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 18 January 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
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 115 159
Rank change year-on-year +2 +44 -42
Contract jobs citing Google 781 588 600
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.46% 2.19% 1.63%
As % of the Vendors category 5.30% 4.75% 3.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 500 327 424
10th Percentile £263 £308 £203
25th Percentile £375 £411 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £614 £688 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £712
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 32 39
10th Percentile £14.88 £25.25 £16.01
25th Percentile £21.25 £30.19 £19.63
Median hourly rate £32.50 £43.04 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.48% +43.46% -14.29%
75th Percentile £42.00 £61.50 £63.13
90th Percentile £61.68 £63.63 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £43.04 £30.00
% change year-on-year -23.32% +43.46% -14.29%

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 14,727 12,366 16,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.30% 46.02% 43.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,672 7,466 10,412
10th Percentile £300 £294 £250
25th Percentile £410 £410 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £708 £715 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 690 358 702
10th Percentile £15.49 £15.62 £13.29
25th Percentile £17.96 £18.17 £17.00
Median hourly rate £23.79 £30.00 £38.45
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% -21.98% +20.33%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.01 £61.81
90th Percentile £72.05 £80.75 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.43 £37.50
% change year-on-year -13.13% -26.87% +29.31%

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 18 January 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 18 January 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 18 January 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 0 397 £525 -4.55% 212
North of England +4 158 £475 -5.00% 178
Yorkshire 0 87 £450 -10.00% 78
South East -7 79 £314 -37.20% 267
Midlands +10 66 £520 +46.07% 118
North West +2 65 £492 -10.55% 80
South West +14 42 £525 -19.23% 100
West Midlands -3 40 £500 +5.26% 42
East of England -16 27 £625 +47.06% 133
East Midlands +2 26 £525 +70.45% 71
North East -22 6 £495 +18.56% 20
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 (3.07%) Apache Spark
2 19 (2.43%) Confluence
3 16 (2.05%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (1.92%) Apache
4 15 (1.92%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.28%) CMS
6 9 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.77%) Mule
8 4 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.38%) Drupal
9 3 (0.38%) Ethereum
9 3 (0.38%) Hyperledger
9 3 (0.38%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.38%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.26%) SAS
10 2 (0.26%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.13%) CICS
11 1 (0.13%) JBoss
11 1 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
11 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.77%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.64%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.51%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.51%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.51%) Trello
7 3 (0.38%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.26%) Autodesk Smoke
8 2 (0.26%) Sketch
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.13%) InDesign
9 1 (0.13%) Maya
9 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.64%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.13%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.13%) Shopify
4 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
4 1 (0.13%) WebTrends
4 1 (0.13%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 495 (63.38%) GCP
2 279 (35.72%) Azure
3 230 (29.45%) AWS
4 106 (13.57%) GitHub
5 103 (13.19%) Google Workspace
6 74 (9.48%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 72 (9.22%) Power Platform
8 51 (6.53%) Google Analytics
9 40 (5.12%) GitHub Actions
10 39 (4.99%) SaaS
11 35 (4.48%) Serverless
