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 4 April 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
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 111 130
Rank change year-on-year -1 +19 -18
Contract jobs citing Google 880 604 671
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.28% 2.48% 1.79%
As % of the Vendors category 5.24% 5.25% 4.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 562 348 445
10th Percentile £263 £250 £225
25th Percentile £402 £356 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 59 49
10th Percentile £21.25 £16.95 £11.18
25th Percentile £26.00 £24.42 £17.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £31.76 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.78% +22.15% -30.25%
75th Percentile £35.91 £57.22 £32.50
90th Percentile £49.00 £62.65 £62.75
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £31.76 £26.00
% change year-on-year +11.78% +22.15% -34.26%

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 16,788 11,511 15,882
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 43.48% 47.24% 42.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,983 7,477 10,170
10th Percentile £313 £296 £255
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.19%
75th Percentile £604 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £514
% change year-on-year -2.91% +0.19% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 867 421 954
10th Percentile £15.45 £15.09 £12.04
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.51 £14.27
Median hourly rate £25.77 £29.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.14% +23.40% -37.33%
75th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £55.08
90th Percentile £77.50 £80.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £28.60 £22.73
% change year-on-year -5.59% +25.85% -44.01%

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 4 April 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 4 April 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 4 April 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 -11 449 £525 - 228
North of England -10 165 £500 -9.09% 94
Yorkshire -1 95 £500 - 42
South East -49 78 £475 -6.40% 109
Midlands -22 72 £525 +40.56% 38
North West -25 61 £544 -13.00% 44
South West +1 57 £525 +5.00% 20
East of England -16 37 £510 +59.38% 23
West Midlands -33 37 £481 -8.33% 15
East Midlands -5 35 £550 +67.68% 23
North East -8 12 £475 +43.94% 9
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 32 (3.64%) Apache Spark
2 30 (3.41%) Apache
3 27 (3.07%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (1.93%) Confluence
5 16 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (1.82%) SharePoint
6 8 (0.91%) CMS
7 3 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.34%) Drupal
8 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.11%) IIS
8 1 (0.11%) JBoss
8 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.11%) nginx
8 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.11%) SAS
8 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 41 (4.66%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.25%) Chatbot
5 8 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.57%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.45%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.45%) Trello
8 3 (0.34%) Adobe XD
9 2 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.23%) Autodesk Smoke
9 2 (0.23%) Sketch
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.11%) InDesign
10 1 (0.11%) Maya
Business Applications
1 6 (0.68%) Sprinklr
2 4 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.11%) Actimize
5 1 (0.11%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.11%) SAP SRM
5 1 (0.11%) Shopify
5 1 (0.11%) VisionPLUS
5 1 (0.11%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 540 (61.36%) GCP
2 277 (31.48%) Azure
3 238 (27.05%) AWS
4 156 (17.73%) Google Workspace
5 92 (10.45%) GitHub
6 82 (9.32%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 77 (8.75%) Power Platform
8 52 (5.91%) Google Analytics
9 44 (5.00%) Google Sheets
9 44 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
10 36 (4.09%) GitHub Actions
10 36 (4.09%) Vertex AI
11 34 (3.86%) SaaS
12 32 (3.64%) Cloud Run
