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 10 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
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 50 53
Rank change year-on-year -13 +3 +26
Contract jobs citing Google 103 70 48
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.60% 4.50% 3.20%
As % of the Vendors category 9.52% 9.70% 7.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 51 33
10th Percentile £407 £280 £320
25th Percentile £463 £368 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £425 £507
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% -16.17% +1.40%
75th Percentile £594 £492 £600
90th Percentile £674 £556 £700
England median daily rate £510 £475 £536
% change year-on-year +7.37% -11.38% -2.55%
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 £21.28 £70.00
% change year-on-year +36.61% -69.60% +100.00%

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 1,082 722 654
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 37.77% 46.37% 43.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 673 451 386
10th Percentile £346 £263 £328
25th Percentile £413 £369 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -0.05%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £669 £619 £700
England median daily rate £513 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 26 30
10th Percentile £13.45 £18.10 £14.04
25th Percentile £15.32 £18.60 £14.06
Median hourly rate £20.09 £55.31 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.67% +169.78% -6.82%
75th Percentile £26.72 £81.25 £40.00
90th Percentile £52.45 - £42.50
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +19.28% -28.14% -17.65%

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 10 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 10 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 -5 62 £544 +35.94% 12
West Yorkshire -11 34 £495 +12.50% 23
North Yorkshire -9 4 £550 - 1
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 7 (6.80%) Confluence
2 5 (4.85%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.88%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.94%) Apache
5 1 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.97%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.97%) CMS
5 1 (0.97%) Drupal
Applications
1 5 (4.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (4.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.91%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.97%) Actimize
1 1 (0.97%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 84 (81.55%) GCP
2 25 (24.27%) Azure
3 19 (18.45%) AWS
4 16 (15.53%) GitHub
5 14 (13.59%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 12 (11.65%) GitHub Actions
7 8 (7.77%) Power Platform
7 8 (7.77%) Vertex AI
8 7 (6.80%) Google Analytics
9 6 (5.83%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (5.83%) Entra ID
9 6 (5.83%) Google Workspace
10 5 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (4.85%) Microsoft Copilot
10 5 (4.85%) Power Automate
10 5 (4.85%) PowerApps
11 4 (3.88%) Cloud Run
11 4 (3.88%) Datadog
11 4 (3.88%) Google Compute Engine
11 4 (3.88%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.91%) Network Security
2 2 (1.94%) BGP
2 2 (1.94%) Firewall
2 2 (1.94%) VoIP
3 1 (0.97%) Calico
3 1 (0.97%) DNS
3 1 (0.97%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (0.97%) NaaS
3 1 (0.97%) VPN
3 1 (0.97%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (13.59%) BigQuery
2 9 (8.74%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (4.85%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.88%) Neo4j
4 4 (3.88%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.91%) Power BI
5 3 (2.91%) Power Query
5 3 (2.91%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.94%) Big Data
6 2 (1.94%) Metadata
6 2 (1.94%) Trino
7 1 (0.97%) Apache Arrow
7 1 (0.97%) Apache Iceberg
7 1 (0.97%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.97%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.97%) Looker
7 1 (0.97%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (20.39%) Jenkins
2 13 (12.62%) JIRA
3 7 (6.80%) Zephyr
4 6 (5.83%) Git
5 5 (4.85%) Gatling
5 5 (4.85%) JMeter
5 5 (4.85%) NeoLoad
6 4 (3.88%) GitLab
7 3 (2.91%) LoadRunner
8 2 (1.94%) Maven
8 2 (1.94%) Postman
8 2 (1.94%) SonarQube
8 2 (1.94%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (1.94%) Tricentis qTest
9 1 (0.97%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.97%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.97%) Pylint
General
1 31 (30.10%) Social Skills
2 29 (28.16%) Finance
3 11 (10.68%) Banking
4 8 (7.77%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.94%) Military
7 2 (1.94%) Private Banking
7 2 (1.94%) Publishing
7 2 (1.94%) Retail
8 1 (0.97%) Billing
8 1 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.97%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (16.50%) Developer
