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 15 January 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
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 117 162
Rank change year-on-year +9 +45 -47
Contract jobs citing Google 775 585 580
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.44% 2.17% 1.62%
As % of the Vendors category 5.24% 4.72% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 324 411
10th Percentile £263 £304 £201
25th Percentile £363 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £614 £688 £650
90th Percentile £749 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £511 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -2.62% -1.18% -7.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 29 33
10th Percentile £18.28 £26.05 £16.31
25th Percentile £21.25 £30.67 £18.00
Median hourly rate £33.00 £46.50 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% +43.87% -7.66%
75th Percentile £42.25 £61.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £62.25 £63.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.09 £44.79 £32.32
% change year-on-year -26.13% +38.58% -7.66%

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 14,779 12,397 15,689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.53% 45.98% 43.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,697 7,489 10,179
10th Percentile £300 £290 £250
25th Percentile £409 £410 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £708 £720 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 686 351 628
10th Percentile £15.44 £15.49 £13.91
25th Percentile £17.96 £18.13 £18.00
Median hourly rate £23.75 £30.00 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -31.57% +35.93%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.93 £63.29
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.75 £76.33
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.13 £43.50
% change year-on-year -12.17% -37.64% +50.00%

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 15 January 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 15 January 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 15 January 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 +1 400 £528 -4.09% 205
North of England +7 154 £450 -10.00% 152
Yorkshire +2 83 £450 -10.00% 65
South East -2 78 £313 -37.40% 214
Midlands +18 65 £520 +46.07% 81
North West +5 65 £484 -12.09% 72
South West -3 42 £525 -16.00% 68
West Midlands 0 40 £500 +5.26% 38
East Midlands -5 25 £525 +70.45% 43
East of England -25 25 £625 +47.06% 94
North East -19 6 £495 +18.56% 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 26 (3.35%) Apache Spark
2 20 (2.58%) Confluence
3 17 (2.19%) Apache
3 17 (2.19%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (1.94%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.29%) CMS
6 9 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.77%) Mule
8 5 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.39%) Drupal
9 3 (0.39%) Ethereum
9 3 (0.39%) Hyperledger
9 3 (0.39%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.39%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.26%) SAS
10 2 (0.26%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.13%) JBoss
11 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
11 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (4.52%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.77%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.52%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.52%) Trello
6 3 (0.39%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.39%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.26%) Autodesk Smoke
7 2 (0.26%) Sketch
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.13%) InDesign
8 1 (0.13%) Maya
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.13%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.13%) Shopify
4 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
4 1 (0.13%) WebTrends
4 1 (0.13%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 490 (63.23%) GCP
2 280 (36.13%) Azure
3 228 (29.42%) AWS
4 104 (13.42%) Google Workspace
5 102 (13.16%) GitHub
6 73 (9.42%) Power Platform
7 68 (8.77%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 51 (6.58%) Google Analytics
9 39 (5.03%) GitHub Actions
10 38 (4.90%) SaaS
11 35 (4.52%) Serverless
