Google Contracts in the UK excluding London

Google
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 110 184 138
Rank change year-on-year +74 -46 +19
Contract jobs citing Google 288 235 470
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.26% 1.13% 1.95%
As % of the Vendors category 4.63% 2.65% 4.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 124 297
10th Percentile £200 £293 £250
25th Percentile £351 £372 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £650 £600
90th Percentile £675 £696 £693
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 39 27
10th Percentile £16.00 £10.90 -
25th Percentile £16.95 £14.72 £21.00
Median hourly rate £27.63 £26.00 £39.60
Median % change year-on-year +6.27% -34.34% +26.72%
75th Percentile £46.30 £63.75 £57.64
90th Percentile £62.50 £70.00 £59.17
UK median hourly rate £31.76 £26.00 £51.75
% change year-on-year +22.15% -49.76% +47.86%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,222 8,861 10,677
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 48.74% 42.66% 44.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,963 5,339 7,359
10th Percentile £215 £205 £205
25th Percentile £369 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.53%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £517 £525
% change year-on-year -0.39% -1.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 940 476
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.79 £14.31
25th Percentile £16.95 £14.16 £17.74
Median hourly rate £24.18 £21.46 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.67% -44.26% +106.79%
75th Percentile £58.63 £58.70 £63.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £26.45 £22.30 £43.75
% change year-on-year +18.61% -49.03% +108.14%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Google as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Google in the UK excluding London

Google
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Google in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Google in the UK excluding London

Google
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Google in the UK excluding London

Google
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Google in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Google in the UK excluding London

Google
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Google in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Google in the UK excluding London

Google
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the UK excluding London 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 of England +34 89 £500 - 529
South East +73 81 £508 +19.41% 640
North West +22 45 £600 +23.08% 266
Yorkshire +25 41 £463 -15.91% 207
South West +35 34 £500 -11.11% 76
Midlands +23 24 £400 -30.43% 458
Wales +22 22 £440 - 23
East of England +21 19 £405 -22.86% 109
Scotland +16 19 £500 -21.57% 46
West Midlands +19 15 £420 -20.00% 224
East Midlands +6 9 £391 -36.16% 219
North East -4 3 - - 59
Northern Ireland - 1 £281 - 11
Google
UK

