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 31 May 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
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 102 106
Rank change year-on-year -19 +4 +8
Contract jobs citing Google 861 627 750
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.05% 2.59% 2.04%
As % of the Vendors category 5.01% 5.43% 4.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 542 355 483
10th Percentile £305 £222 £276
25th Percentile £413 £369 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £632 £650
90th Percentile £691 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 61 70
10th Percentile £13.51 - £11.25
25th Percentile £23.16 £16.95 £21.06
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.00 £27.74
Median % change year-on-year +22.41% +4.56% -29.87%
75th Percentile £35.91 £46.30 £70.00
90th Percentile £44.87 £60.13 -
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £27.63 £30.50
% change year-on-year +28.48% -9.41% -22.98%

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 17,186 11,537 15,421
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.93% 47.63% 41.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,053 7,368 9,830
10th Percentile £313 £280 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £520 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.88% +0.48% -2.82%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £630
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £515
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 928 488 1,027
10th Percentile £15.71 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.79 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.06 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +20.09% +16.57% -41.30%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.00 £58.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £26.04 £22.50
% change year-on-year +24.81% +15.73% -47.67%

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 31 May 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 31 May 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 31 May 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 -17 440 £510 -2.86% 103
North of England -20 170 £500 - 68
Yorkshire -19 86 £505 +8.37% 22
Midlands -13 68 £533 +29.98% 22
North West -27 67 £500 -13.04% 36
South West +2 61 £550 +48.65% 27
South East -83 54 £631 +26.25% 81
East Midlands +7 39 £550 +40.66% 11
East of England -14 39 £510 +5.15% 22
West Midlands -47 29 £425 -14.57% 11
North East -6 20 £450 -28.00% 10
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 42 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 30 (3.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 29 (3.37%) Apache Spark
4 27 (3.14%) Apache
5 17 (1.97%) Apache Airflow
6 15 (1.74%) Confluence
7 8 (0.93%) CMS
8 2 (0.23%) Drupal
8 2 (0.23%) nginx
8 2 (0.23%) WordPress
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.12%) IIS
9 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
Applications
1 27 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 27 (3.14%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (2.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (1.28%) Chatbot
4 8 (0.93%) Photoshop
5 7 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.70%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (0.58%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.46%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.46%) InDesign
9 2 (0.23%) Maya
9 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.23%) Trello
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.12%) Autodesk Smoke
Business Applications
1 5 (0.58%) Sprinklr
2 2 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.12%) Actimize
3 1 (0.12%) Cloudability
3 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.12%) Primavera
3 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.12%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.12%) SAP CAR
3 1 (0.12%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.12%) SAP SRM
3 1 (0.12%) VisionPLUS
3 1 (0.12%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 515 (59.81%) GCP
2 243 (28.22%) Azure
3 225 (26.13%) AWS
4 171 (19.86%) Google Workspace
5 90 (10.45%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 89 (10.34%) GitHub
7 74 (8.59%) Microsoft 365
8 62 (7.20%) Power Platform
