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 April 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
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 109 130
Rank change year-on-year -3 +21 -23
Contract jobs citing Google 866 610 669
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.21% 2.50% 1.80%
As % of the Vendors category 5.15% 5.28% 4.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 567 352 440
10th Percentile £281 £256 £250
25th Percentile £413 £383 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £737 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.97% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 62 47
10th Percentile £21.25 £16.95 £11.11
25th Percentile £25.75 £24.30 £17.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £31.88 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.36% +22.62% -34.26%
75th Percentile £35.91 £55.63 £32.13
90th Percentile £49.50 £62.50 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £31.76 £26.00
% change year-on-year +11.78% +22.15% -34.30%

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 16,800 11,546 15,660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.86% 47.33% 42.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,973 7,484 10,012
10th Percentile £313 £296 £255
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -3.26%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £631
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £517
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.87% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 875 435 972
10th Percentile £15.32 £14.99 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.64 £18.20 £14.16
Median hourly rate £28.00 £28.75 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +27.78% -41.56%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.88 £55.00
90th Percentile £78.67 £80.39 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £28.88 £28.21 £22.21
% change year-on-year +2.39% +26.98% -47.74%

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 April 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 15 April 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 15 April 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 -13 437 £525 - 255
North of England -11 153 £500 -9.09% 80
Yorkshire -9 86 £500 +3.90% 24
South East -49 83 £530 +4.33% 105
Midlands -19 65 £537 +34.25% 31
South West -1 58 £544 +8.75% 23
North West -27 58 £550 -12.00% 49
East of England -3 44 £570 +75.38% 16
East Midlands -1 36 £550 +83.33% 14
West Midlands -46 29 £475 +6.15% 17
North East -10 12 £475 - 8
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 31 (3.58%) Apache Spark
2 28 (3.23%) Apache
3 22 (2.54%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (1.96%) Confluence
5 16 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
6 15 (1.73%) SharePoint
7 8 (0.92%) CMS
8 3 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.23%) Drupal
9 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.23%) nginx
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.12%) IIS
10 1 (0.12%) JBoss
10 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.12%) SAS
10 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 39 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (3.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.27%) Chatbot
5 8 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.58%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.58%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.46%) Trello
8 2 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.23%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.23%) Autodesk Smoke
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.12%) InDesign
9 1 (0.12%) Maya
9 1 (0.12%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (0.69%) Sprinklr
2 4 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.12%) Actimize
5 1 (0.12%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.12%) SAP SRM
5 1 (0.12%) Shopify
5 1 (0.12%) VisionPLUS
5 1 (0.12%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 532 (61.43%) GCP
2 279 (32.22%) Azure
3 237 (27.37%) AWS
4 152 (17.55%) Google Workspace
5 92 (10.62%) GitHub
6 83 (9.58%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 72 (8.31%) Power Platform
8 51 (5.89%) Google Analytics
9 46 (5.31%) Google Sheets