Google
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 21 (7.29%) Confluence
2 11 (3.82%) Apache
3 10 (3.47%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (2.78%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (2.78%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.74%) WordPress
6 4 (1.39%) CMS
7 2 (0.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.69%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.69%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.35%) SAS
8 1 (0.35%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.35%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.35%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (2.08%) SAP CO
1 6 (2.08%) SAP FI
1 6 (2.08%) SAP FI/CO
1 6 (2.08%) SAP HR
1 6 (2.08%) SAP Payroll
2 2 (0.69%) Shopify
3 1 (0.35%) Maximo
3 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 142 (49.31%) GCP
2 95 (32.99%) AWS
3 86 (29.86%) Azure
4 52 (18.06%) Google Workspace
5 27 (9.38%) Google Analytics
6 13 (4.51%) PaaS
6 13 (4.51%) Power Platform
7 12 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (3.82%) GitHub
9 10 (3.47%) Entra ID
10 9 (3.13%) Adobe Analytics
10 9 (3.13%) OpenShift
11 8 (2.78%) IaaS
11 8 (2.78%) Snowflake
12 7 (2.43%) Cloud Computing
13 6 (2.08%) Google Compute Engine
14 5 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
14 5 (1.74%) Google Ads
14 5 (1.74%) Google Data Studio
14 5 (1.74%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.60%) Firewall
1 19 (6.60%) VPN
2 14 (4.86%) DNS
3 12 (4.17%) DHCP
4 8 (2.78%) SMTP
4 8 (2.78%) VLAN
5 7 (2.43%) SNMP
5 7 (2.43%) Software-Defined Radio
6 6 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (1.74%) Wireless
8 4 (1.39%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.04%) HTTP
9 3 (1.04%) MPLS
9 3 (1.04%) Network Security
9 3 (1.04%) SD-WAN
9 3 (1.04%) WAN
10 2 (0.69%) BGP
10 2 (0.69%) Internet
10 2 (0.69%) OSPF
10 2 (0.69%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.94%) BigQuery
2 19 (6.60%) Big Data
3 17 (5.90%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (4.51%) Power BI
5 11 (3.82%) Looker
5 11 (3.82%) Tableau
6 10 (3.47%) Elasticsearch
6 10 (3.47%) SQL Server
7 9 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (2.78%) Metadata
9 7 (2.43%) Hadoop
9 7 (2.43%) MongoDB
9 7 (2.43%) NoSQL
9 7 (2.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (2.08%) Flink
10 6 (2.08%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.74%) Data Lake
11 5 (1.74%) Metadata Repository
11 5 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (1.39%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 34 (11.81%) JIRA
2 25 (8.68%) Jenkins
3 22 (7.64%) Git
4 21 (7.29%) Bitbucket
5 20 (6.94%) GoogleTest
6 19 (6.60%) GitLab
7 13 (4.51%) Robot Framework
8 12 (4.17%) Eclipse
9 7 (2.43%) Rational DOORS
9 7 (2.43%) TestRail
10 4 (1.39%) CircleCI
11 3 (1.04%) Artifactory
11 3 (1.04%) DBeaver
12 2 (0.69%) Cypress.io
12 2 (0.69%) Introscope
12 2 (0.69%) LoadRunner
13 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
13 1 (0.35%) ERwin
13 1 (0.35%) Maven
13 1 (0.35%) TeamCity
General
1 122 (42.36%) Social Skills
2 53 (18.40%) Public Sector
3 35 (12.15%) Finance
4 34 (11.81%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (7.99%) Marketing
6 20 (6.94%) Banking
7 18 (6.25%) Legal
8 17 (5.90%) Telecoms
9 10 (3.47%) Manufacturing
10 9 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (2.78%) Electronics
12 7 (2.43%) Aerospace
12 7 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (2.08%) Military
14 5 (1.74%) Retail
15 4 (1.39%) Brand Awareness
15 4 (1.39%) French Language
15 4 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.69%) Aviation
16 2 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (15.63%) Architect
2 41 (14.24%) Developer
3 25 (8.68%) Analyst
3 25 (8.68%) Support Engineer
4 24 (8.33%) Senior
5 22 (7.64%) Software Engineer
6 18 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
7 17 (5.90%) Lead
8 14 (4.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (4.86%) IT Support
9 13 (4.51%) Data Engineer
9 13 (4.51%) Embedded Engineer
9 13 (4.51%) Embedded Software Engineer
10 11 (3.82%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 10 (3.47%) 1st Line Support
11 10 (3.47%) Communications Engineer
12 9 (3.13%) Data Analyst
12 9 (3.13%) GCP Engineer
12 9 (3.13%) IT Engineer
12 9 (3.13%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.38%) HTML
2 24 (8.33%) CSS
3 19 (6.60%) .NET
4 13 (4.51%) Node.js
4 13 (4.51%) RESTful
5 11 (3.82%) Kafka
6 9 (3.13%) AngularJS
6 9 (3.13%) React
7 6 (2.08%) Microsoft Graph
8 5 (1.74%) GraphQL
8 5 (1.74%) NumPy
8 5 (1.74%) Pandas
8 5 (1.74%) Web Services
9 4 (1.39%) Angular 2
9 4 (1.39%) HTML5
9 4 (1.39%) J2EE
10 3 (1.04%) Playwright
10 3 (1.04%) PySpark
10 3 (1.04%) REST
10 3 (1.04%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.25%) Cloud Native
