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 6 March 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
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 117 137
Rank change year-on-year +6 +20 -26
Contract jobs citing Google 860 589 652
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.36% 2.31% 1.73%
As % of the Vendors category 5.30% 4.93% 4.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 556 342 436
10th Percentile £268 £260 £213
25th Percentile £400 £390 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.70%
75th Percentile £611 £650 £628
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 47 51
10th Percentile £18.71 £24.47 £11.25
25th Percentile £26.00 £26.25 £17.75
Median hourly rate £33.00 £46.30 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.73% +78.08% -49.51%
75th Percentile £37.25 £61.13 £37.50
90th Percentile £50.30 £63.45 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £34.34 £44.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year -23.10% +71.73% -49.51%

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 16,229 11,953 16,199
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 44.60% 46.78% 42.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,575 7,483 10,386
10th Percentile £306 £288 £250
25th Percentile £413 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £516
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +1.84% -4.18%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £631
90th Percentile £705 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £514
% change year-on-year -3.85% +1.17% -3.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 849 380 909
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.62 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.24 £14.72
Median hourly rate £24.55 £31.42 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year -21.87% +24.45% -27.86%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £85.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £25.22
% change year-on-year -16.67% +18.98% -27.96%

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 6 March 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 6 March 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 6 March 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 -10 427 £525 -4.55% 267
North of England -8 169 £500 -9.09% 92
Yorkshire -10 96 £500 -9.09% 36
Midlands +6 81 £525 +34.27% 34
South East -27 81 £322 -35.60% 131
North West 0 64 £550 -12.00% 50
South West +5 56 £525 -12.50% 51
West Midlands -16 46 £494 -5.95% 21
East Midlands +6 35 £550 +54.49% 13
East of England -21 34 £625 +47.06% 36
North East -11 12 £475 +43.94% 6
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 33 (3.84%) Apache Spark
2 29 (3.37%) Apache
3 22 (2.56%) Apache Airflow
4 17 (1.98%) Confluence
5 16 (1.86%) SharePoint
6 12 (1.40%) CMS
7 10 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.47%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.35%) Drupal
9 3 (0.35%) Ethereum
9 3 (0.35%) Hyperledger
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.12%) IIS
10 1 (0.12%) JBoss
10 1 (0.12%) nginx
10 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.12%) SAS
10 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 40 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (1.16%) Chatbot
4 9 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.70%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.58%) Photoshop
6 5 (0.58%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.35%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.35%) Trello
8 2 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.23%) Autodesk Smoke
8 2 (0.23%) InDesign
8 2 (0.23%) Sketch
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.12%) Maya
9 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.70%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.35%) Sprinklr
3 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.12%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.12%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.12%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.12%) Shopify
4 1 (0.12%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 538 (62.56%) GCP
2 290 (33.72%) Azure
3 259 (30.12%) AWS
4 145 (16.86%) Google Workspace
5 102 (11.86%) GitHub
