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 23 September 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
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 104 104
Rank change year-on-year -10 0 +13
Contract jobs citing Google 1,066 716 732
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.29% 2.59% 2.27%
As % of the Vendors category 5.51% 5.46% 5.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 656 407 433
10th Percentile £322 £238 £305
25th Percentile £413 £371 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £495 £535
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% -7.48% -2.73%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £675
90th Percentile £691 £700 £760
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 40 60
10th Percentile £13.39 £15.40 £25.99
25th Percentile £14.13 £15.56 £35.94
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.78 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.76% -63.17% +112.12%
75th Percentile £43.75 £36.69 -
90th Percentile £77.00 £62.35 -
UK median hourly rate £24.08 £27.33 £70.00
% change year-on-year -11.89% -60.96% +100.00%

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 19,344 13,120 14,294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.56% 47.53% 44.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,977 8,328 8,688
10th Percentile £310 £275 £300
25th Percentile £414 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £507 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -3.43% -
75th Percentile £623 £620 £630
90th Percentile £713 £708 £731
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,158 618 564
10th Percentile £14.03 £14.75 £14.50
25th Percentile £16.75 £17.89 £15.62
Median hourly rate £28.22 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.22% -28.14% -20.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £45.66 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.65 £70.88
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £31.50
% change year-on-year +3.38% -20.16% -28.21%

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 23 September 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 23 September 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 23 September 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 -19 540 £505 -0.98% 2,236
North of England -23 220 £475 +5.56% 320
Yorkshire -13 114 £520 +24.92% 95
South East -21 113 £525 +90.91% 308
North West -33 81 £464 -7.20% 196
South West +20 79 £550 +22.22% 181
Midlands -33 50 £475 +9.20% 122
West Midlands -33 33 £473 +2.27% 85
East of England -17 29 £600 +26.32% 85
North East -17 26 £433 -24.12% 30
East Midlands -9 17 £625 +66.67% 37
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 47 (4.41%) SharePoint
2 41 (3.85%) Apache Airflow
3 36 (3.38%) Confluence
4 32 (3.00%) Apache
5 31 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
6 26 (2.44%) CMS
7 20 (1.88%) Apache Spark
8 9 (0.84%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 8 (0.75%) Sitecore CMS
9 8 (0.75%) WordPress
10 4 (0.38%) Drupal
10 4 (0.38%) IIS
11 2 (0.19%) Apache Superset
11 2 (0.19%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.19%) nginx
12 1 (0.094%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.094%) Camunda
12 1 (0.094%) Luigi
12 1 (0.094%) Mendix
12 1 (0.094%) OpenStack
Applications
1 40 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
5 8 (0.75%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.47%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.38%) Adobe After Effects
7 4 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
7 4 (0.38%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.28%) InDesign
9 1 (0.094%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.094%) Maya
Business Applications
1 7 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
2 5 (0.47%) Shopify
3 4 (0.38%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.28%) Cloudability
4 3 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.28%) iTrent
5 2 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.19%) Sprinklr
6 1 (0.094%) Actimize
6 1 (0.094%) Maximo
6 1 (0.094%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.094%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.094%) Primavera
6 1 (0.094%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.094%) SAP CAR
6 1 (0.094%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.094%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.094%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 1 (0.094%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 670 (62.85%) GCP
