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 March 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 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 103 108
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 -5
Contract jobs citing Google 430 338 401
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.63% 2.60% 2.20%
As % of the Vendors category 5.94% 5.81% 5.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 209 289
10th Percentile £289 £263 £219
25th Percentile £419 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -12.50%
75th Percentile £623 £688 £638
90th Percentile £775 £750 £755
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 17 14
10th Percentile £31.25 £27.82 £15.69
25th Percentile £35.25 £41.25 £17.88
Median hourly rate £35.61 £49.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.34% +88.46% -62.86%
75th Percentile £43.50 £58.75 £32.19
90th Percentile £52.25 £62.20 £39.50
England median hourly rate £34.34 £31.76 £26.00
% change year-on-year +8.11% +22.15% -49.51%

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 7,243 5,816 7,314
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.35% 44.82% 40.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,766 3,756 4,991
10th Percentile £350 £325 £281
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £548
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.37% -3.10%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £751 £763
England median daily rate £501 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.67% +1.94% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 83 141
10th Percentile £18.03 £20.17 £13.42
25th Percentile £21.00 £23.80 £16.86
Median hourly rate £26.50 £31.35 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.46% +25.38% -2.76%
75th Percentile £41.75 £56.63 £41.25
90th Percentile £66.12 £80.10 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.00 £30.43 £25.00
% change year-on-year -17.83% +21.70% -28.57%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 +36 83 £550 - 90
West London +5 25 £603 +42.43% 10
East London +2 6 £523 -12.92% 13
South London - 4 £637 - 10
North London - 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 30 (6.98%) Apache Spark
2 22 (5.12%) Apache
3 16 (3.72%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (2.56%) Confluence
5 8 (1.86%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.63%) CMS
7 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.70%) Ethereum
8 3 (0.70%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.23%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.23%) Drupal
9 1 (0.23%) JBoss
9 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.23%) nginx
9 1 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.23%) SAS
9 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.09%) Chatbot
4 5 (1.16%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.93%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.70%) Trello
7 2 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.47%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.47%) Autodesk Smoke
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.23%) InDesign
8 1 (0.23%) Maya
8 1 (0.23%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (0.70%) Sprinklr
2 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.23%) SAP SRM
2 1 (0.23%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 256 (59.53%) GCP
2 114 (26.51%) Azure
3 97 (22.56%) AWS
4 74 (17.21%) Google Workspace
5 68 (15.81%) GitHub
6 46 (10.70%) Power Platform
7 43 (10.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 31 (7.21%) Cloud Run
9 27 (6.28%) GitHub Actions
10 26 (6.05%) Amazon S3
11 25 (5.81%) AWS CloudFormation
11 25 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
11 25 (5.81%) Slack
12 23 (5.35%) Google Analytics
12 23 (5.35%) SaaS
13 22 (5.12%) Google Gemini
14 19 (4.42%) Vertex AI
15 18 (4.19%) Amazon SQS
15 18 (4.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 17 (3.95%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.35%) Firewall
2 19 (4.42%) DNS
3 14 (3.26%) VPN
4 11 (2.56%) Network Security
5 5 (1.16%) DHCP
5 5 (1.16%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.93%) Internet
6 4 (0.93%) Wireless
7 3 (0.70%) BGP
7 3 (0.70%) HTTP
7 3 (0.70%) LAN
7 3 (0.70%) VoIP
8 2 (0.47%) Cisco IPT
8 2 (0.47%) Intranet
8 2 (0.47%) IPv4
8 2 (0.47%) IPv6
8 2 (0.47%) OSPF
8 2 (0.47%) SMTP
8 2 (0.47%) VLAN
8 2 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (17.21%) BigQuery
2 36 (8.37%) Power BI
3 24 (5.58%) Tableau
4 20 (4.65%) Mixpanel
5 19 (4.42%) Data Lake
5 19 (4.42%) OLAP
6 17 (3.95%) Amazon Athena
7 16 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (3.72%) OLTP
8 15 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (2.33%) SQL Server
10 9 (2.09%) Metadata
11 8 (1.86%) Redis
12 7 (1.63%) Looker
12 7 (1.63%) NoSQL
13 6 (1.40%) Big Data
13 6 (1.40%) MySQL
14 4 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.93%) Apache Cassandra
15 3 (0.70%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 46 (10.70%) Git
2 39 (9.07%) Jenkins
3 25 (5.81%) JIRA
4 19 (4.42%) GitLab
5 6 (1.40%) JUnit
6 4 (0.93%) Android Studio
6 4 (0.93%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.93%) Gradle
6 4 (0.93%) Mockito
7 3 (0.70%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.70%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.70%) Charles Proxy
7 3 (0.70%) ERwin
7 3 (0.70%) Fiddler
7 3 (0.70%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 2 (0.47%) Chocolatey
8 2 (0.47%) Crashlytics
8 2 (0.47%) fastlane
8 2 (0.47%) MLflow
8 2 (0.47%) Xcode
General
1 120 (27.91%) Social Skills
2 77 (17.91%) Finance
3 73 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (8.84%) Marketing
5 32 (7.44%) Retail
6 31 (7.21%) Banking
7 26 (6.05%) Public Sector
8 19 (4.42%) Advertising
9 18 (4.19%) Pharmaceutical
10 12 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (2.33%) Publishing
12 9 (2.09%) Legal
13 8 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.63%) Telecoms
