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 22 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
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 104 108
Rank change year-on-year -5 +4 -9
Contract jobs citing Google 415 337 398
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.67% 2.50% 2.16%
As % of the Vendors category 5.93% 5.65% 5.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 194 289
10th Percentile £300 £268 £212
25th Percentile £424 £407 £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 £788 £750 £746
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 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 £47.06 £59.75 £32.50
90th Percentile £55.25 £63.35 £37.50
England median hourly rate £32.75 £43.08 £26.00
% change year-on-year -23.97% +65.67% -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 6,993 5,969 7,370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.92% 44.21% 39.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,608 3,735 5,025
10th Percentile £350 £318 £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 £673
90th Percentile £738 £751 £763
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 79 146
10th Percentile £17.99 £21.50 £13.64
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.34 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% +34.62% +4.00%
75th Percentile £41.94 £61.13 £43.44
90th Percentile £66.12 £80.75 £77.50
England median hourly rate £23.83 £31.00 £27.51
% change year-on-year -23.15% +12.70% -17.27%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +32 85 £550 -4.35% 49
West London -2 22 £603 +54.49% 5
East London +3 5 £525 -4.55% 5
South London -13 2 £155 -73.04% 2
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 (6.27%) Apache Spark
2 19 (4.58%) Apache
3 13 (3.13%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (2.41%) Confluence
5 8 (1.93%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.69%) CMS
7 4 (0.96%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.72%) Ethereum
8 3 (0.72%) Hyperledger
8 3 (0.72%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.72%) 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 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.41%) Chatbot
2 10 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.96%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.96%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.72%) Trello
6 2 (0.48%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.48%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.48%) Autodesk Smoke
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.24%) InDesign
7 1 (0.24%) Maya
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.24%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.48%) Sprinklr
2 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
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
1 249 (60.00%) GCP
2 113 (27.23%) Azure
3 88 (21.20%) AWS
4 71 (17.11%) GitHub
5 69 (16.63%) Google Workspace
6 47 (11.33%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 43 (10.36%) Power Platform
8 37 (8.92%) Cloud Run
9 33 (7.95%) GitHub Actions
10 26 (6.27%) SaaS
11 25 (6.02%) AWS CloudFormation
12 24 (5.78%) Google Gemini
13 23 (5.54%) Google Analytics
14 22 (5.30%) Amazon S3
14 22 (5.30%) Slack
15 21 (5.06%) Vertex AI
16 20 (4.82%) Microsoft 365
17 16 (3.86%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 16 (3.86%) Cloud Computing
18 15 (3.61%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.58%) Firewall
2 13 (3.13%) DNS
3 9 (2.17%) Network Security
4 8 (1.93%) VPN
5 3 (0.72%) DHCP
5 3 (0.72%) HTTP
5 3 (0.72%) Internet
5 3 (0.72%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.72%) Wireless
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%) VoIP
7 1 (0.24%) Broadband
7 1 (0.24%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.24%) SMTP
7 1 (0.24%) VLAN
7 1 (0.24%) WAN
7 1 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (18.07%) BigQuery
2 33 (7.95%) Power BI
3 23 (5.54%) Tableau
4 21 (5.06%) Mixpanel
5 18 (4.34%) Data Lake
6 17 (4.10%) OLAP
7 15 (3.61%) Amazon Athena
8 14 (3.37%) OLTP
9 13 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
11 10 (2.41%) SQL Server
12 9 (2.17%) Looker
13 8 (1.93%) Metadata
13 8 (1.93%) NoSQL
14 7 (1.69%) Redis
15 5 (1.20%) MySQL
16 4 (0.96%) Apache Cassandra
16 4 (0.96%) MongoDB
17 3 (0.72%) Hadoop
17 3 (0.72%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 44 (10.60%) Git
2 42 (10.12%) Jenkins
3 24 (5.78%) JIRA
4 17 (4.10%) GitLab
5 6 (1.45%) JUnit
5 6 (1.45%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 4 (0.96%) Android Studio
6 4 (0.96%) Browser DevTools
6 4 (0.96%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.96%) Gradle
6 4 (0.96%) Mockito
7 3 (0.72%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.72%) Charles Proxy
7 3 (0.72%) ERwin
7 3 (0.72%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.48%) Ant
8 2 (0.48%) MLflow
8 2 (0.48%) Snyk
8 2 (0.48%) Spinnaker
8 2 (0.48%) Xcode
General
1 120 (28.92%) Social Skills
2 83 (20.00%) Finance
3 66 (15.90%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (8.92%) Marketing
5 31 (7.47%) Banking
5 31 (7.47%) Retail
6 24 (5.78%) Public Sector
7 19 (4.58%) Pharmaceutical
8 17 (4.10%) Advertising
9 10 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.17%) Publishing
11 7 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.69%) Legal
