Google Contracts 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 6 July 2025, 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
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 106 108
Rank change year-on-year +11 +2 +5
Contract jobs citing Google 716 798 1,132
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.70% 2.14% 2.35%
As % of the Vendors category 5.69% 5.01% 5.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 400 487 819
10th Percentile £211 £302 £286
25th Percentile £355 £413 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £613 £659 £688
90th Percentile £700 £750 £783
UK median daily rate £495 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -5.71% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 84 33
10th Percentile £15.50 £11.44 £14.60
25th Percentile £16.95 £25.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £25.08 £36.25 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year -30.81% -8.34% +13.00%
75th Percentile £46.30 £70.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £55.93 - £64.14
UK median hourly rate £24.66 £33.00 £39.60
% change year-on-year -25.27% -16.67% +13.14%

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 12,594 15,926 20,660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.42% 42.79% 42.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,970 10,097 14,086
10th Percentile £280 £275 £265
25th Percentile £401 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -
75th Percentile £625 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 594 1,059 562
10th Percentile £14.75 £12.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.00 £18.53
Median hourly rate £25.40 £25.00 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% -23.66% +52.33%
75th Percentile £51.74 £60.83 £59.95
90th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £74.88
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £24.65 £40.00
% change year-on-year +2.03% -38.38% +83.65%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Google as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Google in England

Google
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Google in England.

Daily rate trend for Google in England

Google
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Google in England

Google
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Google in England.

Hourly rate trend for Google in England

Google
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Google in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

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 6 July 2025. 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 -2 397 £508 -5.14% 1,474
North of England +28 122 £475 -6.13% 350
South East +67 99 £488 +21.88% 271
North West +31 63 £588 +17.50% 210
Yorkshire +14 55 £450 -11.24% 116
South West -8 29 £370 -32.73% 83
Midlands +19 28 £400 -30.43% 123
East of England +28 24 £400 -22.89% 75
West Midlands +13 19 £375 -31.82% 72
East Midlands 0 8 £396 -41.41% 48
North East -2 4 £625 - 25
Google
UK

