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 14 January 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
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 116 156
Rank change year-on-year +1 +40 -42
Contract jobs citing Google 765 580 587
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.42% 2.17% 1.63%
As % of the Vendors category 5.20% 4.71% 3.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 486 322 413
10th Percentile £263 £303 £201
25th Percentile £370 £402 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -0.94% -7.83%
75th Percentile £614 £688 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £723
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -2.38% -1.87% -6.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 28 33
10th Percentile £17.90 £25.95 £16.31
25th Percentile £21.25 £30.63 £18.00
Median hourly rate £33.09 £49.29 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -32.87% +52.50% -7.66%
75th Percentile £42.50 £61.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £62.40 £63.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.17 £43.08 £32.32
% change year-on-year -22.99% +33.28% -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 14,725 12,316 15,771
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.53% 45.98% 43.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,658 7,441 10,258
10th Percentile £300 £291 £250
25th Percentile £410 £410 £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 £709 £720 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 680 349 632
10th Percentile £15.37 £15.44 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.96 £18.13 £18.00
Median hourly rate £23.79 £30.00 £43.85
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% -31.58% +39.07%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.75 £63.29
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.75 £76.25
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.13 £43.75
% change year-on-year -12.17% -38.00% +58.43%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 14 January 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 -4 397 £538 -2.27% 237
North of England +1 151 £450 -10.00% 138
Yorkshire -3 81 £445 -11.00% 60
South East -7 77 £314 -37.20% 211
North West +4 64 £492 -10.55% 66
Midlands +13 63 £525 +47.47% 73
South West -3 42 £525 -16.00% 63
West Midlands -3 38 £513 +7.89% 37
East Midlands -1 25 £525 +70.45% 36
East of England -21 24 £625 +47.06% 82
North East -20 6 £495 +18.56% 12
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 26 (3.40%) Apache Spark
2 20 (2.61%) Confluence
3 17 (2.22%) Apache
3 17 (2.22%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (1.96%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.31%) CMS
6 8 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.78%) Mule
8 5 (0.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.39%) Drupal
9 3 (0.39%) Ethereum
9 3 (0.39%) Hyperledger
9 3 (0.39%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.39%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.26%) SAS
10 2 (0.26%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.13%) JBoss
11 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
11 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.78%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.52%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.52%) Trello
6 3 (0.39%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.26%) Autodesk Smoke
7 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.26%) Sketch
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.13%) InDesign
8 1 (0.13%) Maya
8 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.13%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.13%) Shopify
4 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
4 1 (0.13%) WebTrends
4 1 (0.13%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 481 (62.88%) GCP
2 273 (35.69%) Azure
3 223 (29.15%) AWS
4 102 (13.33%) Google Workspace
5 98 (12.81%) GitHub
6 71 (9.28%) Power Platform
7 67 (8.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 51 (6.67%) Google Analytics
9 37 (4.84%) GitHub Actions
10 36 (4.71%) SaaS
11 35 (4.58%) Serverless
12 34 (4.44%) Cloud Run
13 31 (4.05%) Cloud Computing
14 30 (3.92%) Entra ID
14 30 (3.92%) Google Tag Manager
