Google Contract Job Trends in London

Google
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 15 October 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
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 89 96
Rank change year-on-year -22 +7 -3
Contract jobs citing Google 565 423 418
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.75% 3.16% 2.60%
As % of the Vendors category 6.41% 6.81% 5.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 250 266
10th Percentile £350 £275 £319
25th Percentile £413 £413 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £511 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.24% -11.09% -4.17%
75th Percentile £600 £624 £700
90th Percentile £688 £819 £775
England median daily rate £500 £495 £525
% change year-on-year +1.01% -5.71% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 14
10th Percentile £17.60 £30.79 £27.26
25th Percentile £22.50 £32.25 £30.69
Median hourly rate £25.27 £44.47 £40.75
Median % change year-on-year -43.18% +9.13% +58.25%
75th Percentile £41.25 £63.00 £44.31
90th Percentile £46.97 £64.58 £54.51
England median hourly rate £26.00 £21.92 £70.00
% change year-on-year +18.61% -68.69% +116.58%

All Vendors
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,812 6,216 6,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.97% 46.46% 43.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,746 4,044 4,422
10th Percentile £343 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £421 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £744 £750
England median daily rate £517 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +1.90% -3.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 120 75
10th Percentile £16.70 £17.40 £18.28
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.00 £24.63
Median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.07% -28.14% -13.04%
75th Percentile £62.94 £37.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.88 £87.80
England median hourly rate £25.75 £25.04 £35.18
% change year-on-year +2.85% -28.83% -20.94%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Google job vacancy trend in London

Google
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Google

Google
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google in London over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Google in London

Google
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Google

Google
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Google in London over the 6 months to 15 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Google in London

Google
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 15 October 2026. 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 -19 77 £513 -15.29% 28
West London -14 12 £504 -4.05% 12
South London -5 8 £550 +15.79% 1
East London - 3 £631 - 4
Google
England

