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 12 May 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 97 115
Rank change year-on-year +12 +18 -52
Permanent jobs citing Google 1,788 2,685 3,063
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.24% 2.71% 3.04%
As % of the Vendors category 8.74% 7.38% 7.25%
Number of salaries quoted 676 1,676 1,802
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,400 £37,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £43,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £64,029
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -14.10% +2.45%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £108,491
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,507 £47,500 £54,590
% change year-on-year +2.12% -12.99% +3.98%

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 20,465 36,384 42,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.12% 36.66% 41.85%
Number of salaries quoted 11,927 24,996 24,178
10th Percentile £26,750 £26,700 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £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 £75,000
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 12 May 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 12 May 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 +8 1,601 £60,197 +9.45% 2,414
Work from Home +47 941 £62,500 +8.70% 1,457
UK excluding London -21 939 £48,507 +2.12% 1,147
London +27 611 £66,000 -5.71% 1,693
South East +38 272 £38,500 -14.44% 520
North of England -65 254 £69,384 +46.07% 288
Midlands +40 218 £41,250 -13.16% 122
North West -77 147 £71,991 +43.98% 183
West Midlands +47 122 £39,500 -7.06% 81
East Midlands +17 96 £43,500 -8.42% 33
Yorkshire -6 96 £45,000 -4.05% 73
South West -22 71 £48,507 +2.12% 72
East of England -11 64 £34,500 +21.05% 94
Scotland -10 40 £74,870 +7.73% 47
Northern Ireland +13 11 - - 21
North East -3 11 £69,384 +32.16% 35
Wales +18 8 £67,626 +35.25% 21
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 (6.32%) CMS
2 62 (3.47%) WordPress
3 48 (2.68%) Apache Spark
4 33 (1.85%) Confluence
5 28 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 21 (1.17%) Drupal
7 14 (0.78%) WinCC
8 12 (0.67%) SharePoint
9 11 (0.62%) Umbraco
10 9 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
11 8 (0.45%) Apache
11 8 (0.45%) Headless CMS
12 7 (0.39%) Sitecore CMS
13 6 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 5 (0.28%) IBM Domino
15 4 (0.22%) Jupyter
15 4 (0.22%) nginx
16 3 (0.17%) EPiServer
16 3 (0.17%) OpenStack
16 3 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 111 (6.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 99 (5.54%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (2.24%) Photoshop
4 30 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (1.17%) Adobe Premiere
6 14 (0.78%) Chatbot
6 14 (0.78%) EPLAN
7 9 (0.50%) Acrobat
7 9 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
7 9 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 9 (0.50%) CapCut
8 8 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
8 8 (0.45%) MS Visio
8 8 (0.45%) Trello
9 7 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
10 5 (0.28%) Adobe XD
10 5 (0.28%) InDesign
10 5 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.22%) Notion
12 3 (0.17%) Maya
Business Applications
1 30 (1.68%) Shopify
2 11 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.34%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.34%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (0.28%) CiviCRM
4 5 (0.28%) Magento
4 5 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.11%) Cloudability
6 2 (0.11%) Raiser’s Edge
7 1 (0.056%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.056%) Finacle
7 1 (0.056%) Lorenzo
7 1 (0.056%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.056%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 584 (32.66%) AWS
2 473 (26.45%) GCP
3 439 (24.55%) Azure
4 344 (19.24%) Google Analytics
5 227 (12.70%) Pulumi
6 136 (7.61%) Google Ads
7 114 (6.38%) Google Workspace
8 104 (5.82%) Power Platform
9 82 (4.59%) SaaS
10 79 (4.42%) Microsoft 365
11 45 (2.52%) Google Sheets
12 42 (2.35%) Canva
13 40 (2.24%) Google Tag Manager
13 40 (2.24%) Snowflake
14 38 (2.13%) Facebook Ads
15 36 (2.01%) Cloud Computing
15 36 (2.01%) Serverless
16 34 (1.90%) GitHub
17 30 (1.68%) Adobe Analytics
18 25 (1.40%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 216 (12.08%) Broadband
