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 21 February 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
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 119 142
Rank change year-on-year +2 +23 -30
Contract jobs citing Google 835 581 659
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.39% 2.25% 1.74%
As % of the Vendors category 5.32% 4.82% 4.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 536 327 449
10th Percentile £263 £263 £213
25th Percentile £381 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £613 £639 £625
90th Percentile £738 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 41 49
10th Percentile £16.01 £25.25 £14.58
25th Percentile £25.75 £27.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £33.00 £43.08 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.39% +65.67% -25.71%
75th Percentile £38.58 £61.50 £53.50
90th Percentile £50.45 £63.75 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £34.34 £43.08 £26.00
% change year-on-year -20.29% +65.67% -25.71%

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 15,694 12,053 16,374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 44.91% 46.62% 43.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,240 7,417 10,508
10th Percentile £303 £281 £250
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £704 £720 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £523
% change year-on-year -4.40% +0.10% -1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 803 352 872
10th Percentile £15.32 £15.62 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.15 £20.27 £15.50
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.89 £27.76
Median % change year-on-year -22.87% +11.29% -18.46%
75th Percentile £58.70 £65.00 £56.49
90th Percentile £74.16 £82.33 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £24.00 £29.00 £27.33
% change year-on-year -17.24% +6.10% -21.44%

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 21 February 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 21 February 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 21 February 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 -7 418 £525 -4.55% 189
North of England -3 160 £500 - 93
Yorkshire -11 90 £488 -2.01% 27
Midlands +14 86 £523 +20.67% 35
South East -14 77 £322 -35.60% 121
North West -7 62 £513 -10.87% 60
West Midlands -14 50 £488 -15.22% 27
South West +3 49 £525 -12.50% 34
East Midlands +7 36 £550 +54.49% 8
East of England -18 33 £625 +47.06% 19
North East -24 8 £495 +45.59% 7
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 32 (3.83%) Apache Spark
2 27 (3.23%) Apache
3 18 (2.16%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (1.92%) SharePoint
5 15 (1.80%) Confluence
6 11 (1.32%) CMS
7 10 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.36%) Drupal
9 3 (0.36%) Ethereum
9 3 (0.36%) Hyperledger
9 3 (0.36%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.24%) Mule
10 2 (0.24%) SAS
10 2 (0.24%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.12%) JBoss
11 1 (0.12%) nginx
11 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 39 (4.67%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.20%) Chatbot
4 8 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.60%) Photoshop
5 5 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.48%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.36%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.36%) Trello
8 2 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.24%) Autodesk Smoke
8 2 (0.24%) Sketch
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.12%) InDesign
9 1 (0.12%) Maya
9 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.72%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.24%) Sprinklr
4 1 (0.12%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.12%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
4 1 (0.12%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 525 (62.87%) GCP
2 289 (34.61%) Azure
3 251 (30.06%) AWS
4 139 (16.65%) Google Workspace
5 101 (12.10%) GitHub
6 81 (9.70%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 77 (9.22%) Power Platform
8 47 (5.63%) Google Analytics
9 42 (5.03%) Cloud Run
9 42 (5.03%) Serverless
10 41 (4.91%) GitHub Actions
11 38 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