Google
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 28 (4.96%) Apache
2 27 (4.78%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (3.54%) CMS
4 19 (3.36%) SharePoint
5 16 (2.83%) Confluence
6 12 (2.12%) Apache Spark
7 10 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (1.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 8 (1.42%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.71%) WordPress
11 3 (0.53%) Drupal
12 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.18%) Camunda
12 1 (0.18%) IIS
12 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.18%) Luigi
12 1 (0.18%) Mendix
12 1 (0.18%) MQSeries
12 1 (0.18%) nginx
Applications
1 17 (3.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.88%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.35%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.35%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.18%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.18%) InDesign
6 1 (0.18%) Maya
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.06%) Shopify
2 4 (0.71%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (0.53%) iTrent
4 2 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.35%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.18%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.18%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.18%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.18%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 335 (59.29%) GCP
2 164 (29.03%) AWS
3 150 (26.55%) Azure
4 72 (12.74%) Google Workspace
5 55 (9.73%) GitHub
6 48 (8.50%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 41 (7.26%) Microsoft 365
8 36 (6.37%) Entra ID
9 32 (5.66%) dbt
9 32 (5.66%) GitHub Actions
10 28 (4.96%) Google Gemini
11 27 (4.78%) SaaS
12 26 (4.60%) Google Analytics
13 25 (4.42%) Vertex AI
14 23 (4.07%) Anthropic Claude
14 23 (4.07%) Snowflake
15 22 (3.89%) Power Platform
16 21 (3.72%) Google Drive
17 20 (3.54%) Google Sheets
18 19 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.31%) DNS
2 25 (4.42%) Firewall
3 19 (3.36%) VPN
4 15 (2.65%) Network Security
5 13 (2.30%) Internet
6 9 (1.59%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.24%) DKIM
7 7 (1.24%) DMARC
8 6 (1.06%) DHCP
8 6 (1.06%) WAN
8 6 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.88%) SD-WAN
9 5 (0.88%) VoIP
10 4 (0.71%) HTTP
10 4 (0.71%) SMTP
10 4 (0.71%) WebEx
11 3 (0.53%) BGP
11 3 (0.53%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (0.53%) NGFW
11 3 (0.53%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (12.04%) BigQuery
2 38 (6.73%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (3.54%) Looker
5 19 (3.36%) Power BI
5 19 (3.36%) Relational Database
6 16 (2.83%) Big Data
7 15 (2.65%) Metadata
8 13 (2.30%) Tableau
9 11 (1.95%) Data Lake
9 11 (1.95%) MongoDB
9 11 (1.95%) MySQL
10 9 (1.59%) NoSQL
11 8 (1.42%) Redis
12 7 (1.24%) InterSystems Cache
13 6 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (1.06%) Flink
13 6 (1.06%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 50 (8.85%) Git
2 48 (8.50%) Jenkins
3 38 (6.73%) GitLab
4 29 (5.13%) JIRA
5 10 (1.77%) Gradle
6 9 (1.59%) JUnit
6 9 (1.59%) Maven
7 8 (1.42%) Cucumber
8 7 (1.24%) SonarQube
9 6 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (0.88%) Claude Code
11 4 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (0.71%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.71%) Mockito
11 4 (0.71%) Visual Website Optimizer
11 4 (0.71%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.53%) Gemini Tracker
12 3 (0.53%) Selenium
13 2 (0.35%) Gatling
13 2 (0.35%) TestRail
General
1 147 (26.02%) Social Skills
2 113 (20.00%) Finance
3 76 (13.45%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (13.10%) Public Sector
5 48 (8.50%) Marketing
6 42 (7.43%) Banking
7 34 (6.02%) Retail
8 17 (3.01%) Advertising
9 15 (2.65%) Legal
9 15 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (1.95%) Games
10 11 (1.95%) Publishing
11 10 (1.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (1.77%) Military
12 9 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.24%) Law
13 7 (1.24%) Local Government
14 6 (1.06%) Billing
15 5 (0.88%) Front Office
15 5 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 82 (14.51%) Architect
2 69 (12.21%) GCP Engineer
3 63 (11.15%) Senior
4 52 (9.20%) Data Engineer
5 47 (8.32%) Cloud Engineer
6 46 (8.14%) Developer
7 43 (7.61%) Analyst
8 30 (5.31%) Lead
9 27 (4.78%) DevOps Engineer
10 21 (3.72%) GCP DevOps
11 20 (3.54%) GCP Data Engineer
12 19 (3.36%) GCP DevOps Engineer
13 17 (3.01%) Administrator
13 17 (3.01%) Java Developer
13 17 (3.01%) Security Architect
14 16 (2.83%) Cloud Architect
14 16 (2.83%) Solutions Architect
14 16 (2.83%) Support Engineer
15 14 (2.48%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 14 (2.48%) GCP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (21.06%) Terraform
2 44 (7.79%) REST
3 31 (5.49%) Kafka
4 23 (4.07%) RESTful
5 20 (3.54%) JSON
5 20 (3.54%) OAuth
6 19 (3.36%) LangGraph
6 19 (3.36%) Spring
7 18 (3.19%) React