2 83 (4.64%) Firewall
3 63 (3.52%) DNS
4 52 (2.91%) TCP/IP
5 46 (2.57%) DHCP
6 43 (2.40%) Ethernet
7 40 (2.24%) WAN
8 39 (2.18%) LAN
9 34 (1.90%) HTTP
10 30 (1.68%) Network Security
11 29 (1.62%) SD-WAN
12 27 (1.51%) Cisco ISE
13 25 (1.40%) VLAN
14 22 (1.23%) VPN
15 19 (1.06%) Internet
16 17 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
17 15 (0.84%) Modbus
17 15 (0.84%) SMTP
18 14 (0.78%) Profibus
18 14 (0.78%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 280 (15.66%) NoSQL
2 243 (13.59%) Relational Database
3 225 (12.58%) RDBMS
4 97 (5.43%) Power BI
5 78 (4.36%) BigQuery
6 67 (3.75%) Tableau
7 53 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
8 49 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
9 45 (2.52%) Looker
10 35 (1.96%) MongoDB
11 31 (1.73%) Data Lake
12 30 (1.68%) Big Data
12 30 (1.68%) MySQL
13 29 (1.62%) Hadoop
14 28 (1.57%) Metadata
15 26 (1.45%) Data Mining
16 22 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
17 21 (1.17%) Amazon Redshift
18 18 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
19 16 (0.89%) Redis
Development Applications
1 215 (12.02%) Jaeger
2 66 (3.69%) JIRA
3 56 (3.13%) Git
4 25 (1.40%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.56%) SonarQube
6 8 (0.45%) GitLab
6 8 (0.45%) Gradle
7 7 (0.39%) Maven
8 6 (0.34%) Balsamiq
8 6 (0.34%) Storybook
9 5 (0.28%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.28%) CircleCI
9 5 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
9 5 (0.28%) webpack
10 4 (0.22%) Bazaar
10 4 (0.22%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.17%) Postman
11 3 (0.17%) Subversion
11 3 (0.17%) Visual Website Optimizer
12 2 (0.11%) Spinnaker
General
1 544 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 490 (27.40%) Retail
3 366 (20.47%) Marketing
4 351 (19.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 338 (18.90%) Analytical Skills
6 337 (18.85%) Manufacturing
7 288 (16.11%) Finance
8 164 (9.17%) Advertising
9 120 (6.71%) Banking
10 107 (5.98%) Law
11 101 (5.65%) Dutch Language
12 100 (5.59%) Finnish Language
13 98 (5.48%) Norwegian Language
14 65 (3.64%) Public Sector
15 58 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
16 52 (2.91%) Legal
17 46 (2.57%) Games
18 39 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
19 30 (1.68%) Electronics
19 30 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 343 (19.18%) Lead
2 304 (17.00%) Trainer
3 217 (12.14%) Senior
4 215 (12.02%) Team Leader
5 135 (7.55%) Architect
6 81 (4.53%) Analyst
6 81 (4.53%) Developer
7 72 (4.03%) Software Engineer
8 67 (3.75%) Solutions Architect
9 47 (2.63%) Support Engineer
10 39 (2.18%) Data Engineer
11 38 (2.13%) IT Support
12 37 (2.07%) Cloud Engineer
12 37 (2.07%) IT Engineer
12 37 (2.07%) Senior Software Engineer
13 31 (1.73%) SEO Specialist
14 29 (1.62%) Systems Engineer
15 28 (1.57%) Senior Developer
16 26 (1.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 26 (1.45%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 227 (12.70%) Elastic Stack
2 215 (12.02%) OpenTelemetry
3 95 (5.31%) HTML
4 74 (4.14%) CSS
5 61 (3.41%) React
6 56 (3.13%) Kafka
7 53 (2.96%) Node.js
8 51 (2.85%) REST
9 41 (2.29%) JSON
10 37 (2.07%) RESTful
11 26 (1.45%) Spring
12 24 (1.34%) AngularJS
12 24 (1.34%) Flask
13 22 (1.23%) FastAPI
14 20 (1.12%) GraphQL
14 20 (1.12%) HTML5
15 19 (1.06%) Django
15 19 (1.06%) RabbitMQ
15 19 (1.06%) React Native
15 19 (1.06%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 298 (16.67%) Robotics
2 165 (9.23%) Social Media
3 77 (4.31%) Cloud Native
4 72 (4.03%) Management Information System
5 66 (3.69%) Algorithms
6 61 (3.41%) Public Cloud
7 60 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
8 54 (3.02%) Product Ownership
9 52 (2.91%) Blog
10 46 (2.57%) Mobile App
11 43 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
12 34 (1.90%) Data Centre
13 28 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
14 24 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
15 23 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
16 22 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
17 21 (1.17%) Digital Media
18 19 (1.06%) Graphic Design
19 18 (1.01%) Onboarding
19 18 (1.01%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 276 (15.44%) Linux
2 230 (12.86%) Unix
3 86 (4.81%) Windows
4 44 (2.46%) Windows Server
5 28 (1.57%) Windows 10
6 17 (0.95%) Android
7 16 (0.89%) Ubuntu
7 16 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
