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 30 August 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
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 97 108
Rank change year-on-year -26 +11 -2
Contract jobs citing Google 991 739 739
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.16% 2.66% 2.24%
As % of the Vendors category 5.18% 5.65% 5.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 597 422 444
10th Percentile £321 £231 £304
25th Percentile £413 £355 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.37% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £600 £588 £678
90th Percentile £691 £700 £766
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 50 62
10th Percentile £13.51 £15.48 £25.32
25th Percentile £18.56 £16.95 £33.00
Median hourly rate £31.25 £19.66 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.95% -71.91% +105.88%
75th Percentile £39.28 £35.99 -
90th Percentile £77.00 £57.62 -
UK median hourly rate £28.54 £18.82 £70.00
% change year-on-year +51.62% -73.11% +76.99%

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 19,123 13,078 14,458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.60% 47.13% 43.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,965 8,300 9,045
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £618 £615 £630
90th Percentile £705 £704 £733
UK median daily rate £510 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,047 622 661
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.75 £13.69
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.46 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.24% -16.17% -28.53%
75th Percentile £65.58 £47.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.65 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £29.07 £25.15 £28.50
% change year-on-year +15.59% -11.75% -33.72%

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 30 August 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 30 August 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 30 August 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 -31 515 £505 +1.00% 544
North of England -27 200 £500 +11.11% 111
South East -39 107 £525 +60.31% 162
Yorkshire -15 102 £544 +28.70% 33
North West -44 78 £475 -5.00% 67
South West -1 68 £550 +22.22% 187
Midlands -35 45 £440 +10.00% 52
West Midlands -35 31 £425 +3.66% 24
North East -19 22 £445 -28.80% 12
East of England -23 22 £510 +2.00% 29
East Midlands -5 14 £625 +66.67% 28
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 48 (4.84%) SharePoint
2 36 (3.63%) Apache Airflow
3 31 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
4 28 (2.83%) Apache
5 27 (2.72%) Confluence
6 23 (2.32%) CMS
7 22 (2.22%) Apache Spark
8 9 (0.91%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 8 (0.81%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.40%) Drupal
10 4 (0.40%) WordPress
11 2 (0.20%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.20%) nginx
12 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.10%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.10%) JBoss
12 1 (0.10%) Luigi
12 1 (0.10%) Mendix
12 1 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.10%) Tomcat
Applications
1 32 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.50%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
6 4 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (0.40%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.40%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.30%) InDesign
8 1 (0.10%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.10%) Maya
8 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.50%) Shopify
2 4 (0.40%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.40%) Sprinklr
3 3 (0.30%) Cloudability
3 3 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.20%) iTrent
4 2 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.10%) Actimize
5 1 (0.10%) Maximo
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.10%) Primavera
5 1 (0.10%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.10%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.10%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.10%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 615 (62.06%) GCP
2 297 (29.97%) Azure
3 294 (29.67%) AWS
4 130 (13.12%) Google Workspace
5 91 (9.18%) GitHub
6 78 (7.87%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 71 (7.16%) Microsoft 365
8 62 (6.26%) Google Analytics
9 56 (5.65%) Power Platform
9 56 (5.65%) SaaS
