Google Contracts with Work from Home Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for knowledge and experience of Google products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Google over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Google.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 90 84
Rank change year-on-year -37 -6 +3
Contract jobs citing Google 263 636 1,304
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.75% 2.52% 2.96%
As % of the Vendors category 4.11% 5.85% 7.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 466 935
10th Percentile £324 £313 £350
25th Percentile £438 £425 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £551
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -0.09% +3.62%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £688
90th Percentile £691 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 24
10th Percentile £23.80 - -
25th Percentile £25.50 £21.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £26.00 £39.58 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.30% +26.64% -10.71%
75th Percentile £26.50 £54.57 £51.00
90th Percentile £51.50 £58.75 £74.25
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £39.80 £35.00
% change year-on-year -34.67% +13.71% +29.63%

All Vendors
Work from Home

Google is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,406 10,873 17,270
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 42.59% 43.16% 39.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,004 7,318 11,750
10th Percentile £325 £325 £345
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £625
90th Percentile £725 £746 £714
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 255 257
10th Percentile £13.65 £17.50 £14.44
25th Percentile £16.68 £27.88 £19.81
Median hourly rate £32.12 £53.35 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.80% +33.38% +37.93%
75th Percentile £58.13 £67.50 £56.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.25 £71.45
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -48.24% +97.67% -4.10%

Google
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Google as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Google trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Google.

Google daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Google
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Google over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Google daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Google
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Google.

