Google
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 96 114
Rank change year-on-year -23 +18 -50
Permanent jobs citing Google 1,277 2,683 3,177
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.45% 2.73% 3.05%
As % of the Vendors category 6.66% 7.36% 7.33%
Number of salaries quoted 679 1,676 1,837
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,450 £37,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £44,192
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £88,283
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,507 £47,500 £54,590
% change year-on-year +2.12% -12.99% -0.75%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,185 36,439 43,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.78% 37.05% 41.66%
Number of salaries quoted 11,735 25,145 24,687
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,700 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,574 £36,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,600 £68,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Google as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Google in the UK

Google
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Google.

Salary trend for Google in the UK

Google
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Google over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Google in the UK

Google
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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
England -32 1,108 £60,197 +9.45% 2,552
UK excluding London -73 582 £48,507 +2.12% 1,460
London +22 556 £66,000 -5.71% 1,153
Work from Home +23 549 £62,500 +8.70% 1,681
South East -1 166 £40,000 -11.11% 383
North of England -99 161 £69,384 +38.77% 490
North West -80 110 £71,991 +43.98% 242
Midlands -39 100 £42,500 -10.53% 429
West Midlands +7 77 £40,000 -20.79% 214
South West -14 67 £45,000 -10.00% 53
Yorkshire -47 47 £45,000 -5.26% 196
Scotland 0 38 £74,870 +7.73% 37
East of England -30 32 £40,500 +42.11% 66
East Midlands -40 23 £43,500 -8.42% 212
Northern Ireland +11 10 - - 10
Wales +18 8 £67,626 +35.25% 18
North East -3 4 £69,384 +32.16% 54
Isle of Man +12 1 £34,500 -58.18%

