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 9 July 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
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 94 107
Rank change year-on-year -29 +13 -4
Contract jobs citing Google 943 724 801
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.11% 2.68% 2.15%
As % of the Vendors category 5.15% 5.66% 5.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 581 405 487
10th Percentile £306 £209 £304
25th Percentile £413 £355 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.86% -5.71% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £611 £661
90th Percentile £688 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £480 £525
% change year-on-year +4.17% -8.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 69 84
10th Percentile £13.51 £15.50 £11.44
25th Percentile £24.33 £16.95 £25.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £25.50 £36.25
Median % change year-on-year +39.22% -29.66% -8.34%
75th Percentile £38.90 £46.30 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £57.74 -
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £24.66 £33.00
% change year-on-year +43.96% -25.27% -16.67%

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 18,320 12,797 15,984
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.97% 47.43% 42.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,617 8,106 10,153
10th Percentile £313 £280 £275
25th Percentile £413 £402 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -0.49% -1.90%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £501 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +0.10% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 985 593 1,045
10th Percentile £16.04 £14.84 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.72 £17.61 £14.99
Median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.15% +0.60% -30.56%
75th Percentile £65.00 £51.90 £61.06
90th Percentile £83.00 £68.60 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £34.38 £25.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +36.68% +0.60% -38.27%

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 9 July 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 9 July 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 9 July 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 -29 479 £510 +1.90% 433
North of England -19 198 £500 +5.26% 109
Yorkshire -3 110 £520 +15.56% 22
South East -70 83 £540 +16.76% 115
North West -31 72 £500 -14.89% 71
South West +2 66 £550 +48.65% 37
Midlands -29 59 £500 +25.00% 42
West Midlands -50 33 £425 +13.33% 26
East of England -17 30 £510 +27.50% 20
East Midlands +5 26 £550 +39.06% 16
North East -16 20 £445 -28.80% 16
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 45 (4.77%) SharePoint
2 32 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (2.86%) Apache Spark
4 26 (2.76%) Apache
5 25 (2.65%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (1.70%) Confluence
7 13 (1.38%) CMS
8 3 (0.32%) Drupal
8 3 (0.32%) WordPress
9 2 (0.21%) nginx
10 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.11%) IIS
10 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.11%) Luigi
10 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 30 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (2.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.17%) Chatbot
5 8 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.64%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.64%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.53%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.42%) InDesign
9 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.21%) Maya
11 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.53%) Sprinklr
2 3 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.21%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.11%) Actimize
4 1 (0.11%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.11%) iTrent
4 1 (0.11%) Primavera
4 1 (0.11%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.11%) SAP CAR
4 1 (0.11%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.11%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.11%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 561 (59.49%) GCP
2 256 (27.15%) Azure
3 255 (27.04%) AWS
4 170 (18.03%) Google Workspace
5 89 (9.44%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 87 (9.23%) GitHub
7 76 (8.06%) Microsoft 365
