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 20 December 2025, 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
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 104 118
Rank change year-on-year +6 +14 -11
Contract jobs citing Google 434 366 405
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.02% 2.44% 2.15%
As % of the Vendors category 6.41% 5.52% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 207 267
10th Percentile £325 £263 £206
25th Percentile £444 £400 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -2.22% -7.98%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £700
90th Percentile £819 £775 £768
England median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -8.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 16 9
10th Percentile £29.93 £30.38 -
25th Percentile £35.75 £34.86 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.50 £42.75 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +55.45% -15.38%
75th Percentile £59.38 £56.50 £32.50
90th Percentile £63.55 £61.13 £39.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £49.29 £32.32
% change year-on-year -33.05% +52.50% -7.66%

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 6,773 6,636 7,702
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 47.10% 44.15% 40.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,408 4,151 5,310
10th Percentile £340 £313 £300
25th Percentile £424 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 69 107
10th Percentile £17.74 £19.66 £16.94
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £24.00
Median hourly rate £25.47 £34.50 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -26.17% -9.58% +48.41%
75th Percentile £41.89 £63.75 £60.63
90th Percentile £65.63 £83.10 £86.35
England median hourly rate £23.75 £30.78 £45.88
% change year-on-year -22.84% -32.91% +77.76%

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 20 December 2025.

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 20 December 2025.

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 20 December 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 +42 85 £588 +2.17% 26
West London -1 20 £594 +52.31% 8
South London -3 3 £215 -62.61% 4
North London - 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 18 (4.15%) Apache Spark
2 16 (3.69%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (3.00%) Confluence
4 12 (2.76%) Apache
5 10 (2.30%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.61%) CMS
7 4 (0.92%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.69%) Ethereum
8 3 (0.69%) Hyperledger
8 3 (0.69%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.46%) SAS
9 2 (0.46%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.46%) WordPress
10 1 (0.23%) Drupal
10 1 (0.23%) JBoss
10 1 (0.23%) Luigi
10 1 (0.23%) nginx
10 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (3.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.38%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.15%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.69%) Trello
7 2 (0.46%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.46%) Autodesk Smoke
7 2 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.46%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.46%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.23%) InDesign
8 1 (0.23%) Maya
8 1 (0.23%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.23%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.23%) Sprinklr
3 1 (0.23%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 257 (59.22%) GCP
2 110 (25.35%) Azure
3 82 (18.89%) AWS
4 68 (15.67%) GitHub
5 59 (13.59%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 44 (10.14%) Google Workspace
7 34 (7.83%) Power Platform
8 33 (7.60%) Cloud Run
9 30 (6.91%) GitHub Actions
9 30 (6.91%) Google Analytics
10 27 (6.22%) SaaS
11 23 (5.30%) Google Gemini
12 19 (4.38%) Vertex AI
13 16 (3.69%) Cloud Computing
13 16 (3.69%) Cloud Functions