Google
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 113 (8.85%) CMS
2 61 (4.78%) WordPress
3 51 (3.99%) Apache Spark
4 34 (2.66%) Confluence
5 26 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
6 24 (1.88%) Drupal
7 14 (1.10%) SharePoint
7 14 (1.10%) WinCC
8 11 (0.86%) Umbraco
9 8 (0.63%) Apache
9 8 (0.63%) Headless CMS
10 7 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
10 7 (0.55%) Sitecore CMS
11 5 (0.39%) IBM Domino
11 5 (0.39%) Jupyter
11 5 (0.39%) nginx
12 4 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.23%) EPiServer
13 3 (0.23%) OpenStack
13 3 (0.23%) SAS
Applications
1 116 (9.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 97 (7.60%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (3.21%) Photoshop
4 27 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (1.64%) Adobe Premiere
6 14 (1.10%) EPLAN
7 13 (1.02%) Chatbot
8 10 (0.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 9 (0.70%) Acrobat
9 9 (0.70%) Adobe After Effects
9 9 (0.70%) CapCut
10 8 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
10 8 (0.63%) MS Visio
10 8 (0.63%) Trello
11 7 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
12 6 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
13 5 (0.39%) InDesign
14 4 (0.31%) Adobe XD
14 4 (0.31%) Notion
15 3 (0.23%) Maya
Business Applications
1 36 (2.82%) Shopify
2 10 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.47%) NetSuite
4 5 (0.39%) CiviCRM
4 5 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
5 4 (0.31%) Magento
5 4 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.16%) Cloudability
7 2 (0.16%) Raiser’s Edge
8 1 (0.078%) Distributed Ledger
8 1 (0.078%) Finacle
Cloud Services
1 483 (37.82%) GCP
2 439 (34.38%) Azure
3 373 (29.21%) AWS
4 329 (25.76%) Google Analytics
5 138 (10.81%) Google Ads
6 104 (8.14%) Google Workspace
7 99 (7.75%) Power Platform
8 82 (6.42%) Microsoft 365
8 82 (6.42%) SaaS
9 49 (3.84%) Google Tag Manager
10 43 (3.37%) Canva
11 42 (3.29%) GitHub
12 41 (3.21%) Google Sheets
13 39 (3.05%) Snowflake
14 37 (2.90%) Cloud Computing
14 37 (2.90%) Facebook Ads
15 34 (2.66%) Serverless
16 26 (2.04%) Adobe Analytics
16 26 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
16 26 (2.04%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 82 (6.42%) Firewall
2 65 (5.09%) DNS
3 56 (4.39%) TCP/IP
4 48 (3.76%) DHCP
5 40 (3.13%) Ethernet
6 39 (3.05%) WAN
7 38 (2.98%) LAN
8 37 (2.90%) Network Security
9 36 (2.82%) HTTP
10 27 (2.11%) SD-WAN
11 26 (2.04%) VLAN
12 25 (1.96%) Cisco ISE
13 23 (1.80%) VPN
14 19 (1.49%) Internet
14 19 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
15 16 (1.25%) BGP
15 16 (1.25%) OSPF
15 16 (1.25%) WLAN
16 14 (1.10%) Modbus
16 14 (1.10%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (7.28%) Power BI
2 78 (6.11%) BigQuery
3 66 (5.17%) NoSQL
4 58 (4.54%) Tableau
5 57 (4.46%) PostgreSQL
6 49 (3.84%) Data Warehouse
7 44 (3.45%) Looker
8 37 (2.90%) MongoDB
9 33 (2.58%) Big Data
9 33 (2.58%) Data Lake
9 33 (2.58%) MySQL
10 30 (2.35%) Hadoop
11 29 (2.27%) Relational Database
12 27 (2.11%) Metadata
13 26 (2.04%) Data Mining
14 22 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
15 21 (1.64%) Amazon Redshift
16 18 (1.41%) Elasticsearch
17 16 (1.25%) Redis
17 16 (1.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 74 (5.79%) JIRA
2 60 (4.70%) Git
3 26 (2.04%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.78%) SonarQube
5 9 (0.70%) Gradle
5 9 (0.70%) Maven
5 9 (0.70%) Visual Studio
6 8 (0.63%) GitLab
7 6 (0.47%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.39%) Balsamiq
8 5 (0.39%) CircleCI
8 5 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
8 5 (0.39%) Storybook
8 5 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.31%) Bazaar
9 4 (0.31%) webpack
10 3 (0.23%) Postman
10 3 (0.23%) Subversion
11 2 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.16%) Spinnaker
General
1 539 (42.21%) Social Skills
2 358 (28.03%) Marketing
3 334 (26.16%) Analytical Skills
4 292 (22.87%) Finance
5 198 (15.51%) Retail
6 158 (12.37%) Advertising
7 137 (10.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 124 (9.71%) Banking
9 103 (8.07%) Law
10 61 (4.78%) Public Sector
11 59 (4.62%) Legal
12 56 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
13 51 (3.99%) Games
14 42 (3.29%) Manufacturing
15 37 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
16 30 (2.35%) Electronics
16 30 (2.35%) Pharmaceutical
17 28 (2.19%) Telecoms
18 25 (1.96%) Brand Awareness
19 24 (1.88%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 224 (17.54%) Senior
2 137 (10.73%) Architect
3 130 (10.18%) Lead
4 92 (7.20%) Developer
5 78 (6.11%) Analyst
6 72 (5.64%) Software Engineer
7 68 (5.32%) Solutions Architect
8 47 (3.68%) Support Engineer
9 39 (3.05%) IT Engineer
9 39 (3.05%) Senior Software Engineer
10 38 (2.98%) Data Engineer
11 36 (2.82%) Cloud Engineer
12 34 (2.66%) IT Support
13 33 (2.58%) Systems Engineer
14 32 (2.51%) Senior Developer
14 32 (2.51%) SEO Specialist
15 31 (2.43%) Full-Stack Developer
16 29 (2.27%) PPC Executive
17 24 (1.88%) Network Architect
17 24 (1.88%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (8.14%) HTML
2 83 (6.50%) CSS
3 65 (5.09%) React
4 60 (4.70%) Kafka
5 53 (4.15%) Node.js
5 53 (4.15%) REST
6 39 (3.05%) RESTful
7 38 (2.98%) JSON
8 27 (2.11%) HTML5
9 26 (2.04%) AngularJS
9 26 (2.04%) Spring
10 24 (1.88%) Flask
11 22 (1.72%) FastAPI
12 21 (1.64%) GraphQL
