Google Contracts

Google
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 15 August 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
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 107 110
Rank change year-on-year +5 +3 -7
Contract jobs citing Google 834 815 1,192
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.53% 2.10% 2.29%
As % of the Vendors category 5.34% 4.80% 5.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 486 477 826
10th Percentile £244 £300 £266
25th Percentile £375 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.81% -2.73% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £675 £686
90th Percentile £700 £765 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £464 £450
% change year-on-year -2.96% +3.06% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 68 34
10th Percentile £15.50 £22.00 £13.31
25th Percentile £16.95 £31.25 £23.40
Median hourly rate £21.28 £70.00 £37.28
Median % change year-on-year -69.60% +87.79% +6.50%
75th Percentile £37.38 - £57.81
90th Percentile £54.70 - £63.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.82 £70.00 £32.66
% change year-on-year -73.11% +114.33% -6.69%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,625 16,987 23,135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.34% 43.73% 44.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,529 10,599 15,065
10th Percentile £275 £286 £263
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £730 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.45% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 824 837 652
10th Percentile £14.34 £13.67 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.62 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £39.60
Median % change year-on-year -13.28% -26.77% +80.00%
75th Percentile £47.12 £61.60 £63.00
90th Percentile £67.85 £70.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £28.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% -12.50% +61.53%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Google as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Google in the UK

Google
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Google.

Daily rate trend for Google in the UK

Google
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google over the 6 months to 15 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Google in the UK

Google
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Google.

Hourly rate trend for Google in the UK

Google
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Google over the 6 months to 15 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Google in the UK

Google
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 15 August 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
England +12 741 £495 -10.00% 1,899
London +5 417 £500 -13.04% 1,261
UK excluding London +27 341 £450 -2.96% 813
Work from Home +1 221 £500 -1.38% 928
North of England +13 134 £470 -7.30% 247
South East +44 95 £413 +8.55% 254
North West +24 65 £575 +15.00% 137
Yorkshire +2 65 £447 -12.35% 103
South West -1 31 £373 -17.22% 68
Midlands +5 26 £400 -33.33% 93
East of England +25 24 £493 +21.23% 63
Scotland +3 20 £450 +25.00% 36
West Midlands -1 18 £400 -15.79% 55
Wales +7 15 £469 +1.90% 17
East Midlands +6 7 £379 -43.85% 37
North East -1 4 £625 +26.26% 13
Northern Ireland - 1 £281 - 43

