Google Job Trends in England

Google
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of Google products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Google over the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Google.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 110 92
Rank change year-on-year -62 -18 +21
Permanent jobs citing Google 944 1,092 2,292
As % of all permanent jobs in England 1.22% 2.93% 2.78%
As % of the Vendors category 4.78% 7.39% 7.40%
Number of salaries quoted 586 610 1,541
10th Percentile £27,250 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,105 £61,216 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.42% +11.30% -15.38%
75th Percentile £72,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £97,528 £100,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,394 £55,000
% change year-on-year -17.21% +9.81% -15.38%

All Vendors
England

Google falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,767 14,769 30,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.61% 39.59% 37.54%
Number of salaries quoted 11,084 9,379 22,970
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -11.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -13.04%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Google job vacancy trend in England

Google
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Google.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Google

Google
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Google in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Google in England

Google
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the England region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -27 449 £60,000 -11.11% 256
North of England -48 161 £45,000 -35.14% 85
South East -63 131 £39,254 +1.96% 99
North West -22 97 £37,250 -48.26% 49
Midlands -59 78 £36,250 -9.38% 41
South West -66 54 £34,250 -23.89% 22
Yorkshire -46 50 £62,500 +31.58% 29
West Midlands -51 49 £40,000 - 21
East of England -21 46 £34,500 -27.37% 18
East Midlands -49 29 £32,500 -25.29% 20
North East -22 14 £37,500 -45.95% 8
Google
UK