10 51 (5.15%) GitHub Actions
11 45 (4.54%) Google Sheets
12 43 (4.34%) Vertex AI
13 41 (4.14%) Entra ID
14 37 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
15 35 (3.53%) dbt
16 31 (3.13%) Google Drive
17 28 (2.83%) Snowflake
18 25 (2.52%) AWS CloudFormation
19 23 (2.32%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 55 (5.55%) DNS
2 54 (5.45%) Firewall
3 36 (3.63%) VPN
4 25 (2.52%) Network Security
5 24 (2.42%) TCP/IP
6 17 (1.72%) DHCP
7 11 (1.11%) DKIM
7 11 (1.11%) DMARC
7 11 (1.11%) Internet
7 11 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.91%) BGP
8 9 (0.91%) HTTP
8 9 (0.91%) WAN
9 8 (0.81%) DNSSEC
9 8 (0.81%) LAN
9 8 (0.81%) VLAN
10 6 (0.61%) OSPF
10 6 (0.61%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.50%) SMTP
11 5 (0.50%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (10.09%) BigQuery
2 57 (5.75%) Data Warehouse
3 49 (4.94%) Power BI
4 34 (3.43%) Looker
5 30 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
6 26 (2.62%) Relational Database
6 26 (2.62%) Tableau
7 25 (2.52%) Metadata
8 22 (2.22%) Big Data
9 19 (1.92%) Data Lake
10 17 (1.72%) MySQL
11 14 (1.41%) SQL Server
12 12 (1.21%) NoSQL
13 10 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (0.81%) Data Vault
14 8 (0.81%) Flink
15 7 (0.71%) InterSystems Cache
15 7 (0.71%) Redis
16 6 (0.61%) RDBMS
16 6 (0.61%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 86 (8.68%) Jenkins
2 64 (6.46%) Git
3 59 (5.95%) JIRA
4 58 (5.85%) GitLab
5 16 (1.61%) JUnit
6 11 (1.11%) SonarQube
7 10 (1.01%) Gradle
8 9 (0.91%) Zephyr
9 8 (0.81%) Gatling
10 7 (0.71%) IntelliJ
10 7 (0.71%) JMeter
10 7 (0.71%) NeoLoad
11 6 (0.61%) Android Studio
11 6 (0.61%) Crashlytics
11 6 (0.61%) MLflow
12 5 (0.50%) fastlane
12 5 (0.50%) LoadRunner
12 5 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
13 4 (0.40%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.40%) Maven
General
1 255 (25.73%) Social Skills
2 183 (18.47%) Finance
3 123 (12.41%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (12.11%) Public Sector
5 76 (7.67%) Marketing
6 51 (5.15%) Banking
7 43 (4.34%) Retail
8 33 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 31 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
10 26 (2.62%) Legal
10 26 (2.62%) Publishing
11 23 (2.32%) Advertising
12 21 (2.12%) Telecoms
13 16 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
14 14 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (1.21%) Games
15 12 (1.21%) Military
16 10 (1.01%) Aerospace
16 10 (1.01%) Billing
17 8 (0.81%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 156 (15.74%) Architect
2 100 (10.09%) GCP Engineer
3 96 (9.69%) Developer
4 94 (9.49%) Senior
5 81 (8.17%) Cloud Engineer
6 72 (7.27%) Lead
7 71 (7.16%) Analyst
8 64 (6.46%) Data Engineer
9 49 (4.94%) Solutions Architect
10 35 (3.53%) Administrator
11 26 (2.62%) Cloud Architect
12 25 (2.52%) DevOps Engineer
12 25 (2.52%) Support Engineer
13 22 (2.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 22 (2.22%) Security Architect
14 21 (2.12%) Consultant
14 21 (2.12%) Network Engineer
15 20 (2.02%) GCP DevOps
15 20 (2.02%) Java Developer
16 19 (1.92%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (20.08%) Terraform
2 69 (6.96%) REST
3 47 (4.74%) Kafka
4 42 (4.24%) React
5 37 (3.73%) OAuth
6 35 (3.53%) Spring
6 35 (3.53%) Spring Boot
7 31 (3.13%) JSON
7 31 (3.13%) Node.js
8 30 (3.03%) RESTful
9 26 (2.62%) SAML
10 25 (2.52%) HTML
11 21 (2.12%) CSS
11 21 (2.12%) JWT
12 20 (2.02%) Android Jetpack
12 20 (2.02%) LangChain
12 20 (2.02%) Middleware
13 19 (1.92%) YAML
14 18 (1.82%) LangGraph
14 18 (1.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 163 (16.45%) Cloud Native
2 57 (5.75%) AI Agents
3 42 (4.24%) Onboarding
4 39 (3.94%) Management Information System
5 38 (3.83%) Product Ownership
6 27 (2.72%) Hybrid Cloud
7 25 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
7 25 (2.52%) Security Posture
8 24 (2.42%) Mobile App
9 22 (2.22%) Data Centre
10 21 (2.12%) Virtual Team
11 20 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
11 20 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
12 19 (1.92%) Public Cloud
13 13 (1.31%) CMDB
13 13 (1.31%) Marketing Technology
13 13 (1.31%) PKI
14 12 (1.21%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 11 (1.11%) Replication
16 10 (1.01%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 72 (7.27%) Windows
2 65 (6.56%) Linux
3 37 (3.73%) Android
4 25 (2.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (1.72%) Windows Server
6 10 (1.01%) Mac OS
