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 16 May 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
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 101 117
Rank change year-on-year -20 +16 -9
Contract jobs citing Google 846 621 714
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.06% 2.56% 1.96%
As % of the Vendors category 5.00% 5.38% 4.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 544 364 468
10th Percentile £300 £238 £279
25th Percentile £413 £390 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £626 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 59 65
10th Percentile £17.66 £16.95 £11.25
25th Percentile £24.46 £20.64 £20.75
Median hourly rate £35.50 £31.35 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.26% +20.56% -34.30%
75th Percentile £35.83 £50.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £44.95 £62.65 -
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year +20.34% +13.46% -34.34%

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 16,921 11,548 15,246
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.25% 47.60% 41.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,953 7,441 9,698
10th Percentile £313 £280 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £519
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +1.11% -2.58%
75th Percentile £611 £625 £638
90th Percentile £711 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 896 462 1,000
10th Percentile £15.36 £14.84 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.44 £14.27
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.39 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.14% +17.30% -41.56%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.75 £56.70
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.15
% change year-on-year +27.45% +15.12% -47.88%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 16 May 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 -18 427 £525 - 234
North of England -17 160 £500 - 80
Yorkshire -14 84 £500 +7.70% 17
South East -76 68 £509 +0.30% 77
Midlands -27 67 £533 +33.23% 39
South West -7 63 £550 +25.71% 30
North West -20 61 £550 -8.33% 56
East Midlands +4 39 £550 +40.66% 19
East of England -9 39 £510 +5.15% 31
West Midlands -52 28 £431 -13.32% 20
North East -7 18 £450 - 7
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 40 (4.73%) SharePoint
2 32 (3.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (3.31%) Apache Spark
4 26 (3.07%) Apache
5 18 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
6 13 (1.54%) Confluence
7 9 (1.06%) CMS
8 2 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.24%) Drupal
8 2 (0.24%) nginx
8 2 (0.24%) WordPress
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.12%) IIS
9 1 (0.12%) JBoss
9 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 33 (3.90%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.30%) Chatbot
5 8 (0.95%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.59%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.47%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.35%) Trello
9 2 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.24%) Maya
9 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.12%) Autodesk Smoke
10 1 (0.12%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 5 (0.59%) Sprinklr
2 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.12%) Actimize
4 1 (0.12%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.12%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.12%) VisionPLUS
4 1 (0.12%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 515 (60.87%) GCP
2 250 (29.55%) Azure
3 218 (25.77%) AWS
4 168 (19.86%) Google Workspace
5 87 (10.28%) GitHub
6 84 (9.93%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 70 (8.27%) Microsoft 365
8 68 (8.04%) Power Platform
9 54 (6.38%) Google Sheets
10 50 (5.91%) SaaS
11 44 (5.20%) Google Analytics
12 42 (4.96%) GitHub Actions
13 37 (4.37%) Vertex AI
14 30 (3.55%) Cloud Computing
14 30 (3.55%) Entra ID
15 28 (3.31%) Cloud Run
15 28 (3.31%) Google Drive
15 28 (3.31%) Slack
