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 7 March 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
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 118 135
Rank change year-on-year +6 +17 -25
Contract jobs citing Google 862 600 664
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.37% 2.33% 1.74%
As % of the Vendors category 5.32% 4.98% 4.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 557 350 441
10th Percentile £269 £260 £213
25th Percentile £400 £386 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.70%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 49 53
10th Percentile £18.71 £21.00 £11.25
25th Percentile £26.00 £25.25 £17.50
Median hourly rate £33.00 £43.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.26% +65.38% -49.51%
75th Percentile £37.25 £60.75 £33.75
90th Percentile £50.30 £63.35 £64.75
UK median hourly rate £34.34 £42.75 £26.00
% change year-on-year -19.68% +64.42% -49.51%

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 16,208 12,052 16,420
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 44.51% 46.89% 42.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,564 7,555 10,521
10th Percentile £306 £289 £250
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +1.94% -4.28%
75th Percentile £611 £625 £631
90th Percentile £702 £725 £732
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £513
% change year-on-year -3.85% +1.46% -3.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 845 390 934
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.62 £12.51
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.24 £14.51
Median hourly rate £24.55 £31.17 £25.06
Median % change year-on-year -21.24% +24.40% -26.39%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £52.71
90th Percentile £74.26 £82.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% -28.57%

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 7 March 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 7 March 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 7 March 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 -7 427 £525 -4.55% 269
North of England -4 170 £500 -9.09% 91
Yorkshire -8 96 £500 -9.09% 36
South East -19 82 £322 -35.60% 146
Midlands -3 81 £525 +34.27% 27
North West -11 65 £544 -13.00% 49
South West +3 56 £525 -10.64% 47
West Midlands -20 46 £494 -5.95% 17
East Midlands -2 35 £550 +54.49% 10
East of England -19 34 £625 +47.06% 51
North East -9 12 £475 +43.94% 6
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 33 (3.83%) Apache Spark
2 29 (3.36%) Apache
3 22 (2.55%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (1.97%) Confluence
5 16 (1.86%) SharePoint
6 12 (1.39%) CMS
7 10 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.35%) Drupal
9 3 (0.35%) Ethereum
9 3 (0.35%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.12%) IIS
10 1 (0.12%) JBoss
10 1 (0.12%) nginx
10 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.12%) SAS
10 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (4.64%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.16%) Chatbot
4 9 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.70%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.58%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.35%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.35%) Trello
8 2 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.23%) Autodesk Smoke
8 2 (0.23%) InDesign
8 2 (0.23%) Sketch
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.12%) Maya
9 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.70%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.35%) Sprinklr
3 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.12%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.12%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.12%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
4 1 (0.12%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 538 (62.41%) GCP
2 288 (33.41%) Azure
3 260 (30.16%) AWS
4 145 (16.82%) Google Workspace
5 101 (11.72%) GitHub
6 86 (9.98%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 78 (9.05%) Power Platform
8 49 (5.68%) Google Analytics
9 42 (4.87%) Microsoft 365
10 38 (4.41%) Cloud Run
