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 25 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
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 114 61
Rank change year-on-year +16 -53 +26
Permanent jobs citing Google 2,686 2,941 8,982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.64% 3.01% 5.47%
As % of the Vendors category 7.34% 7.16% 14.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,669 1,743 2,848
10th Percentile £26,370 £36,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £36,500 £42,874 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,029 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.10% +2.45% -
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 36,572 41,087 63,974
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.97% 41.99% 38.94%
Number of salaries quoted 24,875 23,613 33,066
10th Percentile £26,725 £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 25 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 25 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 +19 2,359 £55,000 -15.38% 1,274
UK excluding London +55 1,810 £47,500 -12.99% 900
Work from Home -15 939 £55,000 -15.38% 603
London -13 777 £70,000 -6.67% 607
North of England +49 569 £47,200 -20.71% 260
South East +27 341 £46,000 -8.00% 348
North West +51 290 £45,000 -24.40% 174
South West +18 259 £47,500 -9.52% 77
Midlands +42 239 £47,500 -5.00% 102
Yorkshire +45 221 £45,000 -24.40% 71
Scotland +20 193 £69,500 +16.76% 34
East of England +92 133 £28,500 -37.36% 74
West Midlands -9 122 £42,500 -15.00% 51
East Midlands +74 113 £47,500 +5.56% 49
North East +34 58 £55,000 +17.02% 17
Northern Ireland +38 39 £60,000 +51.90% 9
Wales -5 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
3 113 (4.21%) Apache Spark
4 76 (2.83%) Microsoft Exchange
5 75 (2.79%) CMS
6 70 (2.61%) WordPress
7 62 (2.31%) SharePoint
8 55 (2.05%) Confluence
9 28 (1.04%) SAS
10 17 (0.63%) Cloud Foundry
11 13 (0.48%) nginx
11 13 (0.48%) SharePoint 2010
11 13 (0.48%) SharePoint 2013
12 11 (0.41%) Jupyter
13 10 (0.37%) Joomla!
14 8 (0.30%) IIS
15 7 (0.26%) Drupal
15 7 (0.26%) Umbraco
16 6 (0.22%) Luigi
17 4 (0.15%) Ethereum
Applications
1 167 (6.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 159 (5.92%) Microsoft Office
3 85 (3.16%) MS Visio
4 37 (1.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 23 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
6 20 (0.74%) Photoshop
7 16 (0.60%) Adobe XD
8 15 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
9 14 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 14 (0.52%) Trello
10 10 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
11 8 (0.30%) InDesign
12 4 (0.15%) SPSS
13 3 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
13 3 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
13 3 (0.11%) Pro Tools
14 2 (0.074%) Adobe Premiere
14 2 (0.074%) FileZilla
14 2 (0.074%) Notion
14 2 (0.074%) 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 (0.074%) Infor SunSystems
8 2 (0.074%) 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 1,353 (50.37%) GCP
2 1,099 (40.92%) Azure
3 1,039 (38.68%) AWS
4 333 (12.40%) Google Analytics
5 299 (11.13%) Microsoft 365
6 205 (7.63%) SaaS
7 188 (7.00%) Google Workspace
8 170 (6.33%) Power Platform
9 138 (5.14%) Google Drive
10 134 (4.99%) Azure DevOps
11 122 (4.54%) OneDrive
12 119 (4.43%) Dropbox
13 89 (3.31%) Google Ads
14 81 (3.02%) Google Play
15 79 (2.94%) GitHub
16 72 (2.68%) Google Sheets
17 67 (2.49%) Cloud Computing
18 64 (2.38%) AWS CloudFormation
19 58 (2.16%) Serverless
20 56 (2.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 115 (4.28%) Firewall
2 77 (2.87%) Wireless
3 60 (2.23%) 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
1 478 (17.80%) BigQuery
2 453 (16.87%) Looker
3 271 (10.09%) Data Warehouse
4 176 (6.55%) PostgreSQL
5 169 (6.29%) SQL Server
6 167 (6.22%) Power BI
7 116 (4.32%) Apache Ignite
8 92 (3.43%) Tableau
9 88 (3.28%) Relational Database
10 81 (3.02%) Hadoop
11 76 (2.83%) Big Data
12 75 (2.79%) NoSQL
13 55 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
14 54 (2.01%) Data Lake
15 53 (1.97%) MySQL
16 51 (1.90%) Redis
17 37 (1.38%) MongoDB
18 28 (1.04%) Cloudera CDH
19 22 (0.82%) Data Mining
20 20 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 177 (6.59%) Git
2 131 (4.88%) Jenkins
3 87 (3.24%) JIRA
4 63 (2.35%) Cypress.io
5 54 (2.01%) 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
11 17 (0.63%) 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
1 632 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
2 603 (22.45%) Social Skills
3 565 (21.03%) Finance
4 372 (13.85%) Marketing
5 276 (10.28%) Banking
6 196 (7.30%) Retail
7 177 (6.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 138 (5.14%) Presentation Skills
9 103 (3.83%) Law
10 99 (3.69%) Front Office
11 84 (3.13%) Advertising
12 73 (2.72%) Billing
13 67 (2.49%) Public Sector
14 62 (2.31%) Legal
15 40 (1.49%) Games
16 39 (1.45%) Manufacturing
16 39 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
17 37 (1.38%) Aerospace
