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 8 May 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
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 119 109 121
Rank change year-on-year -10 +12 -13
Contract jobs citing Google 848 608 700
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.09% 2.51% 1.90%
As % of the Vendors category 5.03% 5.29% 4.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 358 454
10th Percentile £283 £213 £263
25th Percentile £413 £366 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £656
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £519 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.81% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 59 60
10th Percentile £18.87 £16.95 £11.25
25th Percentile £23.16 £22.72 £20.69
Median hourly rate £35.50 £31.76 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.78% +22.15% -34.67%
75th Percentile £35.75 £51.22 £62.50
90th Percentile £49.15 £62.65 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £31.55 £26.00
% change year-on-year +12.51% +21.36% -35.00%

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 16,864 11,486 15,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.62% 47.40% 42.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,959 7,396 9,846
10th Percentile £313 £281 £263
25th Percentile £413 £408 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -2.80%
75th Percentile £610 £625 £638
90th Percentile £711 £725 £749
UK median daily rate £500 £515 £515
% change year-on-year -2.91% - -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 884 461 1,000
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.84 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.57 £17.50 £14.27
Median hourly rate £31.93 £26.45 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.72% +17.56% -43.75%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £57.33
90th Percentile £78.75 £76.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.11 £26.04 £22.50
% change year-on-year +23.32% +15.73% -48.50%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 8 May 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 -12 427 £525 - 190
North of England -18 156 £510 +2.00% 79
Yorkshire -13 82 £500 +8.11% 19
South East -69 75 £475 -6.40% 81
Midlands -29 66 £537 +34.25% 34
South West -5 63 £550 +46.67% 24
North West -23 63 £550 -8.33% 51
East of England -9 39 £540 +33.33% 29
East Midlands +1 38 £550 +40.66% 15
West Midlands -45 28 £456 +8.63% 19
North East -6 14 £475 - 9
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 35 (4.13%) SharePoint
2 30 (3.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (3.30%) Apache Spark
4 25 (2.95%) Apache
5 19 (2.24%) Apache Airflow
6 14 (1.65%) Confluence
7 9 (1.06%) CMS
8 3 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.24%) Drupal
9 2 (0.24%) nginx
9 2 (0.24%) WordPress
10 1 (0.12%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.12%) IIS
10 1 (0.12%) JBoss
10 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.12%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.12%) SAS
10 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
Applications
1 32 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (1.42%) Chatbot
5 8 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.59%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.47%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.47%) Trello
8 2 (0.24%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.24%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.24%) Autodesk Smoke
8 2 (0.24%) Maya
9 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.12%) InDesign
9 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.12%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (0.71%) Sprinklr
2 4 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.12%) Actimize
4 1 (0.12%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.12%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.12%) VisionPLUS
4 1 (0.12%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 521 (61.44%) GCP
2 258 (30.42%) Azure
3 225 (26.53%) AWS
4 168 (19.81%) Google Workspace
5 88 (10.38%) GitHub
6 84 (9.91%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 65 (7.67%) Power Platform
8 64 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
9 50 (5.90%) Google Sheets
10 46 (5.42%) Google Analytics
