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 22 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
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 121 145
Rank change year-on-year +12 +24 -29
Contract jobs citing Google 787 586 614
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.43% 2.18% 1.68%
As % of the Vendors category 5.26% 4.75% 3.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 504 329 432
10th Percentile £263 £310 £206
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -9.48%
75th Percentile £614 £688 £650
90th Percentile £747 £738 £711
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.95% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 33 43
10th Percentile £14.88 £25.25 £16.31
25th Percentile £21.25 £30.25 £21.63
Median hourly rate £32.50 £43.08 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.55% +43.58% -14.29%
75th Percentile £42.00 £61.50 £62.50
90th Percentile £61.68 £63.50 £69.25
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £43.08 £30.00
% change year-on-year -23.39% +43.58% -14.29%

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 14,975 12,344 15,992
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.25% 46.01% 43.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,839 7,450 10,336
10th Percentile £300 £288 £250
25th Percentile £410 £413 £400
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 £715 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 709 360 743
10th Percentile £15.48 £15.62 £13.15
25th Percentile £17.96 £18.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £23.75 £30.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% -14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.84 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £80.75 £70.66
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -13.36% -21.43% +11.01%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -9 398 £525 -4.55% 220
North of England -3 160 £475 -5.00% 155
Yorkshire -1 88 £450 -10.00% 66
South East -16 78 £313 -37.40% 261
Midlands +8 70 £520 +32.99% 106
North West +1 65 £509 -7.50% 74
South West +6 42 £525 -17.65% 84
West Midlands -9 42 £500 -4.76% 37
East Midlands +2 28 £525 +47.47% 64
East of England -20 28 £625 +47.06% 110
North East -20 7 £515 +23.35% 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 25 (3.18%) Apache Spark
2 18 (2.29%) Confluence
3 16 (2.03%) Apache
3 16 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (1.91%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.27%) CMS
6 9 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.76%) Mule
8 4 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.38%) Drupal
9 3 (0.38%) Ethereum
9 3 (0.38%) Hyperledger
9 3 (0.38%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.38%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.25%) SAS
10 2 (0.25%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.13%) CICS
11 1 (0.13%) JBoss
11 1 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
11 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (4.45%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.64%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.51%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.51%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.51%) Trello
6 3 (0.38%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.25%) Autodesk Smoke
7 2 (0.25%) 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%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.64%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.13%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.13%) Shopify
4 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
4 1 (0.13%) WebTrends
4 1 (0.13%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 505 (64.17%) GCP
2 284 (36.09%) Azure
3 236 (29.99%) AWS
4 106 (13.47%) GitHub
5 105 (13.34%) Google Workspace
6 77 (9.78%) Power Platform
7 75 (9.53%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 51 (6.48%) Google Analytics
9 40 (5.08%) GitHub Actions
10 39 (4.96%) SaaS
11 36 (4.57%) Serverless
12 35 (4.45%) Cloud Run
12 35 (4.45%) Entra ID
13 32 (4.07%) Cloud Computing
14 31 (3.94%) Google Tag Manager
