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 11 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
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 116 151
Rank change year-on-year +6 +35 -35
Contract jobs citing Google 760 588 600
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.44% 2.18% 1.65%
As % of the Vendors category 5.24% 4.75% 3.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 482 331 417
10th Percentile £260 £300 £201
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £614 £688 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £730
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -2.38% -1.18% -7.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 27 33
10th Percentile £17.90 £25.85 £16.31
25th Percentile £21.25 £30.59 £18.00
Median hourly rate £33.09 £43.08 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year -23.19% +33.28% -7.66%
75th Percentile £42.50 £62.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £62.40 £63.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.17 £43.04 £32.32
% change year-on-year -22.93% +33.16% -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 14,514 12,385 15,930
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 46.63% 45.97% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,489 7,481 10,351
10th Percentile £300 £291 £250
25th Percentile £410 £410 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £615 £626 £638
90th Percentile £712 £725 £735
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 681 352 638
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.49 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.98 £18.13 £18.26
Median hourly rate £23.83 £30.00 £43.88
Median % change year-on-year -20.58% -31.63% +46.27%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.81 £63.29
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.75 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £23.83 £27.35 £43.84
% change year-on-year -12.89% -37.61% +60.13%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 +1 397 £530 -3.64% 199
North of England +5 147 £450 -10.00% 155
South East +6 77 £314 -37.20% 232
Yorkshire -3 77 £420 -16.00% 67
North West +3 64 £492 -10.55% 71
Midlands +13 62 £523 +46.77% 90
South West +1 42 £525 -16.00% 83
West Midlands +3 39 £519 +9.21% 37
East Midlands -2 23 £523 +69.64% 53
East of England -24 23 £625 +47.06% 102
North East -17 6 £495 +18.56% 17
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 25 (3.29%) Apache Spark
2 20 (2.63%) Confluence
3 17 (2.24%) Apache Airflow
3 17 (2.24%) SharePoint
4 16 (2.11%) Apache
5 10 (1.32%) CMS
6 9 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (0.79%) Mule
8 5 (0.66%) 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%) CICS
11 1 (0.13%) JBoss
11 1 (0.13%) Luigi
11 1 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 35 (4.61%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.79%) Chatbot
3 6 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.53%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.53%) 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 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.66%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.13%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.13%) Shopify
5 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.13%) WebTrends
5 1 (0.13%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 476 (62.63%) GCP
2 268 (35.26%) Azure
3 220 (28.95%) AWS
4 102 (13.42%) Google Workspace
5 98 (12.89%) GitHub
6 70 (9.21%) Power Platform
7 65 (8.55%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 52 (6.84%) Google Analytics
9 37 (4.87%) GitHub Actions
10 36 (4.74%) SaaS
11 34 (4.47%) Serverless
12 33 (4.34%) Cloud Run
12 33 (4.34%) Microsoft 365
13 30 (3.95%) Google Tag Manager
14 29 (3.82%) Cloud Computing
14 29 (3.82%) Entra ID
15 26 (3.42%) Vertex AI
16 25 (3.29%) Cloud Functions
16 25 (3.29%) Google Gemini
16 25 (3.29%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 56 (7.37%) Firewall
2 23 (3.03%) Network Security
3 11 (1.45%) DNS
