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 9 May 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
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 84 99
Rank change year-on-year -96 +15 +12
Permanent jobs citing Google 1,063 1,569 2,598
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.17% 3.61% 2.69%
As % of the Vendors category 4.59% 9.04% 7.34%
Number of salaries quoted 656 676 1,690
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £26,400
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £72,813 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £48,507 £47,500
% change year-on-year -12.38% +2.12% -12.99%

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 23,151 17,363 35,400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.54% 39.90% 36.70%
Number of salaries quoted 12,499 10,298 24,959
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £26,700
25th Percentile £37,000 £38,750 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £76,101 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.00% +11.11% -10.00%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Google job vacancy trend in the UK

Google
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Google.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Google

Google
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Google over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Google in the UK

Google
Top 17 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 9 May 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
England -92 908 £52,500 -13.07% 429
UK excluding London -114 512 £42,500 -12.38% 257
London -38 428 £62,500 -6.37% 210
Work from Home -61 391 £52,500 -16.00% 208
North of England -88 153 £51,250 -26.14% 78
South East -84 137 £39,254 +1.96% 80
North West -52 85 £52,500 -27.07% 53
Midlands -136 67 £40,000 -5.88% 36
Yorkshire -81 56 £59,500 +32.22% 17
South West -57 55 £34,250 -26.74% 25
East of England +1 46 £33,250 -3.62% 30
West Midlands -97 40 £40,000 -3.03% 20
East Midlands -77 27 £35,000 -19.54% 16
Northern Ireland -17 26 £45,000 -
Scotland -28 22 £55,000 -26.54% 7
North East -43 12 £37,500 -45.95% 8
Wales -30 8 £50,750 -24.95% 8

