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 November 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
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 115 133
Rank change year-on-year +14 +18 -15
Contract jobs citing Google 824 670 756
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.70% 2.16% 1.93%
As % of the Vendors category 5.66% 4.79% 4.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 358 531
10th Percentile £213 £263 £213
25th Percentile £362 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -5.98%
75th Percentile £623 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -7.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 47 28
10th Percentile £15.50 £32.30 £16.11
25th Percentile £16.95 £41.00 £17.88
Median hourly rate £27.21 £62.50 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -56.46% +93.38% -7.66%
75th Percentile £40.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £59.95 - £67.38
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £62.50 £32.32
% change year-on-year -56.46% +93.38% -7.66%

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 14,552 13,990 17,633
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.65% 45.04% 44.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,363 8,415 11,588
10th Percentile £285 £300 £255
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 734 436 618
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.35 £14.72
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.00 £20.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £33.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% -24.16% +64.81%
75th Percentile £46.75 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £76.33
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -16.18% -32.58% +72.61%

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 November 2025.

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 November 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 21 November 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 -4 443 £525 -4.55% 668
North of England +16 170 £450 -10.00% 143
South East +25 96 £313 -26.35% 281
Yorkshire +7 94 £400 -20.00% 42
North West +21 73 £513 +2.50% 97
Midlands +7 47 £469 +31.67% 63
West Midlands +7 39 £500 +21.21% 33
South West -11 36 £513 -13.68% 54
East of England -23 19 £538 +26.47% 29
East Midlands -7 8 £358 +0.56% 28
North East -19 3 £570 +36.53% 4
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 23 (2.79%) Apache Airflow
2 22 (2.67%) Apache Spark
3 21 (2.55%) Confluence
4 17 (2.06%) Apache
5 16 (1.94%) SharePoint
6 15 (1.82%) CMS
7 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.73%) Mule
9 5 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 4 (0.49%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.36%) Drupal
11 3 (0.36%) Ethereum
11 3 (0.36%) Hyperledger
11 3 (0.36%) Tomcat
11 3 (0.36%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.24%) SAS
12 2 (0.24%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.24%) WordPress
13 1 (0.12%) JBoss
13 1 (0.12%) nginx
Applications
1 32 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.09%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.49%) Sketch
6 3 (0.36%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.24%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.24%) Trello
8 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.12%) Autodesk Smoke
8 1 (0.12%) InDesign
8 1 (0.12%) Maple
8 1 (0.12%) Maya
Business Applications
1 7 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.36%) Shopify
4 2 (0.24%) Magento
4 2 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.24%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.12%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.12%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.12%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 478 (58.01%) GCP
2 248 (30.10%) Azure
3 226 (27.43%) AWS
4 111 (13.47%) Google Workspace
5 90 (10.92%) GitHub
6 66 (8.01%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 62 (7.52%) Google Analytics
8 60 (7.28%) Power Platform
8 60 (7.28%) SaaS