10 38 (4.41%) GitHub Actions
10 38 (4.41%) Google Sheets
11 33 (3.83%) Cloud Computing
11 33 (3.83%) Serverless
12 32 (3.71%) SaaS
13 30 (3.48%) Entra ID
13 30 (3.48%) Vertex AI
14 29 (3.36%) AWS CloudFormation
15 28 (3.25%) Google Gemini
16 25 (2.90%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 63 (7.31%) Firewall
2 28 (3.25%) Network Security
3 24 (2.78%) VPN
4 22 (2.55%) DNS
5 11 (1.28%) VoIP
6 10 (1.16%) Internet
7 9 (1.04%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.81%) DHCP
9 6 (0.70%) BGP
10 5 (0.58%) SAN
10 5 (0.58%) Wireless
11 4 (0.46%) HTTP
11 4 (0.46%) OSPF
12 3 (0.35%) LAN
12 3 (0.35%) Reverse Proxy
13 2 (0.23%) Cisco IPT
13 2 (0.23%) Intranet
13 2 (0.23%) SMTP
14 1 (0.12%) Kerberos
14 1 (0.12%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 112 (12.99%) BigQuery
2 68 (7.89%) Power BI
3 34 (3.94%) PostgreSQL
3 34 (3.94%) Tableau
4 30 (3.48%) NoSQL
5 22 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (2.55%) Mixpanel
6 21 (2.44%) Looker
6 21 (2.44%) SQL Server
7 19 (2.20%) Data Lake
8 18 (2.09%) OLAP
9 16 (1.86%) Amazon Athena
9 16 (1.86%) MySQL
10 15 (1.74%) OLTP
11 14 (1.62%) Metadata
12 13 (1.51%) Big Data
13 8 (0.93%) Redis
13 8 (0.93%) Relational Database
14 7 (0.81%) Hadoop
15 5 (0.58%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 87 (10.09%) Jenkins
2 69 (8.00%) Git
3 46 (5.34%) GitLab
4 44 (5.10%) JIRA
5 7 (0.81%) JUnit
6 6 (0.70%) Liquibase
6 6 (0.70%) Visual Website Optimizer
7 5 (0.58%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.58%) Mockito
7 5 (0.58%) REST Assured
7 5 (0.58%) Selenium
8 4 (0.46%) Android Studio
8 4 (0.46%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.46%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (0.46%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.46%) Gradle
8 4 (0.46%) Postman
9 3 (0.35%) Charles Proxy
9 3 (0.35%) Fiddler
9 3 (0.35%) JMeter
General
1 311 (36.08%) Social Skills
2 172 (19.95%) Finance
3 112 (12.99%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (9.63%) Banking
5 69 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 55 (6.38%) Marketing
7 49 (5.68%) Retail
8 23 (2.67%) Advertising
8 23 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
9 21 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (2.32%) Pharmaceutical
11 17 (1.97%) Legal
12 16 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
12 16 (1.86%) Publishing
13 14 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.16%) Financial Institution
15 10 (1.16%) Manufacturing
16 9 (1.04%) Military
17 8 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 100 (11.60%) GCP Engineer
2 99 (11.48%) Senior
3 91 (10.56%) Architect
4 81 (9.40%) Analyst
5 74 (8.58%) Lead
6 70 (8.12%) Developer
7 68 (7.89%) Cloud Engineer
8 49 (5.68%) Data Engineer
9 35 (4.06%) Consultant
10 34 (3.94%) DevOps Engineer
11 29 (3.36%) Software Engineer
12 27 (3.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 27 (3.13%) GCP DevOps
13 26 (3.02%) Senior Cloud Engineer
13 26 (3.02%) Solutions Architect
14 25 (2.90%) Security Engineer
15 24 (2.78%) Cloud Architect
15 24 (2.78%) GCP DevOps Engineer
16 22 (2.55%) Android Developer
17 20 (2.32%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (6.50%) REST
2 40 (4.64%) PyTorch
2 40 (4.64%) RESTful
3 38 (4.41%) React
4 35 (4.06%) Kafka
5 32 (3.71%) HTML
5 32 (3.71%) Spring
6 31 (3.60%) scikit-learn
7 30 (3.48%) LangChain
7 30 (3.48%) Node.js
7 30 (3.48%) TensorFlow
8 26 (3.02%) CSS
9 25 (2.90%) Spring Boot
10 24 (2.78%) OAuth
11 22 (2.55%) AngularJS
12 21 (2.44%) FastAPI
12 21 (2.44%) LangGraph
13 20 (2.32%) Android Jetpack
13 20 (2.32%) Jetpack Compose
14 18 (2.09%) Android SDK
Miscellaneous
1 109 (12.65%) Cloud Native
2 45 (5.22%) Onboarding
3 44 (5.10%) Public Cloud
4 31 (3.60%) Distributed Systems
5 29 (3.36%) Product Ownership
6 22 (2.55%) Mobile App
7 20 (2.32%) Life Science
8 19 (2.20%) Data Centre
8 19 (2.20%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.62%) Genomics
10 14 (1.62%) Security Posture
10 14 (1.62%) Virtual Team
11 13 (1.51%) Management Information System
12 12 (1.39%) AI Agents
13 11 (1.28%) Algorithms
14 10 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
14 10 (1.16%) Smartphone