7 18 (3.19%) Spring Boot
8 16 (2.83%) HTML
9 15 (2.65%) LangChain
10 14 (2.48%) Node.js
11 13 (2.30%) CSS
12 12 (2.12%) Apache Beam
12 12 (2.12%) SOAP
12 12 (2.12%) XML
13 11 (1.95%) GraphQL
13 11 (1.95%) JWT
13 11 (1.95%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 99 (17.52%) Cloud Native
2 41 (7.26%) AI Agents
3 30 (5.31%) Onboarding
4 22 (3.89%) Distributed Systems
5 21 (3.72%) Management Information System
6 19 (3.36%) Public Cloud
7 17 (3.01%) Product Ownership
8 16 (2.83%) Hybrid Cloud
9 15 (2.65%) Data Centre
10 13 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (2.30%) Mobile App
10 13 (2.30%) Security Posture
11 11 (1.95%) Enterprise Cloud
12 10 (1.77%) Clustering
12 10 (1.77%) Virtual Team
13 8 (1.42%) Replication
14 7 (1.24%) Algorithms
14 7 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
14 7 (1.24%) Marketing Technology
14 7 (1.24%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 46 (8.14%) Linux
2 41 (7.26%) Windows
3 17 (3.01%) Android
3 17 (3.01%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.65%) macOS
5 13 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (1.59%) Unix
7 7 (1.24%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.24%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.88%) Alpine Linux
9 2 (0.35%) CentOS
9 2 (0.35%) VMS
10 1 (0.18%) SUSE
10 1 (0.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (32.92%) CI/CD
2 138 (24.42%) AI
3 122 (21.59%) Agile
4 121 (21.42%) DevOps
5 120 (21.24%) Infrastructure as Code
6 103 (18.23%) Migration
7 96 (16.99%) Analytics
8 89 (15.75%) Stakeholder Management
9 83 (14.69%) Problem-Solving
10 67 (11.86%) Roadmaps
11 66 (11.68%) Observability
12 61 (10.80%) Data Pipeline
13 60 (10.62%) Containerisation
14 56 (9.91%) Machine Learning
14 56 (9.91%) Microservices
15 55 (9.73%) Software Engineering
16 54 (9.56%) Continuous Improvement
17 52 (9.20%) Cloud Security
18 51 (9.03%) Event-Driven
19 48 (8.50%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 164 (29.03%) Python
2 119 (21.06%) SQL
3 70 (12.39%) Java
4 38 (6.73%) PowerShell
5 35 (6.19%) Bash
6 29 (5.13%) Go
7 24 (4.25%) JavaScript
8 18 (3.19%) TypeScript
9 16 (2.83%) Kotlin
10 15 (2.65%) Scala
11 10 (1.77%) C#
11 10 (1.77%) Shell Script
12 8 (1.42%) Bicep
13 6 (1.06%) Groovy
13 6 (1.06%) R
14 5 (0.88%) SOQL
15 4 (0.71%) LookML
16 3 (0.53%) Perl
16 3 (0.53%) PHP
17 2 (0.35%) Swift
Qualifications
1 128 (22.65%) Security Cleared
2 109 (19.29%) SC Cleared
3 56 (9.91%) Degree
4 31 (5.49%) DV Cleared
5 28 (4.96%) AWS Certification
6 25 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (3.54%) Azure Certification
8 17 (3.01%) CISSP
9 14 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 11 (1.95%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.77%) CISM
12 9 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
15 6 (1.06%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 6 (1.06%) PhD
16 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
16 5 (0.88%) PMI Certification
16 5 (0.88%) PMP
17 4 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (8.14%) Data Quality
2 32 (5.66%) QA
3 19 (3.36%) NIST
4 18 (3.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (2.30%) GDPR
6 7 (1.24%) NCSC
7 6 (1.06%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (1.06%) EU AI Act
7 6 (1.06%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.06%) PMO
8 4 (0.71%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 4 (0.71%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.53%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.53%) GRC
9 3 (0.53%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.53%) PSD2
10 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.35%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 76 (13.45%) Docker
2 23 (4.07%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.53%) BitLocker
4 3 (0.53%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.53%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (0.53%) Terminal Services
4 3 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.18%) ISA Server
5 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 128 (22.65%) Kubernetes
2 36 (6.37%) Ansible
3 24 (4.25%) Grafana
4 22 (3.89%) Prometheus
5 13 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.59%) Puppet
7 8 (1.42%) Jamf Pro
8 7 (1.24%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.06%) Argo
10 3 (0.53%) Cilium
10 3 (0.53%) Istio
10 3 (0.53%) Kibana
10 3 (0.53%) Nagios
10 3 (0.53%) SCCM
10 3 (0.53%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.53%) vMotion
11 2 (0.35%) logstash
11 2 (0.35%) WSUS
12 1 (0.18%) CASB
Vendors
1 124 (21.95%) Microsoft
2 32 (5.66%) OpenAI
3 25 (4.42%) Oracle
4 24 (4.25%) Salesforce
5 23 (4.07%) Adobe
5 23 (4.07%) Splunk
6 18 (3.19%) Databricks
7 17 (3.01%) Okta
7 17 (3.01%) TikTok
8 14 (2.48%) Dynatrace
9 13 (2.30%) Apple
10 12 (2.12%) Amplitude
11 10 (1.77%) Cisco
11 10 (1.77%) CrowdStrike
11 10 (1.77%) IBM
11 10 (1.77%) SAP
11 10 (1.77%) ServiceNow
12 9 (1.59%) Optimizely
12 9 (1.59%) UiPath
13 8 (1.42%) Tealium