Google
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Google products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Google over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Google.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 115 61
Rank change year-on-year +17 -54 +25
Permanent jobs citing Google 2,684 2,967 8,960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.66% 3.01% 5.47%
As % of the Vendors category 7.35% 7.17% 14.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,670 1,750 2,856
10th Percentile £26,385 £36,250 £33,868
25th Percentile £36,563 £43,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,515 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.75% +3.22% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,590 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.99% +3.98% +10.53%

All Vendors
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,517 41,380 63,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 36.18% 42.01% 38.92%
Number of salaries quoted 24,842 23,662 33,005
10th Percentile £26,700 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% +5.26% +3.26%

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 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Google in the UK

Google
Top 19 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 23 May 2024. 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 +15 2,356 £55,000 -15.38% 1,177
UK excluding London +57 1,805 £47,500 -12.99% 824
Work from Home -10 937 £57,500 -11.54% 597
London -11 779 £70,000 -6.67% 570
North of England +49 566 £47,500 -20.20% 238
South East +28 339 £46,000 -8.00% 319
North West +43 286 £46,500 -21.88% 150
South West +20 259 £47,500 -9.52% 72
Midlands +43 239 £47,500 -5.00% 88
Yorkshire +41 221 £45,000 -24.40% 76
Scotland +23 194 £69,500 +16.76% 34
East of England +79 133 £28,500 -38.04% 66
West Midlands -6 122 £42,500 -15.00% 44
East Midlands +87 113 £47,500 +5.56% 42
North East +35 59 £53,750 +14.36% 14
Northern Ireland +43 38 £60,000 +51.90% 8
Wales -7 30 £50,000 +11.94% 8
Isle of Man - 4 £82,500 - 1
Channel Islands - 3 £67,500 - 1

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
1 175 (6.52%) Apache
2 149 (5.55%) Apache Airflow
3 114 (4.25%) Apache Spark
4 76 (2.83%) CMS
4 76 (2.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 71 (2.65%) WordPress
6 62 (2.31%) SharePoint
7 55 (2.05%) Confluence
8 28 (1.04%) SAS
9 17 (0.63%) Cloud Foundry
10 13 (0.48%) nginx
10 13 (0.48%) SharePoint 2010
10 13 (0.48%) SharePoint 2013
11 11 (0.41%) Jupyter
12 10 (0.37%) Joomla!
13 8 (0.30%) IIS
14 7 (0.26%) Drupal
14 7 (0.26%) Umbraco
15 6 (0.22%) Luigi
16 4 (0.15%) Ethereum
Applications
1 164 (6.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 160 (5.96%) Microsoft Office
3 85 (3.17%) MS Visio
4 36 (1.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
6 22 (0.82%) Photoshop
7 16 (0.60%) Adobe Illustrator
7 16 (0.60%) Adobe XD
8 14 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 14 (0.52%) Trello
9 10 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
10 9 (0.34%) InDesign
11 4 (0.15%) SPSS
12 3 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
12 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
12 3 (0.11%) Pro Tools
13 2 (0.075%) Adobe Premiere
13 2 (0.075%) FileZilla
13 2 (0.075%) InCopy
13 2 (0.075%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 39 (1.45%) Shopify
2 18 (0.67%) Magento
3 9 (0.34%) Unit4 Business World
4 6 (0.22%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.15%) iTrent
6 4 (0.15%) Raiser’s Edge
7 3 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.075%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.075%) SAP R/3
9 1 (0.037%) Adobe Campaign
9 1 (0.037%) FastStats
9 1 (0.037%) HFM
9 1 (0.037%) Oracle FAH
9 1 (0.037%) SAP FI-GL
9 1 (0.037%) SAP Payroll
9 1 (0.037%) Sprinklr
9 1 (0.037%) Unica
9 1 (0.037%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 1,356 (50.52%) GCP
2 1,099 (40.95%) Azure
3 1,041 (38.79%) AWS
4 335 (12.48%) Google Analytics
5 299 (11.14%) Microsoft 365
6 206 (7.68%) SaaS
7 189 (7.04%) Google Workspace
8 173 (6.45%) Power Platform
9 138 (5.14%) Google Drive
10 134 (4.99%) Azure DevOps
11 122 (4.55%) OneDrive
12 119 (4.43%) Dropbox
13 85 (3.17%) Google Ads
14 81 (3.02%) Google Play
15 80 (2.98%) GitHub
