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 March 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 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 115 131
Rank change year-on-year +5 +16 -19
Contract jobs citing Google 866 596 669
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.35% 2.41% 1.77%
As % of the Vendors category 5.33% 5.09% 4.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 348 449
10th Percentile £270 £256 £213
25th Percentile £402 £367 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.89%
75th Percentile £611 £650 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £513 £516 £525
% change year-on-year -0.63% -1.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 55 49
10th Percentile £19.13 £16.95 £11.18
25th Percentile £26.13 £24.66 £17.50
Median hourly rate £34.34 £31.76 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +22.15% -49.51%
75th Percentile £35.79 £58.72 £33.75
90th Percentile £49.75 £62.50 £64.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £31.63 £26.00
% change year-on-year +12.24% +21.65% -49.51%

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 16,257 11,699 16,188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 44.21% 47.29% 42.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,572 7,497 10,367
10th Percentile £306 £290 £250
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% +1.94% -4.28%
75th Percentile £609 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £513
% change year-on-year -3.85% +1.46% -2.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 877 396 944
10th Percentile £15.56 £15.44 £12.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.01 £14.48
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.43 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.83% +21.70% -28.57%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £51.59
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £24.65
% change year-on-year -13.28% +17.65% -31.53%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 -3 430 £525 -2.33% 217
North of England -7 164 £503 -8.64% 96
Yorkshire -7 92 £500 -9.09% 40
South East -38 83 £322 -35.60% 128
Midlands +2 80 £525 +34.27% 32
North West -20 62 £544 -13.00% 51
South West +5 59 £525 -2.33% 37
West Midlands -29 45 £481 -8.33% 18
East of England -19 38 £510 +59.38% 28
East Midlands 0 35 £550 +54.49% 14
North East -8 13 £475 +43.94% 6
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 37 (4.27%) Apache Spark
2 31 (3.58%) Apache
3 23 (2.66%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (1.85%) Confluence
4 16 (1.85%) SharePoint
5 12 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (1.27%) CMS
7 3 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.35%) Drupal
7 3 (0.35%) Ethereum
7 3 (0.35%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.12%) nginx
8 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.12%) SAS
8 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 37 (4.27%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.15%) Chatbot
4 8 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.58%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.58%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.35%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.35%) Trello
7 2 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.23%) Autodesk Smoke
7 2 (0.23%) InDesign
7 2 (0.23%) Sketch
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.12%) Maya
Business Applications
1 6 (0.69%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.35%) Sprinklr
3 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.12%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.12%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
4 1 (0.12%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 544 (62.82%) GCP
2 291 (33.60%) Azure
3 266 (30.72%) AWS
4 146 (16.86%) Google Workspace
5 101 (11.66%) GitHub
6 81 (9.35%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 80 (9.24%) Power Platform
8 46 (5.31%) Google Analytics
9 40 (4.62%) Google Sheets
9 40 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
10 34 (3.93%) Cloud Run
10 34 (3.93%) GitHub Actions
11 31 (3.58%) Cloud Computing
