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 1 July 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
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 74 78 73
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 +11
Contract jobs citing Google 64 42 50
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.61% 2.38% 2.36%
As % of the Vendors category 6.38% 5.22% 5.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 25 37
10th Percentile £397 £302 £358
25th Percentile £459 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £688
90th Percentile £700 £760 £774
Central London median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -10.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £24.22 £47.13 -
25th Percentile £25.81 £55.94 -
Median hourly rate £30.33 £71.25 -
Median % change year-on-year -57.43% - -
75th Percentile £36.73 £85.94 -
90th Percentile £39.44 £94.38 -
Central London median hourly rate £30.33 £51.44 -
% change year-on-year -41.04% - -

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 1,003 804 944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 40.96% 45.60% 44.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 659 496 688
10th Percentile £365 £313 £346
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £556
Median % change year-on-year - -0.99% -2.11%
75th Percentile £668 £675 £680
90th Percentile £750 £751 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £548 £550
% change year-on-year +0.46% -0.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 13 8
10th Percentile - £22.35 £12.75
25th Percentile £18.75 £26.75 £15.19
Median hourly rate £19.50 £34.65 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year -43.72% +59.31% -40.00%
75th Percentile £27.08 £63.75 £27.00
90th Percentile £42.13 £93.11 £63.53
Central London median hourly rate £22.08 £31.00 £21.75
% change year-on-year -28.77% +42.53% -13.00%

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 1 July 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 1 July 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 3 (4.69%) Apache Airflow
1 3 (4.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.13%) Confluence
3 1 (1.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.56%) Apache
3 1 (1.56%) CMS
3 1 (1.56%) Drupal
3 1 (1.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.56%) NetSuite
1 1 (1.56%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 44 (68.75%) GCP
2 14 (21.88%) AWS
3 11 (17.19%) Azure
4 9 (14.06%) Google Kubernetes Engine
4 9 (14.06%) Google Workspace
5 6 (9.38%) Power Platform
6 5 (7.81%) Vertex AI
7 4 (6.25%) Google Analytics
7 4 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (6.25%) Slack
8 3 (4.69%) Anthos
8 3 (4.69%) Google Sheets
8 3 (4.69%) IaaS
8 3 (4.69%) OpenShift
8 3 (4.69%) PaaS
8 3 (4.69%) Snowflake
9 2 (3.13%) Cloud Functions
9 2 (3.13%) dbt
9 2 (3.13%) Fivetran
9 2 (3.13%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.38%) Firewall
2 4 (6.25%) DNS
2 4 (6.25%) VPN
3 3 (4.69%) DHCP
3 3 (4.69%) Network Security
3 3 (4.69%) SMTP
4 1 (1.56%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.94%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (9.38%) Tableau
3 5 (7.81%) Power BI
4 3 (4.69%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (4.69%) Big Data
4 3 (4.69%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (4.69%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (3.13%) BigQuery
5 2 (3.13%) MySQL
5 2 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (3.13%) Star Schema
6 1 (1.56%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (1.56%) Looker
6 1 (1.56%) Metadata
6 1 (1.56%) OLAP
6 1 (1.56%) Oracle OLAP
6 1 (1.56%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (7.81%) JIRA
2 2 (3.13%) Git
2 2 (3.13%) GitLab
3 1 (1.56%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.56%) ERwin
3 1 (1.56%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (17.19%) Public Sector
3 10 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (14.06%) Banking
5 8 (12.50%) Finance
6 5 (7.81%) Retail
7 4 (6.25%) Marketing
8 2 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.13%) Legal
8 2 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.56%) Advertising
9 1 (1.56%) German Language
9 1 (1.56%) Law
9 1 (1.56%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.56%) Military
9 1 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 14 (21.88%) GCP Engineer
2 10 (15.63%) Architect
2 10 (15.63%) Cloud Engineer
3 5 (7.81%) Cloud Architect
4 4 (6.25%) Analyst
4 4 (6.25%) Cloud Platform Engineer
4 4 (6.25%) Consultant
4 4 (6.25%) Lead
4 4 (6.25%) Platform Engineer
4 4 (6.25%) Senior
4 4 (6.25%) Support Engineer
5 3 (4.69%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 3 (4.69%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (4.69%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