8 57 (6.04%) Power Platform
9 51 (5.41%) SaaS
10 49 (5.20%) Google Sheets
11 45 (4.77%) Vertex AI
12 41 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
12 41 (4.35%) Google Analytics
13 37 (3.92%) Entra ID
14 34 (3.61%) Google Drive
15 26 (2.76%) Slack
16 25 (2.65%) AWS CloudFormation
17 24 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
17 24 (2.55%) Cloud Run
18 22 (2.33%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 62 (6.57%) Firewall
2 60 (6.36%) DNS
3 44 (4.67%) VPN
4 26 (2.76%) TCP/IP
5 22 (2.33%) Network Security
6 17 (1.80%) DHCP
7 11 (1.17%) DKIM
7 11 (1.17%) DMARC
8 9 (0.95%) BGP
9 8 (0.85%) DNSSEC
10 7 (0.74%) Internet
10 7 (0.74%) OSPF
10 7 (0.74%) VLAN
10 7 (0.74%) VoIP
10 7 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.64%) LAN
11 6 (0.64%) Reverse Proxy
11 6 (0.64%) SMTP
12 5 (0.53%) SAN
12 5 (0.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (9.33%) BigQuery
2 47 (4.98%) Power BI
3 39 (4.14%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (3.08%) Tableau
5 28 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
6 22 (2.33%) Data Lake
7 21 (2.23%) SQL Server
8 19 (2.01%) Looker
8 19 (2.01%) Metadata
8 19 (2.01%) MySQL
9 17 (1.80%) Relational Database
10 16 (1.70%) Big Data
11 12 (1.27%) OLAP
12 10 (1.06%) Amazon Athena
12 10 (1.06%) Mixpanel
12 10 (1.06%) NoSQL
12 10 (1.06%) OLTP
13 7 (0.74%) Redis
14 6 (0.64%) InterSystems Cache
14 6 (0.64%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 85 (9.01%) Jenkins
2 56 (5.94%) JIRA
3 54 (5.73%) Git
4 42 (4.45%) GitLab
5 16 (1.70%) JUnit
6 9 (0.95%) SonarQube
7 7 (0.74%) Gatling
7 7 (0.74%) Gradle
7 7 (0.74%) IntelliJ
8 6 (0.64%) Android Studio
8 6 (0.64%) Crashlytics
8 6 (0.64%) JMeter
8 6 (0.64%) MLflow
8 6 (0.64%) Postman
9 5 (0.53%) fastlane
9 5 (0.53%) NeoLoad
9 5 (0.53%) REST Assured
9 5 (0.53%) Selenium
10 4 (0.42%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.42%) LoadRunner
General
1 248 (26.30%) Social Skills
2 186 (19.72%) Finance
3 107 (11.35%) Public Sector
4 104 (11.03%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (7.74%) Marketing
6 63 (6.68%) Banking
7 51 (5.41%) Retail
8 33 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (3.39%) Legal
10 26 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 20 (2.12%) Publishing
12 18 (1.91%) Advertising
13 14 (1.48%) Military
13 14 (1.48%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
17 9 (0.95%) Games
17 9 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
18 8 (0.85%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 120 (12.73%) Architect
2 110 (11.66%) GCP Engineer
3 87 (9.23%) Senior
4 84 (8.91%) Developer
5 80 (8.48%) Cloud Engineer
6 75 (7.95%) Lead
7 73 (7.74%) Analyst
8 56 (5.94%) Data Engineer
9 34 (3.61%) Administrator
10 31 (3.29%) DevOps Engineer
10 31 (3.29%) Solutions Architect
11 29 (3.08%) Cloud Architect
12 28 (2.97%) GCP DevOps
13 25 (2.65%) Security Engineer
14 24 (2.55%) Consultant
14 24 (2.55%) Network Engineer
15 23 (2.44%) GCP DevOps Engineer
16 21 (2.23%) Platform Engineer
16 21 (2.23%) Software Engineer
17 19 (2.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (6.47%) REST
2 39 (4.14%) React
3 38 (4.03%) Kafka
4 36 (3.82%) Spring
4 36 (3.82%) Spring Boot
5 30 (3.18%) OAuth
6 29 (3.08%) Node.js
7 21 (2.23%) Android Jetpack
7 21 (2.23%) PyTorch
8 20 (2.12%) RESTful
9 19 (2.01%) Android SDK
9 19 (2.01%) SAML
10 18 (1.91%) Jetpack Compose
10 18 (1.91%) LangChain
11 17 (1.80%) OpenID
11 17 (1.80%) YAML
12 16 (1.70%) HTML
13 14 (1.48%) .NET
14 13 (1.38%) OAuth2
15 12 (1.27%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 141 (14.95%) Cloud Native
2 37 (3.92%) Product Ownership
3 34 (3.61%) Management Information System
3 34 (3.61%) Onboarding
3 34 (3.61%) Public Cloud
4 33 (3.50%) AI Agents
5 32 (3.39%) Data Centre
6 24 (2.55%) Mobile App
6 24 (2.55%) Security Posture
6 24 (2.55%) Virtual Team
7 23 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
8 16 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
9 14 (1.48%) Clustering
9 14 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 12 (1.27%) Marketing Technology
11 12 (1.27%) Private Cloud
12 9 (0.95%) Mobile Payment
13 8 (0.85%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 63 (6.68%) Windows
2 59 (6.26%) Linux
3 46 (4.88%) Android
4 25 (2.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (1.70%) Mac OS
6 14 (1.48%) Apple iOS