12 5 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.20%) Electronics
12 5 (1.20%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.20%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.72%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.72%) Military
Job Titles
1 44 (10.60%) Senior
2 41 (9.88%) Architect
2 41 (9.88%) GCP Engineer
3 37 (8.92%) Data Engineer
4 34 (8.19%) Developer
4 34 (8.19%) Lead
5 33 (7.95%) Analyst
6 27 (6.51%) Cloud Engineer
7 21 (5.06%) Software Engineer
8 17 (4.10%) DevOps Engineer
9 16 (3.86%) Data Scientist
10 13 (3.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 13 (3.13%) GCP Architect
10 13 (3.13%) Principal Engineer
10 13 (3.13%) Security Engineer
11 12 (2.89%) Cloud Architect
11 12 (2.89%) Consultant
11 12 (2.89%) Principal Data Engineer
12 11 (2.65%) Solutions Architect
13 10 (2.41%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.75%) React
2 23 (5.54%) Kafka
3 21 (5.06%) Spring
4 20 (4.82%) FastAPI
4 20 (4.82%) LangChain
4 20 (4.82%) RESTful
5 19 (4.58%) HTML
5 19 (4.58%) LangGraph
6 18 (4.34%) OAuth
6 18 (4.34%) PyTorch
6 18 (4.34%) Spring Boot
7 16 (3.86%) CSS
7 16 (3.86%) REST
8 15 (3.61%) AngularJS
8 15 (3.61%) Great Expectations
8 15 (3.61%) Node.js
9 13 (3.13%) pytest
10 12 (2.89%) Pandas
10 12 (2.89%) scikit-learn
10 12 (2.89%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 61 (14.70%) Cloud Native
2 32 (7.71%) Onboarding
3 19 (4.58%) Life Science
4 17 (4.10%) Mobile App
5 14 (3.37%) Genomics
6 12 (2.89%) Public Cloud
7 11 (2.65%) AI Agents
8 9 (2.17%) Virtual Team
9 8 (1.93%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.93%) Social Media
10 7 (1.69%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.69%) Digital Media
10 7 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.45%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (1.45%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.45%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.54%) Android
2 21 (5.06%) Apple iOS
3 16 (3.86%) Mac OS
4 14 (3.37%) Windows
5 10 (2.41%) VMS
6 5 (1.20%) Linux
7 2 (0.48%) Unix
8 1 (0.24%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (30.60%) CI/CD
2 123 (29.64%) DevOps
3 119 (28.67%) AI
4 89 (21.45%) Analytics
5 82 (19.76%) Infrastructure as Code
6 74 (17.83%) Agile
6 74 (17.83%) Problem-Solving
7 72 (17.35%) Machine Learning
8 64 (15.42%) Containerisation
9 56 (13.49%) Observability
10 50 (12.05%) Migration
11 45 (10.84%) Software Engineering
12 43 (10.36%) LLM
13 42 (10.12%) Continuous Improvement
14 41 (9.88%) Generative AI
15 38 (9.16%) Business Intelligence
15 38 (9.16%) Data Engineering
16 35 (8.43%) Data Governance
16 35 (8.43%) Test Automation
16 35 (8.43%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 137 (33.01%) Python
2 72 (17.35%) SQL
3 36 (8.67%) Java
4 33 (7.95%) JavaScript
5 20 (4.82%) Bash
6 19 (4.58%) PowerShell
7 18 (4.34%) C#
7 18 (4.34%) TypeScript
8 12 (2.89%) Kotlin
9 8 (1.93%) Go
10 6 (1.45%) Google Apps Script
10 6 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (0.96%) Ruby
12 3 (0.72%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.72%) 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 (9.88%) Degree
1 41 (9.88%) Security Cleared
2 34 (8.19%) SC Cleared
3 12 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (1.93%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.69%) CISSP
6 7 (1.69%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.45%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (1.20%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.96%) CCSP
9 4 (0.96%) OSCP
10 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (0.72%) PhD
10 3 (0.72%) SANS
11 2 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (9.88%) GDPR
2 29 (6.99%) Data Quality
3 16 (3.86%) QA
4 11 (2.65%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.69%) NCSC
6 7 (1.69%) NIST
7 6 (1.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (1.45%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (0.96%) GRC
10 2 (0.48%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.48%) SLA
11 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.24%) MiFID
11 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.24%) PMO
11 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 76 (18.31%) Docker
2 14 (3.37%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.72%) Snort
3 3 (0.72%) Squid
4 2 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 93 (22.41%) Kubernetes
1 93 (22.41%) Terraform
2 19 (4.58%) Ansible
3 16 (3.86%) Grafana
4 13 (3.13%) Istio
5 11 (2.65%) Argo
6 9 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (1.93%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.93%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (1.20%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.72%) Nessus
10 3 (0.72%) Nexpose
10 3 (0.72%) SCCM
10 3 (0.72%) 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 58 (13.98%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.99%) Databricks
3 18 (4.34%) Adobe
3 18 (4.34%) Apple
3 18 (4.34%) Splunk
4 14 (3.37%) Salesforce
5 11 (2.65%) Oracle
6 10 (2.41%) OpenAI
7 8 (1.93%) Cisco
7 8 (1.93%) Hotjar
7 8 (1.93%) IBM
7 8 (1.93%) Okta
7 8 (1.93%) Optimizely
7 8 (1.93%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.69%) Amplitude
8 7 (1.69%) Palo Alto
8 7 (1.69%) SAP
9 6 (1.45%) CrowdStrike
9 6 (1.45%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.45%) OneTrust