Google
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 47 (4.98%) CMS
2 45 (4.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 45 (4.77%) WordPress
3 20 (2.12%) Confluence
4 19 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
5 17 (1.80%) SharePoint
6 12 (1.27%) Apache
7 11 (1.17%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.53%) nginx
8 5 (0.53%) SAS
9 3 (0.32%) Drupal
10 2 (0.21%) IIS
10 2 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.11%) CICS
11 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 49 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.48%) Adobe XD
3 14 (1.48%) Spreadsheet
4 8 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.64%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.53%) Trello
8 2 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.21%) InDesign
8 2 (0.21%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.11%) Blender
9 1 (0.11%) Elementor
9 1 (0.11%) Notion
Business Applications
1 20 (2.12%) Magento
2 5 (0.53%) Shopify
3 2 (0.21%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 2 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.11%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 360 (38.14%) GCP
2 298 (31.57%) Azure
3 292 (30.93%) AWS
4 194 (20.55%) Google Workspace
5 184 (19.49%) Google Analytics
6 153 (16.21%) Microsoft 365
7 103 (10.91%) SaaS
8 50 (5.30%) Google Ads
8 50 (5.30%) Power Platform
9 44 (4.66%) Google Sheets
10 40 (4.24%) Entra ID
11 38 (4.03%) Vertex AI
12 35 (3.71%) GitHub
13 28 (2.97%) AWS CloudFormation
14 27 (2.86%) Cloud Functions
14 27 (2.86%) PaaS
14 27 (2.86%) Pulumi
15 25 (2.65%) Cloud Run
16 24 (2.54%) Azure AI
16 24 (2.54%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 73 (7.73%) Firewall
2 55 (5.83%) WAN
3 51 (5.40%) DNS
4 49 (5.19%) LAN
5 47 (4.98%) VPN
6 45 (4.77%) DHCP
7 41 (4.34%) Broadband
7 41 (4.34%) TCP/IP
8 30 (3.18%) VoIP
9 29 (3.07%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (1.80%) Network Security
11 15 (1.59%) SD-WAN
12 10 (1.06%) Internet
13 8 (0.85%) VLAN
14 7 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
14 7 (0.74%) Wireless
15 6 (0.64%) AMQP
15 6 (0.64%) HTTP
16 4 (0.42%) Remote Desktop
17 3 (0.32%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (10.49%) BigQuery
2 55 (5.83%) Looker
3 53 (5.61%) NoSQL
4 47 (4.98%) Metadata
5 44 (4.66%) Power BI
6 38 (4.03%) Elasticsearch
7 35 (3.71%) Tableau
8 28 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
9 27 (2.86%) Relational Database
10 26 (2.75%) MongoDB
11 24 (2.54%) RDBMS
12 19 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
13 15 (1.59%) Data Lake
14 14 (1.48%) Redis
15 13 (1.38%) SQL Server
16 12 (1.27%) MySQL
17 10 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
17 10 (1.06%) Big Data
17 10 (1.06%) Hadoop
18 8 (0.85%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 45 (4.77%) JIRA
2 39 (4.13%) Jenkins
3 24 (2.54%) Git
4 19 (2.01%) Jaeger
5 14 (1.48%) Axure RP
5 14 (1.48%) Balsamiq
5 14 (1.48%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.27%) CircleCI
6 12 (1.27%) Storybook
7 10 (1.06%) GitLab
7 10 (1.06%) Selenium
8 4 (0.42%) ESLint
8 4 (0.42%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.42%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.32%) Gradle
9 3 (0.32%) JUnit
9 3 (0.32%) Maven
9 3 (0.32%) Postman
9 3 (0.32%) TestNG
9 3 (0.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 260 (27.54%) Social Skills
2 252 (26.69%) Marketing
3 161 (17.06%) Finance
4 157 (16.63%) Analytical Skills
5 79 (8.37%) Public Sector
6 78 (8.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 77 (8.16%) Retail
8 60 (6.36%) Organisational Skills
9 55 (5.83%) Legal
10 48 (5.08%) Banking
11 39 (4.13%) Advertising
12 37 (3.92%) Law
13 28 (2.97%) Pharmaceutical
14 26 (2.75%) Manufacturing
15 20 (2.12%) Telecoms
16 17 (1.80%) Games
17 14 (1.48%) Local Government
18 13 (1.38%) Brand Awareness
18 13 (1.38%) Electronics
19 12 (1.27%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 126 (13.35%) Senior
2 99 (10.49%) IT Support
3 94 (9.96%) Support Engineer
4 87 (9.22%) IT Engineer
5 81 (8.58%) IT Support Engineer
6 80 (8.47%) Analyst
7 79 (8.37%) Lead
8 71 (7.52%) Architect
9 50 (5.30%) Software Engineer
10 47 (4.98%) Cloud Engineer
11 35 (3.71%) 2nd Line Engineer
12 34 (3.60%) 2nd Line Support
12 34 (3.60%) Consultant
13 30 (3.18%) Developer
13 30 (3.18%) GCP Engineer
14 28 (2.97%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
15 26 (2.75%) Security Engineer
16 24 (2.54%) Senior Manager
17 23 (2.44%) Data Engineer
17 23 (2.44%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (4.98%) HTML
2 41 (4.34%) CSS
3 37 (3.92%) Node.js
3 37 (3.92%) React
4 36 (3.81%) Django
5 23 (2.44%) RESTful
6 21 (2.22%) Elastic Stack
7 19 (2.01%) .NET
7 19 (2.01%) OpenTelemetry
8 17 (1.80%) Playwright
8 17 (1.80%) REST
9 16 (1.69%) LangChain
9 16 (1.69%) OAuth
9 16 (1.69%) OpenAPI
9 16 (1.69%) Spring
9 16 (1.69%) Swagger
10 13 (1.38%) JWT
11 12 (1.27%) AngularJS
