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 13 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
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 84 98
Rank change year-on-year -28 +14 -11
Contract jobs citing Google 527 422 431
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.62% 3.11% 2.66%
As % of the Vendors category 6.19% 6.76% 6.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 259 292
10th Percentile £313 £275 £313
25th Percentile £405 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £588 £615 £705
90th Percentile £675 £750 £788
England median daily rate £510 £495 £550
% change year-on-year +3.03% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 14 14
10th Percentile £19.70 £30.97 £22.00
25th Percentile £28.75 £32.50 £25.43
Median hourly rate £35.50 £49.25 £29.75
Median % change year-on-year -27.92% +65.55% -55.93%
75th Percentile £35.75 £60.50 £41.38
90th Percentile £43.25 £69.38 £42.50
England median hourly rate £34.87 £22.56 £70.00
% change year-on-year +54.54% -67.77% +112.12%

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 8,514 6,239 6,979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.30% 46.01% 43.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,544 4,061 4,735
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% -4.50%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £751
England median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 126 88
10th Percentile £18.07 £15.84 £17.08
25th Percentile £19.50 £22.60 £20.50
Median hourly rate £35.25 £26.30 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.03% -4.36% -17.81%
75th Percentile £57.50 £40.56 £60.31
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.38
England median hourly rate £34.00 £25.15 £30.00
% change year-on-year +35.17% -16.17% -20.00%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 0 80 £525 -4.55% 116
South London -1 12 £575 +21.05% 3
West London -12 12 £625 +19.05% 26
East London - 3 £410 - 7
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 24 (4.55%) Apache
2 20 (3.80%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.42%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (3.42%) Apache Spark
4 17 (3.23%) CMS
4 17 (3.23%) Confluence
5 11 (2.09%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (1.71%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 8 (1.52%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.76%) WordPress
9 3 (0.57%) Drupal
10 2 (0.38%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.19%) Luigi
11 1 (0.19%) Mendix
11 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 17 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.33%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (1.14%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.76%) 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 (0.95%) Shopify
2 4 (0.76%) Sprinklr
3 3 (0.57%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.38%) iTrent
4 2 (0.38%) 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
1 304 (57.69%) GCP
2 125 (23.72%) AWS
3 119 (22.58%) Azure
4 73 (13.85%) Google Workspace
5 43 (8.16%) GitHub
6 37 (7.02%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 36 (6.83%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (5.69%) Google Analytics
9 26 (4.93%) Power Platform
10 24 (4.55%) SaaS
11 23 (4.36%) Google Drive
12 22 (4.17%) dbt
13 20 (3.80%) GitHub Actions
13 20 (3.80%) Google Sheets
14 19 (3.61%) Adobe Analytics
14 19 (3.61%) Entra ID
14 19 (3.61%) Vertex AI
15 18 (3.42%) Snowflake
16 16 (3.04%) Cloud Functions
16 16 (3.04%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 32 (6.07%) DNS
2 24 (4.55%) Firewall
3 23 (4.36%) VPN
4 10 (1.90%) Internet
5 9 (1.71%) Network Security
6 8 (1.52%) DKIM
6 8 (1.52%) DMARC
6 8 (1.52%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.14%) DHCP
8 5 (0.95%) SMTP
9 4 (0.76%) WAN
9 4 (0.76%) WebEx
9 4 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.57%) HTTP
10 3 (0.57%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.57%) Telepresence
10 3 (0.57%) VLAN
10 3 (0.57%) VoIP
11 2 (0.38%) NFC
11 2 (0.38%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (10.25%) BigQuery
2 37 (7.02%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (4.55%) Power BI
4 17 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (3.04%) Looker
6 15 (2.85%) Relational Database
7 14 (2.66%) Tableau
8 13 (2.47%) Big Data
9 11 (2.09%) Metadata
10 9 (1.71%) Data Lake
11 8 (1.52%) Redis
12 7 (1.33%) Flink
12 7 (1.33%) InterSystems Cache
12 7 (1.33%) NoSQL
13 6 (1.14%) MySQL
13 6 (1.14%) Star Schema
14 5 (0.95%) Data Hub
14 5 (0.95%) OLTP
14 5 (0.95%) RDBMS
14 5 (0.95%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 33 (6.26%) JIRA
2 30 (5.69%) Git
3 29 (5.50%) Jenkins
4 24 (4.55%) GitLab
5 4 (0.76%) Gradle
5 4 (0.76%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 3 (0.57%) Maven
7 2 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.38%) Charles Proxy
7 2 (0.38%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.38%) Gatling
7 2 (0.38%) Gemini Tracker
7 2 (0.38%) JMeter
7 2 (0.38%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.38%) NeoLoad
7 2 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.38%) webpack
7 2 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 136 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 94 (17.84%) Finance
3 70 (13.28%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (11.39%) Public Sector
5 54 (10.25%) Marketing
6 33 (6.26%) Retail
7 26 (4.93%) Banking
8 21 (3.98%) Advertising
9 17 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (2.28%) Publishing
10 12 (2.28%) Telecoms
11 11 (2.09%) Legal
12 10 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 8 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.14%) Games
15 6 (1.14%) Law
16 5 (0.95%) Billing
16 5 (0.95%) Investment Banking
16 5 (0.95%) Military
Job Titles
1 69 (13.09%) GCP Engineer
2 61 (11.57%) Architect
3 52 (9.87%) Senior
4 50 (9.49%) Cloud Engineer
4 50 (9.49%) Data Engineer
5 41 (7.78%) Lead
6 40 (7.59%) Developer