15 30 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
16 28 (3.56%) Google Sheets
17 26 (3.30%) Cloud Functions
17 26 (3.30%) Google Gemini
17 26 (3.30%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 54 (6.86%) Firewall
2 24 (3.05%) Network Security
3 11 (1.40%) DNS
4 10 (1.27%) VoIP
5 9 (1.14%) Internet
6 7 (0.89%) VPN
7 6 (0.76%) Wireless
8 5 (0.64%) DHCP
8 5 (0.64%) HTTP
8 5 (0.64%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.51%) LAN
10 3 (0.38%) Intranet
11 2 (0.25%) BGP
11 2 (0.25%) Broadband
11 2 (0.25%) Reverse Proxy
11 2 (0.25%) SMTP
11 2 (0.25%) SSL
11 2 (0.25%) VLAN
11 2 (0.25%) VRRP
11 2 (0.25%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (11.94%) BigQuery
2 68 (8.64%) Power BI
3 38 (4.83%) NoSQL
4 37 (4.70%) PostgreSQL
5 35 (4.45%) Tableau
6 27 (3.43%) Looker
7 25 (3.18%) SQL Server
8 22 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
9 19 (2.41%) MySQL
10 16 (2.03%) Mixpanel
11 15 (1.91%) Big Data
11 15 (1.91%) Data Lake
12 13 (1.65%) OLAP
13 12 (1.52%) Metadata
14 11 (1.40%) Relational Database
15 10 (1.27%) Amazon Athena
15 10 (1.27%) OLTP
16 9 (1.14%) MongoDB
16 9 (1.14%) Redis
17 8 (1.02%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 95 (12.07%) Jenkins
2 67 (8.51%) Git
3 48 (6.10%) JIRA
4 44 (5.59%) GitLab
5 15 (1.91%) Sonatype Nexus
6 12 (1.52%) SonarQube
7 8 (1.02%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.89%) Gradle
9 6 (0.76%) Liquibase
9 6 (0.76%) Selenium
9 6 (0.76%) Visual Website Optimizer
10 5 (0.64%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.64%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (0.64%) CircleCI
10 5 (0.64%) JUnit
10 5 (0.64%) Mockito
10 5 (0.64%) Postman
11 4 (0.51%) ERwin
12 3 (0.38%) Fiddler
12 3 (0.38%) Xcode
General
1 292 (37.10%) Social Skills
2 146 (18.55%) Finance
3 106 (13.47%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (11.44%) Banking
5 60 (7.62%) Public Sector
6 58 (7.37%) Marketing
7 30 (3.81%) Retail
8 22 (2.80%) Pharmaceutical
9 21 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
10 17 (2.16%) Publishing
11 16 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (1.91%) Advertising
12 15 (1.91%) Documentation Skills
12 15 (1.91%) Legal
13 14 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (1.65%) Financial Institution
14 13 (1.65%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.76%) Electronics
16 6 (0.76%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 102 (12.96%) Senior
2 83 (10.55%) Developer
3 77 (9.78%) GCP Engineer
4 76 (9.66%) Analyst
5 75 (9.53%) Architect
6 61 (7.75%) Lead
7 53 (6.73%) Cloud Engineer
8 35 (4.45%) DevOps Engineer
9 33 (4.19%) Data Engineer
10 28 (3.56%) Consultant
11 26 (3.30%) Software Engineer
12 25 (3.18%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 24 (3.05%) GCP DevOps
13 24 (3.05%) Solutions Architect
14 22 (2.80%) GCP DevOps Engineer
15 21 (2.67%) Android Developer
16 20 (2.54%) Data Scientist
16 20 (2.54%) Senior Developer
16 20 (2.54%) Support Engineer
17 19 (2.41%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (6.99%) RESTful
2 44 (5.59%) REST
3 39 (4.96%) React
4 38 (4.83%) Node.js
5 34 (4.32%) HTML
6 31 (3.94%) Spring
7 30 (3.81%) PyTorch
8 29 (3.68%) Kafka
9 28 (3.56%) CSS
10 27 (3.43%) FastAPI
10 27 (3.43%) TensorFlow
11 26 (3.30%) LangChain
11 26 (3.30%) OAuth
11 26 (3.30%) scikit-learn
12 24 (3.05%) LangGraph
13 23 (2.92%) Spring Boot
14 22 (2.80%) AngularJS
15 17 (2.16%) Android Jetpack
15 17 (2.16%) Jetpack Compose
15 17 (2.16%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 100 (12.71%) Cloud Native
2 47 (5.97%) Onboarding
3 33 (4.19%) Public Cloud
4 30 (3.81%) Distributed Systems
5 24 (3.05%) Product Ownership
6 21 (2.67%) Mobile App
7 19 (2.41%) Life Science
8 17 (2.16%) AI Agents
9 16 (2.03%) Genomics
10 15 (1.91%) Data Centre
10 15 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
11 14 (1.78%) Analytical Mindset
12 13 (1.65%) Social Media
13 12 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
13 12 (1.52%) Management Information System
14 10 (1.27%) Algorithms
14 10 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
15 9 (1.14%) e-Learning
