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 February 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
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 97 112
Rank change year-on-year -14 +15 -11
Contract jobs citing Google 420 342 395
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.69% 2.52% 2.15%
As % of the Vendors category 5.97% 5.72% 5.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 193 285
10th Percentile £293 £266 £211
25th Percentile £425 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £625 £688 £638
90th Percentile £795 £750 £741
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 19 16
10th Percentile £31.25 £29.04 £15.82
25th Percentile £35.25 £41.38 £17.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £49.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.12% +88.46% -39.88%
75th Percentile £46.63 £59.75 £32.50
90th Percentile £54.75 £63.35 £37.50
England median hourly rate £33.00 £44.79 £26.00
% change year-on-year -26.32% +72.26% -25.71%

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 7,033 5,976 7,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.97% 44.11% 39.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,620 3,728 5,000
10th Percentile £350 £315 £280
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £674
90th Percentile £738 £755 £763
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 76 144
10th Percentile £17.99 £21.38 £13.55
25th Percentile £21.12 £23.80 £17.59
Median hourly rate £28.30 £35.00 £26.25
Median % change year-on-year -19.16% +33.33% +5.00%
75th Percentile £44.25 £61.94 £43.75
90th Percentile £65.73 £80.75 £77.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.78 £27.14
% change year-on-year -22.60% +13.41% -18.99%

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 February 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 20 February 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 20 February 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 +33 86 £538 -6.52% 63
West London -2 22 £603 +54.49% 6
East London -2 5 £525 -4.55% 5
South London -13 2 £155 -73.04% 8
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 (6.19%) Apache Spark
2 18 (4.29%) Apache
3 13 (3.10%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (2.38%) Confluence
5 8 (1.90%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.67%) CMS
7 4 (0.95%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.71%) Ethereum
8 3 (0.71%) Hyperledger
8 3 (0.71%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.48%) SAS
9 2 (0.48%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.24%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.24%) Drupal
10 1 (0.24%) JBoss
10 1 (0.24%) nginx
10 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.90%) Chatbot
4 5 (1.19%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.95%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.95%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.71%) Trello
7 2 (0.48%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.48%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.48%) Autodesk Smoke
8 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.24%) InDesign
8 1 (0.24%) Maya
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.24%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.48%) Sprinklr
2 1 (0.24%) Eloqua
2 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.24%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 254 (60.48%) GCP
2 116 (27.62%) Azure
3 89 (21.19%) AWS
4 72 (17.14%) GitHub
5 67 (15.95%) Google Workspace
6 47 (11.19%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 42 (10.00%) Power Platform
8 41 (9.76%) Cloud Run
9 34 (8.10%) GitHub Actions
10 26 (6.19%) SaaS
11 25 (5.95%) AWS CloudFormation
11 25 (5.95%) Google Gemini
12 23 (5.48%) Google Analytics
13 22 (5.24%) Amazon S3
13 22 (5.24%) Slack
13 22 (5.24%) Vertex AI
14 20 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
15 17 (4.05%) Cloud Computing
15 17 (4.05%) Cloud Functions
16 16 (3.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.00%) Firewall
2 13 (3.10%) DNS
3 9 (2.14%) Network Security
4 8 (1.90%) VPN
5 3 (0.71%) DHCP
5 3 (0.71%) HTTP
5 3 (0.71%) Internet
5 3 (0.71%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.71%) Wireless
6 2 (0.48%) BGP
6 2 (0.48%) Cisco IPT
6 2 (0.48%) Intranet
6 2 (0.48%) LAN
6 2 (0.48%) SSL
6 2 (0.48%) VLAN
6 2 (0.48%) VoIP
6 2 (0.48%) VRRP
7 1 (0.24%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.24%) WAN
7 1 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (17.86%) BigQuery
2 33 (7.86%) Power BI
3 23 (5.48%) Tableau
4 21 (5.00%) Mixpanel
5 18 (4.29%) Data Lake
6 17 (4.05%) OLAP
7 15 (3.57%) Amazon Athena
8 14 (3.33%) OLTP
9 12 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (2.38%) SQL Server
11 9 (2.14%) Looker
12 8 (1.90%) Metadata
12 8 (1.90%) NoSQL
13 7 (1.67%) Redis
14 5 (1.19%) MySQL
15 4 (0.95%) Apache Cassandra
15 4 (0.95%) MongoDB
15 4 (0.95%) Pinecone
16 3 (0.71%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 44 (10.48%) Git
1 44 (10.48%) Jenkins
2 24 (5.71%) JIRA
3 17 (4.05%) GitLab
4 6 (1.43%) JUnit
4 6 (1.43%) Visual Website Optimizer
5 4 (0.95%) Android Studio
5 4 (0.95%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (0.95%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.95%) Gradle
5 4 (0.95%) Mockito
6 3 (0.71%) Artifactory
6 3 (0.71%) Charles Proxy
6 3 (0.71%) ERwin
6 3 (0.71%) Fiddler
7 2 (0.48%) Ant
7 2 (0.48%) fastlane
7 2 (0.48%) MLflow
7 2 (0.48%) Snyk
7 2 (0.48%) Xcode
General
1 123 (29.29%) Social Skills
2 85 (20.24%) Finance
3 68 (16.19%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (9.29%) Marketing
5 33 (7.86%) Banking
6 29 (6.90%) Retail
7 23 (5.48%) Public Sector
8 19 (4.52%) Pharmaceutical
9 17 (4.05%) Advertising
10 10 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.14%) Publishing
