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 November 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
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 113 126
Rank change year-on-year +14 +13 -9
Contract jobs citing Google 812 678 794
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.69% 2.17% 2.00%
As % of the Vendors category 5.64% 4.82% 4.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 479 364 558
10th Percentile £227 £263 £225
25th Percentile £363 £398 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -5.98%
75th Percentile £616 £651 £688
90th Percentile £740 £746 £752
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -7.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 48 32
10th Percentile £15.50 £32.48 £14.33
25th Percentile £16.60 £41.13 £20.88
Median hourly rate £22.53 £62.50 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -63.95% +93.38% -7.66%
75th Percentile £36.66 £70.00 £64.06
90th Percentile £59.33 - £66.25
UK median hourly rate £24.89 £62.50 £32.32
% change year-on-year -60.18% +93.38% -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 14,408 14,070 17,821
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.69% 45.13% 44.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,271 8,467 11,767
10th Percentile £285 £300 £255
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 715 443 620
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.27 £14.74
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.96 £20.45
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -21.35% +73.08%
75th Percentile £43.75 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £72.00 £74.78 £76.28
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £30.45 £43.88
% change year-on-year -17.90% -30.61% +75.52%

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 November 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 15 November 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 15 November 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 +3 441 £525 -4.55% 622
North of England +20 168 £450 -10.00% 136
Yorkshire +10 95 £400 -20.00% 43
South East +16 88 £307 -25.70% 193
North West +16 70 £519 +3.88% 88
Midlands +4 46 £469 +32.79% 48
West Midlands +1 39 £500 +42.86% 26
South West -15 34 £506 -11.96% 47
East of England -29 22 £625 +47.06% 36
East Midlands -8 6 £367 +2.95% 21
North East -21 3 £570 +36.53% 5
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 24 (2.96%) Apache Spark
2 22 (2.71%) Apache Airflow
3 21 (2.59%) Confluence
4 18 (2.22%) Apache
5 16 (1.97%) CMS
6 14 (1.72%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.74%) Mule
8 5 (0.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.49%) Jupyter
10 3 (0.37%) Drupal
10 3 (0.37%) Ethereum
10 3 (0.37%) Hyperledger
10 3 (0.37%) Tomcat
10 3 (0.37%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.25%) SAS
11 2 (0.25%) WordPress
12 1 (0.12%) CICS
12 1 (0.12%) nginx
12 1 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 32 (3.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.11%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.49%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.49%) Sketch
6 2 (0.25%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.25%) Trello
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.12%) Autodesk Smoke
7 1 (0.12%) InDesign
7 1 (0.12%) Maple
7 1 (0.12%) Maya
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.37%) Shopify
4 2 (0.25%) Magento
4 2 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.25%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.12%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.12%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.12%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 465 (57.27%) GCP
2 233 (28.69%) Azure
3 214 (26.35%) AWS
4 114 (14.04%) Google Workspace
5 90 (11.08%) GitHub
6 66 (8.13%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 61 (7.51%) Google Analytics
8 58 (7.14%) SaaS
9 57 (7.02%) Power Platform
10 38 (4.68%) Serverless
11 29 (3.57%) Cloud Run
11 29 (3.57%) GitHub Actions
