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 19 December 2025, 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
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 98 118
Rank change year-on-year -4 +20 -11
Contract jobs citing Google 431 371 405
As % of all contract jobs in London 3.00% 2.46% 2.14%
As % of the Vendors category 6.37% 5.57% 5.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 251 210 268
10th Percentile £325 £263 £206
25th Percentile £444 £400 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -2.65% -7.76%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £700
90th Percentile £819 £775 £766
England median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -9.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 16 9
10th Percentile £29.93 £30.38 -
25th Percentile £35.75 £34.86 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.50 £42.75 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +55.45% -15.38%
75th Percentile £59.38 £56.50 £32.50
90th Percentile £63.55 £61.13 £39.00
England median hourly rate £33.00 £49.29 £32.32
% change year-on-year -33.05% +52.50% -7.66%

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 6,764 6,664 7,722
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 47.02% 44.23% 40.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,404 4,182 5,333
10th Percentile £341 £313 £300
25th Percentile £424 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 69 108
10th Percentile £17.69 £19.66 £16.96
25th Percentile £22.50 £23.80 £23.50
Median hourly rate £25.47 £34.50 £37.83
Median % change year-on-year -26.17% -8.80% +47.13%
75th Percentile £41.94 £63.75 £60.31
90th Percentile £66.00 £83.10 £86.33
England median hourly rate £23.83 £31.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.15% -31.11% +73.08%

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 19 December 2025.

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 19 December 2025.

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 19 December 2025. 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 +37 84 £594 +3.26% 25
West London -2 20 £594 +52.31% 9
South London +1 3 £215 -62.61% 23
North London - 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 18 (4.18%) Apache Spark
2 16 (3.71%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (2.78%) Apache
3 12 (2.78%) Confluence
4 10 (2.32%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.62%) CMS
6 4 (0.93%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.70%) Ethereum
7 3 (0.70%) Hyperledger
7 3 (0.70%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.46%) SAS
8 2 (0.46%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.46%) WordPress
9 1 (0.23%) Drupal
9 1 (0.23%) JBoss
9 1 (0.23%) Luigi
9 1 (0.23%) nginx
9 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
Applications
1 14 (3.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.16%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.46%) Autodesk Smoke
6 2 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.46%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.46%) Trello
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.23%) InDesign
7 1 (0.23%) Maya
7 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.23%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.23%) Eloqua
3 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.23%) Sprinklr
3 1 (0.23%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 256 (59.40%) GCP
2 109 (25.29%) Azure
3 80 (18.56%) AWS
4 68 (15.78%) GitHub
5 59 (13.69%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 43 (9.98%) Google Workspace
7 34 (7.89%) Power Platform
8 33 (7.66%) Cloud Run
9 30 (6.96%) GitHub Actions
9 30 (6.96%) Google Analytics
10 27 (6.26%) SaaS
11 23 (5.34%) Google Gemini
12 18 (4.18%) Vertex AI
13 16 (3.71%) Cloud Computing
13 16 (3.71%) Cloud Functions
