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 20 September 2025, 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
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 102 112
Rank change year-on-year 0 +10 +8
Contract jobs citing Google 723 746 950
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.60% 2.26% 2.23%
As % of the Vendors category 5.48% 5.10% 5.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 415 441 665
10th Percentile £236 £309 £263
25th Percentile £363 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.04% -2.73% -2.22%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £688
90th Percentile £700 £768 £763
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 60 31
10th Percentile £15.50 £25.99 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.56 £35.94 £21.50
Median hourly rate £22.56 £70.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -67.77% +112.12% -5.71%
75th Percentile £36.00 - £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 - £66.25
UK median hourly rate £24.95 £70.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -64.36% +100.00% -

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 13,183 14,618 18,649
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.46% 44.38% 43.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,374 8,902 12,407
10th Percentile £275 £300 £260
25th Percentile £402 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -1.87%
75th Percentile £619 £630 £650
90th Percentile £713 £734 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 624 593 590
10th Percentile £14.75 £14.30 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.89 £15.62 £19.15
Median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £43.88
Median % change year-on-year -23.79% -24.79% +83.52%
75th Percentile £47.00 £65.00 £63.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £70.00 £75.28
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -16.17% -32.58% +86.11%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Google as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Google 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 20 September 2025.

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 20 September 2025.

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 20 September 2025. 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 +2 420 £501 -12.96% 552
North of England +15 147 £450 -10.89% 165
Yorkshire +7 76 £416 -17.90% 52
South East +5 68 £250 -35.90% 250
North West +21 66 £500 - 104
Midlands +7 34 £435 -5.95% 61
West Midlands +11 26 £463 +32.14% 34
South West -16 21 £450 -10.00% 63
East of England +3 18 £500 +17.65% 35
East Midlands +3 7 £375 -44.44% 27
North East -7 5 £570 +14.57% 13
Google
UK

Google
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 22 (3.04%) Confluence
2 18 (2.49%) Apache Airflow
3 15 (2.07%) Apache Spark
3 15 (2.07%) CMS
4 14 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (1.80%) Apache
6 10 (1.38%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.83%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.83%) Mule
8 4 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.41%) Tomcat
9 3 (0.41%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.28%) WordPress
11 1 (0.14%) CICS
11 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.14%) Luigi
11 1 (0.14%) SAS
11 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.14%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 26 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.24%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.69%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (0.41%) Sketch
6 3 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.28%) Maya
7 2 (0.28%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.14%) InDesign
8 1 (0.14%) Maple
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.28%) Magento
2 2 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.28%) SAP GRC
2 2 (0.28%) Shopify
3 1 (0.14%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.14%) iTrent
3 1 (0.14%) Maximo
3 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.14%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 405 (56.02%) GCP
2 197 (27.25%) AWS
2 197 (27.25%) Azure
3 108 (14.94%) Google Workspace
4 66 (9.13%) GitHub
5 58 (8.02%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 54 (7.47%) SaaS
