Google Contracts with Work from Home Options

Google
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for knowledge and experience of Google products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Google over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Google.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 134 87 89
Rank change year-on-year -47 +2 -4
Contract jobs citing Google 253 673 1,318
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.65% 2.59% 2.96%
As % of the Vendors category 3.86% 5.99% 7.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 491 949
10th Percentile £326 £319 £350
25th Percentile £436 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £634 £675 £688
90th Percentile £699 £800 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 25
10th Percentile £23.80 - -
25th Percentile £25.50 £21.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £26.00 £39.58 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.30% +58.30% -28.57%
75th Percentile £26.50 £54.57 £40.00
90th Percentile £51.50 £58.75 £53.55
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £51.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -49.51% +47.14% +29.63%

All Vendors
Work from Home

Google is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,557 11,233 17,371
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 42.64% 43.18% 39.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,053 7,566 11,822
10th Percentile £325 £330 £340
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 220 264 256
10th Percentile £13.92 £17.66 £13.39
25th Percentile £16.93 £31.23 £18.75
Median hourly rate £30.56 £54.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.93% +55.71% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.25 £80.25 £66.38
UK median hourly rate £22.15 £42.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -47.88% +102.38% -6.50%

Google
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Google as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Google trend for jobs with a WFH option

Google
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Google.

Google daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Google
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Google over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Google daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Google
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Google.