Google
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 36 (4.32%) Confluence
2 22 (2.64%) Apache Airflow
3 21 (2.52%) Apache
4 16 (1.92%) Apache Spark
4 16 (1.92%) CMS
4 16 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (1.08%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.48%) IBM Domino
7 4 (0.48%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.48%) Mule
8 3 (0.36%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.36%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.24%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.24%) SAS
9 2 (0.24%) WordPress
10 1 (0.12%) CICS
10 1 (0.12%) Luigi
10 1 (0.12%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 25 (3.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (0.96%) Chatbot
4 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.48%) Photoshop
5 4 (0.48%) Sketch
5 4 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.24%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.24%) Maya
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.12%) InVision
7 1 (0.12%) Maple
7 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.60%) Shopify
3 3 (0.36%) Magento
4 2 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.24%) SAP GRC
4 2 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.12%) Adobe Campaign
5 1 (0.12%) iTrent
5 1 (0.12%) Maximo
5 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.12%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 445 (53.36%) GCP
2 248 (29.74%) AWS
3 225 (26.98%) Azure
4 136 (16.31%) Google Workspace
5 56 (6.71%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 55 (6.59%) GitHub
7 53 (6.35%) Google Analytics
8 51 (6.12%) SaaS
9 48 (5.76%) Power Platform
10 37 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
11 30 (3.60%) Google Sheets
12 28 (3.36%) PaaS
13 27 (3.24%) Serverless
14 23 (2.76%) IaaS
15 22 (2.64%) Cloud Computing
15 22 (2.64%) Entra ID
16 21 (2.52%) Snowflake
17 19 (2.28%) GitHub Actions
18 17 (2.04%) OpenShift
18 17 (2.04%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 59 (7.07%) Firewall
2 40 (4.80%) DNS
3 33 (3.96%) VPN
4 20 (2.40%) DHCP
5 19 (2.28%) Network Security
6 16 (1.92%) TCP/IP
7 12 (1.44%) HTTP
8 11 (1.32%) SMTP
9 8 (0.96%) VLAN
10 7 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.72%) Wireless
12 5 (0.60%) Intranet
12 5 (0.60%) VoIP
13 3 (0.36%) Bluetooth
13 3 (0.36%) Internet
13 3 (0.36%) WAN
14 2 (0.24%) MPLS
14 2 (0.24%) Reverse Proxy
14 2 (0.24%) SAN
14 2 (0.24%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (12.47%) BigQuery
2 53 (6.35%) Data Warehouse
3 45 (5.40%) Power BI
4 40 (4.80%) Big Data
5 37 (4.44%) Tableau
6 34 (4.08%) Looker
7 27 (3.24%) NoSQL
7 27 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
8 21 (2.52%) Data Lake
9 20 (2.40%) Metadata
10 19 (2.28%) MongoDB
11 17 (2.04%) Amazon RDS
12 16 (1.92%) SQL Server
13 15 (1.80%) Amazon Redshift
13 15 (1.80%) MySQL
14 12 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
15 11 (1.32%) Relational Database
16 10 (1.20%) Snowflake Schema
16 10 (1.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 9 (1.08%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 79 (9.47%) Jenkins
2 67 (8.03%) JIRA
3 49 (5.88%) GitLab
4 46 (5.52%) Git
5 14 (1.68%) SonarQube
6 13 (1.56%) Sonatype Nexus
7 12 (1.44%) CircleCI
8 11 (1.32%) Bitbucket
8 11 (1.32%) Cypress.io
8 11 (1.32%) Postman
9 10 (1.20%) Eclipse
9 10 (1.20%) GoogleTest
10 9 (1.08%) ER Studio
11 8 (0.96%) Liquibase
11 8 (0.96%) Robot Framework
11 8 (0.96%) SoapUI
12 7 (0.84%) Gradle
12 7 (0.84%) Maven
13 6 (0.72%) ERwin
13 6 (0.72%) Selenium
General
1 284 (34.05%) Social Skills
2 174 (20.86%) Finance
3 95 (11.39%) Analytical Skills
4 90 (10.79%) Banking
5 79 (9.47%) Public Sector
6 78 (9.35%) Marketing
7 32 (3.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 30 (3.60%) Telecoms
9 22 (2.64%) Retail
10 18 (2.16%) Legal
11 15 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (1.68%) Financial Institution
12 14 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.56%) Advertising
14 12 (1.44%) Military
14 12 (1.44%) Publishing
15 11 (1.32%) Manufacturing
16 10 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.20%) Investment Banking
17 9 (1.08%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 126 (15.11%) Architect
2 99 (11.87%) Senior
3 86 (10.31%) Developer
4 84 (10.07%) Analyst
5 49 (5.88%) GCP Engineer
6 45 (5.40%) Lead
7 38 (4.56%) Support Engineer
8 35 (4.20%) DevOps Engineer
8 35 (4.20%) Solutions Architect
9 32 (3.84%) IT Support
10 29 (3.48%) Data Engineer
10 29 (3.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 27 (3.24%) Data Analyst
11 27 (3.24%) Data Architect
11 27 (3.24%) GCP Architect
12 24 (2.88%) Software Engineer
13 23 (2.76%) Consultant
14 22 (2.64%) Communications Engineer
15 21 (2.52%) IT Engineer
16 20 (2.40%) 1st Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (5.04%) RESTful
2 39 (4.68%) Node.js
3 36 (4.32%) React
4 34 (4.08%) Kafka
5 32 (3.84%) HTML
6 27 (3.24%) REST
7 26 (3.12%) CSS
8 21 (2.52%) .NET
8 21 (2.52%) OAuth
9 19 (2.28%) React Native
10 16 (1.92%) GraphQL
10 16 (1.92%) Redux
11 15 (1.80%) LangChain
12 14 (1.68%) Jest
12 14 (1.68%) Spring
13 13 (1.56%) Elastic Stack
13 13 (1.56%) Next.js