11 12 (1.27%) RabbitMQ
11 12 (1.27%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 55 (5.83%) Algorithms
1 55 (5.83%) Cloud Native
2 54 (5.72%) Social Media
3 41 (4.34%) Management Information System
4 36 (3.81%) Onboarding
5 34 (3.60%) Driving Licence
6 33 (3.50%) Data Structures
7 32 (3.39%) Greenfield Project
8 29 (3.07%) Product Ownership
9 27 (2.86%) Security Posture
10 25 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (2.54%) Blog
12 23 (2.44%) Life Science
12 23 (2.44%) Public Cloud
12 23 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (2.22%) Hedge funds
14 20 (2.12%) Pharmacovigilance
15 19 (2.01%) Marketing Technology
16 18 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
16 18 (1.91%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 165 (17.48%) Windows
2 77 (8.16%) Linux
3 67 (7.10%) Windows Server
4 58 (6.14%) Mac OS
5 57 (6.04%) Windows 10
6 39 (4.13%) Unix
7 24 (2.54%) Windows Server 2019
8 22 (2.33%) Apple iOS
9 19 (2.01%) Windows Server 2016
10 18 (1.91%) Windows Server 2012
11 16 (1.69%) Android
12 10 (1.06%) Windows 7
12 10 (1.06%) Windows 8
13 7 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 7 (0.74%) Ubuntu
14 6 (0.64%) CentOS
14 6 (0.64%) Debian
15 1 (0.11%) FreeRTOS
15 1 (0.11%) Solaris
15 1 (0.11%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (29.34%) Analytics
2 205 (21.72%) Agile
3 194 (20.55%) AI
4 164 (17.37%) Problem-Solving
5 138 (14.62%) Mentoring
6 130 (13.77%) SEO
7 121 (12.82%) DevOps
8 117 (12.39%) Digital Marketing
9 115 (12.18%) Continuous Improvement
10 104 (11.02%) Containerisation
10 104 (11.02%) Infrastructure as Code
11 102 (10.81%) User Experience
12 97 (10.28%) CI/CD
13 92 (9.75%) Computer Science
14 90 (9.53%) Roadmaps
15 86 (9.11%) Machine Learning
15 86 (9.11%) Software Engineering
16 85 (9.00%) E-Commerce
17 78 (8.26%) Data Science
18 76 (8.05%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 207 (21.93%) Python
2 120 (12.71%) SQL
3 93 (9.85%) JavaScript
4 65 (6.89%) Java
5 55 (5.83%) Bash
6 34 (3.60%) PowerShell
7 26 (2.75%) Go
8 22 (2.33%) TypeScript
9 21 (2.22%) C#
10 12 (1.27%) PHP
11 10 (1.06%) Google Apps Script
12 8 (0.85%) C++
12 8 (0.85%) R
13 7 (0.74%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.53%) VB
15 3 (0.32%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.32%) Ruby
16 2 (0.21%) C
16 2 (0.21%) Shell Script
17 1 (0.11%) JCL
Qualifications
1 159 (16.84%) Degree
2 96 (10.17%) Security Cleared
3 79 (8.37%) SC Cleared
4 69 (7.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (4.13%) CISSP
6 37 (3.92%) DBS Check
7 36 (3.81%) AWS Certification
8 30 (3.18%) Master's Degree
9 25 (2.65%) DV Cleared
10 21 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (1.80%) A+ Certification
11 17 (1.80%) Azure Certification
12 16 (1.69%) CISA
13 13 (1.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 12 (1.27%) CCSK
14 12 (1.27%) CISM
15 11 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
15 11 (1.17%) CompTIA CySA+
16 10 (1.06%) CRISC
17 8 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (6.04%) GDPR
2 47 (4.98%) Accessibility
3 39 (4.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 38 (4.03%) NIST
5 26 (2.75%) Data Quality
6 24 (2.54%) QA
7 22 (2.33%) EU AI Act
7 22 (2.33%) HIPAA
8 20 (2.12%) PSD2
8 20 (2.12%) Solvency II
9 16 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
9 16 (1.69%) WCAG
10 14 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.95%) JSP 440
12 8 (0.85%) PCI DSS
13 7 (0.74%) Government Security Classifications
13 7 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 6 (0.64%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.53%) GRC
System Software
1 113 (11.97%) Docker
2 110 (11.65%) Active Directory
3 43 (4.56%) Hyper-V
4 30 (3.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (1.06%) VMware Workstation
6 4 (0.42%) KVM
6 4 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.32%) Firmware
8 2 (0.21%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 125 (13.24%) Terraform
2 106 (11.23%) Kubernetes
3 42 (4.45%) Ansible
4 32 (3.39%) Prometheus
5 27 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
6 21 (2.22%) Argo
7 19 (2.01%) Kustomize
8 18 (1.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 16 (1.69%) Jamf Pro
10 13 (1.38%) Autotask
11 12 (1.27%) Podman
11 12 (1.27%) SCCM
12 8 (0.85%) Grafana
12 8 (0.85%) Puppet
12 8 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.64%) SmoothWall
14 5 (0.53%) AWS Copilot
15 3 (0.32%) Istio
16 2 (0.21%) FortiGate
16 2 (0.21%) Packer
Vendors
1 247 (26.17%) Microsoft
2 43 (4.56%) Salesforce
3 42 (4.45%) Adobe
4 33 (3.50%) VMware
5 32 (3.39%) HubSpot
6 25 (2.65%) Apple
7 24 (2.54%) Cisco
8 19 (2.01%) Xero
9 16 (1.69%) Oracle
9 16 (1.69%) Screaming Frog
10 14 (1.48%) Meraki
11 13 (1.38%) Pardot
12 12 (1.27%) SAP
13 11 (1.17%) Ahrefs
13 11 (1.17%) Citrix
13 11 (1.17%) Hotjar
13 11 (1.17%) ServiceNow
14 10 (1.06%) Braze
14 10 (1.06%) Databricks
14 10 (1.06%) YouTube