14 15 (3.46%) Entra ID
14 15 (3.46%) Microsoft 365
15 14 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
15 14 (3.23%) Google Sheets
16 13 (3.00%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 27 (6.22%) Firewall
2 17 (3.92%) DNS
3 8 (1.84%) HTTP
4 7 (1.61%) VPN
5 6 (1.38%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.15%) Network Security
7 3 (0.69%) Intranet
7 3 (0.69%) SMTP
7 3 (0.69%) SSL
8 2 (0.46%) BGP
8 2 (0.46%) Broadband
8 2 (0.46%) Cisco IPT
8 2 (0.46%) DKIM
8 2 (0.46%) DMARC
8 2 (0.46%) Internet
8 2 (0.46%) LAN
8 2 (0.46%) VLAN
8 2 (0.46%) VRRP
8 2 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.23%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (15.21%) BigQuery
2 28 (6.45%) Power BI
3 19 (4.38%) Tableau
4 18 (4.15%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (3.00%) Mixpanel
6 12 (2.76%) Looker
7 11 (2.53%) Big Data
7 11 (2.53%) NoSQL
8 10 (2.30%) Data Lake
9 9 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (1.84%) Amazon Athena
10 8 (1.84%) MongoDB
11 7 (1.61%) Metadata
11 7 (1.61%) OLAP
11 7 (1.61%) OLTP
11 7 (1.61%) SQL Server
12 6 (1.38%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (1.15%) Apache Cassandra
13 5 (1.15%) Hadoop
13 5 (1.15%) Redis
Development Applications
1 51 (11.75%) Jenkins
2 40 (9.22%) Git
3 24 (5.53%) GitLab
3 24 (5.53%) JIRA
4 13 (3.00%) SonarQube
5 9 (2.07%) Gradle
6 8 (1.84%) Sonatype Nexus
7 7 (1.61%) Cypress.io
8 6 (1.38%) Visual Website Optimizer
9 5 (1.15%) Android Studio
9 5 (1.15%) Browser DevTools
9 5 (1.15%) JUnit
9 5 (1.15%) Maven
10 4 (0.92%) CircleCI
10 4 (0.92%) Mockito
10 4 (0.92%) Selenium
11 3 (0.69%) Artifactory
11 3 (0.69%) Charles Proxy
11 3 (0.69%) Fiddler
11 3 (0.69%) webpack
General
1 125 (28.80%) Social Skills
2 92 (21.20%) Finance
3 67 (15.44%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (11.06%) Marketing
5 44 (10.14%) Banking
6 21 (4.84%) Pharmaceutical
7 18 (4.15%) Public Sector
7 18 (4.15%) Retail
8 17 (3.92%) Advertising
9 14 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.53%) Legal
11 9 (2.07%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (1.84%) Publishing
13 6 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.15%) Electronics
14 5 (1.15%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.15%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.69%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 50 (11.52%) Senior
2 48 (11.06%) GCP Engineer
3 44 (10.14%) Developer
4 38 (8.76%) Architect
5 36 (8.29%) Analyst
6 27 (6.22%) Lead
7 25 (5.76%) DevOps Engineer
8 24 (5.53%) Cloud Engineer
9 23 (5.30%) Data Engineer
10 19 (4.38%) Data Scientist
10 19 (4.38%) Security Engineer
11 17 (3.92%) GCP DevOps
11 17 (3.92%) GCP DevOps Engineer
11 17 (3.92%) Software Engineer
12 15 (3.46%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 14 (3.23%) Senior Developer
14 12 (2.76%) Business Analyst
14 12 (2.76%) Java Developer
14 12 (2.76%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (2.53%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (6.91%) React
1 30 (6.91%) RESTful
2 25 (5.76%) FastAPI
3 22 (5.07%) HTML
3 22 (5.07%) LangChain
3 22 (5.07%) LangGraph
4 20 (4.61%) Kafka
4 20 (4.61%) Spring
5 19 (4.38%) CSS
6 18 (4.15%) Node.js
7 17 (3.92%) PyTorch
8 16 (3.69%) OAuth
8 16 (3.69%) Spring Boot
8 16 (3.69%) TensorFlow
9 15 (3.46%) AngularJS
9 15 (3.46%) Pandas
9 15 (3.46%) pytest
9 15 (3.46%) scikit-learn
10 10 (2.30%) Hugging Face
11 9 (2.07%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 66 (15.21%) Cloud Native
2 28 (6.45%) Onboarding
3 22 (5.07%) Mobile App
4 19 (4.38%) Life Science
5 17 (3.92%) AI Agents
6 16 (3.69%) Genomics
7 13 (3.00%) Analytical Mindset
8 12 (2.76%) Data Centre
9 11 (2.53%) Social Media
10 9 (2.07%) Algorithms
10 9 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (1.84%) Product Ownership
12 7 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.38%) Data Structures
13 6 (1.38%) Digital Media
