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 March 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
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 95 82
Rank change year-on-year +37 -13 +25
Contract jobs citing Google 83 32 51
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 3.71% 1.57% 1.98%
As % of the Vendors category 8.25% 3.52% 4.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 23 32
10th Percentile £343 £380 £219
25th Percentile £446 £413 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +2.44% -13.87%
75th Percentile £766 £631 £588
90th Percentile £804 £718 £831
London median daily rate £525 £536 £525
% change year-on-year -2.05% +2.10% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £39.58 - -
25th Percentile £40.06 £41.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £42.75 £42.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.59% +123.68% -63.11%
75th Percentile £46.06 £43.75 £21.00
90th Percentile £46.93 - -
London median hourly rate £35.50 £49.25 £26.00
% change year-on-year -27.92% +89.42% -62.86%

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 1,006 909 1,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 44.97% 44.67% 42.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 669 601 792
10th Percentile £352 £313 £282
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +2.23% -2.18%
75th Percentile £653 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £738 £775
London median daily rate £525 £540 £548
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.37% -2.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 7 8
10th Percentile - £29.07 £12.60
25th Percentile £18.75 £30.04 £12.75
Median hourly rate £25.47 £42.50 £18.97
Median % change year-on-year -40.07% +124.10% -9.69%
75th Percentile £27.00 £112.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £44.16 £142.20 £31.25
London median hourly rate £26.75 £31.42 £25.00
% change year-on-year -14.87% +25.69% -2.76%

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 17 March 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
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 March 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 +36 80 £550 -4.35% 76
West End of London +10 2 £210 -50.59%
City of Westminster +2 1 - -
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 3 (3.61%) CMS
2 2 (2.41%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (2.41%) Confluence
3 1 (1.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.20%) Apache
3 1 (1.20%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.41%) Trello
3 1 (1.20%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (1.20%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.20%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.20%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.41%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 51 (61.45%) GCP
2 13 (15.66%) Azure
2 13 (15.66%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 12 (14.46%) AWS
4 10 (12.05%) Power Platform
5 9 (10.84%) Google Workspace
6 7 (8.43%) GitHub
7 6 (7.23%) Google Analytics
8 5 (6.02%) Google Gemini
8 5 (6.02%) SaaS
8 5 (6.02%) Slack
9 4 (4.82%) Cloud Functions
9 4 (4.82%) Cloud Run
9 4 (4.82%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (3.61%) Amazon SageMaker
10 3 (3.61%) Anthos
10 3 (3.61%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (3.61%) Figma
10 3 (3.61%) Firebase
10 3 (3.61%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.61%) DNS
2 2 (2.41%) Internet
3 1 (1.20%) HTTP
3 1 (1.20%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.25%) BigQuery
1 11 (13.25%) Tableau
2 7 (8.43%) Power BI
3 4 (4.82%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (3.61%) MySQL
4 3 (3.61%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (2.41%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (2.41%) Couchbase
5 2 (2.41%) Looker
5 2 (2.41%) Redis
5 2 (2.41%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (2.41%) SQLite
6 1 (1.20%) Big Data
6 1 (1.20%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (1.20%) Metadata
6 1 (1.20%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.20%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.20%) Oracle OLAP
6 1 (1.20%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.20%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (10.84%) Git
2 8 (9.64%) JIRA
3 5 (6.02%) Jenkins
4 3 (3.61%) GitLab
4 3 (3.61%) JUnit
5 2 (2.41%) CocoaPods
5 2 (2.41%) Crashlytics
5 2 (2.41%) fastlane
5 2 (2.41%) Mockito
5 2 (2.41%) Xcode
6 1 (1.20%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.20%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.20%) ERwin
General
1 20 (24.10%) Finance
2 19 (22.89%) Social Skills
3 14 (16.87%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (12.05%) Banking
5 8 (9.64%) Retail
6 7 (8.43%) Marketing
7 4 (4.82%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (4.82%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.61%) Advertising
8 3 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.41%) Legal
