Google Play Contract Job Trends in London

Google Play
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Google Play skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 385 453
Rank change year-on-year +21 +68 +132
Contract jobs citing Google Play 11 5 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.082% 0.031% 0.009%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.19% 0.074% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 2
10th Percentile £370 - £367
25th Percentile £454 £243 £392
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £310 £469
Median % change year-on-year +65.81% -33.87% -11.76%
75th Percentile £544 £450 £530
90th Percentile £576 £540 £546
England median daily rate £514 £310 £538
% change year-on-year +65.81% -42.33% +7.50%

All Cloud Skills
London

Google Play falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 5,843 6,716 8,745
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.42% 41.20% 39.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,984 4,681 6,484
10th Percentile £343 £350 £358
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -4.35% -1.29%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 44 63
10th Percentile £23.00 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.06 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.00 £30.30 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -25.20% +15.71%
75th Percentile £51.00 £50.00 £69.38
90th Percentile £78.75 £65.33 £89.31
England median hourly rate £26.00 £33.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.21% - +53.49%

Google Play
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Google Play in London

Google Play
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Google Play.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Google Play

Google Play
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google Play in London over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Google Play in London

Google Play
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Google Play.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Google Play

Google Play
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google Play within the London region over the 6 months to 20 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
Central London - 2 £583 - 3
Google Play
England

Google Play
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) AWS
2 3 (27.27%) Firebase
3 1 (9.09%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Git
2 1 (9.09%) Android Studio
2 1 (9.09%) Appium
2 1 (9.09%) Xcode
General
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Lead
2 2 (18.18%) Android Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Developer
3 1 (9.09%) iOS Android Developer
3 1 (9.09%) iOS Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Android Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Lead iOS Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Mobile Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Mobile Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Mobile Tester
3 1 (9.09%) QA Tester
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Android Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior iOS Android Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior iOS Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Mobile Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (72.73%) React Native
1 8 (72.73%) Redux
2 6 (54.55%) React
3 4 (36.36%) Node.js
3 4 (36.36%) RESTful
4 3 (27.27%) Bootstrap
4 3 (27.27%) CSS
4 3 (27.27%) CSS3
4 3 (27.27%) HTML
4 3 (27.27%) HTML5
4 3 (27.27%) Jest
5 2 (18.18%) Next.js
6 1 (9.09%) Dagger
6 1 (9.09%) Flutter
6 1 (9.09%) REST
6 1 (9.09%) RxJava
Miscellaneous
1 9 (81.82%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 9 (81.82%) Android
2 8 (72.73%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) CI/CD
2 8 (72.73%) DevOps
3 7 (63.64%) Mobile Application Development
4 6 (54.55%) User Experience
5 5 (45.45%) Agile
6 4 (36.36%) A/B Testing
6 4 (36.36%) Analytics
6 4 (36.36%) Business Case
6 4 (36.36%) Clean Code
6 4 (36.36%) Mentoring
6 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 4 (36.36%) Technical Leadership
6 4 (36.36%) Test Automation
7 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Management
7 3 (27.27%) Performance Optimisation
7 3 (27.27%) Push Notifications
7 3 (27.27%) Unit Testing
8 2 (18.18%) Android Development
8 2 (18.18%) Full-Stack Development
9 1 (9.09%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) JavaScript
1 4 (36.36%) TypeScript
2 2 (18.18%) Java
2 2 (18.18%) Kotlin
3 1 (9.09%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) Accessibility
2 2 (18.18%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Google
2 1 (9.09%) Apple