9 58 (6.74%) Google Sheets
10 49 (5.69%) SaaS
11 47 (5.46%) GitHub Actions
12 39 (4.53%) Vertex AI
13 38 (4.41%) Google Analytics
14 36 (4.18%) Entra ID
15 32 (3.72%) Cloud Computing
16 29 (3.37%) Google Drive
16 29 (3.37%) Slack
17 28 (3.25%) Cloud Run
18 27 (3.14%) AWS CloudFormation
19 26 (3.02%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 54 (6.27%) Firewall
2 41 (4.76%) DNS
3 34 (3.95%) VPN
4 20 (2.32%) Network Security
5 13 (1.51%) VoIP
6 11 (1.28%) DKIM
6 11 (1.28%) DMARC
6 11 (1.28%) TCP/IP
7 10 (1.16%) Internet
8 7 (0.81%) DHCP
9 6 (0.70%) BGP
9 6 (0.70%) Reverse Proxy
10 5 (0.58%) OSPF
10 5 (0.58%) SAN
10 5 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.46%) Wireless
12 3 (0.35%) HTTP
12 3 (0.35%) IPv4
12 3 (0.35%) IPv6
12 3 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (11.27%) BigQuery
2 53 (6.16%) Power BI
3 34 (3.95%) Tableau
4 33 (3.83%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (2.67%) SQL Server
6 22 (2.56%) Data Lake
7 17 (1.97%) Looker
7 17 (1.97%) Metadata
7 17 (1.97%) OLAP
8 15 (1.74%) Amazon Athena
8 15 (1.74%) Mixpanel
8 15 (1.74%) OLTP
8 15 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
9 14 (1.63%) MySQL
9 14 (1.63%) NoSQL
10 12 (1.39%) Big Data
11 11 (1.28%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.81%) Redis
13 6 (0.70%) RDBMS
13 6 (0.70%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 79 (9.18%) Jenkins
2 51 (5.92%) JIRA
3 47 (5.46%) Git
4 38 (4.41%) GitLab
5 11 (1.28%) JUnit
6 9 (1.05%) SonarQube
7 7 (0.81%) IntelliJ
8 5 (0.58%) Android Studio
8 5 (0.58%) Gradle
8 5 (0.58%) REST Assured
8 5 (0.58%) Selenium
9 4 (0.46%) Crashlytics
9 4 (0.46%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.46%) fastlane
9 4 (0.46%) Gatling
9 4 (0.46%) Postman
10 3 (0.35%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.35%) ERwin
10 3 (0.35%) Liquibase
10 3 (0.35%) webpack
General
1 236 (27.41%) Social Skills
2 171 (19.86%) Finance
3 96 (11.15%) Analytical Skills
4 94 (10.92%) Public Sector
5 67 (7.78%) Marketing
6 61 (7.08%) Banking
7 49 (5.69%) Retail
8 29 (3.37%) Legal
9 27 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (2.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (1.97%) Advertising
11 17 (1.97%) Publishing
12 16 (1.86%) Military
13 11 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
13 11 (1.28%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (1.05%) Billing
15 9 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
16 8 (0.93%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 111 (12.89%) GCP Engineer
2 100 (11.61%) Architect
3 86 (9.99%) Senior
4 79 (9.18%) Cloud Engineer
5 71 (8.25%) Analyst
5 71 (8.25%) Lead
6 58 (6.74%) Data Engineer
7 57 (6.62%) Developer
8 38 (4.41%) Administrator
9 29 (3.37%) Solutions Architect
10 28 (3.25%) DevOps Engineer
11 26 (3.02%) Cloud Architect
11 26 (3.02%) Security Engineer
12 25 (2.90%) Consultant
13 23 (2.67%) GCP DevOps
13 23 (2.67%) Network Engineer
13 23 (2.67%) Software Engineer
14 22 (2.56%) Platform Engineer
15 19 (2.21%) GCP DevOps Engineer
16 18 (2.09%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (4.53%) React
1 39 (4.53%) REST
2 34 (3.95%) Kafka
3 30 (3.48%) Node.js
4 29 (3.37%) OAuth
5 26 (3.02%) PyTorch
5 26 (3.02%) Spring
5 26 (3.02%) Spring Boot
6 24 (2.79%) LangChain
7 17 (1.97%) scikit-learn
7 17 (1.97%) TensorFlow
8 16 (1.86%) RESTful
9 15 (1.74%) .NET
9 15 (1.74%) Android Jetpack
9 15 (1.74%) AngularJS
9 15 (1.74%) Great Expectations
9 15 (1.74%) Jetpack Compose
9 15 (1.74%) OpenID
9 15 (1.74%) SAML
10 13 (1.51%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 127 (14.75%) Cloud Native
2 35 (4.07%) Public Cloud
3 32 (3.72%) Product Ownership
4 27 (3.14%) Management Information System
5 25 (2.90%) Virtual Team
6 24 (2.79%) Data Centre
7 22 (2.56%) AI Agents
7 22 (2.56%) Onboarding
8 20 (2.32%) Security Posture
9 19 (2.21%) Mobile App
10 18 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
11 16 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (1.51%) Private Cloud
13 12 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
14 11 (1.28%) Clustering
14 11 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (1.28%) Smartphone
15 10 (1.16%) Marketing Technology
16 8 (0.93%) e-Learning
16 8 (0.93%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 56 (6.50%) Windows
2 48 (5.57%) Android
3 45 (5.23%) Linux
4 27 (3.14%) Mac OS
