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 2 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
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 101 107
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 -7
Contract jobs citing Google 390 338 389
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.66% 2.47% 2.09%
As % of the Vendors category 5.78% 5.61% 5.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 227 184 285
10th Percentile £315 £268 £206
25th Percentile £444 £413 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £650
90th Percentile £805 £775 £748
England median daily rate £520 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -0.95% - -10.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 15
10th Percentile £29.59 £30.42 £15.76
25th Percentile £31.25 £41.38 £17.00
Median hourly rate £37.58 £46.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.18% +78.85% -39.88%
75th Percentile £45.75 £59.75 £31.88
90th Percentile £54.70 £62.85 £32.50
England median hourly rate £31.59 £46.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -32.07% +78.85% -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 6,750 6,027 7,513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 46.04% 44.08% 40.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,433 3,701 5,159
10th Percentile £340 £313 £275
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £502 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.43% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 70 154
10th Percentile £17.93 £22.19 £13.86
25th Percentile £21.35 £24.26 £17.20
Median hourly rate £25.77 £34.25 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year -24.76% +21.24% +13.00%
75th Percentile £42.14 £60.25 £43.75
90th Percentile £67.70 £80.75 £77.13
England median hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -21.67% - -7.69%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 +35 81 £550 -8.33% 73
West London -5 20 £603 +54.49% 8
East London -5 5 £525 -19.23% 7
South London -3 2 £155 -73.04% 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 23 (5.90%) Apache Spark
2 14 (3.59%) Apache
3 13 (3.33%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (2.56%) Confluence
5 8 (2.05%) SharePoint
6 6 (1.54%) CMS
7 4 (1.03%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.77%) Ethereum
8 3 (0.77%) Hyperledger
8 3 (0.77%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.51%) SAS
9 2 (0.51%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.26%) Apache Synapse
10 1 (0.26%) Drupal
10 1 (0.26%) JBoss
10 1 (0.26%) Luigi
10 1 (0.26%) nginx
10 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.28%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.03%) Chatbot
4 4 (1.03%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.77%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.77%) Trello
6 2 (0.51%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.51%) Autodesk Smoke
6 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.26%) InDesign
7 1 (0.26%) Maya
7 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.26%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.26%) Eloqua
2 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.26%) Sprinklr
2 1 (0.26%) WebTrends
2 1 (0.26%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 236 (60.51%) GCP
2 113 (28.97%) Azure
3 85 (21.79%) AWS
4 75 (19.23%) GitHub
5 51 (13.08%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 47 (12.05%) Google Workspace
7 40 (10.26%) Power Platform
8 37 (9.49%) Cloud Run
8 37 (9.49%) GitHub Actions
9 26 (6.67%) SaaS
10 24 (6.15%) Google Analytics
11 23 (5.90%) Google Gemini
12 22 (5.64%) AWS CloudFormation
13 20 (5.13%) Vertex AI
14 19 (4.87%) Cloud Computing
15 18 (4.62%) Cloud Functions
16 17 (4.36%) Amazon S3
16 17 (4.36%) Slack
17 15 (3.85%) Entra ID
17 15 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.90%) Firewall