12 34 (4.39%) Cloud Run
13 32 (4.13%) Entra ID
14 31 (4.00%) Cloud Computing
15 30 (3.87%) Google Tag Manager
15 30 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
16 27 (3.48%) Google Sheets
17 26 (3.35%) Vertex AI
18 25 (3.23%) Cloud Functions
18 25 (3.23%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 56 (7.23%) Firewall
2 24 (3.10%) Network Security
3 10 (1.29%) DNS
3 10 (1.29%) VoIP
4 9 (1.16%) Internet
5 6 (0.77%) VPN
5 6 (0.77%) Wireless
6 5 (0.65%) DHCP
6 5 (0.65%) HTTP
6 5 (0.65%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.52%) LAN
8 3 (0.39%) Intranet
8 3 (0.39%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.26%) Broadband
9 2 (0.26%) Cisco IPT
9 2 (0.26%) SMTP
9 2 (0.26%) SSL
9 2 (0.26%) VLAN
9 2 (0.26%) VRRP
9 2 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (12.00%) BigQuery
2 66 (8.52%) Power BI
3 39 (5.03%) NoSQL
4 37 (4.77%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (4.52%) Tableau
6 27 (3.48%) Looker
7 22 (2.84%) SQL Server
8 21 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
9 17 (2.19%) MySQL
10 16 (2.06%) Big Data
11 15 (1.94%) Data Lake
11 15 (1.94%) Mixpanel
12 12 (1.55%) Relational Database
13 11 (1.42%) Metadata
14 10 (1.29%) OLAP
14 10 (1.29%) Redis
15 9 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
15 9 (1.16%) Hadoop
15 9 (1.16%) MongoDB
15 9 (1.16%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 92 (11.87%) Jenkins
2 68 (8.77%) Git
3 49 (6.32%) JIRA
4 44 (5.68%) GitLab
5 15 (1.94%) Sonatype Nexus
6 12 (1.55%) SonarQube
7 8 (1.03%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.90%) Gradle
8 7 (0.90%) Liquibase
9 6 (0.77%) Visual Website Optimizer
10 5 (0.65%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.65%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (0.65%) CircleCI
10 5 (0.65%) JUnit
10 5 (0.65%) Mockito
10 5 (0.65%) Selenium
11 4 (0.52%) Postman
12 3 (0.39%) Charles Proxy
12 3 (0.39%) Fiddler
12 3 (0.39%) Xcode
General
1 288 (37.16%) Social Skills
2 149 (19.23%) Finance
3 101 (13.03%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (12.00%) Banking
5 58 (7.48%) Public Sector
6 57 (7.35%) Marketing
7 27 (3.48%) Retail
8 22 (2.84%) Pharmaceutical
9 20 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (2.32%) Publishing
11 17 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 16 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
13 15 (1.94%) Advertising
13 15 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (1.81%) Financial Institution
14 14 (1.81%) Legal
15 13 (1.68%) Telecoms
16 9 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (0.90%) Manufacturing
18 6 (0.77%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 100 (12.90%) Senior
2 80 (10.32%) Developer
3 78 (10.06%) Analyst
4 72 (9.29%) Architect
5 71 (9.16%) GCP Engineer
6 59 (7.61%) Lead
7 51 (6.58%) Cloud Engineer
8 33 (4.26%) Data Engineer
8 33 (4.26%) DevOps Engineer
9 29 (3.74%) Consultant
10 27 (3.48%) Software Engineer
11 26 (3.35%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 25 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
13 23 (2.97%) GCP DevOps
14 21 (2.71%) Android Developer
14 21 (2.71%) GCP DevOps Engineer
14 21 (2.71%) Senior Developer
14 21 (2.71%) Support Engineer
15 20 (2.58%) Data Scientist
16 19 (2.45%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (6.97%) RESTful
2 44 (5.68%) REST
3 37 (4.77%) React
4 36 (4.65%) Node.js
5 35 (4.52%) HTML
6 31 (4.00%) Spring
7 30 (3.87%) Kafka
8 29 (3.74%) PyTorch
9 28 (3.61%) CSS
10 27 (3.48%) LangChain
11 26 (3.35%) FastAPI
11 26 (3.35%) scikit-learn
11 26 (3.35%) TensorFlow
12 25 (3.23%) LangGraph
13 24 (3.10%) OAuth
14 23 (2.97%) Spring Boot
15 21 (2.71%) AngularJS
16 17 (2.19%) Android Jetpack
16 17 (2.19%) Jetpack Compose
16 17 (2.19%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 96 (12.39%) Cloud Native
2 47 (6.06%) Onboarding
3 30 (3.87%) Distributed Systems
4 28 (3.61%) Public Cloud
5 25 (3.23%) Product Ownership
6 21 (2.71%) Mobile App
7 19 (2.45%) Life Science
8 18 (2.32%) AI Agents
9 16 (2.06%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (2.06%) Genomics
10 15 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (1.55%) Data Centre
11 12 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.55%) Social Media
12 10 (1.29%) Algorithms
12 10 (1.29%) Management Information System