11 38 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
12 33 (3.95%) Google Sheets
13 32 (3.83%) SaaS
13 32 (3.83%) Vertex AI
14 31 (3.71%) Entra ID
15 30 (3.59%) AWS CloudFormation
15 30 (3.59%) Google Gemini
16 28 (3.35%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 55 (6.59%) Firewall
2 24 (2.87%) Network Security
3 18 (2.16%) DNS
4 16 (1.92%) VPN
5 11 (1.32%) VoIP
6 9 (1.08%) Internet
7 7 (0.84%) DHCP
8 5 (0.60%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.60%) Wireless
9 3 (0.36%) HTTP
9 3 (0.36%) LAN
10 2 (0.24%) BGP
10 2 (0.24%) Cisco IPT
10 2 (0.24%) Intranet
10 2 (0.24%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.24%) SAN
10 2 (0.24%) SSL
10 2 (0.24%) VLAN
10 2 (0.24%) VRRP
11 1 (0.12%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (13.05%) BigQuery
2 67 (8.02%) Power BI
3 35 (4.19%) Tableau
4 34 (4.07%) PostgreSQL
5 33 (3.95%) NoSQL
6 24 (2.87%) Looker
7 21 (2.51%) Data Lake
7 21 (2.51%) Mixpanel
7 21 (2.51%) SQL Server
8 20 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (2.16%) MySQL
10 17 (2.04%) OLAP
11 15 (1.80%) Amazon Athena
12 14 (1.68%) Metadata
12 14 (1.68%) OLTP
13 13 (1.56%) Big Data
14 10 (1.20%) Relational Database
15 8 (0.96%) Hadoop
15 8 (0.96%) Redis
16 6 (0.72%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 87 (10.42%) Jenkins
2 70 (8.38%) Git
3 45 (5.39%) GitLab
4 44 (5.27%) JIRA
5 8 (0.96%) Liquibase
6 7 (0.84%) JUnit
7 6 (0.72%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 5 (0.60%) Browser DevTools
8 5 (0.60%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.60%) Mockito
8 5 (0.60%) REST Assured
8 5 (0.60%) Selenium
9 4 (0.48%) Android Studio
9 4 (0.48%) Artifactory
9 4 (0.48%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.48%) Gradle
9 4 (0.48%) Postman
10 3 (0.36%) ERwin
10 3 (0.36%) Fiddler
10 3 (0.36%) LoadRunner
General
1 310 (37.13%) Social Skills
2 166 (19.88%) Finance
3 112 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
4 83 (9.94%) Banking
5 64 (7.66%) Public Sector
6 54 (6.47%) Marketing
7 47 (5.63%) Retail
8 22 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
10 19 (2.28%) Pharmaceutical
11 18 (2.16%) Advertising
12 16 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
12 16 (1.92%) Legal
13 14 (1.68%) Publishing
14 13 (1.56%) Financial Institution
14 13 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 11 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
16 9 (1.08%) Manufacturing
16 9 (1.08%) Military
16 9 (1.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 98 (11.74%) Senior
2 89 (10.66%) Architect
3 84 (10.06%) GCP Engineer
4 77 (9.22%) Developer
5 75 (8.98%) Analyst
5 75 (8.98%) Lead
6 61 (7.31%) Cloud Engineer
7 44 (5.27%) Data Engineer
8 31 (3.71%) Consultant
8 31 (3.71%) DevOps Engineer
8 31 (3.71%) Software Engineer
9 28 (3.35%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 25 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
11 24 (2.87%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 22 (2.63%) Android Developer
12 22 (2.63%) Cloud Architect
12 22 (2.63%) GCP DevOps
13 20 (2.40%) Security Engineer
13 20 (2.40%) Support Engineer
14 19 (2.28%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (6.95%) REST
2 46 (5.51%) RESTful
3 39 (4.67%) React
4 36 (4.31%) PyTorch
5 35 (4.19%) Kafka
6 34 (4.07%) HTML
6 34 (4.07%) Node.js
6 34 (4.07%) Spring
7 31 (3.71%) LangChain
8 28 (3.35%) CSS
9 27 (3.23%) scikit-learn
9 27 (3.23%) Spring Boot
9 27 (3.23%) TensorFlow
10 26 (3.11%) OAuth
11 23 (2.75%) AngularJS
11 23 (2.75%) FastAPI
12 21 (2.51%) LangGraph
13 20 (2.40%) Android Jetpack
13 20 (2.40%) Jetpack Compose
14 18 (2.16%) Android SDK
Miscellaneous
1 106 (12.69%) Cloud Native
2 48 (5.75%) Onboarding
3 42 (5.03%) Public Cloud
4 32 (3.83%) Distributed Systems
5 23 (2.75%) Mobile App
5 23 (2.75%) Product Ownership
6 19 (2.28%) Life Science
7 15 (1.80%) AI Agents
8 14 (1.68%) Data Centre
8 14 (1.68%) Genomics
8 14 (1.68%) Security Posture
9 13 (1.56%) Management Information System
9 13 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (1.44%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.32%) Algorithms
12 10 (1.20%) Smartphone
12 10 (1.20%) Social Media
13 9 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (1.08%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 54 (6.47%) Android
