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 31 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
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 90 93
Rank change year-on-year -20 +3 -5
Contract jobs citing Google 527 423 451
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.63% 3.11% 2.75%
As % of the Vendors category 6.27% 6.79% 6.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 258 306
10th Percentile £313 £275 £322
25th Percentile £400 £400 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £700
90th Percentile £675 £750 £775
England median daily rate £510 £489 £535
% change year-on-year +4.40% -8.69% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 16 14
10th Percentile £22.50 £29.50 £22.00
25th Percentile £31.25 £35.00 £25.43
Median hourly rate £35.50 £49.25 £29.75
Median % change year-on-year -27.92% +65.55% -55.93%
75th Percentile £36.05 £62.50 £41.38
90th Percentile £50.00 £67.63 £42.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £23.61 £70.00
% change year-on-year +50.36% -66.27% +100.00%

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 8,410 6,226 7,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.90% 45.77% 42.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,493 4,068 4,813
10th Percentile £350 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £650
90th Percentile £738 £761 £763
England median daily rate £510 £510 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 121 87
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £17.62
25th Percentile £20.60 £22.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.30 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.98% -4.36% -13.95%
75th Percentile £57.50 £43.75 £60.63
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +41.15% -10.18% -27.32%

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 31 July 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 31 July 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 31 July 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 +6 77 £525 -4.55% 71
South London -7 12 £575 +21.05% 3
West London -10 12 £603 +14.76% 13
East London +4 3 £410 -36.92% 7
North London - 1 £225 - 1
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 26 (4.93%) Apache
2 20 (3.80%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.61%) Apache Spark
4 18 (3.42%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (3.04%) CMS
6 15 (2.85%) Confluence
7 11 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (1.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 6 (1.14%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.57%) Drupal
10 3 (0.57%) WordPress
11 2 (0.38%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.19%) Luigi
12 1 (0.19%) Mendix
12 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 15 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (1.90%) Chatbot
5 6 (1.14%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.57%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.38%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.38%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.19%) InDesign
8 1 (0.19%) Maya
8 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.95%) Sprinklr
2 3 (0.57%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.57%) Shopify
3 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.38%) iTrent
3 2 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.19%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.19%) SAP CAR
4 1 (0.19%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.19%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 309 (58.63%) GCP
2 121 (22.96%) AWS
3 115 (21.82%) Azure
4 88 (16.70%) Google Workspace
5 40 (7.59%) Microsoft 365
6 36 (6.83%) GitHub
7 35 (6.64%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 28 (5.31%) Power Platform
9 27 (5.12%) Google Analytics
10 24 (4.55%) SaaS
11 23 (4.36%) Google Drive
12 22 (4.17%) dbt
13 21 (3.98%) Vertex AI
14 19 (3.61%) Google Sheets
14 19 (3.61%) Snowflake
15 18 (3.42%) Cloud Run
15 18 (3.42%) Slack
16 17 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
16 17 (3.23%) Google Ads
17 16 (3.04%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.88%) DNS
2 22 (4.17%) Firewall
3 21 (3.98%) VPN
4 9 (1.71%) Internet
5 8 (1.52%) DKIM
5 8 (1.52%) DMARC
5 8 (1.52%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.33%) Network Security
7 5 (0.95%) DHCP
7 5 (0.95%) SMTP
8 4 (0.76%) VoIP
8 4 (0.76%) WebEx
9 3 (0.57%) HTTP
9 3 (0.57%) Telepresence
9 3 (0.57%) VLAN
10 2 (0.38%) BGP
10 2 (0.38%) IPv4
10 2 (0.38%) IPv6
10 2 (0.38%) NFC
10 2 (0.38%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (11.95%) BigQuery
2 38 (7.21%) Data Warehouse
3 26 (4.93%) Power BI
4 18 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (3.23%) Looker
6 15 (2.85%) Tableau
7 14 (2.66%) Relational Database
8 12 (2.28%) Big Data
9 10 (1.90%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.71%) Metadata
11 8 (1.52%) Redis
12 7 (1.33%) Flink
12 7 (1.33%) InterSystems Cache
12 7 (1.33%) NoSQL
12 7 (1.33%) OLTP
13 6 (1.14%) Amazon Athena
13 6 (1.14%) Mixpanel
13 6 (1.14%) MySQL
13 6 (1.14%) OLAP
13 6 (1.14%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 31 (5.88%) JIRA
2 28 (5.31%) Git
3 26 (4.93%) Jenkins
4 23 (4.36%) GitLab
5 4 (0.76%) Gradle
5 4 (0.76%) Maven
6 3 (0.57%) Visual Website Optimizer
7 2 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.38%) Charles Proxy
7 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.38%) Gatling
7 2 (0.38%) Gemini Tracker
7 2 (0.38%) JMeter
7 2 (0.38%) JUnit
7 2 (0.38%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.38%) NeoLoad
7 2 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.38%) webpack
7 2 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 139 (26.38%) Social Skills
2 98 (18.60%) Finance
3 71 (13.47%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (10.82%) Public Sector
5 53 (10.06%) Marketing
6 33 (6.26%) Retail
7 27 (5.12%) Banking
8 18 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (3.23%) Advertising
10 12 (2.28%) Publishing
11 11 (2.09%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.90%) Legal
13 8 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.14%) Games
14 6 (1.14%) Law
14 6 (1.14%) Military