7 36 (6.83%) Analyst
8 18 (3.42%) Support Engineer
9 17 (3.23%) Solutions Architect
10 15 (2.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 15 (2.85%) Security Architect
11 14 (2.66%) Administrator
11 14 (2.66%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 14 (2.66%) Cloud Architect
11 14 (2.66%) DevOps Engineer
11 14 (2.66%) GCP Data Engineer
12 12 (2.28%) Java Developer
12 12 (2.28%) Network Engineer
13 11 (2.09%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (7.21%) REST
2 28 (5.31%) Kafka
3 19 (3.61%) JSON
4 18 (3.42%) React
4 18 (3.42%) RESTful
5 16 (3.04%) HTML
5 16 (3.04%) OAuth
6 14 (2.66%) LangChain
6 14 (2.66%) LangGraph
7 13 (2.47%) CSS
7 13 (2.47%) Spring
7 13 (2.47%) Spring Boot
8 11 (2.09%) Apache Beam
9 9 (1.71%) SAML
10 8 (1.52%) .NET
10 8 (1.52%) JWT
10 8 (1.52%) Node.js
10 8 (1.52%) OAuth2
11 7 (1.33%) Android Jetpack
11 7 (1.33%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 75 (14.23%) Cloud Native
2 34 (6.45%) AI Agents
3 21 (3.98%) Product Ownership
4 20 (3.80%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.42%) Management Information System
6 15 (2.85%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (2.85%) Virtual Team
7 14 (2.66%) Data Centre
8 13 (2.47%) Mobile App
9 11 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.71%) Clustering
10 9 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.71%) Marketing Technology
11 7 (1.33%) Security Posture
12 6 (1.14%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.14%) Life Science
12 6 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
13 5 (0.95%) CMDB
13 5 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.50%) Linux
1 29 (5.50%) Windows
2 13 (2.47%) Android
2 13 (2.47%) Windows Server
3 9 (1.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (1.52%) Mac OS
5 5 (0.95%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.76%) Alpine Linux
6 4 (0.76%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.57%) 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
1 137 (26.00%) CI/CD
2 118 (22.39%) Agile
3 114 (21.63%) AI
4 99 (18.79%) Analytics
5 94 (17.84%) Infrastructure as Code
6 89 (16.89%) DevOps
7 84 (15.94%) Migration
8 74 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
9 62 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 62 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 51 (9.68%) Machine Learning
10 51 (9.68%) Software Engineering
11 49 (9.30%) Data Modelling
12 48 (9.11%) Roadmaps
13 47 (8.92%) Data Pipeline
13 47 (8.92%) Observability
14 46 (8.73%) Decision-Making
15 43 (8.16%) Microservices
16 41 (7.78%) LLM
17 40 (7.59%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 146 (27.70%) Python
2 103 (19.54%) SQL
3 65 (12.33%) Java
4 33 (6.26%) PowerShell
5 28 (5.31%) JavaScript
6 23 (4.36%) Bash
7 18 (3.42%) Scala
7 18 (3.42%) TypeScript
8 14 (2.66%) Go
9 13 (2.47%) C#
10 10 (1.90%) Kotlin
11 7 (1.33%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.14%) Bicep
13 5 (0.95%) Google Apps Script
13 5 (0.95%) SOQL
14 4 (0.76%) Groovy
14 4 (0.76%) Ruby
15 3 (0.57%) Korn
15 3 (0.57%) PHP
15 3 (0.57%) R
Qualifications
1 108 (20.49%) Security Cleared
2 91 (17.27%) SC Cleared
3 52 (9.87%) Degree
4 27 (5.12%) DV Cleared
5 20 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.42%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.28%) Azure Certification
7 12 (2.28%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.90%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.71%) CISSP
10 6 (1.14%) PhD
11 5 (0.95%) CISM
11 5 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.95%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (0.76%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.76%) PMP
13 3 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.57%) CRISC
13 3 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.02%) Data Quality
2 32 (6.07%) QA
3 17 (3.23%) GDPR
4 14 (2.66%) NIST
5 12 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.14%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.14%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.14%) PMO
7 4 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.76%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 4 (0.76%) NCSC
8 3 (0.57%) GRC
8 3 (0.57%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.57%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.38%) PSD2
9 2 (0.38%) SLA
9 2 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 55 (10.44%) Docker
2 19 (3.61%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.95%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.95%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.76%) BitLocker
4 4 (0.76%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (0.76%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.19%) Firmware
6 1 (0.19%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.19%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 96 (18.22%) Terraform
2 87 (16.51%) Kubernetes
3 17 (3.23%) Ansible
3 17 (3.23%) Grafana
4 16 (3.04%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.66%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (1.33%) Puppet
8 6 (1.14%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (0.95%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.76%) Istio
10 4 (0.76%) SCCM
10 4 (0.76%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.76%) vMotion
11 3 (0.57%) Nagios
11 3 (0.57%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.38%) Argo
12 2 (0.38%) WSUS
13 1 (0.19%) Kubeflow
13 1 (0.19%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 92 (17.46%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.55%) Adobe
3 21 (3.98%) Oracle
4 19 (3.61%) OpenAI
5 18 (3.42%) Splunk
5 18 (3.42%) TikTok
6 17 (3.23%) Salesforce
7 14 (2.66%) Apple
7 14 (2.66%) Databricks
7 14 (2.66%) Okta
8 12 (2.28%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.90%) Amplitude
10 9 (1.71%) Cisco
10 9 (1.71%) Dynatrace
10 9 (1.71%) Optimizely
10 9 (1.71%) SAP
11 8 (1.52%) Sitecore
11 8 (1.52%) Tealium
12 7 (1.33%) Citrix
12 7 (1.33%) New Relic