2 11 (2.82%) DNS
2 11 (2.82%) Network Security
3 7 (1.79%) VPN
4 4 (1.03%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.77%) DHCP
5 3 (0.77%) HTTP
5 3 (0.77%) Internet
5 3 (0.77%) Wireless
6 2 (0.51%) BGP
6 2 (0.51%) Cisco IPT
6 2 (0.51%) Intranet
6 2 (0.51%) LAN
6 2 (0.51%) SSL
6 2 (0.51%) VLAN
6 2 (0.51%) VRRP
7 1 (0.26%) SMTP
7 1 (0.26%) VoIP
7 1 (0.26%) WAN
7 1 (0.26%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (16.15%) BigQuery
2 31 (7.95%) Power BI
3 22 (5.64%) Tableau
4 18 (4.62%) Mixpanel
5 15 (3.85%) Data Lake
6 14 (3.59%) OLAP
7 12 (3.08%) Amazon Athena
7 12 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (2.82%) OLTP
9 10 (2.56%) NoSQL
9 10 (2.56%) SQL Server
10 8 (2.05%) Looker
10 8 (2.05%) Metadata
11 7 (1.79%) Redis
12 6 (1.54%) MySQL
13 5 (1.28%) Apache Cassandra
13 5 (1.28%) Big Data
13 5 (1.28%) MongoDB
14 4 (1.03%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 48 (12.31%) Jenkins
2 41 (10.51%) Git
3 24 (6.15%) JIRA
4 18 (4.62%) GitLab
5 6 (1.54%) SonarQube
5 6 (1.54%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 5 (1.28%) Cypress.io
6 5 (1.28%) Gradle
6 5 (1.28%) JUnit
7 4 (1.03%) Android Studio
7 4 (1.03%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (1.03%) ERwin
7 4 (1.03%) Mockito
7 4 (1.03%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (0.77%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.77%) Charles Proxy
8 3 (0.77%) CircleCI
8 3 (0.77%) Fiddler
9 2 (0.51%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.51%) Xcode
General
1 111 (28.46%) Social Skills
2 77 (19.74%) Finance
3 64 (16.41%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (10.00%) Banking
5 37 (9.49%) Marketing
6 19 (4.87%) Pharmaceutical
6 19 (4.87%) Public Sector
7 18 (4.62%) Retail
8 14 (3.59%) Advertising
9 9 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (2.31%) Publishing
10 8 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.05%) Legal
11 5 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.28%) Electronics
11 5 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.28%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.03%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.77%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.51%) German Language
Job Titles
1 48 (12.31%) Senior
2 43 (11.03%) Architect
3 39 (10.00%) GCP Engineer
4 37 (9.49%) Developer
5 30 (7.69%) Analyst
6 28 (7.18%) Cloud Engineer
7 27 (6.92%) Data Engineer
7 27 (6.92%) Lead
8 19 (4.87%) DevOps Engineer
9 18 (4.62%) Software Engineer
10 17 (4.36%) Data Scientist
11 15 (3.85%) Security Engineer
12 13 (3.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 13 (3.33%) Cloud Architect
12 13 (3.33%) GCP Architect
12 13 (3.33%) Senior Developer
13 12 (3.08%) Principal Engineer
14 11 (2.82%) GCP DevOps
14 11 (2.82%) GCP DevOps Engineer
14 11 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.18%) React
2 25 (6.41%) RESTful
3 22 (5.64%) FastAPI
3 22 (5.64%) Kafka
4 21 (5.38%) LangChain
5 19 (4.87%) HTML
5 19 (4.87%) LangGraph
5 19 (4.87%) Spring
6 18 (4.62%) OAuth
7 16 (4.10%) CSS
7 16 (4.10%) Node.js
7 16 (4.10%) PyTorch
7 16 (4.10%) Spring Boot
8 14 (3.59%) AngularJS
8 14 (3.59%) pytest
9 13 (3.33%) Pandas
9 13 (3.33%) scikit-learn
10 12 (3.08%) Great Expectations
10 12 (3.08%) TensorFlow
11 10 (2.56%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 60 (15.38%) Cloud Native
2 32 (8.21%) Onboarding
3 18 (4.62%) Life Science
4 16 (4.10%) Mobile App
5 15 (3.85%) AI Agents
5 15 (3.85%) Genomics
6 11 (2.82%) Public Cloud
7 10 (2.56%) Social Media
8 8 (2.05%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (1.79%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.54%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.54%) Digital Media
10 6 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.54%) Product Ownership
10 6 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.28%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 23 (5.90%) Android
