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 25 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
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 117 92 93
Rank change year-on-year -25 +1 -12
Contract jobs citing Google 511 412 446
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.55% 3.08% 2.74%
As % of the Vendors category 5.97% 6.68% 6.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 247 295
10th Percentile £313 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £400 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% -13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £588 £615 £700
90th Percentile £675 £743 £788
England median daily rate £513 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +7.89% -13.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 14 11
10th Percentile £18.65 £30.97 £25.25
25th Percentile £24.71 £32.25 £25.99
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.75 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.40% +47.58% -54.07%
75th Percentile £36.05 £59.73 £40.50
90th Percentile £43.97 £69.38 £42.50
England median hourly rate £31.25 £21.28 £70.00
% change year-on-year +46.85% -69.60% +87.79%

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 8,553 6,166 7,022
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.64% 46.10% 43.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,570 3,987 4,684
10th Percentile £345 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -4.46%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £751
England median daily rate £513 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.27% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 130 127 82
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.24 £18.13
25th Percentile £20.56 £22.95 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.30 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +34.98% -6.90% -23.13%
75th Percentile £62.44 £39.38 £61.39
90th Percentile £81.63 £63.45 £76.13
England median hourly rate £32.11 £25.15 £29.00
% change year-on-year +27.68% -13.28% -30.12%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -4 73 £525 -4.55% 71
South London -5 12 £575 +21.05% 2
West London -15 12 £550 +4.76% 149
East London - 3 £410 - 6
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 21 (4.11%) Apache
1 21 (4.11%) SharePoint
2 19 (3.72%) CMS
3 18 (3.52%) Confluence
4 17 (3.33%) Apache Airflow
5 16 (3.13%) Apache Spark
6 11 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (1.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 8 (1.57%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.78%) WordPress
10 3 (0.59%) Drupal
11 2 (0.39%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.20%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.20%) Luigi
12 1 (0.20%) Mendix
12 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 15 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.78%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.59%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.20%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.20%) InDesign
7 1 (0.20%) Maya
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (0.98%) Shopify
2 4 (0.78%) NetSuite
2 4 (0.78%) Sprinklr
3 2 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.39%) iTrent
4 1 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.20%) SAP CAR
4 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.20%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 296 (57.93%) GCP
2 127 (24.85%) AWS
3 123 (24.07%) Azure
4 65 (12.72%) Google Workspace
5 42 (8.22%) GitHub
6 37 (7.24%) Microsoft 365
7 35 (6.85%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 32 (6.26%) Google Analytics
9 27 (5.28%) dbt
10 24 (4.70%) Power Platform
10 24 (4.70%) SaaS
11 22 (4.31%) Google Drive
12 21 (4.11%) Entra ID
12 21 (4.11%) GitHub Actions
12 21 (4.11%) Snowflake
13 20 (3.91%) Google Sheets
14 18 (3.52%) Adobe Analytics
14 18 (3.52%) Vertex AI
15 15 (2.94%) Cloud Functions
15 15 (2.94%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 29 (5.68%) DNS
2 22 (4.31%) Firewall
2 22 (4.31%) VPN
3 10 (1.96%) Internet
4 9 (1.76%) Network Security
5 8 (1.57%) DKIM
5 8 (1.57%) DMARC
5 8 (1.57%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.17%) DHCP
7 5 (0.98%) SMTP
7 5 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.78%) WAN
8 4 (0.78%) WebEx
9 3 (0.59%) HTTP
9 3 (0.59%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.59%) Telepresence
9 3 (0.59%) VLAN
9 3 (0.59%) VoIP
10 2 (0.39%) NFC
10 2 (0.39%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (10.57%) BigQuery
2 38 (7.44%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (4.50%) Power BI
4 16 (3.13%) Looker
4 16 (3.13%) Relational Database
5 15 (2.94%) Big Data
5 15 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (2.74%) Tableau
7 12 (2.35%) Metadata
8 9 (1.76%) Data Lake
9 7 (1.37%) Flink
9 7 (1.37%) InterSystems Cache
9 7 (1.37%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.37%) Redis
10 6 (1.17%) Star Schema
11 5 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.98%) Data Hub
11 5 (0.98%) MySQL
11 5 (0.98%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 34 (6.65%) JIRA
2 28 (5.48%) Jenkins
3 26 (5.09%) Git
3 26 (5.09%) GitLab
4 4 (0.78%) Gradle
4 4 (0.78%) Visual Website Optimizer
5 3 (0.59%) Maven
6 2 (0.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.39%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.39%) Gatling
6 2 (0.39%) Gemini Tracker
6 2 (0.39%) JMeter
6 2 (0.39%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.39%) NeoLoad
6 2 (0.39%) Robot Framework
6 2 (0.39%) Selenium
6 2 (0.39%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.39%) webpack
6 2 (0.39%) Zephyr
General
1 134 (26.22%) Social Skills
2 88 (17.22%) Finance
3 72 (14.09%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (11.55%) Public Sector
5 54 (10.57%) Marketing
6 31 (6.07%) Retail
7 26 (5.09%) Banking
8 19 (3.72%) Advertising
9 12 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (2.35%) Publishing
9 12 (2.35%) Telecoms
10 11 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.15%) Legal
11 7 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.17%) Games
12 6 (1.17%) Law
12 6 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (0.98%) Billing
13 5 (0.98%) Investment Banking
