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 July 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 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 92 104
Rank change year-on-year -28 +12 +1
Contract jobs citing Google 949 737 801
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.12% 2.72% 2.18%
As % of the Vendors category 5.18% 5.73% 5.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 592 418 484
10th Percentile £307 £209 £304
25th Percentile £413 £350 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £495 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.05% -5.71% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £663
90th Percentile £691 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £478 £525
% change year-on-year +4.71% -9.05% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 67 84
10th Percentile £13.51 £15.50 £11.44
25th Percentile £23.75 £16.95 £25.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £24.66 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year +43.96% -36.36% -2.02%
75th Percentile £38.97 £45.03 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £56.15 -
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £24.66 £35.00
% change year-on-year +43.96% -29.54% -11.62%

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 18,321 12,873 15,748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 40.95% 47.45% 42.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,609 8,141 10,027
10th Percentile £313 £281 £275
25th Percentile £413 £403 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -0.49% -1.90%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £501 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +0.10% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 982 608 1,021
10th Percentile £16.19 £14.84 £12.53
25th Percentile £19.85 £17.59 £15.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year +41.15% -0.40% -29.86%
75th Percentile £65.58 £51.20 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +39.17% +0.60% -38.27%

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 July 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 July 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 July 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 -20 495 £510 +2.00% 378
North of England -24 190 £500 +6.38% 218
Yorkshire -17 102 £515 +16.12% 64
South East -73 85 £537 +16.11% 224
North West -33 72 £500 -14.89% 124
South West +3 66 £550 +48.65% 62
Midlands -28 56 £500 +25.00% 109
West Midlands -52 32 £439 +9.69% 54
East of England -18 28 £510 +27.50% 106
East Midlands +4 24 £550 +39.06% 55
North East -23 20 £445 -28.80% 30
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 45 (4.74%) SharePoint
2 31 (3.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 30 (3.16%) Apache
4 29 (3.06%) Apache Airflow
5 26 (2.74%) Apache Spark
6 16 (1.69%) Confluence
7 15 (1.58%) CMS
8 3 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.32%) Drupal
8 3 (0.32%) WordPress
9 2 (0.21%) nginx
9 2 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.11%) IIS
10 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.11%) Luigi
10 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 30 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.16%) Chatbot
5 8 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.63%) Photoshop
7 5 (0.53%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (0.53%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.42%) InDesign
9 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
10 2 (0.21%) Maya
11 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.53%) Sprinklr
2 3 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.21%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.11%) Actimize
4 1 (0.11%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.11%) iTrent
4 1 (0.11%) Maximo
4 1 (0.11%) Primavera
4 1 (0.11%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.11%) SAP CAR
4 1 (0.11%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.11%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.11%) Shopify
4 1 (0.11%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 568 (59.85%) GCP
2 260 (27.40%) AWS
3 259 (27.29%) Azure
4 165 (17.39%) Google Workspace
5 89 (9.38%) GitHub
5 89 (9.38%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 75 (7.90%) Microsoft 365