14 12 (1.44%) Middleware
14 12 (1.44%) Spring Boot
15 11 (1.32%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 76 (9.11%) Cloud Native
2 41 (4.92%) Hybrid Cloud
3 28 (3.36%) iPad
3 28 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
4 27 (3.24%) Management Information System
5 26 (3.12%) iPhone
6 25 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
7 23 (2.76%) Data Centre
7 23 (2.76%) Mobile App
8 22 (2.64%) Data Protection Act
9 20 (2.40%) Onboarding
9 20 (2.40%) Product Ownership
10 19 (2.28%) Distributed Systems
10 19 (2.28%) Social Media
11 16 (1.92%) Public Cloud
12 15 (1.80%) AI Agents
13 14 (1.68%) Data Structures
13 14 (1.68%) PKI
14 12 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 89 (10.67%) Windows
2 59 (7.07%) Linux
3 42 (5.04%) Apple iOS
4 29 (3.48%) Android
5 18 (2.16%) Windows Server
6 14 (1.68%) Unix
7 11 (1.32%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.72%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.48%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.24%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.24%) VMS
11 2 (0.24%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.24%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.12%) Data ONTAP
12 1 (0.12%) MVS
12 1 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
12 1 (0.12%) Solaris
12 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (23.38%) CI/CD
1 195 (23.38%) Problem-Solving
2 172 (20.62%) Agile
3 157 (18.82%) DevOps
4 144 (17.27%) Analytics
5 107 (12.83%) Migration
6 98 (11.75%) Artificial Intelligence
7 86 (10.31%) Containerisation
8 84 (10.07%) Data Modelling
9 83 (9.95%) Infrastructure as Code
10 81 (9.71%) ETL
11 78 (9.35%) Computer Science
12 77 (9.23%) User Experience
13 76 (9.11%) Machine Learning
14 73 (8.75%) Cloud Security
15 71 (8.51%) Microservices
16 70 (8.39%) Software Engineering
17 62 (7.43%) Business Intelligence
18 60 (7.19%) Project Management
18 60 (7.19%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 206 (24.70%) Python
2 149 (17.87%) SQL
3 79 (9.47%) Java
4 64 (7.67%) JavaScript
5 43 (5.16%) PowerShell
6 39 (4.68%) TypeScript
7 36 (4.32%) Bash
8 22 (2.64%) Go
9 18 (2.16%) Kotlin
9 18 (2.16%) Shell Script
10 14 (1.68%) C#
10 14 (1.68%) C++
11 10 (1.20%) R
12 9 (1.08%) Bicep
13 8 (0.96%) Scala
14 6 (0.72%) Groovy
14 6 (0.72%) Perl
15 5 (0.60%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.60%) Ruby
16 4 (0.48%) Korn
Qualifications
1 125 (14.99%) Security Cleared
2 108 (12.95%) Degree
3 103 (12.35%) SC Cleared
4 60 (7.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (3.60%) CISSP
6 28 (3.36%) Azure Certification
7 26 (3.12%) AWS Certification
8 24 (2.88%) Master's Degree
9 22 (2.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 14 (1.68%) CISM
11 13 (1.56%) DV Cleared
12 12 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (1.32%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (1.20%) DBS Check
15 9 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (1.08%) ISTQB
16 8 (0.96%) CEH
16 8 (0.96%) MCP
17 7 (0.84%) GCIH
18 5 (0.60%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (5.76%) Data Quality
2 47 (5.64%) GDPR
3 33 (3.96%) SLA
4 31 (3.72%) Accessibility
5 25 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 23 (2.76%) QA
7 16 (1.92%) NIST
8 13 (1.56%) PCI DSS
9 11 (1.32%) GRC
10 9 (1.08%) SOC 2
10 9 (1.08%) WCAG
11 6 (0.72%) PMO
12 5 (0.60%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.60%) NCSC
13 3 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 3 (0.36%) ECSS
13 3 (0.36%) HL7
14 2 (0.24%) DICOM
14 2 (0.24%) Section 508
System Software
1 106 (12.71%) Docker
2 39 (4.68%) Active Directory
3 18 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.32%) BitLocker
4 11 (1.32%) Hyper-V
5 9 (1.08%) Microsoft App-V
5 9 (1.08%) Terminal Services
5 9 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.48%) vSphere
7 3 (0.36%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 3 (0.36%) Firmware
7 3 (0.36%) NFS
8 2 (0.24%) Snort
8 2 (0.24%) Squid
8 2 (0.24%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.24%) XenApp
9 1 (0.12%) GPFS
9 1 (0.12%) SRDF
9 1 (0.12%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 136 (16.31%) Kubernetes
2 116 (13.91%) Terraform
3 45 (5.40%) Ansible
4 25 (3.00%) Prometheus
5 23 (2.76%) Grafana
6 18 (2.16%) Puppet
7 16 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
8 14 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
9 13 (1.56%) Argo
10 9 (1.08%) Nagios
10 9 (1.08%) vCenter Server
10 9 (1.08%) vMotion
11 7 (0.84%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.72%) Istio
12 6 (0.72%) SmoothWall
13 4 (0.48%) Nessus
13 4 (0.48%) NetBackup
14 3 (0.36%) logstash
14 3 (0.36%) Oracle RMAN
14 3 (0.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 171 (20.50%) Microsoft
2 41 (4.92%) ServiceNow
3 36 (4.32%) Adobe
4 33 (3.96%) Splunk
5 31 (3.72%) Salesforce
6 28 (3.36%) SAP
7 26 (3.12%) MobileIron
7 26 (3.12%) Nexthink
8 23 (2.76%) Oracle
9 22 (2.64%) VMware
10 19 (2.28%) Cisco
11 18 (2.16%) CyberArk
12 17 (2.04%) Apple
13 16 (1.92%) OpenAI
14 15 (1.80%) Citrix
14 15 (1.80%) Databricks
15 14 (1.68%) IBM
16 12 (1.44%) MuleSoft
17 11 (1.32%) HP
17 11 (1.32%) Symantec