12 34 (4.35%) Cloud Run
13 32 (4.10%) Entra ID
14 31 (3.97%) Google Tag Manager
15 30 (3.84%) Cloud Computing
15 30 (3.84%) Microsoft 365
16 27 (3.46%) Google Sheets
17 26 (3.33%) Cloud Functions
17 26 (3.33%) Vertex AI
18 25 (3.20%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 56 (7.17%) Firewall
2 25 (3.20%) Network Security
3 10 (1.28%) DNS
3 10 (1.28%) VoIP
4 9 (1.15%) Internet
5 7 (0.90%) VPN
6 6 (0.77%) Wireless
7 5 (0.64%) DHCP
7 5 (0.64%) HTTP
7 5 (0.64%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.51%) LAN
9 3 (0.38%) Intranet
9 3 (0.38%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.26%) Broadband
10 2 (0.26%) Cisco IPT
10 2 (0.26%) SMTP
10 2 (0.26%) SSL
10 2 (0.26%) VLAN
10 2 (0.26%) VRRP
10 2 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (11.91%) BigQuery
2 65 (8.32%) Power BI
3 38 (4.87%) NoSQL
3 38 (4.87%) PostgreSQL
4 34 (4.35%) Tableau
5 27 (3.46%) Looker
6 24 (3.07%) SQL Server
7 21 (2.69%) Data Warehouse
8 18 (2.30%) MySQL
9 15 (1.92%) Big Data
9 15 (1.92%) Mixpanel
10 14 (1.79%) Data Lake
11 11 (1.41%) Metadata
11 11 (1.41%) OLAP
11 11 (1.41%) Relational Database
12 9 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
12 9 (1.15%) MongoDB
12 9 (1.15%) OLTP
12 9 (1.15%) Redis
13 8 (1.02%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 96 (12.29%) Jenkins
2 67 (8.58%) Git
3 49 (6.27%) JIRA
4 44 (5.63%) GitLab
5 15 (1.92%) Sonatype Nexus
6 12 (1.54%) SonarQube
7 8 (1.02%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.90%) Gradle
9 6 (0.77%) Liquibase
9 6 (0.77%) Selenium
9 6 (0.77%) Visual Website Optimizer
10 5 (0.64%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.64%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (0.64%) CircleCI
10 5 (0.64%) JUnit
10 5 (0.64%) Mockito
10 5 (0.64%) Postman
11 3 (0.38%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.38%) ERwin
11 3 (0.38%) Xcode
General
1 285 (36.49%) Social Skills
2 147 (18.82%) Finance
3 102 (13.06%) Analytical Skills
4 92 (11.78%) Banking
5 59 (7.55%) Marketing
5 59 (7.55%) Public Sector
6 29 (3.71%) Retail
7 22 (2.82%) Pharmaceutical
8 21 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.18%) Publishing
10 15 (1.92%) Advertising
10 15 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
10 15 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (1.79%) Financial Institution
11 14 (1.79%) Legal
12 13 (1.66%) Telecoms
13 9 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
14 6 (0.77%) Automotive
14 6 (0.77%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 102 (13.06%) Senior
2 80 (10.24%) Developer
3 77 (9.86%) Analyst
4 75 (9.60%) Architect
4 75 (9.60%) GCP Engineer
5 60 (7.68%) Lead
6 53 (6.79%) Cloud Engineer
7 35 (4.48%) DevOps Engineer
8 32 (4.10%) Data Engineer
9 28 (3.59%) Consultant
10 26 (3.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 26 (3.33%) Software Engineer
11 25 (3.20%) GCP DevOps
12 24 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
13 23 (2.94%) GCP DevOps Engineer
14 21 (2.69%) Android Developer
15 20 (2.56%) Senior Developer
15 20 (2.56%) Support Engineer
16 19 (2.43%) Data Scientist
16 19 (2.43%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (6.91%) RESTful
2 44 (5.63%) REST
3 38 (4.87%) React
4 36 (4.61%) Node.js
5 34 (4.35%) HTML
6 31 (3.97%) Spring
7 29 (3.71%) Kafka
7 29 (3.71%) PyTorch
8 28 (3.59%) CSS
9 27 (3.46%) LangChain
10 26 (3.33%) FastAPI
10 26 (3.33%) TensorFlow
11 25 (3.20%) LangGraph
11 25 (3.20%) OAuth
11 25 (3.20%) scikit-learn
12 23 (2.94%) Spring Boot
13 21 (2.69%) AngularJS
14 17 (2.18%) Android Jetpack
14 17 (2.18%) Jetpack Compose
15 16 (2.05%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 99 (12.68%) Cloud Native
2 46 (5.89%) Onboarding
3 32 (4.10%) Public Cloud
4 29 (3.71%) Distributed Systems
5 25 (3.20%) Product Ownership
6 21 (2.69%) Mobile App
7 19 (2.43%) Life Science
8 18 (2.30%) AI Agents
9 16 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (2.05%) Genomics
10 14 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (1.66%) Data Centre
11 13 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
11 13 (1.66%) Social Media
12 11 (1.41%) Management Information System
13 10 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (1.15%) Algorithms