7 54 (5.69%) Power Platform
8 50 (5.27%) SaaS
9 47 (4.95%) Google Sheets
10 44 (4.64%) Google Analytics
10 44 (4.64%) Vertex AI
11 43 (4.53%) GitHub Actions
12 35 (3.69%) Entra ID
13 34 (3.58%) Google Drive
14 28 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
15 27 (2.85%) AWS CloudFormation
16 25 (2.63%) Serverless
16 25 (2.63%) Slack
17 23 (2.42%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 64 (6.74%) Firewall
2 61 (6.43%) DNS
3 44 (4.64%) VPN
4 26 (2.74%) TCP/IP
5 22 (2.32%) Network Security
6 17 (1.79%) DHCP
7 11 (1.16%) DKIM
7 11 (1.16%) DMARC
8 9 (0.95%) BGP
9 8 (0.84%) DNSSEC
10 7 (0.74%) Internet
10 7 (0.74%) OSPF
10 7 (0.74%) VLAN
10 7 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.63%) LAN
11 6 (0.63%) SMTP
11 6 (0.63%) VoIP
12 5 (0.53%) HTTP
12 5 (0.53%) SAN
12 5 (0.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (9.80%) BigQuery
2 45 (4.74%) Data Warehouse
2 45 (4.74%) Power BI
3 31 (3.27%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (2.63%) Tableau
5 21 (2.21%) Data Lake
5 21 (2.21%) Looker
6 20 (2.11%) Metadata
6 20 (2.11%) MySQL
6 20 (2.11%) Relational Database
6 20 (2.11%) SQL Server
7 16 (1.69%) Big Data
8 10 (1.05%) NoSQL
8 10 (1.05%) OLAP
9 9 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
9 9 (0.95%) Mixpanel
9 9 (0.95%) OLTP
10 8 (0.84%) Redis
11 7 (0.74%) InterSystems Cache
12 6 (0.63%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 85 (8.96%) Jenkins
2 60 (6.32%) Git
3 50 (5.27%) JIRA
4 42 (4.43%) GitLab
5 16 (1.69%) JUnit
6 9 (0.95%) Gradle
6 9 (0.95%) SonarQube
7 7 (0.74%) IntelliJ
8 6 (0.63%) Android Studio
8 6 (0.63%) Crashlytics
8 6 (0.63%) MLflow
9 5 (0.53%) fastlane
9 5 (0.53%) Gatling
10 4 (0.42%) JMeter
10 4 (0.42%) Maven
10 4 (0.42%) Postman
10 4 (0.42%) REST Assured
10 4 (0.42%) Selenium
11 3 (0.32%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.32%) Cypress.io
General
1 242 (25.50%) Social Skills
2 183 (19.28%) Finance
3 110 (11.59%) Public Sector
4 109 (11.49%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (7.59%) Marketing
6 59 (6.22%) Banking
7 47 (4.95%) Retail
8 33 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
9 31 (3.27%) Legal
10 24 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 20 (2.11%) Publishing
12 19 (2.00%) Advertising
13 14 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
13 14 (1.48%) Telecoms
14 13 (1.37%) Military
15 11 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (0.95%) Games
16 9 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (0.84%) Automotive
17 8 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 117 (12.33%) Architect
2 112 (11.80%) GCP Engineer
3 86 (9.06%) Senior
4 85 (8.96%) Developer
5 79 (8.32%) Cloud Engineer
6 78 (8.22%) Lead
7 73 (7.69%) Analyst
8 60 (6.32%) Data Engineer
9 34 (3.58%) Administrator
9 34 (3.58%) DevOps Engineer
10 32 (3.37%) Solutions Architect
11 28 (2.95%) GCP DevOps
12 25 (2.63%) Cloud Architect
13 24 (2.53%) Network Engineer
13 24 (2.53%) Security Engineer
14 23 (2.42%) GCP DevOps Engineer
15 22 (2.32%) Consultant
16 21 (2.21%) Platform Engineer
16 21 (2.21%) Software Engineer
17 19 (2.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (6.64%) REST
2 40 (4.21%) React
3 39 (4.11%) Kafka
3 39 (4.11%) Spring
3 39 (4.11%) Spring Boot
4 28 (2.95%) Node.js
4 28 (2.95%) OAuth
5 22 (2.32%) Android Jetpack
6 21 (2.21%) RESTful
7 20 (2.11%) Android SDK
8 19 (2.00%) HTML
8 19 (2.00%) PyTorch
9 18 (1.90%) Jetpack Compose
9 18 (1.90%) LangChain
9 18 (1.90%) SAML
9 18 (1.90%) YAML
10 15 (1.58%) CSS
11 14 (1.48%) JSON
12 13 (1.37%) .NET
13 12 (1.26%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 141 (14.86%) Cloud Native
2 37 (3.90%) Product Ownership
3 36 (3.79%) AI Agents
4 34 (3.58%) Public Cloud
5 32 (3.37%) Management Information System
5 32 (3.37%) Onboarding
6 31 (3.27%) Data Centre
7 25 (2.63%) Mobile App
7 25 (2.63%) Security Posture
7 25 (2.63%) Virtual Team
8 24 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
9 17 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
10 14 (1.48%) Clustering
10 14 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 12 (1.26%) Marketing Technology
11 12 (1.26%) Private Cloud
12 9 (0.95%) Data Structures
12 9 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 63 (6.64%) Windows
2 60 (6.32%) Linux
3 45 (4.74%) Android
4 26 (2.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (1.48%) Mac OS