7 9 (0.91%) Unix
8 8 (0.81%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.71%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.50%) VMS
11 4 (0.40%) Alpine Linux
11 4 (0.40%) Windows 10
12 3 (0.30%) CentOS
13 2 (0.20%) Data ONTAP
13 2 (0.20%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.10%) CoreOS
14 1 (0.10%) SUSE
14 1 (0.10%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (29.16%) CI/CD
2 226 (22.81%) Agile
3 224 (22.60%) DevOps
4 211 (21.29%) AI
5 194 (19.58%) Infrastructure as Code
6 179 (18.06%) Analytics
7 140 (14.13%) Problem-Solving
8 133 (13.42%) Stakeholder Management
9 131 (13.22%) Migration
10 110 (11.10%) Continuous Improvement
11 99 (9.99%) Roadmaps
12 94 (9.49%) Observability
12 94 (9.49%) Software Engineering
13 93 (9.38%) Containerisation
14 91 (9.18%) Cloud Security
15 90 (9.08%) Machine Learning
16 86 (8.68%) Microservices
17 85 (8.58%) Data Modelling
18 84 (8.48%) Decision-Making
19 77 (7.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 288 (29.06%) Python
2 174 (17.56%) SQL
3 135 (13.62%) Java
4 86 (8.68%) PowerShell
5 82 (8.27%) Bash
6 47 (4.74%) JavaScript
7 34 (3.43%) Go
8 28 (2.83%) TypeScript
9 24 (2.42%) Kotlin
10 21 (2.12%) C#
10 21 (2.12%) Scala
11 19 (1.92%) Shell Script
12 12 (1.21%) Groovy
13 11 (1.11%) Bicep
14 8 (0.81%) Rust
15 6 (0.61%) Google Apps Script
15 6 (0.61%) R
15 6 (0.61%) SOQL
16 5 (0.50%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.40%) Perl
Qualifications
1 223 (22.50%) Security Cleared
2 176 (17.76%) SC Cleared
3 88 (8.88%) Degree
4 55 (5.55%) DV Cleared
5 41 (4.14%) AWS Certification
6 35 (3.53%) Azure Certification
7 31 (3.13%) CISSP
7 31 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
8 27 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
9 17 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (1.51%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (0.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 9 (0.91%) CISM
13 7 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (0.71%) CCNP
13 7 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
14 6 (0.61%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 6 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.61%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (5.65%) Data Quality
2 44 (4.44%) QA
3 40 (4.04%) GDPR
4 22 (2.22%) NIST
5 21 (2.12%) Accessibility
6 20 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 13 (1.31%) WCAG
8 9 (0.91%) NCSC
9 8 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
9 8 (0.81%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.81%) PMO
10 5 (0.50%) GRC
11 4 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 4 (0.40%) PERC
11 4 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.30%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 19770
12 3 (0.30%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.30%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.20%) PSD2
System Software
1 119 (12.01%) Docker
2 58 (5.85%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.50%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.40%) BitLocker
7 4 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (0.40%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.30%) Firmware
8 3 (0.30%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.20%) vSphere
10 1 (0.10%) NFS
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.10%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
10 1 (0.10%) Varnish
10 1 (0.10%) zsh
Systems Management
1 194 (19.58%) Kubernetes
2 45 (4.54%) Ansible
3 35 (3.53%) Grafana
4 31 (3.13%) Prometheus
5 25 (2.52%) Microsoft Intune
6 20 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (1.72%) Progress Chef
8 10 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
8 10 (1.01%) Puppet
9 6 (0.61%) Istio
9 6 (0.61%) Kubeflow
10 5 (0.50%) Cilium
10 5 (0.50%) Podman
10 5 (0.50%) SCCM
10 5 (0.50%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.40%) Argo
11 4 (0.40%) vMotion
12 3 (0.30%) CASB
12 3 (0.30%) Nagios
13 2 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 198 (19.98%) Microsoft
2 40 (4.04%) Oracle
3 31 (3.13%) Databricks
4 30 (3.03%) Adobe
5 28 (2.83%) OpenAI
6 27 (2.72%) Splunk
7 25 (2.52%) Dynatrace
8 24 (2.42%) Salesforce
9 23 (2.32%) ServiceNow
10 22 (2.22%) IBM
10 22 (2.22%) TikTok
11 19 (1.92%) Red Hat
11 19 (1.92%) SAP
12 17 (1.72%) VMware
13 16 (1.61%) Okta
14 15 (1.51%) Apple
14 15 (1.51%) Informatica
15 14 (1.41%) Cisco
16 13 (1.31%) MuleSoft
17 12 (1.21%) Tealium