15 6 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.40%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.93%) Electronics
16 4 (0.93%) German Language
16 4 (0.93%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 51 (11.86%) GCP Engineer
2 45 (10.47%) Senior
3 44 (10.23%) Data Engineer
4 41 (9.53%) Architect
5 35 (8.14%) Analyst
6 34 (7.91%) Cloud Engineer
6 34 (7.91%) Lead
7 31 (7.21%) Developer
8 19 (4.42%) Software Engineer
9 16 (3.72%) Principal Engineer
10 15 (3.49%) Data Scientist
11 14 (3.26%) Cloud Architect
11 14 (3.26%) DevOps Engineer
11 14 (3.26%) Principal Data Engineer
11 14 (3.26%) Security Engineer
12 13 (3.02%) GCP Architect
13 12 (2.79%) Consultant
13 12 (2.79%) Platform Engineer
13 12 (2.79%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (2.56%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (6.98%) Kafka
2 26 (6.05%) React
3 19 (4.42%) LangChain
3 19 (4.42%) PyTorch
4 18 (4.19%) LangGraph
4 18 (4.19%) Spring
5 17 (3.95%) FastAPI
5 17 (3.95%) Great Expectations
6 16 (3.72%) OAuth
6 16 (3.72%) REST
6 16 (3.72%) RESTful
7 15 (3.49%) AngularJS
7 15 (3.49%) HTML
7 15 (3.49%) Spring Boot
8 14 (3.26%) Node.js
9 13 (3.02%) Pandas
9 13 (3.02%) scikit-learn
9 13 (3.02%) TensorFlow
10 12 (2.79%) CSS
11 11 (2.56%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 57 (13.26%) Cloud Native
2 29 (6.74%) Onboarding
3 18 (4.19%) Life Science
4 16 (3.72%) Mobile App
5 14 (3.26%) Public Cloud
6 13 (3.02%) Genomics
7 12 (2.79%) Data Centre
8 10 (2.33%) Virtual Team
9 9 (2.09%) AI Agents
9 9 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.86%) Algorithms
10 8 (1.86%) Digital Media
10 8 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.86%) Marketing Technology
11 7 (1.63%) Product Ownership
11 7 (1.63%) Social Media
12 6 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (1.16%) Clustering
13 5 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.88%) Android
2 19 (4.42%) Apple iOS
3 17 (3.95%) Windows
4 16 (3.72%) Mac OS
5 10 (2.33%) VMS
6 6 (1.40%) Linux
7 2 (0.47%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (29.53%) CI/CD
2 121 (28.14%) AI
3 116 (26.98%) DevOps
4 91 (21.16%) Analytics
5 85 (19.77%) Infrastructure as Code
6 75 (17.44%) Machine Learning
6 75 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
7 62 (14.42%) Agile
8 59 (13.72%) Observability
9 56 (13.02%) Containerisation
10 51 (11.86%) Software Engineering
11 50 (11.63%) Data Engineering
12 47 (10.93%) Migration
13 43 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
14 42 (9.77%) LLM
15 40 (9.30%) Business Intelligence
15 40 (9.30%) Data Governance
16 37 (8.60%) Decision-Making
17 36 (8.37%) Generative AI
18 35 (8.14%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 140 (32.56%) Python
2 81 (18.84%) SQL
3 37 (8.60%) Java
4 28 (6.51%) JavaScript
5 20 (4.65%) C#
6 17 (3.95%) Bash
6 17 (3.95%) PowerShell
6 17 (3.95%) TypeScript
7 12 (2.79%) Kotlin
8 8 (1.86%) Google Apps Script
9 7 (1.63%) Go
10 6 (1.40%) Ruby
11 4 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.70%) Rust
12 3 (0.70%) VBA
13 2 (0.47%) C++
13 2 (0.47%) Korn
13 2 (0.47%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.47%) Scala
13 2 (0.47%) Swift
Qualifications
1 48 (11.16%) Degree
2 47 (10.93%) Security Cleared
3 38 (8.84%) SC Cleared
4 19 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (2.09%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.86%) AWS Certification
6 8 (1.86%) Azure Certification
6 8 (1.86%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.40%) CISSP
8 5 (1.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (0.93%) CCSP
9 4 (0.93%) OSCP
9 4 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.70%) CCNP
10 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (0.70%) PhD
10 3 (0.70%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.70%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (10.47%) GDPR
2 32 (7.44%) Data Quality
3 18 (4.19%) QA
4 10 (2.33%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.33%) NIST
5 8 (1.86%) NCSC
6 7 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.63%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (1.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.70%) GRC
10 2 (0.47%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.47%) SLA
11 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.23%) MiFID
11 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.23%) PERC
11 1 (0.23%) PMO
11 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 66 (15.35%) Docker
2 16 (3.72%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.47%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.47%) Snort
3 2 (0.47%) Squid
3 2 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.47%) 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%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.23%) Varnish
4 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 99 (23.02%) Terraform
2 84 (19.53%) Kubernetes
3 19 (4.42%) Ansible
4 18 (4.19%) Grafana
5 12 (2.79%) Istio
6 11 (2.56%) Argo
7 10 (2.33%) Prometheus
7 10 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (1.86%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (1.16%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.70%) Kubeflow
10 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.70%) SCCM
11 2 (0.47%) Fluentd
11 2 (0.47%) Knative
11 2 (0.47%) logstash
11 2 (0.47%) Nessus
11 2 (0.47%) Nexpose
11 2 (0.47%) QRadar
11 2 (0.47%) Suricata
Vendors
1 56 (13.02%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.74%) Databricks
3 20 (4.65%) Apple
4 19 (4.42%) Adobe
5 17 (3.95%) Splunk
6 15 (3.49%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.56%) Oracle
8 9 (2.09%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.63%) Okta
10 6 (1.40%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.40%) IBM
10 6 (1.40%) OneTrust
10 6 (1.40%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.40%) SAP
11 5 (1.16%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.16%) Hotjar
11 5 (1.16%) Marketo
11 5 (1.16%) Optimizely
11 5 (1.16%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.16%) Rapid7