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 7 April 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
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 92 80
Rank change year-on-year +33 -12 +21
Contract jobs citing Google 84 30 46
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.80% 1.72% 2.03%
As % of the Vendors category 8.76% 3.88% 4.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 21 30
10th Percentile £358 £375 £218
25th Percentile £435 £413 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -11.76%
75th Percentile £747 £690 £653
90th Percentile £796 £738 £836
Central London median daily rate £550 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £39.58 - -
25th Percentile £40.06 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £42.75 £100.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.25% +426.32% -63.11%
75th Percentile £46.06 - £21.00
90th Percentile £46.93 - -
Central London median hourly rate £42.75 £100.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -57.25% +426.32% -63.11%

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 959 774 975
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 43.43% 44.46% 43.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 635 506 711
10th Percentile £360 £313 £313
25th Percentile £431 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.82% - -2.22%
75th Percentile £673 £675 £675
90th Percentile £772 £750 £775
Central London median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 6
10th Percentile - £32.45 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.75 £34.63 £13.81
Median hourly rate £19.50 £62.50 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -68.80% +201.20% -1.19%
75th Percentile £33.76 £100.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £41.94 £152.50 £36.25
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £32.83 £18.97
% change year-on-year -22.41% +73.08% -9.69%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Google job vacancy trend 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 7 April 2026.

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
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 (3.57%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (2.38%) CMS
2 2 (2.38%) Confluence
3 1 (1.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.19%) Apache
3 1 (1.19%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.38%) Trello
3 1 (1.19%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (1.19%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.19%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.19%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 53 (63.10%) GCP
2 16 (19.05%) Azure
3 14 (16.67%) AWS
4 13 (15.48%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 10 (11.90%) Power Platform
6 9 (10.71%) Google Workspace
7 6 (7.14%) GitHub
8 5 (5.95%) Google Analytics
8 5 (5.95%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (5.95%) SaaS
8 5 (5.95%) Slack
9 4 (4.76%) Amazon SageMaker
9 4 (4.76%) Cloud Functions
9 4 (4.76%) Google Gemini
10 3 (3.57%) Anthos
10 3 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (3.57%) Cloud Run
10 3 (3.57%) IBM Watson
10 3 (3.57%) Snowflake
10 3 (3.57%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.76%) DNS
2 1 (1.19%) HTTP
2 1 (1.19%) Internet
2 1 (1.19%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.10%) Tableau
2 9 (10.71%) BigQuery
3 7 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (8.33%) Power BI
4 3 (3.57%) MySQL
4 3 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (3.57%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (2.38%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (2.38%) Star Schema
6 1 (1.19%) Big Data
6 1 (1.19%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (1.19%) Looker
6 1 (1.19%) Metadata
6 1 (1.19%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.19%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.19%) OLAP
6 1 (1.19%) Oracle OLAP
6 1 (1.19%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.19%) SQL Server
6 1 (1.19%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 8 (9.52%) JIRA
2 7 (8.33%) Git
3 4 (4.76%) Jenkins
4 3 (3.57%) GitLab
4 3 (3.57%) JUnit
5 2 (2.38%) Mockito
6 1 (1.19%) Bitbucket
6 1 (1.19%) CocoaPods
6 1 (1.19%) Crashlytics
6 1 (1.19%) ERwin
6 1 (1.19%) fastlane
6 1 (1.19%) Xcode
General
1 19 (22.62%) Finance
2 16 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 12 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (11.90%) Banking
5 7 (8.33%) Retail
6 6 (7.14%) Marketing
7 5 (5.95%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.57%) Advertising
8 3 (3.57%) Legal
8 3 (3.57%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.38%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.19%) German Language
10 1 (1.19%) Military
10 1 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (21.43%) GCP Engineer
