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 27 February 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
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 98 110
Rank change year-on-year -15 +12 -10
Contract jobs citing Google 422 339 392
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.66% 2.52% 2.15%
As % of the Vendors category 5.93% 5.71% 5.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 197 282
10th Percentile £299 £274 £213
25th Percentile £425 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £624 £688 £638
90th Percentile £788 £750 £750
England median daily rate £519 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.13% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 18 18
10th Percentile £31.25 £28.43 £15.95
25th Percentile £35.25 £41.31 £17.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £49.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% +97.01% -42.20%
75th Percentile £46.63 £60.25 £32.19
90th Percentile £54.75 £63.40 £35.50
England median hourly rate £33.09 £43.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -23.06% +65.38% -25.71%

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 7,116 5,937 7,283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.81% 44.20% 39.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,700 3,743 4,975
10th Percentile £350 £318 £275
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £671
90th Percentile £738 £752 £763
England median daily rate £505 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -3.81% +0.96% -3.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 79 143
10th Percentile £17.99 £21.50 £13.51
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.42 £17.00
Median hourly rate £26.50 £34.50 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.19% +35.29% +2.00%
75th Percentile £41.94 £61.13 £41.25
90th Percentile £66.12 £80.75 £69.60
England median hourly rate £24.00 £30.78 £26.00
% change year-on-year -22.03% +18.38% -21.21%

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 27 February 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 27 February 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 27 February 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 +38 87 £550 -4.35% 31
West London +1 22 £603 +48.22% 5
East London 0 5 £525 -4.55% 6
South London -15 2 £155 -73.04%
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 26 (6.16%) Apache Spark
2 19 (4.50%) Apache
3 15 (3.55%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (2.84%) Confluence
5 8 (1.90%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.66%) CMS
7 4 (0.95%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.71%) Ethereum
8 3 (0.71%) Hyperledger
8 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.47%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.24%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.24%) Drupal
10 1 (0.24%) JBoss
10 1 (0.24%) nginx
10 1 (0.24%) SAS
10 1 (0.24%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.37%) Chatbot
4 6 (1.42%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.95%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.71%) Trello
8 2 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.47%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.47%) Autodesk Smoke
9 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.24%) InDesign
9 1 (0.24%) Maya
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.24%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (0.47%) Sprinklr
2 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.24%) Eloqua
2 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.24%) SAP SRM
2 1 (0.24%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 252 (59.72%) GCP
2 114 (27.01%) Azure
3 87 (20.62%) AWS
4 71 (16.82%) GitHub
4 71 (16.82%) Google Workspace
5 48 (11.37%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 42 (9.95%) Power Platform
7 36 (8.53%) Cloud Run
8 32 (7.58%) GitHub Actions
9 26 (6.16%) SaaS
10 24 (5.69%) AWS CloudFormation
10 24 (5.69%) Google Gemini
11 23 (5.45%) Google Analytics
11 23 (5.45%) Slack
12 22 (5.21%) Amazon S3
12 22 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
12 22 (5.21%) Vertex AI
13 16 (3.79%) Amazon SQS
13 16 (3.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 15 (3.55%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.98%) Firewall
2 13 (3.08%) DNS
3 10 (2.37%) Network Security
4 9 (2.13%) VPN
5 4 (0.95%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.71%) DHCP
6 3 (0.71%) Internet
6 3 (0.71%) Wireless
7 2 (0.47%) BGP
7 2 (0.47%) Cisco IPT
7 2 (0.47%) HTTP
7 2 (0.47%) Intranet
7 2 (0.47%) LAN
7 2 (0.47%) VoIP
8 1 (0.24%) Broadband
8 1 (0.24%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.24%) SMTP
8 1 (0.24%) VLAN
8 1 (0.24%) WAN
8 1 (0.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (18.01%) BigQuery
2 32 (7.58%) Power BI
3 23 (5.45%) Tableau
4 21 (4.98%) Mixpanel
5 17 (4.03%) OLAP
6 16 (3.79%) Data Lake
7 15 (3.55%) Amazon Athena
7 15 (3.55%) PostgreSQL
8 14 (3.32%) Data Warehouse
8 14 (3.32%) OLTP
9 10 (2.37%) SQL Server
10 9 (2.13%) Looker
11 8 (1.90%) Metadata
11 8 (1.90%) Redis
12 7 (1.66%) NoSQL
13 6 (1.42%) MySQL
14 4 (0.95%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.95%) Apache Cassandra
15 3 (0.71%) MongoDB
15 3 (0.71%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 45 (10.66%) Git
2 40 (9.48%) Jenkins
3 26 (6.16%) JIRA
4 17 (4.03%) GitLab
5 6 (1.42%) JUnit
5 6 (1.42%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 4 (0.95%) Android Studio
6 4 (0.95%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.95%) Gradle
6 4 (0.95%) Mockito
7 3 (0.71%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.71%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.71%) Charles Proxy
7 3 (0.71%) ERwin
7 3 (0.71%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.47%) Ant
8 2 (0.47%) MLflow
8 2 (0.47%) Snyk
8 2 (0.47%) Spinnaker
8 2 (0.47%) Xcode
General