Google
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 32 (4.47%) Confluence
2 21 (2.93%) Apache
3 20 (2.79%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
5 14 (1.96%) Apache Spark
6 12 (1.68%) CMS
7 8 (1.12%) SharePoint
8 5 (0.70%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.56%) IBM Domino
10 3 (0.42%) WordPress
11 2 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.28%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
12 1 (0.14%) SAS
12 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 24 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.70%) Chatbot
4 5 (0.70%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.42%) Sketch
6 3 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.14%) Maple
8 1 (0.14%) Maya
8 1 (0.14%) Notion
8 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (0.84%) Shopify
2 5 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.42%) Magento
4 2 (0.28%) assyst
4 2 (0.28%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.28%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.28%) SAP HR
4 2 (0.28%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.14%) iTrent
5 1 (0.14%) Maximo
5 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.14%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.14%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.14%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 377 (52.65%) GCP
2 223 (31.15%) AWS
3 197 (27.51%) Azure
4 119 (16.62%) Google Workspace
5 47 (6.56%) Google Analytics
5 47 (6.56%) Power Platform
6 43 (6.01%) GitHub
7 40 (5.59%) SaaS
8 30 (4.19%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 28 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
10 27 (3.77%) Google Sheets
11 23 (3.21%) Cloud Computing
12 22 (3.07%) PaaS
13 19 (2.65%) dbt
13 19 (2.65%) Entra ID
13 19 (2.65%) Snowflake
14 18 (2.51%) IaaS
14 18 (2.51%) Serverless
15 16 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
15 16 (2.23%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 53 (7.40%) Firewall
2 37 (5.17%) DNS
3 36 (5.03%) VPN
4 20 (2.79%) DHCP
5 16 (2.23%) HTTP
6 15 (2.09%) Network Security
6 15 (2.09%) TCP/IP
7 12 (1.68%) SMTP
8 9 (1.26%) VLAN
9 7 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.84%) SNMP
10 6 (0.84%) Wireless
11 5 (0.70%) VoIP
12 4 (0.56%) Intranet
12 4 (0.56%) Software-Defined Networking
12 4 (0.56%) Software-Defined Radio
13 3 (0.42%) Bluetooth
13 3 (0.42%) MPLS
13 3 (0.42%) SD-WAN
13 3 (0.42%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (12.29%) BigQuery
2 46 (6.42%) Data Warehouse
3 44 (6.15%) Power BI
4 37 (5.17%) Big Data
5 33 (4.61%) Tableau
6 28 (3.91%) Looker
7 23 (3.21%) Data Lake
7 23 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
8 19 (2.65%) MongoDB
9 18 (2.51%) NoSQL
10 16 (2.23%) Amazon RDS
11 13 (1.82%) Metadata
11 13 (1.82%) SQL Server
12 12 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
13 11 (1.54%) Amazon Redshift
13 11 (1.54%) MySQL
14 10 (1.40%) Oracle Database
14 10 (1.40%) Relational Database
15 9 (1.26%) Hadoop
16 8 (1.12%) Flink
Development Applications
1 64 (8.94%) JIRA
2 51 (7.12%) Jenkins
3 40 (5.59%) Git
4 35 (4.89%) GitLab
5 20 (2.79%) Bitbucket
6 14 (1.96%) GoogleTest
7 13 (1.82%) Eclipse
8 10 (1.40%) Robot Framework
9 7 (0.98%) Postman
9 7 (0.98%) SoapUI
10 6 (0.84%) Artifactory
10 6 (0.84%) CircleCI
10 6 (0.84%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.84%) Gradle
10 6 (0.84%) Maven
11 5 (0.70%) ERwin
11 5 (0.70%) JUnit
11 5 (0.70%) TeamCity
12 4 (0.56%) TestNG
12 4 (0.56%) webpack
General
1 239 (33.38%) Social Skills
2 141 (19.69%) Finance
3 85 (11.87%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (10.47%) Public Sector
5 68 (9.50%) Marketing
6 65 (9.08%) Banking
7 28 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 24 (3.35%) Telecoms
9 23 (3.21%) Retail
10 22 (3.07%) Legal
11 17 (2.37%) Advertising
12 14 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (1.68%) Manufacturing
14 12 (1.68%) Military
15 11 (1.54%) Financial Institution
16 10 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.40%) Investment Banking
17 9 (1.26%) Electronics
18 6 (0.84%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 120 (16.76%) Architect
2 79 (11.03%) Senior
3 70 (9.78%) Analyst
3 70 (9.78%) Developer
4 38 (5.31%) GCP Engineer
4 38 (5.31%) Lead
4 38 (5.31%) Support Engineer
5 32 (4.47%) Data Engineer
5 32 (4.47%) Solutions Architect
6 31 (4.33%) IT Support
7 28 (3.91%) GCP Architect
8 26 (3.63%) Data Analyst
8 26 (3.63%) Data Architect
8 26 (3.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 24 (3.35%) DevOps Engineer
10 20 (2.79%) 1st Line Support
10 20 (2.79%) Cloud Architect
10 20 (2.79%) Communications Engineer
10 20 (2.79%) Consultant
10 20 (2.79%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (4.61%) Node.js
2 32 (4.47%) React
3 31 (4.33%) HTML
4 27 (3.77%) CSS
4 27 (3.77%) Kafka
5 26 (3.63%) RESTful
6 20 (2.79%) .NET
6 20 (2.79%) REST
7 16 (2.23%) React Native
8 14 (1.96%) Redux
9 13 (1.82%) Jest
10 12 (1.68%) Next.js
11 11 (1.54%) AngularJS
