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 5 October 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
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 94 96
Rank change year-on-year -17 +2 -7
Contract jobs citing Google 548 412 429
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.72% 3.07% 2.65%
As % of the Vendors category 6.38% 6.62% 6.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 244 273
10th Percentile £345 £275 £325
25th Percentile £410 £412 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £505 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% -12.13% -4.17%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £700
90th Percentile £684 £775 £775
England median daily rate £510 £480 £535
% change year-on-year +6.25% -10.28% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 14
10th Percentile £17.43 £30.96 £25.99
25th Percentile £21.63 £33.25 £30.31
Median hourly rate £28.89 £42.50 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -32.04% +9.68% +61.46%
75th Percentile £42.16 £62.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £47.24 £63.75 £44.58
England median hourly rate £27.54 £21.92 £70.00
% change year-on-year +25.62% -68.69% +112.12%

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 8,594 6,224 7,025
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.64% 46.42% 43.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,588 4,047 4,456
10th Percentile £331 £325 £314
25th Percentile £425 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
England median daily rate £515 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +1.48% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 118 80
10th Percentile £16.70 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.00 £24.42
Median hourly rate £36.50 £25.15 £34.25
Median % change year-on-year +45.13% -26.57% -14.38%
75th Percentile £63.00 £38.44 £65.01
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £81.93
England median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +3.38% -28.14% -20.16%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 5 October 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 74 £513 -6.82% 183
West London -14 12 £504 -4.05% 35
South London -1 9 £550 +15.79% 9
East London - 2 £600 - 8
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 28 (5.11%) Apache
2 26 (4.74%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (3.65%) CMS
4 19 (3.47%) SharePoint
5 18 (3.28%) Confluence
6 13 (2.37%) Apache Spark
7 9 (1.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 9 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
8 8 (1.46%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.73%) WordPress
10 3 (0.55%) Drupal
11 2 (0.36%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.18%) Camunda
12 1 (0.18%) IIS
12 1 (0.18%) Luigi
12 1 (0.18%) Mendix
12 1 (0.18%) MQSeries
12 1 (0.18%) nginx
Applications
1 16 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.91%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.36%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.36%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.18%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.18%) InDesign
6 1 (0.18%) Maya
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.09%) Shopify
2 4 (0.73%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.55%) iTrent
4 2 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.18%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.18%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.18%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.18%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 326 (59.49%) GCP
2 151 (27.55%) AWS
3 144 (26.28%) Azure
4 68 (12.41%) Google Workspace
5 51 (9.31%) GitHub
6 45 (8.21%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 38 (6.93%) Microsoft 365
8 34 (6.20%) Entra ID
9 32 (5.84%) dbt
10 28 (5.11%) GitHub Actions
10 28 (5.11%) Google Analytics
11 26 (4.74%) SaaS
12 25 (4.56%) Vertex AI
13 24 (4.38%) Google Gemini
14 22 (4.01%) Power Platform
15 20 (3.65%) Google Drive
16 19 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
16 19 (3.47%) Snowflake
17 18 (3.28%) Anthropic Claude
