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 6 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
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 100 110
Rank change year-on-year -10 +10 -9
Contract jobs citing Google 427 340 390
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.62% 2.54% 2.14%
As % of the Vendors category 5.90% 5.77% 5.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 206 277
10th Percentile £294 £272 £213
25th Percentile £425 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £623 £688 £638
90th Percentile £781 £751 £760
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 18 18
10th Percentile £31.25 £28.43 £15.95
25th Percentile £35.25 £41.69 £17.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £49.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.50% +97.01% -64.29%
75th Percentile £46.19 £60.25 £32.19
90th Percentile £54.25 £63.40 £35.50
England median hourly rate £33.00 £46.30 £26.00
% change year-on-year -28.73% +78.08% -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 7,240 5,896 7,283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.47% 44.10% 39.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,768 3,751 4,955
10th Percentile £350 £322 £275
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £546 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.76% -0.82% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £669
90th Percentile £738 £751 £763
England median daily rate £505 £525 £516
% change year-on-year -3.81% +1.84% -4.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 80 145
10th Percentile £17.99 £21.48 £13.59
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.09 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.77 £34.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.76% +37.00% -
75th Percentile £41.75 £59.25 £41.25
90th Percentile £63.49 £80.75 £69.80
England median hourly rate £24.55 £31.42 £25.25
% change year-on-year -21.87% +24.45% -27.86%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 +32 86 £550 -2.22% 76
West London +2 24 £603 +48.22% 11
East London -1 5 £525 -4.55% 14
South London -14 2 £155 -73.04% 9
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 27 (6.32%) Apache Spark
2 20 (4.68%) Apache
3 15 (3.51%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (2.81%) Confluence
5 8 (1.87%) CMS
5 8 (1.87%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.94%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.70%) Ethereum
7 3 (0.70%) Hyperledger
7 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.23%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.23%) Drupal
8 1 (0.23%) JBoss
8 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.23%) nginx
8 1 (0.23%) SAS
8 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (3.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.11%) Chatbot
4 6 (1.41%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.17%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.94%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.70%) Trello
8 2 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.47%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.47%) Autodesk Smoke
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.23%) InDesign
9 1 (0.23%) Maya
9 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.23%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (0.70%) Sprinklr
2 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.23%) Eloqua
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
1 254 (59.48%) GCP
2 113 (26.46%) Azure
3 89 (20.84%) AWS
4 72 (16.86%) GitHub
4 72 (16.86%) Google Workspace
5 49 (11.48%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 44 (10.30%) Power Platform
7 35 (8.20%) Cloud Run
8 31 (7.26%) GitHub Actions
9 26 (6.09%) SaaS
10 24 (5.62%) AWS CloudFormation
10 24 (5.62%) Google Analytics
10 24 (5.62%) Microsoft 365
10 24 (5.62%) Slack
11 23 (5.39%) Amazon S3
11 23 (5.39%) Google Gemini
12 20 (4.68%) Vertex AI
13 17 (3.98%) Amazon SQS
13 17 (3.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 16 (3.75%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.92%) Firewall
2 15 (3.51%) DNS
3 10 (2.34%) Network Security
4 9 (2.11%) VPN
5 4 (0.94%) Internet
5 4 (0.94%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.70%) DHCP
6 3 (0.70%) HTTP
6 3 (0.70%) Wireless
7 2 (0.47%) BGP
7 2 (0.47%) Cisco IPT
7 2 (0.47%) Intranet
7 2 (0.47%) LAN
7 2 (0.47%) VoIP
8 1 (0.23%) Extranet
8 1 (0.23%) OSPF
8 1 (0.23%) VLAN
8 1 (0.23%) VRRP
8 1 (0.23%) WAN
8 1 (0.23%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (17.80%) BigQuery
2 34 (7.96%) Power BI
3 22 (5.15%) Mixpanel
3 22 (5.15%) Tableau
4 18 (4.22%) OLAP
5 16 (3.75%) Amazon Athena
5 16 (3.75%) Data Lake
6 15 (3.51%) OLTP
6 15 (3.51%) PostgreSQL
7 14 (3.28%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (2.34%) SQL Server
9 8 (1.87%) Redis
10 7 (1.64%) Looker
10 7 (1.64%) Metadata
10 7 (1.64%) NoSQL
11 6 (1.41%) MySQL
12 4 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.94%) Apache Cassandra
13 3 (0.70%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.70%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 46 (10.77%) Git
2 41 (9.60%) Jenkins
3 26 (6.09%) JIRA
4 19 (4.45%) GitLab
5 6 (1.41%) JUnit
5 6 (1.41%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 4 (0.94%) Android Studio
6 4 (0.94%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.94%) Gradle
6 4 (0.94%) 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
8 2 (0.47%) Crashlytics
8 2 (0.47%) fastlane
8 2 (0.47%) MLflow
8 2 (0.47%) Spinnaker
8 2 (0.47%) Xcode
General
1 122 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 84 (19.67%) Finance
3 70 (16.39%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (8.67%) Marketing
5 32 (7.49%) Banking
5 32 (7.49%) Retail
6 25 (5.85%) Public Sector
7 21 (4.92%) Advertising
8 20 (4.68%) Pharmaceutical
