Google Contracts in the North of England

Google
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 115 86
Rank change year-on-year +34 -29 +28
Contract jobs citing Google 89 71 154
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 2.70% 1.49% 2.64%
As % of the Vendors category 5.30% 3.48% 6.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 41 108
10th Percentile £155 £150 £250
25th Percentile £413 £400 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £544
Median % change year-on-year - -8.05% +8.75%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £628
90th Percentile £706 £850 £700
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 3
10th Percentile £27.90 £11.16 £39.68
25th Percentile £30.38 £11.44 £39.80
Median hourly rate £58.88 £26.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +126.46% -35.00% -
75th Percentile £86.00 £26.50 £60.00
90th Percentile - - £72.00
England median hourly rate £31.76 £26.00 £45.75
% change year-on-year +22.15% -43.17% +30.71%

All Vendors
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,679 2,042 2,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 50.96% 42.83% 39.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,078 1,194 1,581
10th Percentile £230 £250 £248
25th Percentile £363 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £564 £585 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £518 £538
% change year-on-year +1.30% -3.58% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 212 66
10th Percentile £17.44 £10.95 £15.00
25th Percentile £21.24 £12.53 £19.77
Median hourly rate £32.50 £15.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +116.67% -57.14% +96.52%
75th Percentile £59.65 £21.08 £49.05
90th Percentile £86.00 £46.15 £54.88
England median hourly rate £27.13 £22.50 £39.55
% change year-on-year +20.56% -43.11% +88.33%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Google as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Google in the North of England

Google
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Google in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Google in the North of England

Google
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Google in the North of England

Google
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Google in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Google in the North of England

Google
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Google in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Google in the North of England

Google
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North West +22 45 £600 +23.08% 259
Yorkshire +25 41 £463 -15.91% 200
North East -4 3 - - 57
Google
England

