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 30 September 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
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 91 93
Rank change year-on-year -20 +2 -4
Contract jobs citing Google 544 414 434
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.68% 3.10% 2.71%
As % of the Vendors category 6.26% 6.67% 6.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 242 278
10th Percentile £345 £275 £313
25th Percentile £407 £407 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £511 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.24% -11.09% -4.17%
75th Percentile £600 £616 £700
90th Percentile £682 £775 £777
England median daily rate £510 £478 £525
% change year-on-year +6.81% -9.05% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 12 13
10th Percentile £17.25 £30.99 £25.99
25th Percentile £20.75 £34.25 £30.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £46.97 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.81% +17.43% +66.67%
75th Percentile £43.06 £63.38 £43.75
90th Percentile £47.50 £71.18 £44.59
England median hourly rate £27.54 £22.56 £70.00
% change year-on-year +22.05% -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 8,685 6,211 6,951
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.72% 46.45% 43.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,653 4,040 4,419
10th Percentile £331 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £514 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +1.28% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 114 78
10th Percentile £16.70 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.00 £24.26
Median hourly rate £36.50 £25.58 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year +42.72% -25.33% -8.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £38.44 £64.69
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.60 £83.75
England median hourly rate £26.14 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +3.94% -28.14% -20.16%

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 30 September 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 30 September 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 30 September 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 -18 72 £500 -9.09% 191
West London -17 12 £504 -4.05% 88
South London 0 10 £550 +15.79% 4
East London - 1 - - 13
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 27 (4.96%) Apache
2 26 (4.78%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (3.49%) CMS
3 19 (3.49%) SharePoint
4 18 (3.31%) Confluence
5 12 (2.21%) Apache Spark
6 9 (1.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 9 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (1.47%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.74%) WordPress
9 3 (0.55%) Drupal
10 2 (0.37%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.18%) Camunda
11 1 (0.18%) IIS
11 1 (0.18%) Luigi
11 1 (0.18%) Mendix
11 1 (0.18%) MQSeries
Applications
1 15 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.39%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.92%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.18%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.18%) InDesign
7 1 (0.18%) Maya
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (1.10%) Shopify
2 4 (0.74%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.55%) iTrent
4 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.18%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.18%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 322 (59.19%) GCP
2 146 (26.84%) AWS
3 144 (26.47%) Azure
4 70 (12.87%) Google Workspace
5 48 (8.82%) GitHub
6 45 (8.27%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 40 (7.35%) Microsoft 365
8 32 (5.88%) dbt
8 32 (5.88%) Entra ID
9 28 (5.15%) Google Analytics
9 28 (5.15%) Vertex AI
10 26 (4.78%) GitHub Actions
10 26 (4.78%) SaaS
11 21 (3.86%) Google Drive
11 21 (3.86%) Google Gemini
11 21 (3.86%) Power Platform
12 19 (3.49%) Snowflake
13 18 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
13 18 (3.31%) Google Sheets
14 17 (3.13%) Google Compute Engine
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.78%) DNS
