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 7 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
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 86 94
Rank change year-on-year -24 +8 -7
Contract jobs citing Google 538 429 438
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.66% 3.16% 2.70%
As % of the Vendors category 6.32% 6.89% 6.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 263 295
10th Percentile £313 £275 £321
25th Percentile £407 £398 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.25% -13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £588 £616 £700
90th Percentile £675 £750 £786
England median daily rate £515 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +8.42% -13.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 15 14
10th Percentile £21.80 £29.20 £22.00
25th Percentile £31.25 £33.75 £25.43
Median hourly rate £35.50 £49.00 £29.75
Median % change year-on-year -27.55% +64.71% -55.93%
75th Percentile £36.35 £58.75 £41.38
90th Percentile £50.15 £68.50 £42.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £21.92 £70.00
% change year-on-year +61.95% -68.69% +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 8,507 6,228 6,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.11% 45.93% 42.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,534 4,050 4,731
10th Percentile £350 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -0.94% -5.15%
75th Percentile £638 £655 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £760
England median daily rate £510 £510 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 122 85
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £17.50
25th Percentile £20.56 £22.60 £20.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.31 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.93% -4.33% -21.43%
75th Percentile £57.50 £43.62 £61.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.75
England median hourly rate £35.00 £25.15 £29.39
% change year-on-year +39.17% -14.41% -25.80%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 +5 79 £525 -4.55% 125
West London -13 13 £614 +16.90% 18
South London -9 12 £575 +21.05% 4
East London - 3 £410 - 9
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 25 (4.65%) Apache
2 20 (3.72%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.53%) Apache Spark
4 18 (3.35%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (3.35%) CMS
5 16 (2.97%) Confluence
6 11 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (1.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 8 (1.49%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.74%) WordPress
10 3 (0.56%) Drupal
11 2 (0.37%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.19%) Luigi
12 1 (0.19%) Mendix
12 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 17 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.49%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.30%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.74%) 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 (0.93%) Shopify
2 4 (0.74%) Sprinklr
3 3 (0.56%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.37%) iTrent
4 2 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.19%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.19%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP SRM
5 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 311 (57.81%) GCP
2 123 (22.86%) AWS
3 117 (21.75%) Azure
4 83 (15.43%) Google Workspace
5 41 (7.62%) Microsoft 365
6 39 (7.25%) GitHub
7 37 (6.88%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 30 (5.58%) Google Analytics
9 27 (5.02%) Power Platform
10 24 (4.46%) SaaS
11 23 (4.28%) Google Drive
12 22 (4.09%) dbt
13 21 (3.90%) Google Sheets
14 20 (3.72%) Vertex AI
15 19 (3.53%) Cloud Run
15 19 (3.53%) Entra ID
15 19 (3.53%) Snowflake
16 18 (3.35%) Adobe Analytics
16 18 (3.35%) Google Ads
17 17 (3.16%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.76%) DNS
2 24 (4.46%) Firewall
3 22 (4.09%) VPN
4 10 (1.86%) Internet
5 8 (1.49%) DKIM
5 8 (1.49%) DMARC
5 8 (1.49%) Network Security
5 8 (1.49%) TCP/IP
6 5 (0.93%) DHCP
6 5 (0.93%) SMTP
7 4 (0.74%) WebEx
8 3 (0.56%) HTTP
8 3 (0.56%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.56%) Telepresence
8 3 (0.56%) VLAN
8 3 (0.56%) VoIP
8 3 (0.56%) WAN
8 3 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.37%) NFC
9 2 (0.37%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (11.34%) BigQuery
2 38 (7.06%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (4.65%) Power BI
4 18 (3.35%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (3.16%) Looker
6 15 (2.79%) Relational Database
6 15 (2.79%) Tableau
7 13 (2.42%) Big Data
8 10 (1.86%) Data Lake
8 10 (1.86%) Metadata
9 8 (1.49%) Redis
10 7 (1.30%) Flink
10 7 (1.30%) InterSystems Cache
10 7 (1.30%) NoSQL
11 6 (1.12%) MySQL
11 6 (1.12%) OLTP
11 6 (1.12%) Star Schema
12 5 (0.93%) OLAP
12 5 (0.93%) RDBMS
12 5 (0.93%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (5.95%) JIRA
2 31 (5.76%) Git
3 26 (4.83%) Jenkins
4 23 (4.28%) GitLab
5 4 (0.74%) Gradle
5 4 (0.74%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 3 (0.56%) Maven
7 2 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.37%) Charles Proxy
7 2 (0.37%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.37%) Gatling
7 2 (0.37%) Gemini Tracker
7 2 (0.37%) JMeter
7 2 (0.37%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.37%) NeoLoad
7 2 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.37%) webpack
7 2 (0.37%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.19%) Vite
General
1 141 (26.21%) Social Skills
2 96 (17.84%) Finance
3 74 (13.75%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (11.15%) Public Sector
5 55 (10.22%) Marketing
6 36 (6.69%) Retail
7 26 (4.83%) Banking
8 21 (3.90%) Advertising
9 19 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (2.42%) Publishing
11 11 (2.04%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.86%) Legal
13 8 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.12%) Games
15 6 (1.12%) Law
16 5 (0.93%) Billing
16 5 (0.93%) Investment Banking
16 5 (0.93%) Military
Job Titles
1 70 (13.01%) GCP Engineer
2 57 (10.59%) Architect
3 53 (9.85%) Data Engineer
4 51 (9.48%) Senior
5 46 (8.55%) Cloud Engineer