2 16 (5.56%) Management Information System
3 13 (4.51%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (3.82%) iPad
4 11 (3.82%) iPhone
5 10 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (3.47%) PKI
5 10 (3.47%) Public Cloud
6 9 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (2.78%) Clustering
7 8 (2.78%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.08%) NHS
8 6 (2.08%) Social Media
9 5 (1.74%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.74%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.74%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.74%) Smartphone
10 4 (1.39%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 48 (16.67%) Windows
2 39 (13.54%) Linux
3 15 (5.21%) Windows Server
4 14 (4.86%) Apple iOS
5 11 (3.82%) Windows 10
6 7 (2.43%) Embedded Linux
7 6 (2.08%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.74%) Unix
9 3 (1.04%) AIX
9 3 (1.04%) Android
9 3 (1.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (1.04%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.35%) Data ONTAP
10 1 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.35%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (23.61%) Agile
3 57 (19.79%) Analytics
4 56 (19.44%) Software Engineering
5 48 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 46 (15.97%) CI/CD
7 34 (11.81%) DevOps
8 29 (10.07%) ETL
8 29 (10.07%) Migration
9 28 (9.72%) Customer Service
10 27 (9.38%) Test Automation
11 26 (9.03%) Scrum
12 25 (8.68%) Continuous Integration
12 25 (8.68%) Data Pipeline
13 24 (8.33%) Data Modelling
14 23 (7.99%) Data Science
15 22 (7.64%) Business Intelligence
15 22 (7.64%) Data Governance
16 21 (7.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 20 (6.94%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 54 (18.75%) Python
2 48 (16.67%) SQL
3 34 (11.81%) JavaScript
4 23 (7.99%) Java
5 20 (6.94%) C++
6 19 (6.60%) PowerShell
7 17 (5.90%) C#
8 14 (4.86%) TypeScript
9 8 (2.78%) Bash
10 6 (2.08%) ABAP
10 6 (2.08%) Perl
10 6 (2.08%) Scala
11 5 (1.74%) Shell Script
12 3 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (1.04%) Go
12 3 (1.04%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.69%) C
13 2 (0.69%) Groovy
13 2 (0.69%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.35%) R
Qualifications
1 72 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 61 (21.18%) Degree
3 57 (19.79%) SC Cleared
4 42 (14.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (11.81%) Azure Certification
6 23 (7.99%) AWS Certification
7 21 (7.29%) Microsoft Certification
8 16 (5.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 12 (4.17%) DV Cleared
9 12 (4.17%) Master's Degree
10 8 (2.78%) DBS Check
11 5 (1.74%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.39%) A+ Certification
12 4 (1.39%) CITP
12 4 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (1.04%) CCNP
14 2 (0.69%) CCIE
14 2 (0.69%) JNCIP
14 2 (0.69%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.60%) SLA
2 18 (6.25%) Data Quality
3 14 (4.86%) GDPR
4 13 (4.51%) QA
5 4 (1.39%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.39%) PMO
5 4 (1.39%) WCAG
6 3 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.04%) PERC
7 2 (0.69%) GRC
8 1 (0.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.35%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.35%) NIST
8 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 24 (8.33%) Docker
2 22 (7.64%) Active Directory
3 12 (4.17%) BitLocker
4 10 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (3.13%) Hyper-V
6 8 (2.78%) Microsoft App-V
6 8 (2.78%) Terminal Services
6 8 (2.78%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.69%) Firmware
7 2 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.35%) Apache Flume
8 1 (0.35%) GPFS
8 1 (0.35%) NFS
Systems Management
1 33 (11.46%) Kubernetes
2 21 (7.29%) Terraform
3 17 (5.90%) Ansible
4 9 (3.13%) Puppet
5 8 (2.78%) Nagios
5 8 (2.78%) vCenter Server
5 8 (2.78%) vMotion
6 7 (2.43%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.74%) Grafana
7 5 (1.74%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (1.74%) SmoothWall
8 4 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.69%) CA Wily
9 2 (0.69%) logstash
9 2 (0.69%) SCCM
10 1 (0.35%) CASB
10 1 (0.35%) Podman
10 1 (0.35%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.35%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 68 (23.61%) Microsoft
2 22 (7.64%) SAP
3 20 (6.94%) Databricks
4 14 (4.86%) ServiceNow
5 13 (4.51%) Atlassian
6 12 (4.17%) Adobe
6 12 (4.17%) Citrix
7 11 (3.82%) MobileIron
7 11 (3.82%) Nexthink
7 11 (3.82%) VMware
8 9 (3.13%) HP
8 9 (3.13%) Workday
9 8 (2.78%) Symantec
10 7 (2.43%) Oracle
11 6 (2.08%) Apple
11 6 (2.08%) Intel
12 5 (1.74%) CyberArk
12 5 (1.74%) IBM
12 5 (1.74%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.74%) Splunk