2 18 (3.31%) Firewall
3 16 (2.94%) VPN
4 10 (1.84%) Network Security
5 9 (1.65%) Internet
6 8 (1.47%) DKIM
6 8 (1.47%) DMARC
7 7 (1.29%) TCP/IP
8 6 (1.10%) DHCP
8 6 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.74%) SMTP
9 4 (0.74%) VoIP
9 4 (0.74%) WAN
9 4 (0.74%) WebEx
10 3 (0.55%) HTTP
10 3 (0.55%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.55%) Telepresence
11 2 (0.37%) NFC
11 2 (0.37%) NGFW
11 2 (0.37%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (13.05%) BigQuery
2 39 (7.17%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (4.23%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (3.68%) Looker
5 18 (3.31%) Power BI
5 18 (3.31%) Relational Database
6 16 (2.94%) Metadata
7 14 (2.57%) Big Data
8 11 (2.02%) Data Lake
9 9 (1.65%) MongoDB
9 9 (1.65%) MySQL
9 9 (1.65%) NoSQL
9 9 (1.65%) Tableau
10 8 (1.47%) Redis
11 7 (1.29%) Flink
11 7 (1.29%) InterSystems Cache
12 6 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (1.10%) Apache Iceberg
12 6 (1.10%) SQL Server
13 5 (0.92%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 47 (8.64%) Git
2 42 (7.72%) Jenkins
3 35 (6.43%) GitLab
4 31 (5.70%) JIRA
5 8 (1.47%) Gradle
6 7 (1.29%) JUnit
6 7 (1.29%) Maven
7 6 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (0.92%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.74%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.74%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.74%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.74%) Visual Website Optimizer
9 4 (0.74%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.55%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.55%) Gemini Tracker
10 3 (0.55%) Selenium
11 2 (0.37%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.37%) JMeter
11 2 (0.37%) LoadRunner
General
1 147 (27.02%) Social Skills
2 105 (19.30%) Finance
3 74 (13.60%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (13.05%) Public Sector
5 45 (8.27%) Marketing
6 33 (6.07%) Banking
6 33 (6.07%) Retail
7 16 (2.94%) Advertising
8 13 (2.39%) Legal
9 12 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (2.02%) Games
10 11 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.02%) Publishing
11 9 (1.65%) Military
12 8 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.29%) Law
13 7 (1.29%) Local Government
13 7 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.10%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.92%) Billing
Job Titles
1 76 (13.97%) Architect
2 61 (11.21%) GCP Engineer
3 57 (10.48%) Senior
4 50 (9.19%) Data Engineer
5 41 (7.54%) Developer
6 40 (7.35%) Analyst
6 40 (7.35%) Cloud Engineer
7 34 (6.25%) Lead
8 19 (3.49%) DevOps Engineer
9 18 (3.31%) Support Engineer
10 17 (3.13%) Administrator
10 17 (3.13%) GCP Data Engineer
10 17 (3.13%) Security Architect
11 15 (2.76%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 15 (2.76%) Java Developer
11 15 (2.76%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (2.57%) GCP DevOps
13 13 (2.39%) Cloud Architect
14 12 (2.21%) Security Engineer
14 12 (2.21%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (19.67%) Terraform
2 44 (8.09%) REST
3 26 (4.78%) Kafka
4 21 (3.86%) RESTful
5 20 (3.68%) OAuth
6 19 (3.49%) JSON
6 19 (3.49%) LangGraph
6 19 (3.49%) React
7 17 (3.13%) Spring
8 16 (2.94%) Spring Boot
9 15 (2.76%) HTML
9 15 (2.76%) LangChain
10 13 (2.39%) Apache Beam
10 13 (2.39%) Node.js
11 12 (2.21%) CSS
12 11 (2.02%) GraphQL
12 11 (2.02%) JWT
12 11 (2.02%) Middleware
12 11 (2.02%) OAuth2
13 10 (1.84%) CrewAI
Miscellaneous
1 91 (16.73%) Cloud Native
2 40 (7.35%) AI Agents
3 27 (4.96%) Onboarding
4 21 (3.86%) Product Ownership
5 20 (3.68%) Management Information System
6 19 (3.49%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (2.39%) Hybrid Cloud
7 13 (2.39%) Public Cloud
8 12 (2.21%) Mobile App
8 12 (2.21%) Security Posture
8 12 (2.21%) Virtual Team
9 11 (2.02%) Data Centre
9 11 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.84%) Clustering
11 9 (1.65%) Enterprise Cloud
12 8 (1.47%) Replication
13 7 (1.29%) Algorithms
13 7 (1.29%) PKI
14 6 (1.10%) Data Structures
14 6 (1.10%) Genomics
Operating Systems
1 40 (7.35%) Linux
2 37 (6.80%) Windows