2 10 (11.90%) Cloud Engineer
3 9 (10.71%) Senior
4 8 (9.52%) Architect
4 8 (9.52%) Developer
5 6 (7.14%) Lead
6 5 (5.95%) Analyst
6 5 (5.95%) Consultant
6 5 (5.95%) Data Scientist
6 5 (5.95%) Senior Developer
7 4 (4.76%) Administrator
7 4 (4.76%) Backend Developer
7 4 (4.76%) Cloud Architect
7 4 (4.76%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Platform Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Security Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Senior Backend Developer
8 3 (3.57%) Designer
8 3 (3.57%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.95%) HTML
2 4 (4.76%) CSS
2 4 (4.76%) React
3 3 (3.57%) AngularJS
3 3 (3.57%) FastAPI
3 3 (3.57%) Kafka
3 3 (3.57%) Matplotlib
3 3 (3.57%) NumPy
3 3 (3.57%) Pandas
3 3 (3.57%) RESTful
3 3 (3.57%) scikit-learn
3 3 (3.57%) Seaborn
3 3 (3.57%) Spring
4 2 (2.38%) Android Jetpack
4 2 (2.38%) Jetpack Compose
4 2 (2.38%) OpenTelemetry
4 2 (2.38%) PySpark
4 2 (2.38%) REST
4 2 (2.38%) RxJava
4 2 (2.38%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.90%) Cloud Native
2 5 (5.95%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.76%) Data Centre
3 4 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.57%) Algorithms
4 3 (3.57%) Clustering
4 3 (3.57%) Life Science
4 3 (3.57%) Mobile App
4 3 (3.57%) Public Cloud
5 2 (2.38%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.38%) Security Posture
5 2 (2.38%) Social Media
6 1 (1.19%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.19%) Animation
6 1 (1.19%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (1.19%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.19%) Motion Graphics
6 1 (1.19%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.19%) Video Editing
6 1 (1.19%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.38%) Android
1 2 (2.38%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.19%) Linux
2 1 (1.19%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (30.95%) AI
2 24 (28.57%) Analytics
3 23 (27.38%) CI/CD
4 22 (26.19%) DevOps
5 18 (21.43%) Agile
6 15 (17.86%) Infrastructure as Code
7 12 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (13.10%) Machine Learning
9 10 (11.90%) Actionable Insight
9 10 (11.90%) Data Science
9 10 (11.90%) Generative AI
10 9 (10.71%) Cloud Security
11 8 (9.52%) Decision-Making
11 8 (9.52%) Migration
11 8 (9.52%) Performance Tuning
12 7 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (8.33%) Data Visualisation
12 7 (8.33%) ETL
12 7 (8.33%) Software Engineering
12 7 (8.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 21 (25.00%) Python
2 17 (20.24%) SQL
3 7 (8.33%) Java
4 3 (3.57%) Bash
4 3 (3.57%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.38%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.19%) Elixir
6 1 (1.19%) Go
6 1 (1.19%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (1.19%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (1.19%) Objective-C
6 1 (1.19%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.19%) Ruby
6 1 (1.19%) Swift
6 1 (1.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 15 (17.86%) Security Cleared
2 14 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.95%) Degree
3 5 (5.95%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.38%) CISSP
4 2 (2.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (2.38%) SnowPro
4 2 (2.38%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.19%) CCSP
5 1 (1.19%) CISM
5 1 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.19%) CRISC
5 1 (1.19%) OSCP
5 1 (1.19%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.95%) NCSC
2 4 (4.76%) Accessibility
2 4 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.76%) NIST
3 3 (3.57%) GDPR
3 3 (3.57%) GRC
4 2 (2.38%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (2.38%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.38%) QA
5 1 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (1.19%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (10.71%) Docker
2 1 (1.19%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.19%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 17 (20.24%) Kubernetes
2 16 (19.05%) Terraform
3 4 (4.76%) Ansible
4 2 (2.38%) Argo
4 2 (2.38%) Istio
5 1 (1.19%) Grafana
5 1 (1.19%) Karpenter
5 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.19%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 9 (10.71%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.76%) Adobe
2 4 (4.76%) Apple
2 4 (4.76%) IBM
2 4 (4.76%) Splunk
3 3 (3.57%) Cognos
3 3 (3.57%) Sage
4 2 (2.38%) Ahrefs
4 2 (2.38%) Informatica
4 2 (2.38%) Oracle
4 2 (2.38%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.19%) Amplitude
5 1 (1.19%) Meraki
5 1 (1.19%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.19%) Pinterest
5 1 (1.19%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.19%) Screaming Frog
5 1 (1.19%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.19%) Snapchat
5 1 (1.19%) TikTok