2 319 (29.92%) Azure
3 318 (29.83%) AWS
4 148 (13.88%) Google Workspace
5 93 (8.72%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 92 (8.63%) GitHub
7 81 (7.60%) Microsoft 365
8 66 (6.19%) Google Analytics
9 59 (5.53%) Power Platform
10 53 (4.97%) Entra ID
10 53 (4.97%) GitHub Actions
10 53 (4.97%) SaaS
11 51 (4.78%) Vertex AI
12 48 (4.50%) Google Sheets
13 46 (4.32%) dbt
14 41 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
15 35 (3.28%) Google Drive
16 34 (3.19%) Cloud Run
17 28 (2.63%) Google Gemini
17 28 (2.63%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 54 (5.07%) Firewall
2 50 (4.69%) DNS
3 31 (2.91%) VPN
4 28 (2.63%) Network Security
5 24 (2.25%) TCP/IP
6 18 (1.69%) DHCP
7 12 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (1.03%) DKIM
8 11 (1.03%) DMARC
8 11 (1.03%) HTTP
9 10 (0.94%) Internet
9 10 (0.94%) WAN
10 8 (0.75%) BGP
10 8 (0.75%) DNSSEC
10 8 (0.75%) VoIP
11 7 (0.66%) LAN
11 7 (0.66%) Reverse Proxy
11 7 (0.66%) SD-WAN
11 7 (0.66%) VLAN
12 4 (0.38%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 137 (12.85%) BigQuery
2 64 (6.00%) Data Warehouse
3 51 (4.78%) Power BI
4 43 (4.03%) Looker
5 38 (3.56%) Metadata
6 36 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
7 29 (2.72%) Relational Database
8 24 (2.25%) Tableau
9 20 (1.88%) Big Data
10 19 (1.78%) MySQL
11 18 (1.69%) Data Lake
12 17 (1.59%) SQL Server
13 16 (1.50%) NoSQL
14 12 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (0.84%) MongoDB
16 8 (0.75%) Flink
17 7 (0.66%) Data Vault
17 7 (0.66%) InterSystems Cache
17 7 (0.66%) Redis
18 6 (0.56%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 94 (8.82%) Jenkins
2 79 (7.41%) Git
3 65 (6.10%) JIRA
4 64 (6.00%) GitLab
5 17 (1.59%) JUnit
6 14 (1.31%) Gradle
7 12 (1.13%) SonarQube
8 11 (1.03%) Zephyr
9 10 (0.94%) Maven
10 9 (0.84%) Sonatype Nexus
11 7 (0.66%) Claude Code
11 7 (0.66%) Gatling
11 7 (0.66%) JMeter
11 7 (0.66%) NeoLoad
12 6 (0.56%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.56%) IntelliJ
12 6 (0.56%) MLflow
13 5 (0.47%) Android Studio
13 5 (0.47%) Crashlytics
13 5 (0.47%) LoadRunner
General
1 288 (27.02%) Social Skills
2 203 (19.04%) Finance
3 140 (13.13%) Analytical Skills
4 128 (12.01%) Public Sector
5 72 (6.75%) Marketing
6 58 (5.44%) Banking
7 49 (4.60%) Retail
8 35 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (2.16%) Publishing
11 22 (2.06%) Legal
12 20 (1.88%) Advertising
13 19 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
13 19 (1.78%) Telecoms
14 15 (1.41%) Games
14 15 (1.41%) Local Government
14 15 (1.41%) Military
15 14 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
16 12 (1.13%) Aerospace
16 12 (1.13%) Billing
Job Titles
1 173 (16.23%) Architect
2 108 (10.13%) Developer
3 107 (10.04%) GCP Engineer
4 99 (9.29%) Senior
5 81 (7.60%) Analyst
6 77 (7.22%) Cloud Engineer
6 77 (7.22%) Data Engineer
7 70 (6.57%) Lead
8 52 (4.88%) Solutions Architect
9 45 (4.22%) Administrator
10 30 (2.81%) DevOps Engineer
11 27 (2.53%) Cloud Architect
12 25 (2.35%) Security Architect
12 25 (2.35%) Support Engineer
13 23 (2.16%) GCP DevOps
14 22 (2.06%) GCP Architect
14 22 (2.06%) GCP Data Engineer
14 22 (2.06%) Security Engineer
15 21 (1.97%) Consultant
15 21 (1.97%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 223 (20.92%) Terraform
2 83 (7.79%) REST
3 49 (4.60%) React
4 44 (4.13%) Kafka
4 44 (4.13%) OAuth
5 38 (3.56%) Node.js
5 38 (3.56%) Spring
6 37 (3.47%) Spring Boot
7 35 (3.28%) RESTful
8 32 (3.00%) JSON
8 32 (3.00%) SAML
9 28 (2.63%) JWT
10 26 (2.44%) HTML
10 26 (2.44%) Middleware
11 24 (2.25%) SOAP
12 23 (2.16%) XML
13 22 (2.06%) LangGraph
13 22 (2.06%) OAuth2
14 21 (1.97%) CSS
15 20 (1.88%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 190 (17.82%) Cloud Native
2 61 (5.72%) AI Agents
3 53 (4.97%) Management Information System
4 46 (4.32%) Onboarding
5 41 (3.85%) Product Ownership
6 36 (3.38%) Public Cloud
7 34 (3.19%) Distributed Systems
8 31 (2.91%) Security Posture
9 30 (2.81%) Hybrid Cloud
10 26 (2.44%) Data Centre
11 24 (2.25%) Mobile App
12 23 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
12 23 (2.16%) Virtual Team
13 21 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
14 17 (1.59%) Enterprise Cloud
15 16 (1.50%) Data Structures
16 15 (1.41%) CMDB
17 13 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
17 13 (1.22%) PKI
18 12 (1.13%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 78 (7.32%) Windows
