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 1 February 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
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 50 82
Rank change year-on-year -6 +32 -24
Contract jobs citing Google 82 32 28
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 4.19% 3.34% 1.50%
As % of the Vendors category 8.79% 7.46% 3.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 19 24
10th Percentile £203 £143 £193
25th Percentile £280 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £594 £591
90th Percentile £635 £703 £634
England median daily rate £520 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.95% - -10.64%

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 933 429 913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 47.65% 44.83% 49.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 606 253 576
10th Percentile £298 £221 £228
25th Percentile £400 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £474
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -4.96% -7.38%
75th Percentile £572 £556 £582
90th Percentile £650 £638 £650
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 12 23
10th Percentile £14.25 £12.03 £11.39
25th Percentile £15.29 £15.04 £12.58
Median hourly rate £27.50 £27.66 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year -0.56% +89.09% -26.88%
75th Percentile £57.25 £55.29 £15.22
90th Percentile £64.45 £101.46 £25.82
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -21.67% - -7.69%

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 1 February 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 1 February 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 -26 41 £525 +5.00% 11
West Yorkshire -10 27 £450 -10.00% 22
East Yorkshire - 11 £205 - 1
North Yorkshire - 1 - - 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 3 (3.66%) Mule
2 2 (2.44%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.22%) Apache
3 1 (1.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (14.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 63 (76.83%) GCP
2 34 (41.46%) AWS
3 32 (39.02%) Azure
4 15 (18.29%) Serverless
5 13 (15.85%) GitHub
5 13 (15.85%) Google Workspace
6 8 (9.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 5 (6.10%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.44%) Azure AKS
8 2 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.44%) Azure Functions
8 2 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (2.44%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (2.44%) Azure Storage
8 2 (2.44%) Cloud Composer
8 2 (2.44%) Cloud Run
8 2 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.22%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (20.73%) Firewall
2 13 (15.85%) Network Security
3 2 (2.44%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (1.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (18.29%) NoSQL
2 9 (10.98%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (8.54%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.66%) BigQuery
4 3 (3.66%) Cloud Spanner
5 2 (2.44%) Neo4j
6 1 (1.22%) Redis
6 1 (1.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 31 (37.80%) Jenkins
2 17 (20.73%) GitLab
3 8 (9.76%) JIRA
4 6 (7.32%) Liquibase
5 5 (6.10%) Git
6 3 (3.66%) Postman
6 3 (3.66%) Selenium
6 3 (3.66%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (2.44%) Cucumber
7 2 (2.44%) Gatling
7 2 (2.44%) JMeter
7 2 (2.44%) LoadRunner
7 2 (2.44%) NeoLoad
7 2 (2.44%) REST Assured
8 1 (1.22%) Mockito
8 1 (1.22%) SoapUI
8 1 (1.22%) Zephyr
General
1 41 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 26 (31.71%) Banking
3 16 (19.51%) Finance
4 9 (10.98%) Financial Institution
5 3 (3.66%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.66%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.44%) Legal
7 1 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.22%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.22%) Military
7 1 (1.22%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (24.39%) Senior
2 15 (18.29%) Cloud Engineer
2 15 (18.29%) GCP Engineer
3 14 (17.07%) Architect
4 12 (14.63%) Support Engineer
5 11 (13.41%) IT Engineer
5 11 (13.41%) IT Support
5 11 (13.41%) IT Support Engineer