3 16 (2.94%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.76%) Android
5 12 (2.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (1.84%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.29%) Unix
8 6 (1.10%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.92%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.74%) Alpine Linux
11 2 (0.37%) CentOS
11 2 (0.37%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.37%) VMS
12 1 (0.18%) SUSE
12 1 (0.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 168 (30.88%) CI/CD
2 127 (23.35%) AI
3 122 (22.43%) Agile
4 106 (19.49%) DevOps
4 106 (19.49%) Infrastructure as Code
5 98 (18.01%) Migration
6 95 (17.46%) Analytics
7 87 (15.99%) Stakeholder Management
8 81 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
9 62 (11.40%) Roadmaps
10 60 (11.03%) Data Pipeline
11 56 (10.29%) Containerisation
11 56 (10.29%) Observability
12 55 (10.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 55 (10.11%) Machine Learning
13 53 (9.74%) Software Engineering
14 52 (9.56%) Microservices
15 48 (8.82%) Event-Driven
16 46 (8.46%) Data Modelling
17 44 (8.09%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 161 (29.60%) Python
2 114 (20.96%) SQL
3 68 (12.50%) Java
4 37 (6.80%) PowerShell
5 30 (5.51%) Bash
6 29 (5.33%) JavaScript
7 26 (4.78%) Go
8 19 (3.49%) TypeScript
9 16 (2.94%) Scala
10 11 (2.02%) Kotlin
11 9 (1.65%) C#
11 9 (1.65%) Shell Script
12 7 (1.29%) R
13 6 (1.10%) Bicep
13 6 (1.10%) Groovy
14 5 (0.92%) SOQL
15 4 (0.74%) LookML
15 4 (0.74%) PHP
16 3 (0.55%) Perl
17 2 (0.37%) Korn
Qualifications
1 123 (22.61%) Security Cleared
2 104 (19.12%) SC Cleared
3 53 (9.74%) Degree
4 29 (5.33%) DV Cleared
5 26 (4.78%) AWS Certification
6 21 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (3.68%) Azure Certification
8 15 (2.76%) CISSP
9 13 (2.39%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.84%) Master's Degree
11 9 (1.65%) CISM
12 8 (1.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (1.10%) PhD
15 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 5 (0.92%) PMI Certification
15 5 (0.92%) PMP
16 4 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (7.17%) Data Quality
2 32 (5.88%) QA
3 17 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (3.13%) NIST
4 12 (2.21%) GDPR
5 6 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (1.10%) EU AI Act
5 6 (1.10%) PMO
6 5 (0.92%) NCSC
6 5 (0.92%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.74%) GRC
7 4 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.55%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.55%) PSD2
8 3 (0.55%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.37%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.37%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 72 (13.24%) Docker
2 22 (4.04%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.55%) BitLocker
4 3 (0.55%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.55%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (0.55%) Terminal Services
4 3 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.18%) ISA Server
5 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 116 (21.32%) Kubernetes
2 31 (5.70%) Ansible
3 22 (4.04%) Grafana
4 20 (3.68%) Prometheus
5 15 (2.76%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (2.39%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
7 8 (1.47%) Puppet
8 5 (0.92%) Argo
8 5 (0.92%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.55%) Cilium
9 3 (0.55%) Istio
9 3 (0.55%) Nagios
9 3 (0.55%) SCCM
9 3 (0.55%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.55%) vMotion
10 2 (0.37%) Kibana
10 2 (0.37%) WSUS
11 1 (0.18%) logstash
11 1 (0.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 112 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 29 (5.33%) OpenAI
3 23 (4.23%) Oracle
4 22 (4.04%) Adobe
4 22 (4.04%) Splunk
5 18 (3.31%) Salesforce
5 18 (3.31%) TikTok
6 17 (3.13%) Databricks
7 16 (2.94%) Okta
8 14 (2.57%) Dynatrace
9 12 (2.21%) Amplitude
9 12 (2.21%) Apple
9 12 (2.21%) ServiceNow
10 11 (2.02%) Cisco
11 10 (1.84%) IBM
11 10 (1.84%) SAP
12 9 (1.65%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (1.65%) Optimizely
12 9 (1.65%) UiPath
13 8 (1.47%) Tealium