15 5 (0.95%) Billing
15 5 (0.95%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 68 (12.90%) GCP Engineer
2 53 (10.06%) Data Engineer
3 50 (9.49%) Senior
4 49 (9.30%) Architect
5 47 (8.92%) Lead
6 45 (8.54%) Cloud Engineer
7 40 (7.59%) Analyst
8 39 (7.40%) Developer
9 17 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (3.23%) Support Engineer
10 14 (2.66%) Administrator
10 14 (2.66%) DevOps Engineer
10 14 (2.66%) GCP Data Engineer
11 13 (2.47%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 13 (2.47%) Platform Engineer
11 13 (2.47%) Security Architect
12 12 (2.28%) Java Developer
12 12 (2.28%) Solutions Architect
13 11 (2.09%) Cloud Architect
13 11 (2.09%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (7.97%) REST
2 27 (5.12%) Kafka
3 19 (3.61%) JSON
4 17 (3.23%) OAuth
4 17 (3.23%) Spring
4 17 (3.23%) Spring Boot
5 15 (2.85%) React
6 14 (2.66%) HTML
7 13 (2.47%) LangChain
7 13 (2.47%) LangGraph
7 13 (2.47%) RESTful
8 11 (2.09%) Apache Beam
8 11 (2.09%) CSS
8 11 (2.09%) SAML
9 8 (1.52%) .NET
9 8 (1.52%) Middleware
9 8 (1.52%) Node.js
9 8 (1.52%) PyTorch
10 7 (1.33%) Next.js
10 7 (1.33%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 72 (13.66%) Cloud Native
2 32 (6.07%) AI Agents
3 21 (3.98%) Product Ownership
4 20 (3.80%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.42%) Virtual Team
6 16 (3.04%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.85%) Data Centre
7 15 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
8 14 (2.66%) Mobile App
9 9 (1.71%) Clustering
9 9 (1.71%) Marketing Technology
10 8 (1.52%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.33%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.14%) Life Science
12 6 (1.14%) Social Media
13 5 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.95%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 28 (5.31%) Windows
2 25 (4.74%) Linux
3 14 (2.66%) Android
4 13 (2.47%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.71%) Mac OS
5 9 (1.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.95%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.95%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.76%) Alpine Linux
8 3 (0.57%) Unix
9 1 (0.19%) CentOS
9 1 (0.19%) SUSE
9 1 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.19%) VMS
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (25.62%) CI/CD
2 117 (22.20%) AI
3 111 (21.06%) Agile
4 99 (18.79%) Analytics
5 89 (16.89%) Infrastructure as Code
6 88 (16.70%) DevOps
7 87 (16.51%) Migration
8 77 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
9 60 (11.39%) Stakeholder Management
10 57 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
11 52 (9.87%) Data Modelling
11 52 (9.87%) Machine Learning
12 49 (9.30%) Decision-Making
12 49 (9.30%) Observability
12 49 (9.30%) Software Engineering
13 46 (8.73%) Roadmaps
14 43 (8.16%) Data Pipeline
15 42 (7.97%) Data Engineering
16 41 (7.78%) ETL
16 41 (7.78%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 143 (27.13%) Python
2 106 (20.11%) SQL
3 69 (13.09%) Java
4 31 (5.88%) PowerShell
5 25 (4.74%) JavaScript
6 20 (3.80%) Bash
7 18 (3.42%) Scala
8 17 (3.23%) TypeScript
9 14 (2.66%) C#
9 14 (2.66%) Kotlin
10 13 (2.47%) Go
11 9 (1.71%) Google Apps Script
12 6 (1.14%) Bicep
12 6 (1.14%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.95%) SOQL
14 4 (0.76%) Groovy
14 4 (0.76%) Korn
14 4 (0.76%) Ruby
15 3 (0.57%) LookML
15 3 (0.57%) PHP
Qualifications
1 99 (18.79%) Security Cleared
2 84 (15.94%) SC Cleared
3 51 (9.68%) Degree
4 26 (4.93%) DV Cleared
5 18 (3.42%) AWS Certification
5 18 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.09%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.90%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.71%) CISSP
10 6 (1.14%) PhD
10 6 (1.14%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.95%) CISM
11 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.76%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.76%) PMP
13 3 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.57%) CRISC
13 3 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.02%) Data Quality
2 34 (6.45%) QA
3 20 (3.80%) GDPR
4 13 (2.47%) NIST
5 11 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.33%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.14%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.76%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 4 (0.76%) NCSC
8 4 (0.76%) PMO
9 3 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.57%) GRC
9 3 (0.57%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.57%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.38%) PSD2
10 2 (0.38%) SLA
10 2 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 48 (9.11%) Docker
2 20 (3.80%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.95%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.76%) BitLocker
4 4 (0.76%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (0.76%) Terminal Services
4 4 (0.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.19%) Firmware
6 1 (0.19%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.19%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 91 (17.27%) Terraform
2 80 (15.18%) Kubernetes
3 18 (3.42%) Grafana
4 16 (3.04%) Ansible
5 13 (2.47%) Prometheus
6 11 (2.09%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (1.33%) Puppet
9 6 (1.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 5 (0.95%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.76%) Istio
11 4 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.76%) SCCM
11 4 (0.76%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.76%) vMotion
12 3 (0.57%) Nagios
13 2 (0.38%) Argo
13 2 (0.38%) WSUS
14 1 (0.19%) HP Fortify
14 1 (0.19%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 88 (16.70%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.98%) Splunk
3 20 (3.80%) Adobe
4 19 (3.61%) OpenAI
5 17 (3.23%) Oracle
6 16 (3.04%) Databricks
6 16 (3.04%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.85%) TikTok
8 14 (2.66%) Okta
9 13 (2.47%) Apple
10 12 (2.28%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.71%) Cisco
11 9 (1.71%) Dynatrace
12 7 (1.33%) Amplitude
12 7 (1.33%) Citrix
12 7 (1.33%) CrowdStrike
12 7 (1.33%) New Relic
12 7 (1.33%) Optimizely
12 7 (1.33%) SAP
13 6 (1.14%) CyberArk