15 9 (1.04%) Clustering
15 9 (1.04%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 55 (6.38%) Windows
2 52 (6.03%) Android
2 52 (6.03%) Linux
3 30 (3.48%) Mac OS
4 29 (3.36%) Apple iOS
5 17 (1.97%) VMS
6 9 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.70%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.58%) CoreOS
8 5 (0.58%) Data ONTAP
8 5 (0.58%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Solaris
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (27.73%) CI/CD
2 232 (26.91%) DevOps
3 185 (21.46%) AI
4 170 (19.72%) Analytics
5 164 (19.03%) Problem-Solving
6 155 (17.98%) Agile
7 149 (17.29%) Infrastructure as Code
8 105 (12.18%) Containerisation
8 105 (12.18%) Migration
9 104 (12.06%) Continuous Improvement
10 101 (11.72%) Machine Learning
11 94 (10.90%) Stakeholder Management
12 84 (9.74%) Microservices
12 84 (9.74%) Observability
13 76 (8.82%) User Experience
14 72 (8.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 71 (8.24%) Business Intelligence
15 71 (8.24%) Change Management
16 68 (7.89%) Software Engineering
17 66 (7.66%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 257 (29.81%) Python
2 159 (18.45%) SQL
3 99 (11.48%) Java
4 44 (5.10%) JavaScript
4 44 (5.10%) PowerShell
5 42 (4.87%) Bash
6 31 (3.60%) Kotlin
7 27 (3.13%) Go
7 27 (3.13%) TypeScript
8 26 (3.02%) C#
9 11 (1.28%) Ruby
10 10 (1.16%) Google Apps Script
11 8 (0.93%) VBA
12 5 (0.58%) Bicep
12 5 (0.58%) Groovy
12 5 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (0.58%) Scala
13 4 (0.46%) C++
13 4 (0.46%) Rust
13 4 (0.46%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 130 (15.08%) Security Cleared
2 107 (12.41%) SC Cleared
3 101 (11.72%) Degree
4 36 (4.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (2.90%) Master's Degree
6 19 (2.20%) Azure Certification
7 17 (1.97%) AWS Certification
8 15 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.62%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (1.39%) CISSP
11 10 (1.16%) DV Cleared
12 8 (0.93%) OCP
12 8 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
13 6 (0.70%) CCNP
14 5 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (0.58%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.58%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 4 (0.46%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (7.19%) GDPR
2 46 (5.34%) Data Quality
3 32 (3.71%) QA
4 18 (2.09%) Accessibility
5 16 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 13 (1.51%) PCI DSS
7 11 (1.28%) NIST
8 9 (1.04%) NCSC
9 8 (0.93%) GRC
10 6 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.58%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.58%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.35%) PERC
12 3 (0.35%) SLA
12 3 (0.35%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27005
13 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.12%) PMO
System Software
1 122 (14.15%) Docker
2 34 (3.94%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.58%) NFS
5 5 (0.58%) vSphere
6 3 (0.35%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.35%) Snort
6 3 (0.35%) Squid
7 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.12%) Varnish
8 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 180 (20.88%) Terraform
2 167 (19.37%) Kubernetes
3 49 (5.68%) Ansible
4 37 (4.29%) Grafana
5 29 (3.36%) Prometheus
6 26 (3.02%) Istio
7 15 (1.74%) Argo
8 12 (1.39%) SCCM
8 12 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.93%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 7 (0.81%) Kubeflow
12 6 (0.70%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.70%) QRadar
13 5 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.58%) Nessus
13 5 (0.58%) SnapMirror
14 3 (0.35%) logstash
14 3 (0.35%) Nexpose
14 3 (0.35%) Suricata
Vendors
1 125 (14.50%) Microsoft
2 42 (4.87%) Splunk
3 30 (3.48%) Databricks
4 25 (2.90%) Adobe
5 23 (2.67%) Salesforce
6 21 (2.44%) Apple
6 21 (2.44%) OpenAI
7 18 (2.09%) ServiceNow
8 17 (1.97%) VMware
9 16 (1.86%) Oracle
9 16 (1.86%) Red Hat
10 15 (1.74%) IBM
11 13 (1.51%) Okta
12 12 (1.39%) SAP
13 11 (1.28%) Foundry
14 9 (1.04%) Amplitude
14 9 (1.04%) Citrix
14 9 (1.04%) Hotjar
14 9 (1.04%) Palo Alto
15 8 (0.93%) CyberArk