12 21 (1.64%) RabbitMQ
13 19 (1.49%) .NET
13 19 (1.49%) Django
13 19 (1.49%) React Native
13 19 (1.49%) Spring Boot
14 16 (1.25%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 162 (12.69%) Social Media
2 81 (6.34%) Cloud Native
3 76 (5.95%) Management Information System
4 62 (4.86%) Algorithms
5 61 (4.78%) Public Cloud
6 58 (4.54%) Self-Motivation
7 56 (4.39%) Product Ownership
8 53 (4.15%) Blog
9 51 (3.99%) Mobile App
10 48 (3.76%) Distributed Systems
11 32 (2.51%) Data Centre
12 27 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
13 24 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
14 23 (1.80%) Hybrid Cloud
15 21 (1.64%) Hackathon
15 21 (1.64%) Learning Management System
16 20 (1.57%) Digital Media
16 20 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
16 20 (1.57%) Security Posture
17 19 (1.49%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 93 (7.28%) Windows
2 62 (4.86%) Linux
3 50 (3.92%) Windows Server
4 32 (2.51%) Windows 10
5 18 (1.41%) Android
5 18 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (1.33%) Mac OS X
6 17 (1.33%) Ubuntu
7 15 (1.17%) Apple iOS
7 15 (1.17%) Unix
8 12 (0.94%) Mac OS
9 7 (0.55%) VMS
10 2 (0.16%) Solaris
10 2 (0.16%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.078%) CentOS
11 1 (0.078%) Rocky
11 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 511 (40.02%) Analytics
2 342 (26.78%) Problem-Solving
3 316 (24.75%) Agile
4 200 (15.66%) DevOps
5 192 (15.04%) Digital Marketing
6 190 (14.88%) CI/CD
6 190 (14.88%) SEO
7 178 (13.94%) Roadmaps
8 165 (12.92%) Software Engineering
9 160 (12.53%) Artificial Intelligence
10 152 (11.90%) Pay per click
11 150 (11.75%) Computer Science
12 126 (9.87%) Mentoring
13 122 (9.55%) Continuous Improvement
14 120 (9.40%) Machine Learning
15 119 (9.32%) Project Management
16 112 (8.77%) Data Science
17 111 (8.69%) Data Analysis
18 108 (8.46%) Decision-Making
19 107 (8.38%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 297 (23.26%) Python
2 212 (16.60%) SQL
3 146 (11.43%) Java
4 111 (8.69%) JavaScript
5 68 (5.32%) C#
6 51 (3.99%) PowerShell
7 41 (3.21%) Scala
7 41 (3.21%) TypeScript
8 25 (1.96%) Bash
9 24 (1.88%) Kotlin
10 23 (1.80%) PHP
11 18 (1.41%) Go
12 13 (1.02%) R
13 8 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.47%) C++
15 5 (0.39%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.39%) Ruby
15 5 (0.39%) VBA
16 4 (0.31%) Objective-C
16 4 (0.31%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 268 (20.99%) Degree
2 92 (7.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 75 (5.87%) Security Cleared
4 72 (5.64%) Master's Degree
5 62 (4.86%) SC Cleared
6 55 (4.31%) Azure Certification
7 52 (4.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 49 (3.84%) AWS Certification
9 43 (3.37%) DBS Check
10 36 (2.82%) HNC
11 27 (2.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 22 (1.72%) PhD
13 21 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
14 17 (1.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 17 (1.33%) HND
14 17 (1.33%) MCSE
15 16 (1.25%) A+ Certification
16 14 (1.10%) CCSP
16 14 (1.10%) CISSP
17 12 (0.94%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (6.42%) GDPR
2 49 (3.84%) Accessibility
2 49 (3.84%) QA
3 38 (2.98%) Data Quality
4 30 (2.35%) NIST
5 28 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 25 (1.96%) PCI DSS
7 18 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (1.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 13 (1.02%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 11 (0.86%) SLA
11 10 (0.78%) PERC
12 9 (0.70%) HIPAA
13 7 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.55%) GLP
13 7 (0.55%) GMP
13 7 (0.55%) SOC 2
14 3 (0.23%) PMO
14 3 (0.23%) WCAG
15 2 (0.16%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 155 (12.14%) Docker
2 70 (5.48%) Active Directory
3 30 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (2.35%) VMware NSX
4 27 (2.11%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (0.63%) vSphere
6 7 (0.55%) HDFS
7 5 (0.39%) BitLocker
7 5 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
7 5 (0.39%) Terminal Services
7 5 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.31%) XenApp
8 4 (0.31%) XenDesktop
9 3 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.16%) KVM
10 2 (0.16%) NFS
10 2 (0.16%) SRDF
10 2 (0.16%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (0.16%) Xen
Systems Management
1 177 (13.86%) Kubernetes
2 153 (11.98%) Terraform
3 49 (3.84%) Ansible
4 26 (2.04%) FortiGate
5 21 (1.64%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
7 16 (1.25%) Grafana
8 14 (1.10%) Wonderware InTouch
9 13 (1.02%) Argo
10 12 (0.94%) Puppet
11 11 (0.86%) AWS Copilot
11 11 (0.86%) CASB
12 10 (0.78%) Progress Chef
13 9 (0.70%) Istio
14 8 (0.63%) Nagios
14 8 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
15 6 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
15 6 (0.47%) linkerd
16 5 (0.39%) vCenter Server
16 5 (0.39%) vMotion
Vendors
1 418 (32.73%) Microsoft
2 96 (7.52%) Adobe
3 72 (5.64%) Facebook
4 68 (5.32%) TikTok
5 67 (5.25%) VMware
6 65 (5.09%) Salesforce
7 62 (4.86%) Apple
8 61 (4.78%) Cisco
9 58 (4.54%) SAP
10 52 (4.07%) Instagram
11 38 (2.98%) Ahrefs
12 37 (2.90%) Pinterest
13 31 (2.43%) Databricks
14 30 (2.35%) Oracle
15 29 (2.27%) F5
16 28 (2.19%) CheckPoint
16 28 (2.19%) ServiceNow
17 27 (2.11%) OpenAI
17 27 (2.11%) Screaming Frog
18 26 (2.04%) IBM