12 28 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
13 24 (2.96%) Cloud Functions
13 24 (2.96%) Google Sheets
13 24 (2.96%) Vertex AI
14 23 (2.83%) Entra ID
14 23 (2.83%) Google Tag Manager
15 22 (2.71%) Cloud Computing
16 21 (2.59%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 50 (6.16%) Firewall
2 22 (2.71%) DNS
3 19 (2.34%) Network Security
4 12 (1.48%) HTTP
5 10 (1.23%) TCP/IP
6 8 (0.99%) VPN
7 4 (0.49%) DHCP
8 3 (0.37%) BGP
8 3 (0.37%) Bluetooth
8 3 (0.37%) Internet
8 3 (0.37%) Intranet
8 3 (0.37%) LAN
8 3 (0.37%) SMTP
8 3 (0.37%) SSL
8 3 (0.37%) VLAN
8 3 (0.37%) VoIP
8 3 (0.37%) WAN
8 3 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.37%) Wireless
9 2 (0.25%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (12.19%) BigQuery
2 50 (6.16%) Power BI
3 39 (4.80%) PostgreSQL
4 34 (4.19%) NoSQL
5 33 (4.06%) Data Warehouse
6 31 (3.82%) Tableau
7 28 (3.45%) Looker
8 26 (3.20%) Big Data
9 21 (2.59%) SQL Server
10 16 (1.97%) MySQL
11 15 (1.85%) Data Lake
11 15 (1.85%) Metadata
12 14 (1.72%) MongoDB
13 12 (1.48%) Hadoop
13 12 (1.48%) Mixpanel
13 12 (1.48%) Relational Database
14 8 (0.99%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (0.74%) Power Query
15 6 (0.74%) Redis
16 5 (0.62%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 83 (10.22%) Jenkins
2 82 (10.10%) Git
3 53 (6.53%) JIRA
4 44 (5.42%) GitLab
5 15 (1.85%) SonarQube
5 15 (1.85%) Sonatype Nexus
6 11 (1.35%) Liquibase
7 10 (1.23%) Postman
8 9 (1.11%) Gradle
8 9 (1.11%) SoapUI
9 8 (0.99%) CircleCI
9 8 (0.99%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.99%) Selenium
10 7 (0.86%) Browser DevTools
11 6 (0.74%) Maven
11 6 (0.74%) Visual Website Optimizer
12 5 (0.62%) JUnit
12 5 (0.62%) webpack
13 4 (0.49%) Android Studio
13 4 (0.49%) ER Studio
General
1 287 (35.34%) Social Skills
2 169 (20.81%) Finance
3 105 (12.93%) Banking
4 93 (11.45%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (7.88%) Marketing
6 52 (6.40%) Public Sector
7 24 (2.96%) Retail
8 22 (2.71%) Financial Institution
8 22 (2.71%) Pharmaceutical
9 19 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 18 (2.22%) Legal
11 17 (2.09%) Advertising
11 17 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (1.72%) Publishing
12 14 (1.72%) Telecoms
13 12 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (0.99%) Investment Banking
16 7 (0.86%) Military
Job Titles
1 99 (12.19%) Senior
2 90 (11.08%) Architect
3 81 (9.98%) Developer
4 77 (9.48%) Analyst
5 64 (7.88%) GCP Engineer
6 58 (7.14%) Lead
7 37 (4.56%) DevOps Engineer
8 36 (4.43%) Solutions Architect
9 33 (4.06%) Cloud Engineer
10 28 (3.45%) Data Engineer
11 26 (3.20%) GCP Architect
12 25 (3.08%) Consultant
12 25 (3.08%) IT Support
12 25 (3.08%) Software Engineer
13 24 (2.96%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 24 (2.96%) GCP DevOps
14 22 (2.71%) GCP DevOps Engineer
14 22 (2.71%) IT Engineer
15 21 (2.59%) Android Developer
15 21 (2.59%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (8.13%) RESTful
2 41 (5.05%) React
3 40 (4.93%) REST
4 39 (4.80%) HTML
5 38 (4.68%) Node.js
6 33 (4.06%) Kafka
7 31 (3.82%) CSS
8 27 (3.33%) Spring
9 25 (3.08%) FastAPI
10 22 (2.71%) LangGraph
11 20 (2.46%) AngularJS
11 20 (2.46%) Spring Boot
12 19 (2.34%) Android Jetpack
13 18 (2.22%) Elastic Stack
13 18 (2.22%) Jetpack Compose
13 18 (2.22%) LangChain
13 18 (2.22%) TensorFlow
14 17 (2.09%) OAuth
14 17 (2.09%) pytest
14 17 (2.09%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 93 (11.45%) Cloud Native
2 42 (5.17%) Onboarding
3 35 (4.31%) Distributed Systems
4 31 (3.82%) Mobile App
5 29 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
6 22 (2.71%) Product Ownership
7 21 (2.59%) Public Cloud
8 19 (2.34%) AI Agents
8 19 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
9 18 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
9 18 (2.22%) Life Science
10 17 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
10 17 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (1.97%) Genomics
11 16 (1.97%) iPad
11 16 (1.97%) Social Media
12 15 (1.85%) iPhone
13 14 (1.72%) Algorithms
