Google Contracts in England

Google
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of Google products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Google over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 111 112
Rank change year-on-year +6 +1 -17
Contract jobs citing Google 774 1,094 1,732
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.06% 2.33% 2.47%
As % of the Vendors category 4.90% 5.47% 6.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 481 797 1,183
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £440 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £688
90th Percentile £750 £783 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.65% +7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 32 36
10th Percentile £11.42 £14.08 £17.50
25th Percentile £24.44 £21.00 £27.25
Median hourly rate £33.00 £39.55 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.56% +13.00% +15.32%
75th Percentile £70.00 £58.75 £60.81
90th Percentile - £60.61 £76.67
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £39.60 £35.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +13.14% +6.54%

All Vendors
England

Google falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,802 19,999 28,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.13% 42.52% 39.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,992 13,722 19,314
10th Percentile £270 £267 £278
25th Percentile £408 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% +0.95% +6.92%
75th Percentile £630 £650 £638
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,063 547 756
10th Percentile £12.28 £15.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.50 £18.84 £15.25
Median hourly rate £23.50 £37.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.49% +72.09% +7.50%
75th Percentile £59.10 £60.00 £48.48
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.25 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £22.56 £42.50 £21.64
% change year-on-year -46.92% +96.40% +5.56%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Google in England

Google
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Google in England.

Daily rate trend for Google in England

Google
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Google in England

Google
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Google in England.

Hourly rate trend for Google in England

Google
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Google in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Google in England

Google
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +4 474 £550 -5.98% 418
North of England -9 87 £505 -3.81% 223
South West +29 76 £450 -14.29% 64
South East -44 60 £388 +13.97% 120
Yorkshire +2 42 £507 -7.82% 69
North West -3 40 £475 -9.52% 136
Midlands +2 27 £575 +2.22% 87
East of England -3 24 £525 -1.87% 48
East Midlands +1 14 £613 +20.10% 36
West Midlands +1 13 £525 -25.00% 52
North East +10 5 £600 +54.84% 21
Google
UK