12 7 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.67%) Legal
13 5 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.19%) Electronics
13 5 (1.19%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.19%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.71%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.71%) Military
Job Titles
1 47 (11.19%) Senior
2 42 (10.00%) Architect
3 40 (9.52%) GCP Engineer
4 37 (8.81%) Developer
5 36 (8.57%) Data Engineer
6 34 (8.10%) Lead
7 33 (7.86%) Analyst
8 28 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
9 21 (5.00%) Software Engineer
10 18 (4.29%) DevOps Engineer
11 16 (3.81%) Data Scientist
12 14 (3.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 13 (3.10%) Cloud Architect
13 13 (3.10%) GCP Architect
13 13 (3.10%) Principal Engineer
13 13 (3.10%) Security Engineer
14 12 (2.86%) Consultant
14 12 (2.86%) Principal Data Engineer
14 12 (2.86%) Senior Developer
15 11 (2.62%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.67%) React
2 24 (5.71%) Kafka
3 23 (5.48%) Spring
4 22 (5.24%) LangChain
4 22 (5.24%) RESTful
5 21 (5.00%) FastAPI
6 20 (4.76%) Spring Boot
7 19 (4.52%) HTML
7 19 (4.52%) LangGraph
8 18 (4.29%) OAuth
8 18 (4.29%) PyTorch
9 16 (3.81%) CSS
9 16 (3.81%) REST
10 15 (3.57%) AngularJS
10 15 (3.57%) Great Expectations
10 15 (3.57%) Node.js
11 13 (3.10%) pytest
12 12 (2.86%) Pandas
12 12 (2.86%) scikit-learn
12 12 (2.86%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 62 (14.76%) Cloud Native
2 33 (7.86%) Onboarding
3 19 (4.52%) Life Science
4 18 (4.29%) Mobile App
5 14 (3.33%) Genomics
6 13 (3.10%) AI Agents
7 12 (2.86%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.14%) Social Media
9 8 (1.90%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (1.67%) Digital Media
10 7 (1.67%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.67%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.43%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.43%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (1.43%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.43%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.71%) Android
2 21 (5.00%) Apple iOS
3 16 (3.81%) Mac OS
4 14 (3.33%) Windows
5 10 (2.38%) VMS
6 6 (1.43%) Linux
7 2 (0.48%) Unix
8 1 (0.24%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (30.71%) CI/CD
2 126 (30.00%) DevOps
3 119 (28.33%) AI
4 88 (20.95%) Analytics
5 82 (19.52%) Infrastructure as Code
6 77 (18.33%) Agile
6 77 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
7 73 (17.38%) Machine Learning
8 68 (16.19%) Containerisation
9 56 (13.33%) Observability
10 52 (12.38%) Migration
11 45 (10.71%) Software Engineering
12 44 (10.48%) LLM
13 42 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
14 41 (9.76%) Generative AI
15 38 (9.05%) Data Engineering
16 37 (8.81%) Business Intelligence
17 36 (8.57%) Microservices
18 35 (8.33%) Data Governance
18 35 (8.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 140 (33.33%) Python
2 72 (17.14%) SQL
3 38 (9.05%) Java
4 33 (7.86%) JavaScript
5 20 (4.76%) Bash
6 19 (4.52%) PowerShell
7 18 (4.29%) C#
7 18 (4.29%) TypeScript
8 13 (3.10%) Kotlin
9 8 (1.90%) Go
10 6 (1.43%) Google Apps Script
10 6 (1.43%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.95%) Ruby
11 4 (0.95%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.71%) VBA
13 2 (0.48%) C++
13 2 (0.48%) Groovy
13 2 (0.48%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.48%) Rust
13 2 (0.48%) Swift
Qualifications
1 41 (9.76%) Degree
1 41 (9.76%) Security Cleared
2 34 (8.10%) SC Cleared
3 12 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (1.67%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.67%) CISSP
6 7 (1.67%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.67%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.43%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (0.95%) CCSP
9 4 (0.95%) OSCP
10 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (0.71%) PhD
10 3 (0.71%) SANS
11 2 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (10.00%) GDPR
2 28 (6.67%) Data Quality
3 17 (4.05%) QA
4 11 (2.62%) Accessibility
5 9 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.90%) NIST
7 7 (1.67%) NCSC
8 6 (1.43%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (1.43%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 4 (0.95%) GRC
11 2 (0.48%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.48%) SLA
11 2 (0.48%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.24%) MiFID
12 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 79 (18.81%) Docker
2 14 (3.33%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.95%) Squid
4 3 (0.71%) Snort
5 2 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.24%) KVM
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 95 (22.62%) Kubernetes
2 94 (22.38%) Terraform
3 20 (4.76%) Ansible
4 17 (4.05%) Grafana
5 13 (3.10%) Istio
6 11 (2.62%) Argo
7 9 (2.14%) Prometheus
7 9 (2.14%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (1.43%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.71%) Nessus
10 3 (0.71%) Nexpose
10 3 (0.71%) SCCM
10 3 (0.71%) Suricata
11 2 (0.48%) Fluentd
11 2 (0.48%) Knative
11 2 (0.48%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.48%) logstash
11 2 (0.48%) QRadar
Vendors
1 59 (14.05%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.90%) Databricks
3 19 (4.52%) Adobe
4 18 (4.29%) Apple
4 18 (4.29%) Splunk
5 15 (3.57%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.62%) OpenAI
6 11 (2.62%) Oracle
7 9 (2.14%) Cisco
7 9 (2.14%) Palo Alto
8 8 (1.90%) Hotjar
8 8 (1.90%) IBM
8 8 (1.90%) Okta
8 8 (1.90%) Optimizely
8 8 (1.90%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.67%) Amplitude
9 7 (1.67%) SAP
10 6 (1.43%) CrowdStrike
10 6 (1.43%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.43%) OneTrust