6 43 (7.99%) Lead
7 41 (7.62%) Developer
8 37 (6.88%) Analyst
9 18 (3.35%) Support Engineer
10 16 (2.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (2.79%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 15 (2.79%) GCP Data Engineer
12 14 (2.60%) Administrator
12 14 (2.60%) DevOps Engineer
13 13 (2.42%) Platform Engineer
13 13 (2.42%) Security Architect
14 12 (2.23%) Cloud Architect
14 12 (2.23%) Java Developer
15 11 (2.04%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (7.81%) REST
2 27 (5.02%) Kafka
3 19 (3.53%) JSON
4 18 (3.35%) OAuth
4 18 (3.35%) React
5 17 (3.16%) RESTful
5 17 (3.16%) Spring
5 17 (3.16%) Spring Boot
6 16 (2.97%) HTML
7 13 (2.42%) CSS
7 13 (2.42%) LangChain
7 13 (2.42%) LangGraph
8 11 (2.04%) Apache Beam
8 11 (2.04%) SAML
9 8 (1.49%) .NET
9 8 (1.49%) JWT
9 8 (1.49%) Node.js
9 8 (1.49%) OAuth2
10 7 (1.30%) Next.js
10 7 (1.30%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 74 (13.75%) Cloud Native
2 33 (6.13%) AI Agents
3 21 (3.90%) Product Ownership
4 20 (3.72%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.35%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.97%) Virtual Team
7 15 (2.79%) Data Centre
7 15 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (2.79%) Mobile App
8 11 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
9 10 (1.86%) Marketing Technology
10 9 (1.67%) Clustering
11 8 (1.49%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.30%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.30%) Life Science
12 7 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
13 6 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
14 5 (0.93%) Data Structures
14 5 (0.93%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (5.20%) Windows
2 26 (4.83%) Linux
3 13 (2.42%) Android
3 13 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.67%) Mac OS
4 9 (1.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.93%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.93%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.74%) Alpine Linux
7 3 (0.56%) Unix
8 1 (0.19%) CentOS
8 1 (0.19%) SUSE
8 1 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.19%) VMS
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (26.02%) CI/CD
2 119 (22.12%) AI
3 118 (21.93%) Agile
4 101 (18.77%) Analytics
5 92 (17.10%) Infrastructure as Code
6 90 (16.73%) DevOps
7 87 (16.17%) Migration
8 78 (14.50%) Problem-Solving
9 62 (11.52%) Continuous Improvement
10 60 (11.15%) Stakeholder Management
11 53 (9.85%) Machine Learning
11 53 (9.85%) Software Engineering
12 52 (9.67%) Data Modelling
13 50 (9.29%) Decision-Making
14 48 (8.92%) Data Pipeline
14 48 (8.92%) Roadmaps
15 47 (8.74%) Observability
16 42 (7.81%) Data Engineering
16 42 (7.81%) Microservices
17 41 (7.62%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 147 (27.32%) Python
2 109 (20.26%) SQL
3 68 (12.64%) Java
4 33 (6.13%) PowerShell
5 27 (5.02%) JavaScript
6 22 (4.09%) Bash
7 18 (3.35%) Scala
7 18 (3.35%) TypeScript
8 14 (2.60%) Kotlin
9 13 (2.42%) C#
9 13 (2.42%) Go
10 8 (1.49%) Google Apps Script
11 6 (1.12%) Bicep
11 6 (1.12%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.93%) SOQL
13 4 (0.74%) Groovy
13 4 (0.74%) Ruby
14 3 (0.56%) Korn
14 3 (0.56%) PHP
14 3 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 104 (19.33%) Security Cleared
2 88 (16.36%) SC Cleared
3 52 (9.67%) Degree
4 28 (5.20%) DV Cleared
5 19 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.35%) AWS Certification
7 14 (2.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (2.23%) Azure Certification
9 10 (1.86%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.67%) CISSP
11 6 (1.12%) PhD
11 6 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (0.93%) CISM
12 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.74%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.74%) PMP
14 3 (0.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 3 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
14 3 (0.56%) CRISC
14 3 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.06%) Data Quality
2 36 (6.69%) QA
3 18 (3.35%) GDPR
4 13 (2.42%) NIST
5 11 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.30%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.12%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.12%) PMO
8 4 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.74%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 4 (0.74%) NCSC
9 3 (0.56%) GRC
9 3 (0.56%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.56%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.37%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.37%) PSD2
10 2 (0.37%) SLA
10 2 (0.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 51 (9.48%) Docker
2 19 (3.53%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.93%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.74%) BitLocker
4 4 (0.74%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (0.74%) Terminal Services
4 4 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.19%) Firmware
6 1 (0.19%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.19%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 94 (17.47%) Terraform
2 83 (15.43%) Kubernetes
3 18 (3.35%) Grafana
4 16 (2.97%) Ansible
5 14 (2.60%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (2.42%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (1.30%) Puppet
9 6 (1.12%) Jamf Pro
10 5 (0.93%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.74%) Istio
11 4 (0.74%) SCCM
11 4 (0.74%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 4 (0.74%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.74%) vMotion
12 3 (0.56%) Nagios
13 2 (0.37%) Argo
13 2 (0.37%) WSUS
14 1 (0.19%) Kubeflow
14 1 (0.19%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 91 (16.91%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.09%) Adobe
3 21 (3.90%) Splunk
4 19 (3.53%) OpenAI
5 18 (3.35%) Oracle
5 18 (3.35%) Salesforce
6 17 (3.16%) TikTok
7 16 (2.97%) Databricks
8 15 (2.79%) Apple
9 14 (2.60%) Okta
10 11 (2.04%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.67%) Amplitude
11 9 (1.67%) Cisco
11 9 (1.67%) Dynatrace
11 9 (1.67%) Optimizely
12 8 (1.49%) Sitecore
12 8 (1.49%) Tealium
13 7 (1.30%) Citrix
13 7 (1.30%) New Relic
13 7 (1.30%) SAP