14 30 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
15 27 (3.53%) Google Sheets
16 26 (3.40%) Vertex AI
17 25 (3.27%) Cloud Functions
17 25 (3.27%) Google Gemini
Communications & Networking
1 56 (7.32%) Firewall
2 23 (3.01%) Network Security
3 11 (1.44%) DNS
4 10 (1.31%) VoIP
5 9 (1.18%) Internet
6 6 (0.78%) VPN
6 6 (0.78%) Wireless
7 5 (0.65%) DHCP
7 5 (0.65%) HTTP
7 5 (0.65%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.52%) LAN
9 3 (0.39%) Intranet
9 3 (0.39%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.26%) Broadband
10 2 (0.26%) Cisco IPT
10 2 (0.26%) SMTP
10 2 (0.26%) SSL
10 2 (0.26%) VLAN
10 2 (0.26%) VRRP
10 2 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (12.03%) BigQuery
2 65 (8.50%) Power BI
3 39 (5.10%) NoSQL
4 36 (4.71%) PostgreSQL
5 33 (4.31%) Tableau
6 27 (3.53%) Looker
7 21 (2.75%) Data Warehouse
7 21 (2.75%) SQL Server
8 18 (2.35%) Big Data
9 16 (2.09%) MySQL
10 15 (1.96%) Data Lake
10 15 (1.96%) Mixpanel
11 12 (1.57%) Relational Database
12 10 (1.31%) Redis
13 9 (1.18%) Amazon Athena
13 9 (1.18%) Hadoop
13 9 (1.18%) Metadata
13 9 (1.18%) MongoDB
13 9 (1.18%) OLAP
13 9 (1.18%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 90 (11.76%) Jenkins
2 66 (8.63%) Git
3 46 (6.01%) JIRA
4 43 (5.62%) GitLab
5 15 (1.96%) Sonatype Nexus
6 12 (1.57%) SonarQube
7 8 (1.05%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.92%) Gradle
8 7 (0.92%) Liquibase
9 6 (0.78%) Visual Website Optimizer
10 5 (0.65%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.65%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (0.65%) CircleCI
10 5 (0.65%) JUnit
10 5 (0.65%) Mockito
10 5 (0.65%) Selenium
11 3 (0.39%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.39%) Fiddler
11 3 (0.39%) Maven
11 3 (0.39%) Xcode
General
1 284 (37.12%) Social Skills
2 148 (19.35%) Finance
3 98 (12.81%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (11.90%) Banking
5 58 (7.58%) Public Sector
6 56 (7.32%) Marketing
7 23 (3.01%) Retail
8 22 (2.88%) Pharmaceutical
9 18 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
9 18 (2.35%) Publishing
10 16 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (1.96%) Advertising
11 15 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
12 14 (1.83%) Financial Institution
12 14 (1.83%) Legal
12 14 (1.83%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (0.92%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.78%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 100 (13.07%) Senior
2 80 (10.46%) Developer
3 77 (10.07%) Analyst
4 72 (9.41%) GCP Engineer
5 68 (8.89%) Architect
6 60 (7.84%) Lead
7 48 (6.27%) Cloud Engineer
8 34 (4.44%) Data Engineer
9 33 (4.31%) DevOps Engineer
10 29 (3.79%) Consultant
11 27 (3.53%) Software Engineer
12 26 (3.40%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 25 (3.27%) Solutions Architect
14 23 (3.01%) GCP DevOps
15 21 (2.75%) Android Developer
15 21 (2.75%) GCP DevOps Engineer
15 21 (2.75%) Senior Developer
15 21 (2.75%) Support Engineer
16 20 (2.61%) Data Scientist
17 19 (2.48%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (7.06%) RESTful
2 42 (5.49%) REST
3 37 (4.84%) React
4 36 (4.71%) Node.js
5 35 (4.58%) HTML
6 31 (4.05%) Spring
7 30 (3.92%) Kafka
8 29 (3.79%) PyTorch
9 28 (3.66%) CSS
10 27 (3.53%) LangChain
11 26 (3.40%) FastAPI
11 26 (3.40%) scikit-learn
11 26 (3.40%) TensorFlow
12 25 (3.27%) LangGraph
13 24 (3.14%) OAuth
14 23 (3.01%) Spring Boot
15 21 (2.75%) AngularJS
16 17 (2.22%) Android Jetpack
16 17 (2.22%) Jetpack Compose
16 17 (2.22%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 93 (12.16%) Cloud Native
2 45 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 29 (3.79%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (3.53%) Public Cloud
5 23 (3.01%) Product Ownership
6 21 (2.75%) Mobile App
7 19 (2.48%) Life Science
8 18 (2.35%) AI Agents
9 16 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (2.09%) Genomics
10 15 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (1.57%) Data Centre
11 12 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.57%) Social Media
12 10 (1.31%) Algorithms
12 10 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
13 9 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.18%) Smartphone