13 6 (1.38%) Management Information System
14 5 (1.15%) Autonomous Agent
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.38%) Android
2 15 (3.46%) Apple iOS
3 14 (3.23%) Linux
4 9 (2.07%) Windows
5 6 (1.38%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.38%) Unix
6 4 (0.92%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (32.03%) DevOps
2 126 (29.03%) CI/CD
3 111 (25.58%) AI
4 99 (22.81%) Agile
4 99 (22.81%) Analytics
5 80 (18.43%) Containerisation
5 80 (18.43%) Problem-Solving
6 77 (17.74%) Machine Learning
7 74 (17.05%) Infrastructure as Code
8 61 (14.06%) Migration
9 44 (10.14%) User Experience
10 42 (9.68%) Software Engineering
11 40 (9.22%) Generative AI
11 40 (9.22%) Microservices
12 36 (8.29%) Stakeholder Management
13 35 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
13 35 (8.06%) Data Modelling
13 35 (8.06%) LLM
14 34 (7.83%) Observability
14 34 (7.83%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 146 (33.64%) Python
2 73 (16.82%) SQL
3 43 (9.91%) Java
4 41 (9.45%) JavaScript
5 30 (6.91%) Bash
6 27 (6.22%) PowerShell
7 22 (5.07%) TypeScript
8 11 (2.53%) Kotlin
9 10 (2.30%) Kusto Query Language
10 8 (1.84%) Go
11 7 (1.61%) C#
12 6 (1.38%) Ruby
13 5 (1.15%) R
13 5 (1.15%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.92%) Bicep
14 4 (0.92%) Swift
15 3 (0.69%) C++
15 3 (0.69%) Groovy
15 3 (0.69%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.69%) Scala
Qualifications
1 50 (11.52%) Degree
2 28 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 25 (5.76%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.30%) CISSP
5 10 (2.30%) MCP
6 9 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.61%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (1.38%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.38%) CCSP
8 6 (1.38%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.15%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.92%) CCNA
10 4 (0.92%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (0.92%) GCIH
10 4 (0.92%) OSCP
11 3 (0.69%) CEH
11 3 (0.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (8.06%) GDPR
2 21 (4.84%) Data Quality
3 17 (3.92%) Accessibility
4 13 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (2.53%) QA
6 7 (1.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (1.61%) NCSC
7 6 (1.38%) NIST
8 4 (0.92%) GRC
8 4 (0.92%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.46%) DICOM
9 2 (0.46%) PMO
9 2 (0.46%) SLA
9 2 (0.46%) WCAG
10 1 (0.23%) COSO
10 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.23%) MiFID
10 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 103 (23.73%) Docker
2 15 (3.46%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.38%) Squid
4 5 (1.15%) Snort
4 5 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.23%) KVM
5 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 101 (23.27%) Kubernetes
2 86 (19.82%) Terraform
3 20 (4.61%) Ansible
4 16 (3.69%) Argo
5 13 (3.00%) Grafana
6 12 (2.76%) Istio
7 10 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (2.07%) Prometheus
9 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (1.15%) Nessus
9 5 (1.15%) Nexpose
9 5 (1.15%) Suricata
10 4 (0.92%) Puppet
11 3 (0.69%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.69%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.69%) NetBackup
11 3 (0.69%) SCCM
11 3 (0.69%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.46%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.46%) QRadar
Vendors
1 61 (14.06%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.84%) Databricks
2 21 (4.84%) Splunk
3 19 (4.38%) Adobe
4 17 (3.92%) Salesforce
5 13 (3.00%) OpenAI
5 13 (3.00%) Palo Alto
6 12 (2.76%) CrowdStrike
7 11 (2.53%) Apple
7 11 (2.53%) Cisco
8 10 (2.30%) Optimizely
8 10 (2.30%) Oracle
9 9 (2.07%) OneTrust
9 9 (2.07%) SAP
10 8 (1.84%) Amplitude
10 8 (1.84%) Hotjar
10 8 (1.84%) Okta
10 8 (1.84%) Qualys
11 7 (1.61%) HubSpot
12 6 (1.38%) CyberArk