Google
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 60 (5.64%) CMS
2 42 (3.95%) WordPress
3 40 (3.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 36 (3.39%) Apache Airflow
5 23 (2.16%) Confluence
6 19 (1.79%) SharePoint
7 15 (1.41%) Apache
8 10 (0.94%) Apache Spark
9 8 (0.75%) Drupal
10 5 (0.47%) nginx
10 5 (0.47%) SAS
11 3 (0.28%) IIS
12 2 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
12 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.094%) CICS
Applications
1 51 (4.80%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.32%) Adobe XD
3 14 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
4 10 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (0.66%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.38%) Trello
7 2 (0.19%) InDesign
7 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.094%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.094%) Blender
8 1 (0.094%) Notion
Business Applications
1 17 (1.60%) Magento
2 5 (0.47%) Shopify
3 3 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.19%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.19%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.094%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.094%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 417 (39.23%) GCP
2 300 (28.22%) Azure
3 289 (27.19%) AWS
4 196 (18.44%) Google Workspace
5 194 (18.25%) Google Analytics
6 147 (13.83%) Microsoft 365
7 104 (9.78%) SaaS
8 80 (7.53%) Google Ads
9 59 (5.55%) Power Platform
10 55 (5.17%) Google Sheets
11 41 (3.86%) Entra ID
12 40 (3.76%) GitHub
13 32 (3.01%) Google Tag Manager
14 28 (2.63%) Cloud Functions
15 27 (2.54%) AWS CloudFormation
15 27 (2.54%) Cloud Run
16 25 (2.35%) Figma
17 24 (2.26%) Pulumi
18 22 (2.07%) Google Docs
19 21 (1.98%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 67 (6.30%) Firewall
2 52 (4.89%) WAN
3 47 (4.42%) LAN
4 45 (4.23%) VPN
5 44 (4.14%) Broadband
6 40 (3.76%) DNS
7 38 (3.57%) DHCP
8 31 (2.92%) TCP/IP
9 28 (2.63%) VoIP
10 22 (2.07%) Network Security
10 22 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
11 12 (1.13%) SD-WAN
12 8 (0.75%) Internet
13 7 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
13 7 (0.66%) VLAN
14 6 (0.56%) HTTP
15 5 (0.47%) AMQP
15 5 (0.47%) Wireless
16 4 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
16 4 (0.38%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 122 (11.48%) BigQuery
2 62 (5.83%) Looker
3 53 (4.99%) NoSQL
3 53 (4.99%) Power BI
4 52 (4.89%) Metadata
5 37 (3.48%) Tableau
6 36 (3.39%) Elasticsearch
7 31 (2.92%) Data Lake
7 31 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
8 29 (2.73%) MongoDB
9 27 (2.54%) Relational Database
10 24 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
11 23 (2.16%) RDBMS
12 20 (1.88%) Semantic Layer
13 14 (1.32%) SQL Server
14 13 (1.22%) MySQL
15 11 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
15 11 (1.03%) Big Data
15 11 (1.03%) Redis
16 8 (0.75%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 48 (4.52%) JIRA
2 42 (3.95%) Jenkins
3 34 (3.20%) Git
4 19 (1.79%) Jaeger
5 14 (1.32%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.13%) CircleCI
6 12 (1.13%) Storybook
7 11 (1.03%) Axure RP
7 11 (1.03%) Balsamiq
8 10 (0.94%) Selenium
9 9 (0.85%) GitLab
10 8 (0.75%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.66%) Gradle
12 4 (0.38%) Android Studio
12 4 (0.38%) ESLint
12 4 (0.38%) Maven
13 3 (0.28%) Crashlytics
13 3 (0.28%) JUnit
13 3 (0.28%) Postman
13 3 (0.28%) TestNG
General
1 320 (30.10%) Social Skills
2 267 (25.12%) Marketing
3 178 (16.75%) Analytical Skills
4 173 (16.27%) Finance
5 125 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 95 (8.94%) Public Sector
7 67 (6.30%) Retail
8 64 (6.02%) Organisational Skills
9 62 (5.83%) Advertising
10 61 (5.74%) Legal
11 40 (3.76%) Law
12 35 (3.29%) Banking
13 27 (2.54%) Manufacturing
14 19 (1.79%) Games
15 18 (1.69%) Local Government
16 16 (1.51%) Telecoms
17 15 (1.41%) Publishing
18 12 (1.13%) Brand Awareness
18 12 (1.13%) Electronics
19 11 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 155 (14.58%) Senior
2 87 (8.18%) Analyst
2 87 (8.18%) IT Support
3 78 (7.34%) Architect
3 78 (7.34%) Support Engineer
4 72 (6.77%) IT Engineer
5 67 (6.30%) Lead
6 66 (6.21%) IT Support Engineer
7 52 (4.89%) Cloud Engineer
8 46 (4.33%) Data Engineer
9 45 (4.23%) Software Engineer
10 39 (3.67%) Developer
11 38 (3.57%) GCP Engineer
12 36 (3.39%) Consultant
12 36 (3.39%) Marketing Manager
13 32 (3.01%) Principal Engineer
14 28 (2.63%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 28 (2.63%) Senior Manager
15 27 (2.54%) Security Engineer
16 26 (2.45%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (4.61%) HTML
2 41 (3.86%) CSS
3 39 (3.67%) React
4 36 (3.39%) Node.js
5 32 (3.01%) Django
6 28 (2.63%) RESTful
7 25 (2.35%) .NET
8 21 (1.98%) Elastic Stack
9 20 (1.88%) LangChain
10 19 (1.79%) OpenTelemetry
11 17 (1.60%) Playwright
11 17 (1.60%) REST
12 16 (1.51%) OAuth
13 15 (1.41%) ASP.NET
14 14 (1.32%) ASP.NET Core
14 14 (1.32%) OpenAPI
14 14 (1.32%) Swagger
15 13 (1.22%) Express.js
