Google Contracts 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 30 April 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
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 94 93
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing Google 342 439 732
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.72% 2.46% 2.71%
As % of the Vendors category 6.00% 6.06% 6.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 319 547
10th Percentile £275 £249 £350
25th Percentile £400 £431 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -7.83% -
75th Percentile £673 £650 £688
90th Percentile £750 £750 £805
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 16 5
10th Percentile £27.24 £15.82 £58.15
25th Percentile £36.13 £21.63 £70.00
Median hourly rate £49.00 £26.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +88.46% -67.50% +106.45%
75th Percentile £58.25 £28.90 £85.00
90th Percentile £66.10 £37.50 -
England median hourly rate £31.76 £26.00 £45.75
% change year-on-year +22.15% -43.17% +30.71%

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 5,697 7,239 10,511
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 45.38% 40.57% 38.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,739 4,965 7,443
10th Percentile £325 £300 £325
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £653 £661 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £798
England median daily rate £525 £520 £538
% change year-on-year +0.96% -3.26% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 137 127
10th Percentile £15.97 £13.86 £16.28
25th Percentile £22.27 £17.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £29.00 £23.80 £30.75
Median % change year-on-year +21.85% -22.60% -12.14%
75th Percentile £51.25 £36.00 £57.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £62.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £27.13 £22.50 £39.55
% change year-on-year +20.56% -43.11% +88.33%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Google as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Google in London

Google
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Google in London.

Daily rate trend for Google in London

Google
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google in London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Google in London

Google
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Google in London.

Hourly rate trend for Google in London

Google
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Google in London over the 6 months to 30 April 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 30 April 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 -5 37 £513 - 76
East London +17 4 £650 +441.67% 9
West London +9 4 £563 +12.50% 29
South London -12 3 £675 +45.95% 11
Google
England

