Google Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Google
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 18 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 77 85
Rank change year-on-year +17 +8 +45
Contract jobs citing Google 61 53 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 3.46% 2.53% 2.48%
As % of the Vendors category 7.06% 5.72% 5.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 38 47
10th Percentile £367 £348 £283
25th Percentile £463 £434 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £581 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% -3.13% -
75th Percentile £660 £688 £719
90th Percentile £800 £768 £875
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -3.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £47.13 - £13.20
25th Percentile £55.94 - £14.63
Median hourly rate £71.25 - £19.00
75th Percentile £85.94 - £21.00
90th Percentile £94.38 - -
Central London median hourly rate £51.44 £41.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year +23.95% +118.42% +11.76%

All Vendors
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 864 927 1,238
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 49.01% 44.18% 41.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 605 856
10th Percentile £324 £350 £311
25th Percentile £413 £451 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £743 £765 £788
Central London median daily rate £536 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 11 8
10th Percentile £20.23 £16.00 £15.30
25th Percentile £23.75 £19.50 £16.90
Median hourly rate £34.65 £27.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year +28.33% +30.12% -1.19%
75th Percentile £63.75 £115.00 £52.63
90th Percentile £65.21 £137.50 £60.35
Central London median hourly rate £31.58 £27.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year +16.94% +30.12% -12.34%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Google in the City of London

Google
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Google
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Google in the City of London

Google
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Google.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Google

Google
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Google in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Google in the City of London

Google
Contract Job Locations in the City of 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 City of London region over the 6 months to 18 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
London Bridge - 1 - -
Google
Central London