10 44 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
11 38 (4.39%) Vertex AI
12 37 (4.27%) GitHub Actions
13 31 (3.58%) AWS CloudFormation
13 31 (3.58%) SaaS
14 30 (3.46%) Cloud Computing
15 29 (3.35%) Amazon S3
16 28 (3.23%) Cloud Run
17 26 (3.00%) Entra ID
17 26 (3.00%) Google Gemini
17 26 (3.00%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 57 (6.58%) Firewall
2 33 (3.81%) VPN
3 32 (3.70%) DNS
4 26 (3.00%) Network Security
5 13 (1.50%) VoIP
6 11 (1.27%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.04%) DHCP
8 8 (0.92%) Internet
9 6 (0.69%) BGP
10 5 (0.58%) Reverse Proxy
10 5 (0.58%) SAN
11 4 (0.46%) HTTP
11 4 (0.46%) OSPF
11 4 (0.46%) Wireless
12 3 (0.35%) IPv4
12 3 (0.35%) IPv6
12 3 (0.35%) LAN
12 3 (0.35%) SMTP
13 2 (0.23%) Cisco IPT
13 2 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (12.47%) BigQuery
2 63 (7.27%) Power BI
3 36 (4.16%) Tableau
4 27 (3.12%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (2.66%) Data Lake
6 21 (2.42%) NoSQL
7 20 (2.31%) OLAP
7 20 (2.31%) SQL Server
8 19 (2.19%) Looker
9 18 (2.08%) Amazon Athena
9 18 (2.08%) Metadata
9 18 (2.08%) Mixpanel
10 17 (1.96%) OLTP
10 17 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
11 13 (1.50%) Big Data
12 12 (1.39%) MySQL
13 7 (0.81%) Relational Database
14 6 (0.69%) Redis
14 6 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (0.69%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 75 (8.66%) Jenkins
2 53 (6.12%) Git
3 47 (5.43%) JIRA
4 38 (4.39%) GitLab
5 16 (1.85%) JUnit
6 9 (1.04%) SonarQube
7 7 (0.81%) IntelliJ
8 6 (0.69%) Selenium
9 5 (0.58%) Charles Proxy
9 5 (0.58%) REST Assured
10 4 (0.46%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.46%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.46%) Gatling
10 4 (0.46%) Mockito
10 4 (0.46%) Postman
11 3 (0.35%) Android Studio
11 3 (0.35%) ERwin
11 3 (0.35%) Fiddler
11 3 (0.35%) Gradle
11 3 (0.35%) Liquibase
General
1 276 (31.87%) Social Skills
2 164 (18.94%) Finance
3 119 (13.74%) Analytical Skills
4 79 (9.12%) Public Sector
5 73 (8.43%) Banking
6 69 (7.97%) Marketing
7 48 (5.54%) Retail
8 31 (3.58%) Legal
9 23 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
10 22 (2.54%) Advertising
11 18 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
11 18 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 17 (1.96%) Publishing
13 15 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.62%) Telecoms
15 13 (1.50%) Military
16 11 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
17 10 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (1.15%) Manufacturing
18 7 (0.81%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 113 (13.05%) GCP Engineer
2 94 (10.85%) Senior
3 91 (10.51%) Architect
4 86 (9.93%) Analyst
4 86 (9.93%) Lead
5 78 (9.01%) Cloud Engineer
6 59 (6.81%) Developer
7 57 (6.58%) Data Engineer
8 28 (3.23%) Cloud Architect
8 28 (3.23%) Consultant
9 27 (3.12%) DevOps Engineer
10 24 (2.77%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 24 (2.77%) Software Engineer
10 24 (2.77%) Solutions Architect
11 23 (2.66%) Network Engineer
12 22 (2.54%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 22 (2.54%) Security Engineer
13 21 (2.42%) Administrator
13 21 (2.42%) GCP DevOps
14 20 (2.31%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (5.20%) REST
2 41 (4.73%) Kafka
3 36 (4.16%) PyTorch
4 33 (3.81%) Spring
5 32 (3.70%) LangChain
5 32 (3.70%) Spring Boot
6 30 (3.46%) React
7 28 (3.23%) scikit-learn
8 26 (3.00%) TensorFlow
9 23 (2.66%) Node.js
9 23 (2.66%) RESTful
10 21 (2.42%) OAuth
11 20 (2.31%) HTML
11 20 (2.31%) Pandas
12 19 (2.19%) AngularJS
13 18 (2.08%) Great Expectations
14 17 (1.96%) CSS
15 15 (1.73%) Android Jetpack
15 15 (1.73%) Android SDK
15 15 (1.73%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 106 (12.24%) Cloud Native
2 39 (4.50%) Public Cloud
3 34 (3.93%) Onboarding
3 34 (3.93%) Product Ownership
4 22 (2.54%) Data Centre
4 22 (2.54%) Virtual Team
5 20 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (2.08%) AI Agents
6 18 (2.08%) Mobile App
7 17 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
8 16 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
9 14 (1.62%) Clustering
10 12 (1.39%) Marketing Technology
11 11 (1.27%) Life Science
11 11 (1.27%) Management Information System
11 11 (1.27%) Security Posture
11 11 (1.27%) Smartphone
12 10 (1.15%) Algorithms
12 10 (1.15%) Social Media