13 31 (3.52%) AWS CloudFormation
14 30 (3.41%) Amazon S3
14 30 (3.41%) Cloud Computing
15 28 (3.18%) Entra ID
16 27 (3.07%) Google Gemini
17 26 (2.95%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 60 (6.82%) Firewall
2 33 (3.75%) DNS
3 31 (3.52%) VPN
4 28 (3.18%) Network Security
5 13 (1.48%) VoIP
6 11 (1.25%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.02%) DHCP
8 8 (0.91%) Internet
9 6 (0.68%) BGP
10 5 (0.57%) SAN
11 4 (0.45%) HTTP
11 4 (0.45%) OSPF
11 4 (0.45%) Reverse Proxy
11 4 (0.45%) Wireless
12 3 (0.34%) IPv4
12 3 (0.34%) IPv6
12 3 (0.34%) LAN
12 3 (0.34%) SMTP
13 2 (0.23%) Cisco IPT
13 2 (0.23%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (13.07%) BigQuery
2 67 (7.61%) Power BI
3 36 (4.09%) Tableau
4 26 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (2.84%) NoSQL
5 25 (2.84%) PostgreSQL
6 22 (2.50%) Data Lake
7 21 (2.39%) Looker
7 21 (2.39%) SQL Server
8 20 (2.27%) OLAP
9 19 (2.16%) Mixpanel
10 18 (2.05%) Amazon Athena
11 17 (1.93%) OLTP
12 16 (1.82%) Metadata
13 15 (1.70%) Big Data
14 13 (1.48%) MySQL
15 6 (0.68%) MongoDB
15 6 (0.68%) Redis
15 6 (0.68%) Snowflake Schema
15 6 (0.68%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 80 (9.09%) Jenkins
2 57 (6.48%) Git
3 47 (5.34%) JIRA
4 43 (4.89%) GitLab
5 12 (1.36%) JUnit
6 6 (0.68%) Selenium
7 5 (0.57%) Charles Proxy
7 5 (0.57%) REST Assured
7 5 (0.57%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.45%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.45%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.45%) Gatling
8 4 (0.45%) Mockito
8 4 (0.45%) Postman
9 3 (0.34%) Android Studio
9 3 (0.34%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.34%) Fiddler
9 3 (0.34%) Gradle
9 3 (0.34%) IntelliJ
9 3 (0.34%) Liquibase
General
1 282 (32.05%) Social Skills
2 167 (18.98%) Finance
3 117 (13.30%) Analytical Skills
4 78 (8.86%) Public Sector
5 74 (8.41%) Banking
6 70 (7.95%) Marketing
7 49 (5.57%) Retail
8 27 (3.07%) Legal
9 25 (2.84%) Advertising
10 24 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
11 18 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 18 (2.05%) Publishing
12 17 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (1.59%) Pharmaceutical
13 14 (1.59%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.48%) Military
15 10 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.14%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.80%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 116 (13.18%) GCP Engineer
2 95 (10.80%) Senior
3 89 (10.11%) Analyst
4 88 (10.00%) Architect
5 81 (9.20%) Cloud Engineer
5 81 (9.20%) Lead
6 60 (6.82%) Data Engineer
7 56 (6.36%) Developer
8 35 (3.98%) Consultant
9 27 (3.07%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 26 (2.95%) DevOps Engineer
11 25 (2.84%) Cloud Architect
12 24 (2.73%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 24 (2.73%) Software Engineer
12 24 (2.73%) Solutions Architect
13 23 (2.61%) Security Engineer
14 22 (2.50%) Administrator
14 22 (2.50%) Network Engineer
15 20 (2.27%) GCP DevOps
15 20 (2.27%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (6.02%) REST
2 41 (4.66%) Kafka
3 38 (4.32%) PyTorch
4 31 (3.52%) LangChain
5 30 (3.41%) RESTful
6 29 (3.30%) React
6 29 (3.30%) Spring
7 28 (3.18%) scikit-learn
7 28 (3.18%) Spring Boot
7 28 (3.18%) TensorFlow
8 21 (2.39%) HTML
8 21 (2.39%) Node.js
8 21 (2.39%) OAuth
9 20 (2.27%) Pandas
10 18 (2.05%) CSS
10 18 (2.05%) Great Expectations
10 18 (2.05%) LangGraph
11 16 (1.82%) AngularJS
12 15 (1.70%) Android SDK
12 15 (1.70%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 102 (11.59%) Cloud Native
2 44 (5.00%) Public Cloud
3 38 (4.32%) Onboarding
4 31 (3.52%) Product Ownership
5 24 (2.73%) Distributed Systems
6 22 (2.50%) Data Centre
7 21 (2.39%) Virtual Team
8 19 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (2.05%) Mobile App
10 16 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
11 15 (1.70%) AI Agents
12 14 (1.59%) Clustering
12 14 (1.59%) Life Science
13 12 (1.36%) Management Information System
13 12 (1.36%) Marketing Technology
14 11 (1.25%) Security Posture
14 11 (1.25%) Smartphone
14 11 (1.25%) Social Media
15 10 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
