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 27 August 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
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 73 73
Rank change year-on-year -8 0 +16
Contract jobs citing Google 71 60 56
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 2.82% 3.02% 2.43%
As % of the Vendors category 6.48% 6.30% 5.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 43 36
10th Percentile £359 £380 £338
25th Percentile £458 £469 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -6.14% +2.33% -10.42%
75th Percentile £588 £660 £688
90th Percentile £638 £790 £759
London median daily rate £505 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +1.00% -13.04% -4.17%
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% +232.00%
75th Percentile £32.21 £76.08 £42.25
90th Percentile £37.63 £90.43 -
London median hourly rate £35.50 £45.75 £31.75
% change year-on-year -22.40% +44.09% -52.96%

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 1,096 952 1,003
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 43.46% 47.89% 43.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 770 621 685
10th Percentile £325 £313 £334
25th Percentile £448 £409 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £538 £547
Median % change year-on-year +0.23% -1.74% -0.55%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
London median daily rate £525 £525 £533
% change year-on-year - -1.41% -4.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 13
10th Percentile £18.75 £19.42 £16.50
25th Percentile £18.88 £23.75 £20.50
Median hourly rate £23.58 £29.07 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +7.67% -25.52%
75th Percentile £39.69 £56.75 £92.50
90th Percentile £64.13 £64.48 £137.50
London median hourly rate £35.50 £26.30 £28.50
% change year-on-year +34.98% -7.72% -24.00%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -6 66 £533 -3.18% 54
City of Westminster -2 10 £425 -24.44% 17
West End of London -5 5 £375 - 17
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 (5.63%) Confluence
2 3 (4.23%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.23%) WordPress
3 2 (2.82%) CMS
3 2 (2.82%) Drupal
4 1 (1.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.41%) Apache
4 1 (1.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.82%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.41%) iTrent
2 1 (1.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 49 (69.01%) GCP
2 18 (25.35%) AWS
3 15 (21.13%) Azure
4 12 (16.90%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 8 (11.27%) Google Workspace
6 6 (8.45%) Cloud Functions
6 6 (8.45%) Google App Engine
7 5 (7.04%) Google Compute Engine
7 5 (7.04%) Google Sheets
7 5 (7.04%) OpenShift
7 5 (7.04%) Vertex AI
8 4 (5.63%) GitHub
9 3 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (4.23%) Google Analytics
9 3 (4.23%) IaaS
9 3 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (4.23%) PaaS
9 3 (4.23%) Power Platform
10 2 (2.82%) Amazon Kinesis
10 2 (2.82%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.27%) DNS
1 8 (11.27%) Firewall
2 5 (7.04%) Internet
2 5 (7.04%) VPN
3 3 (4.23%) DHCP
3 3 (4.23%) Network Security
3 3 (4.23%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.04%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (4.23%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (4.23%) Big Data
2 3 (4.23%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (4.23%) Power BI
2 3 (4.23%) Tableau
3 2 (2.82%) BigQuery
3 2 (2.82%) Snowflake Schema
3 2 (2.82%) Star Schema
4 1 (1.41%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.41%) Looker
4 1 (1.41%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.41%) Pinecone
4 1 (1.41%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 6 (8.45%) GitLab
1 6 (8.45%) JIRA
2 4 (5.63%) Jenkins
3 3 (4.23%) Git
4 1 (1.41%) Claude Code
4 1 (1.41%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.41%) Gatling
4 1 (1.41%) JMeter
4 1 (1.41%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.41%) NeoLoad
General
1 16 (22.54%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.49%) Public Sector
3 8 (11.27%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (9.86%) Finance
5 6 (8.45%) Banking
6 5 (7.04%) Marketing
6 5 (7.04%) Retail
7 4 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.82%) Legal
8 2 (2.82%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.41%) Advertising
9 1 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.41%) Law
Job Titles
1 15 (21.13%) Cloud Engineer
2 12 (16.90%) Architect
2 12 (16.90%) GCP Engineer
3 8 (11.27%) Support Engineer
4 6 (8.45%) Applications Engineer
5 5 (7.04%) Applications Support
5 5 (7.04%) Applications Support Engineer
5 5 (7.04%) Lead
6 4 (5.63%) Cloud Architect
6 4 (5.63%) Security Architect
6 4 (5.63%) Senior
