) CentOS
12 1 (0.10%) SUSE
12 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.10%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.10%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (27.26%) CI/CD
2 215 (22.12%) DevOps
3 207 (21.30%) Agile
4 204 (20.99%) AI
5 175 (18.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 169 (17.39%) Analytics
7 148 (15.23%) Problem-Solving
8 143 (14.71%) Migration
9 110 (11.32%) Stakeholder Management
10 98 (10.08%) Observability
11 95 (9.77%) Roadmaps
12 93 (9.57%) Continuous Improvement
13 91 (9.36%) Machine Learning
14 88 (9.05%) Software Engineering
15 85 (8.74%) Decision-Making
16 81 (8.33%) Cloud Security
16 81 (8.33%) Microservices
17 80 (8.23%) Data Modelling
18 71 (7.30%) Containerisation
19 64 (6.58%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 266 (27.37%) Python
2 173 (17.80%) SQL
3 145 (14.92%) Java
4 82 (8.44%) PowerShell
5 74 (7.61%) Bash
6 42 (4.32%) JavaScript
7 33 (3.40%) Kotlin
8 27 (2.78%) Go
9 24 (2.47%) TypeScript
10 23 (2.37%) C#
11 15 (1.54%) Scala
12 14 (1.44%) Groovy
13 13 (1.34%) Shell Script
14 12 (1.23%) Google Apps Script
15 11 (1.13%) Bicep
16 10 (1.03%) Rust
17 6 (0.62%) PL/SQL
17 6 (0.62%) SOQL
18 5 (0.51%) Ruby
19 4 (0.41%) Korn
Qualifications
1 186 (19.14%) Security Cleared
2 152 (15.64%) SC Cleared
3 90 (9.26%) Degree
4 46 (4.73%) DV Cleared
5 40 (4.12%) AWS Certification
6 31 (3.19%) Azure Certification
7 29 (2.98%) BPSS Clearance
8 28 (2.88%) CISSP
9 27 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.54%) Master's Degree
12 10 (1.03%) CCNP
13 8 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
14 7 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 6 (0.62%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 6 (0.62%) CISM
15 6 (0.62%) PhD
16 5 (0.51%) OCP
16 5 (0.51%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (4.94%) Data Quality
2 47 (4.84%) GDPR
3 42 (4.32%) QA
4 20 (2.06%) NIST
5 18 (1.85%) Accessibility
6 16 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.23%) WCAG
8 9 (0.93%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.72%) NCSC
10 6 (0.62%) PMO
11 5 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.41%) GRC
12 4 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.41%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.41%) PERC
12 4 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.31%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.31%) SLA
13 3 (0.31%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.21%) PSD2
System Software
1 99 (10.19%) Docker
2 54 (5.56%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.51%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.51%) NFS
6 5 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.51%) vSphere
7 4 (0.41%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.41%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (0.41%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.31%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.21%) Firmware
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.10%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 1 (0.10%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 198 (20.37%) Terraform
2 164 (16.87%) Kubernetes
3 36 (3.70%) Grafana
4 33 (3.40%) Ansible
5 30 (3.09%) Prometheus
6 20 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
7 19 (1.95%) Progress Chef
8 15 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (1.03%) Istio
10 9 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
10 9 (0.93%) Puppet
11 7 (0.72%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 6 (0.62%) Kubeflow
12 6 (0.62%) Podman
13 5 (0.51%) SCCM
13 5 (0.51%) SnapMirror
13 5 (0.51%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.41%) Argo
14 4 (0.41%) vMotion
15 3 (0.31%) CASB
Vendors
1 168 (17.28%) Microsoft
2 29 (2.98%) OpenAI
3 28 (2.88%) Oracle
4 27 (2.78%) Splunk
5 26 (2.67%) Databricks
6 25 (2.57%) Red Hat
7 22 (2.26%) Adobe
7 22 (2.26%) Dynatrace
8 20 (2.06%) Salesforce
9 19 (1.95%) TikTok
10 18 (1.85%) ServiceNow
11 16 (1.65%) Apple
11 16 (1.65%) VMware
12 15 (1.54%) Okta
13 14 (1.44%) IBM
13 14 (1.44%) SAP
14 10 (1.03%) Cisco
15 9 (0.93%) Infoblox
15 9 (0.93%) Informatica
15 9 (0.93%) Palo Alto