Google Contract Job Trends in Central London

Google
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 16 July 2026, 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
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 80 74
Rank change year-on-year +3 -6 +9
Contract jobs citing Google 74 52 63
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 2.82% 2.54% 2.64%
As % of the Vendors category 6.83% 5.35% 5.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 33 45
10th Percentile £331 £335 £355
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £675
90th Percentile £645 £720 £768
London median daily rate £510 £500 £535
% change year-on-year +1.95% -6.50% -10.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £22.63 £43.14 -
25th Percentile £22.83 £45.99 £40.75
Median hourly rate £23.16 £51.44 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -54.98% +23.95% +29.69%
75th Percentile £32.21 £76.08 £42.25
90th Percentile £37.63 £90.43 -
London median hourly rate £35.50 £49.25 £26.97
% change year-on-year -27.92% +82.61% -60.04%

All Vendors
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,083 972 1,059
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 41.21% 47.39% 44.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 733 618 762
10th Percentile £350 £312 £313
25th Percentile £440 £423 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £549
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% +0.27% -0.27%
75th Percentile £653 £675 £664
90th Percentile £750 £754 £775
London median daily rate £525 £528 £525
% change year-on-year -0.57% +0.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 18 12
10th Percentile - £23.23 £13.08
25th Percentile £18.75 £26.91 £17.88
Median hourly rate £21.75 £32.83 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.74% +21.57% +8.00%
75th Percentile £41.69 £62.00 £69.06
90th Percentile £63.88 £75.90 £133.00
London median hourly rate £35.50 £27.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +31.48% +8.00% -21.68%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Google relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Google job vacancy trend in Central London

Google
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Google.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Google

Google
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google in Central London over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Google in Central London

Google
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Google.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Google

Google
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Google in Central London over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Google in Central London

Google
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the Central London region over the 6 months to 16 July 2026. 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
City of London +11 69 £525 - 22
City of Westminster -4 6 £425 -20.93% 11
West End of London -6 5 £375 -11.76% 2
Google
London