13 9 (1.04%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 53 (6.12%) Windows
2 46 (5.31%) Android
3 39 (4.50%) Linux
4 29 (3.35%) Mac OS
5 27 (3.12%) Apple iOS
6 17 (1.96%) VMS
7 9 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.69%) Data ONTAP
8 6 (0.69%) Windows Server
9 5 (0.58%) CoreOS
9 5 (0.58%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.12%) Solaris
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (25.87%) CI/CD
2 201 (23.21%) DevOps
3 186 (21.48%) AI
4 178 (20.55%) Analytics
5 151 (17.44%) Infrastructure as Code
6 150 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
7 135 (15.59%) Agile
8 112 (12.93%) Migration
9 98 (11.32%) Machine Learning
10 97 (11.20%) Stakeholder Management
11 92 (10.62%) Continuous Improvement
11 92 (10.62%) Observability
12 77 (8.89%) Software Engineering
13 71 (8.20%) Business Intelligence
13 71 (8.20%) Containerisation
14 69 (7.97%) Microservices
15 67 (7.74%) Decision-Making
16 63 (7.27%) LLM
16 63 (7.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 63 (7.27%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 236 (27.25%) Python
2 158 (18.24%) SQL
3 103 (11.89%) Java
4 43 (4.97%) PowerShell
5 41 (4.73%) JavaScript
6 38 (4.39%) Bash
7 30 (3.46%) C#
8 28 (3.23%) Kotlin
9 20 (2.31%) Go
10 19 (2.19%) TypeScript
11 11 (1.27%) Google Apps Script
12 8 (0.92%) Scala
13 5 (0.58%) Bicep
13 5 (0.58%) Groovy
13 5 (0.58%) Ruby
13 5 (0.58%) Rust
14 4 (0.46%) C++
14 4 (0.46%) R
14 4 (0.46%) VBA
15 3 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 138 (15.94%) Security Cleared
2 112 (12.93%) SC Cleared
3 86 (9.93%) Degree
4 26 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.19%) Azure Certification
6 18 (2.08%) AWS Certification
7 16 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 15 (1.73%) ITIL Certification
8 15 (1.73%) Master's Degree
9 14 (1.62%) DV Cleared
10 12 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.15%) CISSP
12 7 (0.81%) CCNP
13 5 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.58%) OCP
13 5 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
14 4 (0.46%) CCSP
14 4 (0.46%) IBM Certification
14 4 (0.46%) OSCP
14 4 (0.46%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (9.12%) GDPR
2 52 (6.00%) Data Quality
3 37 (4.27%) QA
4 19 (2.19%) Accessibility
5 15 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.62%) NIST
7 12 (1.39%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.81%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 6 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.69%) NCSC
9 6 (0.69%) PERC
10 5 (0.58%) WCAG
11 4 (0.46%) GRC
11 4 (0.46%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.35%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.35%) SLA
12 3 (0.35%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.12%) ISO 8583
13 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.12%) PMO
System Software
1 88 (10.16%) Docker
2 34 (3.93%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.58%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.58%) NFS
5 5 (0.58%) vSphere
6 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.12%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.12%) Firmware
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.12%) Snort
7 1 (0.12%) Squid
7 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.12%) Varnish
7 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 185 (21.36%) Terraform
2 149 (17.21%) Kubernetes
3 37 (4.27%) Ansible
4 32 (3.70%) Grafana
5 24 (2.77%) Istio
5 24 (2.77%) Prometheus
6 12 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (1.15%) Argo
8 10 (1.15%) SCCM
9 9 (1.04%) Kubeflow
10 8 (0.92%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 6 (0.69%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.58%) SnapMirror
13 4 (0.46%) Podman
14 3 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.35%) Nessus
14 3 (0.35%) QRadar
14 3 (0.35%) vCenter Server
15 2 (0.23%) Fluentd
Vendors
1 131 (15.13%) Microsoft
2 31 (3.58%) Databricks
3 23 (2.66%) Adobe
3 23 (2.66%) Splunk
4 22 (2.54%) ServiceNow
5 21 (2.42%) Oracle
5 21 (2.42%) Salesforce
6 20 (2.31%) Apple
6 20 (2.31%) OpenAI
7 16 (1.85%) IBM
8 15 (1.73%) VMware
9 12 (1.39%) Red Hat
10 11 (1.27%) Citrix
10 11 (1.27%) Foundry
10 11 (1.27%) Okta
11 9 (1.04%) Checkmarx
11 9 (1.04%) Dynatrace
11 9 (1.04%) Tealium
12 8 (0.92%) NetApp
12 8 (0.92%) SAP