7 16 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
8 15 (0.84%) Mac OS X
9 13 (0.73%) Apple iOS
10 10 (0.56%) Mac OS
11 5 (0.28%) VMS
12 2 (0.11%) CentOS
12 2 (0.11%) Rocky
12 2 (0.11%) Solaris
12 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.056%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 626 (35.01%) Problem-Solving
2 526 (29.42%) Analytics
3 522 (29.19%) Agile
4 453 (25.34%) Artificial Intelligence
5 410 (22.93%) DevOps
5 410 (22.93%) Machine Learning
6 396 (22.15%) Roadmaps
7 341 (19.07%) Mentoring
8 337 (18.85%) Generative AI
9 331 (18.51%) LLM
10 314 (17.56%) Containerisation
11 294 (16.44%) Red Team
12 286 (16.00%) Infrastructure as Code
13 268 (14.99%) Performance Optimisation
14 257 (14.37%) High Availability
15 253 (14.15%) Continuous Integration
16 251 (14.04%) Product Management
17 244 (13.65%) Data Privacy
18 243 (13.59%) Task Automation
19 237 (13.26%) Cost Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 501 (28.02%) Python
2 352 (19.69%) Java
3 318 (17.79%) JavaScript
4 239 (13.37%) Bash
5 234 (13.09%) Go
6 213 (11.91%) SQL
7 63 (3.52%) C#
8 49 (2.74%) PowerShell
9 40 (2.24%) TypeScript
10 39 (2.18%) Scala
11 22 (1.23%) PHP
12 20 (1.12%) Kotlin
13 14 (0.78%) R
14 10 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 7 (0.39%) C++
16 5 (0.28%) PL/SQL
16 5 (0.28%) Ruby
16 5 (0.28%) T-SQL
16 5 (0.28%) VBA
17 3 (0.17%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 565 (31.60%) Degree
2 261 (14.60%) AWS Certification
3 91 (5.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 81 (4.53%) Security Cleared
5 69 (3.86%) Master's Degree
6 67 (3.75%) SC Cleared
7 55 (3.08%) Azure Certification
8 45 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 39 (2.18%) DBS Check
10 34 (1.90%) HNC
11 26 (1.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 18 (1.01%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (1.01%) PhD
13 15 (0.84%) HND
13 15 (0.84%) MCSE
14 14 (0.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 14 (0.78%) A+ Certification
15 13 (0.73%) PMI Certification
16 11 (0.62%) CCSP
16 11 (0.62%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (4.70%) GDPR
2 48 (2.68%) Accessibility
3 44 (2.46%) QA
4 37 (2.07%) Data Quality
5 29 (1.62%) NIST
6 28 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 24 (1.34%) PCI DSS
8 18 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (0.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 13 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 12 (0.67%) SLA
11 11 (0.62%) PERC
12 10 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.50%) HIPAA
14 7 (0.39%) GLP
14 7 (0.39%) GMP
14 7 (0.39%) SOC 2
15 5 (0.28%) WCAG
16 3 (0.17%) PMO
17 2 (0.11%) IEC 62304
System Software
1 368 (20.58%) Docker
2 68 (3.80%) Active Directory
3 32 (1.79%) VMware NSX
4 30 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 26 (1.45%) Hyper-V
6 10 (0.56%) vSphere
7 7 (0.39%) HDFS
7 7 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.34%) BitLocker
8 6 (0.34%) Microsoft App-V
8 6 (0.34%) Terminal Services
8 6 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.17%) XenApp
9 3 (0.17%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.11%) KVM
10 2 (0.11%) NFS
10 2 (0.11%) SRDF
10 2 (0.11%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 2 (0.11%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (0.11%) Xen
Systems Management
1 388 (21.70%) Kubernetes
2 368 (20.58%) Terraform
3 267 (14.93%) Ansible
4 235 (13.14%) Prometheus
5 224 (12.53%) Argo
6 217 (12.14%) Kustomize
7 28 (1.57%) FortiGate
8 20 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
9 17 (0.95%) Grafana
10 14 (0.78%) Wonderware InTouch
11 13 (0.73%) Puppet
12 11 (0.62%) AWS Copilot
13 10 (0.56%) Progress Chef
14 9 (0.50%) CASB
15 8 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
16 7 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
16 7 (0.39%) Nagios
16 7 (0.39%) vCenter Server
17 6 (0.34%) Istio
17 6 (0.34%) vMotion
Vendors
1 396 (22.15%) Microsoft
2 395 (22.09%) Adobe
3 325 (18.18%) Databricks
4 73 (4.08%) Facebook
5 69 (3.86%) Salesforce
5 69 (3.86%) VMware
6 63 (3.52%) TikTok
7 61 (3.41%) Cisco
8 59 (3.30%) SAP
9 53 (2.96%) Apple
9 53 (2.96%) Instagram
10 44 (2.46%) Ahrefs
11 33 (1.85%) Pinterest
12 32 (1.79%) ServiceNow
13 31 (1.73%) F5
14 30 (1.68%) CheckPoint
14 30 (1.68%) Oracle
15 29 (1.62%) YouTube
16 28 (1.57%) OpenAI
17 27 (1.51%) Blue Coat