14 12 (1.48%) Data Centre
15 10 (1.23%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 62 (7.64%) Linux
2 54 (6.65%) Windows
3 45 (5.54%) Android
4 37 (4.56%) Apple iOS
5 11 (1.35%) Unix
6 10 (1.23%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.49%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.37%) VMS
9 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.12%) MVS
9 1 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.12%) Solaris
9 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (26.11%) CI/CD
2 201 (24.75%) DevOps
3 190 (23.40%) Agile
4 183 (22.54%) Problem-Solving
5 157 (19.33%) Analytics
6 142 (17.49%) AI
7 125 (15.39%) Containerisation
8 99 (12.19%) Infrastructure as Code
9 88 (10.84%) Machine Learning
10 86 (10.59%) Microservices
11 84 (10.34%) User Experience
12 77 (9.48%) Migration
13 67 (8.25%) Stakeholder Management
14 65 (8.00%) Computer Science
15 64 (7.88%) Continuous Improvement
16 59 (7.27%) Data Modelling
17 55 (6.77%) Actionable Insight
17 55 (6.77%) Software Engineering
18 54 (6.65%) Business Intelligence
18 54 (6.65%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 240 (29.56%) Python
2 133 (16.38%) SQL
3 92 (11.33%) Java
4 56 (6.90%) JavaScript
5 40 (4.93%) Bash
5 40 (4.93%) PowerShell
6 33 (4.06%) TypeScript
7 31 (3.82%) Go
8 27 (3.33%) Kotlin
9 12 (1.48%) Ruby
9 12 (1.48%) Shell Script
10 10 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
11 7 (0.86%) Bicep
11 7 (0.86%) C#
11 7 (0.86%) R
11 7 (0.86%) VBA
12 6 (0.74%) Scala
13 4 (0.49%) C++
13 4 (0.49%) Google Apps Script
13 4 (0.49%) Swift
Qualifications
1 97 (11.95%) Security Cleared
2 91 (11.21%) Degree
3 85 (10.47%) SC Cleared
4 44 (5.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (3.57%) Master's Degree
6 23 (2.83%) CISSP
7 16 (1.97%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 10 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (1.23%) MCP
10 9 (1.11%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.11%) CISM
10 9 (1.11%) ISTQB
11 8 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (0.99%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.86%) DV Cleared
13 6 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
13 6 (0.74%) GCIH
14 5 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (0.62%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.28%) GDPR
2 41 (5.05%) Data Quality
3 34 (4.19%) Accessibility
4 29 (3.57%) QA
5 24 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.85%) NIST
7 13 (1.60%) SLA
8 11 (1.35%) PCI DSS
9 9 (1.11%) GRC
10 7 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 7 (0.86%) WCAG
11 6 (0.74%) NCSC
11 6 (0.74%) SOC 2
12 5 (0.62%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.62%) ISO 20022
13 3 (0.37%) ECSS
13 3 (0.37%) HL7
14 2 (0.25%) DICOM
14 2 (0.25%) ISO 9001
14 2 (0.25%) Section 508
System Software
1 141 (17.36%) Docker
2 27 (3.33%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.62%) Squid
5 4 (0.49%) Snort
6 2 (0.25%) Firmware
6 2 (0.25%) KVM
7 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.12%) NFS
7 1 (0.12%) SRDF
7 1 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 145 (17.86%) Kubernetes
2 122 (15.02%) Terraform
3 39 (4.80%) Ansible
4 32 (3.94%) Grafana
5 29 (3.57%) Prometheus
6 17 (2.09%) Argo
7 11 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (1.23%) NetBackup
9 9 (1.11%) Istio
9 9 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (1.11%) Oracle RMAN
10 6 (0.74%) Puppet
10 6 (0.74%) QRadar
11 5 (0.62%) Nessus
11 5 (0.62%) SCCM
12 4 (0.49%) Nexpose
12 4 (0.49%) Suricata
13 3 (0.37%) CSIRT
13 3 (0.37%) logstash
13 3 (0.37%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 137 (16.87%) Microsoft
2 51 (6.28%) Splunk
3 28 (3.45%) Adobe
4 24 (2.96%) ServiceNow
5 23 (2.83%) Oracle
5 23 (2.83%) Salesforce
6 21 (2.59%) CyberArk
7 20 (2.46%) OpenAI
8 16 (1.97%) Apple
8 16 (1.97%) Databricks
8 16 (1.97%) Palo Alto
9 15 (1.85%) Hotjar
9 15 (1.85%) MobileIron
9 15 (1.85%) Nexthink
9 15 (1.85%) Okta
9 15 (1.85%) SAP
10 14 (1.72%) CrowdStrike
10 14 (1.72%) VMware
11 13 (1.60%) Amplitude
11 13 (1.60%) Cisco