16 27 (3.19%) Amazon S3
16 27 (3.19%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 51 (6.03%) Firewall
2 41 (4.85%) DNS
3 33 (3.90%) VPN
4 20 (2.36%) Network Security
5 13 (1.54%) VoIP
6 11 (1.30%) DKIM
6 11 (1.30%) DMARC
7 9 (1.06%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.95%) Internet
9 7 (0.83%) DHCP
10 6 (0.71%) Reverse Proxy
11 5 (0.59%) BGP
11 5 (0.59%) SAN
12 4 (0.47%) OSPF
12 4 (0.47%) Wireless
13 3 (0.35%) HTTP
13 3 (0.35%) IPv4
13 3 (0.35%) IPv6
13 3 (0.35%) VLAN
13 3 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (12.53%) BigQuery
2 59 (6.97%) Power BI
3 37 (4.37%) Tableau
4 30 (3.55%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (2.72%) Data Lake
6 21 (2.48%) SQL Server
7 20 (2.36%) Looker
8 18 (2.13%) Metadata
8 18 (2.13%) NoSQL
8 18 (2.13%) OLAP
9 16 (1.89%) Amazon Athena
9 16 (1.89%) Mixpanel
10 15 (1.77%) OLTP
10 15 (1.77%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (1.42%) Big Data
12 11 (1.30%) MySQL
13 9 (1.06%) Relational Database
14 7 (0.83%) Redis
15 6 (0.71%) Snowflake Schema
15 6 (0.71%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 77 (9.10%) Jenkins
2 48 (5.67%) Git
2 48 (5.67%) JIRA
3 37 (4.37%) GitLab
4 13 (1.54%) JUnit
5 9 (1.06%) SonarQube
6 7 (0.83%) IntelliJ
7 5 (0.59%) REST Assured
7 5 (0.59%) Selenium
8 4 (0.47%) Android Studio
8 4 (0.47%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.47%) Gatling
8 4 (0.47%) Gradle
8 4 (0.47%) Postman
9 3 (0.35%) Charles Proxy
9 3 (0.35%) Crashlytics
9 3 (0.35%) fastlane
9 3 (0.35%) JMeter
9 3 (0.35%) Liquibase
9 3 (0.35%) LoadRunner
General
1 248 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 158 (18.68%) Finance
3 98 (11.58%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 67 (7.92%) Marketing
6 59 (6.97%) Banking
7 45 (5.32%) Retail
8 30 (3.55%) Legal
9 23 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (2.01%) Publishing
12 16 (1.89%) Advertising
12 16 (1.89%) Military
13 14 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (1.54%) Telecoms
15 11 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (0.95%) Automotive
17 8 (0.95%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 113 (13.36%) GCP Engineer
2 91 (10.76%) Architect
3 88 (10.40%) Senior
4 80 (9.46%) Analyst
5 79 (9.34%) Lead
6 74 (8.75%) Cloud Engineer
7 57 (6.74%) Data Engineer
8 53 (6.26%) Developer
9 39 (4.61%) Administrator
10 31 (3.66%) DevOps Engineer
11 28 (3.31%) Cloud Architect
12 25 (2.96%) Consultant
13 24 (2.84%) GCP DevOps
14 23 (2.72%) Network Engineer
14 23 (2.72%) Software Engineer
14 23 (2.72%) Solutions Architect
15 22 (2.60%) GCP DevOps Engineer
16 21 (2.48%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
16 21 (2.48%) Security Engineer
17 20 (2.36%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (4.49%) REST
2 34 (4.02%) Kafka
3 32 (3.78%) React
4 31 (3.66%) PyTorch
5 30 (3.55%) OAuth
6 27 (3.19%) LangChain
7 26 (3.07%) Spring
8 25 (2.96%) Spring Boot
9 24 (2.84%) Node.js
10 20 (2.36%) scikit-learn
10 20 (2.36%) TensorFlow
11 16 (1.89%) Great Expectations
12 15 (1.77%) Android Jetpack
12 15 (1.77%) AngularJS
12 15 (1.77%) HTML
12 15 (1.77%) Jetpack Compose
12 15 (1.77%) RESTful
13 14 (1.65%) .NET
13 14 (1.65%) OpenID
13 14 (1.65%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 106 (12.53%) Cloud Native
2 35 (4.14%) Public Cloud
3 32 (3.78%) Product Ownership
4 27 (3.19%) Onboarding
5 23 (2.72%) Data Centre
6 22 (2.60%) Virtual Team
7 21 (2.48%) Management Information System
8 20 (2.36%) AI Agents
9 17 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
11 15 (1.77%) Mobile App
12 13 (1.54%) Clustering
13 12 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (1.42%) Security Posture
14 11 (1.30%) Smartphone
15 10 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
15 10 (1.18%) Marketing Technology
16 9 (1.06%) e-Learning
17 8 (0.95%) Freedom of Information
17 8 (0.95%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 43 (5.08%) Android
2 42 (4.96%) Windows
3 31 (3.66%) Linux
4 26 (3.07%) Mac OS
5 24 (2.84%) Apple iOS
6 16 (1.89%) VMS