14 9 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
14 9 (1.15%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 52 (6.66%) Linux
2 48 (6.15%) Android
3 46 (5.89%) Windows
4 27 (3.46%) Apple iOS
5 21 (2.69%) Mac OS
6 12 (1.54%) VMS
7 6 (0.77%) Unix
7 6 (0.77%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.64%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.26%) Solaris
10 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.13%) MVS
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (28.17%) DevOps
2 213 (27.27%) CI/CD
3 163 (20.87%) Agile
4 162 (20.74%) AI
5 156 (19.97%) Problem-Solving
6 154 (19.72%) Analytics
7 125 (16.01%) Containerisation
8 120 (15.36%) Infrastructure as Code
9 98 (12.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 95 (12.16%) Microservices
11 94 (12.04%) Machine Learning
12 87 (11.14%) Migration
13 78 (9.99%) Stakeholder Management
13 78 (9.99%) User Experience
14 69 (8.83%) Business Intelligence
15 68 (8.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 62 (7.94%) Change Management
16 62 (7.94%) ITIL
17 61 (7.81%) Actionable Insight
17 61 (7.81%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 241 (30.86%) Python
2 133 (17.03%) SQL
3 89 (11.40%) Java
4 54 (6.91%) JavaScript
5 42 (5.38%) PowerShell
6 38 (4.87%) Bash
7 28 (3.59%) TypeScript
8 25 (3.20%) Kotlin
9 22 (2.82%) Go
10 14 (1.79%) C#
11 12 (1.54%) Ruby
12 9 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
12 9 (1.15%) Shell Script
13 8 (1.02%) Scala
14 7 (0.90%) VBA
15 6 (0.77%) Bicep
16 4 (0.51%) C++
17 3 (0.38%) Google Apps Script
17 3 (0.38%) Groovy
17 3 (0.38%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 110 (14.08%) Security Cleared
2 95 (12.16%) SC Cleared
3 89 (11.40%) Degree
4 37 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.20%) Master's Degree
6 16 (2.05%) Azure Certification
7 14 (1.79%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.66%) MCP
9 12 (1.54%) CISSP
9 12 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (1.02%) DV Cleared
13 7 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 7 (0.90%) CCSP
14 6 (0.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 6 (0.77%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (0.64%) OSCP
15 5 (0.64%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (7.04%) GDPR
2 38 (4.87%) Data Quality
3 33 (4.23%) QA
4 23 (2.94%) Accessibility
5 20 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.41%) NIST
7 10 (1.28%) PCI DSS
8 8 (1.02%) NCSC
9 7 (0.90%) GRC
10 6 (0.77%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (0.77%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.64%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.38%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.26%) PERC
13 2 (0.26%) SLA
13 2 (0.26%) WCAG
14 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.13%) EU AI Act
14 1 (0.13%) PMO
System Software
1 146 (18.69%) Docker
2 35 (4.48%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.64%) Squid
5 4 (0.51%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.51%) Snort
6 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 2 (0.26%) KVM
6 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.13%) NFS
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.13%) SRDF
7 1 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 174 (22.28%) Kubernetes
2 144 (18.44%) Terraform
3 51 (6.53%) Ansible
4 31 (3.97%) Grafana
5 27 (3.46%) Prometheus
6 21 (2.69%) Istio
7 16 (2.05%) Argo
8 13 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (1.54%) SCCM
9 12 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.90%) QRadar
11 6 (0.77%) Nessus
11 6 (0.77%) NetBackup
11 6 (0.77%) Oracle RMAN
11 6 (0.77%) Puppet
12 4 (0.51%) logstash
12 4 (0.51%) Nexpose
12 4 (0.51%) Suricata
13 3 (0.38%) Jamf Pro
13 3 (0.38%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 126 (16.13%) Microsoft
2 42 (5.38%) Splunk
3 29 (3.71%) Salesforce
4 25 (3.20%) Adobe
5 24 (3.07%) Apple
5 24 (3.07%) Databricks
6 23 (2.94%) OpenAI
7 22 (2.82%) Oracle
8 17 (2.18%) VMware
9 15 (1.92%) Okta
10 14 (1.79%) Palo Alto
10 14 (1.79%) SAP
11 13 (1.66%) Cisco
12 12 (1.54%) Foundry
12 12 (1.54%) IBM
13 11 (1.41%) Citrix
13 11 (1.41%) CyberArk
14 10 (1.28%) Amplitude
14 10 (1.28%) CrowdStrike
15 9 (1.15%) Optimizely