6 87 (10.12%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 77 (8.95%) Power Platform
8 49 (5.70%) Google Analytics
9 42 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
10 38 (4.42%) Cloud Run
10 38 (4.42%) GitHub Actions
11 37 (4.30%) Google Sheets
12 33 (3.84%) Cloud Computing
12 33 (3.84%) Serverless
13 31 (3.60%) SaaS
14 30 (3.49%) Entra ID
14 30 (3.49%) Vertex AI
15 29 (3.37%) AWS CloudFormation
16 28 (3.26%) Google Gemini
17 25 (2.91%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 62 (7.21%) Firewall
2 27 (3.14%) Network Security
3 23 (2.67%) VPN
4 22 (2.56%) DNS
5 11 (1.28%) VoIP
6 10 (1.16%) Internet
7 8 (0.93%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.81%) DHCP
9 5 (0.58%) BGP
9 5 (0.58%) SAN
9 5 (0.58%) Wireless
10 4 (0.47%) HTTP
11 3 (0.35%) LAN
11 3 (0.35%) OSPF
11 3 (0.35%) Reverse Proxy
12 2 (0.23%) Cisco IPT
12 2 (0.23%) Intranet
12 2 (0.23%) SMTP
13 1 (0.12%) Extranet
13 1 (0.12%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (12.91%) BigQuery
2 67 (7.79%) Power BI
3 34 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
4 33 (3.84%) Tableau
5 31 (3.60%) NoSQL
6 22 (2.56%) Mixpanel
7 21 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (2.44%) SQL Server
8 20 (2.33%) Looker
9 18 (2.09%) Data Lake
9 18 (2.09%) OLAP
10 16 (1.86%) Amazon Athena
10 16 (1.86%) MySQL
11 15 (1.74%) OLTP
12 13 (1.51%) Big Data
12 13 (1.51%) Metadata
13 9 (1.05%) Redis
14 8 (0.93%) Relational Database
15 7 (0.81%) Hadoop
16 5 (0.58%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 87 (10.12%) Jenkins
2 69 (8.02%) Git
3 46 (5.35%) GitLab
4 44 (5.12%) JIRA
5 7 (0.81%) JUnit
6 6 (0.70%) Liquibase
6 6 (0.70%) Visual Website Optimizer
7 5 (0.58%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.58%) Mockito
7 5 (0.58%) REST Assured
7 5 (0.58%) Selenium
8 4 (0.47%) Android Studio
8 4 (0.47%) Artifactory
8 4 (0.47%) Browser DevTools
8 4 (0.47%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.47%) Gradle
8 4 (0.47%) Postman
9 3 (0.35%) Charles Proxy
9 3 (0.35%) Fiddler
9 3 (0.35%) Gatling
General
1 311 (36.16%) Social Skills
2 169 (19.65%) Finance
3 113 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (9.53%) Banking
5 69 (8.02%) Public Sector
6 54 (6.28%) Marketing
7 49 (5.70%) Retail
8 23 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (2.56%) Advertising
9 22 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
10 20 (2.33%) Pharmaceutical
11 17 (1.98%) Legal
12 16 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
12 16 (1.86%) Publishing
13 13 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.16%) Financial Institution
15 10 (1.16%) Manufacturing
16 9 (1.05%) Military
16 9 (1.05%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 99 (11.51%) GCP Engineer
1 99 (11.51%) Senior
2 92 (10.70%) Architect
3 80 (9.30%) Analyst
4 74 (8.60%) Lead
5 70 (8.14%) Developer
6 68 (7.91%) Cloud Engineer
7 48 (5.58%) Data Engineer
8 35 (4.07%) Consultant
8 35 (4.07%) DevOps Engineer
9 29 (3.37%) Software Engineer
10 27 (3.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 27 (3.14%) GCP DevOps
10 27 (3.14%) Solutions Architect
11 26 (3.02%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 24 (2.79%) Cloud Architect
12 24 (2.79%) GCP DevOps Engineer
12 24 (2.79%) Security Engineer
13 22 (2.56%) Android Developer
14 20 (2.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (6.51%) REST
2 40 (4.65%) PyTorch
2 40 (4.65%) RESTful
3 38 (4.42%) React
4 36 (4.19%) Kafka
5 32 (3.72%) HTML
5 32 (3.72%) Spring
6 31 (3.60%) scikit-learn
7 30 (3.49%) LangChain
7 30 (3.49%) Node.js
7 30 (3.49%) TensorFlow
8 26 (3.02%) CSS
9 25 (2.91%) Spring Boot
10 24 (2.79%) OAuth
11 22 (2.56%) AngularJS
12 21 (2.44%) FastAPI
12 21 (2.44%) LangGraph
13 20 (2.33%) Android Jetpack
13 20 (2.33%) Jetpack Compose
14 18 (2.09%) Android SDK
Miscellaneous
1 109 (12.67%) Cloud Native
2 45 (5.23%) Onboarding
3 44 (5.12%) Public Cloud
4 31 (3.60%) Distributed Systems
5 30 (3.49%) Product Ownership
6 22 (2.56%) Mobile App
7 20 (2.33%) Life Science
8 19 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
9 18 (2.09%) Data Centre
10 14 (1.63%) Genomics
10 14 (1.63%) Security Posture
10 14 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.63%) Virtual Team
11 13 (1.51%) AI Agents
11 13 (1.51%) Management Information System
12 11 (1.28%) Algorithms
