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 12 August 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
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 65 73 76
Rank change year-on-year +8 +3 +7
Contract jobs citing Google 74 54 50
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 3.13% 2.89% 2.41%
As % of the Vendors category 7.32% 6.08% 5.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 37 37
10th Percentile £388 £355 £343
25th Percentile £463 £458 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £688
90th Percentile £648 £755 £768
Central London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
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 1,011 888 913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 42.69% 47.54% 44.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 689 571 640
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £424 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £656 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
Central London median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 14 11
10th Percentile - £22.53 £16.00
25th Percentile £18.75 £26.91 £19.50
Median hourly rate £19.50 £38.58 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.45% +42.87% +20.00%
75th Percentile £26.13 £63.75 £115.00
90th Percentile £41.95 £89.67 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £22.83 £32.83 £34.25
% change year-on-year -30.45% -4.16% +52.22%

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 12 August 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
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 12 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Google in the City of London

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 5 (6.76%) Confluence
2 3 (4.05%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.70%) CMS
3 2 (2.70%) Drupal
3 2 (2.70%) WordPress
4 1 (1.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (1.35%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.70%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.35%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 52 (70.27%) GCP
2 18 (24.32%) AWS
3 16 (21.62%) Azure
4 12 (16.22%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 7 (9.46%) Google Workspace
6 6 (8.11%) Google Analytics
7 5 (6.76%) Cloud Functions
7 5 (6.76%) Google App Engine
7 5 (6.76%) Google Sheets
7 5 (6.76%) OpenShift
7 5 (6.76%) Power Platform
7 5 (6.76%) Vertex AI
8 4 (5.41%) GitHub
8 4 (5.41%) Google Compute Engine
9 3 (4.05%) Adobe Analytics
9 3 (4.05%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (4.05%) IaaS
9 3 (4.05%) PaaS
9 3 (4.05%) Snowflake
10 2 (2.70%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.81%) DNS
1 8 (10.81%) Firewall
2 5 (6.76%) VPN
3 4 (5.41%) Internet
4 3 (4.05%) DHCP
4 3 (4.05%) Network Security
4 3 (4.05%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.46%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (5.41%) Power BI
2 4 (5.41%) Tableau
3 3 (4.05%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (4.05%) Big Data
3 3 (4.05%) BigQuery
3 3 (4.05%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (4.05%) Snowflake Schema
4 2 (2.70%) Looker
4 2 (2.70%) Star Schema
5 1 (1.35%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.35%) MySQL
5 1 (1.35%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.35%) Pinecone
5 1 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.35%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 7 (9.46%) JIRA
2 6 (8.11%) GitLab
3 4 (5.41%) Git
3 4 (5.41%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.35%) Claude Code
4 1 (1.35%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.35%) Gatling
4 1 (1.35%) JMeter
4 1 (1.35%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.35%) NeoLoad
General
1 16 (21.62%) Social Skills
2 11 (14.86%) Public Sector
3 9 (12.16%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (9.46%) Finance
5 6 (8.11%) Banking
6 5 (6.76%) Retail
7 4 (5.41%) Marketing
7 4 (5.41%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.70%) Legal
8 2 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.35%) Advertising
9 1 (1.35%) German Language
9 1 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.35%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (18.92%) Cloud Engineer
2 12 (16.22%) Architect
2 12 (16.22%) GCP Engineer
3 7 (9.46%) Support Engineer
4 6 (8.11%) Senior
5 5 (6.76%) Analyst
5 5 (6.76%) Applications Engineer
5 5 (6.76%) Cloud Architect
5 5 (6.76%) Lead
6 4 (5.41%) Applications Support
6 4 (5.41%) Applications Support Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) Consultant
6 4 (5.41%) Developer
6 4 (5.41%) Security Architect
6 4 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (4.05%) 3rd Line Support
7 3 (4.05%) Infrastructure Architect
