Google Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Google
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire 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 22 September 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
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 49 53
Rank change year-on-year -11 +4 +26
Contract jobs citing Google 111 76 49
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.83% 4.91% 3.32%
As % of the Vendors category 10.12% 10.38% 7.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 54 33
10th Percentile £411 £280 £320
25th Percentile £461 £362 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £416 £507
Median % change year-on-year +24.92% -17.90% +1.40%
75th Percentile £575 £482 £600
90th Percentile £671 £554 £700
England median daily rate £510 £495 £535
% change year-on-year +3.03% -7.48% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £31.25
Median hourly rate £12.96 - £32.50
75th Percentile £13.67 - £33.75
90th Percentile £14.09 - -
England median hourly rate £29.07 £22.56 £70.00
% change year-on-year +28.86% -67.77% +105.88%

All Vendors
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,097 732 653
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 37.87% 47.32% 44.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 669 458 386
10th Percentile £350 £263 £291
25th Percentile £413 £375 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £506
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -6.13% +1.20%
75th Percentile £575 £543 £584
90th Percentile £675 £621 £694
England median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 27 29
10th Percentile £13.45 £16.86 £14.02
25th Percentile £15.39 £18.51 £14.50
Median hourly rate £17.00 £21.30 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.19% +1.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £25.25 £81.25 £40.00
90th Percentile £27.86 - £42.50
England median hourly rate £29.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +15.31% -28.14% -20.27%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Google job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Google
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Google.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Google

Google
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 22 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Google in Yorkshire

Google
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Google.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Google

Google
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 22 September 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
South Yorkshire -8 72 £538 +34.38% 23
West Yorkshire -21 34 £515 +17.05% 59
North Yorkshire -11 2 - - 2
Google
England