11 11 (1.54%) OAuth
11 11 (1.54%) Spring
12 9 (1.26%) GraphQL
12 9 (1.26%) HTML5
12 9 (1.26%) LangChain
13 8 (1.12%) Elastic Stack
13 8 (1.12%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.59%) Cloud Native
2 38 (5.31%) Hybrid Cloud
3 27 (3.77%) iPad
4 26 (3.63%) iPhone
4 26 (3.63%) Management Information System
5 25 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
6 22 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (2.65%) Social Media
8 18 (2.51%) Mobile App
9 17 (2.37%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (1.96%) PKI
10 14 (1.96%) Virtual Team
11 13 (1.82%) Public Cloud
12 12 (1.68%) Data Structures
12 12 (1.68%) Onboarding
12 12 (1.68%) Product Ownership
13 11 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
14 10 (1.40%) Clustering
14 10 (1.40%) Data Centre
15 9 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 92 (12.85%) Windows
2 52 (7.26%) Linux
3 42 (5.87%) Apple iOS
4 21 (2.93%) Android
5 17 (2.37%) Windows Server
6 12 (1.68%) Windows 10
7 10 (1.40%) Mac OS
8 8 (1.12%) Unix
9 5 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.56%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.42%) Embedded Linux
12 2 (0.28%) AIX
12 2 (0.28%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.28%) Rocky
12 2 (0.28%) VMS
12 2 (0.28%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.28%) Windows XP
13 1 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (25.56%) Problem-Solving
2 142 (19.83%) CI/CD
3 133 (18.58%) Agile
4 126 (17.60%) Analytics
5 108 (15.08%) DevOps
6 78 (10.89%) Artificial Intelligence
7 77 (10.75%) ETL
7 77 (10.75%) Migration
8 73 (10.20%) Containerisation
9 72 (10.06%) Data Modelling
10 68 (9.50%) Software Engineering
11 61 (8.52%) Infrastructure as Code
12 60 (8.38%) User Experience
13 58 (8.10%) Business Intelligence
13 58 (8.10%) Customer Service
13 58 (8.10%) Machine Learning
13 58 (8.10%) Project Management
14 57 (7.96%) Computer Science
15 53 (7.40%) Cloud Security
16 52 (7.26%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 167 (23.32%) Python
2 121 (16.90%) SQL
3 59 (8.24%) Java
4 58 (8.10%) JavaScript
5 42 (5.87%) PowerShell
6 32 (4.47%) Bash
6 32 (4.47%) TypeScript
7 18 (2.51%) C#
7 18 (2.51%) C++
8 12 (1.68%) Go
9 9 (1.26%) Kotlin
10 8 (1.12%) Bicep
10 8 (1.12%) Scala
10 8 (1.12%) Shell Script
11 6 (0.84%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 6 (0.84%) Perl
11 6 (0.84%) R
12 5 (0.70%) Groovy
13 4 (0.56%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.42%) Korn
Qualifications
1 120 (16.76%) Security Cleared
2 97 (13.55%) SC Cleared
3 88 (12.29%) Degree
4 46 (6.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.63%) Azure Certification
6 19 (2.65%) CISSP
7 16 (2.23%) Master's Degree
8 15 (2.09%) AWS Certification
8 15 (2.09%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
10 12 (1.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 9 (1.26%) CISM
11 9 (1.26%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (0.98%) CEH
13 7 (0.98%) ISTQB
14 5 (0.70%) A+ Certification
14 5 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
14 5 (0.70%) OSCP
15 4 (0.56%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.56%) Data Quality
2 43 (6.01%) GDPR
3 31 (4.33%) SLA
4 23 (3.21%) Accessibility
5 20 (2.79%) QA
6 19 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 12 (1.68%) NIST
8 10 (1.40%) PCI DSS
9 8 (1.12%) HIPAA
10 7 (0.98%) PMO
11 6 (0.84%) GRC
11 6 (0.84%) WCAG
12 5 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
13 4 (0.56%) NCSC
13 4 (0.56%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 3 (0.42%) ECSS
15 2 (0.28%) HL7
15 2 (0.28%) NIST 800
15 2 (0.28%) Section 508
System Software
1 76 (10.61%) Docker
2 37 (5.17%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (1.68%) BitLocker
6 10 (1.40%) Hyper-V
7 9 (1.26%) Microsoft App-V
7 9 (1.26%) Terminal Services
7 9 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.56%) Firmware
8 4 (0.56%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.42%) Lustre
9 3 (0.42%) vSphere
10 2 (0.28%) XenApp
11 1 (0.14%) Snort
11 1 (0.14%) Squid
Systems Management
1 105 (14.66%) Kubernetes
2 93 (12.99%) Terraform
3 35 (4.89%) Ansible
4 21 (2.93%) Grafana
5 19 (2.65%) Prometheus
6 17 (2.37%) Puppet
7 16 (2.23%) Microsoft Intune
8 14 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (1.40%) Nagios
10 9 (1.26%) vCenter Server
10 9 (1.26%) vMotion
11 6 (0.84%) Argo
11 6 (0.84%) SmoothWall
12 5 (0.70%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.56%) Istio
13 4 (0.56%) NetBackup
13 4 (0.56%) Podman
13 4 (0.56%) PowerCLI
14 3 (0.42%) CASB
14 3 (0.42%) vRealize
Vendors
1 145 (20.25%) Microsoft
2 41 (5.73%) ServiceNow
3 28 (3.91%) SAP
4 26 (3.63%) Adobe
4 26 (3.63%) MobileIron
4 26 (3.63%) Nexthink
5 23 (3.21%) Oracle
6 22 (3.07%) VMware
7 21 (2.93%) Salesforce
8 19 (2.65%) Databricks
9 17 (2.37%) CyberArk
10 15 (2.09%) Citrix
11 14 (1.96%) Splunk
12 13 (1.82%) Apple
12 13 (1.82%) Cisco
12 13 (1.82%) Palo Alto
13 12 (1.68%) HP
14 11 (1.54%) Atlassian
14 11 (1.54%) IBM
14 11 (1.54%) Symantec