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 28 April 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
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 96 95
Rank change year-on-year -13 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing Google 441 349 431
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.50% 2.76% 2.43%
As % of the Vendors category 5.80% 6.07% 6.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 212 312
10th Percentile £298 £276 £243
25th Percentile £413 £405 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.70%
75th Percentile £613 £673 £650
90th Percentile £739 £750 £750
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 19 16
10th Percentile £26.75 £27.24 £15.82
25th Percentile £33.13 £36.13 £21.63
Median hourly rate £35.50 £49.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.55% +88.46% -67.50%
75th Percentile £39.25 £58.25 £28.90
90th Percentile £49.58 £66.10 £37.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £31.76 £26.00
% change year-on-year +11.78% +22.15% -35.00%

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 7,605 5,745 7,183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.14% 45.36% 40.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,026 3,787 4,925
10th Percentile £350 £325 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £548
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.46% -2.67%
75th Percentile £638 £652 £660
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 93 137
10th Percentile £18.48 £15.97 £13.86
25th Percentile £22.97 £22.27 £17.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +22.41% +21.85% -22.29%
75th Percentile £50.00 £51.25 £36.00
90th Percentile £68.88 £67.00 £62.25
England median hourly rate £30.15 £27.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.64% +22.22% -43.75%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 28 April 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 +25 80 £525 +2.44% 58
West London -3 23 £603 +7.11% 7
East London -1 7 £520 -20.00% 6
South London -11 6 £637 -5.63% 2
North London - 1 £225 - 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 25 (5.67%) Apache Spark
2 19 (4.31%) Apache
3 15 (3.40%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.72%) Confluence
5 11 (2.49%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (1.36%) CMS
8 3 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.45%) Drupal
9 2 (0.45%) WordPress
10 1 (0.23%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.23%) JBoss
10 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.23%) nginx
10 1 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.23%) SAS
10 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 16 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.27%) Chatbot
4 9 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.36%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.13%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.68%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.68%) Trello
8 2 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.45%) Autodesk Smoke
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.23%) Maya
Business Applications
1 6 (1.36%) Sprinklr
2 2 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.23%) SAP SRM
3 1 (0.23%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 256 (58.05%) GCP
2 116 (26.30%) Azure
3 95 (21.54%) AWS
4 87 (19.73%) Google Workspace
5 51 (11.56%) GitHub
6 44 (9.98%) Power Platform
7 35 (7.94%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 34 (7.71%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (5.90%) Amazon S3
9 26 (5.90%) Google Analytics
9 26 (5.90%) Slack
10 25 (5.67%) GitHub Actions
10 25 (5.67%) Vertex AI
11 24 (5.44%) Cloud Run
11 24 (5.44%) SaaS
12 23 (5.22%) AWS CloudFormation
13 18 (4.08%) Google Gemini
13 18 (4.08%) Google Sheets
14 17 (3.85%) Amazon SQS
14 17 (3.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.44%) DNS
2 21 (4.76%) Firewall
3 13 (2.95%) VPN
4 10 (2.27%) Network Security
5 7 (1.59%) DKIM
5 7 (1.59%) DMARC
6 6 (1.36%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.91%) DHCP
7 4 (0.91%) Internet
8 3 (0.68%) VoIP
8 3 (0.68%) Wireless
9 2 (0.45%) BGP
9 2 (0.45%) Cisco IPT
9 2 (0.45%) HTTP
9 2 (0.45%) IPv4
9 2 (0.45%) IPv6
9 2 (0.45%) OSPF
10 1 (0.23%) Broadband
10 1 (0.23%) SMTP
10 1 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (16.10%) BigQuery
2 35 (7.94%) Power BI
3 27 (6.12%) Tableau
4 22 (4.99%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (4.31%) Data Lake
6 18 (4.08%) OLAP
7 16 (3.63%) Amazon Athena
7 16 (3.63%) Mixpanel
8 15 (3.40%) OLTP
9 12 (2.72%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (2.27%) Metadata
11 9 (2.04%) Looker
11 9 (2.04%) NoSQL
12 7 (1.59%) SQL Server
13 6 (1.36%) Big Data
13 6 (1.36%) MySQL
13 6 (1.36%) Redis
13 6 (1.36%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.91%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.91%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 31 (7.03%) Git
1 31 (7.03%) JIRA
2 30 (6.80%) Jenkins
3 16 (3.63%) GitLab
4 5 (1.13%) Charles Proxy
4 5 (1.13%) JUnit
5 3 (0.68%) Artifactory
5 3 (0.68%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (0.68%) ERwin
5 3 (0.68%) Fiddler
5 3 (0.68%) Mockito
6 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.45%) Chocolatey
6 2 (0.45%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.45%) MLflow
7 1 (0.23%) Ant
7 1 (0.23%) Maven
7 1 (0.23%) Selenium
7 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.23%) Subversion
General
1 123 (27.89%) Social Skills
2 77 (17.46%) Finance
3 75 (17.01%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (10.66%) Marketing
5 36 (8.16%) Public Sector
6 33 (7.48%) Banking
7 30 (6.80%) Retail
8 15 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (3.17%) Advertising
10 11 (2.49%) Legal
11 10 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
11 10 (2.27%) Publishing
11 10 (2.27%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