Google
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (6.74%) Apache
2 5 (5.62%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (3.37%) Apache Spark
4 2 (2.25%) Confluence
5 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (1.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (6.74%) SAP CO
1 6 (6.74%) SAP FI
1 6 (6.74%) SAP FI/CO
1 6 (6.74%) SAP HR
1 6 (6.74%) SAP Payroll
2 2 (2.25%) Shopify
3 1 (1.12%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 54 (60.67%) GCP
2 22 (24.72%) AWS
3 21 (23.60%) Azure
4 17 (19.10%) Google Workspace
5 5 (5.62%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (5.62%) GitHub
5 5 (5.62%) Google Analytics
5 5 (5.62%) Power Platform
6 4 (4.49%) Apigee
6 4 (4.49%) Entra ID
6 4 (4.49%) Google Compute Engine
6 4 (4.49%) Snowflake
7 3 (3.37%) Serverless
8 2 (2.25%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (2.25%) Azure AKS
8 2 (2.25%) Cloud Composer
8 2 (2.25%) dbt
8 2 (2.25%) Google Ads
8 2 (2.25%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 2 (2.25%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.99%) VPN
2 5 (5.62%) Wireless
3 4 (4.49%) DHCP
3 4 (4.49%) DNS
3 4 (4.49%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.25%) VoIP
5 1 (1.12%) H.323
5 1 (1.12%) Network Security
5 1 (1.12%) Unified Communications
5 1 (1.12%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (16.85%) BigQuery
2 9 (10.11%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (6.74%) Flink
3 6 (6.74%) Looker
4 5 (5.62%) NoSQL
4 5 (5.62%) Power BI
5 3 (3.37%) Amazon Redshift
5 3 (3.37%) Big Data
5 3 (3.37%) MongoDB
6 2 (2.25%) Geospatial Data
6 2 (2.25%) GIS
6 2 (2.25%) Hadoop
6 2 (2.25%) ObjectStore
7 1 (1.12%) Data Lake
7 1 (1.12%) Mixpanel
7 1 (1.12%) Oracle Database
7 1 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.12%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.12%) SQL Server
7 1 (1.12%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (10.11%) Jenkins
2 8 (8.99%) GitLab
3 6 (6.74%) JIRA
4 5 (5.62%) Git
5 4 (4.49%) CircleCI
6 2 (2.25%) Cypress.io
7 1 (1.12%) Bitbucket
7 1 (1.12%) DBeaver
7 1 (1.12%) TeamCity
General
1 38 (42.70%) Social Skills
2 17 (19.10%) Public Sector
3 15 (16.85%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (11.24%) Legal
5 8 (8.99%) Finance
6 7 (7.87%) Banking
6 7 (7.87%) Telecoms
7 6 (6.74%) Military
8 5 (5.62%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (4.49%) French Language
10 3 (3.37%) Marketing
10 3 (3.37%) Retail
11 1 (1.12%) Advertising
11 1 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (1.12%) Investment Banking
11 1 (1.12%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 17 (19.10%) Architect
2 14 (15.73%) Developer
3 12 (13.48%) Senior
4 11 (12.36%) Analyst
5 8 (8.99%) Solutions Architect
6 7 (7.87%) Data Engineer
7 6 (6.74%) SAP Developer
7 6 (6.74%) SAP HR Developer
8 5 (5.62%) Data Analyst
8 5 (5.62%) DevOps Engineer
8 5 (5.62%) Support Technician
9 4 (4.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (4.49%) IT Engineer
9 4 (4.49%) IT Support
9 4 (4.49%) IT Support Engineer
9 4 (4.49%) Junior
9 4 (4.49%) Project Engineer
9 4 (4.49%) Service Analyst
9 4 (4.49%) Service Desk Analyst
9 4 (4.49%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.87%) Node.js
1 7 (7.87%) RESTful
2 5 (5.62%) React
3 4 (4.49%) .NET
3 4 (4.49%) Kafka
4 3 (3.37%) OAuth
5 2 (2.25%) AngularJS
5 2 (2.25%) GeoJSON
5 2 (2.25%) Google Maps API
5 2 (2.25%) GraphQL
5 2 (2.25%) Leaflet
5 2 (2.25%) MapLibre
5 2 (2.25%) OpenAPI
5 2 (2.25%) Playwright
5 2 (2.25%) Puppeteer
5 2 (2.25%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (2.25%) Swagger
6 1 (1.12%) .NET Core
6 1 (1.12%) Apache Beam
6 1 (1.12%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.74%) Cloud Native
1 6 (6.74%) Data Protection Act
1 6 (6.74%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (4.49%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (4.49%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.49%) Onboarding
2 4 (4.49%) Smartphone
3 3 (3.37%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.25%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.12%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.12%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.12%) Photography
5 1 (1.12%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.12%) Social Media
5 1 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (16.85%) Windows
2 9 (10.11%) Windows 10
3 4 (4.49%) Mac OS
3 4 (4.49%) Windows Server
4 3 (3.37%) Android
4 3 (3.37%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.12%) Linux
5 1 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (33.71%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (20.22%) ETL
3 16 (17.98%) Analytics
3 16 (17.98%) Data Pipeline
4 15 (16.85%) Software Engineering
5 12 (13.48%) Agile
5 12 (13.48%) CI/CD
5 12 (13.48%) Computer Science
6 11 (12.36%) Customer Service
6 11 (12.36%) Data Modelling
7 10 (11.24%) Data Engineering
7 10 (11.24%) Data Governance
7 10 (11.24%) Visualisation
8 9 (10.11%) DevOps
8 9 (10.11%) User Experience
9 8 (8.99%) Data Analysis
9 8 (8.99%) Data Science
9 8 (8.99%) Decision-Making
9 8 (8.99%) Project Management
10 7 (7.87%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (21.35%) Python
1 19 (21.35%) SQL
2 8 (8.99%) Java
3 6 (6.74%) ABAP
3 6 (6.74%) TypeScript
4 5 (5.62%) JavaScript
4 5 (5.62%) Scala
5 3 (3.37%) C#
5 3 (3.37%) Kotlin
5 3 (3.37%) Shell Script
6 2 (2.25%) Bash
6 2 (2.25%) Groovy
7 1 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (1.12%) Go
Qualifications
1 27 (30.34%) Security Cleared
2 21 (23.60%) SC Cleared
3 14 (15.73%) Degree
4 12 (13.48%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (10.11%) Azure Certification
6 7 (7.87%) AWS Certification
6 7 (7.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 7 (7.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (5.62%) DBS Check
8 4 (4.49%) A+ Certification
8 4 (4.49%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (2.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (1.12%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (1.12%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.12%) MCP
10 1 (1.12%) MCSA
10 1 (1.12%) MCSE
10 1 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.48%) Data Quality
2 8 (8.99%) GDPR
3 7 (7.87%) QA
4 5 (5.62%) SLA
5 1 (1.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (1.12%) GRC
5 1 (1.12%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (4.49%) Active Directory
1 4 (4.49%) BitLocker
1 4 (4.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (12.36%) Terraform
2 9 (10.11%) Kubernetes
3 5 (5.62%) SmoothWall
4 4 (4.49%) Grafana
4 4 (4.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (4.49%) Prometheus
4 4 (4.49%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (3.37%) Ansible
Vendors
1 19 (21.35%) Microsoft
2 11 (12.36%) Databricks
3 7 (7.87%) SAP
3 7 (7.87%) Workday
4 4 (4.49%) CheckPoint
4 4 (4.49%) Citrix
4 4 (4.49%) CyberArk
4 4 (4.49%) Zscaler
5 2 (2.25%) Apple
5 2 (2.25%) Mapbox
5 2 (2.25%) PagerDuty
6 1 (1.12%) Adobe
6 1 (1.12%) Criteo
6 1 (1.12%) F5
6 1 (1.12%) Facebook
6 1 (1.12%) Hotjar
6 1 (1.12%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.12%) Oracle
6 1 (1.12%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.12%) Twitter