9 12 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (2.11%) Publishing
11 7 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.64%) Legal
12 6 (1.41%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.17%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.94%) Electronics
14 4 (0.94%) German Language
14 4 (0.94%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 47 (11.01%) GCP Engineer
2 45 (10.54%) Senior
3 42 (9.84%) Architect
4 40 (9.37%) Data Engineer
5 36 (8.43%) Analyst
6 33 (7.73%) Lead
7 31 (7.26%) Developer
8 30 (7.03%) Cloud Engineer
9 21 (4.92%) Software Engineer
10 18 (4.22%) DevOps Engineer
11 15 (3.51%) Data Scientist
11 15 (3.51%) Principal Engineer
12 14 (3.28%) Cloud Architect
13 13 (3.04%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 13 (3.04%) Consultant
13 13 (3.04%) GCP Architect
13 13 (3.04%) Principal Data Engineer
13 13 (3.04%) Security Engineer
14 12 (2.81%) Solutions Architect
15 11 (2.58%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (6.32%) React
2 26 (6.09%) Kafka
3 20 (4.68%) FastAPI
3 20 (4.68%) LangChain
4 19 (4.45%) LangGraph
4 19 (4.45%) PyTorch
4 19 (4.45%) Spring
5 18 (4.22%) OAuth
5 18 (4.22%) RESTful
6 17 (3.98%) HTML
7 16 (3.75%) Great Expectations
7 16 (3.75%) REST
7 16 (3.75%) Spring Boot
8 14 (3.28%) AngularJS
8 14 (3.28%) CSS
8 14 (3.28%) Node.js
9 13 (3.04%) Pandas
9 13 (3.04%) pytest
9 13 (3.04%) scikit-learn
9 13 (3.04%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 61 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 32 (7.49%) Onboarding
3 20 (4.68%) Life Science
4 16 (3.75%) Mobile App
5 14 (3.28%) Genomics
5 14 (3.28%) Public Cloud
6 11 (2.58%) AI Agents
7 10 (2.34%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.11%) Data Centre
8 9 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.87%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.87%) Digital Media
9 8 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.87%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.64%) Social Media
11 6 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.41%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.17%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.92%) Android
2 19 (4.45%) Apple iOS
3 16 (3.75%) Mac OS
4 14 (3.28%) Windows
5 10 (2.34%) VMS
6 6 (1.41%) Linux
7 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (30.44%) CI/CD
2 122 (28.57%) DevOps
3 119 (27.87%) AI
4 90 (21.08%) Analytics
5 85 (19.91%) Infrastructure as Code
6 75 (17.56%) Problem-Solving
7 73 (17.10%) Machine Learning
8 69 (16.16%) Agile
9 60 (14.05%) Containerisation
10 59 (13.82%) Observability
11 51 (11.94%) Migration
12 49 (11.48%) Software Engineering
13 44 (10.30%) Data Engineering
14 42 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
15 41 (9.60%) LLM
16 38 (8.90%) Generative AI
17 37 (8.67%) Business Intelligence
18 36 (8.43%) Test Automation
19 35 (8.20%) Microservices
19 35 (8.20%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 138 (32.32%) Python
2 77 (18.03%) SQL
3 37 (8.67%) Java
4 29 (6.79%) JavaScript
5 20 (4.68%) Bash
6 19 (4.45%) C#
6 19 (4.45%) PowerShell
7 17 (3.98%) TypeScript
8 12 (2.81%) Kotlin
9 8 (1.87%) Go
10 7 (1.64%) Google Apps Script
11 5 (1.17%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (1.17%) Ruby
12 3 (0.70%) Rust
12 3 (0.70%) VBA
13 2 (0.47%) C++
13 2 (0.47%) Groovy
13 2 (0.47%) Korn
13 2 (0.47%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.47%) Swift
Qualifications
1 44 (10.30%) Degree
2 42 (9.84%) Security Cleared
3 35 (8.20%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (1.87%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.64%) CISSP
7 7 (1.64%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.41%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (1.17%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.94%) CCSP
10 4 (0.94%) OSCP
10 4 (0.94%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.70%) CCNP
11 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.70%) PhD
11 3 (0.70%) SANS
12 2 (0.47%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (9.37%) GDPR
2 29 (6.79%) Data Quality
3 18 (4.22%) QA
4 9 (2.11%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.87%) NCSC
5 8 (1.87%) NIST
6 7 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (1.41%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 4 (0.94%) GRC
10 2 (0.47%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.47%) SLA
11 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.23%) MiFID
11 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 72 (16.86%) Docker
2 15 (3.51%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.70%) Snort
3 3 (0.70%) Squid
4 2 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.23%) Varnish
5 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 97 (22.72%) Terraform
2 89 (20.84%) Kubernetes
3 19 (4.45%) Ansible
4 17 (3.98%) Grafana
5 13 (3.04%) Istio
6 11 (2.58%) Argo
7 9 (2.11%) Prometheus
7 9 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (1.87%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (1.17%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.70%) Kubeflow
10 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.70%) Nessus
10 3 (0.70%) Nexpose
10 3 (0.70%) SCCM
10 3 (0.70%) Suricata
11 2 (0.47%) Fluentd
11 2 (0.47%) Knative
11 2 (0.47%) logstash
11 2 (0.47%) QRadar
Vendors
1 54 (12.65%) Microsoft
2 28 (6.56%) Databricks
3 20 (4.68%) Adobe
4 18 (4.22%) Apple
4 18 (4.22%) Splunk
5 15 (3.51%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.58%) Oracle
7 9 (2.11%) ServiceNow
8 8 (1.87%) Hotjar
8 8 (1.87%) Okta
8 8 (1.87%) OpenAI
8 8 (1.87%) Optimizely
9 7 (1.64%) Amplitude
10 6 (1.41%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.41%) IBM
10 6 (1.41%) OneTrust
10 6 (1.41%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.41%) SAP
11 5 (1.17%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.17%) Cisco