7 11 (1.17%) Windows Server
8 8 (0.85%) Unix
9 6 (0.64%) Data ONTAP
9 6 (0.64%) VMS
10 5 (0.53%) CoreOS
10 5 (0.53%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.42%) Alpine Linux
12 1 (0.11%) CentOS
12 1 (0.11%) Solaris
12 1 (0.11%) SUSE
12 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (27.15%) CI/CD
2 214 (22.69%) DevOps
3 192 (20.36%) AI
4 182 (19.30%) Agile
5 168 (17.82%) Infrastructure as Code
6 159 (16.86%) Analytics
7 146 (15.48%) Migration
8 141 (14.95%) Problem-Solving
9 103 (10.92%) Stakeholder Management
10 92 (9.76%) Observability
11 90 (9.54%) Cloud Security
12 85 (9.01%) Machine Learning
12 85 (9.01%) Roadmaps
13 81 (8.59%) Decision-Making
13 81 (8.59%) Software Engineering
14 80 (8.48%) Continuous Improvement
15 71 (7.53%) Microservices
16 69 (7.32%) Data Modelling
17 66 (7.00%) Containerisation
18 63 (6.68%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 263 (27.89%) Python
2 170 (18.03%) SQL
3 140 (14.85%) Java
4 74 (7.85%) PowerShell
5 66 (7.00%) Bash
6 34 (3.61%) JavaScript
7 32 (3.39%) Go
8 31 (3.29%) Kotlin
9 25 (2.65%) TypeScript
10 22 (2.33%) C#
11 14 (1.48%) Scala
12 13 (1.38%) Groovy
13 10 (1.06%) Google Apps Script
13 10 (1.06%) Rust
14 9 (0.95%) Bicep
14 9 (0.95%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.64%) SOQL
16 5 (0.53%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.53%) R
16 5 (0.53%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 164 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 135 (14.32%) SC Cleared
3 95 (10.07%) Degree
4 37 (3.92%) DV Cleared
5 32 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (3.29%) AWS Certification
7 29 (3.08%) CISSP
8 24 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 23 (2.44%) Azure Certification
10 18 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (1.70%) Master's Degree
12 9 (0.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 9 (0.95%) CCNP
13 7 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (0.64%) CCSP
14 6 (0.64%) CISM
15 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.53%) OCP
15 5 (0.53%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (5.73%) GDPR
2 42 (4.45%) Data Quality
3 33 (3.50%) QA
4 24 (2.55%) NIST
5 19 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (1.70%) Accessibility
7 14 (1.48%) PCI DSS
8 11 (1.17%) WCAG
9 7 (0.74%) HIPAA
9 7 (0.74%) NCSC
10 6 (0.64%) PMO
11 5 (0.53%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
12 4 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.42%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.42%) PERC
13 3 (0.32%) GRC
13 3 (0.32%) SLA
14 2 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 2 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 85 (9.01%) Docker
2 50 (5.30%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.53%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.53%) NFS
6 5 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.53%) vSphere
7 4 (0.42%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.42%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (0.42%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.32%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.21%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 2 (0.21%) Firmware
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 1 (0.11%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 205 (21.74%) Terraform
2 155 (16.44%) Kubernetes
3 31 (3.29%) Ansible
3 31 (3.29%) Grafana
4 24 (2.55%) Prometheus
5 18 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (1.59%) Progress Chef
6 15 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (1.38%) Istio
8 9 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
9 7 (0.74%) Puppet
9 7 (0.74%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 6 (0.64%) Kubeflow
10 6 (0.64%) Podman
11 5 (0.53%) SCCM
11 5 (0.53%) SnapMirror
11 5 (0.53%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.42%) vMotion
13 3 (0.32%) CASB
13 3 (0.32%) Nagios
Vendors
1 156 (16.54%) Microsoft
2 25 (2.65%) Databricks
2 25 (2.65%) Oracle
2 25 (2.65%) ServiceNow
3 22 (2.33%) Red Hat
4 21 (2.23%) OpenAI
5 20 (2.12%) Splunk
6 19 (2.01%) Dynatrace
6 19 (2.01%) Okta
7 18 (1.91%) Adobe
7 18 (1.91%) Apple
7 18 (1.91%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.70%) TikTok
9 15 (1.59%) VMware
10 11 (1.17%) IBM
10 11 (1.17%) SAP
11 10 (1.06%) Cisco
11 10 (1.06%) Rapid7
12 9 (0.95%) Checkmarx
12 9 (0.95%) Infoblox