4 9 (1.18%) VoIP
5 8 (1.05%) Internet
6 6 (0.79%) VPN
6 6 (0.79%) Wireless
7 5 (0.66%) DHCP
7 5 (0.66%) HTTP
7 5 (0.66%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.53%) LAN
9 3 (0.39%) Intranet
10 2 (0.26%) BGP
10 2 (0.26%) Broadband
10 2 (0.26%) Cisco IPT
10 2 (0.26%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.26%) SMTP
10 2 (0.26%) VLAN
10 2 (0.26%) VRRP
10 2 (0.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (11.97%) BigQuery
2 64 (8.42%) Power BI
3 38 (5.00%) NoSQL
4 36 (4.74%) PostgreSQL
5 34 (4.47%) Tableau
6 27 (3.55%) Looker
7 22 (2.89%) SQL Server
8 21 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
9 18 (2.37%) Big Data
10 16 (2.11%) MySQL
11 14 (1.84%) Data Lake
11 14 (1.84%) Mixpanel
12 12 (1.58%) Relational Database
13 10 (1.32%) Redis
14 9 (1.18%) Hadoop
14 9 (1.18%) Metadata
14 9 (1.18%) MongoDB
15 8 (1.05%) Amazon Athena
15 8 (1.05%) OLAP
15 8 (1.05%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 89 (11.71%) Jenkins
2 66 (8.68%) Git
3 46 (6.05%) JIRA
4 42 (5.53%) GitLab
5 15 (1.97%) Sonatype Nexus
6 12 (1.58%) SonarQube
7 8 (1.05%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.92%) Gradle
8 7 (0.92%) Liquibase
9 6 (0.79%) Visual Website Optimizer
10 5 (0.66%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.66%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (0.66%) CircleCI
10 5 (0.66%) JUnit
10 5 (0.66%) Mockito
10 5 (0.66%) Selenium
11 3 (0.39%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.39%) Fiddler
11 3 (0.39%) Maven
11 3 (0.39%) Xcode
General
1 283 (37.24%) Social Skills
2 147 (19.34%) Finance
3 96 (12.63%) Analytical Skills
4 89 (11.71%) Banking
5 56 (7.37%) Marketing
5 56 (7.37%) Public Sector
6 23 (3.03%) Retail
7 22 (2.89%) Pharmaceutical
8 18 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
9 17 (2.24%) Publishing
10 16 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
11 15 (1.97%) Advertising
11 15 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
12 14 (1.84%) Financial Institution
12 14 (1.84%) Telecoms
13 12 (1.58%) Legal
14 8 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.92%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.79%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 98 (12.89%) Senior
2 78 (10.26%) Developer
3 77 (10.13%) Analyst
4 72 (9.47%) GCP Engineer
5 68 (8.95%) Architect
6 62 (8.16%) Lead
7 47 (6.18%) Cloud Engineer
8 33 (4.34%) Data Engineer
8 33 (4.34%) DevOps Engineer
9 30 (3.95%) Consultant
10 26 (3.42%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 26 (3.42%) Software Engineer
11 25 (3.29%) Solutions Architect
12 23 (3.03%) GCP DevOps
13 21 (2.76%) Android Developer
13 21 (2.76%) GCP DevOps Engineer
13 21 (2.76%) Senior Developer
13 21 (2.76%) Support Engineer
14 20 (2.63%) Data Scientist
15 19 (2.50%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (6.84%) RESTful
2 40 (5.26%) REST
3 37 (4.87%) React
4 35 (4.61%) HTML
5 34 (4.47%) Node.js
6 31 (4.08%) Spring
7 29 (3.82%) Kafka
8 28 (3.68%) CSS
8 28 (3.68%) PyTorch
9 27 (3.55%) LangChain
10 26 (3.42%) FastAPI
11 25 (3.29%) LangGraph
11 25 (3.29%) scikit-learn
11 25 (3.29%) TensorFlow
12 23 (3.03%) Spring Boot
13 21 (2.76%) AngularJS
13 21 (2.76%) OAuth
14 17 (2.24%) Android Jetpack
14 17 (2.24%) Jetpack Compose
14 17 (2.24%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 88 (11.58%) Cloud Native
2 45 (5.92%) Onboarding
3 28 (3.68%) Distributed Systems
4 27 (3.55%) Public Cloud
5 23 (3.03%) Product Ownership
6 21 (2.76%) Mobile App
7 19 (2.50%) Life Science
8 18 (2.37%) AI Agents
9 16 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
9 16 (2.11%) Genomics
10 15 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
11 12 (1.58%) Social Media
12 11 (1.45%) Data Centre
12 11 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (1.32%) Algorithms
14 9 (1.18%) Legacy Systems
15 8 (1.05%) Data Structures
15 8 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
15 8 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 55 (7.24%) Linux
2 44 (5.79%) Android
2 44 (5.79%) Windows
3 24 (3.16%) Apple iOS