7 3 (4.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (4.05%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 3 (4.05%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.41%) OAuth
2 3 (4.05%) FastAPI
2 3 (4.05%) Kafka
2 3 (4.05%) SAML
3 2 (2.70%) GraphQL
3 2 (2.70%) JSON
3 2 (2.70%) JWT
3 2 (2.70%) LangGraph
3 2 (2.70%) Middleware
3 2 (2.70%) OAuth2
3 2 (2.70%) OpenTelemetry
3 2 (2.70%) PySpark
3 2 (2.70%) React
3 2 (2.70%) REST
3 2 (2.70%) RESTful
3 2 (2.70%) SOAP
3 2 (2.70%) XML
3 2 (2.70%) XSLT
4 1 (1.35%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (1.35%) RESTEasy
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.22%) Cloud Native
2 7 (9.46%) AI Agents
3 6 (8.11%) Clustering
4 4 (5.41%) Data Centre
4 4 (5.41%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.05%) Mobile App
5 3 (4.05%) PKI
6 2 (2.70%) Digital Wallet
6 2 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.70%) Educational Technology
6 2 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.70%) Genomics
6 2 (2.70%) Life Science
6 2 (2.70%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.70%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.70%) Virtual Team
7 1 (1.35%) BYOD
7 1 (1.35%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.35%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (1.35%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.11%) Linux
2 5 (6.76%) Windows
2 5 (6.76%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.35%) Android
3 1 (1.35%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.35%) SUSE
3 1 (1.35%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 1 (1.35%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (35.14%) AI
1 26 (35.14%) CI/CD
2 18 (24.32%) Analytics
3 15 (20.27%) DevOps
4 14 (18.92%) Agile
4 14 (18.92%) Migration
5 13 (17.57%) Infrastructure as Code
6 12 (16.22%) Machine Learning
6 12 (16.22%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (14.86%) Observability
8 10 (13.51%) Containerisation
9 8 (10.81%) Microservices
9 8 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (9.46%) Cloud Security
10 7 (9.46%) Mentoring
11 6 (8.11%) Cloud Operations
11 6 (8.11%) Performance Optimisation
11 6 (8.11%) Technical Leadership
11 6 (8.11%) User Experience
11 6 (8.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 12 (16.22%) SQL
2 11 (14.86%) Python
3 6 (8.11%) PowerShell
4 4 (5.41%) Java
5 2 (2.70%) Bash
5 2 (2.70%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.70%) Korn
5 2 (2.70%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.35%) C#
6 1 (1.35%) Elixir
6 1 (1.35%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (1.35%) Ruby
6 1 (1.35%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 27 (36.49%) Security Cleared
2 21 (28.38%) SC Cleared
3 15 (20.27%) DV Cleared
4 7 (9.46%) Degree
5 2 (2.70%) AWS Certification
5 2 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.70%) SnowPro
5 2 (2.70%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (1.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (1.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.35%) CISM
6 1 (1.35%) CISSP
6 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.35%) CRISC
6 1 (1.35%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.35%) PMP
6 1 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.41%) Data Quality
1 4 (5.41%) NIST
1 4 (5.41%) QA
2 2 (2.70%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 2 (2.70%) NCSC
2 2 (2.70%) PCI DSS
2 2 (2.70%) PMO
3 1 (1.35%) EU AI Act
3 1 (1.35%) GRC
3 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.35%) NIST 800
3 1 (1.35%) PSD2
3 1 (1.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (14.86%) Docker
2 4 (5.41%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.05%) BitLocker
3 3 (4.05%) Hyper-V
3 3 (4.05%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (4.05%) Terminal Services
3 3 (4.05%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (4.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.35%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 20 (27.03%) Kubernetes
2 15 (20.27%) Terraform
3 5 (6.76%) Ansible
4 3 (4.05%) Nagios
4 3 (4.05%) Puppet
4 3 (4.05%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (4.05%) vCenter Server
4 3 (4.05%) vMotion
5 2 (2.70%) Grafana
5 2 (2.70%) Istio
5 2 (2.70%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.35%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 19 (25.68%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.05%) Adobe
2 3 (4.05%) Apple
2 3 (4.05%) Citrix
2 3 (4.05%) Dynatrace
2 3 (4.05%) HP
2 3 (4.05%) Oracle
2 3 (4.05%) Salesforce
2 3 (4.05%) ServiceNow
2 3 (4.05%) Symantec
2 3 (4.05%) VMware
3 2 (2.70%) Amplitude
3 2 (2.70%) Informatica
3 2 (2.70%) OpenAI
3 2 (2.70%) SAP
3 2 (2.70%) TikTok
3 2 (2.70%) Workday
4 1 (1.35%) Cisco
4 1 (1.35%) IBM
4 1 (1.35%) Red Hat