15 13 (1.22%) JWT
15 13 (1.22%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 70 (6.59%) Cloud Native
2 62 (5.83%) Social Media
3 56 (5.27%) Management Information System
4 55 (5.17%) Algorithms
5 42 (3.95%) Onboarding
6 40 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
7 35 (3.29%) Driving Licence
8 34 (3.20%) Distributed Systems
9 32 (3.01%) Data Structures
10 30 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
10 30 (2.82%) Public Cloud
11 28 (2.63%) Product Ownership
11 28 (2.63%) Security Posture
12 25 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
13 23 (2.16%) Blog
14 21 (1.98%) Mobile App
15 20 (1.88%) Hedge funds
16 19 (1.79%) Marketing Technology
17 18 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
17 18 (1.69%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 159 (14.96%) Windows
2 81 (7.62%) Linux
3 61 (5.74%) Windows Server
4 53 (4.99%) Mac OS
5 48 (4.52%) Windows 10
6 41 (3.86%) Unix
7 23 (2.16%) Windows Server 2019
8 19 (1.79%) Android
8 19 (1.79%) Apple iOS
9 18 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (1.60%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (0.66%) Windows 7
11 7 (0.66%) Windows 8
12 6 (0.56%) Ubuntu
13 5 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 4 (0.38%) CentOS
14 4 (0.38%) Debian
15 2 (0.19%) Solaris
16 1 (0.094%) FreeRTOS
16 1 (0.094%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (30.20%) Analytics
2 275 (25.87%) Agile
3 200 (18.81%) AI
4 194 (18.25%) Problem-Solving
5 174 (16.37%) Mentoring
6 155 (14.58%) SEO
7 149 (14.02%) DevOps
8 139 (13.08%) Digital Marketing
9 134 (12.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 123 (11.57%) CI/CD
11 112 (10.54%) Infrastructure as Code
12 111 (10.44%) Roadmaps
13 107 (10.07%) Containerisation
14 103 (9.69%) User Experience
15 99 (9.31%) Decision-Making
16 89 (8.37%) B2B
17 86 (8.09%) Software Engineering
18 84 (7.90%) Coaching
19 83 (7.81%) Actionable Insight
20 78 (7.34%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 242 (22.77%) Python
2 161 (15.15%) SQL
3 100 (9.41%) JavaScript
4 84 (7.90%) Java
5 54 (5.08%) Bash
6 35 (3.29%) C#
7 32 (3.01%) PowerShell
8 26 (2.45%) Go
9 22 (2.07%) TypeScript
10 16 (1.51%) C++
11 15 (1.41%) Kotlin
11 15 (1.41%) PHP
12 14 (1.32%) Google Apps Script
13 11 (1.03%) R
14 5 (0.47%) VB
15 4 (0.38%) Scala
16 3 (0.28%) PL/SQL
16 3 (0.28%) Shell Script
17 2 (0.19%) C
17 2 (0.19%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 151 (14.21%) Degree
2 100 (9.41%) Security Cleared
3 79 (7.43%) SC Cleared
4 58 (5.46%) DBS Check
5 52 (4.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 42 (3.95%) CISSP
7 39 (3.67%) AWS Certification
8 23 (2.16%) DV Cleared
9 21 (1.98%) Azure Certification
10 18 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (1.22%) CISA
12 12 (1.13%) CCSK
12 12 (1.13%) Master's Degree
13 11 (1.03%) A+ Certification
13 11 (1.03%) CISM
14 10 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.94%) CompTIA CySA+
14 10 (0.94%) CRISC
14 10 (0.94%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 8 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (5.27%) Data Quality
2 55 (5.17%) GDPR
3 54 (5.08%) Accessibility
4 40 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 38 (3.57%) NIST
6 32 (3.01%) QA
7 19 (1.79%) Actionable Recommendations
7 19 (1.79%) WCAG
8 13 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 10 (0.94%) JSP 440
10 7 (0.66%) Government Security Classifications
10 7 (0.66%) GRC
10 7 (0.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 7 (0.66%) PCI DSS
11 6 (0.56%) SOC 2
12 5 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (0.38%) NCSC
13 4 (0.38%) PERC
14 3 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 118 (11.10%) Docker
2 98 (9.22%) Active Directory
3 37 (3.48%) Hyper-V
4 34 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (0.75%) KVM
6 7 (0.66%) VMware Workstation
7 3 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.28%) Firmware
8 2 (0.19%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.094%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 137 (12.89%) Terraform
2 118 (11.10%) Kubernetes
3 39 (3.67%) Ansible
4 33 (3.10%) Prometheus
5 30 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
6 22 (2.07%) Argo
7 19 (1.79%) Kustomize
8 16 (1.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 16 (1.51%) Grafana
9 15 (1.41%) Jamf Pro
10 12 (1.13%) Podman
11 11 (1.03%) Autotask
12 10 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
13 8 (0.75%) SCCM
14 6 (0.56%) Puppet
15 5 (0.47%) AWS Copilot
16 4 (0.38%) Istio
16 4 (0.38%) SmoothWall
17 2 (0.19%) Opsgenie
17 2 (0.19%) Packer
Vendors
1 263 (24.74%) Microsoft
2 51 (4.80%) Salesforce
3 45 (4.23%) Adobe
4 39 (3.67%) HubSpot
5 37 (3.48%) VMware
6 29 (2.73%) Cisco
7 24 (2.26%) Apple
8 21 (1.98%) Xero
9 19 (1.79%) Oracle
9 19 (1.79%) YouTube
10 16 (1.51%) Meraki
11 15 (1.41%) Hotjar
12 14 (1.32%) Screaming Frog
13 13 (1.22%) Pardot
14 12 (1.13%) Citrix
14 12 (1.13%) SAP
15 11 (1.03%) Pega
16 10 (0.94%) Braze
16 10 (0.94%) Databricks
17 9 (0.85%) Palo Alto