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 16 August 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
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 92 96
Rank change year-on-year -21 +4 -12
Contract jobs citing Google 528 417 429
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.61% 3.07% 2.65%
As % of the Vendors category 6.15% 6.68% 6.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 335 256 288
10th Percentile £313 £275 £313
25th Percentile £407 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £588 £615 £700
90th Percentile £675 £738 £788
England median daily rate £513 £495 £550
% change year-on-year +3.69% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 14 14
10th Percentile £19.00 £30.97 £22.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £32.50 £25.43
Median hourly rate £35.50 £49.25 £29.75
Median % change year-on-year -27.92% +65.55% -55.93%
75th Percentile £35.75 £60.50 £41.38
90th Percentile £43.75 £69.38 £42.50
England median hourly rate £33.37 £22.56 £70.00
% change year-on-year +47.89% -67.77% +105.88%

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 8,584 6,246 6,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.51% 46.05% 43.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,592 4,059 4,732
10th Percentile £350 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £751
England median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 129 88
10th Percentile £18.14 £15.84 £17.08
25th Percentile £19.76 £22.90 £20.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.30 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.98% -4.36% -17.81%
75th Percentile £58.31 £40.00 £60.31
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.38
England median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £29.39
% change year-on-year +35.15% -14.41% -21.64%

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 16 August 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 16 August 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 16 August 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 +9 80 £525 -4.55% 150
South London +3 12 £575 +21.05% 2
West London -13 12 £625 +19.05% 27
East London - 3 £410 - 7
North London -2 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 24 (4.55%) Apache
2 21 (3.98%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.60%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (3.60%) Confluence
4 18 (3.41%) Apache Spark
4 18 (3.41%) CMS
5 11 (2.08%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (1.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 8 (1.52%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.76%) WordPress
9 3 (0.57%) Drupal
10 2 (0.38%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.19%) Luigi
11 1 (0.19%) Mendix
11 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 16 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.84%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.95%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.76%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.19%) InDesign
7 1 (0.19%) Maya
7 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (0.95%) Shopify
2 4 (0.76%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.76%) Sprinklr
3 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.38%) iTrent
3 2 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
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
4 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 305 (57.77%) GCP
2 129 (24.43%) AWS
3 124 (23.48%) Azure
4 72 (13.64%) Google Workspace
5 43 (8.14%) GitHub
6 37 (7.01%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 37 (7.01%) Microsoft 365
7 31 (5.87%) Google Analytics
8 27 (5.11%) Power Platform
9 25 (4.73%) SaaS
10 23 (4.36%) dbt
11 22 (4.17%) Google Drive
12 20 (3.79%) Adobe Analytics
12 20 (3.79%) Entra ID
12 20 (3.79%) GitHub Actions
12 20 (3.79%) Google Sheets
13 19 (3.60%) Snowflake
13 19 (3.60%) Vertex AI
14 16 (3.03%) Cloud Functions
15 14 (2.65%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 32 (6.06%) DNS
2 24 (4.55%) Firewall
3 23 (4.36%) VPN
4 10 (1.89%) Internet
5 9 (1.70%) Network Security
6 8 (1.52%) DKIM
6 8 (1.52%) DMARC
6 8 (1.52%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.14%) DHCP
8 5 (0.95%) SMTP
8 5 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.76%) WAN
9 4 (0.76%) WebEx
10 3 (0.57%) HTTP
10 3 (0.57%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.57%) Telepresence
10 3 (0.57%) VLAN
10 3 (0.57%) VoIP
11 2 (0.38%) NFC
11 2 (0.38%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (10.23%) BigQuery
2 38 (7.20%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (4.73%) Power BI
4 17 (3.22%) Looker
4 17 (3.22%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (2.84%) Relational Database
5 15 (2.84%) Tableau
6 13 (2.46%) Big Data
7 11 (2.08%) Metadata
8 9 (1.70%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.52%) Redis
10 7 (1.33%) Flink
10 7 (1.33%) InterSystems Cache
10 7 (1.33%) NoSQL
11 6 (1.14%) MySQL
11 6 (1.14%) Star Schema
12 5 (0.95%) Data Hub
12 5 (0.95%) OLTP
12 5 (0.95%) RDBMS
12 5 (0.95%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 35 (6.63%) JIRA
2 31 (5.87%) Git
3 30 (5.68%) Jenkins
4 25 (4.73%) GitLab
5 4 (0.76%) Gradle
5 4 (0.76%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 3 (0.57%) Maven
7 2 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.38%) Charles Proxy
7 2 (0.38%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.38%) Gemini Tracker
7 2 (0.38%) JMeter
7 2 (0.38%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.38%) NeoLoad
7 2 (0.38%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.38%) Selenium
7 2 (0.38%) webpack
7 2 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 136 (25.76%) Social Skills
2 96 (18.18%) Finance
3 71 (13.45%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (11.36%) Public Sector
5 52 (9.85%) Marketing
6 31 (5.87%) Retail
7 26 (4.92%) Banking
8 21 (3.98%) Advertising
9 17 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (2.27%) Publishing
10 12 (2.27%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.08%) Legal