6 9 (10.98%) Developer
7 8 (9.76%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 7 (8.54%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 7 (8.54%) 2nd Line Support
8 7 (8.54%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 7 (8.54%) Software Engineer
9 6 (7.32%) 1st/2nd Line Support
9 6 (7.32%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
9 6 (7.32%) NetBackup Engineer
9 6 (7.32%) Senior Software Engineer
10 5 (6.10%) Android Developer
10 5 (6.10%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (25.61%) RESTful
2 17 (20.73%) REST
3 13 (15.85%) Elastic Stack
4 7 (8.54%) OpenID
5 5 (6.10%) Android Jetpack
5 5 (6.10%) Android SDK
5 5 (6.10%) Jetpack Compose
5 5 (6.10%) LDAP
5 5 (6.10%) Middleware
5 5 (6.10%) SailPoint
6 4 (4.88%) .NET
6 4 (4.88%) Node.js
6 4 (4.88%) OAuth
7 3 (3.66%) AngularJS
7 3 (3.66%) JWT
7 3 (3.66%) Kafka
7 3 (3.66%) OAuth2
7 3 (3.66%) Playwright
7 3 (3.66%) React
7 3 (3.66%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.73%) Cloud Native
1 17 (20.73%) Public Cloud
2 15 (18.29%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (4.88%) Product Ownership
4 3 (3.66%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.66%) Distributed Applications
4 3 (3.66%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.66%) IoT
4 3 (3.66%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.44%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.22%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.22%) FMCG
6 1 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.22%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.22%) PDA
6 1 (1.22%) Replication
6 1 (1.22%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 30 (36.59%) Linux
2 14 (17.07%) Windows
3 6 (7.32%) Android
4 1 (1.22%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.22%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (45.12%) CI/CD
1 37 (45.12%) DevOps
2 27 (32.93%) Containerisation
3 26 (31.71%) Infrastructure as Code
4 23 (28.05%) Agile
5 20 (24.39%) Microservices
6 19 (23.17%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (20.73%) Computer Science
8 16 (19.51%) Cybersecurity
9 15 (18.29%) Root Cause Analysis
10 13 (15.85%) Cost Optimisation
10 13 (15.85%) Cryptography
10 13 (15.85%) Data Security
11 12 (14.63%) Continuous Integration
12 11 (13.41%) Continuous Delivery
12 11 (13.41%) Non-Functional Testing
13 10 (12.20%) Infrastructure Automation
13 10 (12.20%) RBAC
13 10 (12.20%) Test Automation
14 9 (10.98%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 36 (43.90%) Python
2 27 (32.93%) Java
3 16 (19.51%) Go
4 10 (12.20%) Bash
5 8 (9.76%) PowerShell
6 6 (7.32%) SQL
7 5 (6.10%) Kotlin
8 3 (3.66%) Scala
8 3 (3.66%) TypeScript
9 2 (2.44%) Bicep
9 2 (2.44%) Cypher
9 2 (2.44%) JavaScript
9 2 (2.44%) Shell Script
10 1 (1.22%) C#
10 1 (1.22%) C++
Qualifications
1 18 (21.95%) Degree
2 17 (20.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (18.29%) Master's Degree
4 4 (4.88%) AWS Certification
4 4 (4.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 3 (3.66%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.66%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.22%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.22%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.54%) QA
2 3 (3.66%) SOC 2
3 2 (2.44%) GRC
3 2 (2.44%) HIPAA
3 2 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.22%) GDPR
4 1 (1.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (23.17%) Docker
2 6 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.44%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
3 2 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 29 (35.37%) Kubernetes
2 27 (32.93%) Terraform
3 14 (17.07%) Ansible
3 14 (17.07%) Grafana
3 14 (17.07%) Prometheus
4 6 (7.32%) NetBackup
4 6 (7.32%) Oracle RMAN
5 5 (6.10%) Istio
6 1 (1.22%) SCCM
6 1 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (21.95%) Microsoft
2 14 (17.07%) Splunk
3 7 (8.54%) Oracle
4 6 (7.32%) CyberArk
4 6 (7.32%) ServiceNow
4 6 (7.32%) Veritas
4 6 (7.32%) VMware
5 4 (4.88%) SAP
6 3 (3.66%) Alibaba
6 3 (3.66%) MuleSoft
6 3 (3.66%) Okta
7 2 (2.44%) OpenAI
7 2 (2.44%) Ping Identity
8 1 (1.22%) Apple
8 1 (1.22%) Salesforce