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 18 April 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
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 108 128
Rank change year-on-year -3 +20 -22
Contract jobs citing Google 882 605 672
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.24% 2.47% 1.80%
As % of the Vendors category 5.24% 5.22% 4.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 570 350 442
10th Percentile £281 £260 £263
25th Percentile £413 £392 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £652
90th Percentile £700 £735 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 61 48
10th Percentile £21.25 £16.95 £11.15
25th Percentile £25.88 £24.18 £17.54
Median hourly rate £35.50 £31.76 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.78% +22.15% -34.26%
75th Percentile £35.91 £55.25 £31.94
90th Percentile £49.25 £62.50 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £31.76 £26.00
% change year-on-year +11.78% +22.15% -34.30%

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 16,848 11,589 15,695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.74% 47.32% 42.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,985 7,516 10,030
10th Percentile £313 £293 £255
25th Percentile £413 £408 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -3.26%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £634
90th Percentile £705 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £517
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.87% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 877 436 985
10th Percentile £15.33 £14.99 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £18.18 £14.16
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.75 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +27.78% -40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.31 £55.00
90th Percentile £78.63 £80.05 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £28.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +7.14% +24.44% -46.40%

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 18 April 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 18 April 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 18 April 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 -5 442 £525 - 226
North of England -8 160 £500 -4.76% 71
Yorkshire -11 86 £500 +3.90% 19
South East -38 85 £505 -0.59% 96
South West +3 64 £550 +10.00% 21
Midlands -23 64 £537 +35.78% 35
North West -25 64 £550 -8.33% 45
East of England -5 45 £570 +75.38% 17
East Midlands -5 36 £550 +83.33% 15
West Midlands -50 28 £475 +13.10% 20
North East -3 13 £475 - 8
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 31 (3.51%) Apache Spark
2 29 (3.29%) SharePoint
3 28 (3.17%) Apache
3 28 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 22 (2.49%) Apache Airflow
5 15 (1.70%) Confluence
6 6 (0.68%) CMS
7 3 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.34%) nginx
8 2 (0.23%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.11%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) JBoss
9 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.11%) SAS
9 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (1.25%) Chatbot
5 8 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.57%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.57%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.45%) Trello
8 2 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.23%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.23%) Autodesk Smoke
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.11%) InDesign
9 1 (0.11%) Maya
9 1 (0.11%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (0.68%) Sprinklr
2 4 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.11%) Actimize
4 1 (0.11%) Cloudability
4 1 (0.11%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.11%) Shopify
4 1 (0.11%) VisionPLUS
4 1 (0.11%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 538 (61.00%) GCP
2 281 (31.86%) Azure
3 236 (26.76%) AWS
4 166 (18.82%) Google Workspace
5 91 (10.32%) GitHub
6 84 (9.52%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 71 (8.05%) Power Platform
8 57 (6.46%) Microsoft 365
9 51 (5.78%) Google Analytics
10 48 (5.44%) Google Sheets