Google
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (3.28%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (1.64%) Apache
2 1 (1.64%) CMS
2 1 (1.64%) Confluence
2 1 (1.64%) Jupyter
2 1 (1.64%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.64%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (6.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 46 (75.41%) GCP
2 15 (24.59%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 12 (19.67%) Azure
4 11 (18.03%) AWS
5 8 (13.11%) GitHub
6 7 (11.48%) Cloud Functions
7 6 (9.84%) SaaS
8 5 (8.20%) Cloud Run
8 5 (8.20%) Power Platform
9 4 (6.56%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (6.56%) IaaS
9 4 (6.56%) PaaS
9 4 (6.56%) Slack
10 3 (4.92%) Apigee
10 3 (4.92%) Cloud Composer
10 3 (4.92%) Google Analytics
10 3 (4.92%) Google Gemini
10 3 (4.92%) Stackdriver
10 3 (4.92%) Vertex AI
11 2 (3.28%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.28%) DNS
1 2 (3.28%) Firewall
1 2 (3.28%) VoIP
2 1 (1.64%) Network Security
2 1 (1.64%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (1.64%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.64%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (24.59%) BigQuery
2 6 (9.84%) Big Data
3 5 (8.20%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (8.20%) Power BI
4 4 (6.56%) Data Lake
5 3 (4.92%) Mixpanel
5 3 (4.92%) Tableau
6 2 (3.28%) Looker
6 2 (3.28%) NoSQL
6 2 (3.28%) Parquet
7 1 (1.64%) Apache Hive
7 1 (1.64%) Flink
7 1 (1.64%) Hadoop
7 1 (1.64%) Pinecone
7 1 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.64%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.64%) Relational Database
7 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.64%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (11.48%) GitLab
1 7 (11.48%) Gradle
1 7 (11.48%) Maven
2 5 (8.20%) SonarQube
3 4 (6.56%) Jenkins
3 4 (6.56%) Selenium
4 3 (4.92%) Visual Website Optimizer
5 2 (3.28%) JIRA
5 2 (3.28%) Snyk
6 1 (1.64%) Ant
6 1 (1.64%) ER Studio
General
1 13 (21.31%) Finance
1 13 (21.31%) Social Skills
2 11 (18.03%) Marketing
3 9 (14.75%) Banking
4 8 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.56%) Financial Institution
5 4 (6.56%) Investment Banking
6 3 (4.92%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.28%) Retail
8 1 (1.64%) Advertising
8 1 (1.64%) Back Office
8 1 (1.64%) Brand Awareness
8 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.64%) Military
8 1 (1.64%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 13 (21.31%) GCP Engineer
2 12 (19.67%) Senior
3 9 (14.75%) Architect
4 8 (13.11%) Analyst
5 6 (9.84%) Developer
6 5 (8.20%) Marketing Manager
6 5 (8.20%) Senior Architect
7 4 (6.56%) Data Analyst
7 4 (6.56%) Data Engineer
7 4 (6.56%) Security Engineer
7 4 (6.56%) Senior Manager
7 4 (6.56%) Senior Marketing Manager
8 3 (4.92%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 3 (4.92%) Conversion Specialist
8 3 (4.92%) DevOps Engineer
8 3 (4.92%) Enterprise Architect
8 3 (4.92%) GCP DevOps
8 3 (4.92%) GCP DevOps Engineer
9 2 (3.28%) IT Support
9 2 (3.28%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.20%) GraphQL
2 4 (6.56%) CSS
2 4 (6.56%) HTML
2 4 (6.56%) Node.js
2 4 (6.56%) React
2 4 (6.56%) Redux
2 4 (6.56%) RESTful
3 3 (4.92%) JWT
3 3 (4.92%) Next.js
4 2 (3.28%) Apache Avro
4 2 (3.28%) CSS3
4 2 (3.28%) HTML5
4 2 (3.28%) OAuth
4 2 (3.28%) OAuth2
4 2 (3.28%) REST
4 2 (3.28%) Tailwind CSS
4 2 (3.28%) WebSockets
4 2 (3.28%) Zustand
5 1 (1.64%) Highcharts JS
5 1 (1.64%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.75%) Cloud Native
2 7 (11.48%) Onboarding
3 4 (6.56%) Data Centre
3 4 (6.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (4.92%) IVR
5 2 (3.28%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (3.28%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (3.28%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.64%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.64%) Blog
6 1 (1.64%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.64%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.64%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.64%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.64%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.64%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.28%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (36.07%) CI/CD
2 20 (32.79%) DevOps
3 18 (29.51%) Analytics
4 11 (18.03%) Agile
4 11 (18.03%) Migration
4 11 (18.03%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (16.39%) Containerisation
6 9 (14.75%) Cloud Security
6 9 (14.75%) Infrastructure as Code
7 8 (13.11%) Data Modelling
8 7 (11.48%) Artificial Intelligence
8 7 (11.48%) Business Case
8 7 (11.48%) Business Strategy
8 7 (11.48%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (11.48%) Roadmaps
8 7 (11.48%) User Experience
9 6 (9.84%) Data Pipeline
9 6 (9.84%) Design Patterns
9 6 (9.84%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 15 (24.59%) Python
1 15 (24.59%) SQL
2 8 (13.11%) Java
3 6 (9.84%) JavaScript
4 5 (8.20%) TypeScript
5 2 (3.28%) Bicep
5 2 (3.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (3.28%) Scala
6 1 (1.64%) Bash
6 1 (1.64%) C++
6 1 (1.64%) CodeQL
6 1 (1.64%) Groovy
6 1 (1.64%) LookML
6 1 (1.64%) Perl
6 1 (1.64%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.64%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (8.20%) CISSP
2 3 (4.92%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.92%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.28%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.64%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.64%) CEH
4 1 (1.64%) CISM
4 1 (1.64%) CREST Certified
4 1 (1.64%) MCP
4 1 (1.64%) OSCP
4 1 (1.64%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (9.84%) GDPR
3 3 (4.92%) SOC 2
4 2 (3.28%) Data Quality
4 2 (3.28%) NIST
5 1 (1.64%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.64%) EU AI Act
5 1 (1.64%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (1.64%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (21.31%) Docker
2 1 (1.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.64%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 23 (37.70%) Terraform
2 17 (27.87%) Kubernetes
3 4 (6.56%) Argo
3 4 (6.56%) Istio
4 3 (4.92%) Ansible
4 3 (4.92%) Puppet
5 2 (3.28%) CASB
5 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (3.28%) Progress Chef
6 1 (1.64%) Grafana
6 1 (1.64%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 14 (22.95%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.20%) Adobe
2 5 (8.20%) Cisco
3 4 (6.56%) OpenAI
3 4 (6.56%) Salesforce
4 3 (4.92%) Amplitude
4 3 (4.92%) Hotjar
4 3 (4.92%) MuleSoft
4 3 (4.92%) Optimizely
4 3 (4.92%) Palo Alto
4 3 (4.92%) Splunk
5 2 (3.28%) Databricks
5 2 (3.28%) Okta
6 1 (1.64%) Ahrefs
6 1 (1.64%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.64%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.64%) Kony
6 1 (1.64%) Oracle
6 1 (1.64%) Ping Identity
6 1 (1.64%) Screaming Frog