2 19 (4.87%) Apple iOS
3 13 (3.33%) Windows
4 12 (3.08%) Mac OS
5 10 (2.56%) VMS
6 7 (1.79%) Linux
7 2 (0.51%) Unix
8 1 (0.26%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (32.56%) DevOps
2 122 (31.28%) CI/CD
3 114 (29.23%) AI
4 80 (20.51%) Analytics
4 80 (20.51%) Infrastructure as Code
5 77 (19.74%) Agile
5 77 (19.74%) Containerisation
6 72 (18.46%) Machine Learning
7 70 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
8 53 (13.59%) Migration
9 48 (12.31%) Observability
10 43 (11.03%) Software Engineering
11 40 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
11 40 (10.26%) LLM
12 39 (10.00%) Generative AI
12 39 (10.00%) Microservices
13 36 (9.23%) Test Automation
14 35 (8.97%) Business Intelligence
15 34 (8.72%) User Experience
16 31 (7.95%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 137 (35.13%) Python
2 65 (16.67%) SQL
3 36 (9.23%) Java
4 35 (8.97%) JavaScript
5 21 (5.38%) Bash
6 20 (5.13%) PowerShell
7 19 (4.87%) TypeScript
8 13 (3.33%) C#
9 8 (2.05%) Go
9 8 (2.05%) Kotlin
10 7 (1.79%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (1.03%) Ruby
11 4 (1.03%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.77%) Bicep
13 2 (0.51%) C++
13 2 (0.51%) Groovy
13 2 (0.51%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.51%) Rust
13 2 (0.51%) Scala
13 2 (0.51%) Swift
Qualifications
1 41 (10.51%) Degree
2 35 (8.97%) Security Cleared
3 29 (7.44%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.79%) Azure Certification
5 7 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (1.79%) CISSP
5 7 (1.79%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.54%) AWS Certification
6 6 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.54%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (1.03%) CCSP
7 4 (1.03%) OSCP
8 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 3 (0.77%) PhD
8 3 (0.77%) SANS
9 2 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.51%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (10.51%) GDPR
2 23 (5.90%) Data Quality
3 12 (3.08%) Accessibility
3 12 (3.08%) QA
4 10 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.05%) NIST
6 7 (1.79%) NCSC
7 6 (1.54%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (1.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 5 (1.28%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.03%) GRC
10 3 (0.77%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.51%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.51%) SLA
12 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.26%) MiFID
12 1 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 91 (23.33%) Docker
2 14 (3.59%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.28%) Squid
4 4 (1.03%) Snort
5 2 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.26%) KVM
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.26%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 103 (26.41%) Kubernetes
2 92 (23.59%) Terraform
3 21 (5.38%) Ansible
4 13 (3.33%) Istio
5 12 (3.08%) Argo
5 12 (3.08%) Grafana
6 9 (2.31%) Prometheus
6 9 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (1.03%) Nessus
8 4 (1.03%) Nexpose
8 4 (1.03%) Suricata
9 3 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.77%) SCCM
9 3 (0.77%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.51%) Fluentd
10 2 (0.51%) Karpenter
10 2 (0.51%) Knative
10 2 (0.51%) logstash
10 2 (0.51%) QRadar
Vendors
1 53 (13.59%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.41%) Databricks
3 17 (4.36%) Adobe
3 17 (4.36%) Apple
4 16 (4.10%) Splunk
5 15 (3.85%) Salesforce
6 12 (3.08%) Palo Alto
7 11 (2.82%) Oracle
8 10 (2.56%) Cisco
8 10 (2.56%) OpenAI
9 9 (2.31%) Optimizely
10 8 (2.05%) CrowdStrike
10 8 (2.05%) Hotjar
10 8 (2.05%) OneTrust
10 8 (2.05%) SAP
10 8 (2.05%) ServiceNow
11 7 (1.79%) Amplitude
11 7 (1.79%) IBM
11 7 (1.79%) Okta
12 6 (1.54%) HubSpot