7 53 (7.33%) Google Analytics
8 44 (6.09%) Power Platform
9 35 (4.84%) Microsoft 365
10 32 (4.43%) PaaS
11 31 (4.29%) Serverless
12 27 (3.73%) IaaS
13 26 (3.60%) GitHub Actions
14 24 (3.32%) Cloud Functions
14 24 (3.32%) Google Sheets
15 23 (3.18%) Apigee
16 21 (2.90%) Cloud Run
17 20 (2.77%) Cloud Computing
17 20 (2.77%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 55 (7.61%) Firewall
2 33 (4.56%) DNS
3 25 (3.46%) VPN
4 17 (2.35%) DHCP
4 17 (2.35%) Network Security
5 13 (1.80%) HTTP
6 12 (1.66%) TCP/IP
7 11 (1.52%) SMTP
8 7 (0.97%) Wireless
9 6 (0.83%) VLAN
10 5 (0.69%) VoIP
11 4 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (0.41%) Bluetooth
12 3 (0.41%) Intranet
12 3 (0.41%) SSL
13 2 (0.28%) BGP
13 2 (0.28%) DKIM
13 2 (0.28%) Reverse Proxy
13 2 (0.28%) Software-Defined Networking
13 2 (0.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (12.59%) BigQuery
2 44 (6.09%) Data Warehouse
3 41 (5.67%) Power BI
4 33 (4.56%) Big Data
5 32 (4.43%) Tableau
6 29 (4.01%) Looker
7 28 (3.87%) NoSQL
8 23 (3.18%) PostgreSQL
9 22 (3.04%) Data Lake
10 20 (2.77%) SQL Server
11 17 (2.35%) Metadata
12 16 (2.21%) Amazon RDS
13 14 (1.94%) Amazon Redshift
14 13 (1.80%) MongoDB
15 12 (1.66%) MySQL
16 11 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
16 11 (1.52%) Relational Database
17 8 (1.11%) Hadoop
17 8 (1.11%) Snowflake Schema
18 7 (0.97%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 75 (10.37%) Jenkins
2 58 (8.02%) JIRA
3 56 (7.75%) Git
4 36 (4.98%) GitLab
5 15 (2.07%) SonarQube
5 15 (2.07%) Sonatype Nexus
6 12 (1.66%) CircleCI
7 10 (1.38%) Cypress.io
7 10 (1.38%) Liquibase
7 10 (1.38%) Postman
8 9 (1.24%) SoapUI
9 7 (0.97%) Gradle
9 7 (0.97%) Maven
9 7 (0.97%) Selenium
10 6 (0.83%) Browser DevTools
11 5 (0.69%) Vite
11 5 (0.69%) webpack
12 4 (0.55%) ER Studio
13 3 (0.41%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.41%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 228 (31.54%) Social Skills
2 148 (20.47%) Finance
3 93 (12.86%) Banking
4 78 (10.79%) Analytical Skills
5 65 (8.99%) Public Sector
6 64 (8.85%) Marketing
7 22 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (2.90%) Financial Institution
9 18 (2.49%) Retail
9 18 (2.49%) Telecoms
10 15 (2.07%) Legal
11 12 (1.66%) Publishing
12 11 (1.52%) Investment Banking
12 11 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (1.38%) Military
13 10 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (1.24%) Advertising
15 6 (0.83%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 101 (13.97%) Architect
2 85 (11.76%) Senior
3 75 (10.37%) Analyst
4 73 (10.10%) Developer
5 47 (6.50%) GCP Engineer
6 46 (6.36%) Lead
7 38 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
8 30 (4.15%) Solutions Architect
9 27 (3.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 27 (3.73%) Support Engineer
10 26 (3.60%) Data Engineer
11 24 (3.32%) IT Support
12 23 (3.18%) Software Engineer
13 22 (3.04%) Data Architect
13 22 (3.04%) GCP Architect
14 20 (2.77%) GCP DevOps
14 20 (2.77%) GCP DevOps Engineer
15 19 (2.63%) Cloud Engineer
15 19 (2.63%) Senior Architect
16 18 (2.49%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (7.05%) RESTful
2 36 (4.98%) Node.js
3 33 (4.56%) React
4 25 (3.46%) HTML
4 25 (3.46%) Kafka
5 23 (3.18%) REST
6 22 (3.04%) CSS
7 20 (2.77%) OAuth
8 17 (2.35%) React Native
9 16 (2.21%) Redux
10 15 (2.07%) Jest
11 14 (1.94%) GraphQL
11 14 (1.94%) Next.js
12 13 (1.80%) Android Jetpack
12 13 (1.80%) FastAPI
12 13 (1.80%) HTML5
12 13 (1.80%) LangChain
13 12 (1.66%) Jetpack Compose
14 11 (1.52%) Elastic Stack
14 11 (1.52%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 79 (10.93%) Cloud Native
2 34 (4.70%) Hybrid Cloud
3 24 (3.32%) Mobile App
3 24 (3.32%) Onboarding
4 22 (3.04%) Data Protection Act
5 21 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
6 20 (2.77%) Data Centre
7 19 (2.63%) AI Agents
7 19 (2.63%) iPad
7 19 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (2.63%) Product Ownership
8 17 (2.35%) iPhone
9 16 (2.21%) Management Information System
9 16 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
10 15 (2.07%) Social Media
11 13 (1.80%) Public Cloud
12 12 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.66%) PKI
13 10 (1.38%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 71 (9.82%) Windows
2 56 (7.75%) Linux
3 36 (4.98%) Apple iOS
4 35 (4.84%) Android
5 14 (1.94%) Windows Server