14 15 (3.48%) Entra ID
14 15 (3.48%) Microsoft 365
15 14 (3.25%) AWS CloudFormation
15 14 (3.25%) Google Sheets
16 13 (3.02%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 27 (6.26%) Firewall
2 17 (3.94%) DNS
3 8 (1.86%) HTTP
4 7 (1.62%) VPN
5 6 (1.39%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.16%) Network Security
7 3 (0.70%) Intranet
7 3 (0.70%) SMTP
7 3 (0.70%) SSL
8 2 (0.46%) BGP
8 2 (0.46%) Broadband
8 2 (0.46%) Cisco IPT
8 2 (0.46%) DKIM
8 2 (0.46%) DMARC
8 2 (0.46%) Internet
8 2 (0.46%) LAN
8 2 (0.46%) VLAN
8 2 (0.46%) VRRP
8 2 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.23%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (15.31%) BigQuery
2 28 (6.50%) Power BI
3 19 (4.41%) Tableau
4 18 (4.18%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (3.02%) Mixpanel
6 12 (2.78%) Looker
7 11 (2.55%) Big Data
7 11 (2.55%) NoSQL
8 10 (2.32%) Data Lake
9 9 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
10 8 (1.86%) Amazon Athena
10 8 (1.86%) MongoDB
11 7 (1.62%) Metadata
11 7 (1.62%) OLAP
11 7 (1.62%) OLTP
11 7 (1.62%) SQL Server
12 6 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (1.16%) Apache Cassandra
13 5 (1.16%) MySQL
13 5 (1.16%) Redis
Development Applications
1 51 (11.83%) Jenkins
2 40 (9.28%) Git
3 24 (5.57%) GitLab
4 23 (5.34%) JIRA
5 13 (3.02%) SonarQube
6 9 (2.09%) Gradle
7 8 (1.86%) Sonatype Nexus
8 7 (1.62%) Cypress.io
9 6 (1.39%) Visual Website Optimizer
10 5 (1.16%) Android Studio
10 5 (1.16%) Browser DevTools
10 5 (1.16%) JUnit
10 5 (1.16%) Maven
11 4 (0.93%) CircleCI
11 4 (0.93%) Mockito
11 4 (0.93%) Selenium
12 3 (0.70%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.70%) Fiddler
12 3 (0.70%) webpack
12 3 (0.70%) Xcode
General
1 122 (28.31%) Social Skills
2 91 (21.11%) Finance
3 67 (15.55%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (10.67%) Marketing
5 44 (10.21%) Banking
6 21 (4.87%) Pharmaceutical
7 17 (3.94%) Advertising
7 17 (3.94%) Public Sector
7 17 (3.94%) Retail
8 13 (3.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.32%) Legal
10 8 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (1.86%) Publishing
10 8 (1.86%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.16%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.16%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.93%) Electronics
14 2 (0.46%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 50 (11.60%) Senior
2 48 (11.14%) GCP Engineer
3 44 (10.21%) Developer
4 37 (8.58%) Architect
5 36 (8.35%) Analyst
6 26 (6.03%) Lead
7 25 (5.80%) DevOps Engineer
8 24 (5.57%) Cloud Engineer
9 23 (5.34%) Data Engineer
10 19 (4.41%) Data Scientist
10 19 (4.41%) Security Engineer
11 17 (3.94%) GCP DevOps
11 17 (3.94%) GCP DevOps Engineer
11 17 (3.94%) Software Engineer
12 15 (3.48%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 14 (3.25%) Senior Developer
14 12 (2.78%) Business Analyst
14 12 (2.78%) Java Developer
15 11 (2.55%) Solutions Architect
16 10 (2.32%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (6.96%) React
1 30 (6.96%) RESTful
2 25 (5.80%) FastAPI
3 22 (5.10%) LangChain
3 22 (5.10%) LangGraph
4 21 (4.87%) HTML
5 20 (4.64%) Kafka
5 20 (4.64%) Spring
6 18 (4.18%) CSS
6 18 (4.18%) Node.js
7 17 (3.94%) PyTorch
8 16 (3.71%) OAuth
8 16 (3.71%) Spring Boot
8 16 (3.71%) TensorFlow
9 15 (3.48%) AngularJS
9 15 (3.48%) Pandas
9 15 (3.48%) pytest
9 15 (3.48%) scikit-learn
10 10 (2.32%) Hugging Face
11 9 (2.09%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 66 (15.31%) Cloud Native
2 28 (6.50%) Onboarding
3 22 (5.10%) Mobile App
4 19 (4.41%) Life Science
5 16 (3.71%) AI Agents
5 16 (3.71%) Genomics
6 13 (3.02%) Analytical Mindset
7 12 (2.78%) Data Centre
8 11 (2.55%) Social Media
9 9 (2.09%) Algorithms
9 9 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (2.09%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.86%) Product Ownership