9 39 (4.73%) Serverless
10 30 (3.64%) Cloud Run
11 28 (3.40%) GitHub Actions
11 28 (3.40%) Microsoft 365
12 25 (3.03%) Cloud Functions
12 25 (3.03%) Google Tag Manager
13 24 (2.91%) Vertex AI
14 23 (2.79%) Entra ID
14 23 (2.79%) Google Play
15 22 (2.67%) Cloud Computing
16 21 (2.55%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 54 (6.55%) Firewall
2 21 (2.55%) Network Security
3 20 (2.43%) DNS
4 11 (1.33%) HTTP
5 9 (1.09%) TCP/IP
5 9 (1.09%) VPN
6 4 (0.49%) VoIP
7 3 (0.36%) BGP
7 3 (0.36%) Bluetooth
7 3 (0.36%) DHCP
7 3 (0.36%) Internet
7 3 (0.36%) Intranet
7 3 (0.36%) LAN
7 3 (0.36%) SMTP
7 3 (0.36%) SSL
7 3 (0.36%) VLAN
7 3 (0.36%) WAN
7 3 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.36%) Wireless
8 2 (0.24%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (12.01%) BigQuery
2 52 (6.31%) Power BI
3 40 (4.85%) PostgreSQL
4 34 (4.13%) NoSQL
5 32 (3.88%) Data Warehouse
6 31 (3.76%) Tableau
7 29 (3.52%) Looker
8 26 (3.16%) Big Data
9 22 (2.67%) SQL Server
10 16 (1.94%) MySQL
11 14 (1.70%) Data Lake
11 14 (1.70%) Metadata
11 14 (1.70%) MongoDB
12 12 (1.46%) Hadoop
12 12 (1.46%) Mixpanel
12 12 (1.46%) Relational Database
13 9 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (0.73%) Power Query
14 6 (0.73%) Redis
15 5 (0.61%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 83 (10.07%) Git
1 83 (10.07%) Jenkins
2 53 (6.43%) JIRA
3 45 (5.46%) GitLab
4 15 (1.82%) Sonatype Nexus
5 14 (1.70%) SonarQube
6 11 (1.33%) Liquibase
7 10 (1.21%) Postman
8 9 (1.09%) Gradle
8 9 (1.09%) SoapUI
9 8 (0.97%) CircleCI
9 8 (0.97%) Cypress.io
10 7 (0.85%) Selenium
11 6 (0.73%) Browser DevTools
11 6 (0.73%) JUnit
11 6 (0.73%) Maven
11 6 (0.73%) Visual Website Optimizer
12 5 (0.61%) Mockito
13 4 (0.49%) Android Studio
13 4 (0.49%) webpack
General
1 294 (35.68%) Social Skills
2 170 (20.63%) Finance
3 101 (12.26%) Banking
4 95 (11.53%) Analytical Skills
5 62 (7.52%) Marketing
6 55 (6.67%) Public Sector
7 25 (3.03%) Retail
8 22 (2.67%) Financial Institution
8 22 (2.67%) Pharmaceutical
9 19 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (2.31%) Legal
9 19 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
10 17 (2.06%) Advertising
11 15 (1.82%) Telecoms
12 14 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (1.70%) Publishing
13 13 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
14 9 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
15 8 (0.97%) Investment Banking
15 8 (0.97%) Military
Job Titles
1 100 (12.14%) Senior
2 86 (10.44%) Architect
3 83 (10.07%) Developer
4 77 (9.34%) Analyst
5 68 (8.25%) GCP Engineer
6 66 (8.01%) Lead
7 38 (4.61%) DevOps Engineer
8 37 (4.49%) Cloud Engineer
9 35 (4.25%) Solutions Architect
10 29 (3.52%) Data Engineer
11 25 (3.03%) Consultant
11 25 (3.03%) GCP DevOps
11 25 (3.03%) Software Engineer
12 24 (2.91%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 23 (2.79%) GCP DevOps Engineer
14 22 (2.67%) Android Developer
14 22 (2.67%) GCP Architect
15 21 (2.55%) Security Engineer
16 20 (2.43%) IT Support
17 19 (2.31%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (8.25%) RESTful
2 42 (5.10%) REST
3 40 (4.85%) React
4 39 (4.73%) Node.js
5 37 (4.49%) HTML
6 30 (3.64%) CSS
7 28 (3.40%) Kafka
7 28 (3.40%) Spring
8 24 (2.91%) FastAPI
9 22 (2.67%) LangGraph
10 21 (2.55%) Android Jetpack
11 20 (2.43%) Jetpack Compose
11 20 (2.43%) Spring Boot
12 19 (2.31%) AngularJS
12 19 (2.31%) TensorFlow
13 18 (2.18%) Elastic Stack
13 18 (2.18%) LangChain
13 18 (2.18%) OAuth
13 18 (2.18%) scikit-learn
14 17 (2.06%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 91 (11.04%) Cloud Native
2 47 (5.70%) Onboarding
3 34 (4.13%) Distributed Systems
4 32 (3.88%) Mobile App
5 27 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
6 23 (2.79%) Product Ownership
6 23 (2.79%) Public Cloud
7 19 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
7 19 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
8 18 (2.18%) AI Agents
8 18 (2.18%) Life Science
9 17 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (1.94%) Genomics
10 16 (1.94%) Social Media
11 13 (1.58%) Algorithms
12 12 (1.46%) Data Centre