16 72 (2.68%) Google Sheets
17 67 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
18 64 (2.38%) AWS CloudFormation
19 59 (2.20%) Serverless
20 56 (2.09%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 115 (4.28%) Firewall
2 77 (2.87%) Wireless
3 60 (2.24%) DNS
4 55 (2.05%) LAN
5 40 (1.49%) WAN
6 39 (1.45%) Internet
7 37 (1.38%) VPN
7 37 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
8 31 (1.15%) TCP/IP
9 28 (1.04%) AMQP
10 27 (1.01%) Broadband
10 27 (1.01%) HTTP
11 23 (0.86%) VoIP
12 19 (0.71%) DHCP
12 19 (0.71%) VLAN
13 17 (0.63%) Kerberos
14 16 (0.60%) NAS
15 11 (0.41%) Network Security
16 10 (0.37%) BGP
16 10 (0.37%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 477 (17.77%) BigQuery
2 454 (16.92%) Looker
3 271 (10.10%) Data Warehouse
4 176 (6.56%) PostgreSQL
5 170 (6.33%) Power BI
6 169 (6.30%) SQL Server
7 116 (4.32%) Apache Ignite
8 94 (3.50%) Tableau
9 88 (3.28%) Relational Database
10 82 (3.06%) Hadoop
11 77 (2.87%) Big Data
12 75 (2.79%) NoSQL
13 56 (2.09%) Elasticsearch
14 54 (2.01%) Data Lake
15 53 (1.97%) MySQL
16 52 (1.94%) Redis
17 37 (1.38%) MongoDB
18 28 (1.04%) Cloudera CDH
19 23 (0.86%) Data Mining
20 20 (0.75%) Scylla
Development Applications
1 178 (6.63%) Git
2 131 (4.88%) Jenkins
3 87 (3.24%) JIRA
4 63 (2.35%) Cypress.io
5 55 (2.05%) GitLab
6 32 (1.19%) Selenium
7 29 (1.08%) Android Studio
8 24 (0.89%) IBM UrbanCode
9 22 (0.82%) Visual Studio
10 19 (0.71%) Cucumber
11 17 (0.63%) CircleCI
12 16 (0.60%) Maven
12 16 (0.60%) Spinnaker
12 16 (0.60%) TeamCity
13 10 (0.37%) Appium
13 10 (0.37%) SonarQube
14 8 (0.30%) JUnit
14 8 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
14 8 (0.30%) webpack
15 6 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 630 (23.47%) Analytical Skills
2 604 (22.50%) Social Skills
3 567 (21.13%) Finance
4 368 (13.71%) Marketing
5 277 (10.32%) Banking
6 194 (7.23%) Retail
7 177 (6.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 139 (5.18%) Presentation Skills
9 103 (3.84%) Law
10 99 (3.69%) Front Office
11 82 (3.06%) Advertising
12 73 (2.72%) Billing
13 68 (2.53%) Public Sector
14 62 (2.31%) Legal
15 40 (1.49%) Games
16 38 (1.42%) Manufacturing
16 38 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
17 37 (1.38%) Aerospace
18 36 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
19 26 (0.97%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 408 (15.20%) Developer
2 396 (14.75%) Senior
3 384 (14.31%) Architect
4 278 (10.36%) Software Engineer
5 267 (9.95%) Data Engineer
6 241 (8.98%) Principal Engineer
7 181 (6.74%) Platform Engineer
8 178 (6.63%) Principal Data Engineer
9 175 (6.52%) Lead
10 159 (5.92%) Analyst
11 131 (4.88%) Python Engineer
12 128 (4.77%) Cloud Architect
13 121 (4.51%) Data Architect
14 117 (4.36%) Python Developer
15 111 (4.14%) React Developer
16 105 (3.91%) IT Technician
17 104 (3.87%) Cloud Engineer
17 104 (3.87%) Python Software Engineer
18 101 (3.76%) Developer/Software Engineer
19 100 (3.73%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 265 (9.87%) React
2 190 (7.08%) AngularJS
3 163 (6.07%) .NET
4 140 (5.22%) HTML
5 136 (5.07%) REST
6 131 (4.88%) gRPC
7 130 (4.84%) CSS
8 128 (4.77%) Node.js
9 127 (4.73%) Material-UI
10 110 (4.10%) Spring
11 108 (4.02%) Redux
12 107 (3.99%) ASP.NET
12 107 (3.99%) Kafka
13 99 (3.69%) Protocol Buffers
14 98 (3.65%) .NET Framework
15 96 (3.58%) .NET Core
16 93 (3.46%) Entity Framework
17 85 (3.17%) Twitter Bootstrap
18 81 (3.02%) ASP.NET Web API
19 80 (2.98%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 366 (13.64%) Self-Motivation
2 217 (8.08%) Public Cloud
3 156 (5.81%) Product Ownership
4 131 (4.88%) Social Media
5 114 (4.25%) iPad
6 109 (4.06%) Cloud Native
7 103 (3.84%) Management Information System
8 99 (3.69%) Algorithms
8 99 (3.69%) Fixed Income
8 99 (3.69%) Hedge funds
9 98 (3.65%) PKI
10 97 (3.61%) Mobile App
11 63 (2.35%) Onboarding
12 58 (2.16%) Data Structures
13 52 (1.94%) Equities
14 48 (1.79%) BBC
15 42 (1.56%) iPhone
16 36 (1.34%) Data Centre
17 27 (1.01%) IoT
18 26 (0.97%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 290 (10.80%) Windows
2 160 (5.96%) Linux
3 121 (4.51%) Android
4 114 (4.25%) Windows Server
5 54 (2.01%) Apple iOS
6 52 (1.94%) Mac OS
7 35 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 35 (1.30%) Windows 10
8 31 (1.15%) Ubuntu
9 29 (1.08%) CentOS