Google hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Google
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Google over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Google hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Google
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 14 (5.53%) Confluence
2 7 (2.77%) WordPress
3 5 (1.98%) Apache Solr
3 5 (1.98%) Drupal
4 4 (1.58%) nginx
4 4 (1.58%) SAS
5 3 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.19%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.79%) CMS
6 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.79%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.40%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.40%) Apache
Applications
1 19 (7.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (7.11%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (5.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.79%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.79%) Trello
5 1 (0.40%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.40%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 3 (1.19%) Adobe Campaign
1 3 (1.19%) FastStats
1 3 (1.19%) Shopify
1 3 (1.19%) Unica
2 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 151 (59.68%) GCP
2 59 (23.32%) AWS
3 53 (20.95%) Azure
4 45 (17.79%) Google Analytics
5 27 (10.67%) Google Workspace
6 25 (9.88%) Power Platform
7 20 (7.91%) SaaS
8 14 (5.53%) IaaS
8 14 (5.53%) PaaS
9 12 (4.74%) GitHub
10 11 (4.35%) Google Sheets
11 10 (3.95%) dbt
12 9 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (3.16%) Apigee
14 7 (2.77%) Adobe Analytics
15 6 (2.37%) Serverless
16 5 (1.98%) Cloud Computing
16 5 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
16 5 (1.98%) Google Docs
16 5 (1.98%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.74%) TCP/IP
2 11 (4.35%) Firewall
3 9 (3.56%) HTTP
4 6 (2.37%) DNS
5 5 (1.98%) WAN
6 4 (1.58%) HTTPS
6 4 (1.58%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (1.58%) IPsec
6 4 (1.58%) LAN
6 4 (1.58%) Network Security
6 4 (1.58%) tcpdump
6 4 (1.58%) Wireshark
7 3 (1.19%) DHCP
7 3 (1.19%) Multicast
7 3 (1.19%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.19%) SSL
7 3 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.79%) Internet
8 2 (0.79%) MPLS
8 2 (0.79%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (16.60%) BigQuery
2 25 (9.88%) Power BI
3 19 (7.51%) Looker
4 18 (7.11%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (5.53%) NoSQL
6 13 (5.14%) Tableau
7 12 (4.74%) MySQL
8 8 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (2.77%) Relational Database
10 6 (2.37%) Big Data
11 5 (1.98%) Couchbase
11 5 (1.98%) GIS
11 5 (1.98%) Hadoop
12 4 (1.58%) Apache Hive
13 3 (1.19%) Apache Cassandra
13 3 (1.19%) Bigtable
13 3 (1.19%) Cloud Spanner
13 3 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (1.19%) OLAP
13 3 (1.19%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 19 (7.51%) Git
1 19 (7.51%) JIRA
2 17 (6.72%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.77%) GitLab
4 5 (1.98%) Postman
5 4 (1.58%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.58%) IDA Disassembler
5 4 (1.58%) Maven
6 3 (1.19%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.19%) Eclipse
6 3 (1.19%) GoogleTest
6 3 (1.19%) JMeter
6 3 (1.19%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.79%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.79%) gulp
7 2 (0.79%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.40%) Appium
8 1 (0.40%) Darcs
8 1 (0.40%) Travis CI
8 1 (0.40%) Vagrant
General
1 63 (24.90%) Social Skills
2 35 (13.83%) Finance
3 29 (11.46%) Retail
4 25 (9.88%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (8.30%) Banking
6 19 (7.51%) Legal
7 17 (6.72%) Marketing
7 17 (6.72%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.16%) Manufacturing
8 8 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.77%) Advertising
10 5 (1.98%) Back Office
11 4 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.58%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.19%) Electronics
13 2 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.79%) Publishing
13 2 (0.79%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 50 (19.76%) Developer
2 40 (15.81%) Architect
3 25 (9.88%) Senior
4 23 (9.09%) Analyst
5 14 (5.53%) Data Architect
6 13 (5.14%) Java Developer
7 12 (4.74%) Solutions Architect
8 11 (4.35%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 11 (4.35%) GCP Engineer
9 10 (3.95%) DevOps Engineer
9 10 (3.95%) Software Engineer
10 9 (3.56%) Consultant
10 9 (3.56%) GCP Developer
11 8 (3.16%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (3.16%) Lead
11 8 (3.16%) Senior Developer
12 7 (2.77%) Business Analyst
12 7 (2.77%) Data Analyst
12 7 (2.77%) Data Engineer
12 7 (2.77%) Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.30%) REST
2 17 (6.72%) CSS
2 17 (6.72%) Node.js
3 16 (6.32%) SAML
4 14 (5.53%) HTML
5 13 (5.14%) AngularJS
5 13 (5.14%) Spring
6 12 (4.74%) JSON
7 11 (4.35%) React
8 9 (3.56%) RESTful
8 9 (3.56%) Spring Boot
9 8 (3.16%) Restlet
9 8 (3.16%) Swagger
10 7 (2.77%) GWT
10 7 (2.77%) JAX-RS
10 7 (2.77%) jQuery
10 7 (2.77%) Web Services
10 7 (2.77%) YAML
11 6 (2.37%) Tailwind CSS
12 5 (1.98%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.51%) Management Information System
2 16 (6.32%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (6.32%) Virtual Team
3 10 (3.95%) Cloud Native
4 7 (2.77%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.77%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.37%) Educational Technology
5 6 (2.37%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.58%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (1.58%) Marketing Technology
6 4 (1.58%) YARA
7 3 (1.19%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.19%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.79%) IoT
8 2 (0.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.51%) Linux
2 16 (6.32%) Windows
3 8 (3.16%) Unix
4 4 (1.58%) Android
4 4 (1.58%) CentOS
5 3 (1.19%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.19%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.79%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.40%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.40%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.40%) VMS
7 1 (0.40%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (25.69%) Analytics
2 54 (21.34%) Agile
3 39 (15.42%) DevOps
4 36 (14.23%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (13.44%) Migration
6 29 (11.46%) CI/CD
7 25 (9.88%) Business Intelligence
8 22 (8.70%) Data Modelling
9 21 (8.30%) Roadmaps
10 20 (7.91%) Decision-Making
10 20 (7.91%) Software Engineering
11 19 (7.51%) ETL
11 19 (7.51%) Machine Learning
12 16 (6.32%) Data Engineering
13 15 (5.93%) Computer Science
13 15 (5.93%) Data Analysis
13 15 (5.93%) Microservices
13 15 (5.93%) User Experience
13 15 (5.93%) Visualisation
14 14 (5.53%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 58 (22.92%) Python
2 42 (16.60%) SQL
3 37 (14.62%) JavaScript
4 35 (13.83%) Java
5 18 (7.11%) TypeScript
6 8 (3.16%) PHP
7 5 (1.98%) Bash
7 5 (1.98%) C#
7 5 (1.98%) C++
8 4 (1.58%) Go
8 4 (1.58%) R
9 3 (1.19%) Groovy
9 3 (1.19%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.19%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.79%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.79%) Ruby
11 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.40%) Scala
11 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 34 (13.44%) Degree
2 17 (6.72%) Security Cleared
3 16 (6.32%) SC Cleared
4 15 (5.93%) PMI Certification
4 15 (5.93%) PMP
5 13 (5.14%) APMP
6 10 (3.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.98%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.79%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.40%) CCNA
9 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.40%) CISSP
9 1 (0.40%) HP ASE
9 1 (0.40%) IIBA
9 1 (0.40%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.40%) PhD
9 1 (0.40%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.72%) QA
2 13 (5.14%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.74%) GDPR
4 10 (3.95%) NIST
5 5 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.58%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.58%) WCAG
7 3 (1.19%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.79%) PMO
8 2 (0.79%) SLA
8 2 (0.79%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.40%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 23 (9.09%) Docker
2 8 (3.16%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.58%) Snort
4 3 (1.19%) Firmware
4 3 (1.19%) zsh
5 2 (0.79%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 27 (10.67%) Kubernetes
2 19 (7.51%) Terraform
3 17 (6.72%) Ansible
4 11 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (2.37%) Kibana
6 3 (1.19%) Progress Chef
6 3 (1.19%) Puppet
7 2 (0.79%) Grafana
7 2 (0.79%) logstash
7 2 (0.79%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.79%) Salt
8 1 (0.40%) CASB
8 1 (0.40%) Consul
8 1 (0.40%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.40%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.40%) Packer
8 1 (0.40%) Rundeck
8 1 (0.40%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (18.58%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.70%) Oracle
2 22 (8.70%) Salesforce
3 15 (5.93%) Adobe
4 8 (3.16%) Splunk
5 7 (2.77%) SAP
6 6 (2.37%) Databricks
6 6 (2.37%) Omniture
7 5 (1.98%) Cisco
7 5 (1.98%) Monetate
7 5 (1.98%) Optimizely
8 4 (1.58%) Ensighten
8 4 (1.58%) F5
8 4 (1.58%) Facebook
8 4 (1.58%) Genesys
8 4 (1.58%) Tealium
9 3 (1.19%) Apple
9 3 (1.19%) Ariba
9 3 (1.19%) Snapchat
9 3 (1.19%) VMware