14 8 (1.05%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 54 (7.06%) Linux
2 46 (6.01%) Android
3 44 (5.75%) Windows
4 26 (3.40%) Apple iOS
5 20 (2.61%) Mac OS
6 12 (1.57%) VMS
7 7 (0.92%) Unix
8 6 (0.78%) Windows Server
9 5 (0.65%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.26%) Solaris
11 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.13%) MVS
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (27.71%) DevOps
2 203 (26.54%) CI/CD
3 164 (21.44%) Agile
4 159 (20.78%) AI
5 153 (20.00%) Analytics
5 153 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 120 (15.69%) Containerisation
7 112 (14.64%) Infrastructure as Code
8 97 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
9 96 (12.55%) Machine Learning
10 93 (12.16%) Microservices
11 82 (10.72%) Migration
12 78 (10.20%) User Experience
13 77 (10.07%) Stakeholder Management
14 68 (8.89%) Business Intelligence
15 67 (8.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 63 (8.24%) Change Management
17 62 (8.10%) ITIL
18 61 (7.97%) Software Engineering
19 56 (7.32%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 232 (30.33%) Python
2 135 (17.65%) SQL
3 85 (11.11%) Java
4 53 (6.93%) JavaScript
5 41 (5.36%) PowerShell
6 38 (4.97%) Bash
7 26 (3.40%) TypeScript
8 25 (3.27%) Kotlin
9 23 (3.01%) Go
10 14 (1.83%) C#
11 12 (1.57%) Ruby
12 9 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
12 9 (1.18%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.92%) VBA
14 6 (0.78%) Bicep
14 6 (0.78%) Scala
15 5 (0.65%) R
16 4 (0.52%) C++
17 3 (0.39%) Objective-C
17 3 (0.39%) PHP
Qualifications
1 107 (13.99%) Security Cleared
2 94 (12.29%) SC Cleared
3 87 (11.37%) Degree
4 34 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.27%) Master's Degree
6 16 (2.09%) Azure Certification
7 15 (1.96%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.70%) MCP
9 12 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (1.44%) CISSP
11 10 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (1.18%) DV Cleared
13 8 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 6 (0.78%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 5 (0.65%) CCSP
16 5 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
16 5 (0.65%) PMI Certification
17 4 (0.52%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.67%) GDPR
2 37 (4.84%) Data Quality
3 33 (4.31%) QA
4 23 (3.01%) Accessibility
5 19 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.18%) NCSC
7 7 (0.92%) GRC
7 7 (0.92%) NIST
7 7 (0.92%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 6 (0.78%) SOC 2
9 5 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (0.65%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.39%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.26%) DICOM
11 2 (0.26%) PERC
11 2 (0.26%) SLA
11 2 (0.26%) WCAG
12 1 (0.13%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.13%) EU AI Act
System Software
1 143 (18.69%) Docker
2 34 (4.44%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.65%) Squid
5 4 (0.52%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.52%) Snort
6 2 (0.26%) KVM
6 2 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.13%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 1 (0.13%) NFS
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.13%) SRDF
7 1 (0.13%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 165 (21.57%) Kubernetes
2 136 (17.78%) Terraform
3 49 (6.41%) Ansible
4 32 (4.18%) Grafana
5 28 (3.66%) Prometheus
6 17 (2.22%) Istio
7 16 (2.09%) Argo
8 13 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (1.57%) SCCM
9 12 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.92%) QRadar
11 6 (0.78%) NetBackup
11 6 (0.78%) Oracle RMAN
12 5 (0.65%) Nessus
12 5 (0.65%) Puppet
13 4 (0.52%) logstash
13 4 (0.52%) Nexpose
13 4 (0.52%) Suricata
14 3 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.39%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 123 (16.08%) Microsoft
2 43 (5.62%) Splunk
3 29 (3.79%) Salesforce
4 26 (3.40%) Adobe
5 24 (3.14%) Apple
5 24 (3.14%) Databricks
6 23 (3.01%) OpenAI
7 20 (2.61%) Oracle
8 17 (2.22%) VMware
9 15 (1.96%) Okta
10 14 (1.83%) Palo Alto
10 14 (1.83%) SAP
11 13 (1.70%) Cisco
12 12 (1.57%) Foundry
12 12 (1.57%) IBM
13 11 (1.44%) Citrix
13 11 (1.44%) CyberArk
14 10 (1.31%) Amplitude
14 10 (1.31%) CrowdStrike
15 9 (1.18%) Optimizely