12 10 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
13 9 (1.16%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.16%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 54 (6.97%) Linux
2 47 (6.06%) Android
3 45 (5.81%) Windows
4 27 (3.48%) Apple iOS
5 21 (2.71%) Mac OS
6 12 (1.55%) VMS
7 7 (0.90%) Unix
8 6 (0.77%) Windows Server
9 5 (0.65%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.26%) Solaris
11 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.13%) MVS
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (27.48%) DevOps
2 207 (26.71%) CI/CD
3 167 (21.55%) Agile
4 162 (20.90%) AI
5 156 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
6 153 (19.74%) Analytics
7 124 (16.00%) Containerisation
8 114 (14.71%) Infrastructure as Code
9 97 (12.52%) Continuous Improvement
10 96 (12.39%) Microservices
11 95 (12.26%) Machine Learning
12 84 (10.84%) Migration
13 79 (10.19%) Stakeholder Management
14 78 (10.06%) User Experience
15 69 (8.90%) Business Intelligence
16 68 (8.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 63 (8.13%) Change Management
18 62 (8.00%) ITIL
18 62 (8.00%) Software Engineering
19 59 (7.61%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 236 (30.45%) Python
2 136 (17.55%) SQL
3 89 (11.48%) Java
4 53 (6.84%) JavaScript
5 41 (5.29%) PowerShell
6 38 (4.90%) Bash
7 27 (3.48%) TypeScript
8 25 (3.23%) Kotlin
9 23 (2.97%) Go
10 14 (1.81%) C#
11 12 (1.55%) Ruby
12 9 (1.16%) Kusto Query Language
12 9 (1.16%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.90%) Scala
13 7 (0.90%) VBA
14 6 (0.77%) Bicep
15 5 (0.65%) R
16 4 (0.52%) C++
17 3 (0.39%) Objective-C
17 3 (0.39%) PHP
Qualifications
1 108 (13.94%) Security Cleared
2 94 (12.13%) SC Cleared
3 90 (11.61%) Degree
4 37 (4.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (3.48%) Master's Degree
6 16 (2.06%) Azure Certification
7 15 (1.94%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.68%) MCP
9 12 (1.55%) CISSP
9 12 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (1.16%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 7 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (0.90%) CCSP
14 6 (0.77%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (0.65%) OSCP
15 5 (0.65%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (6.84%) GDPR
2 38 (4.90%) Data Quality
3 34 (4.39%) QA
4 23 (2.97%) Accessibility
5 19 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.16%) NCSC
6 9 (1.16%) NIST
6 9 (1.16%) PCI DSS
7 7 (0.90%) GRC
8 6 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 6 (0.77%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.65%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.39%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.26%) DICOM
11 2 (0.26%) PERC
11 2 (0.26%) SLA
11 2 (0.26%) WCAG
12 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.13%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 146 (18.84%) Docker
2 35 (4.52%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.65%) Squid
5 4 (0.52%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.52%) Snort
6 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 2 (0.26%) KVM
6 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.13%) NFS
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.13%) SRDF
7 1 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 169 (21.81%) Kubernetes
2 138 (17.81%) Terraform
3 49 (6.32%) Ansible
4 32 (4.13%) Grafana
5 28 (3.61%) Prometheus
6 18 (2.32%) Istio
7 16 (2.06%) Argo
8 13 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (1.55%) SCCM
9 12 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.90%) QRadar
11 6 (0.77%) NetBackup
11 6 (0.77%) Oracle RMAN
12 5 (0.65%) Nessus
12 5 (0.65%) Puppet
13 4 (0.52%) logstash
13 4 (0.52%) Nexpose
13 4 (0.52%) Suricata
14 3 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.39%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 124 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 43 (5.55%) Splunk
3 29 (3.74%) Salesforce
4 26 (3.35%) Adobe
5 24 (3.10%) Apple
5 24 (3.10%) Databricks
6 23 (2.97%) OpenAI
7 21 (2.71%) Oracle
8 17 (2.19%) VMware
9 15 (1.94%) Okta
10 14 (1.81%) Palo Alto
10 14 (1.81%) SAP
11 13 (1.68%) Cisco
12 12 (1.55%) Foundry
12 12 (1.55%) IBM
13 11 (1.42%) Citrix
13 11 (1.42%) CyberArk
14 10 (1.29%) Amplitude
14 10 (1.29%) CrowdStrike
15 9 (1.16%) Optimizely