Google
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.41%) Apache Airflow
1 4 (5.41%) Confluence
2 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.70%) Apache
3 2 (2.70%) CMS
3 2 (2.70%) Drupal
3 2 (2.70%) WordPress
4 1 (1.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.35%) iTrent
1 1 (1.35%) NetSuite
1 1 (1.35%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 50 (67.57%) GCP
2 14 (18.92%) AWS
3 13 (17.57%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 11 (14.86%) Azure
5 10 (13.51%) Google Workspace
6 6 (8.11%) Power Platform
6 6 (8.11%) Vertex AI
7 5 (6.76%) Google Analytics
7 5 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (5.41%) Google Sheets
9 3 (4.05%) Anthos
9 3 (4.05%) Cloud Functions
9 3 (4.05%) Google App Engine
9 3 (4.05%) Google Docs
9 3 (4.05%) IaaS
9 3 (4.05%) OpenShift
9 3 (4.05%) PaaS
9 3 (4.05%) Slack
9 3 (4.05%) Snowflake
10 2 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.11%) DNS
1 6 (8.11%) Firewall
1 6 (8.11%) VPN
2 3 (4.05%) DHCP
2 3 (4.05%) Network Security
2 3 (4.05%) SMTP
3 2 (2.70%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.81%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (6.76%) Power BI
2 5 (6.76%) Tableau
3 4 (5.41%) BigQuery
4 3 (4.05%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (4.05%) Big Data
4 3 (4.05%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (4.05%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (2.70%) MySQL
5 2 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.70%) Star Schema
6 1 (1.35%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (1.35%) Looker
6 1 (1.35%) Metadata
6 1 (1.35%) OLAP
6 1 (1.35%) Oracle OLAP
6 1 (1.35%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (8.11%) JIRA
2 4 (5.41%) GitLab
3 2 (2.70%) Git
4 1 (1.35%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.35%) ERwin
4 1 (1.35%) Jenkins
General
1 17 (22.97%) Social Skills
2 12 (16.22%) Public Sector
3 9 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (12.16%) Finance
4 7 (9.46%) Banking
5 6 (8.11%) Marketing
5 6 (8.11%) Retail
6 3 (4.05%) Legal
6 3 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Advertising
7 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.35%) German Language
7 1 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.35%) Law
7 1 (1.35%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.35%) Military
7 1 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.35%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 14 (18.92%) GCP Engineer
2 12 (16.22%) Cloud Engineer
3 10 (13.51%) Architect
4 5 (6.76%) Lead
4 5 (6.76%) Support Engineer
5 4 (5.41%) Analyst
5 4 (5.41%) Cloud Architect
5 4 (5.41%) Cloud Platform Engineer
5 4 (5.41%) Data Engineer
5 4 (5.41%) Platform Engineer
5 4 (5.41%) Senior
6 3 (4.05%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (4.05%) Consultant
6 3 (4.05%) Coordinator
6 3 (4.05%) Infrastructure Architect
6 3 (4.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) Product Manager
6 3 (4.05%) Security Architect
6 3 (4.05%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.05%) Kafka
1 3 (4.05%) OAuth
2 2 (2.70%) PySpark
2 2 (2.70%) SAML
3 1 (1.35%) FastAPI
3 1 (1.35%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.35%) JWT
3 1 (1.35%) LangGraph
3 1 (1.35%) MicroProfile
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.35%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.35%) Pandas
3 1 (1.35%) Phoenix
3 1 (1.35%) Phoenix Framework
3 1 (1.35%) Playwright
3 1 (1.35%) Quarkus
3 1 (1.35%) React
3 1 (1.35%) React Native
3 1 (1.35%) RESTEasy
3 1 (1.35%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.51%) Cloud Native
2 7 (9.46%) Data Centre
3 6 (8.11%) Clustering
4 4 (5.41%) AI Agents
5 3 (4.05%) Management Information System
5 3 (4.05%) PKI
6 2 (2.70%) Digital Wallet
6 2 (2.70%) Educational Technology
6 2 (2.70%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.70%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.70%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.35%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.35%) Genomics
7 1 (1.35%) Legacy Code
7 1 (1.35%) Life Science
7 1 (1.35%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (1.35%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.35%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.35%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.41%) Linux
1 4 (5.41%) Windows
2 3 (4.05%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.35%) Android
3 1 (1.35%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.35%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.35%) SUSE
3 1 (1.35%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (35.14%) AI
2 22 (29.73%) CI/CD
3 20 (27.03%) Analytics
4 15 (20.27%) Migration
5 14 (18.92%) Agile
6 13 (17.57%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (16.22%) Infrastructure as Code
8 11 (14.86%) Machine Learning
9 9 (12.16%) DevOps
9 9 (12.16%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (9.46%) Cloud Security
10 7 (9.46%) Data Governance
10 7 (9.46%) Data Modelling
10 7 (9.46%) ETL
10 7 (9.46%) Observability
11 6 (8.11%) Containerisation
11 6 (8.11%) Data Science
11 6 (8.11%) Platform Engineering
12 5 (6.76%) Microservices
12 5 (6.76%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 13 (17.57%) SQL
2 8 (10.81%) Python
3 4 (5.41%) PowerShell
4 3 (4.05%) Java
5 2 (2.70%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (1.35%) Elixir
6 1 (1.35%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.35%) Korn
6 1 (1.35%) Ruby
6 1 (1.35%) SOQL
6 1 (1.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (33.78%) Security Cleared
2 20 (27.03%) SC Cleared
3 16 (21.62%) DV Cleared
4 7 (9.46%) Degree
5 3 (4.05%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (2.70%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.70%) SnowPro
7 1 (1.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.35%) CISM
7 1 (1.35%) CISSP
7 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.35%) CRISC
7 1 (1.35%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.35%) PMP
7 1 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.11%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.05%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.05%) NIST
2 3 (4.05%) QA
3 2 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 2 (2.70%) NCSC
3 2 (2.70%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.35%) EU AI Act
4 1 (1.35%) GRC
4 1 (1.35%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.35%) PMO
4 1 (1.35%) PSD2
4 1 (1.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (8.11%) Docker
2 5 (6.76%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.05%) BitLocker
3 3 (4.05%) Hyper-V
3 3 (4.05%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (4.05%) Terminal Services
3 3 (4.05%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (4.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.35%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 18 (24.32%) Kubernetes
2 12 (16.22%) Terraform
3 3 (4.05%) Ansible
3 3 (4.05%) Nagios
3 3 (4.05%) Puppet
3 3 (4.05%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (4.05%) vCenter Server
3 3 (4.05%) vMotion
4 2 (2.70%) Istio
5 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.35%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 18 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.05%) Apple
2 3 (4.05%) Citrix
2 3 (4.05%) HP
2 3 (4.05%) Oracle
2 3 (4.05%) Symantec
2 3 (4.05%) VMware
3 2 (2.70%) Adobe
3 2 (2.70%) IBM
3 2 (2.70%) Informatica
3 2 (2.70%) OpenAI
3 2 (2.70%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.70%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.70%) TikTok
4 1 (1.35%) Cisco
4 1 (1.35%) Cognos
4 1 (1.35%) Meraki
4 1 (1.35%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.35%) Sage
4 1 (1.35%) SAP