15 9 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
15 9 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 51 (6.48%) Linux
2 49 (6.23%) Android
3 48 (6.10%) Windows
4 28 (3.56%) Apple iOS
5 22 (2.80%) Mac OS
6 12 (1.52%) VMS
7 6 (0.76%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.64%) Unix
8 5 (0.64%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.25%) Solaris
10 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.13%) MVS
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (28.72%) DevOps
2 220 (27.95%) CI/CD
3 167 (21.22%) AI
4 164 (20.84%) Agile
5 160 (20.33%) Problem-Solving
6 156 (19.82%) Analytics
7 127 (16.14%) Containerisation
8 125 (15.88%) Infrastructure as Code
9 100 (12.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 96 (12.20%) Machine Learning
10 96 (12.20%) Microservices
11 87 (11.05%) Migration
12 80 (10.17%) Stakeholder Management
13 76 (9.66%) User Experience
14 71 (9.02%) Business Intelligence
15 68 (8.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 63 (8.01%) Change Management
16 63 (8.01%) ITIL
17 62 (7.88%) Software Engineering
18 61 (7.75%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 247 (31.39%) Python
2 133 (16.90%) SQL
3 90 (11.44%) Java
4 55 (6.99%) JavaScript
5 43 (5.46%) PowerShell
6 39 (4.96%) Bash
7 29 (3.68%) TypeScript
8 25 (3.18%) Kotlin
9 23 (2.92%) Go
10 16 (2.03%) C#
11 12 (1.52%) Ruby
12 9 (1.14%) Kusto Query Language
12 9 (1.14%) Shell Script
13 8 (1.02%) Scala
14 7 (0.89%) VBA
15 6 (0.76%) Bicep
16 4 (0.51%) C++
17 3 (0.38%) Groovy
17 3 (0.38%) Objective-C
17 3 (0.38%) R
Qualifications
1 113 (14.36%) Security Cleared
2 97 (12.33%) SC Cleared
3 91 (11.56%) Degree
4 40 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.30%) Master's Degree
6 16 (2.03%) Azure Certification
7 15 (1.91%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
9 12 (1.52%) CISSP
10 11 (1.40%) MCP
11 10 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (1.14%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 7 (0.89%) CCSP
14 6 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 6 (0.76%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (0.64%) OSCP
15 5 (0.64%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (7.24%) GDPR
2 40 (5.08%) Data Quality
3 33 (4.19%) QA
4 22 (2.80%) Accessibility
5 20 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.40%) NIST
6 11 (1.40%) PCI DSS
7 8 (1.02%) NCSC
8 7 (0.89%) GRC
9 6 (0.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 6 (0.76%) HIPAA
9 6 (0.76%) SOC 2
10 5 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.64%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.25%) PERC
11 2 (0.25%) SLA
11 2 (0.25%) WCAG
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.13%) MiFID
System Software
1 146 (18.55%) Docker
2 35 (4.45%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.64%) Squid
5 4 (0.51%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.51%) Snort
6 3 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.25%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 2 (0.25%) KVM
8 1 (0.13%) NFS
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.13%) SRDF
8 1 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 174 (22.11%) Kubernetes
2 149 (18.93%) Terraform
3 53 (6.73%) Ansible
4 31 (3.94%) Grafana
5 27 (3.43%) Prometheus
6 21 (2.67%) Istio
7 16 (2.03%) Argo
8 13 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (1.52%) SCCM
9 12 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.89%) QRadar
11 6 (0.76%) Nessus
11 6 (0.76%) NetBackup
11 6 (0.76%) Oracle RMAN
11 6 (0.76%) Puppet
12 4 (0.51%) logstash
12 4 (0.51%) Nexpose
12 4 (0.51%) Suricata
13 3 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.38%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 126 (16.01%) Microsoft
2 43 (5.46%) Splunk
3 27 (3.43%) Salesforce
4 25 (3.18%) Adobe
4 25 (3.18%) Databricks
5 24 (3.05%) OpenAI
6 23 (2.92%) Apple
6 23 (2.92%) Oracle
7 17 (2.16%) VMware
8 16 (2.03%) Okta
9 14 (1.78%) IBM
9 14 (1.78%) Palo Alto
9 14 (1.78%) SAP
10 13 (1.65%) Foundry
11 12 (1.52%) CyberArk
12 11 (1.40%) Cisco
12 11 (1.40%) ServiceNow
13 10 (1.27%) Amplitude
13 10 (1.27%) CrowdStrike
14 9 (1.14%) Citrix