13 5 (0.98%) Military
Job Titles
1 67 (13.11%) Architect
2 63 (12.33%) GCP Engineer
3 50 (9.78%) Senior
4 49 (9.59%) Cloud Engineer
5 45 (8.81%) Data Engineer
6 37 (7.24%) Analyst
6 37 (7.24%) Developer
7 36 (7.05%) Lead
8 19 (3.72%) Support Engineer
9 18 (3.52%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (3.13%) Security Architect
11 14 (2.74%) Administrator
11 14 (2.74%) DevOps Engineer
11 14 (2.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (2.54%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 13 (2.54%) Cloud Architect
13 12 (2.35%) GCP Data Engineer
13 12 (2.35%) Java Developer
14 11 (2.15%) Network Engineer
14 11 (2.15%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (17.61%) Terraform
2 37 (7.24%) REST
3 26 (5.09%) Kafka
4 20 (3.91%) JSON
5 18 (3.52%) OAuth
6 17 (3.33%) React
6 17 (3.33%) RESTful
7 16 (3.13%) HTML
8 15 (2.94%) LangChain
8 15 (2.94%) LangGraph
9 13 (2.54%) CSS
10 12 (2.35%) Spring
10 12 (2.35%) Spring Boot
11 11 (2.15%) Apache Beam
11 11 (2.15%) SAML
12 10 (1.96%) JWT
12 10 (1.96%) OAuth2
13 9 (1.76%) Middleware
14 8 (1.57%) Node.js
15 7 (1.37%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 73 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 35 (6.85%) AI Agents
3 23 (4.50%) Onboarding
4 21 (4.11%) Product Ownership
5 18 (3.52%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
7 13 (2.54%) Data Centre
8 12 (2.35%) Mobile App
8 12 (2.35%) Virtual Team
9 10 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (1.76%) Marketing Technology
11 8 (1.57%) Clustering
12 6 (1.17%) PKI
12 6 (1.17%) Security Posture
13 5 (0.98%) CMDB
13 5 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
13 5 (0.98%) Replication
13 5 (0.98%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 32 (6.26%) Windows
2 31 (6.07%) Linux
3 14 (2.74%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.54%) Android
5 10 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (1.37%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.17%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.78%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.78%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.59%) Unix
10 2 (0.39%) CentOS
11 1 (0.20%) SUSE
11 1 (0.20%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.20%) VMS
11 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (27.01%) CI/CD
2 115 (22.50%) Agile
3 111 (21.72%) AI
4 100 (19.57%) Analytics
5 89 (17.42%) Infrastructure as Code
6 88 (17.22%) DevOps
7 83 (16.24%) Migration
8 71 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
9 68 (13.31%) Stakeholder Management
10 58 (11.35%) Continuous Improvement
11 52 (10.18%) Machine Learning
12 51 (9.98%) Software Engineering
13 49 (9.59%) Data Modelling
14 48 (9.39%) Roadmaps
15 45 (8.81%) Data Pipeline
16 44 (8.61%) Observability
17 43 (8.41%) Microservices
18 41 (8.02%) Containerisation
18 41 (8.02%) Decision-Making
18 41 (8.02%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 146 (28.57%) Python
2 105 (20.55%) SQL
3 61 (11.94%) Java
4 34 (6.65%) PowerShell
5 27 (5.28%) JavaScript
6 22 (4.31%) Bash
7 18 (3.52%) Scala
8 17 (3.33%) TypeScript
9 15 (2.94%) Go
10 10 (1.96%) C#
11 9 (1.76%) Kotlin
12 7 (1.37%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.17%) Bicep
14 5 (0.98%) R
14 5 (0.98%) SOQL
15 4 (0.78%) Groovy
16 3 (0.59%) Google Apps Script
16 3 (0.59%) Korn
16 3 (0.59%) LookML
16 3 (0.59%) PHP
Qualifications
1 109 (21.33%) Security Cleared
2 91 (17.81%) SC Cleared
3 48 (9.39%) Degree
4 26 (5.09%) DV Cleared
5 19 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.52%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.35%) Azure Certification
8 11 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (1.96%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.57%) CISSP
11 6 (1.17%) PhD
12 5 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.78%) CISM
13 4 (0.78%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.78%) PMP
13 4 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.59%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 3 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 3 (0.59%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.65%) Data Quality
2 31 (6.07%) QA
3 16 (3.13%) GDPR
4 14 (2.74%) NIST
5 13 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.17%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.17%) PMO
7 5 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.98%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 4 (0.78%) NCSC
9 3 (0.59%) GRC
9 3 (0.59%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.39%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.39%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.39%) PSD2
10 2 (0.39%) SLA
10 2 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 58 (11.35%) Docker
2 20 (3.91%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.98%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.78%) BitLocker
4 4 (0.78%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (0.78%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.20%) Firmware
6 1 (0.20%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.20%) Varnish
6 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 91 (17.81%) Kubernetes
2 20 (3.91%) Ansible
3 17 (3.33%) Grafana
4 16 (3.13%) Prometheus
5 15 (2.94%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (1.57%) Puppet
8 5 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (0.98%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.78%) Istio
9 4 (0.78%) SCCM
9 4 (0.78%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.78%) vMotion
10 3 (0.59%) Argo
10 3 (0.59%) Nagios
11 2 (0.39%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.39%) WSUS
12 1 (0.20%) Cilium
12 1 (0.20%) NetBackup
12 1 (0.20%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 93 (18.20%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.70%) Oracle
3 23 (4.50%) Adobe
4 19 (3.72%) OpenAI
5 18 (3.52%) Salesforce
5 18 (3.52%) TikTok
6 17 (3.33%) Databricks
6 17 (3.33%) Splunk
7 14 (2.74%) Okta
8 13 (2.54%) Apple
9 12 (2.35%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.96%) Amplitude
10 10 (1.96%) Cisco
10 10 (1.96%) Dynatrace
10 10 (1.96%) SAP
11 9 (1.76%) Optimizely
12 8 (1.57%) New Relic
12 8 (1.57%) Sitecore
12 8 (1.57%) Tealium
13 7 (1.37%) Citrix