10 46 (5.42%) SaaS
11 39 (4.60%) GitHub Actions
12 37 (4.36%) Vertex AI
13 30 (3.54%) Cloud Computing
14 28 (3.30%) Slack
15 27 (3.18%) AWS CloudFormation
16 26 (3.07%) Amazon S3
16 26 (3.07%) Cloud Run
17 25 (2.95%) Entra ID
17 25 (2.95%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 51 (6.01%) Firewall
2 39 (4.60%) DNS
3 32 (3.77%) VPN
4 19 (2.24%) Network Security
5 14 (1.65%) VoIP
6 9 (1.06%) DKIM
6 9 (1.06%) DMARC
6 9 (1.06%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.94%) Internet
8 7 (0.83%) DHCP
9 6 (0.71%) Reverse Proxy
10 5 (0.59%) BGP
10 5 (0.59%) SAN
11 4 (0.47%) OSPF
11 4 (0.47%) Wireless
12 3 (0.35%) HTTP
12 3 (0.35%) IPv4
12 3 (0.35%) IPv6
12 3 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (0.24%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (12.50%) BigQuery
2 57 (6.72%) Power BI
3 36 (4.25%) Tableau
4 27 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
5 21 (2.48%) Data Lake
6 20 (2.36%) Looker
6 20 (2.36%) SQL Server
7 19 (2.24%) NoSQL
8 18 (2.12%) Metadata
8 18 (2.12%) OLAP
9 16 (1.89%) Amazon Athena
9 16 (1.89%) Mixpanel
9 16 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
10 15 (1.77%) OLTP
11 12 (1.42%) Big Data
11 12 (1.42%) MySQL
12 10 (1.18%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.71%) Redis
13 6 (0.71%) Snowflake Schema
13 6 (0.71%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 75 (8.84%) Jenkins
2 51 (6.01%) Git
3 48 (5.66%) JIRA
4 37 (4.36%) GitLab
5 15 (1.77%) JUnit
6 9 (1.06%) SonarQube
7 7 (0.83%) IntelliJ
8 5 (0.59%) REST Assured
8 5 (0.59%) Selenium
9 4 (0.47%) Charles Proxy
9 4 (0.47%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.47%) Gatling
9 4 (0.47%) Postman
10 3 (0.35%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.35%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.35%) ERwin
10 3 (0.35%) JMeter
10 3 (0.35%) Liquibase
10 3 (0.35%) LoadRunner
10 3 (0.35%) Mockito
General
1 251 (29.60%) Social Skills
2 159 (18.75%) Finance
3 104 (12.26%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (10.61%) Public Sector
5 66 (7.78%) Marketing
6 64 (7.55%) Banking
7 46 (5.42%) Retail
8 30 (3.54%) Legal
9 22 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (2.00%) Advertising
10 17 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.00%) Publishing
11 16 (1.89%) Military
12 14 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
13 13 (1.53%) Telecoms
14 10 (1.18%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (0.83%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 110 (12.97%) GCP Engineer
2 93 (10.97%) Architect
3 87 (10.26%) Senior
4 84 (9.91%) Analyst
4 84 (9.91%) Lead
5 73 (8.61%) Cloud Engineer
6 56 (6.60%) Data Engineer
7 50 (5.90%) Developer
8 36 (4.25%) Administrator
9 29 (3.42%) Cloud Architect
9 29 (3.42%) DevOps Engineer
10 25 (2.95%) Consultant
11 23 (2.71%) Network Engineer
11 23 (2.71%) Software Engineer
11 23 (2.71%) Solutions Architect
12 22 (2.59%) GCP DevOps
12 22 (2.59%) Security Engineer
13 21 (2.48%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 20 (2.36%) Platform Engineer
14 20 (2.36%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (4.60%) REST
2 38 (4.48%) Kafka
3 34 (4.01%) React
4 30 (3.54%) PyTorch
4 30 (3.54%) Spring
5 29 (3.42%) Spring Boot
6 28 (3.30%) LangChain
6 28 (3.30%) OAuth
7 23 (2.71%) Node.js
8 20 (2.36%) scikit-learn
8 20 (2.36%) TensorFlow
9 19 (2.24%) AngularJS
10 18 (2.12%) HTML
11 16 (1.89%) Great Expectations
11 16 (1.89%) RESTful
12 15 (1.77%) CSS
12 15 (1.77%) OpenID
13 14 (1.65%) .NET
13 14 (1.65%) Pandas
13 14 (1.65%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 105 (12.38%) Cloud Native
2 35 (4.13%) Public Cloud
3 33 (3.89%) Product Ownership
4 29 (3.42%) Onboarding
5 22 (2.59%) Data Centre
5 22 (2.59%) Virtual Team
6 20 (2.36%) AI Agents
7 18 (2.12%) Management Information System
8 17 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
9 16 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
9 16 (1.89%) Mobile App
10 13 (1.53%) Clustering
10 13 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (1.42%) Smartphone
12 11 (1.30%) Marketing Technology
13 10 (1.18%) Security Posture
14 9 (1.06%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (1.06%) e-Learning
14 9 (1.06%) Life Science
14 9 (1.06%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.31%) Windows
2 42 (4.95%) Android