13 7 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.36%) Manufacturing
15 5 (1.13%) Military
16 4 (0.91%) Electronics
16 4 (0.91%) German Language
Job Titles
1 56 (12.70%) GCP Engineer
2 43 (9.75%) Data Engineer
2 43 (9.75%) Lead
3 42 (9.52%) Cloud Engineer
3 42 (9.52%) Senior
4 41 (9.30%) Architect
5 35 (7.94%) Analyst
6 21 (4.76%) Developer
7 17 (3.85%) Administrator
8 16 (3.63%) Cloud Architect
9 15 (3.40%) Data Scientist
9 15 (3.40%) Principal Engineer
10 14 (3.17%) Platform Engineer
11 13 (2.95%) Consultant
11 13 (2.95%) Principal Data Engineer
11 13 (2.95%) Software Engineer
12 12 (2.72%) Security Engineer
13 11 (2.49%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 11 (2.49%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 11 (2.49%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (6.58%) Kafka
2 20 (4.54%) LangChain
2 20 (4.54%) React
3 19 (4.31%) OAuth
4 18 (4.08%) REST
5 17 (3.85%) PyTorch
6 16 (3.63%) Great Expectations
7 15 (3.40%) Spring
8 14 (3.17%) Spring Boot
9 13 (2.95%) AngularJS
9 13 (2.95%) HTML
9 13 (2.95%) Pandas
10 12 (2.72%) LangGraph
10 12 (2.72%) scikit-learn
11 11 (2.49%) Node.js
11 11 (2.49%) RESTful
11 11 (2.49%) TensorFlow
12 10 (2.27%) CSS
12 10 (2.27%) NumPy
12 10 (2.27%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (11.34%) Cloud Native
2 23 (5.22%) Onboarding
3 15 (3.40%) Product Ownership
3 15 (3.40%) Virtual Team
4 13 (2.95%) Public Cloud
5 12 (2.72%) AI Agents
5 12 (2.72%) Mobile App
5 12 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.49%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.27%) Life Science
8 9 (2.04%) Management Information System
9 8 (1.81%) Marketing Technology
9 8 (1.81%) Social Media
10 7 (1.59%) Algorithms
11 6 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.36%) Clustering
11 6 (1.36%) Digital Media
11 6 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.13%) Genomics
12 5 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 17 (3.85%) Android
2 16 (3.63%) Apple iOS
3 14 (3.17%) Windows
4 13 (2.95%) Mac OS
5 10 (2.27%) VMS
6 8 (1.81%) Linux
7 2 (0.45%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (26.08%) AI
1 115 (26.08%) CI/CD
2 98 (22.22%) Analytics
3 89 (20.18%) DevOps
4 83 (18.82%) Infrastructure as Code
5 66 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
6 65 (14.74%) Machine Learning
7 58 (13.15%) Agile
7 58 (13.15%) Observability
8 57 (12.93%) Migration
9 52 (11.79%) Software Engineering
10 48 (10.88%) Data Engineering
11 45 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
12 44 (9.98%) Data Governance
13 43 (9.75%) Business Intelligence
13 43 (9.75%) Decision-Making
13 43 (9.75%) LLM
14 42 (9.52%) Data Modelling
15 40 (9.07%) Containerisation
16 38 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 127 (28.80%) Python
2 82 (18.59%) SQL
3 37 (8.39%) Java
4 29 (6.58%) JavaScript
5 20 (4.54%) C#
6 16 (3.63%) PowerShell
7 13 (2.95%) TypeScript
8 11 (2.49%) Bash
9 10 (2.27%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.59%) Go
10 7 (1.59%) Google Apps Script
11 5 (1.13%) Scala
12 4 (0.91%) Ruby
13 3 (0.68%) LookML
13 3 (0.68%) Rust
14 2 (0.45%) C++
14 2 (0.45%) Korn
14 2 (0.45%) VBA
15 1 (0.23%) C
15 1 (0.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 60 (13.61%) Security Cleared
2 50 (11.34%) SC Cleared
3 41 (9.30%) Degree
4 17 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.81%) Azure Certification
6 8 (1.81%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.81%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.59%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.13%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (0.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (0.91%) CISSP
10 4 (0.91%) SnowPro
11 3 (0.68%) CCSP
11 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.68%) OSCP
11 3 (0.68%) PhD
11 3 (0.68%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.68%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (9.30%) GDPR
2 35 (7.94%) Data Quality
3 20 (4.54%) QA
4 10 (2.27%) NIST
5 9 (2.04%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.59%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (1.59%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.91%) NCSC
9 3 (0.68%) GRC
9 3 (0.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.45%) SLA
10 2 (0.45%) WCAG
11 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.23%) PERC
11 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 47 (10.66%) Docker
2 18 (4.08%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.45%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.23%) Firmware
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.23%) Snort
4 1 (0.23%) Squid
4 1 (0.23%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.23%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.23%) Varnish
4 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 97 (22.00%) Terraform
2 70 (15.87%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.17%) Ansible
3 14 (3.17%) Grafana
4 10 (2.27%) Istio
4 10 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (1.81%) Argo
5 8 (1.81%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 6 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.36%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.68%) Kubeflow
7 3 (0.68%) SCCM
8 2 (0.45%) Fluentd
8 2 (0.45%) Knative
8 2 (0.45%) logstash
8 2 (0.45%) QRadar
9 1 (0.23%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.23%) Nexpose
9 1 (0.23%) vMotion
Vendors
1 58 (13.15%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.12%) Databricks
3 19 (4.31%) Adobe
4 17 (3.85%) Apple
5 16 (3.63%) Salesforce
6 15 (3.40%) Oracle
7 12 (2.72%) ServiceNow
7 12 (2.72%) Splunk
8 7 (1.59%) IBM
9 6 (1.36%) OneTrust
9 6 (1.36%) OpenAI
10 5 (1.13%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.13%) Cisco
10 5 (1.13%) Facebook
10 5 (1.13%) Rapid7
10 5 (1.13%) Tealium
11 4 (0.91%) CyberArk
11 4 (0.91%) Okta
11 4 (0.91%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.91%) SAP