11 7 (1.62%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.39%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.39%) Digital Media
12 6 (1.39%) Management Information System
13 5 (1.16%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.41%) Android
2 15 (3.48%) Apple iOS
3 14 (3.25%) Linux
4 9 (2.09%) Windows
5 6 (1.39%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.39%) Unix
6 4 (0.93%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (32.25%) DevOps
2 126 (29.23%) CI/CD
3 110 (25.52%) AI
4 99 (22.97%) Agile
5 98 (22.74%) Analytics
6 80 (18.56%) Containerisation
7 79 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
8 76 (17.63%) Machine Learning
9 74 (17.17%) Infrastructure as Code
10 60 (13.92%) Migration
11 43 (9.98%) User Experience
12 42 (9.74%) Software Engineering
13 40 (9.28%) Generative AI
13 40 (9.28%) Microservices
14 35 (8.12%) Data Modelling
14 35 (8.12%) LLM
14 35 (8.12%) Stakeholder Management
15 34 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
15 34 (7.89%) Observability
15 34 (7.89%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 146 (33.87%) Python
2 73 (16.94%) SQL
3 43 (9.98%) Java
4 41 (9.51%) JavaScript
5 30 (6.96%) Bash
6 27 (6.26%) PowerShell
7 22 (5.10%) TypeScript
8 11 (2.55%) Kotlin
9 10 (2.32%) Kusto Query Language
10 8 (1.86%) Go
11 7 (1.62%) C#
12 6 (1.39%) Ruby
13 5 (1.16%) R
13 5 (1.16%) Shell Script
14 4 (0.93%) Bicep
14 4 (0.93%) Swift
15 3 (0.70%) C++
15 3 (0.70%) Groovy
15 3 (0.70%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.70%) Scala
Qualifications
1 50 (11.60%) Degree
2 28 (6.50%) Security Cleared
3 25 (5.80%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.32%) CISSP
5 10 (2.32%) MCP
6 9 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.62%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (1.39%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.39%) CCSP
8 6 (1.39%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.16%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.93%) CCNA
10 4 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (0.93%) GCIH
10 4 (0.93%) OSCP
11 3 (0.70%) CEH
11 3 (0.70%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (8.12%) GDPR
2 21 (4.87%) Data Quality
3 17 (3.94%) Accessibility
4 13 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (2.55%) QA
6 7 (1.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (1.62%) NCSC
7 6 (1.39%) NIST
8 4 (0.93%) GRC
8 4 (0.93%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.46%) DICOM
9 2 (0.46%) PMO
9 2 (0.46%) SLA
9 2 (0.46%) WCAG
10 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.23%) MiFID
10 1 (0.23%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 103 (23.90%) Docker
2 15 (3.48%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.39%) Squid
4 5 (1.16%) Snort
4 5 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.23%) KVM
5 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 101 (23.43%) Kubernetes
2 86 (19.95%) Terraform
3 20 (4.64%) Ansible
4 16 (3.71%) Argo
5 13 (3.02%) Grafana
6 12 (2.78%) Istio
7 10 (2.32%) Single Sign-On
8 9 (2.09%) Prometheus
9 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (1.16%) Nessus
9 5 (1.16%) Nexpose
9 5 (1.16%) Suricata
10 4 (0.93%) Puppet
11 3 (0.70%) CSIRT
11 3 (0.70%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.70%) NetBackup
11 3 (0.70%) SCCM
11 3 (0.70%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.46%) Knative
12 2 (0.46%) QRadar
Vendors
1 60 (13.92%) Microsoft
2 21 (4.87%) Databricks
2 21 (4.87%) Splunk
3 18 (4.18%) Adobe
4 17 (3.94%) Salesforce
5 13 (3.02%) OpenAI
5 13 (3.02%) Palo Alto
6 12 (2.78%) CrowdStrike
7 11 (2.55%) Apple
7 11 (2.55%) Cisco
8 10 (2.32%) Optimizely
8 10 (2.32%) Oracle
9 9 (2.09%) OneTrust
10 8 (1.86%) Amplitude
10 8 (1.86%) Hotjar
10 8 (1.86%) Okta
10 8 (1.86%) Qualys
10 8 (1.86%) SAP
11 7 (1.62%) HubSpot
12 6 (1.39%) CyberArk