3 30 (3.54%) Linux
4 28 (3.30%) Mac OS
5 26 (3.07%) Apple iOS
6 16 (1.89%) VMS
7 9 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.71%) Data ONTAP
9 5 (0.59%) CoreOS
9 5 (0.59%) Windows 10
9 5 (0.59%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.12%) Solaris
10 1 (0.12%) Unix
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (25.83%) CI/CD
2 194 (22.88%) DevOps
3 167 (19.69%) AI
4 162 (19.10%) Analytics
5 150 (17.69%) Infrastructure as Code
6 132 (15.57%) Migration
6 132 (15.57%) Problem-Solving
7 122 (14.39%) Agile
8 93 (10.97%) Continuous Improvement
9 91 (10.73%) Stakeholder Management
10 90 (10.61%) Observability
11 82 (9.67%) Machine Learning
12 74 (8.73%) Software Engineering
13 67 (7.90%) Business Intelligence
13 67 (7.90%) Decision-Making
14 64 (7.55%) Change Management
15 62 (7.31%) Containerisation
15 62 (7.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 61 (7.19%) Microservices
16 61 (7.19%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 210 (24.76%) Python
2 154 (18.16%) SQL
3 95 (11.20%) Java
4 45 (5.31%) PowerShell
5 38 (4.48%) Bash
5 38 (4.48%) JavaScript
6 29 (3.42%) C#
7 24 (2.83%) Kotlin
8 19 (2.24%) Go
9 18 (2.12%) TypeScript
10 10 (1.18%) Scala
11 9 (1.06%) Google Apps Script
12 7 (0.83%) Groovy
12 7 (0.83%) Rust
13 5 (0.59%) R
14 4 (0.47%) Bicep
14 4 (0.47%) C++
14 4 (0.47%) Ruby
15 3 (0.35%) LookML
15 3 (0.35%) VBA
Qualifications
1 150 (17.69%) Security Cleared
2 126 (14.86%) SC Cleared
3 73 (8.61%) Degree
4 21 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.24%) Azure Certification
6 16 (1.89%) AWS Certification
6 16 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
7 15 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (1.65%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (1.30%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.06%) CISSP
11 6 (0.71%) CCNP
12 5 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (0.59%) OCP
12 5 (0.59%) Oracle Certification
12 5 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.47%) CSPO
13 4 (0.47%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.47%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (8.14%) GDPR
2 51 (6.01%) Data Quality
3 35 (4.13%) QA
4 17 (2.00%) Accessibility
4 17 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (1.77%) NIST
6 11 (1.30%) PCI DSS
7 6 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.71%) PERC
7 6 (0.71%) WCAG
8 5 (0.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (0.59%) GRC
8 5 (0.59%) HIPAA
9 4 (0.47%) NCSC
10 3 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (0.35%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.35%) SLA
10 3 (0.35%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 77 (9.08%) Docker
2 46 (5.42%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.06%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.59%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.59%) NFS
5 5 (0.59%) vSphere
6 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 2 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.12%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.12%) Firmware
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.12%) Snort
7 1 (0.12%) Squid
7 1 (0.12%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.12%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.12%) Varnish
7 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 182 (21.46%) Terraform
2 139 (16.39%) Kubernetes
3 34 (4.01%) Ansible
4 28 (3.30%) Grafana
5 21 (2.48%) Istio
5 21 (2.48%) Prometheus
6 14 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (1.18%) Argo
8 9 (1.06%) SCCM
9 8 (0.94%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 7 (0.83%) Kubeflow
11 6 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
11 6 (0.71%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.59%) Podman
12 5 (0.59%) SnapMirror
13 3 (0.35%) Nessus
14 2 (0.24%) logstash
14 2 (0.24%) OpenVAS
14 2 (0.24%) QRadar
Vendors
1 127 (14.98%) Microsoft
2 30 (3.54%) Databricks
3 23 (2.71%) Oracle
4 22 (2.59%) ServiceNow
5 20 (2.36%) Adobe
5 20 (2.36%) Salesforce
6 19 (2.24%) Apple
7 18 (2.12%) OpenAI
8 17 (2.00%) Splunk
9 15 (1.77%) VMware
10 13 (1.53%) IBM
11 12 (1.42%) Red Hat
12 11 (1.30%) Okta
13 10 (1.18%) Citrix
13 10 (1.18%) Dynatrace
14 9 (1.06%) Checkmarx
15 8 (0.94%) Foundry
15 8 (0.94%) NetApp
15 8 (0.94%) SAP
15 8 (0.94%) TikTok