Google
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 69 (8.91%) Apache Airflow
2 68 (8.79%) Apache
3 35 (4.52%) Confluence
4 21 (2.71%) Apache Spark
5 10 (1.29%) CMS
5 10 (1.29%) SharePoint
6 8 (1.03%) WordPress
7 7 (0.90%) Apache Solr
7 7 (0.90%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.78%) Anypoint
8 6 (0.78%) nginx
8 6 (0.78%) SAS
9 4 (0.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.39%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.26%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.26%) Drupal
12 1 (0.13%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 45 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (3.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (0.78%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.52%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.39%) Acrobat
8 2 (0.26%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.26%) UserZoom
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.13%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 6 (0.78%) Shopify
2 5 (0.65%) Adobe Campaign
3 4 (0.52%) FastStats
3 4 (0.52%) Unica
4 3 (0.39%) WebTrends
5 2 (0.26%) Magento
6 1 (0.13%) Cloudability
6 1 (0.13%) Eloqua
6 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.13%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.13%) SAP MII
6 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.13%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 459 (59.30%) GCP
2 256 (33.07%) AWS
3 240 (31.01%) Azure
4 94 (12.14%) Google Analytics
5 76 (9.82%) Google Workspace
6 63 (8.14%) GitHub
7 44 (5.68%) SaaS
8 36 (4.65%) Cloud Computing
9 34 (4.39%) Power Platform
10 32 (4.13%) PaaS
11 28 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
12 26 (3.36%) Serverless
13 25 (3.23%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 23 (2.97%) Apigee
14 23 (2.97%) OpenShift
15 20 (2.58%) Google Sheets
16 17 (2.20%) IaaS
17 16 (2.07%) Amazon S3
18 15 (1.94%) Slack
19 14 (1.81%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.36%) Firewall
2 21 (2.71%) VoIP
2 21 (2.71%) VPN
3 19 (2.45%) DNS
3 19 (2.45%) SNMP
3 19 (2.45%) Software-Defined Radio
4 12 (1.55%) TCP/IP
5 11 (1.42%) HTTP
6 10 (1.29%) DHCP
6 10 (1.29%) LAN
6 10 (1.29%) Wireless
7 9 (1.16%) IPsec
7 9 (1.16%) PBX
8 8 (1.03%) Network Security
8 8 (1.03%) VLAN
8 8 (1.03%) WAN
9 6 (0.78%) BGP
9 6 (0.78%) OSPF
9 6 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.65%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (12.40%) PostgreSQL
2 91 (11.76%) BigQuery
3 65 (8.40%) Apache Ignite
4 36 (4.65%) NoSQL
5 32 (4.13%) Big Data
5 32 (4.13%) Power BI
6 31 (4.01%) Looker
6 31 (4.01%) Relational Database
7 30 (3.88%) Data Warehouse
8 26 (3.36%) MySQL
9 19 (2.45%) Data Lake
10 17 (2.20%) Tableau
11 14 (1.81%) Hadoop
12 12 (1.55%) RDBMS
13 11 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (1.42%) Amazon Redshift
14 10 (1.29%) Amazon Athena
15 8 (1.03%) Bigtable
15 8 (1.03%) Spark SQL
16 7 (0.90%) Cloud Spanner
Development Applications
1 92 (11.89%) Jenkins
2 74 (9.56%) JIRA
3 71 (9.17%) Git
4 51 (6.59%) Cypress.io
5 47 (6.07%) GoogleTest
6 24 (3.10%) Bitbucket
7 22 (2.84%) GitLab
8 20 (2.58%) Robot Framework
9 19 (2.45%) Eclipse
10 13 (1.68%) Maven
11 9 (1.16%) Rational DOORS
12 8 (1.03%) Visual Website Optimizer
13 7 (0.90%) Postman
13 7 (0.90%) TeamCity
14 3 (0.39%) Appium
14 3 (0.39%) gulp
15 2 (0.26%) CircleCI
15 2 (0.26%) Darcs
15 2 (0.26%) Terragrunt
15 2 (0.26%) webpack
General
1 181 (23.39%) Finance
2 172 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 122 (15.76%) Banking
4 72 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
5 65 (8.40%) Front Office
6 56 (7.24%) Retail
7 49 (6.33%) Marketing
8 30 (3.88%) Public Sector
9 27 (3.49%) Legal
10 22 (2.84%) Telecoms
11 16 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (1.55%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.29%) Advertising
13 10 (1.29%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.16%) Local Government
14 9 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (0.90%) Digital Economy
16 6 (0.78%) Investment Banking
16 6 (0.78%) Law
17 5 (0.65%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 194 (25.06%) Developer
2 121 (15.63%) Architect
3 112 (14.47%) Software Engineer
4 69 (8.91%) Python Developer
5 67 (8.66%) Developer/Software Engineer
5 67 (8.66%) Python Engineer
6 66 (8.53%) Analyst
6 66 (8.53%) Python Software Engineer
6 66 (8.53%) React Developer
7 61 (7.88%) Senior
8 54 (6.98%) Solutions Architect
9 44 (5.68%) Java Developer
10 38 (4.91%) Full Stack Developer
10 38 (4.91%) Full Stack Engineer
11 37 (4.78%) Java Engineer
12 36 (4.65%) GCP Engineer
13 33 (4.26%) Full Stack Python Developer
13 33 (4.26%) Full Stack Software Engineer
14 32 (4.13%) Java Software Engineer
15 28 (3.62%) C++ Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (10.47%) React
2 71 (9.17%) gRPC
3 65 (8.40%) Material-UI
3 65 (8.40%) Protocol Buffers
3 65 (8.40%) Redux
4 49 (6.33%) CSS
4 49 (6.33%) REST
5 47 (6.07%) HTML
6 46 (5.94%) Node.js
7 36 (4.65%) Spring
8 30 (3.88%) SAML