6 12 (1.66%) Unix
7 8 (1.11%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.97%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.55%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.28%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.28%) Windows 8
10 2 (0.28%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.14%) MVS
11 1 (0.14%) Robot Operating System
11 1 (0.14%) Solaris
11 1 (0.14%) VMS
11 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (25.59%) CI/CD
2 163 (22.54%) DevOps
3 160 (22.13%) Agile
4 158 (21.85%) Problem-Solving
5 131 (18.12%) Analytics
6 101 (13.97%) Artificial Intelligence
7 91 (12.59%) Containerisation
8 82 (11.34%) Infrastructure as Code
9 79 (10.93%) Migration
10 76 (10.51%) User Experience
11 70 (9.68%) Data Modelling
11 70 (9.68%) Machine Learning
12 67 (9.27%) ETL
13 66 (9.13%) Microservices
14 58 (8.02%) Cloud Security
15 57 (7.88%) Data Integration
15 57 (7.88%) Stakeholder Management
16 51 (7.05%) Business Intelligence
17 50 (6.92%) Project Management
17 50 (6.92%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 198 (27.39%) Python
2 132 (18.26%) SQL
3 79 (10.93%) Java
4 49 (6.78%) PowerShell
5 48 (6.64%) JavaScript
6 41 (5.67%) Bash
7 32 (4.43%) TypeScript
8 21 (2.90%) Go
9 20 (2.77%) Kotlin
10 15 (2.07%) Shell Script
11 10 (1.38%) Bicep
11 10 (1.38%) R
12 8 (1.11%) C++
13 7 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (0.97%) Scala
14 6 (0.83%) C#
14 6 (0.83%) Groovy
15 5 (0.69%) Perl
15 5 (0.69%) Ruby
15 5 (0.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 89 (12.31%) Security Cleared
2 79 (10.93%) Degree
3 71 (9.82%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.46%) CISSP
6 17 (2.35%) Master's Degree
7 15 (2.07%) AWS Certification
8 14 (1.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 13 (1.80%) DV Cleared
10 12 (1.66%) Azure Certification
11 11 (1.52%) CISM
11 11 (1.52%) DBS Check
12 9 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (1.24%) ISTQB
13 8 (1.11%) MCP
14 6 (0.83%) CEH
14 6 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.69%) GCIH
15 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.69%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (5.67%) GDPR
2 39 (5.39%) Data Quality
3 30 (4.15%) Accessibility
4 25 (3.46%) SLA
5 24 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 24 (3.32%) QA
6 14 (1.94%) NIST
7 8 (1.11%) GRC
7 8 (1.11%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.97%) SOC 2
8 7 (0.97%) WCAG
9 5 (0.69%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.55%) NCSC
11 3 (0.41%) ECSS
11 3 (0.41%) HL7
12 2 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 2 (0.28%) DICOM
12 2 (0.28%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.28%) Section 508
13 1 (0.14%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 117 (16.18%) Docker
2 36 (4.98%) Active Directory
3 22 (3.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.52%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.24%) BitLocker
5 9 (1.24%) Microsoft App-V
5 9 (1.24%) Terminal Services
5 9 (1.24%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.55%) Squid
8 3 (0.41%) Snort
9 2 (0.28%) Firmware
9 2 (0.28%) KVM
9 2 (0.28%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.28%) vSphere
9 2 (0.28%) XenApp
10 1 (0.14%) NFS
10 1 (0.14%) SRDF
10 1 (0.14%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (0.14%) Xen
Systems Management
1 131 (18.12%) Kubernetes
2 111 (15.35%) Terraform
3 42 (5.81%) Ansible
4 23 (3.18%) Grafana
5 22 (3.04%) Prometheus
6 17 (2.35%) Puppet
7 11 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
8 10 (1.38%) NetBackup
8 10 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (1.24%) Argo
9 9 (1.24%) Nagios
9 9 (1.24%) Oracle RMAN
9 9 (1.24%) vCenter Server
9 9 (1.24%) vMotion
10 7 (0.97%) Istio
11 6 (0.83%) SmoothWall
12 5 (0.69%) Nessus
13 3 (0.41%) Nexpose
13 3 (0.41%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.41%) Suricata
Vendors
1 154 (21.30%) Microsoft
2 31 (4.29%) Splunk
3 30 (4.15%) Adobe
3 30 (4.15%) ServiceNow
4 26 (3.60%) VMware
5 24 (3.32%) Oracle
5 24 (3.32%) Salesforce
6 22 (3.04%) CyberArk
7 20 (2.77%) Cisco
8 19 (2.63%) Apple
8 19 (2.63%) OpenAI
8 19 (2.63%) SAP
9 17 (2.35%) MobileIron
9 17 (2.35%) Nexthink
10 15 (2.07%) Databricks
11 14 (1.94%) Palo Alto
12 13 (1.80%) Citrix
12 13 (1.80%) Okta
13 12 (1.66%) MuleSoft
14 11 (1.52%) Hotjar