1 118 (27.96%) Social Skills
2 82 (19.43%) Finance
3 67 (15.88%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (8.29%) Marketing
5 33 (7.82%) Retail
6 30 (7.11%) Banking
7 24 (5.69%) Public Sector
8 20 (4.74%) Pharmaceutical
9 19 (4.50%) Advertising
10 12 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (2.13%) Publishing
12 7 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.66%) Legal
13 6 (1.42%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.18%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.95%) Electronics
15 4 (0.95%) German Language
15 4 (0.95%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 45 (10.66%) GCP Engineer
2 43 (10.19%) Senior
3 39 (9.24%) Architect
4 38 (9.00%) Data Engineer
5 36 (8.53%) Analyst
6 33 (7.82%) Developer
7 30 (7.11%) Lead
8 28 (6.64%) Cloud Engineer
9 22 (5.21%) Software Engineer
10 18 (4.27%) DevOps Engineer
11 15 (3.55%) Data Scientist
12 14 (3.32%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 14 (3.32%) Principal Engineer
13 13 (3.08%) Cloud Architect
13 13 (3.08%) Consultant
13 13 (3.08%) GCP Architect
13 13 (3.08%) Security Engineer
14 12 (2.84%) Principal Data Engineer
15 11 (2.61%) GCP DevOps
15 11 (2.61%) GCP DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (6.64%) React
2 25 (5.92%) Kafka
3 20 (4.74%) FastAPI
3 20 (4.74%) LangChain
4 19 (4.50%) LangGraph
4 19 (4.50%) PyTorch
4 19 (4.50%) Spring
5 18 (4.27%) HTML
5 18 (4.27%) OAuth
5 18 (4.27%) RESTful
6 17 (4.03%) REST
7 16 (3.79%) Spring Boot
8 15 (3.55%) CSS
8 15 (3.55%) Great Expectations
8 15 (3.55%) Node.js
9 14 (3.32%) AngularJS
10 13 (3.08%) Pandas
10 13 (3.08%) pytest
10 13 (3.08%) scikit-learn
10 13 (3.08%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 59 (13.98%) Cloud Native
2 32 (7.58%) Onboarding
3 20 (4.74%) Life Science
4 16 (3.79%) Mobile App
5 14 (3.32%) Genomics
5 14 (3.32%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.61%) AI Agents
7 10 (2.37%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.13%) Data Centre
8 9 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.90%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.66%) Digital Media
10 7 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.66%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.66%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.66%) Social Media
11 6 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.42%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.98%) Android
2 19 (4.50%) Apple iOS
3 16 (3.79%) Mac OS
4 14 (3.32%) Windows
5 10 (2.37%) VMS
6 5 (1.18%) Linux
7 1 (0.24%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (29.86%) CI/CD
2 121 (28.67%) DevOps
3 119 (28.20%) AI
4 88 (20.85%) Analytics
5 82 (19.43%) Infrastructure as Code
6 72 (17.06%) Machine Learning
6 72 (17.06%) Problem-Solving
7 71 (16.82%) Agile
8 61 (14.45%) Containerisation
9 56 (13.27%) Observability
10 51 (12.09%) Migration
11 48 (11.37%) Software Engineering
12 42 (9.95%) LLM
13 41 (9.72%) Data Engineering
13 41 (9.72%) Generative AI
14 40 (9.48%) Continuous Improvement
15 37 (8.77%) User Experience
16 36 (8.53%) Test Automation
17 35 (8.29%) Business Intelligence
17 35 (8.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 140 (33.18%) Python
2 71 (16.82%) SQL
3 36 (8.53%) Java
4 32 (7.58%) JavaScript
5 21 (4.98%) Bash
6 19 (4.50%) PowerShell
7 18 (4.27%) C#
7 18 (4.27%) TypeScript
8 12 (2.84%) Kotlin
9 8 (1.90%) Go
10 7 (1.66%) Google Apps Script
11 6 (1.42%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (1.18%) Ruby
13 3 (0.71%) Rust
13 3 (0.71%) VBA
14 2 (0.47%) C++
14 2 (0.47%) Groovy
14 2 (0.47%) Korn
14 2 (0.47%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.47%) Swift
Qualifications
1 43 (10.19%) Degree
2 41 (9.72%) Security Cleared
3 34 (8.06%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (1.66%) CISSP
6 7 (1.66%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.66%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.42%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (1.18%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.95%) CCSP
9 4 (0.95%) OSCP
10 3 (0.71%) CCNP
10 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (0.71%) PhD
10 3 (0.71%) SANS
10 3 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.47%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (9.48%) GDPR
2 27 (6.40%) Data Quality
3 17 (4.03%) QA
4 10 (2.37%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.66%) NCSC
5 7 (1.66%) NIST
6 6 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (1.42%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 4 (0.95%) GRC
9 2 (0.47%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.47%) SLA
10 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.24%) MiFID
10 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 73 (17.30%) Docker
2 14 (3.32%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.71%) Snort
3 3 (0.71%) Squid
4 2 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.24%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 94 (22.27%) Terraform
2 89 (21.09%) Kubernetes
3 19 (4.50%) Ansible
4 17 (4.03%) Grafana
5 13 (3.08%) Istio
6 11 (2.61%) Argo
7 9 (2.13%) Prometheus
7 9 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (1.90%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.71%) Kubeflow
11 3 (0.71%) Nessus
11 3 (0.71%) Nexpose
11 3 (0.71%) SCCM
11 3 (0.71%) Suricata
12 2 (0.47%) Fluentd
12 2 (0.47%) Knative
12 2 (0.47%) logstash
12 2 (0.47%) QRadar
Vendors
1 57 (13.51%) Microsoft
2 27 (6.40%) Databricks
3 19 (4.50%) Adobe
4 18 (4.27%) Splunk
5 17 (4.03%) Apple
6 16 (3.79%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.61%) Oracle
8 10 (2.37%) OpenAI
9 9 (2.13%) ServiceNow
10 8 (1.90%) Hotjar
10 8 (1.90%) Okta
10 8 (1.90%) Optimizely
11 7 (1.66%) Amplitude
11 7 (1.66%) Cisco
11 7 (1.66%) IBM
11 7 (1.66%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.42%) CrowdStrike
12 6 (1.42%) HubSpot
12 6 (1.42%) OneTrust
12 6 (1.42%) SAP