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 2 September 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
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 66 81
Rank change year-on-year -10 +15 +9
Contract jobs citing Google 66 57 47
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.90% 3.20% 2.26%
As % of the Vendors category 6.69% 6.54% 5.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 41 32
10th Percentile £362 £375 £318
25th Percentile £458 £458 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £594 £660 £688
90th Percentile £639 £800 £749
Central London median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £22.63 £47.13 -
25th Percentile £22.83 £55.94 -
Median hourly rate £23.16 £71.25 -
Median % change year-on-year -67.49% - -
75th Percentile £32.21 £85.94 -
90th Percentile £37.63 £94.38 -
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £51.44 £41.50
% change year-on-year -54.98% +23.95% +232.00%

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 987 871 925
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 43.31% 48.82% 44.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 688 570 614
10th Percentile £350 £315 £343
25th Percentile £450 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.45%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £757
Central London median daily rate £539 £536 £550
% change year-on-year +0.51% -2.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 11
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.23 £16.00
25th Percentile £18.88 £23.75 £19.50
Median hourly rate £22.83 £34.65 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.11% +28.33% -25.52%
75th Percentile £29.78 £63.75 £115.00
90th Percentile £42.48 £65.21 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £24.00 £29.07 £27.00
% change year-on-year -17.44% +7.67% -25.52%

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

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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 2 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Google in the City of London

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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 2 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Google in the City of London

