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 17 September 2025, 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 72 83
Rank change year-on-year +7 +11 +44
Contract jobs citing Google 66 58 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 3.39% 2.52% 2.44%
As % of the Vendors category 7.07% 5.82% 5.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 38 50
10th Percentile £370 £348 £286
25th Percentile £461 £431 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £588
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -4.26% -1.67%
75th Percentile £660 £688 £698
90th Percentile £800 £768 £875
London median daily rate £500 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -13.04% -4.17% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile £43.14 - £13.20
25th Percentile £45.99 £40.75 £14.63
Median hourly rate £51.44 £41.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.95% +118.42% +11.76%
75th Percentile £76.08 £42.25 £21.00
90th Percentile £90.43 - -
London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +7.14% +62.79% -23.89%

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 933 996 1,359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 47.92% 43.30% 41.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 627 655 949
10th Percentile £313 £340 £263
25th Percentile £408 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% - -
75th Percentile £675 £663 £688
90th Percentile £750 £750 £788
London median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 13 8
10th Percentile £19.33 £16.50 £15.30
25th Percentile £23.31 £20.50 £16.90
Median hourly rate £31.58 £27.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year +16.94% +30.12% -12.34%
75th Percentile £58.50 £92.50 £52.63
90th Percentile £64.66 £137.50 £60.35
London median hourly rate £26.30 £30.80 £37.50
% change year-on-year -14.60% -17.88% +50.00%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Google 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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 2025. 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 +16 62 £525 -8.70% 110
West End of London +1 2 - -
City of Westminster - 2 £563 -
Southwark - 1 - -
Google
London

Google
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (3.03%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (1.52%) Apache
2 1 (1.52%) CMS
2 1 (1.52%) Confluence
2 1 (1.52%) Jupyter
2 1 (1.52%) SAS
2 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.52%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 50 (75.76%) GCP
2 15 (22.73%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 13 (19.70%) Azure
4 12 (18.18%) AWS
5 9 (13.64%) GitHub
6 7 (10.61%) Cloud Functions
7 6 (9.09%) SaaS
8 5 (7.58%) Cloud Run
8 5 (7.58%) Power Platform
9 4 (6.06%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (6.06%) Google Analytics
9 4 (6.06%) IaaS
9 4 (6.06%) PaaS
9 4 (6.06%) Slack
9 4 (6.06%) Stackdriver
10 3 (4.55%) Apigee
10 3 (4.55%) Cloud Composer
10 3 (4.55%) Google Gemini
10 3 (4.55%) Vertex AI
11 2 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.55%) Firewall
2 2 (3.03%) DNS
2 2 (3.03%) VoIP
3 1 (1.52%) Network Security
3 1 (1.52%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (1.52%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.52%) VLAN
3 1 (1.52%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (22.73%) BigQuery
2 6 (9.09%) Big Data
2 6 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (7.58%) Power BI
4 4 (6.06%) Data Lake
5 3 (4.55%) Mixpanel
5 3 (4.55%) NoSQL
5 3 (4.55%) Tableau
6 2 (3.03%) Looker
6 2 (3.03%) Parquet
6 2 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.52%) Apache Hive
7 1 (1.52%) Flink
7 1 (1.52%) Metadata
7 1 (1.52%) MySQL
7 1 (1.52%) Pinecone
7 1 (1.52%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.52%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.52%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (12.12%) GitLab
2 7 (10.61%) Gradle
2 7 (10.61%) Maven
3 5 (7.58%) SonarQube
4 4 (6.06%) Jenkins
4 4 (6.06%) Selenium
5 3 (4.55%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 2 (3.03%) JIRA
6 2 (3.03%) Snyk
7 1 (1.52%) Ant
7 1 (1.52%) Cypress.io
7 1 (1.52%) ER Studio
7 1 (1.52%) Mocha
General
1 15 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 14 (21.21%) Finance
3 13 (19.70%) Marketing
4 9 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (13.64%) Banking
5 4 (6.06%) Financial Institution
5 4 (6.06%) Investment Banking
5 4 (6.06%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.03%) Advertising
6 2 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.03%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.03%) Retail
7 1 (1.52%) Back Office
7 1 (1.52%) Brand Awareness
7 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.52%) Military