9 29 (3.75%) Qt
9 29 (3.75%) Spring Boot
10 24 (3.10%) AngularJS
11 23 (2.97%) Kafka
12 22 (2.84%) RESTful
13 21 (2.71%) OAuth
14 20 (2.58%) Restlet
14 20 (2.58%) Swagger
15 19 (2.45%) GWT
Miscellaneous
1 67 (8.66%) Hedge funds
2 66 (8.53%) Fixed Income
3 34 (4.39%) Equities
4 32 (4.13%) Public Cloud
5 31 (4.01%) Management Information System
6 29 (3.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 25 (3.23%) Cloud Native
7 25 (3.23%) Linux Command Line
7 25 (3.23%) Product Ownership
8 23 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (1.94%) Virtual Team
11 14 (1.81%) Mobile App
11 14 (1.81%) Security Posture
12 13 (1.68%) Video Conferencing
13 11 (1.42%) PKI
13 11 (1.42%) Social Media
14 10 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
14 10 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.16%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 82 (10.59%) Linux
2 44 (5.68%) Windows
3 20 (2.58%) Unix
4 15 (1.94%) Android
4 15 (1.94%) Apple iOS
5 14 (1.81%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.78%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.52%) CentOS
7 4 (0.52%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.13%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.13%) VMS
8 1 (0.13%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (29.20%) Agile
2 153 (19.77%) CI/CD
3 145 (18.73%) Software Engineering
4 144 (18.60%) Analytics
5 134 (17.31%) DevOps
6 122 (15.76%) Problem-Solving
7 104 (13.44%) Machine Learning
8 96 (12.40%) Artificial Intelligence
9 81 (10.47%) Full Stack Development
10 76 (9.82%) Containerisation
11 73 (9.43%) Asset Management
12 72 (9.30%) Computer Science
12 72 (9.30%) Infrastructure as Code
13 68 (8.79%) Investment Management
14 65 (8.40%) Automated Trading
15 64 (8.27%) Microservices
16 58 (7.49%) Migration
17 53 (6.85%) ETL
17 53 (6.85%) Roadmaps
18 50 (6.46%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 241 (31.14%) Python
2 150 (19.38%) Java
3 113 (14.60%) SQL
4 97 (12.53%) TypeScript
5 89 (11.50%) JavaScript
6 55 (7.11%) C++
7 28 (3.62%) Bash
8 22 (2.84%) PowerShell
9 20 (2.58%) Go
10 10 (1.29%) C#
10 10 (1.29%) PHP
11 8 (1.03%) Scala
12 7 (0.90%) Groovy
13 6 (0.78%) C
13 6 (0.78%) Rust
13 6 (0.78%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.52%) Google Apps Script
15 3 (0.39%) R
16 2 (0.26%) Ruby
17 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 107 (13.82%) Degree
2 60 (7.75%) Security Cleared
3 49 (6.33%) SC Cleared
4 48 (6.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (2.07%) AWS Certification
5 16 (2.07%) Azure Certification
5 16 (2.07%) PMI Certification
5 16 (2.07%) PMP
6 15 (1.94%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (1.55%) APMP
8 12 (1.55%) CISSP
8 12 (1.55%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.42%) CCNP
9 11 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (0.90%) CCNA
12 7 (0.90%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.90%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.65%) GDPR
2 33 (4.26%) QA
3 29 (3.75%) MISRA
4 15 (1.94%) HIPAA
5 14 (1.81%) Data Quality
6 12 (1.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (1.42%) NIST
8 9 (1.16%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.78%) SOC 2
9 6 (0.78%) WCAG
10 5 (0.65%) SLA
11 4 (0.52%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.39%) ISO 31000
12 3 (0.39%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.26%) GRC
13 2 (0.26%) IFRS
13 2 (0.26%) ISO 20022
14 1 (0.13%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 69 (8.91%) Docker
2 22 (2.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (2.33%) Firmware
4 17 (2.20%) Active Directory
5 11 (1.42%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.78%) VMware NSX
7 4 (0.52%) Shibboleth
8 3 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.26%) KVM
9 2 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.26%) zsh
10 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
10 1 (0.13%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.13%) Snort
10 1 (0.13%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 101 (13.05%) Terraform
2 92 (11.89%) Kubernetes
3 39 (5.04%) Ansible
4 24 (3.10%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (1.42%) Istio
6 9 (1.16%) Grafana
6 9 (1.16%) SCCM
7 8 (1.03%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.90%) Rancher
9 6 (0.78%) OPNET
10 5 (0.65%) SolarWinds Orion
11 4 (0.52%) Kibana
11 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (0.52%) Nessus
11 4 (0.52%) Oracle Identity Management
11 4 (0.52%) PowerCLI
11 4 (0.52%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.39%) Argo
12 3 (0.39%) Puppet
13 2 (0.26%) logstash
Vendors
1 140 (18.09%) Microsoft
2 50 (6.46%) Oracle
3 40 (5.17%) Salesforce
4 32 (4.13%) Adobe
5 28 (3.62%) Cisco
6 25 (3.23%) Apple
6 25 (3.23%) VMware
7 24 (3.10%) Atlassian
7 24 (3.10%) SAP
8 14 (1.81%) Avaya
9 13 (1.68%) IBM
9 13 (1.68%) Optimizely
10 11 (1.42%) Okta
11 10 (1.29%) Databricks
12 9 (1.16%) Ericsson
12 9 (1.16%) Juniper
12 9 (1.16%) Nokia
12 9 (1.16%) Ribbon
13 8 (1.03%) Splunk
14 7 (0.90%) Tealium