16 9 (1.02%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 55 (6.25%) Windows
2 48 (5.45%) Linux
3 46 (5.23%) Android
4 29 (3.30%) Mac OS
5 27 (3.07%) Apple iOS
6 17 (1.93%) VMS
7 9 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.68%) Data ONTAP
8 6 (0.68%) Windows Server
9 5 (0.57%) CoreOS
9 5 (0.57%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Solaris
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 229 (26.02%) CI/CD
2 216 (24.55%) DevOps
3 195 (22.16%) AI
4 179 (20.34%) Analytics
5 152 (17.27%) Problem-Solving
6 151 (17.16%) Infrastructure as Code
7 138 (15.68%) Agile
8 112 (12.73%) Migration
9 105 (11.93%) Machine Learning
10 95 (10.80%) Stakeholder Management
11 93 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
12 89 (10.11%) Observability
13 82 (9.32%) Containerisation
14 75 (8.52%) Business Intelligence
15 74 (8.41%) Microservices
16 73 (8.30%) Software Engineering
17 66 (7.50%) User Experience
18 64 (7.27%) Decision-Making
19 63 (7.16%) LLM
20 62 (7.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 249 (28.30%) Python
2 161 (18.30%) SQL
3 96 (10.91%) Java
4 41 (4.66%) PowerShell
5 38 (4.32%) JavaScript
6 36 (4.09%) Bash
7 30 (3.41%) C#
8 27 (3.07%) Go
8 27 (3.07%) Kotlin
9 19 (2.16%) TypeScript
10 11 (1.25%) Google Apps Script
11 6 (0.68%) Ruby
11 6 (0.68%) Scala
12 5 (0.57%) Bicep
12 5 (0.57%) Groovy
12 5 (0.57%) Rust
13 4 (0.45%) C++
13 4 (0.45%) Kusto Query Language
13 4 (0.45%) VBA
14 3 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 139 (15.80%) Security Cleared
2 113 (12.84%) SC Cleared
3 96 (10.91%) Degree
4 33 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.50%) Master's Degree
6 19 (2.16%) Azure Certification
7 18 (2.05%) AWS Certification
8 16 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
9 15 (1.70%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (1.25%) DV Cleared
12 10 (1.14%) CISSP
13 7 (0.80%) CCNP
14 5 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (0.57%) OCP
14 5 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
15 4 (0.45%) CCSP
15 4 (0.45%) CSPO
15 4 (0.45%) IBM Certification
15 4 (0.45%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (8.86%) GDPR
2 51 (5.80%) Data Quality
3 35 (3.98%) QA
4 19 (2.16%) Accessibility
5 18 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.70%) NIST
7 12 (1.36%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.02%) NCSC
9 7 (0.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.68%) PERC
11 5 (0.57%) WCAG
12 4 (0.45%) GRC
12 4 (0.45%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.34%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.34%) SLA
13 3 (0.34%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.11%) ISO 8583
14 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 1 (0.11%) MiFID
System Software
1 97 (11.02%) Docker
2 35 (3.98%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.57%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.57%) NFS
5 5 (0.57%) vSphere
6 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 2 (0.23%) Snort
6 2 (0.23%) Squid
6 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.11%) Firmware
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.11%) Varnish
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 184 (20.91%) Terraform
2 154 (17.50%) Kubernetes
3 42 (4.77%) Ansible
4 36 (4.09%) Grafana
5 28 (3.18%) Prometheus
6 24 (2.73%) Istio
7 11 (1.25%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (1.14%) SCCM
9 9 (1.02%) Argo
9 9 (1.02%) Kubeflow
10 8 (0.91%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 6 (0.68%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.57%) SnapMirror
13 4 (0.45%) Nessus
14 3 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.34%) QRadar
14 3 (0.34%) vCenter Server
15 2 (0.23%) Knative
15 2 (0.23%) Suricata
Vendors
1 138 (15.68%) Microsoft
2 33 (3.75%) Databricks
2 33 (3.75%) Splunk
3 24 (2.73%) Adobe
4 22 (2.50%) Salesforce
5 21 (2.39%) ServiceNow
6 20 (2.27%) Apple
6 20 (2.27%) OpenAI
7 18 (2.05%) Oracle
8 16 (1.82%) IBM
9 15 (1.70%) VMware
10 12 (1.36%) Okta
10 12 (1.36%) Red Hat
11 11 (1.25%) Citrix
11 11 (1.25%) Foundry
12 9 (1.02%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.02%) SAP
12 9 (1.02%) Tealium
13 8 (0.91%) NetApp
13 8 (0.91%) TikTok