7 1 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.52%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 13 (19.70%) GCP Engineer
2 12 (18.18%) Senior
3 9 (13.64%) Architect
4 8 (12.12%) Analyst
5 6 (9.09%) Developer
6 5 (7.58%) Marketing Manager
6 5 (7.58%) Senior Architect
7 4 (6.06%) Data Analyst
7 4 (6.06%) Data Engineer
7 4 (6.06%) Security Engineer
7 4 (6.06%) Senior Manager
7 4 (6.06%) Senior Marketing Manager
8 3 (4.55%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Conversion Specialist
8 3 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
8 3 (4.55%) Enterprise Architect
8 3 (4.55%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
8 3 (4.55%) GCP DevOps
8 3 (4.55%) GCP DevOps Engineer
9 2 (3.03%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.09%) GraphQL
2 5 (7.58%) CSS
2 5 (7.58%) HTML
2 5 (7.58%) Node.js
2 5 (7.58%) RESTful
3 4 (6.06%) React
3 4 (6.06%) Redux
4 3 (4.55%) JWT
4 3 (4.55%) Next.js
4 3 (4.55%) OAuth
4 3 (4.55%) OAuth2
5 2 (3.03%) Apache Avro
5 2 (3.03%) CSS3
5 2 (3.03%) HTML5
5 2 (3.03%) REST
5 2 (3.03%) Tailwind CSS
5 2 (3.03%) WebSockets
5 2 (3.03%) Zustand
6 1 (1.52%) Faiss
6 1 (1.52%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.15%) Cloud Native
2 7 (10.61%) Onboarding
3 4 (6.06%) Data Centre
3 4 (6.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (4.55%) IVR
5 2 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (3.03%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.52%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.52%) Blog
6 1 (1.52%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.52%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.52%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.52%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.52%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.52%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.55%) Windows
2 2 (3.03%) Linux
3 1 (1.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (36.36%) CI/CD
2 22 (33.33%) DevOps
3 19 (28.79%) Analytics
4 13 (19.70%) Migration
5 12 (18.18%) Agile
6 11 (16.67%) Containerisation
6 11 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (15.15%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (13.64%) Cloud Security
8 9 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (12.12%) Artificial Intelligence
9 8 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (12.12%) Data Modelling
10 7 (10.61%) Business Case
10 7 (10.61%) Business Strategy
10 7 (10.61%) Machine Learning
10 7 (10.61%) Microservices
10 7 (10.61%) Roadmaps
10 7 (10.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (10.61%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 17 (25.76%) Python
1 17 (25.76%) SQL
2 8 (12.12%) Java
2 8 (12.12%) JavaScript
3 5 (7.58%) TypeScript
4 2 (3.03%) Bicep
4 2 (3.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (3.03%) PowerShell
4 2 (3.03%) Scala
5 1 (1.52%) Bash
5 1 (1.52%) C++
5 1 (1.52%) CodeQL
5 1 (1.52%) Groovy
5 1 (1.52%) LookML
5 1 (1.52%) Perl
5 1 (1.52%) PROC SQL
5 1 (1.52%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (7.58%) CISSP
2 3 (4.55%) Azure Certification
2 3 (4.55%) Degree
2 3 (4.55%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.55%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.03%) AWS Certification
3 2 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.52%) CCNA
4 1 (1.52%) CEH
4 1 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.52%) CISM
4 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.52%) CREST Certified
4 1 (1.52%) MCP
4 1 (1.52%) OSCP
4 1 (1.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (9.09%) GDPR
3 3 (4.55%) SOC 2
4 2 (3.03%) Data Quality
4 2 (3.03%) NIST
5 1 (1.52%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.52%) EU AI Act
5 1 (1.52%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (21.21%) Docker
2 1 (1.52%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.52%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 25 (37.88%) Terraform
2 18 (27.27%) Kubernetes
3 5 (7.58%) Ansible
4 4 (6.06%) Argo
4 4 (6.06%) Istio
4 4 (6.06%) Puppet
5 2 (3.03%) CASB
5 2 (3.03%) Grafana
5 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (3.03%) Progress Chef
6 1 (1.52%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 15 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.58%) Adobe
2 5 (7.58%) Cisco
3 4 (6.06%) OpenAI
3 4 (6.06%) Salesforce
3 4 (6.06%) Splunk
4 3 (4.55%) Amplitude
4 3 (4.55%) Hotjar
4 3 (4.55%) MuleSoft
4 3 (4.55%) Optimizely
4 3 (4.55%) Palo Alto
5 2 (3.03%) Databricks
5 2 (3.03%) Okta
6 1 (1.52%) Ahrefs
6 1 (1.52%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.52%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.52%) Kony
6 1 (1.52%) Ping Identity
6 1 (1.52%) Screaming Frog
6 1 (1.52%) YouTube