2 77 (7.22%) Linux
3 37 (3.47%) Android
4 28 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 20 (1.88%) Windows Server
6 15 (1.41%) Unix
7 13 (1.22%) Mac OS
8 9 (0.84%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.66%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.56%) VMS
11 4 (0.38%) Alpine Linux
11 4 (0.38%) Windows 10
12 3 (0.28%) CentOS
13 2 (0.19%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.19%) SUSE
13 2 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.19%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (30.77%) CI/CD
2 248 (23.26%) Agile
2 248 (23.26%) DevOps
3 233 (21.86%) AI
4 217 (20.36%) Infrastructure as Code
5 187 (17.54%) Analytics
6 161 (15.10%) Stakeholder Management
7 151 (14.17%) Problem-Solving
8 145 (13.60%) Migration
9 117 (10.98%) Containerisation
10 111 (10.41%) Roadmaps
11 109 (10.23%) Cloud Security
11 109 (10.23%) Continuous Improvement
12 105 (9.85%) Observability
13 104 (9.76%) Software Engineering
14 103 (9.66%) Data Modelling
15 102 (9.57%) Microservices
16 91 (8.54%) Technical Leadership
17 90 (8.44%) Machine Learning
18 88 (8.26%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 325 (30.49%) Python
2 204 (19.14%) SQL
3 143 (13.41%) Java
4 90 (8.44%) Bash
5 89 (8.35%) PowerShell
6 53 (4.97%) JavaScript
7 48 (4.50%) Go
8 29 (2.72%) TypeScript
9 23 (2.16%) Kotlin
9 23 (2.16%) Shell Script
10 20 (1.88%) Scala
11 19 (1.78%) C#
12 14 (1.31%) Groovy
13 12 (1.13%) Bicep
14 8 (0.75%) R
15 7 (0.66%) Google Apps Script
15 7 (0.66%) Rust
16 6 (0.56%) LookML
16 6 (0.56%) Perl
16 6 (0.56%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 241 (22.61%) Security Cleared
2 192 (18.01%) SC Cleared
3 101 (9.47%) Degree
4 60 (5.63%) DV Cleared
5 47 (4.41%) AWS Certification
6 41 (3.85%) Azure Certification
6 41 (3.85%) CISSP
7 34 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (2.91%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (1.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 16 (1.50%) CISM
11 13 (1.22%) Master's Degree
12 11 (1.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 11 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (0.84%) CCSP
14 7 (0.66%) CISA
14 7 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.66%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (0.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (6.57%) Data Quality
2 49 (4.60%) QA
3 38 (3.56%) GDPR
4 29 (2.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (2.44%) NIST
6 21 (1.97%) Accessibility
7 11 (1.03%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.94%) GRC
9 9 (0.84%) NCSC
9 9 (0.84%) WCAG
10 8 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
10 8 (0.75%) PMO
11 7 (0.66%) HIPAA
11 7 (0.66%) SOC 2
12 4 (0.38%) EU AI Act
12 4 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 4 (0.38%) ISO 9001
12 4 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 4 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 139 (13.04%) Docker
2 57 (5.35%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.38%) ISA Server
6 3 (0.28%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.28%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (0.28%) Terminal Services
6 3 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.28%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.19%) Firmware
8 1 (0.094%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.094%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
8 1 (0.094%) vSphere
8 1 (0.094%) zsh
Systems Management
1 225 (21.11%) Kubernetes
2 61 (5.72%) Ansible
3 34 (3.19%) Grafana
4 27 (2.53%) Prometheus
5 26 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
6 18 (1.69%) Progress Chef
6 18 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
7 13 (1.22%) Jamf Pro
8 10 (0.94%) Puppet
9 7 (0.66%) CASB
10 6 (0.56%) Argo
10 6 (0.56%) Cilium
11 4 (0.38%) Istio
11 4 (0.38%) Kubeflow
11 4 (0.38%) Podman
11 4 (0.38%) SCCM
11 4 (0.38%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.28%) Nagios
12 3 (0.28%) vMotion
13 2 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 229 (21.48%) Microsoft
2 44 (4.13%) Oracle
3 37 (3.47%) Splunk
4 35 (3.28%) Adobe
5 34 (3.19%) OpenAI
6 33 (3.10%) Databricks
6 33 (3.10%) ServiceNow
7 28 (2.63%) IBM
8 27 (2.53%) Dynatrace
9 26 (2.44%) Salesforce
10 22 (2.06%) Okta
10 22 (2.06%) TikTok
11 20 (1.88%) SAP
12 19 (1.78%) Cisco
12 19 (1.78%) Red Hat
13 16 (1.50%) Apple
13 16 (1.50%) Informatica
13 16 (1.50%) MuleSoft
14 15 (1.41%) VMware
15 13 (1.22%) CrowdStrike