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 10 July 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
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 91 90
Rank change year-on-year -24 -1 -3
Contract jobs citing Google 480 410 492
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.43% 3.03% 2.80%
As % of the Vendors category 5.83% 6.63% 6.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 245 351
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £413 £400 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £535
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% -10.83%
75th Percentile £588 £619 £675
90th Percentile £671 £750 £768
England median daily rate £520 £495 £525
% change year-on-year +5.05% -5.71% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 16 15
10th Percentile £23.47 £29.50 £22.00
25th Percentile £31.25 £38.75 £25.38
Median hourly rate £35.50 £49.25 £26.97
Median % change year-on-year -27.92% +82.61% -60.04%
75th Percentile £35.90 £57.25 £36.25
90th Percentile £49.49 £70.38 £42.40
England median hourly rate £35.50 £25.50 £38.75
% change year-on-year +39.22% -34.19% -2.02%

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 8,231 6,183 7,431
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.66% 45.75% 42.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,390 4,016 5,078
10th Percentile £350 £325 £310
25th Percentile £425 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £769
England median daily rate £510 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -0.49% - -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 118 124
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.30 £13.87
25th Percentile £23.50 £22.60 £18.13
Median hourly rate £35.50 £27.78 £24.93
Median % change year-on-year +27.81% +11.42% -21.39%
75th Percentile £58.92 £48.75 £39.38
90th Percentile £82.00 £65.00 £65.02
England median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +41.15% +0.60% -31.51%

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 10 July 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 10 July 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 10 July 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 +10 71 £525 +2.44% 68
West London -9 13 £603 +4.78% 5
South London -3 10 £575 +21.05% 4
East London +5 6 £525 -19.23% 11
North London - 1 £225 -
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 (5.00%) Apache Spark
2 21 (4.38%) Apache
3 20 (4.17%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.50%) Confluence
4 12 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (2.08%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (2.08%) CMS
6 3 (0.63%) Drupal
6 3 (0.63%) WordPress
7 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.21%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.21%) Luigi
7 1 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 14 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (2.08%) Chatbot
5 6 (1.25%) MS Visio
6 5 (1.04%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.42%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.42%) Maya
7 2 (0.42%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.21%) InDesign
8 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.04%) Sprinklr
2 2 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.42%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.21%) iTrent
3 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.21%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.21%) SAP CAR
3 1 (0.21%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.21%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 273 (56.88%) GCP
2 112 (23.33%) AWS
3 104 (21.67%) Azure
4 96 (20.00%) Google Workspace
5 44 (9.17%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (7.29%) Power Platform
7 33 (6.88%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 32 (6.67%) GitHub
9 24 (5.00%) Google Drive
9 24 (5.00%) Slack
10 23 (4.79%) SaaS
11 22 (4.58%) Vertex AI
12 21 (4.38%) Cloud Run
13 20 (4.17%) Amazon S3
14 19 (3.96%) Entra ID
14 19 (3.96%) Google Analytics
15 18 (3.75%) Google Sheets
16 17 (3.54%) Google Ads
17 16 (3.33%) AWS CloudFormation
18 13 (2.71%) Cloud Functions
Communications & Networking
1 29 (6.04%) DNS
2 20 (4.17%) VPN
3 18 (3.75%) Firewall