5 23 (2.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 22 (2.56%) Apple iOS
7 16 (1.86%) VMS
8 9 (1.05%) Windows Server
9 6 (0.70%) Data ONTAP
10 5 (0.58%) CoreOS
10 5 (0.58%) Windows 10
11 4 (0.46%) Alpine Linux
11 4 (0.46%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.12%) Solaris
12 1 (0.12%) SUSE
12 1 (0.12%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.12%) Unix
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (27.41%) CI/CD
2 203 (23.58%) DevOps
3 165 (19.16%) AI
4 164 (19.05%) Infrastructure as Code
5 153 (17.77%) Analytics
6 144 (16.72%) Migration
7 135 (15.68%) Agile
8 123 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
9 102 (11.85%) Observability
10 96 (11.15%) Stakeholder Management
11 77 (8.94%) Continuous Improvement
11 77 (8.94%) Software Engineering
12 73 (8.48%) Machine Learning
13 71 (8.25%) Decision-Making
14 70 (8.13%) Cloud Security
15 68 (7.90%) Roadmaps
16 62 (7.20%) Business Intelligence
16 62 (7.20%) Data Modelling
17 60 (6.97%) Change Management
18 58 (6.74%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 231 (26.83%) Python
2 159 (18.47%) SQL
3 105 (12.20%) Java
4 62 (7.20%) PowerShell
5 50 (5.81%) Bash
6 28 (3.25%) C#
6 28 (3.25%) JavaScript
7 25 (2.90%) Go
7 25 (2.90%) Kotlin
8 20 (2.32%) TypeScript
9 10 (1.16%) Scala
10 9 (1.05%) Rust
11 8 (0.93%) Bicep
11 8 (0.93%) Google Apps Script
12 7 (0.81%) Groovy
13 5 (0.58%) R
13 5 (0.58%) Ruby
14 3 (0.35%) C++
14 3 (0.35%) Korn
14 3 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 148 (17.19%) Security Cleared
2 121 (14.05%) SC Cleared
3 79 (9.18%) Degree
4 29 (3.37%) AWS Certification
5 28 (3.25%) Azure Certification
6 24 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (2.32%) DV Cleared
8 19 (2.21%) CISSP
9 16 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
10 15 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
11 12 (1.39%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (0.70%) CCNP
13 5 (0.58%) CISM
13 5 (0.58%) OCP
13 5 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
13 5 (0.58%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 4 (0.46%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (6.85%) GDPR
2 44 (5.11%) Data Quality
3 32 (3.72%) QA
4 19 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (1.97%) NIST
6 16 (1.86%) Accessibility
7 10 (1.16%) PCI DSS
8 9 (1.05%) WCAG
9 7 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
9 7 (0.81%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.58%) SOC 2
11 4 (0.46%) GRC
11 4 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (0.46%) NCSC
11 4 (0.46%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.46%) PERC
12 3 (0.35%) SLA
13 2 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.23%) PMO
14 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 73 (8.48%) Docker
2 48 (5.57%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.51%) Virtual Machines
3 13 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.58%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.58%) NFS
4 5 (0.58%) vSphere
5 4 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
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%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.12%) Varnish
7 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 203 (23.58%) Terraform
2 143 (16.61%) Kubernetes
3 37 (4.30%) Ansible
4 28 (3.25%) Grafana
5 22 (2.56%) Prometheus
6 20 (2.32%) Istio
7 18 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
7 18 (2.09%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (1.63%) Progress Chef
9 10 (1.16%) SCCM
10 9 (1.05%) Argo
11 8 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
12 7 (0.81%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 6 (0.70%) Kubeflow
14 5 (0.58%) Podman
14 5 (0.58%) SnapMirror
15 4 (0.46%) Puppet
16 2 (0.23%) Cilium
16 2 (0.23%) Nessus
16 2 (0.23%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 134 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 29 (3.37%) Databricks
3 25 (2.90%) ServiceNow
4 24 (2.79%) Apple
5 21 (2.44%) Oracle
6 20 (2.32%) Red Hat
6 20 (2.32%) Salesforce
7 19 (2.21%) OpenAI
8 18 (2.09%) Adobe
9 17 (1.97%) Okta
9 17 (1.97%) Splunk
10 14 (1.63%) Dynatrace
10 14 (1.63%) VMware
11 12 (1.39%) IBM
11 12 (1.39%) TikTok
12 10 (1.16%) CyberArk
12 10 (1.16%) Rapid7
13 9 (1.05%) Checkmarx
13 9 (1.05%) Citrix
13 9 (1.05%) SAP