12 30 (3.46%) AWS CloudFormation
12 30 (3.46%) SaaS
12 30 (3.46%) Serverless
12 30 (3.46%) Vertex AI
13 29 (3.35%) Entra ID
14 28 (3.23%) Google Gemini
15 27 (3.12%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 64 (7.39%) Firewall
2 29 (3.35%) DNS
2 29 (3.35%) VPN
3 28 (3.23%) Network Security
4 12 (1.39%) VoIP
5 10 (1.15%) Internet
6 9 (1.04%) DHCP
6 9 (1.04%) TCP/IP
7 6 (0.69%) BGP
7 6 (0.69%) Wireless
8 5 (0.58%) SAN
9 4 (0.46%) HTTP
9 4 (0.46%) LAN
9 4 (0.46%) OSPF
9 4 (0.46%) Reverse Proxy
10 3 (0.35%) IPv4
10 3 (0.35%) IPv6
10 3 (0.35%) SMTP
11 2 (0.23%) Intranet
11 2 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (12.47%) BigQuery
2 70 (8.08%) Power BI
3 37 (4.27%) Tableau
4 34 (3.93%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (3.23%) NoSQL
6 23 (2.66%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (2.42%) Data Lake
8 20 (2.31%) Looker
8 20 (2.31%) Mixpanel
9 19 (2.19%) Big Data
9 19 (2.19%) OLAP
9 19 (2.19%) SQL Server
10 17 (1.96%) Amazon Athena
11 16 (1.85%) MySQL
11 16 (1.85%) OLTP
12 15 (1.73%) Metadata
13 9 (1.04%) Relational Database
14 8 (0.92%) Redis
15 7 (0.81%) Hadoop
16 5 (0.58%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 84 (9.70%) Jenkins
2 72 (8.31%) Git
3 44 (5.08%) GitLab
4 43 (4.97%) JIRA
5 10 (1.15%) JUnit
6 5 (0.58%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.58%) Mockito
6 5 (0.58%) REST Assured
6 5 (0.58%) Selenium
7 4 (0.46%) Android Studio
7 4 (0.46%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.46%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (0.46%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.46%) Gatling
7 4 (0.46%) Gradle
7 4 (0.46%) Postman
8 3 (0.35%) ERwin
8 3 (0.35%) Fiddler
8 3 (0.35%) Liquibase
8 3 (0.35%) SonarQube
General
1 303 (34.99%) Social Skills
2 165 (19.05%) Finance
3 116 (13.39%) Analytical Skills
4 77 (8.89%) Banking
5 70 (8.08%) Public Sector
6 56 (6.47%) Marketing
7 49 (5.66%) Retail
8 23 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (2.54%) Advertising
9 22 (2.54%) Legal
10 20 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (2.08%) Pharmaceutical
11 18 (2.08%) Publishing
12 16 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
13 15 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (1.39%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.15%) Manufacturing
16 9 (1.04%) Automotive
16 9 (1.04%) Military
Job Titles
1 105 (12.12%) GCP Engineer
2 97 (11.20%) Senior
3 90 (10.39%) Architect
4 81 (9.35%) Analyst
5 77 (8.89%) Lead
6 73 (8.43%) Cloud Engineer
7 69 (7.97%) Developer
8 52 (6.00%) Data Engineer
9 34 (3.93%) Consultant
10 30 (3.46%) DevOps Engineer
11 27 (3.12%) Solutions Architect
12 25 (2.89%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 25 (2.89%) Security Engineer
12 25 (2.89%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 25 (2.89%) Software Engineer
13 24 (2.77%) Cloud Architect
14 23 (2.66%) GCP DevOps
15 22 (2.54%) Android Developer
16 20 (2.31%) GCP DevOps Engineer
16 20 (2.31%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (6.12%) REST
2 41 (4.73%) PyTorch
3 39 (4.50%) Kafka
4 37 (4.27%) React
5 35 (4.04%) RESTful
6 34 (3.93%) Spring
7 32 (3.70%) scikit-learn
8 31 (3.58%) Node.js
8 31 (3.58%) TensorFlow
9 30 (3.46%) LangChain
10 29 (3.35%) HTML
11 27 (3.12%) Spring Boot
12 23 (2.66%) AngularJS
12 23 (2.66%) CSS
13 22 (2.54%) OAuth
14 20 (2.31%) LangGraph
15 19 (2.19%) Android Jetpack
15 19 (2.19%) Jetpack Compose
16 18 (2.08%) Android SDK
16 18 (2.08%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 105 (12.12%) Cloud Native
2 42 (4.85%) Onboarding
2 42 (4.85%) Public Cloud
3 28 (3.23%) Product Ownership
4 27 (3.12%) Distributed Systems
5 22 (2.54%) Data Centre
6 21 (2.42%) Mobile App
7 19 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
8 18 (2.08%) Life Science
9 16 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.62%) Security Posture
10 14 (1.62%) Virtual Team
11 13 (1.50%) Genomics
12 12 (1.39%) AI Agents
12 12 (1.39%) Algorithms
12 12 (1.39%) Management Information System
13 11 (1.27%) Clustering
14 10 (1.15%) Marketing Technology
14 10 (1.15%) Smartphone
15 9 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 56 (6.47%) Windows