12 12 (1.46%) iPad
13 11 (1.33%) iPhone
13 11 (1.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 61 (7.40%) Linux
2 48 (5.83%) Android
2 48 (5.83%) Windows
3 35 (4.25%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.21%) Mac OS
4 10 (1.21%) Unix
5 4 (0.49%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.36%) VMS
7 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.12%) MVS
7 1 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.12%) Solaris
7 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (25.97%) CI/CD
2 204 (24.76%) DevOps
3 191 (23.18%) Agile
4 183 (22.21%) Problem-Solving
5 156 (18.93%) Analytics
6 143 (17.35%) AI
7 126 (15.29%) Containerisation
8 101 (12.26%) Infrastructure as Code
9 89 (10.80%) Machine Learning
9 89 (10.80%) Microservices
10 86 (10.44%) User Experience
11 76 (9.22%) Migration
12 72 (8.74%) Continuous Improvement
13 70 (8.50%) Stakeholder Management
14 63 (7.65%) Computer Science
15 59 (7.16%) Actionable Insight
16 58 (7.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 56 (6.80%) Business Intelligence
17 56 (6.80%) Data Modelling
18 55 (6.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 237 (28.76%) Python
2 131 (15.90%) SQL
3 95 (11.53%) Java
4 57 (6.92%) JavaScript
5 40 (4.85%) Bash
5 40 (4.85%) PowerShell
6 33 (4.00%) TypeScript
7 29 (3.52%) Kotlin
8 28 (3.40%) Go
9 12 (1.46%) Ruby
10 10 (1.21%) Kusto Query Language
11 9 (1.09%) Shell Script
12 8 (0.97%) C#
13 7 (0.85%) Bicep
13 7 (0.85%) R
13 7 (0.85%) VBA
14 6 (0.73%) Scala
15 4 (0.49%) C++
15 4 (0.49%) Google Apps Script
15 4 (0.49%) Swift
Qualifications
1 105 (12.74%) Security Cleared
2 94 (11.41%) SC Cleared
3 91 (11.04%) Degree
4 43 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (3.52%) Master's Degree
6 24 (2.91%) CISSP
7 16 (1.94%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 10 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (1.21%) MCP
10 9 (1.09%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.09%) CISM
10 9 (1.09%) ISTQB
11 7 (0.85%) DV Cleared
12 6 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (0.73%) CCSP
12 6 (0.73%) CompTIA Security+
12 6 (0.73%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.73%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (6.43%) GDPR
2 40 (4.85%) Data Quality
3 33 (4.00%) Accessibility
4 30 (3.64%) QA
5 25 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 16 (1.94%) NIST
7 12 (1.46%) PCI DSS
8 11 (1.33%) SLA
9 10 (1.21%) GRC
10 7 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 7 (0.85%) NCSC
11 6 (0.73%) SOC 2
11 6 (0.73%) WCAG
12 5 (0.61%) ISO 20022
13 4 (0.49%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.36%) ECSS
14 3 (0.36%) HL7
15 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
15 2 (0.24%) DICOM
15 2 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 142 (17.23%) Docker
2 27 (3.28%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.61%) Squid
5 4 (0.49%) Snort
6 2 (0.24%) Firmware
6 2 (0.24%) KVM
7 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.12%) NFS
7 1 (0.12%) SRDF
7 1 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.12%) Xen
Systems Management
1 146 (17.72%) Kubernetes
2 126 (15.29%) Terraform
3 40 (4.85%) Ansible
4 32 (3.88%) Grafana
5 29 (3.52%) Prometheus
6 17 (2.06%) Argo
7 11 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (1.21%) Istio
8 10 (1.21%) NetBackup
9 9 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
9 9 (1.09%) Oracle RMAN
10 7 (0.85%) QRadar
11 6 (0.73%) Puppet
12 5 (0.61%) Nessus
12 5 (0.61%) SCCM
13 4 (0.49%) logstash
13 4 (0.49%) Nexpose
13 4 (0.49%) Suricata
14 3 (0.36%) CSIRT
14 3 (0.36%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 141 (17.11%) Microsoft
2 52 (6.31%) Splunk
3 27 (3.28%) Adobe
4 24 (2.91%) Oracle
4 24 (2.91%) Salesforce
5 21 (2.55%) CyberArk
6 20 (2.43%) OpenAI
6 20 (2.43%) ServiceNow
7 17 (2.06%) Palo Alto
8 16 (1.94%) Apple
8 16 (1.94%) Databricks
8 16 (1.94%) VMware
9 15 (1.82%) Hotjar
9 15 (1.82%) Okta
9 15 (1.82%) SAP
10 14 (1.70%) Cisco
10 14 (1.70%) CrowdStrike
11 12 (1.46%) Amplitude
12 11 (1.33%) IBM
12 11 (1.33%) Nexthink