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 11 September 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
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 101 105
Rank change year-on-year -20 +4 +3
Contract jobs citing Google 1,021 733 742
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.20% 2.63% 2.25%
As % of the Vendors category 5.28% 5.60% 5.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 618 416 446
10th Percentile £313 £221 £307
25th Percentile £413 £363 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £475 £535
Median % change year-on-year +7.37% -11.21% -2.73%
75th Percentile £599 £588 £688
90th Percentile £688 £691 £765
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 46 60
10th Percentile £13.51 £15.38 £25.99
25th Percentile £14.61 £15.91 £35.94
Median hourly rate £29.07 £21.28 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.61% -69.60% +100.00%
75th Percentile £39.76 £35.99 -
90th Percentile £77.00 £55.00 -
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £21.28 £70.00
% change year-on-year +31.58% -69.60% +76.99%

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 19,342 13,094 14,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.69% 47.06% 44.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,050 8,299 8,943
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -
75th Percentile £619 £617 £631
90th Percentile £706 £704 £734
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,109 614 614
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.75 £14.19
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.81 £15.62
Median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.28% -28.14% -17.31%
75th Percentile £65.00 £47.09 £64.25
90th Percentile £83.05 £69.90 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £25.15 £30.80
% change year-on-year +7.36% -18.33% -27.54%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -32 521 £500 - 1,177
North of England -25 208 £488 +8.33% 163
South East -24 112 £515 +106.00% 196
Yorkshire -12 104 £538 +26.47% 49
North West -29 80 £464 -7.20% 102
South West -1 71 £550 +22.22% 122
Midlands -32 48 £462 +9.88% 86
West Midlands -39 32 £433 -6.49% 51
North East -25 25 £445 -28.80% 13
East of England -26 25 £510 +2.00% 56
East Midlands -4 16 £625 +66.67% 35
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 48 (4.70%) SharePoint
2 42 (4.11%) Apache Airflow
3 34 (3.33%) Confluence
4 31 (3.04%) Apache
4 31 (3.04%) Microsoft Exchange
5 26 (2.55%) CMS
6 21 (2.06%) Apache Spark
7 9 (0.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 8 (0.78%) Sitecore CMS
9 7 (0.69%) WordPress
10 4 (0.39%) Drupal
11 2 (0.20%) Apache Superset
11 2 (0.20%) IIS
11 2 (0.20%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.20%) nginx
12 1 (0.098%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.098%) Luigi
12 1 (0.098%) Mendix
12 1 (0.098%) OpenEdge
12 1 (0.098%) Tomcat
Applications
1 36 (3.53%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.49%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.49%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.39%) Adobe After Effects
6 4 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.39%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.29%) InDesign
8 1 (0.098%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.098%) Maya
8 1 (0.098%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.49%) Shopify
2 4 (0.39%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.29%) Cloudability
3 3 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.29%) iTrent
3 3 (0.29%) Sprinklr
4 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.098%) Actimize
5 1 (0.098%) Maximo
5 1 (0.098%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.098%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.098%) Primavera
5 1 (0.098%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.098%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.098%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.098%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.098%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.098%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 638 (62.49%) GCP
2 304 (29.77%) Azure
3 299 (29.29%) AWS
4 134 (13.12%) Google Workspace
5 96 (9.40%) GitHub
6 87 (8.52%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 70 (6.86%) Microsoft 365
8 64 (6.27%) Google Analytics