6 4 (5.63%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (4.23%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.23%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
7 3 (4.23%) 3rd Line Support
7 3 (4.23%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (4.23%) Developer
7 3 (4.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.23%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 3 (4.23%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (21.13%) Terraform
2 4 (5.63%) OAuth
3 3 (4.23%) FastAPI
3 3 (4.23%) React
3 3 (4.23%) SAML
4 2 (2.82%) GraphQL
4 2 (2.82%) JSON
4 2 (2.82%) JWT
4 2 (2.82%) Kafka
4 2 (2.82%) LangGraph
4 2 (2.82%) Middleware
4 2 (2.82%) OAuth2
4 2 (2.82%) OpenTelemetry
4 2 (2.82%) PySpark
4 2 (2.82%) REST
4 2 (2.82%) RESTful
4 2 (2.82%) SOAP
4 2 (2.82%) XML
4 2 (2.82%) XSLT
5 1 (1.41%) RESTEasy
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.90%) Cloud Native
2 7 (9.86%) AI Agents
3 5 (7.04%) Clustering
4 4 (5.63%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.23%) Data Centre
5 3 (4.23%) PKI
6 2 (2.82%) Digital Wallet
6 2 (2.82%) Educational Technology
6 2 (2.82%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.82%) Genomics
6 2 (2.82%) Life Science
6 2 (2.82%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.82%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.82%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.41%) BYOD
7 1 (1.41%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.41%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (1.41%) Private Cloud
7 1 (1.41%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.45%) Linux
2 5 (7.04%) Windows
2 5 (7.04%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.41%) Android
3 1 (1.41%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.41%) SUSE
3 1 (1.41%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (36.62%) CI/CD
2 24 (33.80%) AI
3 16 (22.54%) Migration
4 15 (21.13%) DevOps
5 14 (19.72%) Analytics
6 13 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (16.90%) Agile
7 12 (16.90%) Infrastructure as Code
7 12 (16.90%) Machine Learning
8 11 (15.49%) Containerisation
8 11 (15.49%) Observability
9 9 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (9.86%) Cloud Operations
10 7 (9.86%) Cloud Security
10 7 (9.86%) Mentoring
10 7 (9.86%) Microservices
10 7 (9.86%) Runbook
10 7 (9.86%) Software Engineering
10 7 (9.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (9.86%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.90%) Python
2 9 (12.68%) SQL
3 6 (8.45%) PowerShell
4 4 (5.63%) Java
5 3 (4.23%) JavaScript
5 3 (4.23%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.82%) Bash
6 2 (2.82%) Korn
7 1 (1.41%) C#
7 1 (1.41%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (1.41%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 27 (38.03%) Security Cleared
2 21 (29.58%) SC Cleared
3 15 (21.13%) DV Cleared
4 7 (9.86%) Degree
5 3 (4.23%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (2.82%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.82%) SnowPro
7 1 (1.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.41%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.41%) PMP
7 1 (1.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.04%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.63%) QA
3 3 (4.23%) Accessibility
3 3 (4.23%) NIST
4 2 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 2 (2.82%) NCSC
4 2 (2.82%) PMO
5 1 (1.41%) EU AI Act
5 1 (1.41%) GRC
5 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 19770
5 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.41%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.41%) PSD2
5 1 (1.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (15.49%) Docker
2 4 (5.63%) Active Directory
2 4 (5.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.23%) BitLocker
3 3 (4.23%) Hyper-V
3 3 (4.23%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (4.23%) Terminal Services
3 3 (4.23%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.41%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 20 (28.17%) Kubernetes
2 5 (7.04%) Ansible
3 3 (4.23%) Nagios
3 3 (4.23%) Puppet
3 3 (4.23%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (4.23%) vCenter Server
3 3 (4.23%) vMotion
4 2 (2.82%) Grafana
4 2 (2.82%) Istio
4 2 (2.82%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.41%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 20 (28.17%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.63%) Oracle
2 4 (5.63%) Salesforce
2 4 (5.63%) ServiceNow
2 4 (5.63%) VMware
3 3 (4.23%) Adobe
3 3 (4.23%) Apple
3 3 (4.23%) Citrix
3 3 (4.23%) Dynatrace
3 3 (4.23%) HP
3 3 (4.23%) OpenAI
3 3 (4.23%) SAP
3 3 (4.23%) Symantec
4 2 (2.82%) IBM
4 2 (2.82%) Informatica
4 2 (2.82%) TikTok
4 2 (2.82%) Workday
5 1 (1.41%) Cisco
5 1 (1.41%) HubSpot
5 1 (1.41%) Red Hat