6 12 (1.26%) Apple iOS
6 12 (1.26%) Windows Server
7 9 (0.95%) Unix
8 6 (0.63%) Data ONTAP
8 6 (0.63%) VMS
9 5 (0.53%) CoreOS
9 5 (0.53%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.42%) Alpine Linux
11 1 (0.11%) CentOS
11 1 (0.11%) SUSE
11 1 (0.11%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (27.40%) CI/CD
2 214 (22.55%) DevOps
3 195 (20.55%) Agile
4 192 (20.23%) AI
5 171 (18.02%) Infrastructure as Code
6 160 (16.86%) Analytics
7 150 (15.81%) Migration
8 146 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
9 103 (10.85%) Stakeholder Management
10 91 (9.59%) Observability
11 88 (9.27%) Continuous Improvement
12 87 (9.17%) Cloud Security
12 87 (9.17%) Roadmaps
13 86 (9.06%) Machine Learning
14 82 (8.64%) Software Engineering
15 81 (8.54%) Decision-Making
16 74 (7.80%) Microservices
17 72 (7.59%) Data Modelling
18 67 (7.06%) Containerisation
19 60 (6.32%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 266 (28.03%) Python
2 174 (18.34%) SQL
3 141 (14.86%) Java
4 79 (8.32%) PowerShell
5 71 (7.48%) Bash
6 38 (4.00%) JavaScript
7 32 (3.37%) Kotlin
8 30 (3.16%) Go
9 24 (2.53%) TypeScript
10 21 (2.21%) C#
11 14 (1.48%) Scala
12 13 (1.37%) Groovy
13 11 (1.16%) Shell Script
14 10 (1.05%) Bicep
14 10 (1.05%) Google Apps Script
14 10 (1.05%) Rust
15 6 (0.63%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.63%) SOQL
16 5 (0.53%) R
16 5 (0.53%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 173 (18.23%) Security Cleared
2 144 (15.17%) SC Cleared
3 91 (9.59%) Degree
4 41 (4.32%) DV Cleared
5 38 (4.00%) AWS Certification
6 30 (3.16%) Azure Certification
6 30 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (2.85%) CISSP
8 25 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (1.58%) Master's Degree
11 9 (0.95%) CCNP
12 8 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
13 7 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (0.63%) CISM
14 6 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.53%) OCP
15 5 (0.53%) PMI Certification
15 5 (0.53%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (5.48%) GDPR
2 46 (4.85%) Data Quality
3 37 (3.90%) QA
4 23 (2.42%) NIST
5 18 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 17 (1.79%) Accessibility
7 12 (1.26%) PCI DSS
8 11 (1.16%) WCAG
9 7 (0.74%) NCSC
10 6 (0.63%) HIPAA
10 6 (0.63%) PMO
11 4 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.42%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (0.42%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.42%) PERC
11 4 (0.42%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.32%) GRC
12 3 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.32%) SLA
13 2 (0.21%) PSD2
System Software
1 89 (9.38%) Docker
2 51 (5.37%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.26%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.53%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.53%) NFS
5 5 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.53%) vSphere
6 4 (0.42%) BitLocker
6 4 (0.42%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (0.42%) Terminal Services
7 3 (0.32%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.21%) Firmware
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
9 1 (0.11%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 206 (21.71%) Terraform
2 160 (16.86%) Kubernetes
3 34 (3.58%) Ansible
3 34 (3.58%) Grafana
4 27 (2.85%) Prometheus
5 19 (2.00%) Progress Chef
6 18 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
7 15 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (1.26%) Istio
9 10 (1.05%) Puppet
10 9 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
11 7 (0.74%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 6 (0.63%) Kubeflow
12 6 (0.63%) Podman
13 5 (0.53%) SCCM
13 5 (0.53%) SnapMirror
13 5 (0.53%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.42%) vMotion
15 3 (0.32%) CASB
15 3 (0.32%) Nagios
Vendors
1 159 (16.75%) Microsoft
2 27 (2.85%) Oracle
3 23 (2.42%) Databricks
3 23 (2.42%) Red Hat
4 22 (2.32%) Splunk
5 21 (2.21%) OpenAI
5 21 (2.21%) ServiceNow
6 20 (2.11%) Adobe
7 19 (2.00%) Dynatrace
8 17 (1.79%) Okta
8 17 (1.79%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.79%) TikTok
9 16 (1.69%) Apple
10 15 (1.58%) VMware
11 13 (1.37%) IBM
12 12 (1.26%) SAP
13 10 (1.05%) Cisco
14 9 (0.95%) Checkmarx
14 9 (0.95%) CyberArk
14 9 (0.95%) Infoblox