9 55 (5.39%) GitHub Actions
9 55 (5.39%) SaaS
10 54 (5.29%) Power Platform
11 47 (4.60%) Google Sheets
12 44 (4.31%) dbt
13 43 (4.21%) Vertex AI
14 41 (4.02%) Entra ID
15 38 (3.72%) Azure DevOps
16 32 (3.13%) Google Drive
17 30 (2.94%) Snowflake
18 25 (2.45%) Cloud Run
18 25 (2.45%) Google Compute Engine
Communications & Networking
1 55 (5.39%) Firewall
2 53 (5.19%) DNS
3 33 (3.23%) VPN
4 26 (2.55%) Network Security
5 22 (2.15%) TCP/IP
6 17 (1.67%) DHCP
7 11 (1.08%) DKIM
7 11 (1.08%) DMARC
7 11 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (0.98%) HTTP
8 10 (0.98%) Internet
9 9 (0.88%) WAN
10 8 (0.78%) DNSSEC
10 8 (0.78%) VLAN
11 7 (0.69%) BGP
11 7 (0.69%) LAN
11 7 (0.69%) VoIP
12 6 (0.59%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.49%) SMTP
14 4 (0.39%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (11.56%) BigQuery
2 66 (6.46%) Data Warehouse
3 47 (4.60%) Power BI
4 38 (3.72%) Looker
5 34 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
6 31 (3.04%) Metadata
7 27 (2.64%) Relational Database
8 24 (2.35%) Tableau
9 21 (2.06%) Big Data
10 18 (1.76%) MySQL
11 17 (1.67%) Data Lake
11 17 (1.67%) SQL Server
12 15 (1.47%) NoSQL
13 12 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (0.78%) Flink
14 8 (0.78%) MongoDB
15 7 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
15 7 (0.69%) Data Vault
15 7 (0.69%) InterSystems Cache
15 7 (0.69%) Redis
Development Applications
1 93 (9.11%) Jenkins
2 77 (7.54%) Git
3 65 (6.37%) JIRA
4 62 (6.07%) GitLab
5 17 (1.67%) JUnit
6 14 (1.37%) Gradle
6 14 (1.37%) SonarQube
7 9 (0.88%) Maven
7 9 (0.88%) Zephyr
8 7 (0.69%) Claude Code
8 7 (0.69%) Gatling
8 7 (0.69%) IntelliJ
8 7 (0.69%) JMeter
8 7 (0.69%) NeoLoad
8 7 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
9 6 (0.59%) Android Studio
9 6 (0.59%) Crashlytics
9 6 (0.59%) MLflow
10 5 (0.49%) fastlane
10 5 (0.49%) LoadRunner
General
1 263 (25.76%) Social Skills
2 192 (18.81%) Finance
3 130 (12.73%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (12.14%) Public Sector
5 78 (7.64%) Marketing
6 54 (5.29%) Banking
7 46 (4.51%) Retail
8 35 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
9 34 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (2.64%) Publishing
11 24 (2.35%) Legal
12 21 (2.06%) Advertising
13 19 (1.86%) Telecoms
14 16 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (1.18%) Aerospace
16 12 (1.18%) Games
16 12 (1.18%) Local Government
16 12 (1.18%) Military
17 11 (1.08%) Billing
Job Titles
1 159 (15.57%) Architect
2 106 (10.38%) GCP Engineer
3 102 (9.99%) Developer
4 96 (9.40%) Senior
5 81 (7.93%) Cloud Engineer
6 76 (7.44%) Analyst
7 70 (6.86%) Data Engineer
7 70 (6.86%) Lead
8 48 (4.70%) Solutions Architect
9 42 (4.11%) Administrator
10 30 (2.94%) DevOps Engineer
11 27 (2.64%) Cloud Architect
12 25 (2.45%) GCP DevOps
12 25 (2.45%) Support Engineer
13 23 (2.25%) Security Architect
14 22 (2.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 21 (2.06%) Consultant
16 20 (1.96%) GCP Architect
16 20 (1.96%) GCP DevOps Engineer
16 20 (1.96%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (19.98%) Terraform
2 75 (7.35%) REST
3 45 (4.41%) Kafka
4 44 (4.31%) React
5 39 (3.82%) Spring
5 39 (3.82%) Spring Boot
6 37 (3.62%) OAuth
7 33 (3.23%) Node.js
8 32 (3.13%) JSON
9 31 (3.04%) RESTful
10 26 (2.55%) HTML
10 26 (2.55%) SAML
11 22 (2.15%) CSS
11 22 (2.15%) JWT
11 22 (2.15%) XML
12 20 (1.96%) Android Jetpack
12 20 (1.96%) SOAP
13 19 (1.86%) LangChain
14 18 (1.76%) LangGraph
14 18 (1.76%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 178 (17.43%) Cloud Native
2 56 (5.48%) AI Agents
3 47 (4.60%) Management Information System
4 44 (4.31%) Onboarding
5 41 (4.02%) Product Ownership
6 28 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
7 27 (2.64%) Security Posture
8 26 (2.55%) Hybrid Cloud
9 25 (2.45%) Mobile App
9 25 (2.45%) Public Cloud
9 25 (2.45%) Virtual Team
10 20 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
11 19 (1.86%) Data Centre
11 19 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
12 14 (1.37%) PKI
13 13 (1.27%) CMDB
13 13 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
13 13 (1.27%) Replication
14 12 (1.18%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 11 (1.08%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 76 (7.44%) Windows
2 73 (7.15%) Linux
3 37 (3.62%) Android
4 25 (2.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 20 (1.96%) Windows Server