7 9 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.71%) Data ONTAP
9 5 (0.59%) CoreOS
9 5 (0.59%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.59%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.12%) Solaris
10 1 (0.12%) Unix
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (26.12%) CI/CD
2 194 (22.93%) DevOps
3 164 (19.39%) AI
4 161 (19.03%) Analytics
5 148 (17.49%) Infrastructure as Code
6 139 (16.43%) Migration
7 123 (14.54%) Agile
8 122 (14.42%) Problem-Solving
9 91 (10.76%) Observability
10 88 (10.40%) Stakeholder Management
11 84 (9.93%) Continuous Improvement
12 79 (9.34%) Machine Learning
13 73 (8.63%) Software Engineering
14 69 (8.16%) Business Intelligence
15 68 (8.04%) Decision-Making
16 62 (7.33%) Roadmaps
17 61 (7.21%) Data Modelling
18 60 (7.09%) Change Management
18 60 (7.09%) Data Engineering
18 60 (7.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 211 (24.94%) Python
2 159 (18.79%) SQL
3 93 (10.99%) Java
4 47 (5.56%) PowerShell
5 39 (4.61%) Bash
6 32 (3.78%) JavaScript
7 29 (3.43%) C#
8 26 (3.07%) Kotlin
9 20 (2.36%) Go
10 18 (2.13%) TypeScript
11 10 (1.18%) Scala
12 8 (0.95%) Google Apps Script
12 8 (0.95%) Rust
13 7 (0.83%) Groovy
14 5 (0.59%) R
15 4 (0.47%) Bicep
15 4 (0.47%) C++
15 4 (0.47%) Ruby
16 3 (0.35%) LookML
16 3 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 151 (17.85%) Security Cleared
2 126 (14.89%) SC Cleared
3 72 (8.51%) Degree
4 21 (2.48%) Azure Certification
4 21 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 17 (2.01%) AWS Certification
5 17 (2.01%) DV Cleared
6 16 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
8 12 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.30%) Master's Degree
10 10 (1.18%) CISSP
11 6 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 6 (0.71%) CCNP
12 5 (0.59%) OCP
12 5 (0.59%) Oracle Certification
12 5 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.47%) CCSP
13 4 (0.47%) CSPO
13 4 (0.47%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (7.57%) GDPR
2 48 (5.67%) Data Quality
3 35 (4.14%) QA
4 18 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (2.01%) Accessibility
6 16 (1.89%) NIST
7 11 (1.30%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.83%) WCAG
9 6 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.71%) PERC
10 5 (0.59%) GRC
10 5 (0.59%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (0.47%) NCSC
11 4 (0.47%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.35%) SLA
12 3 (0.35%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 71 (8.39%) Docker
2 49 (5.79%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.59%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.59%) NFS
5 5 (0.59%) vSphere
6 3 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.12%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.12%) Firmware
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.12%) Snort
8 1 (0.12%) Squid
8 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.12%) Varnish
8 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 181 (21.39%) Terraform
2 135 (15.96%) Kubernetes
3 33 (3.90%) Ansible
4 28 (3.31%) Grafana
5 22 (2.60%) Prometheus
6 21 (2.48%) Istio
7 17 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
8 15 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
9 10 (1.18%) SCCM
10 9 (1.06%) Argo
11 7 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
11 7 (0.83%) Kubeflow
11 7 (0.83%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 6 (0.71%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.59%) Podman
13 5 (0.59%) SnapMirror
14 3 (0.35%) Nessus
15 2 (0.24%) Cilium
15 2 (0.24%) OpenVAS
15 2 (0.24%) Puppet
Vendors
1 132 (15.60%) Microsoft
2 32 (3.78%) Databricks
3 23 (2.72%) ServiceNow
4 22 (2.60%) Salesforce
5 21 (2.48%) Oracle
6 20 (2.36%) Apple
7 18 (2.13%) OpenAI
8 16 (1.89%) Adobe
9 15 (1.77%) Splunk
9 15 (1.77%) VMware
10 13 (1.54%) IBM
11 12 (1.42%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.42%) Red Hat
12 11 (1.30%) Okta
13 10 (1.18%) Citrix
13 10 (1.18%) TikTok
14 9 (1.06%) Checkmarx
14 9 (1.06%) CyberArk
14 9 (1.06%) SAP
15 8 (0.95%) Foundry