4 10 (2.08%) Network Security
5 9 (1.88%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.67%) DKIM
6 8 (1.67%) DMARC
7 7 (1.46%) DHCP
7 7 (1.46%) Internet
8 5 (1.04%) SMTP
9 4 (0.83%) VoIP
10 3 (0.63%) HTTP
10 3 (0.63%) VLAN
11 2 (0.42%) BGP
11 2 (0.42%) IPv4
11 2 (0.42%) IPv6
11 2 (0.42%) NFC
11 2 (0.42%) OSPF
11 2 (0.42%) Telepresence
11 2 (0.42%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (11.67%) BigQuery
2 32 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (6.25%) Power BI
4 18 (3.75%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (3.75%) Tableau
5 14 (2.92%) Data Lake
6 12 (2.50%) OLAP
7 11 (2.29%) Big Data
7 11 (2.29%) Looker
7 11 (2.29%) Metadata
8 10 (2.08%) Amazon Athena
8 10 (2.08%) Mixpanel
8 10 (2.08%) OLTP
8 10 (2.08%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.46%) Redis
10 6 (1.25%) InterSystems Cache
10 6 (1.25%) MySQL
10 6 (1.25%) SQL Server
10 6 (1.25%) Star Schema
11 5 (1.04%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 30 (6.25%) JIRA
2 21 (4.38%) Git
3 17 (3.54%) Jenkins
4 14 (2.92%) GitLab
5 3 (0.63%) ERwin
5 3 (0.63%) Gradle
5 3 (0.63%) Maven
6 2 (0.42%) Charles Proxy
6 2 (0.42%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.42%) Gemini Tracker
6 2 (0.42%) JUnit
6 2 (0.42%) webpack
7 1 (0.21%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.21%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.21%) Crashlytics
7 1 (0.21%) Gatling
7 1 (0.21%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.21%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.21%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.21%) Vite
General
1 133 (27.71%) Social Skills
2 96 (20.00%) Finance
3 63 (13.13%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (10.21%) Marketing
4 49 (10.21%) Public Sector
5 33 (6.88%) Retail
6 30 (6.25%) Banking
7 18 (3.75%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (2.92%) Advertising
9 11 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (2.29%) Legal
10 10 (2.08%) Publishing
11 9 (1.88%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (1.46%) Military
13 7 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.25%) Games
15 5 (1.04%) Billing
15 5 (1.04%) Law
Job Titles
1 62 (12.92%) GCP Engineer
2 48 (10.00%) Architect
3 46 (9.58%) Lead
4 45 (9.38%) Data Engineer
4 45 (9.38%) Senior
5 41 (8.54%) Cloud Engineer
6 37 (7.71%) Analyst
7 34 (7.08%) Developer
8 16 (3.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (3.13%) Administrator
9 15 (3.13%) Cloud Architect
9 15 (3.13%) Platform Engineer
10 12 (2.50%) Consultant
10 12 (2.50%) Principal Engineer
11 11 (2.29%) Backend Developer
11 11 (2.29%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 11 (2.29%) DevOps Engineer
11 11 (2.29%) Security Architect
11 11 (2.29%) Security Engineer
11 11 (2.29%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (6.46%) REST
2 28 (5.83%) Kafka
3 19 (3.96%) OAuth
4 16 (3.33%) React
5 14 (2.92%) Spring
5 14 (2.92%) Spring Boot
6 13 (2.71%) SAML
7 11 (2.29%) JSON
8 10 (2.08%) Great Expectations
9 9 (1.88%) .NET
9 9 (1.88%) Node.js
10 8 (1.67%) HTML
10 8 (1.67%) PyTorch
11 7 (1.46%) LangChain
11 7 (1.46%) LangGraph
11 7 (1.46%) RESTful
12 6 (1.25%) AngularJS
12 6 (1.25%) Middleware
12 6 (1.25%) OAuth2
12 6 (1.25%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 67 (13.96%) Cloud Native
2 20 (4.17%) Onboarding
2 20 (4.17%) Product Ownership
3 18 (3.75%) Virtual Team
4 17 (3.54%) AI Agents
4 17 (3.54%) Data Centre
4 17 (3.54%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.29%) Mobile App
6 9 (1.88%) Clustering
7 8 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (1.67%) Marketing Technology
8 7 (1.46%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.46%) Security Posture
8 7 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.46%) Social Media
9 6 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
9 6 (1.25%) Life Science
10 5 (1.04%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.04%) PKI
11 4 (0.83%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.42%) Windows
2 20 (4.17%) Linux
3 17 (3.54%) Android
4 13 (2.71%) Mac OS
5 10 (2.08%) Apple iOS
5 10 (2.08%) Windows Server
6 7 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.04%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.83%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.63%) Unix