Google
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (4.39%) Confluence
2 10 (2.92%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.63%) CMS
4 8 (2.34%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (1.46%) Apache
7 4 (1.17%) Apache Spark
7 4 (1.17%) WordPress
8 1 (0.29%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.29%) Mule
8 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (3.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.88%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.88%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.88%) Trello
4 2 (0.58%) 1Password
4 2 (0.58%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.29%) Notion
5 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.88%) Unica
2 2 (0.58%) assyst
2 2 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.58%) Shopify
2 2 (0.58%) Sprinklr
3 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.29%) iTrent
3 1 (0.29%) Magento
3 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.29%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.29%) SAP CAR
3 1 (0.29%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.29%) SessionCam
Cloud Services
1 196 (57.31%) GCP
2 119 (34.80%) AWS
3 115 (33.63%) Azure
4 49 (14.33%) Google Workspace
5 27 (7.89%) Power Platform
6 25 (7.31%) Google Analytics
6 25 (7.31%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (6.73%) GitHub
8 22 (6.43%) Entra ID
9 14 (4.09%) Snowflake
10 13 (3.80%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (3.22%) Google Sheets
11 11 (3.22%) OneDrive
11 11 (3.22%) SaaS
11 11 (3.22%) Slack
12 10 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (2.63%) Amazon S3
13 9 (2.63%) IaaS
13 9 (2.63%) Serverless
14 8 (2.34%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.31%) Firewall
2 17 (4.97%) DNS
3 13 (3.80%) VPN
4 8 (2.34%) HTTP
4 8 (2.34%) Network Security
5 7 (2.05%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.75%) DHCP
7 5 (1.46%) SMTP
8 4 (1.17%) Intranet
8 4 (1.17%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (0.58%) Internet
9 2 (0.58%) SNMP
9 2 (0.58%) VLAN
9 2 (0.58%) VoIP
9 2 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.29%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (13.16%) BigQuery
2 26 (7.60%) Power BI
3 24 (7.02%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (6.14%) Tableau
5 18 (5.26%) Looker
6 15 (4.39%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (3.22%) Big Data
8 10 (2.92%) Data Lake
8 10 (2.92%) Metadata
8 10 (2.92%) NoSQL
9 7 (2.05%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (2.05%) MongoDB
10 6 (1.75%) MySQL
10 6 (1.75%) Oracle Database
10 6 (1.75%) SQL Server
11 4 (1.17%) DB2
11 4 (1.17%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.88%) Redis
12 3 (0.88%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 23 (6.73%) JIRA
2 21 (6.14%) Jenkins
3 13 (3.80%) GitLab
4 12 (3.51%) Git
5 7 (2.05%) Bitbucket
6 4 (1.17%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.17%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.88%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.88%) ERwin
7 3 (0.88%) Gradle
7 3 (0.88%) IntelliJ
7 3 (0.88%) JUnit
7 3 (0.88%) Maven
7 3 (0.88%) Mockito
7 3 (0.88%) TestNG
7 3 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.29%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.29%) DBeaver
8 1 (0.29%) RStudio
8 1 (0.29%) webpack
General
1 109 (31.87%) Social Skills
2 76 (22.22%) Finance
3 56 (16.37%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (11.11%) Marketing
5 35 (10.23%) Banking
6 18 (5.26%) Public Sector
7 15 (4.39%) Advertising
8 10 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (2.92%) Retail
9 9 (2.63%) Investment Banking
9 9 (2.63%) Legal
10 8 (2.34%) Financial Institution
10 8 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.34%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.88%) Billing
12 3 (0.88%) Military
13 2 (0.58%) Front Office
13 2 (0.58%) Games
Job Titles
1 67 (19.59%) Architect
2 40 (11.70%) Developer
3 31 (9.06%) GCP Engineer
3 31 (9.06%) Senior
4 30 (8.77%) Analyst
5 20 (5.85%) Data Engineer
5 20 (5.85%) Lead
6 19 (5.56%) Consultant
7 16 (4.68%) Cloud Architect
8 15 (4.39%) Data Analyst
9 14 (4.09%) DevOps Engineer
10 13 (3.80%) Enterprise Architect
10 13 (3.80%) Security Architect
10 13 (3.80%) Security Engineer
11 12 (3.51%) Data Architect
11 12 (3.51%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (2.92%) Automation Engineer
12 10 (2.92%) Operations Engineer
12 10 (2.92%) Project Manager
13 9 (2.63%) GCP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.09%) Node.js
1 14 (4.09%) REST
2 11 (3.22%) Spring
3 8 (2.34%) CSS
3 8 (2.34%) Kafka
3 8 (2.34%) Next.js
3 8 (2.34%) React
4 7 (2.05%) RESTful
5 6 (1.75%) Elastic Stack
5 6 (1.75%) HTML
5 6 (1.75%) OAuth
6 5 (1.46%) Jest
6 5 (1.46%) SailPoint
7 4 (1.17%) Google Maps API
7 4 (1.17%) GraphQL
7 4 (1.17%) JWT
7 4 (1.17%) LangChain
7 4 (1.17%) PySpark
7 4 (1.17%) SAML
7 4 (1.17%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.39%) Hybrid Cloud
2 14 (4.09%) Cloud Native
3 12 (3.51%) Management Information System
3 12 (3.51%) Social Media
4 9 (2.63%) Data Structures
4 9 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.34%) Digital Media
5 8 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.34%) Public Cloud
6 7 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.46%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.46%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.46%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.17%) PKI
9 4 (1.17%) Reference Data
9 4 (1.17%) Wiki
10 3 (0.88%) Derivative
10 3 (0.88%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 32 (9.36%) Windows
2 16 (4.68%) Linux
3 10 (2.92%) Android
4 8 (2.34%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.75%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.75%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.88%) Unix
8 2 (0.58%) Rocky
8 2 (0.58%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.29%) AIX
9 1 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.29%) VMS
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (23.98%) Problem-Solving
2 61 (17.84%) Analytics
3 58 (16.96%) DevOps
4 55 (16.08%) Migration
5 47 (13.74%) CI/CD
6 43 (12.57%) Agile
7 41 (11.99%) Containerisation
8 39 (11.40%) Artificial Intelligence
9 37 (10.82%) ETL
10 31 (9.06%) Machine Learning
11 29 (8.48%) Business Intelligence
11 29 (8.48%) Infrastructure as Code
11 29 (8.48%) Visualisation
12 28 (8.19%) Computer Science
13 26 (7.60%) Data Modelling
13 26 (7.60%) Stakeholder Management
14 25 (7.31%) Actionable Insight
14 25 (7.31%) Data Engineering
14 25 (7.31%) Microservices
14 25 (7.31%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 81 (23.68%) Python
2 48 (14.04%) SQL
3 32 (9.36%) Java
4 23 (6.73%) JavaScript
5 22 (6.43%) PowerShell
6 14 (4.09%) TypeScript
7 11 (3.22%) Bash
8 6 (1.75%) Bicep
9 4 (1.17%) C++
9 4 (1.17%) R
9 4 (1.17%) Scala
10 3 (0.88%) C#
10 3 (0.88%) Groovy
10 3 (0.88%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.88%) PHP
11 2 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.58%) Go
11 2 (0.58%) Perl
11 2 (0.58%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 41 (11.99%) Degree
2 27 (7.89%) Security Cleared
3 20 (5.85%) SC Cleared
4 17 (4.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.22%) AWS Certification
5 11 (3.22%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.63%) CISSP
6 9 (2.63%) Master's Degree
7 7 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (1.75%) CEH
9 5 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 5 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.46%) OSCP
10 4 (1.17%) CCNA
11 3 (0.88%) CCSP
11 3 (0.88%) GCIH
11 3 (0.88%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.88%) PMP
11 3 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.88%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.85%) Data Quality
2 19 (5.56%) GDPR
3 17 (4.97%) QA
4 9 (2.63%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.34%) Actionable Recommendations
5 8 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (2.05%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.46%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.88%) NCSC
8 3 (0.88%) NIST
8 3 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.58%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.58%) PMO
9 2 (0.58%) SLA
9 2 (0.58%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.29%) FedRAMP
10 1 (0.29%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 38 (11.11%) Docker
2 23 (6.73%) Active Directory
3 14 (4.09%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.17%) Lustre
4 4 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.17%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.58%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.29%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.29%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 55 (16.08%) Kubernetes
2 45 (13.16%) Terraform
3 17 (4.97%) Ansible
4 12 (3.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (3.22%) Grafana
6 10 (2.92%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (2.63%) Prometheus
8 7 (2.05%) Puppet
9 4 (1.17%) Karpenter
9 4 (1.17%) Podman
9 4 (1.17%) PowerCLI
9 4 (1.17%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.88%) SCCM
10 3 (0.88%) vRealize
11 2 (0.58%) CASB
11 2 (0.58%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.58%) Istio
11 2 (0.58%) Nagios
11 2 (0.58%) Packer
Vendors
1 75 (21.93%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.80%) Salesforce
3 10 (2.92%) Oracle
3 10 (2.92%) Palo Alto
4 9 (2.63%) Adobe
5 8 (2.34%) IBM
5 8 (2.34%) VMware
6 6 (1.75%) Apple
6 6 (1.75%) CrowdStrike
6 6 (1.75%) Okta
7 5 (1.46%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.46%) SAP
8 4 (1.17%) Cisco
8 4 (1.17%) Databricks
8 4 (1.17%) Informatica
8 4 (1.17%) Netskope
9 3 (0.88%) CyberArk
9 3 (0.88%) Sage
9 3 (0.88%) Splunk
9 3 (0.88%) Spotify