Google Contract Job Trends in the North West

Google
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 28 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
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 74 86
Rank change year-on-year -26 +12 +6
Contract jobs citing Google 63 51 41
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.89% 2.63% 1.53%
As % of the Vendors category 4.68% 5.09% 3.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 23 26
10th Percentile £367 £237 £100
25th Percentile £414 £450 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £575 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.78% +21.05% -5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £700 £556
90th Percentile £621 £716 £850
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile £32.25 £37.18 £16.65
25th Percentile £35.63 £45.32 £25.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £58.88 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.31% +126.46% -34.67%
75th Percentile - £72.44 £26.50
90th Percentile - £80.58 -
England median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £26.97
% change year-on-year +20.34% +9.38% -31.81%

All Vendors
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,345 1,002 1,030
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 40.44% 51.70% 38.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 799 638 606
10th Percentile £275 £283 £259
25th Percentile £394 £395 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £497 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.34% -0.69% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £584
90th Percentile £675 £657 £648
England median daily rate £505 £521 £518
% change year-on-year -3.07% +0.68% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 60 149
10th Percentile £19.57 £13.00 £10.95
25th Percentile £23.00 £18.61 £12.00
Median hourly rate £30.49 £31.88 £16.06
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% +98.51% -57.17%
75th Percentile £60.75 £60.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £85.60 £86.00 £46.18
England median hourly rate £32.50 £26.18 £22.50
% change year-on-year +24.14% +16.36% -41.56%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Google relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Google job vacancy trend in the North West

Google
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Google.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Google

Google
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google in the North West over the 6 months to 28 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Google in the North West

Google
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Google.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Google

Google
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Manchester -27 48 £568 -5.42% 52
Cheshire -6 14 £430 - 7
Lancashire - 1 £350 - 9
Google
England

Google
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 8 (12.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 8 (12.70%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.59%) OpenStack
Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 40 (63.49%) GCP
2 34 (53.97%) Azure
3 29 (46.03%) AWS
4 14 (22.22%) Google Workspace
5 12 (19.05%) SaaS
6 11 (17.46%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 11 (17.46%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (12.70%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 7 (11.11%) Google Drive
8 7 (11.11%) Google Sheets
9 5 (7.94%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (6.35%) Azure AI
10 4 (6.35%) IBM Watson
10 4 (6.35%) Vertex AI
11 3 (4.76%) Asana
11 3 (4.76%) Entra ID
11 3 (4.76%) GitHub
11 3 (4.76%) Google Analytics
11 3 (4.76%) Google Tag Manager
11 3 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (20.63%) Firewall
2 3 (4.76%) DKIM
2 3 (4.76%) DMARC
2 3 (4.76%) DNS
2 3 (4.76%) Internet
3 2 (3.17%) BGP
3 2 (3.17%) Network Security
3 2 (3.17%) OSPF
3 2 (3.17%) TCP/IP
3 2 (3.17%) VPN
4 1 (1.59%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.35%) BigQuery
1 4 (6.35%) Looker
2 3 (4.76%) Power BI
3 2 (3.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (6.35%) JIRA
2 3 (4.76%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.17%) Git
General
1 18 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 12 (19.05%) Public Sector
3 11 (17.46%) Finance
4 5 (7.94%) Advertising
4 5 (7.94%) Marketing
4 5 (7.94%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.76%) Banking
6 2 (3.17%) Retail
7 1 (1.59%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.59%) Law
7 1 (1.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (19.05%) Architect
2 10 (15.87%) Security Engineer
3 8 (12.70%) Senior
4 7 (11.11%) Administrator
4 7 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
4 7 (11.11%) GCP Engineer
5 6 (9.52%) Analyst
5 6 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (4.76%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 3 (4.76%) Cloud Security Engineer
6 3 (4.76%) Consultant
6 3 (4.76%) Governance Manager
6 3 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (3.17%) Data Migration Consultant
7 2 (3.17%) Lead
7 2 (3.17%) Lead Architect
7 2 (3.17%) Performance Analyst
7 2 (3.17%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.17%) Senior Performance Analyst
7 2 (3.17%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.35%) LangChain
1 4 (6.35%) OAuth
1 4 (6.35%) PyTorch
1 4 (6.35%) scikit-learn
2 3 (4.76%) React
3 2 (3.17%) A2A Protocol
3 2 (3.17%) Model Context Protocol
3 2 (3.17%) Next.js
3 2 (3.17%) Node.js
4 1 (1.59%) .NET
4 1 (1.59%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.59%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.59%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (1.59%) CSS
4 1 (1.59%) HTML
4 1 (1.59%) JWT
4 1 (1.59%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (1.59%) REST
4 1 (1.59%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 15 (23.81%) Cloud Native
2 8 (12.70%) Private Cloud
2 8 (12.70%) Security Posture
3 6 (9.52%) Public Cloud
4 5 (7.94%) e-Learning
4 5 (7.94%) Management Information System
5 4 (6.35%) Marketing Technology
5 4 (6.35%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (6.35%) Virtual Team
6 3 (4.76%) Data Centre
6 3 (4.76%) Freedom of Information
7 2 (3.17%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (1.59%) Cyberattack
8 1 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.59%) Mobile Banking
8 1 (1.59%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 10 (15.87%) Windows
2 7 (11.11%) Linux
3 6 (9.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (4.76%) Mac OS
4 3 (4.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (38.10%) DevOps
2 21 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 17 (26.98%) Agile
4 15 (23.81%) Migration
5 14 (22.22%) Roadmaps
6 12 (19.05%) Analytics
7 11 (17.46%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (17.46%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (17.46%) SIEM
7 11 (17.46%) Technical Leadership
8 10 (15.87%) Observability
8 10 (15.87%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (14.29%) AI
9 9 (14.29%) Change Management
9 9 (14.29%) IT Strategy
9 9 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (14.29%) Risk Management
10 8 (12.70%) Data Loss Prevention
10 8 (12.70%) Infrastructure as Code
10 8 (12.70%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 17 (26.98%) Python
2 10 (15.87%) Bash
3 9 (14.29%) PowerShell
4 6 (9.52%) Java
5 3 (4.76%) SQL
6 1 (1.59%) C#
6 1 (1.59%) Go
Qualifications
1 10 (15.87%) AWS Certification
1 10 (15.87%) Azure Certification
1 10 (15.87%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.52%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.94%) CISSP
3 5 (7.94%) Degree
4 4 (6.35%) IBM Certification
4 4 (6.35%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (3.17%) CCNP
5 2 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 1 (1.59%) ACCA
6 1 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.59%) CIMA
6 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.59%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.70%) GDPR
2 5 (7.94%) PERC
3 3 (4.76%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.76%) QA
4 2 (3.17%) Accessibility
System Software
1 11 (17.46%) Active Directory
2 10 (15.87%) Docker
3 3 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (28.57%) Terraform
2 13 (20.63%) Kubernetes
3 6 (9.52%) Progress Chef
4 5 (7.94%) Ansible
5 3 (4.76%) Istio
5 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (4.76%) SCCM
5 3 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.59%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 10 (15.87%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.70%) IBM
3 6 (9.52%) Red Hat
4 5 (7.94%) Concur
5 4 (6.35%) DocuSign
5 4 (6.35%) Pega
5 4 (6.35%) Tealium
5 4 (6.35%) TikTok
6 3 (4.76%) Citrix
6 3 (4.76%) VMware
7 2 (3.17%) SAP
8 1 (1.59%) Dynatrace
8 1 (1.59%) Facebook
8 1 (1.59%) HubSpot
8 1 (1.59%) Sitecore