11 44 (4.99%) SaaS
12 40 (4.54%) Vertex AI
13 37 (4.20%) GitHub Actions
14 30 (3.40%) AWS CloudFormation
14 30 (3.40%) Cloud Computing
15 28 (3.17%) Amazon S3
15 28 (3.17%) Cloud Run
16 27 (3.06%) Entra ID
17 26 (2.95%) Slack
18 25 (2.83%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 56 (6.35%) Firewall
2 40 (4.54%) DNS
3 32 (3.63%) VPN
4 24 (2.72%) Network Security
5 14 (1.59%) VoIP
6 12 (1.36%) TCP/IP
7 9 (1.02%) DHCP
7 9 (1.02%) DKIM
7 9 (1.02%) DMARC
8 8 (0.91%) Internet
9 6 (0.68%) Reverse Proxy
10 5 (0.57%) BGP
10 5 (0.57%) SAN
11 4 (0.45%) HTTP
11 4 (0.45%) OSPF
11 4 (0.45%) Wireless
12 3 (0.34%) IPv4
12 3 (0.34%) IPv6
12 3 (0.34%) SMTP
13 2 (0.23%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (12.36%) BigQuery
2 62 (7.03%) Power BI
3 37 (4.20%) Tableau
4 27 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
5 23 (2.61%) Data Lake
6 21 (2.38%) NoSQL
6 21 (2.38%) SQL Server
7 20 (2.27%) Looker
7 20 (2.27%) OLAP
8 18 (2.04%) Amazon Athena
8 18 (2.04%) Metadata
8 18 (2.04%) Mixpanel
9 17 (1.93%) OLTP
10 15 (1.70%) PostgreSQL
11 12 (1.36%) Big Data
12 11 (1.25%) MySQL
13 7 (0.79%) Relational Database
14 6 (0.68%) Redis
14 6 (0.68%) Snowflake Schema
14 6 (0.68%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 74 (8.39%) Jenkins
2 51 (5.78%) Git
3 50 (5.67%) JIRA
4 37 (4.20%) GitLab
5 16 (1.81%) JUnit
6 9 (1.02%) SonarQube
7 7 (0.79%) IntelliJ
8 6 (0.68%) Selenium
9 5 (0.57%) Charles Proxy
9 5 (0.57%) REST Assured
10 4 (0.45%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.45%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.45%) Gatling
10 4 (0.45%) Mockito
10 4 (0.45%) Postman
11 3 (0.34%) Android Studio
11 3 (0.34%) ERwin
11 3 (0.34%) Fiddler
11 3 (0.34%) Gradle
11 3 (0.34%) Liquibase
General
1 269 (30.50%) Social Skills
2 162 (18.37%) Finance
3 118 (13.38%) Analytical Skills
4 93 (10.54%) Public Sector
5 69 (7.82%) Banking
6 68 (7.71%) Marketing
7 50 (5.67%) Retail
8 32 (3.63%) Legal
9 23 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
10 22 (2.49%) Advertising
11 18 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 17 (1.93%) Documentation Skills
12 17 (1.93%) Publishing
13 16 (1.81%) Military
14 14 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
15 13 (1.47%) Telecoms
16 11 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
17 10 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (1.13%) Manufacturing
18 7 (0.79%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 114 (12.93%) GCP Engineer
2 94 (10.66%) Senior
3 91 (10.32%) Architect
4 88 (9.98%) Analyst
5 86 (9.75%) Lead
6 78 (8.84%) Cloud Engineer
7 57 (6.46%) Data Engineer
7 57 (6.46%) Developer
8 31 (3.51%) Administrator
9 29 (3.29%) Consultant
10 28 (3.17%) Cloud Architect
11 26 (2.95%) DevOps Engineer
12 24 (2.72%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 24 (2.72%) Software Engineer
12 24 (2.72%) Solutions Architect
13 23 (2.61%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 22 (2.49%) Network Engineer
14 22 (2.49%) Security Engineer
15 20 (2.27%) GCP DevOps
15 20 (2.27%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (5.10%) REST
2 41 (4.65%) Kafka
3 36 (4.08%) PyTorch
4 33 (3.74%) Spring
5 32 (3.63%) LangChain
5 32 (3.63%) React
5 32 (3.63%) Spring Boot
6 28 (3.17%) scikit-learn
7 27 (3.06%) OAuth
8 26 (2.95%) TensorFlow
9 22 (2.49%) Node.js
10 21 (2.38%) RESTful
11 20 (2.27%) AngularJS
11 20 (2.27%) HTML
11 20 (2.27%) Pandas
12 18 (2.04%) Great Expectations
13 17 (1.93%) CSS
14 15 (1.70%) Android SDK
14 15 (1.70%) NumPy
14 15 (1.70%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 106 (12.02%) Cloud Native
2 38 (4.31%) Public Cloud
3 35 (3.97%) Product Ownership
4 34 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 22 (2.49%) Virtual Team
6 21 (2.38%) Data Centre
7 20 (2.27%) AI Agents
7 20 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
8 17 (1.93%) Mobile App
9 16 (1.81%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
10 15 (1.70%) Management Information System
11 13 (1.47%) Clustering
12 12 (1.36%) Marketing Technology
12 12 (1.36%) Smartphone
13 11 (1.25%) Life Science
13 11 (1.25%) Security Posture
14 10 (1.13%) Algorithms
14 10 (1.13%) Social Media