6 13 (1.27%) Unix
7 11 (1.08%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.78%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.69%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.59%) VMS
11 4 (0.39%) Alpine Linux
11 4 (0.39%) Windows 10
12 3 (0.29%) CentOS
13 2 (0.20%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.098%) Data ONTAP
14 1 (0.098%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.098%) SUSE
14 1 (0.098%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.098%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (30.66%) CI/CD
2 244 (23.90%) Agile
3 240 (23.51%) DevOps
4 215 (21.06%) AI
5 197 (19.29%) Infrastructure as Code
6 183 (17.92%) Analytics
7 141 (13.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 139 (13.61%) Migration
9 138 (13.52%) Problem-Solving
10 108 (10.58%) Continuous Improvement
11 106 (10.38%) Containerisation
12 100 (9.79%) Roadmaps
13 97 (9.50%) Software Engineering
14 95 (9.30%) Observability
15 94 (9.21%) Cloud Security
16 93 (9.11%) Data Modelling
17 91 (8.91%) Microservices
18 88 (8.62%) Machine Learning
19 83 (8.13%) Decision-Making
20 80 (7.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 306 (29.97%) Python
2 191 (18.71%) SQL
3 138 (13.52%) Java
4 88 (8.62%) Bash
5 86 (8.42%) PowerShell
6 50 (4.90%) JavaScript
7 38 (3.72%) Go
8 29 (2.84%) TypeScript
9 25 (2.45%) Kotlin
10 22 (2.15%) Shell Script
11 20 (1.96%) Scala
12 19 (1.86%) C#
13 13 (1.27%) Groovy
14 12 (1.18%) Bicep
15 7 (0.69%) Rust
16 6 (0.59%) Google Apps Script
16 6 (0.59%) LookML
16 6 (0.59%) R
16 6 (0.59%) SOQL
17 5 (0.49%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 229 (22.43%) Security Cleared
2 178 (17.43%) SC Cleared
3 92 (9.01%) Degree
4 59 (5.78%) DV Cleared
5 40 (3.92%) AWS Certification
6 35 (3.43%) Azure Certification
7 34 (3.33%) CISSP
8 31 (3.04%) BPSS Clearance
9 29 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (1.37%) Master's Degree
12 11 (1.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 11 (1.08%) CISM
12 11 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (0.59%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 6 (0.59%) CCNP
14 6 (0.59%) CCSP
14 6 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (6.17%) Data Quality
2 46 (4.51%) QA
3 38 (3.72%) GDPR
4 24 (2.35%) Accessibility
5 20 (1.96%) NIST
6 18 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.27%) WCAG
8 9 (0.88%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
9 8 (0.78%) GRC
9 8 (0.78%) NCSC
9 8 (0.78%) PMO
10 4 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 4 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.29%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 19770
11 3 (0.29%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.29%) PERC
11 3 (0.29%) PSD2
11 3 (0.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 130 (12.73%) Docker
2 58 (5.68%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.49%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.39%) BitLocker
6 4 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (0.39%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.29%) Firmware
7 3 (0.29%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.20%) ISA Server
9 1 (0.098%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.098%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 1 (0.098%) vSphere
9 1 (0.098%) zsh
Systems Management
1 207 (20.27%) Kubernetes
2 51 (5.00%) Ansible
3 35 (3.43%) Grafana
4 28 (2.74%) Prometheus
5 25 (2.45%) Microsoft Intune
6 19 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
7 18 (1.76%) Progress Chef
8 11 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
9 10 (0.98%) Puppet
10 6 (0.59%) Cilium
11 5 (0.49%) Argo
11 5 (0.49%) CASB
11 5 (0.49%) Istio
11 5 (0.49%) SCCM
11 5 (0.49%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.39%) Kubeflow
12 4 (0.39%) Podman
12 4 (0.39%) vMotion
13 3 (0.29%) Nagios
14 2 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 209 (20.47%) Microsoft
2 43 (4.21%) Oracle
3 33 (3.23%) Databricks
4 31 (3.04%) Adobe
4 31 (3.04%) Splunk
5 27 (2.64%) OpenAI
6 26 (2.55%) Salesforce
7 25 (2.45%) Dynatrace
7 25 (2.45%) ServiceNow
8 24 (2.35%) IBM
9 23 (2.25%) TikTok
10 20 (1.96%) SAP
11 19 (1.86%) Red Hat
12 16 (1.57%) Cisco
12 16 (1.57%) Informatica
12 16 (1.57%) Okta
12 16 (1.57%) VMware
13 15 (1.47%) MuleSoft
14 13 (1.27%) Apple
15 11 (1.08%) CrowdStrike