9 2 (2.41%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.20%) German Language
10 1 (1.20%) Military
10 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.20%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 15 (18.07%) GCP Engineer
2 11 (13.25%) Senior
3 9 (10.84%) Developer
4 6 (7.23%) Analyst
4 6 (7.23%) Architect
4 6 (7.23%) Cloud Engineer
4 6 (7.23%) Consultant
4 6 (7.23%) Data Scientist
4 6 (7.23%) Lead
4 6 (7.23%) Senior Developer
5 4 (4.82%) Administrator
5 4 (4.82%) Backend Developer
5 4 (4.82%) Cloud Platform Engineer
5 4 (4.82%) DevOps Engineer
5 4 (4.82%) Platform Engineer
5 4 (4.82%) Security Engineer
5 4 (4.82%) Senior Backend Developer
6 3 (3.61%) iOS Developer
6 3 (3.61%) Python Developer
6 3 (3.61%) Senior Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.02%) HTML
1 5 (6.02%) React
2 4 (4.82%) CSS
2 4 (4.82%) FastAPI
3 3 (3.61%) AngularJS
3 3 (3.61%) LangGraph
3 3 (3.61%) Matplotlib
3 3 (3.61%) NumPy
3 3 (3.61%) Pandas
3 3 (3.61%) RESTful
3 3 (3.61%) scikit-learn
3 3 (3.61%) Seaborn
3 3 (3.61%) Spring
4 2 (2.41%) Core Animation
4 2 (2.41%) Core Data
4 2 (2.41%) Jetpack Compose
4 2 (2.41%) Kafka
4 2 (2.41%) REST
4 2 (2.41%) RxSwift
4 2 (2.41%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.64%) Cloud Native
2 6 (7.23%) Onboarding
3 5 (6.02%) Data Centre
4 4 (4.82%) Life Science
4 4 (4.82%) Mobile App
4 4 (4.82%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.61%) Algorithms
5 3 (3.61%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.41%) Animation
6 2 (2.41%) Clustering
6 2 (2.41%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.41%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.41%) Security Posture
6 2 (2.41%) Social Media
7 1 (1.20%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (1.20%) Culture of Ownership
7 1 (1.20%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.20%) Genomics
7 1 (1.20%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.61%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.41%) Android
3 1 (1.20%) Linux
3 1 (1.20%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (31.33%) DevOps
2 25 (30.12%) AI
3 24 (28.92%) CI/CD
4 22 (26.51%) Analytics
5 19 (22.89%) Agile
6 16 (19.28%) Infrastructure as Code
7 11 (13.25%) Cloud Security
7 11 (13.25%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (12.05%) Data Science
8 10 (12.05%) Generative AI
8 10 (12.05%) Machine Learning
9 9 (10.84%) Actionable Insight
9 9 (10.84%) Decision-Making
9 9 (10.84%) Visualisation
10 8 (9.64%) Data Visualisation
10 8 (9.64%) Performance Tuning
11 7 (8.43%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (8.43%) Software Engineering
11 7 (8.43%) Test Automation
11 7 (8.43%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 21 (25.30%) Python
2 17 (20.48%) SQL
3 6 (7.23%) Java
4 4 (4.82%) JavaScript
5 3 (3.61%) Bash
6 2 (2.41%) Kotlin
6 2 (2.41%) Objective-C
6 2 (2.41%) Swift
6 2 (2.41%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.20%) Elixir
7 1 (1.20%) Go
7 1 (1.20%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (1.20%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (1.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 13 (15.66%) Security Cleared
2 12 (14.46%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.23%) Degree
3 6 (7.23%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.41%) CISSP
4 2 (2.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (2.41%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.20%) CCSP
5 1 (1.20%) CISM
5 1 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.20%) CRISC
5 1 (1.20%) OSCP
5 1 (1.20%) SANS
5 1 (1.20%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.23%) NCSC
2 4 (4.82%) Accessibility
2 4 (4.82%) GDPR
2 4 (4.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.61%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.61%) GRC
3 3 (3.61%) NIST
4 2 (2.41%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (2.41%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.41%) QA
5 1 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.20%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (1.20%) MiFID
5 1 (1.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 9 (10.84%) Docker
2 1 (1.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (20.48%) Kubernetes
2 16 (19.28%) Terraform
3 4 (4.82%) Ansible
4 2 (2.41%) Argo
4 2 (2.41%) Istio
4 2 (2.41%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.20%) Grafana
5 1 (1.20%) Karpenter
Vendors
1 8 (9.64%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.02%) Apple
3 4 (4.82%) Adobe
3 4 (4.82%) Splunk
4 3 (3.61%) Cognos
4 3 (3.61%) IBM
4 3 (3.61%) Sage
5 2 (2.41%) Ahrefs
5 2 (2.41%) Databricks
5 2 (2.41%) New Relic
5 2 (2.41%) Oracle
5 2 (2.41%) Rollbar
5 2 (2.41%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.20%) Amplitude
6 1 (1.20%) Hotjar
6 1 (1.20%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.20%) Optimizely
6 1 (1.20%) Rapid7
6 1 (1.20%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.20%) TikTok