2 52 (6.23%) Windows
3 50 (5.99%) Linux
4 31 (3.71%) Apple iOS
5 30 (3.59%) Mac OS
6 14 (1.68%) VMS
7 6 (0.72%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.60%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.24%) CoreOS
10 2 (0.24%) Data ONTAP
10 2 (0.24%) Unix
11 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.12%) Solaris
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (28.50%) CI/CD
2 231 (27.66%) DevOps
3 184 (22.04%) AI
4 165 (19.76%) Analytics
5 163 (19.52%) Problem-Solving
6 161 (19.28%) Agile
7 138 (16.53%) Infrastructure as Code
8 114 (13.65%) Containerisation
9 103 (12.34%) Continuous Improvement
10 97 (11.62%) Machine Learning
11 94 (11.26%) Migration
12 88 (10.54%) Stakeholder Management
13 87 (10.42%) Microservices
14 82 (9.82%) User Experience
15 79 (9.46%) Observability
16 72 (8.62%) Change Management
17 71 (8.50%) Business Intelligence
17 71 (8.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 65 (7.78%) Software Engineering
19 64 (7.66%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 261 (31.26%) Python
2 154 (18.44%) SQL
3 94 (11.26%) Java
4 48 (5.75%) JavaScript
5 43 (5.15%) PowerShell
6 39 (4.67%) Bash
7 31 (3.71%) Kotlin
8 29 (3.47%) Go
9 27 (3.23%) TypeScript
10 23 (2.75%) C#
11 10 (1.20%) Ruby
12 9 (1.08%) VBA
13 8 (0.96%) Google Apps Script
14 7 (0.84%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.72%) Bicep
15 6 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
16 5 (0.60%) Groovy
16 5 (0.60%) Scala
17 3 (0.36%) C++
18 2 (0.24%) PHP
Qualifications
1 124 (14.85%) Security Cleared
2 104 (12.46%) SC Cleared
3 101 (12.10%) Degree
4 37 (4.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (3.23%) Master's Degree
6 18 (2.16%) Azure Certification
7 17 (2.04%) AWS Certification
8 15 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.68%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (1.32%) DV Cleared
11 10 (1.20%) CISSP
12 8 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
13 6 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (0.72%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (0.60%) OCP
14 5 (0.60%) Oracle Certification
14 5 (0.60%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.48%) CCSP
15 4 (0.48%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (7.31%) GDPR
2 46 (5.51%) Data Quality
3 34 (4.07%) QA
4 21 (2.51%) Accessibility
5 18 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.44%) PCI DSS
7 11 (1.32%) NIST
8 8 (0.96%) NCSC
9 7 (0.84%) GRC
10 6 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.60%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.60%) ISO 20022
11 5 (0.60%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.24%) PERC
12 2 (0.24%) SLA
12 2 (0.24%) WCAG
13 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
13 1 (0.12%) EU AI Act
13 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
System Software
1 127 (15.21%) Docker
2 34 (4.07%) Active Directory
3 14 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.48%) Squid
6 3 (0.36%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.36%) Snort
7 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 2 (0.24%) NFS
7 2 (0.24%) vSphere
8 1 (0.12%) KVM
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 170 (20.36%) Kubernetes
2 167 (20.00%) Terraform
3 49 (5.87%) Ansible
4 38 (4.55%) Grafana
5 30 (3.59%) Prometheus
6 26 (3.11%) Istio
7 15 (1.80%) Argo
8 13 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
9 12 (1.44%) SCCM
10 11 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (0.84%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 6 (0.72%) QRadar
13 5 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.60%) Nessus
14 4 (0.48%) logstash
15 3 (0.36%) NetBackup
15 3 (0.36%) Nexpose
15 3 (0.36%) Oracle RMAN
15 3 (0.36%) Progress Chef
15 3 (0.36%) Suricata
Vendors
1 127 (15.21%) Microsoft
2 44 (5.27%) Splunk
3 31 (3.71%) Databricks
4 24 (2.87%) Adobe
4 24 (2.87%) OpenAI
4 24 (2.87%) Salesforce
5 22 (2.63%) Apple
6 17 (2.04%) ServiceNow
7 16 (1.92%) IBM
7 16 (1.92%) Oracle
8 15 (1.80%) VMware
9 14 (1.68%) Okta
9 14 (1.68%) SAP
10 13 (1.56%) Foundry
11 11 (1.32%) Palo Alto
12 10 (1.20%) Amplitude
12 10 (1.20%) Red Hat
13 9 (1.08%) Citrix
13 9 (1.08%) Hotjar
14 8 (0.96%) Optimizely