12 10 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.14%) Games
15 6 (1.14%) Law
16 5 (0.95%) Billing
16 5 (0.95%) Investment Banking
16 5 (0.95%) Military
Job Titles
1 69 (13.07%) GCP Engineer
2 63 (11.93%) Architect
3 53 (10.04%) Senior
4 50 (9.47%) Cloud Engineer
4 50 (9.47%) Data Engineer
5 40 (7.58%) Lead
6 39 (7.39%) Developer
7 37 (7.01%) Analyst
8 18 (3.41%) Support Engineer
9 17 (3.22%) Solutions Architect
10 15 (2.84%) Security Architect
11 14 (2.65%) Administrator
11 14 (2.65%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 14 (2.65%) Cloud Architect
11 14 (2.65%) DevOps Engineer
11 14 (2.65%) GCP Data Engineer
11 14 (2.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (2.27%) Consultant
12 12 (2.27%) Java Developer
12 12 (2.27%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (7.20%) REST
2 28 (5.30%) Kafka
3 20 (3.79%) JSON
4 18 (3.41%) React
4 18 (3.41%) RESTful
5 17 (3.22%) OAuth
6 16 (3.03%) HTML
7 14 (2.65%) LangChain
7 14 (2.65%) LangGraph
8 13 (2.46%) CSS
9 12 (2.27%) Spring
9 12 (2.27%) Spring Boot
10 11 (2.08%) Apache Beam
11 10 (1.89%) SAML
12 9 (1.70%) JWT
12 9 (1.70%) OAuth2
13 8 (1.52%) .NET
13 8 (1.52%) Middleware
13 8 (1.52%) Node.js
14 7 (1.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 76 (14.39%) Cloud Native
2 34 (6.44%) AI Agents
3 21 (3.98%) Product Ownership
4 20 (3.79%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.41%) Management Information System
6 15 (2.84%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (2.65%) Data Centre
7 14 (2.65%) Virtual Team
8 13 (2.46%) Mobile App
9 11 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.70%) Clustering
10 9 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.70%) Marketing Technology
11 7 (1.33%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.14%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.14%) Life Science
12 6 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (0.95%) CMDB
13 5 (0.95%) PKI
13 5 (0.95%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 30 (5.68%) Windows
2 29 (5.49%) Linux
3 13 (2.46%) Android
3 13 (2.46%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.52%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.95%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.76%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (0.76%) Apple iOS
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 10
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (26.52%) CI/CD
2 118 (22.35%) Agile
3 114 (21.59%) AI
4 101 (19.13%) Analytics
5 95 (17.99%) Infrastructure as Code
6 90 (17.05%) DevOps
7 84 (15.91%) Migration
8 75 (14.20%) Problem-Solving
9 62 (11.74%) Stakeholder Management
10 61 (11.55%) Continuous Improvement
11 52 (9.85%) Machine Learning
11 52 (9.85%) Software Engineering
12 49 (9.28%) Data Modelling
12 49 (9.28%) Roadmaps
13 48 (9.09%) Data Pipeline
14 47 (8.90%) Decision-Making
15 46 (8.71%) Observability
16 45 (8.52%) Microservices
17 41 (7.77%) Event-Driven
17 41 (7.77%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 149 (28.22%) Python
2 105 (19.89%) SQL
3 64 (12.12%) Java
4 33 (6.25%) PowerShell
5 28 (5.30%) JavaScript
6 23 (4.36%) Bash
7 18 (3.41%) Scala
7 18 (3.41%) TypeScript
8 14 (2.65%) Go
9 13 (2.46%) C#
10 9 (1.70%) Kotlin
11 7 (1.33%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.14%) Bicep
13 5 (0.95%) SOQL
14 4 (0.76%) Google Apps Script
14 4 (0.76%) Groovy
14 4 (0.76%) Ruby
15 3 (0.57%) Korn
15 3 (0.57%) LookML
15 3 (0.57%) PHP
Qualifications
1 109 (20.64%) Security Cleared
2 92 (17.42%) SC Cleared
3 52 (9.85%) Degree
4 27 (5.11%) DV Cleared
5 20 (3.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.41%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.27%) Azure Certification
7 12 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.89%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.70%) CISSP
10 6 (1.14%) PhD
11 5 (0.95%) CISM
11 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.95%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.76%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.76%) PMP
13 3 (0.57%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 3 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.57%) CRISC
13 3 (0.57%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (6.82%) Data Quality
2 32 (6.06%) QA
3 17 (3.22%) GDPR
4 15 (2.84%) NIST
5 13 (2.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.14%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.14%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.14%) PMO
7 5 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.76%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 4 (0.76%) NCSC
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 57 (10.80%) Docker
2 20 (3.79%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.95%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.76%) BitLocker
4 4 (0.76%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (0.76%) Terminal Services
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 97 (18.37%) Terraform
2 89 (16.86%) Kubernetes
3 18 (3.41%) Ansible
4 16 (3.03%) Grafana
4 16 (3.03%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.65%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (1.33%) Puppet
8 6 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (0.95%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.76%) Istio
10 4 (0.76%) SCCM
10 4 (0.76%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.76%) vMotion
11 3 (0.57%) Argo
11 3 (0.57%) Nagios
12 2 (0.38%) Kubeflow
12 2 (0.38%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.38%) WSUS
13 1 (0.19%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 93 (17.61%) Microsoft
2 25 (4.73%) Adobe
3 22 (4.17%) Oracle
4 19 (3.60%) OpenAI
5 18 (3.41%) Salesforce
5 18 (3.41%) TikTok
6 17 (3.22%) Splunk
7 14 (2.65%) Apple
7 14 (2.65%) Databricks
7 14 (2.65%) Okta
8 12 (2.27%) ServiceNow
9 11 (2.08%) Amplitude
10 10 (1.89%) Cisco
10 10 (1.89%) SAP
11 9 (1.70%) Dynatrace
11 9 (1.70%) Optimizely
12 8 (1.52%) Sitecore
12 8 (1.52%) Tealium
13 7 (1.33%) Citrix
13 7 (1.33%) New Relic