2 16 (15.53%) Architect
3 14 (13.59%) Lead
3 14 (13.59%) Senior
4 11 (10.68%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (7.77%) GCP Engineer
6 7 (6.80%) Data Engineer
6 7 (6.80%) GCP DevOps
6 7 (6.80%) Python Developer
6 7 (6.80%) Test Leader
7 6 (5.83%) Analyst
8 5 (4.85%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (4.85%) DevOps Engineer
8 5 (4.85%) Microsoft 365 Architect
8 5 (4.85%) Senior Developer
9 4 (3.88%) Automation Test Lead
9 4 (3.88%) DevSecOps Engineer
9 4 (3.88%) Platform Engineer
10 3 (2.91%) GCP DevOps Engineer
10 3 (2.91%) IAM Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (30.10%) Terraform
2 15 (14.56%) React
3 13 (12.62%) REST
4 11 (10.68%) Node.js
5 7 (6.80%) Kafka
5 7 (6.80%) OpenID
5 7 (6.80%) Spring
5 7 (6.80%) Spring Boot
6 6 (5.83%) YAML
7 5 (4.85%) pytest
7 5 (4.85%) Quarkus
8 4 (3.88%) LDAP
8 4 (3.88%) OAuth
9 3 (2.91%) CSS
9 3 (2.91%) HTML
9 3 (2.91%) OAuth2
9 3 (2.91%) RESTful
9 3 (2.91%) SAML
10 2 (1.94%) Pandas
10 2 (1.94%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 26 (25.24%) Cloud Native
2 11 (10.68%) Public Cloud
3 9 (8.74%) AI Agents
4 6 (5.83%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (5.83%) Product Ownership
5 5 (4.85%) Data Centre
5 5 (4.85%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.88%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (3.88%) PKI
7 3 (2.91%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (2.91%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.91%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.91%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.94%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (1.94%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.94%) NHS
8 2 (1.94%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.94%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.97%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.97%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.74%) Linux
2 5 (4.85%) Windows
3 3 (2.91%) Android
3 3 (2.91%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.91%) Unix
4 2 (1.94%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.94%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (48.54%) CI/CD
2 40 (38.83%) DevOps
3 29 (28.16%) Infrastructure as Code
4 28 (27.18%) Identity Access Management
5 25 (24.27%) Agile
6 24 (23.30%) Cloud Security
6 24 (23.30%) Observability
7 22 (21.36%) AI
8 18 (17.48%) Full-Stack Development
8 18 (17.48%) Stakeholder Management
9 17 (16.50%) Event-Driven
10 16 (15.53%) Software Engineering
11 14 (13.59%) Analytics
11 14 (13.59%) DevSecOps
11 14 (13.59%) Test Automation
12 12 (11.65%) Containerisation
12 12 (11.65%) Data Engineering
12 12 (11.65%) Event-Driven Architecture
12 12 (11.65%) Integration Patterns
12 12 (11.65%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 46 (44.66%) Python
2 22 (21.36%) Java
3 16 (15.53%) Bash
4 14 (13.59%) PowerShell
4 14 (13.59%) SQL
5 11 (10.68%) Go
6 7 (6.80%) Rust
7 6 (5.83%) Groovy
7 6 (5.83%) TypeScript
8 5 (4.85%) Shell Script
9 3 (2.91%) Cypher
9 3 (2.91%) JavaScript
9 3 (2.91%) Scala
10 2 (1.94%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.97%) C#
11 1 (0.97%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (4.85%) SC Cleared
1 5 (4.85%) Security Cleared
2 3 (2.91%) IIBA
3 2 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (1.94%) Degree
3 2 (1.94%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.97%) CEH
4 1 (0.97%) CISA
4 1 (0.97%) CISM
4 1 (0.97%) CISSP
4 1 (0.97%) CRISC
4 1 (0.97%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.97%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.91%) Accessibility
1 3 (2.91%) Data Quality
1 3 (2.91%) GRC
1 3 (2.91%) WCAG
2 2 (1.94%) QA
3 1 (0.97%) GDPR
3 1 (0.97%) ISO 8583
3 1 (0.97%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (13.59%) Docker
2 6 (5.83%) Active Directory
3 5 (4.85%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (4.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (28.16%) Kubernetes
2 9 (8.74%) Grafana
3 6 (5.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (5.83%) Prometheus
4 5 (4.85%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (3.88%) Ansible
6 1 (0.97%) Cilium
6 1 (0.97%) Istio
6 1 (0.97%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.97%) Packer
6 1 (0.97%) Podman
Vendors
1 19 (18.45%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.88%) ServiceNow
3 3 (2.91%) AppDynamics
3 3 (2.91%) Dynatrace
3 3 (2.91%) Mistral
4 2 (1.94%) Checkmarx
4 2 (1.94%) Databricks
5 1 (0.97%) Apple
5 1 (0.97%) Arista
5 1 (0.97%) BiZZdesign
5 1 (0.97%) Cisco
5 1 (0.97%) FIS
5 1 (0.97%) Juniper
5 1 (0.97%) OneLogin
5 1 (0.97%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.97%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.97%) Splunk
5 1 (0.97%) TSYS
5 1 (0.97%) Workday