Google Job Trends in the North of England

Google
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 17 August 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
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 82 88
Rank change year-on-year -83 +6 +22
Permanent jobs citing Google 212 365 360
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.95% 3.78% 2.39%
As % of the Vendors category 4.24% 8.51% 8.31%
Number of salaries quoted 169 103 181
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,285 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.32% +27.73% -29.46%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £132,921 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -15.38%

All Vendors
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4,998 4,289 4,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 22.39% 44.37% 28.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3,219 1,977 2,879
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,087 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £28,188 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -15.79% -9.52%
75th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £73,953 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -2.78% -6.09%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Google job vacancy trend in the North of England

Google
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Google.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Google

Google
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Google in the North of England over the 6 months to 17 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Google in the North of England

Google
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the North of England region over the 6 months to 17 August 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
North West -35 128 £52,500 -12.50% 97
Yorkshire -94 55 £55,000 +50.68% 49
North East -57 29 £47,000 -21.67% 18
Google
England

Google
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 10 (4.72%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.83%) WordPress
3 4 (1.89%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.89%) CMS
3 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.42%) Apache
4 3 (1.42%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.42%) Confluence
5 2 (0.94%) IIS
6 1 (0.47%) Umbraco
Applications
1 14 (6.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.77%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.94%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (3.30%) Magento
2 2 (0.94%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.47%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 94 (44.34%) GCP
2 56 (26.42%) AWS
2 56 (26.42%) Azure
3 48 (22.64%) Google Analytics
4 31 (14.62%) SaaS
5 23 (10.85%) Google Workspace
6 17 (8.02%) Google Sheets
6 17 (8.02%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (7.55%) Power Platform
8 15 (7.08%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (7.08%) GitHub
8 15 (7.08%) Google Ads
9 13 (6.13%) Google Tag Manager
10 12 (5.66%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 11 (5.19%) dbt
11 11 (5.19%) Google Play
12 10 (4.72%) Azure AI
12 10 (4.72%) Serverless
13 8 (3.77%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (3.77%) Meta Ads
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.60%) Firewall
2 9 (4.25%) VPN
3 7 (3.30%) DNS
3 7 (3.30%) Network Security
4 6 (2.83%) DHCP
5 5 (2.36%) Cisco IOS
5 5 (2.36%) LAN
5 5 (2.36%) SMS
5 5 (2.36%) VLAN
6 4 (1.89%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.94%) AMQP
7 2 (0.94%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.94%) WAN
8 1 (0.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (13.21%) Looker
2 22 (10.38%) BigQuery
3 16 (7.55%) Data Warehouse
3 16 (7.55%) Power BI
4 11 (5.19%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (5.19%) Metadata
5 10 (4.72%) MongoDB
5 10 (4.72%) Tableau
6 8 (3.77%) Data Lake
7 7 (3.30%) Amazon Redshift
8 6 (2.83%) MySQL
8 6 (2.83%) SQL Server
9 5 (2.36%) MariaDB
10 4 (1.89%) Big Data
11 3 (1.42%) NoSQL
11 3 (1.42%) Redis
12 2 (0.94%) Cloudera CDH
12 2 (0.94%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.94%) Mixpanel
13 1 (0.47%) Amazon QuickSight
Development Applications
1 12 (5.66%) Git
2 11 (5.19%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.36%) Android Studio
3 5 (2.36%) Crashlytics
3 5 (2.36%) fastlane
3 5 (2.36%) Gradle
3 5 (2.36%) JIRA
4 4 (1.89%) GitLab
5 1 (0.47%) NUnit
General
1 62 (29.25%) Social Skills
2 46 (21.70%) Analytical Skills
2 46 (21.70%) Marketing
3 25 (11.79%) Public Sector
4 20 (9.43%) Retail
5 19 (8.96%) Finance
5 19 (8.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (4.72%) Advertising
7 8 (3.77%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.89%) Billing
9 4 (1.89%) Legal
9 4 (1.89%) Local Government
9 4 (1.89%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.42%) Games
10 3 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.42%) Law
11 2 (0.94%) Banking
11 2 (0.94%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 42 (19.81%) Senior
2 25 (11.79%) Analyst
3 24 (11.32%) Developer
4 18 (8.49%) Cloud Engineer