13 10 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (1.16%) Smartphone
14 9 (1.05%) Clustering
14 9 (1.05%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 55 (6.40%) Windows
2 52 (6.05%) Android
2 52 (6.05%) Linux
3 30 (3.49%) Mac OS
4 29 (3.37%) Apple iOS
5 17 (1.98%) VMS
6 9 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.70%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.58%) CoreOS
8 5 (0.58%) Data ONTAP
8 5 (0.58%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Solaris
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (27.79%) CI/CD
2 234 (27.21%) DevOps
3 184 (21.40%) AI
4 168 (19.53%) Analytics
5 164 (19.07%) Problem-Solving
6 157 (18.26%) Agile
7 148 (17.21%) Infrastructure as Code
8 107 (12.44%) Containerisation
9 104 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 104 (12.09%) Migration
10 101 (11.74%) Machine Learning
11 94 (10.93%) Stakeholder Management
12 85 (9.88%) Microservices
13 84 (9.77%) Observability
14 77 (8.95%) User Experience
15 71 (8.26%) Change Management
15 71 (8.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 70 (8.14%) Business Intelligence
17 68 (7.91%) Software Engineering
18 66 (7.67%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 258 (30.00%) Python
2 159 (18.49%) SQL
3 100 (11.63%) Java
4 44 (5.12%) JavaScript
4 44 (5.12%) PowerShell
5 42 (4.88%) Bash
6 31 (3.60%) Kotlin
7 27 (3.14%) C#
7 27 (3.14%) Go
7 27 (3.14%) TypeScript
8 11 (1.28%) Ruby
9 10 (1.16%) Google Apps Script
10 8 (0.93%) VBA
11 5 (0.58%) Bicep
11 5 (0.58%) Groovy
11 5 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (0.58%) Scala
12 4 (0.47%) C++
12 4 (0.47%) Rust
12 4 (0.47%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 130 (15.12%) Security Cleared
2 107 (12.44%) SC Cleared
3 102 (11.86%) Degree
4 37 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (3.02%) Master's Degree
6 20 (2.33%) Azure Certification
7 18 (2.09%) AWS Certification
8 15 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (1.40%) CISSP
11 10 (1.16%) DV Cleared
12 8 (0.93%) OCP
12 8 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
13 6 (0.70%) CCNP
14 5 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 5 (0.58%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.58%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.47%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (6.98%) GDPR
2 46 (5.35%) Data Quality
3 32 (3.72%) QA
4 18 (2.09%) Accessibility
5 16 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 12 (1.40%) PCI DSS
7 11 (1.28%) NIST
8 9 (1.05%) NCSC
9 8 (0.93%) GRC
10 6 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.58%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.58%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.35%) SLA
12 3 (0.35%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.23%) PERC
14 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.12%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.12%) PMO
System Software
1 123 (14.30%) Docker
2 34 (3.95%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.58%) NFS
5 5 (0.58%) vSphere
6 3 (0.35%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.35%) Snort
6 3 (0.35%) Squid
7 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.12%) Varnish
8 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 180 (20.93%) Terraform
2 169 (19.65%) Kubernetes
3 49 (5.70%) Ansible
4 37 (4.30%) Grafana
5 29 (3.37%) Prometheus
6 26 (3.02%) Istio
7 15 (1.74%) Argo
8 12 (1.40%) SCCM
8 12 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
9 10 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
10 8 (0.93%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 7 (0.81%) Kubeflow
12 6 (0.70%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.70%) QRadar
13 5 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
13 5 (0.58%) Nessus
13 5 (0.58%) SnapMirror
14 3 (0.35%) logstash
14 3 (0.35%) Nexpose
14 3 (0.35%) Suricata
Vendors
1 126 (14.65%) Microsoft
2 42 (4.88%) Splunk
3 30 (3.49%) Databricks
4 25 (2.91%) Adobe
5 24 (2.79%) Salesforce
6 21 (2.44%) Apple
6 21 (2.44%) OpenAI
7 18 (2.09%) ServiceNow
8 17 (1.98%) VMware
9 16 (1.86%) Oracle
9 16 (1.86%) Red Hat
10 15 (1.74%) IBM
11 13 (1.51%) Okta
11 13 (1.51%) SAP
12 11 (1.28%) Foundry
13 9 (1.05%) Amplitude
13 9 (1.05%) Citrix
13 9 (1.05%) Hotjar
13 9 (1.05%) Palo Alto
14 8 (0.93%) Optimizely