17 18 (3.28%) Google Compute Engine
Communications & Networking
1 27 (4.93%) DNS
2 21 (3.83%) Firewall
3 18 (3.28%) VPN
4 13 (2.37%) Network Security
5 10 (1.82%) Internet
6 8 (1.46%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.28%) DKIM
7 7 (1.28%) DMARC
8 6 (1.09%) DHCP
8 6 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.91%) WAN
10 4 (0.73%) SD-WAN
10 4 (0.73%) SMTP
10 4 (0.73%) VoIP
10 4 (0.73%) WebEx
11 3 (0.55%) HTTP
11 3 (0.55%) NGFW
11 3 (0.55%) Telepresence
12 2 (0.36%) 5G
12 2 (0.36%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (12.77%) BigQuery
2 38 (6.93%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (4.20%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (3.65%) Looker
5 19 (3.47%) Power BI
6 18 (3.28%) Relational Database
7 16 (2.92%) Metadata
8 15 (2.74%) Big Data
9 12 (2.19%) Data Lake
10 9 (1.64%) MongoDB
10 9 (1.64%) MySQL
10 9 (1.64%) NoSQL
10 9 (1.64%) Tableau
11 8 (1.46%) Redis
12 7 (1.28%) Flink
12 7 (1.28%) InterSystems Cache
13 6 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (1.09%) Apache Iceberg
13 6 (1.09%) SQL Server
14 5 (0.91%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 47 (8.58%) Git
2 43 (7.85%) Jenkins
3 35 (6.39%) GitLab
4 31 (5.66%) JIRA
5 8 (1.46%) Gradle
6 7 (1.28%) JUnit
6 7 (1.28%) Maven
7 6 (1.09%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (0.91%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.91%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.73%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.73%) Visual Website Optimizer
9 4 (0.73%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.55%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.55%) Gemini Tracker
10 3 (0.55%) Selenium
11 2 (0.36%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.36%) Mockito
11 2 (0.36%) NeoLoad
General
1 149 (27.19%) Social Skills
2 106 (19.34%) Finance
3 74 (13.50%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (13.32%) Public Sector
5 45 (8.21%) Marketing
6 36 (6.57%) Banking
7 33 (6.02%) Retail
8 17 (3.10%) Advertising
9 14 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (2.37%) Legal
11 12 (2.19%) Games
12 11 (2.01%) Publishing
13 10 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (1.64%) Military
15 8 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.28%) Law
16 7 (1.28%) Local Government
16 7 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
17 5 (0.91%) Billing
17 5 (0.91%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 79 (14.42%) Architect
2 66 (12.04%) GCP Engineer
3 57 (10.40%) Senior
4 52 (9.49%) Data Engineer
5 43 (7.85%) Cloud Engineer
6 41 (7.48%) Developer
7 39 (7.12%) Analyst
8 29 (5.29%) Lead
9 22 (4.01%) DevOps Engineer
10 19 (3.47%) GCP Data Engineer
11 18 (3.28%) Security Architect
12 17 (3.10%) GCP DevOps
12 17 (3.10%) Support Engineer
13 16 (2.92%) Administrator
13 16 (2.92%) Solutions Architect
14 15 (2.74%) GCP DevOps Engineer
14 15 (2.74%) Java Developer
15 14 (2.55%) Cloud Architect
16 13 (2.37%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
17 12 (2.19%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (20.44%) Terraform
2 44 (8.03%) REST
3 28 (5.11%) Kafka
4 21 (3.83%) RESTful
5 20 (3.65%) OAuth
6 19 (3.47%) JSON
6 19 (3.47%) LangGraph
6 19 (3.47%) React
7 17 (3.10%) Spring
8 16 (2.92%) Spring Boot
9 15 (2.74%) HTML
9 15 (2.74%) LangChain
10 13 (2.37%) Apache Beam
10 13 (2.37%) Node.js
11 12 (2.19%) CSS
12 11 (2.01%) GraphQL
12 11 (2.01%) JWT
12 11 (2.01%) Middleware
12 11 (2.01%) OAuth2
13 10 (1.82%) CrewAI
Miscellaneous
1 94 (17.15%) Cloud Native
2 41 (7.48%) AI Agents
3 27 (4.93%) Onboarding
4 20 (3.65%) Management Information System
4 20 (3.65%) Product Ownership
5 19 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
6 16 (2.92%) Public Cloud
7 14 (2.55%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (2.19%) Data Centre
8 12 (2.19%) Mobile App
8 12 (2.19%) Security Posture
9 11 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (2.01%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.82%) Clustering
10 10 (1.82%) Enterprise Cloud
11 8 (1.46%) Replication
12 7 (1.28%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.28%) Marketing Technology
