BigQuery Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Google BigQuery
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London citing BigQuery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 99 107
Rank change year-on-year -28 +8 +17
Contract jobs citing BigQuery 13 18 20
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.61% 1.07% 0.95%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.38% 4.97% 4.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 14
10th Percentile £541 £464 £416
25th Percentile £575 £569 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £680 £488
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +39.49% -27.78%
75th Percentile £702 £738 £763
90th Percentile £723 £828 £812
Central London median daily rate £600 £680 £556
% change year-on-year -11.76% +22.25% -17.59%

All Database & BI Skills
City of London

BigQuery falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing database or business intelligence skills in the City of London.

6 months to
24 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing database or business intelligence skills 385 362 441
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 18.21% 21.52% 20.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 260 312
10th Percentile £383 £385 £407
25th Percentile £453 £448 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £574 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £675 £678 £720
90th Percentile £775 £789 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - £22.70 -
25th Percentile - £32.00 £36.75
Median hourly rate - £34.00 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year - -11.69% -12.50%
75th Percentile - £63.75 £40.25
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £21.50 £34.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -36.76% -15.00% -9.09%

BigQuery Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

BigQuery job vacancy trend in the City of London

BigQuery Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing BigQuery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing BigQuery

BigQuery Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BigQuery in the City of London over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for BigQuery in the City of London

BigQuery Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.