5 3 (4.69%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (4.69%) Data Engineer
5 3 (4.69%) Infrastructure Support
5 3 (4.69%) Snowflake Data Engineer
5 3 (4.69%) Snowflake Engineer
5 3 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.69%) Kafka
2 2 (3.13%) OAuth
2 2 (3.13%) PySpark
2 2 (3.13%) SAML
3 1 (1.56%) FastAPI
3 1 (1.56%) GraphQL
3 1 (1.56%) JWT
3 1 (1.56%) LangGraph
3 1 (1.56%) MicroProfile
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.56%) Middleware
3 1 (1.56%) Pandas
3 1 (1.56%) Phoenix
3 1 (1.56%) Phoenix Framework
3 1 (1.56%) Playwright
3 1 (1.56%) Quarkus
3 1 (1.56%) React
3 1 (1.56%) scikit-learn
3 1 (1.56%) Seaborn
3 1 (1.56%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.50%) Cloud Native
2 7 (10.94%) Data Centre
3 6 (9.38%) Clustering
4 3 (4.69%) AI Agents
4 3 (4.69%) PKI
5 2 (3.13%) Digital Wallet
5 2 (3.13%) Management Information System
5 2 (3.13%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.13%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.13%) Public Cloud
5 2 (3.13%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.56%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.56%) BYOD
6 1 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.56%) Life Science
6 1 (1.56%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (1.56%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.56%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.56%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.56%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.25%) Linux
1 4 (6.25%) Windows
2 3 (4.69%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.56%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.56%) SUSE
3 1 (1.56%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
3 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (39.06%) AI
2 18 (28.13%) Analytics
3 17 (26.56%) CI/CD
4 12 (18.75%) Agile
5 10 (15.63%) DevOps
5 10 (15.63%) Infrastructure as Code
5 10 (15.63%) Machine Learning
5 10 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (12.50%) Migration
6 8 (12.50%) Platform Engineering
7 7 (10.94%) ETL
8 6 (9.38%) Cloud Security
8 6 (9.38%) Data Governance
8 6 (9.38%) Data Modelling
8 6 (9.38%) Data Science
8 6 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (9.38%) Workflow
9 5 (7.81%) Actionable Insight
9 5 (7.81%) Decision-Making
9 5 (7.81%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 12 (18.75%) SQL
2 7 (10.94%) Python
3 4 (6.25%) PowerShell
4 3 (4.69%) Java
5 2 (3.13%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (1.56%) Elixir
6 1 (1.56%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.56%) Korn
6 1 (1.56%) Ruby
6 1 (1.56%) SOQL
6 1 (1.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 16 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 13 (20.31%) DV Cleared
4 7 (10.94%) Degree
5 3 (4.69%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (3.13%) AWS Certification
6 2 (3.13%) SnowPro
7 1 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.56%) CISM
7 1 (1.56%) CISSP
7 1 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.56%) CRISC
7 1 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.25%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.13%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.13%) NCSC
2 2 (3.13%) NIST
2 2 (3.13%) PCI DSS
2 2 (3.13%) QA
3 1 (1.56%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.56%) GRC
3 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 1 (1.56%) NIST 800
3 1 (1.56%) PMO
3 1 (1.56%) PSD2
3 1 (1.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (9.38%) Docker
2 4 (6.25%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.69%) BitLocker
3 3 (4.69%) Hyper-V
3 3 (4.69%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (4.69%) Terminal Services
3 3 (4.69%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (4.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.56%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 14 (21.88%) Kubernetes
2 10 (15.63%) Terraform
3 4 (6.25%) Ansible
4 3 (4.69%) Nagios
4 3 (4.69%) Puppet
4 3 (4.69%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (4.69%) vCenter Server
4 3 (4.69%) vMotion
5 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.56%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 12 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.69%) Apple
2 3 (4.69%) Citrix
2 3 (4.69%) HP
2 3 (4.69%) Oracle
2 3 (4.69%) Salesforce
2 3 (4.69%) Symantec
2 3 (4.69%) VMware
3 2 (3.13%) Adobe
3 2 (3.13%) IBM
3 2 (3.13%) Informatica
3 2 (3.13%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.13%) TikTok
4 1 (1.56%) Ahrefs
4 1 (1.56%) Amplitude
4 1 (1.56%) iManage
4 1 (1.56%) Klarna
4 1 (1.56%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.56%) PagerDuty
4 1 (1.56%) PayPal