17 37 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
18 26 (0.97%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 407 (15.15%) Developer
2 396 (14.74%) Senior
3 385 (14.33%) Architect
4 277 (10.31%) Software Engineer
5 266 (9.90%) Data Engineer
6 240 (8.94%) Principal Engineer
7 181 (6.74%) Platform Engineer
8 178 (6.63%) Principal Data Engineer
9 175 (6.52%) Lead
10 160 (5.96%) Analyst
11 130 (4.84%) Python Engineer
12 129 (4.80%) Cloud Architect
13 121 (4.50%) Data Architect
14 117 (4.36%) Python Developer
15 111 (4.13%) React Developer
16 105 (3.91%) IT Technician
17 104 (3.87%) Python Software Engineer
18 103 (3.83%) Cloud Engineer
19 101 (3.76%) Developer/Software Engineer
20 100 (3.72%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 265 (9.87%) React
2 189 (7.04%) AngularJS
3 163 (6.07%) .NET
4 140 (5.21%) HTML
5 135 (5.03%) REST
6 131 (4.88%) gRPC
7 129 (4.80%) CSS
8 128 (4.77%) Node.js
9 127 (4.73%) Material-UI
10 109 (4.06%) Spring
11 108 (4.02%) Redux
12 107 (3.98%) ASP.NET
13 106 (3.95%) Kafka
14 99 (3.69%) Protocol Buffers
15 98 (3.65%) .NET Framework
16 96 (3.57%) .NET Core
17 93 (3.46%) Entity Framework
18 85 (3.16%) Twitter Bootstrap
19 81 (3.02%) ASP.NET Web API
20 80 (2.98%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 366 (13.63%) Self-Motivation
2 217 (8.08%) Public Cloud
3 155 (5.77%) Product Ownership
4 131 (4.88%) Social Media
5 114 (4.24%) iPad
6 108 (4.02%) Cloud Native
7 102 (3.80%) 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 62 (2.31%) Onboarding
12 57 (2.12%) 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
1 289 (10.76%) Windows
2 159 (5.92%) Linux
3 121 (4.50%) Android
4 114 (4.24%) Windows Server
5 54 (2.01%) Apple iOS
6 51 (1.90%) Mac OS
7 35 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 34 (1.27%) Windows 10
9 31 (1.15%) Ubuntu
10 29 (1.08%) CentOS
11 28 (1.04%) Debian
12 27 (1.01%) Unix
13 24 (0.89%) Windows Server 2016
13 24 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
14 8 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
15 5 (0.19%) VMS
15 5 (0.19%) Windows 7
15 5 (0.19%) Windows 8
16 4 (0.15%) DC/OS
16 4 (0.15%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 943 (35.11%) Agile
2 831 (30.94%) Problem-Solving
3 525 (19.55%) Analytics
4 520 (19.36%) Mentoring
5 466 (17.35%) DevOps
6 440 (16.38%) Data Engineering
7 403 (15.00%) Software Engineering
8 398 (14.82%) Platform Engineering
9 320 (11.91%) Project Management
10 299 (11.13%) CI/CD
11 282 (10.50%) Full Stack Development
12 262 (9.75%) Data Science
13 258 (9.61%) ETL
13 258 (9.61%) Migration
14 253 (9.42%) Data Modelling
15 251 (9.34%) Roadmaps
16 238 (8.86%) Microservices
17 237 (8.82%) Artificial Intelligence
18 229 (8.53%) Data Pipeline
19 228 (8.49%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 533 (19.84%) Python
2 445 (16.57%) SQL
3 291 (10.83%) JavaScript
4 290 (10.80%) Java
5 215 (8.00%) TypeScript
6 184 (6.85%) C#
7 78 (2.90%) Scala
8 72 (2.68%) Kotlin
9 71 (2.64%) Go
10 63 (2.35%) PHP
11 59 (2.20%) PowerShell
12 53 (1.97%) Bash
13 34 (1.27%) R
14 31 (1.15%) C++
15 23 (0.86%) Groovy
16 20 (0.74%) C
17 16 (0.60%) T-SQL
18 13 (0.48%) Shell Script
19 9 (0.34%) Rust
20 8 (0.30%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 397 (14.78%) Degree
2 132 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 105 (3.91%) Security Cleared
4 93 (3.46%) SC Cleared
5 71 (2.64%) DBS Check
6 51 (1.90%) Master's Degree
7 43 (1.60%) AWS Certification
8 40 (1.49%) DV Cleared
9 38 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
10 36 (1.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 22 (0.82%) MCSE
12 20 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (0.74%) 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
3 164 (6.11%) 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 (9.01%) Docker
2 162 (6.03%) Active Directory
3 111 (4.13%) 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 (0.074%) HDFS
13 2 (0.074%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.074%) Varnish
13 2 (0.074%) Virtual Desktop
14 1 (0.037%) Apache Flume
14 1 (0.037%) etcd
14 1 (0.037%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 274 (10.20%) Kubernetes
2 242 (9.01%) Terraform
3 100 (3.72%) Ansible
4 49 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 42 (1.56%) Puppet
6 38 (1.41%) SCCM
7 37 (1.38%) Progress Chef
8 36 (1.34%) Grafana
9 28 (1.04%) Prometheus
10 15 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
11 13 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
12 9 (0.34%) SCOM
13 7 (0.26%) Packer
13 7 (0.26%) PaperCut
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%) Salt
Vendors
1 701 (26.10%) Microsoft
2 152 (5.66%) Apple
3 124 (4.62%) VMware
4 75 (2.79%) Adobe
5 69 (2.57%) Facebook
6 67 (2.49%) Oracle
7 59 (2.20%) Cisco
8 54 (2.01%) IBM
9 42 (1.56%) Databricks
9 42 (1.56%) Dell
10 36 (1.34%) Sony
10 36 (1.34%) Yahoo!
11 32 (1.19%) Red Hat
11 32 (1.19%) Salesforce
12 31 (1.15%) HP
13 30 (1.12%) Citrix
14 28 (1.04%) SaltStack
15 27 (1.01%) Dynatrace
16 26 (0.97%) Splunk
17 25 (0.93%) SAP