Google
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 (7.21%) Confluence
2 5 (4.50%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.60%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.80%) Apache
5 1 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.90%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.90%) CMS
5 1 (0.90%) Drupal
Applications
1 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (4.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.90%) Actimize
1 1 (0.90%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 93 (83.78%) GCP
2 27 (24.32%) Azure
3 20 (18.02%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 18 (16.22%) AWS
5 15 (13.51%) GitHub
6 11 (9.91%) GitHub Actions
7 10 (9.01%) Cloud Run
7 10 (9.01%) Entra ID
8 8 (7.21%) Vertex AI
9 7 (6.31%) Google Analytics
9 7 (6.31%) Power Platform
10 6 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (4.50%) Google Workspace
11 5 (4.50%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (4.50%) Power Automate
11 5 (4.50%) PowerApps
12 4 (3.60%) Google Compute Engine
12 4 (3.60%) Google Data Studio
13 3 (2.70%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.50%) Reverse Proxy
2 4 (3.60%) Network Security
3 3 (2.70%) Firewall
4 2 (1.80%) BGP
4 2 (1.80%) VoIP
5 1 (0.90%) Calico
5 1 (0.90%) DNS
5 1 (0.90%) Ethernet VPN
5 1 (0.90%) NaaS
5 1 (0.90%) VPN
5 1 (0.90%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (17.12%) BigQuery
2 9 (8.11%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (5.41%) Metadata
4 5 (4.50%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.60%) Neo4j
5 4 (3.60%) Relational Database
6 3 (2.70%) Power Query
6 3 (2.70%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.80%) Power BI
7 2 (1.80%) Trino
8 1 (0.90%) Apache Arrow
8 1 (0.90%) Apache Iceberg
8 1 (0.90%) Big Data
8 1 (0.90%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.90%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.90%) Looker
Development Applications
1 20 (18.02%) Jenkins
2 14 (12.61%) JIRA
3 7 (6.31%) Zephyr
4 5 (4.50%) Gatling
4 5 (4.50%) Git
4 5 (4.50%) JMeter
4 5 (4.50%) NeoLoad
5 3 (2.70%) GitLab
5 3 (2.70%) LoadRunner
6 2 (1.80%) Maven
6 2 (1.80%) Postman
6 2 (1.80%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.80%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (1.80%) Tricentis qTest
7 1 (0.90%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.90%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.90%) Pylint
General
1 41 (36.94%) Social Skills
2 34 (30.63%) Finance
3 12 (10.81%) Banking
4 11 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (7.21%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.70%) Publishing
7 2 (1.80%) Military
7 2 (1.80%) Private Banking
7 2 (1.80%) Retail
8 1 (0.90%) Billing
8 1 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.90%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 21 (18.92%) Developer
2 16 (14.41%) Architect
3 15 (13.51%) Senior
4 13 (11.71%) Lead
5 11 (9.91%) Solutions Architect
6 9 (8.11%) GCP Engineer
7 8 (7.21%) Data Engineer
8 7 (6.31%) GCP DevOps
8 7 (6.31%) Python Developer
8 7 (6.31%) Test Leader
9 6 (5.41%) Analyst
9 6 (5.41%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (5.41%) DevOps Engineer
10 5 (4.50%) Microsoft 365 Architect
10 5 (4.50%) Platform Engineer
10 5 (4.50%) Senior Developer
11 4 (3.60%) Applications Developer
11 4 (3.60%) Automation Test Lead
11 4 (3.60%) DevSecOps Engineer
11 4 (3.60%) IAM Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (33.33%) Terraform
2 19 (17.12%) React
3 15 (13.51%) Node.js
4 13 (11.71%) REST
5 12 (10.81%) OpenID
6 9 (8.11%) OAuth
7 8 (7.21%) OAuth2
7 8 (7.21%) SAML
8 7 (6.31%) Kafka
8 7 (6.31%) Spring
8 7 (6.31%) Spring Boot
8 7 (6.31%) YAML
9 6 (5.41%) JWT
9 6 (5.41%) RESTful
10 5 (4.50%) Middleware
10 5 (4.50%) pytest
10 5 (4.50%) Quarkus
11 4 (3.60%) LDAP
12 3 (2.70%) CSS
12 3 (2.70%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (29.73%) Cloud Native
2 11 (9.91%) Public Cloud
3 10 (9.01%) AI Agents
3 10 (9.01%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (6.31%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (5.41%) Data Centre
5 6 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (5.41%) Product Ownership
6 4 (3.60%) Cloud Security Posture
6 4 (3.60%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (3.60%) PKI
6 4 (3.60%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.70%) Data Structures
7 3 (2.70%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.80%) Data Fabric
8 2 (1.80%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.80%) NHS
8 2 (1.80%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.80%) Smartphone
8 2 (1.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.11%) Linux
2 5 (4.50%) Windows
3 3 (2.70%) Android
3 3 (2.70%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.70%) Unix
4 2 (1.80%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.80%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (49.55%) CI/CD
2 45 (40.54%) DevOps
3 35 (31.53%) Infrastructure as Code
4 32 (28.83%) Agile
5 30 (27.03%) Cloud Security
6 28 (25.23%) Identity Access Management
6 28 (25.23%) Observability
7 26 (23.42%) AI
8 22 (19.82%) Full-Stack Development
9 21 (18.92%) Event-Driven
10 20 (18.02%) Stakeholder Management
11 18 (16.22%) Analytics
12 17 (15.32%) Data Engineering
12 17 (15.32%) Microservices
12 17 (15.32%) Software Engineering
12 17 (15.32%) Test Automation
13 16 (14.41%) Event-Driven Architecture
14 15 (13.51%) Containerisation
15 14 (12.61%) DevSecOps
15 14 (12.61%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 53 (47.75%) Python
2 21 (18.92%) Java
3 17 (15.32%) Bash
3 17 (15.32%) Go
3 17 (15.32%) SQL
4 15 (13.51%) PowerShell
5 7 (6.31%) Rust
6 6 (5.41%) Groovy
7 5 (4.50%) Shell Script
7 5 (4.50%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.70%) Cypher
8 3 (2.70%) Scala
9 2 (1.80%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.90%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 6 (5.41%) Security Cleared
2 5 (4.50%) Degree
2 5 (4.50%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.70%) IIBA
5 2 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.80%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.90%) CEH
6 1 (0.90%) CISA
6 1 (0.90%) CISM
6 1 (0.90%) CISSP
6 1 (0.90%) CRISC
6 1 (0.90%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.21%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.60%) HIPAA
2 4 (3.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.60%) SOC 2
3 3 (2.70%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.70%) GRC
3 3 (2.70%) WCAG
4 2 (1.80%) QA
5 1 (0.90%) GDPR
5 1 (0.90%) ISO 8583
5 1 (0.90%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (11.71%) Docker
2 6 (5.41%) Active Directory
3 5 (4.50%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (4.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 34 (30.63%) Kubernetes
2 8 (7.21%) Grafana
3 6 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (4.50%) Ansible
4 5 (4.50%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (4.50%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.90%) Cilium
5 1 (0.90%) Istio
5 1 (0.90%) Kubeflow
5 1 (0.90%) Packer
5 1 (0.90%) Podman
Vendors
1 20 (18.02%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.11%) ServiceNow
3 5 (4.50%) Okta
4 4 (3.60%) Dynatrace
4 4 (3.60%) Ping Identity
5 3 (2.70%) AppDynamics
5 3 (2.70%) Mistral
6 2 (1.80%) Checkmarx
7 1 (0.90%) Apple
7 1 (0.90%) Arista
7 1 (0.90%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (0.90%) Databricks
7 1 (0.90%) FIS
7 1 (0.90%) Juniper
7 1 (0.90%) OneLogin
7 1 (0.90%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.90%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.90%) Splunk
7 1 (0.90%) TSYS
7 1 (0.90%) Workday