4 19 (2.50%) Mac OS
5 13 (1.71%) VMS
6 8 (1.05%) Unix
7 6 (0.79%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.66%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.26%) Solaris
10 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.13%) MVS
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (27.11%) DevOps
2 197 (25.92%) CI/CD
3 164 (21.58%) Agile
4 156 (20.53%) AI
5 155 (20.39%) Problem-Solving
6 150 (19.74%) Analytics
7 118 (15.53%) Containerisation
8 109 (14.34%) Infrastructure as Code
9 99 (13.03%) Continuous Improvement
10 95 (12.50%) Machine Learning
11 91 (11.97%) Microservices
12 83 (10.92%) Migration
13 77 (10.13%) User Experience
14 76 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
15 67 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
16 65 (8.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 61 (8.03%) Change Management
17 61 (8.03%) ITIL
18 60 (7.89%) Software Engineering
19 56 (7.37%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 227 (29.87%) Python
2 133 (17.50%) SQL
3 82 (10.79%) Java
4 53 (6.97%) JavaScript
5 40 (5.26%) PowerShell
6 37 (4.87%) Bash
7 25 (3.29%) Kotlin
7 25 (3.29%) TypeScript
8 21 (2.76%) Go
9 13 (1.71%) C#
10 12 (1.58%) Ruby
11 9 (1.18%) Kusto Query Language
11 9 (1.18%) Shell Script
12 7 (0.92%) VBA
13 6 (0.79%) R
14 5 (0.66%) Bicep
14 5 (0.66%) Scala
15 4 (0.53%) C++
16 3 (0.39%) Objective-C
16 3 (0.39%) PHP
Qualifications
1 108 (14.21%) Security Cleared
2 95 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 84 (11.05%) Degree
4 33 (4.34%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (3.29%) Master's Degree
6 16 (2.11%) Azure Certification
7 15 (1.97%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.71%) MCP
9 12 (1.58%) CISSP
10 11 (1.45%) ITIL Certification
11 10 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (1.18%) DV Cleared
13 8 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 6 (0.79%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 5 (0.66%) CCSP
16 5 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
16 5 (0.66%) PMI Certification
17 4 (0.53%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (6.84%) GDPR
2 37 (4.87%) Data Quality
3 32 (4.21%) QA
4 23 (3.03%) Accessibility
5 19 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.18%) NCSC
7 8 (1.05%) NIST
7 8 (1.05%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.92%) GRC
9 6 (0.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 5 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.66%) ISO 20022
10 5 (0.66%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.26%) DICOM
11 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.26%) PERC
11 2 (0.26%) SLA
11 2 (0.26%) WCAG
12 1 (0.13%) EU AI Act
12 1 (0.13%) LOINC
System Software
1 142 (18.68%) Docker
2 34 (4.47%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.66%) Squid
5 4 (0.53%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.53%) Snort
6 2 (0.26%) KVM
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%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.13%) Xen
Systems Management
1 162 (21.32%) Kubernetes
2 132 (17.37%) Terraform
3 49 (6.45%) Ansible
4 32 (4.21%) Grafana
5 28 (3.68%) Prometheus
6 17 (2.24%) Istio
7 16 (2.11%) Argo
8 13 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
9 12 (1.58%) SCCM
9 12 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.92%) QRadar
11 6 (0.79%) NetBackup
11 6 (0.79%) Oracle RMAN
12 5 (0.66%) Nessus
12 5 (0.66%) Puppet
13 4 (0.53%) logstash
13 4 (0.53%) Nexpose
13 4 (0.53%) Suricata
14 3 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.39%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 126 (16.58%) Microsoft
2 43 (5.66%) Splunk
3 29 (3.82%) Salesforce
4 28 (3.68%) Adobe
5 22 (2.89%) Apple
5 22 (2.89%) Databricks
6 21 (2.76%) OpenAI
7 20 (2.63%) Oracle
8 17 (2.24%) VMware
9 15 (1.97%) SAP
10 14 (1.84%) Palo Alto
11 13 (1.71%) Cisco
11 13 (1.71%) Okta
12 12 (1.58%) CyberArk
12 12 (1.58%) IBM
13 11 (1.45%) Citrix
13 11 (1.45%) Foundry
14 10 (1.32%) Amplitude
14 10 (1.32%) CrowdStrike
15 9 (1.18%) Optimizely