Google hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Google
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Google over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Google hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 14 (5.32%) Confluence
2 7 (2.66%) WordPress
3 6 (2.28%) Apache Solr
4 5 (1.90%) Drupal
4 5 (1.90%) nginx
4 5 (1.90%) SAS
5 4 (1.52%) CMS
6 3 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (1.14%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.76%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.38%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.38%) Apache
Applications
1 20 (7.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (6.84%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (5.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.28%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.76%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.76%) Trello
6 1 (0.38%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.38%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 3 (1.14%) Adobe Campaign
1 3 (1.14%) FastStats
1 3 (1.14%) Shopify
1 3 (1.14%) Unica
2 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 166 (63.12%) GCP
2 65 (24.71%) AWS
3 60 (22.81%) Azure
4 41 (15.59%) Google Analytics
5 27 (10.27%) Google Workspace
6 24 (9.13%) Power Platform
7 20 (7.60%) SaaS
8 14 (5.32%) IaaS
8 14 (5.32%) PaaS
9 12 (4.56%) Cloud Computing
9 12 (4.56%) GitHub
9 12 (4.56%) Google Sheets
10 10 (3.80%) dbt
11 9 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (3.04%) Apigee
13 7 (2.66%) Twilio
14 6 (2.28%) Adobe Analytics
14 6 (2.28%) Serverless
15 5 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
15 5 (1.90%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.56%) TCP/IP
2 11 (4.18%) Firewall
3 9 (3.42%) HTTP
3 9 (3.42%) VoIP
4 7 (2.66%) CTI
5 6 (2.28%) DNS
6 5 (1.90%) WAN
7 4 (1.52%) HTTPS
7 4 (1.52%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.52%) IPsec
7 4 (1.52%) LAN
7 4 (1.52%) tcpdump
7 4 (1.52%) Wireshark
8 3 (1.14%) DHCP
8 3 (1.14%) Multicast
8 3 (1.14%) Network Security
8 3 (1.14%) SD-WAN
8 3 (1.14%) SSL
8 3 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.76%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (16.35%) BigQuery
2 24 (9.13%) Power BI
3 19 (7.22%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (6.46%) Looker
5 14 (5.32%) NoSQL
6 13 (4.94%) MySQL
7 12 (4.56%) Tableau
8 8 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
9 7 (2.66%) Big Data
9 7 (2.66%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.90%) Couchbase
10 5 (1.90%) GIS
10 5 (1.90%) Hadoop
11 4 (1.52%) Apache Hive
12 3 (1.14%) Apache Cassandra
12 3 (1.14%) Bigtable
12 3 (1.14%) Cloud Spanner
12 3 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (1.14%) OLAP
12 3 (1.14%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 20 (7.60%) Git
2 19 (7.22%) JIRA
3 17 (6.46%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.66%) GitLab
4 7 (2.66%) Maven
5 5 (1.90%) Postman
6 4 (1.52%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.52%) IDA Disassembler
7 3 (1.14%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.14%) Eclipse
7 3 (1.14%) GoogleTest
7 3 (1.14%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.76%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.76%) gulp
9 1 (0.38%) Appium
9 1 (0.38%) Darcs
9 1 (0.38%) ESLint
9 1 (0.38%) Storybook
9 1 (0.38%) TestRail
9 1 (0.38%) Travis CI
General
1 68 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 40 (15.21%) Finance
3 35 (13.31%) Retail
4 27 (10.27%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (7.22%) Banking
5 19 (7.22%) Legal
6 17 (6.46%) Marketing
6 17 (6.46%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.04%) Manufacturing
7 8 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.04%) Telecoms
8 7 (2.66%) Advertising
9 5 (1.90%) Back Office
10 4 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.14%) Electronics
12 2 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.76%) Publishing
12 2 (0.76%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 58 (22.05%) Developer
2 46 (17.49%) Architect
3 28 (10.65%) Senior
4 23 (8.75%) Analyst
5 19 (7.22%) Java Developer
6 18 (6.84%) Solutions Architect
7 14 (5.32%) Data Architect
8 11 (4.18%) DevOps Engineer
8 11 (4.18%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 11 (4.18%) GCP Developer
8 11 (4.18%) GCP Engineer
8 11 (4.18%) Senior Developer
9 9 (3.42%) Lead
9 9 (3.42%) Software Engineer
10 8 (3.04%) Data Analyst
10 8 (3.04%) Delivery Manager
11 7 (2.66%) Business Analyst
11 7 (2.66%) Consultant
11 7 (2.66%) Project Manager
11 7 (2.66%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (9.51%) REST
2 19 (7.22%) SAML
3 17 (6.46%) CSS
3 17 (6.46%) Node.js
4 16 (6.08%) Spring
5 13 (4.94%) AngularJS
5 13 (4.94%) HTML
6 12 (4.56%) JSON
6 12 (4.56%) Restlet
6 12 (4.56%) Spring Boot
6 12 (4.56%) Web Services
7 11 (4.18%) GWT
7 11 (4.18%) React
8 10 (3.80%) JAX-RS
8 10 (3.80%) RESTful
9 9 (3.42%) Middleware
10 8 (3.04%) jQuery
10 8 (3.04%) Swagger
11 7 (2.66%) YAML
12 6 (2.28%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.13%) Management Information System
2 16 (6.08%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (6.08%) Virtual Team
3 10 (3.80%) Cloud Native
4 8 (3.04%) IVR
5 7 (2.66%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.66%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.28%) Educational Technology
6 6 (2.28%) Marketing Technology
7 5 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (1.90%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.52%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (1.52%) YARA
9 3 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.14%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.76%) CBDC
10 2 (0.76%) Insider Threat
10 2 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.60%) Linux
2 14 (5.32%) Windows
3 8 (3.04%) Unix
4 4 (1.52%) Android
4 4 (1.52%) CentOS
5 3 (1.14%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.14%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.76%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.38%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.38%) VMS
7 1 (0.38%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (25.10%) Analytics
2 60 (22.81%) Agile
3 46 (17.49%) DevOps
4 40 (15.21%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (13.31%) Migration
6 32 (12.17%) CI/CD
7 26 (9.89%) Business Intelligence
8 24 (9.13%) Computer Science
9 21 (7.98%) Roadmaps
10 20 (7.60%) Data Modelling
10 20 (7.60%) ETL
11 19 (7.22%) Machine Learning
12 18 (6.84%) Software Engineering
13 17 (6.46%) Data Engineering
13 17 (6.46%) Decision-Making
14 16 (6.08%) Containerisation
14 16 (6.08%) Front End Development
14 16 (6.08%) Infrastructure as Code
14 16 (6.08%) Microservices
15 15 (5.70%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 57 (21.67%) Python
2 39 (14.83%) Java
2 39 (14.83%) SQL
3 37 (14.07%) JavaScript
4 18 (6.84%) TypeScript
5 8 (3.04%) PHP
6 7 (2.66%) Bash
7 6 (2.28%) Go
8 5 (1.90%) C#
8 5 (1.90%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.52%) C++
10 3 (1.14%) Groovy
10 3 (1.14%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.76%) R
11 2 (0.76%) Ruby
11 2 (0.76%) Rust
12 1 (0.38%) C
12 1 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.38%) VBA
Qualifications
1 42 (15.97%) Degree
2 18 (6.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (6.08%) Security Cleared
4 15 (5.70%) PMI Certification
4 15 (5.70%) PMP
4 15 (5.70%) SC Cleared
5 13 (4.94%) APMP
6 11 (4.18%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.28%) AWS Certification
7 6 (2.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 6 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.90%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.38%) CISSP
10 1 (0.38%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.38%) IIBA
10 1 (0.38%) PhD
10 1 (0.38%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.08%) GDPR
1 16 (6.08%) QA
2 11 (4.18%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.80%) NIST
4 8 (3.04%) HIPAA
5 6 (2.28%) SOC 2
6 5 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (1.52%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.52%) WCAG
8 3 (1.14%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.76%) PMO
9 2 (0.76%) SLA
10 1 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.38%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 27 (10.27%) Docker
2 8 (3.04%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.52%) Snort
4 3 (1.14%) Firmware
4 3 (1.14%) zsh
5 2 (0.76%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (11.41%) Kubernetes
2 21 (7.98%) Terraform
3 17 (6.46%) Ansible
4 14 (5.32%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (2.28%) Kibana
6 3 (1.14%) Progress Chef
6 3 (1.14%) Puppet
7 2 (0.76%) Grafana
7 2 (0.76%) logstash
7 2 (0.76%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.76%) Salt
8 1 (0.38%) CASB
8 1 (0.38%) Consul
8 1 (0.38%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.38%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.38%) Packer
8 1 (0.38%) Rundeck
8 1 (0.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 50 (19.01%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.37%) Salesforce
3 21 (7.98%) Oracle
4 12 (4.56%) Adobe
5 11 (4.18%) Cisco
5 11 (4.18%) Genesys
6 7 (2.66%) Avaya
7 6 (2.28%) Databricks
7 6 (2.28%) Splunk
8 5 (1.90%) Facebook
8 5 (1.90%) Monetate
8 5 (1.90%) Optimizely
8 5 (1.90%) SAP
9 4 (1.52%) Ensighten
9 4 (1.52%) F5
9 4 (1.52%) Omniture
9 4 (1.52%) Tealium
10 3 (1.14%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.14%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.14%) Snapchat