12 7 (1.28%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 41 (7.48%) Linux
2 38 (6.93%) Windows
3 16 (2.92%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.74%) Android
5 12 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (1.82%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.28%) Unix
8 6 (1.09%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.91%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.73%) Alpine Linux
11 2 (0.36%) CentOS
11 2 (0.36%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.36%) VMS
12 1 (0.18%) SUSE
12 1 (0.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (31.20%) CI/CD
2 131 (23.91%) AI
3 123 (22.45%) Agile
4 112 (20.44%) DevOps
5 109 (19.89%) Infrastructure as Code
6 97 (17.70%) Analytics
6 97 (17.70%) Migration
7 86 (15.69%) Stakeholder Management
8 80 (14.60%) Problem-Solving
9 63 (11.50%) Roadmaps
10 62 (11.31%) Data Pipeline
11 57 (10.40%) Observability
12 56 (10.22%) Containerisation
12 56 (10.22%) Machine Learning
13 54 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
13 54 (9.85%) Software Engineering
14 53 (9.67%) Microservices
15 50 (9.12%) Event-Driven
16 49 (8.94%) Cloud Security
17 45 (8.21%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 160 (29.20%) Python
2 116 (21.17%) SQL
3 69 (12.59%) Java
4 37 (6.75%) PowerShell
5 32 (5.84%) Bash
6 27 (4.93%) Go
6 27 (4.93%) JavaScript
7 19 (3.47%) TypeScript
8 16 (2.92%) Scala
9 13 (2.37%) Kotlin
10 10 (1.82%) C#
11 9 (1.64%) Shell Script
12 7 (1.28%) R
13 6 (1.09%) Bicep
13 6 (1.09%) Groovy
14 5 (0.91%) SOQL
15 4 (0.73%) LookML
15 4 (0.73%) PHP
16 3 (0.55%) Perl
17 2 (0.36%) Korn
Qualifications
1 124 (22.63%) Security Cleared
2 105 (19.16%) SC Cleared
3 55 (10.04%) Degree
4 29 (5.29%) DV Cleared
5 26 (4.74%) AWS Certification
6 22 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (3.65%) Azure Certification
8 16 (2.92%) CISSP
9 13 (2.37%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.82%) Master's Degree
11 9 (1.64%) CISM
12 8 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (1.09%) PhD
15 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 5 (0.91%) PMI Certification
15 5 (0.91%) PMP
16 4 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (7.48%) Data Quality
2 32 (5.84%) QA
3 18 (3.28%) NIST
4 17 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (2.19%) GDPR
6 6 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (1.09%) EU AI Act
6 6 (1.09%) NCSC
6 6 (1.09%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.09%) PMO
7 4 (0.73%) GRC
7 4 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.55%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.55%) PSD2
8 3 (0.55%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.36%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.36%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 72 (13.14%) Docker
2 23 (4.20%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.55%) BitLocker
4 3 (0.55%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.55%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (0.55%) Terminal Services
4 3 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.18%) ISA Server
5 1 (0.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 118 (21.53%) Kubernetes
2 32 (5.84%) Ansible
3 23 (4.20%) Grafana
4 21 (3.83%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (1.46%) Jamf Pro
7 8 (1.46%) Puppet
8 6 (1.09%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.91%) Argo
10 3 (0.55%) Cilium
10 3 (0.55%) Istio
10 3 (0.55%) Nagios
10 3 (0.55%) SCCM
10 3 (0.55%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.55%) vMotion
11 2 (0.36%) Kibana
11 2 (0.36%) WSUS
12 1 (0.18%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.18%) logstash
Vendors
1 114 (20.80%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.47%) OpenAI
3 23 (4.20%) Adobe
4 22 (4.01%) Oracle
4 22 (4.01%) Splunk
5 20 (3.65%) Salesforce
6 18 (3.28%) Databricks
7 17 (3.10%) TikTok
8 16 (2.92%) Okta
9 14 (2.55%) Dynatrace
10 12 (2.19%) Amplitude
10 12 (2.19%) Apple
11 11 (2.01%) Cisco
11 11 (2.01%) ServiceNow
12 10 (1.82%) IBM
12 10 (1.82%) SAP
13 9 (1.64%) CrowdStrike
13 9 (1.64%) Optimizely
13 9 (1.64%) UiPath
14 8 (1.46%) Tealium