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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 4 (6.06%) Confluence
2 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.03%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (3.03%) CMS
3 2 (3.03%) Drupal
3 2 (3.03%) WordPress
4 1 (1.52%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (3.03%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.52%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 46 (69.70%) GCP
2 17 (25.76%) AWS
3 15 (22.73%) Azure
4 11 (16.67%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 7 (10.61%) Google Workspace
6 6 (9.09%) Google Sheets
7 5 (7.58%) Cloud Functions
7 5 (7.58%) Google App Engine
7 5 (7.58%) OpenShift
7 5 (7.58%) Vertex AI
8 4 (6.06%) GitHub
8 4 (6.06%) Google Compute Engine
9 3 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (4.55%) Google Analytics
9 3 (4.55%) Google Docs
9 3 (4.55%) IaaS
9 3 (4.55%) PaaS
9 3 (4.55%) Power Platform
10 2 (3.03%) Apple Pay
10 2 (3.03%) Google Pay
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.12%) DNS
1 8 (12.12%) Firewall
2 6 (9.09%) VPN
3 4 (6.06%) Internet
4 3 (4.55%) DHCP
4 3 (4.55%) Network Security
4 3 (4.55%) SMTP
5 1 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.58%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (4.55%) Big Data
2 3 (4.55%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (4.55%) Power BI
2 3 (4.55%) Tableau
3 2 (3.03%) Snowflake Schema
3 2 (3.03%) Star Schema
4 1 (1.52%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.52%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.52%) Chroma
4 1 (1.52%) Looker
4 1 (1.52%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.52%) Pinecone
4 1 (1.52%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 6 (9.09%) GitLab
1 6 (9.09%) JIRA
2 4 (6.06%) Jenkins
3 3 (4.55%) Git
4 1 (1.52%) Claude Code
4 1 (1.52%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.52%) Gatling
4 1 (1.52%) JMeter
4 1 (1.52%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.52%) NeoLoad
General
1 16 (24.24%) Social Skills
2 11 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 7 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (10.61%) Finance
4 5 (7.58%) Banking
4 5 (7.58%) Retail
5 4 (6.06%) Marketing
5 4 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.03%) Legal
6 2 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.52%) Advertising
7 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.52%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (21.21%) Cloud Engineer
2 11 (16.67%) Architect
2 11 (16.67%) GCP Engineer
3 7 (10.61%) Support Engineer
4 5 (7.58%) Applications Engineer
4 5 (7.58%) Lead
5 4 (6.06%) Applications Support
5 4 (6.06%) Applications Support Engineer
5 4 (6.06%) Cloud Architect
5 4 (6.06%) Security Architect
5 4 (6.06%) Senior
6 3 (4.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
6 3 (4.55%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (4.55%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) Developer
6 3 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (21.21%) Terraform
2 3 (4.55%) FastAPI
2 3 (4.55%) OAuth
3 2 (3.03%) GraphQL
3 2 (3.03%) JSON
3 2 (3.03%) JWT
3 2 (3.03%) Kafka
3 2 (3.03%) LangGraph
3 2 (3.03%) Middleware
3 2 (3.03%) OAuth2
3 2 (3.03%) OpenTelemetry
3 2 (3.03%) PySpark
3 2 (3.03%) React
3 2 (3.03%) REST
3 2 (3.03%) RESTful
3 2 (3.03%) SAML
3 2 (3.03%) SOAP
3 2 (3.03%) XML
3 2 (3.03%) XSLT
4 1 (1.52%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 6 (9.09%) AI Agents
3 5 (7.58%) Clustering
3 5 (7.58%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.55%) Data Centre
4 3 (4.55%) PKI
5 2 (3.03%) Digital Wallet
5 2 (3.03%) Educational Technology
5 2 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (3.03%) Genomics
5 2 (3.03%) Life Science
5 2 (3.03%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.03%) Mobile App
5 2 (3.03%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.52%) CMDB
6 1 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.52%) FMCG
6 1 (1.52%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (1.52%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.52%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.09%) Linux
1 6 (9.09%) Windows
2 5 (7.58%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.52%) Android
3 1 (1.52%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.52%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.52%) SUSE
3 1 (1.52%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (36.36%) CI/CD
2 23 (34.85%) AI
3 15 (22.73%) DevOps
4 13 (19.70%) Analytics
4 13 (19.70%) Migration
5 12 (18.18%) Machine Learning
5 12 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (16.67%) Agile
6 11 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
7 10 (15.15%) Containerisation
7 10 (15.15%) Observability
8 7 (10.61%) Cloud Security
8 7 (10.61%) Mentoring
8 7 (10.61%) Microservices
8 7 (10.61%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (10.61%) Workshop Facilitation
9 6 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (9.09%) Data Protection
9 6 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (9.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 10 (15.15%) Python
2 8 (12.12%) SQL
3 6 (9.09%) PowerShell
4 4 (6.06%) Java
5 2 (3.03%) Bash
5 2 (3.03%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.03%) Korn
5 2 (3.03%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.52%) C#
6 1 (1.52%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (1.52%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 26 (39.39%) Security Cleared
2 20 (30.30%) SC Cleared
3 14 (21.21%) DV Cleared
4 7 (10.61%) Degree
5 2 (3.03%) AWS Certification
5 2 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.03%) SnowPro
5 2 (3.03%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (1.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.52%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.52%) PMP
6 1 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.06%) Data Quality
1 4 (6.06%) QA
2 3 (4.55%) NIST
3 2 (3.03%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 2 (3.03%) NCSC
3 2 (3.03%) PMO
4 1 (1.52%) EU AI Act
4 1 (1.52%) GRC
4 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 19770
4 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.52%) PSD2
4 1 (1.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (16.67%) Docker
2 4 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.55%) BitLocker
3 3 (4.55%) Hyper-V
3 3 (4.55%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (4.55%) Terminal Services
3 3 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.52%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 19 (28.79%) Kubernetes
2 5 (7.58%) Ansible
3 3 (4.55%) Nagios
3 3 (4.55%) Puppet
3 3 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (4.55%) vCenter Server
3 3 (4.55%) vMotion
4 2 (3.03%) Grafana
4 2 (3.03%) Istio
4 2 (3.03%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.52%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.52%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 20 (30.30%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.06%) Apple
2 4 (6.06%) Oracle
2 4 (6.06%) ServiceNow
2 4 (6.06%) VMware
3 3 (4.55%) Adobe
3 3 (4.55%) Citrix
3 3 (4.55%) Dynatrace
3 3 (4.55%) HP
3 3 (4.55%) Salesforce
3 3 (4.55%) SAP
3 3 (4.55%) Symantec
4 2 (3.03%) IBM
4 2 (3.03%) Informatica
4 2 (3.03%) OpenAI
4 2 (3.03%) TikTok
4 2 (3.03%) Workday
5 1 (1.52%) Cisco
5 1 (1.52%) Meraki
5 1 (1.52%) Red Hat