10 1 (0.21%) CentOS
10 1 (0.21%) SUSE
10 1 (0.21%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (23.54%) CI/CD
2 102 (21.25%) AI
3 92 (19.17%) Analytics
4 81 (16.88%) Agile
5 79 (16.46%) Infrastructure as Code
6 78 (16.25%) Migration
7 77 (16.04%) DevOps
7 77 (16.04%) Problem-Solving
8 52 (10.83%) Stakeholder Management
9 50 (10.42%) Data Modelling
9 50 (10.42%) Decision-Making
10 46 (9.58%) Machine Learning
11 45 (9.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 45 (9.38%) Software Engineering
12 42 (8.75%) Observability
13 40 (8.33%) Data Governance
14 39 (8.13%) Data Engineering
15 38 (7.92%) Platform Engineering
15 38 (7.92%) Roadmaps
16 37 (7.71%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 128 (26.67%) Python
2 96 (20.00%) SQL
3 58 (12.08%) Java
4 22 (4.58%) PowerShell
5 19 (3.96%) JavaScript
6 17 (3.54%) C#
7 15 (3.13%) TypeScript
8 13 (2.71%) Go
9 12 (2.50%) Kotlin
10 11 (2.29%) Scala
11 10 (2.08%) Bash
12 9 (1.88%) Google Apps Script
13 5 (1.04%) Bicep
13 5 (1.04%) SOQL
14 4 (0.83%) Ruby
15 3 (0.63%) Korn
15 3 (0.63%) LookML
16 2 (0.42%) Groovy
16 2 (0.42%) PHP
16 2 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 75 (15.63%) Security Cleared
2 64 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 50 (10.42%) Degree
4 22 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (4.38%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.50%) AWS Certification
8 11 (2.29%) CISSP
8 11 (2.29%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.25%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.25%) TOGAF Certification
10 5 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.04%) CISM
11 4 (0.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.83%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.83%) PMP
11 4 (0.83%) SnowPro
12 3 (0.63%) CRISC
12 3 (0.63%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 29 (6.04%) GDPR
3 23 (4.79%) QA
4 17 (3.54%) NIST
5 11 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (2.08%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.25%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.83%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 4 (0.83%) NCSC
8 4 (0.83%) PMO
9 3 (0.63%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.63%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.63%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.42%) GRC
10 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.42%) PSD2
10 2 (0.42%) SLA
10 2 (0.42%) WCAG
11 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 37 (7.71%) Docker
2 23 (4.79%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.04%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.83%) BitLocker
4 4 (0.83%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (0.83%) Terminal Services
4 4 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.21%) Firmware
6 1 (0.21%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.21%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 90 (18.75%) Terraform
2 63 (13.13%) Kubernetes
3 12 (2.50%) Grafana
3 12 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (2.08%) Ansible
5 8 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (1.46%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 6 (1.25%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.83%) Istio
8 4 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.83%) Puppet
8 4 (0.83%) SCCM
8 4 (0.83%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.83%) vMotion
9 3 (0.63%) Nagios
10 2 (0.42%) Argo
10 2 (0.42%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.42%) WSUS
11 1 (0.21%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.21%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 81 (16.88%) Microsoft
2 18 (3.75%) Databricks
3 16 (3.33%) Apple
3 16 (3.33%) Oracle
4 14 (2.92%) Okta
4 14 (2.92%) Splunk
5 13 (2.71%) Adobe
5 13 (2.71%) ServiceNow
6 12 (2.50%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.50%) TikTok
7 10 (2.08%) OpenAI
8 8 (1.67%) Rapid7
9 7 (1.46%) Cisco
9 7 (1.46%) Citrix
9 7 (1.46%) CrowdStrike
10 6 (1.25%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.04%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.04%) VMware
12 4 (0.83%) IBM
12 4 (0.83%) Qualys