10 28 (1.04%) Debian
11 27 (1.01%) Unix
12 24 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
12 24 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
13 8 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
14 5 (0.19%) VMS
14 5 (0.19%) Windows 7
14 5 (0.19%) Windows 8
15 4 (0.15%) DC/OS
15 4 (0.15%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 944 (35.17%) Agile
2 831 (30.96%) Problem-Solving
3 525 (19.56%) Analytics
4 520 (19.37%) Mentoring
5 468 (17.44%) DevOps
6 440 (16.39%) Data Engineering
7 405 (15.09%) Software Engineering
8 398 (14.83%) Platform Engineering
9 319 (11.89%) Project Management
10 299 (11.14%) CI/CD
11 283 (10.54%) Full Stack Development
12 263 (9.80%) Data Science
13 259 (9.65%) Migration
14 258 (9.61%) ETL
15 253 (9.43%) Data Modelling
16 251 (9.35%) Roadmaps
17 238 (8.87%) Artificial Intelligence
17 238 (8.87%) Microservices
18 230 (8.57%) Data Pipeline
19 229 (8.53%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 535 (19.93%) Python
2 445 (16.58%) SQL
3 293 (10.92%) JavaScript
4 292 (10.88%) Java
5 215 (8.01%) TypeScript
6 184 (6.86%) C#
7 79 (2.94%) Scala
8 72 (2.68%) Go
8 72 (2.68%) Kotlin
9 64 (2.38%) PHP
10 59 (2.20%) PowerShell
11 54 (2.01%) Bash
12 34 (1.27%) R
13 31 (1.15%) C++
14 23 (0.86%) Groovy
15 20 (0.75%) C
16 16 (0.60%) T-SQL
17 14 (0.52%) Shell Script
18 9 (0.34%) Rust
19 8 (0.30%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 397 (14.79%) Degree
2 132 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
3 106 (3.95%) Security Cleared
4 94 (3.50%) SC Cleared
5 71 (2.65%) DBS Check
6 51 (1.90%) Master's Degree
7 43 (1.60%) AWS Certification
8 40 (1.49%) DV Cleared
9 38 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
10 36 (1.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 22 (0.82%) MCSE
12 20 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (0.75%) CISSP
13 17 (0.63%) PhD
14 16 (0.60%) Azure Certification
15 15 (0.56%) HND
15 15 (0.56%) MCITP
16 13 (0.48%) HNC
17 12 (0.45%) CIPD
17 12 (0.45%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 305 (11.36%) GDPR
2 189 (7.04%) QA
3 165 (6.15%) Data Quality
4 37 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 32 (1.19%) Accessibility
6 24 (0.89%) SLA
7 17 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (0.48%) SOC 2
9 12 (0.45%) COBIT
9 12 (0.45%) NIST
9 12 (0.45%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.30%) PSD2
11 7 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.26%) COSHH
11 7 (0.26%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.26%) NEBOSH
12 6 (0.22%) WCAG
13 4 (0.15%) NCSC
14 3 (0.11%) CRD IV
14 3 (0.11%) GRC
System Software
1 242 (9.02%) Docker
2 164 (6.11%) Active Directory
3 111 (4.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 76 (2.83%) Hyper-V
5 27 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (0.71%) XenDesktop
7 16 (0.60%) XenApp
8 10 (0.37%) KVM
9 8 (0.30%) vSphere
10 7 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
11 6 (0.22%) Firmware
12 4 (0.15%) VMware Server
12 4 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.075%) HDFS
13 2 (0.075%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.075%) Varnish
13 2 (0.075%) Virtual Desktop
14 1 (0.037%) Apache Flume
14 1 (0.037%) etcd
14 1 (0.037%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 276 (10.28%) Kubernetes
2 242 (9.02%) Terraform
3 100 (3.73%) Ansible
4 49 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 41 (1.53%) Puppet
6 39 (1.45%) SCCM
7 36 (1.34%) Grafana
7 36 (1.34%) Progress Chef
8 28 (1.04%) Prometheus
9 15 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
10 14 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
11 9 (0.34%) SCOM
12 7 (0.26%) PaperCut
13 6 (0.22%) Packer
14 5 (0.19%) logstash
15 4 (0.15%) Argo
15 4 (0.15%) Istio
15 4 (0.15%) Rancher
16 3 (0.11%) Galera Cluster
16 3 (0.11%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 698 (26.01%) Microsoft
2 152 (5.66%) Apple
3 124 (4.62%) VMware
4 77 (2.87%) Adobe
5 69 (2.57%) Facebook
6 67 (2.50%) Oracle
7 59 (2.20%) Cisco
8 54 (2.01%) IBM
9 43 (1.60%) Dell
10 42 (1.56%) Databricks
11 36 (1.34%) Sony
11 36 (1.34%) Yahoo!
12 33 (1.23%) Salesforce
13 32 (1.19%) Red Hat
14 31 (1.15%) HP
15 30 (1.12%) Citrix
16 28 (1.04%) SaltStack
17 27 (1.01%) Dynatrace
18 26 (0.97%) Splunk
19 25 (0.93%) SAP