4 18 (8.49%) GCP Engineer
5 13 (6.13%) Architect
6 11 (5.19%) .NET Developer
7 10 (4.72%) Data Engineer
7 10 (4.72%) DevOps Engineer
8 9 (4.25%) Coordinator
8 9 (4.25%) Lead
8 9 (4.25%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (3.77%) CloudOps Engineer
9 8 (3.77%) IT Support
10 7 (3.30%) Digital Analyst
10 7 (3.30%) E-Commerce Specialist
10 7 (3.30%) Senior DevOps
10 7 (3.30%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 6 (2.83%) Business Intelligence Analyst
11 6 (2.83%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.55%) RESTful
2 14 (6.60%) .NET
3 12 (5.66%) ASP.NET
3 12 (5.66%) React
4 11 (5.19%) ASP.NET Core
5 10 (4.72%) .NET Core
5 10 (4.72%) Blazor
5 10 (4.72%) ML.NET
6 6 (2.83%) REST
7 5 (2.36%) Android Jetpack
7 5 (2.36%) Android SDK
7 5 (2.36%) CSS
7 5 (2.36%) HTML
7 5 (2.36%) Jetpack Compose
7 5 (2.36%) Laravel
7 5 (2.36%) RabbitMQ
7 5 (2.36%) Retrofit
8 3 (1.42%) JWT
8 3 (1.42%) Middleware
8 3 (1.42%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.96%) Cloud Native
2 14 (6.60%) Onboarding
3 13 (6.13%) Mobile App
4 11 (5.19%) Social Media
5 9 (4.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 9 (4.25%) Public Cloud
6 8 (3.77%) Driving Licence
7 6 (2.83%) BBC
7 6 (2.83%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.36%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.36%) PMI
8 5 (2.36%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.89%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.89%) iPhone
9 4 (1.89%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.89%) Web Conferencing
10 3 (1.42%) Blog
10 3 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.66%) Android
2 11 (5.19%) Linux
3 7 (3.30%) Mac OS
3 7 (3.30%) Windows
4 6 (2.83%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.42%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.42%) Unix
6 2 (0.94%) CentOS
6 2 (0.94%) Debian
6 2 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.94%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.94%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.94%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.94%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (32.08%) Analytics
2 53 (25.00%) Agile
3 47 (22.17%) AI
4 44 (20.75%) Decision-Making
5 43 (20.28%) DevOps
5 43 (20.28%) Mentoring
6 42 (19.81%) CI/CD
7 34 (16.04%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (14.15%) Digital Marketing
9 28 (13.21%) Business Intelligence
10 27 (12.74%) Infrastructure as Code
11 26 (12.26%) Actionable Insight
12 24 (11.32%) E-Commerce
12 24 (11.32%) Technical Leadership
13 23 (10.85%) User Experience
14 22 (10.38%) Machine Learning
14 22 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
15 20 (9.43%) Data Engineering
16 19 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
16 19 (8.96%) Data-Driven Decision Making
Programming Languages
1 60 (28.30%) SQL
2 46 (21.70%) Python
3 20 (9.43%) JavaScript
4 13 (6.13%) C#
5 11 (5.19%) Java
6 7 (3.30%) Bash
6 7 (3.30%) Go
6 7 (3.30%) Kotlin
7 4 (1.89%) PHP
8 2 (0.94%) Swift
8 2 (0.94%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.47%) Bicep
9 1 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 16 (7.55%) Degree
2 14 (6.60%) Security Cleared
3 13 (6.13%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.25%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.36%) DBS Check
6 5 (2.36%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.42%) ACCA
7 3 (1.42%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.42%) CIMA
8 2 (0.94%) CIPD
8 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.94%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.47%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.47%) CSPO
9 1 (0.47%) IIBA
9 1 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.49%) Data Quality
2 11 (5.19%) QA
3 10 (4.72%) GDPR
4 9 (4.25%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.83%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (2.36%) WCAG
7 3 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (1.42%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.42%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.94%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (6.60%) Docker
2 4 (1.89%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.94%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.94%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 30 (14.15%) Terraform
2 18 (8.49%) Kubernetes
3 7 (3.30%) Grafana
3 7 (3.30%) Prometheus
4 5 (2.36%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (2.36%) Puppet
5 4 (1.89%) Istio
6 3 (1.42%) linkerd
6 3 (1.42%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.94%) Ansible
7 2 (0.94%) Autotask
7 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (0.94%) SCCM
Vendors
1 53 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.08%) Apple
3 11 (5.19%) HubSpot
4 7 (3.30%) Adobe
4 7 (3.30%) Atlassian
5 6 (2.83%) Facebook
5 6 (2.83%) Sony
5 6 (2.83%) Yahoo!
6 5 (2.36%) Cisco
6 5 (2.36%) Dynatrace
6 5 (2.36%) Okta
6 5 (2.36%) OpenAI
6 5 (2.36%) Palo Alto
7 3 (1.42%) TikTok
7 3 (1.42%) Xero
8 2 (0.94%) Dataiku
8 2 (0.94%) ESET
8 2 (0.94%) Hotjar
8 2 (0.94%) SaltStack
8 2 (0.94%) Snapchat