2 50 (5.77%) Android
3 46 (5.31%) Linux
4 30 (3.46%) Mac OS
5 28 (3.23%) Apple iOS
6 17 (1.96%) VMS
7 9 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.69%) Windows Server
9 5 (0.58%) CoreOS
9 5 (0.58%) Data ONTAP
9 5 (0.58%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.12%) Solaris
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (27.37%) CI/CD
2 230 (26.56%) DevOps
3 191 (22.06%) AI
4 168 (19.40%) Analytics
5 163 (18.82%) Problem-Solving
6 147 (16.97%) Infrastructure as Code
7 146 (16.86%) Agile
8 105 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 104 (12.01%) Machine Learning
10 103 (11.89%) Migration
11 96 (11.09%) Containerisation
12 91 (10.51%) Stakeholder Management
13 85 (9.82%) Observability
14 82 (9.47%) Microservices
15 74 (8.55%) Business Intelligence
16 72 (8.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 72 (8.31%) User Experience
17 68 (7.85%) Change Management
17 68 (7.85%) Software Engineering
18 63 (7.27%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 259 (29.91%) Python
2 164 (18.94%) SQL
3 102 (11.78%) Java
4 43 (4.97%) JavaScript
5 40 (4.62%) PowerShell
6 38 (4.39%) Bash
7 30 (3.46%) Kotlin
8 27 (3.12%) C#
8 27 (3.12%) TypeScript
9 24 (2.77%) Go
10 12 (1.39%) Ruby
11 11 (1.27%) Google Apps Script
12 8 (0.92%) VBA
13 6 (0.69%) Scala
14 5 (0.58%) Bicep
14 5 (0.58%) Groovy
14 5 (0.58%) Rust
15 4 (0.46%) C++
15 4 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 136 (15.70%) Security Cleared
2 111 (12.82%) SC Cleared
3 103 (11.89%) Degree
4 38 (4.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (2.77%) Master's Degree
6 21 (2.42%) Azure Certification
7 19 (2.19%) AWS Certification
8 15 (1.73%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.62%) ITIL Certification
10 13 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
11 11 (1.27%) CISSP
11 11 (1.27%) DV Cleared
12 8 (0.92%) OCP
12 8 (0.92%) Oracle Certification
13 7 (0.81%) CCNP
14 6 (0.69%) PMI Certification
15 5 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 4 (0.46%) CompTIA Security+
16 4 (0.46%) IBM Certification
16 4 (0.46%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (8.08%) GDPR
2 49 (5.66%) Data Quality
3 32 (3.70%) QA
4 18 (2.08%) Accessibility
5 17 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.62%) NIST
7 13 (1.50%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.04%) NCSC
9 6 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.69%) GRC
10 5 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.58%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.58%) ISO 20022
11 4 (0.46%) PERC
12 3 (0.35%) SLA
12 3 (0.35%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.23%) WCAG
14 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27005
14 1 (0.12%) MiFID
System Software
1 112 (12.93%) Docker
2 33 (3.81%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.58%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.58%) NFS
5 5 (0.58%) 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 (0.12%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.12%) Firmware
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.12%) Varnish
7 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 182 (21.02%) Terraform
2 163 (18.82%) Kubernetes
3 45 (5.20%) Ansible
4 37 (4.27%) Grafana
5 29 (3.35%) Prometheus
6 25 (2.89%) Istio
7 15 (1.73%) Argo
8 12 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
9 10 (1.15%) SCCM
10 8 (0.92%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 7 (0.81%) Kubeflow
12 6 (0.69%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.69%) QRadar
13 5 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.58%) SnapMirror
14 4 (0.46%) Nessus
15 3 (0.35%) vCenter Server
16 2 (0.23%) Knative
16 2 (0.23%) Suricata
Vendors
1 125 (14.43%) Microsoft
2 38 (4.39%) Splunk
3 32 (3.70%) Databricks
4 23 (2.66%) Adobe
5 22 (2.54%) Salesforce
6 20 (2.31%) Apple
6 20 (2.31%) OpenAI
7 18 (2.08%) Red Hat
7 18 (2.08%) ServiceNow
8 15 (1.73%) IBM
8 15 (1.73%) VMware
9 14 (1.62%) Oracle
10 12 (1.39%) Foundry
10 12 (1.39%) Okta
10 12 (1.39%) SAP
11 10 (1.15%) Citrix
12 8 (0.92%) HubSpot
12 8 (0.92%) Palo Alto
13 7 (0.81%) Dynatrace
13 7 (0.81%) Tealium