15 9 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 54 (6.12%) Windows
2 47 (5.33%) Android
3 37 (4.20%) Linux
4 29 (3.29%) Mac OS
5 27 (3.06%) Apple iOS
6 18 (2.04%) VMS
7 9 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (0.79%) Windows Server
9 6 (0.68%) Data ONTAP
10 5 (0.57%) CoreOS
10 5 (0.57%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.11%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.11%) Solaris
11 1 (0.11%) Unix
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (25.40%) CI/CD
2 200 (22.68%) DevOps
3 185 (20.98%) AI
4 176 (19.95%) Analytics
5 152 (17.23%) Infrastructure as Code
6 145 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
7 132 (14.97%) Agile
8 131 (14.85%) Migration
9 98 (11.11%) Machine Learning
10 95 (10.77%) Continuous Improvement
10 95 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
11 91 (10.32%) Observability
12 77 (8.73%) Software Engineering
13 70 (7.94%) Business Intelligence
14 69 (7.82%) Containerisation
15 67 (7.60%) Decision-Making
15 67 (7.60%) Microservices
16 65 (7.37%) Change Management
17 63 (7.14%) LLM
17 63 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 234 (26.53%) Python
2 159 (18.03%) SQL
3 103 (11.68%) Java
4 46 (5.22%) PowerShell
5 41 (4.65%) JavaScript
6 39 (4.42%) Bash
7 30 (3.40%) C#
8 28 (3.17%) Kotlin
9 20 (2.27%) TypeScript
10 19 (2.15%) Go
11 11 (1.25%) Google Apps Script
12 8 (0.91%) Scala
13 6 (0.68%) Groovy
14 5 (0.57%) Bicep
14 5 (0.57%) Rust
15 4 (0.45%) C++
15 4 (0.45%) R
15 4 (0.45%) Ruby
15 4 (0.45%) VBA
16 3 (0.34%) LookML
Qualifications
1 152 (17.23%) Security Cleared
2 125 (14.17%) SC Cleared
3 83 (9.41%) Degree
4 25 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (2.15%) Azure Certification
6 17 (1.93%) AWS Certification
7 16 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.81%) ITIL Certification
8 15 (1.70%) DV Cleared
9 13 (1.47%) Master's Degree
10 11 (1.25%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.13%) CISSP
12 6 (0.68%) CCNP
13 5 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.57%) OCP
13 5 (0.57%) Oracle Certification
14 4 (0.45%) CCSP
14 4 (0.45%) IBM Certification
14 4 (0.45%) OSCP
14 4 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (8.84%) GDPR
2 54 (6.12%) Data Quality
3 37 (4.20%) QA
4 17 (1.93%) Accessibility
5 15 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (1.59%) NIST
7 12 (1.36%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 6 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.68%) PERC
10 5 (0.57%) NCSC
10 5 (0.57%) WCAG
11 4 (0.45%) GRC
11 4 (0.45%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.34%) ISO 20022
12 3 (0.34%) SLA
12 3 (0.34%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.11%) ISO 8583
13 1 (0.11%) PMO
System Software
1 87 (9.86%) Docker
2 46 (5.22%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.57%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.57%) NFS
5 5 (0.57%) vSphere
6 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.11%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.11%) Firmware
7 1 (0.11%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.11%) Snort
7 1 (0.11%) Squid
7 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 1 (0.11%) Varnish
7 1 (0.11%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 184 (20.86%) Terraform
2 148 (16.78%) Kubernetes
3 35 (3.97%) Ansible
4 29 (3.29%) Grafana
5 24 (2.72%) Istio
6 22 (2.49%) Prometheus
7 15 (1.70%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
9 10 (1.13%) SCCM
10 9 (1.02%) Argo
10 9 (1.02%) Kubeflow
11 8 (0.91%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 6 (0.68%) Progress Chef
13 5 (0.57%) Podman
13 5 (0.57%) SnapMirror
14 4 (0.45%) vCenter Server
15 3 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
15 3 (0.34%) Nessus
15 3 (0.34%) QRadar
16 2 (0.23%) Fluentd
Vendors
1 137 (15.53%) Microsoft
2 32 (3.63%) Databricks
3 23 (2.61%) Adobe
3 23 (2.61%) Salesforce
3 23 (2.61%) ServiceNow
4 21 (2.38%) Oracle
4 21 (2.38%) Splunk
5 20 (2.27%) OpenAI
6 19 (2.15%) Apple
7 16 (1.81%) VMware
8 15 (1.70%) IBM
9 12 (1.36%) Citrix
9 12 (1.36%) Red Hat
10 11 (1.25%) Foundry
10 11 (1.25%) Okta
11 10 (1.13%) Dynatrace
12 9 (1.02%) Checkmarx
12 9 (1.02%) Tealium
13 8 (0.91%) NetApp
13 8 (0.91%) SAP