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 12 September 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
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 88 90
Rank change year-on-year -30 +2 -7
Contract jobs citing Google 523 428 449
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.57% 3.17% 2.76%
As % of the Vendors category 5.99% 6.88% 6.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 247 292
10th Percentile £313 £275 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £700
90th Percentile £675 £743 £782
England median daily rate £510 £475 £535
% change year-on-year +7.37% -11.21% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 14
10th Percentile £17.95 £29.76 £25.47
25th Percentile £22.83 £31.06 £25.99
Median hourly rate £35.50 £40.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% +14.29% -9.68%
75th Percentile £38.80 £59.73 £43.44
90th Percentile £44.42 £69.38 £44.58
England median hourly rate £29.07 £21.28 £70.00
% change year-on-year +36.61% -69.60% +100.00%

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 8,726 6,225 7,075
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.93% 46.14% 43.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,680 4,021 4,621
10th Percentile £335 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year - -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £760
England median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.07% -4.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 124 78
10th Percentile £16.94 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.59 £23.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £36.00 £26.38 £30.80
Median % change year-on-year +36.49% -14.35% -17.88%
75th Percentile £65.00 £39.06 £64.69
90th Percentile £86.28 £63.75 £79.13
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +19.28% -28.14% -17.31%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -8 75 £525 +5.00% 156
South London -2 10 £550 +15.79% 3
West London -22 9 £550 +4.76% 86
East London - 2 £300 - 16
North London -2 1 £225 - 3
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 26 (4.97%) Apache
2 25 (4.78%) Apache Airflow
3 21 (4.02%) SharePoint
4 18 (3.44%) CMS
4 18 (3.44%) Confluence
5 14 (2.68%) Apache Spark
6 11 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (1.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 8 (1.53%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.76%) WordPress
10 3 (0.57%) Drupal
11 2 (0.38%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.19%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.19%) Luigi
12 1 (0.19%) Mendix
12 1 (0.19%) MQSeries
Applications
1 16 (3.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.57%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.19%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.19%) InDesign
7 1 (0.19%) Maya
7 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (0.96%) Shopify
2 4 (0.76%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.57%) iTrent
3 3 (0.57%) Sprinklr
4 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.19%) SAP CAR
5 1 (0.19%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 304 (58.13%) GCP
2 129 (24.67%) Azure
3 126 (24.09%) AWS
4 66 (12.62%) Google Workspace
5 46 (8.80%) GitHub
6 43 (8.22%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 35 (6.69%) Microsoft 365
8 34 (6.50%) dbt
9 31 (5.93%) Google Analytics
10 26 (4.97%) GitHub Actions
11 24 (4.59%) SaaS
11 24 (4.59%) Vertex AI
12 23 (4.40%) Entra ID
12 23 (4.40%) Power Platform
13 22 (4.21%) Google Drive
14 21 (4.02%) Snowflake
15 18 (3.44%) Adobe Analytics
15 18 (3.44%) Google Sheets
16 16 (3.06%) Google Ads
17 15 (2.87%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.97%) DNS
2 20 (3.82%) Firewall
3 18 (3.44%) VPN
4 10 (1.91%) Network Security
5 9 (1.72%) Internet
6 8 (1.53%) DKIM
6 8 (1.53%) DMARC
7 6 (1.15%) DHCP
7 6 (1.15%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.96%) SMTP
8 5 (0.96%) VoIP
8 5 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.76%) WAN
9 4 (0.76%) WebEx
10 3 (0.57%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.57%) Telepresence
10 3 (0.57%) VLAN
11 2 (0.38%) 4G
11 2 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
11 2 (0.38%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (12.24%) BigQuery
2 40 (7.65%) Data Warehouse
3 21 (4.02%) Power BI
4 20 (3.82%) Looker
4 20 (3.82%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (3.25%) Relational Database
6 14 (2.68%) Big Data
6 14 (2.68%) Metadata
7 12 (2.29%) Tableau
8 9 (1.72%) Data Lake
8 9 (1.72%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.34%) Flink
9 7 (1.34%) InterSystems Cache
9 7 (1.34%) MongoDB
9 7 (1.34%) MySQL
9 7 (1.34%) Redis
10 6 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (1.15%) SQL Server
11 5 (0.96%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 38 (7.27%) Git
2 35 (6.69%) Jenkins
3 33 (6.31%) JIRA
4 29 (5.54%) GitLab
5 7 (1.34%) Gradle
6 5 (0.96%) Maven
7 4 (0.76%) JUnit
7 4 (0.76%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 3 (0.57%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.57%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.57%) Selenium
8 3 (0.57%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.38%) JMeter
9 2 (0.38%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.38%) Robot Framework
9 2 (0.38%) webpack
General
1 137 (26.20%) Social Skills
2 96 (18.36%) Finance
3 72 (13.77%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (12.24%) Public Sector
5 54 (10.33%) Marketing
6 31 (5.93%) Retail
7 30 (5.74%) Banking
8 17 (3.25%) Advertising
9 12 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (2.10%) Legal
10 11 (2.10%) Publishing
11 9 (1.72%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.34%) Games
12 7 (1.34%) Law
12 7 (1.34%) Military
12 7 (1.34%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (1.15%) Billing
13 6 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.15%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 70 (13.38%) Architect
2 64 (12.24%) GCP Engineer
3 54 (10.33%) Senior
4 46 (8.80%) Cloud Engineer
4 46 (8.80%) Data Engineer
5 42 (8.03%) Developer
6 37 (7.07%) Analyst
7 35 (6.69%) Lead
8 19 (3.63%) Support Engineer
9 18 (3.44%) DevOps Engineer
10 16 (3.06%) Security Architect
10 16 (3.06%) Solutions Architect
11 14 (2.68%) Administrator
11 14 (2.68%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 14 (2.68%) Cloud Architect
11 14 (2.68%) GCP Data Engineer
11 14 (2.68%) Java Developer
12 13 (2.49%) GCP DevOps
12 13 (2.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (2.29%) GCP DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (17.97%) Terraform
2 39 (7.46%) REST
3 26 (4.97%) Kafka
4 20 (3.82%) JSON
5 19 (3.63%) React
5 19 (3.63%) RESTful
6 18 (3.44%) HTML
7 17 (3.25%) LangGraph
7 17 (3.25%) OAuth
8 15 (2.87%) CSS
8 15 (2.87%) LangChain
8 15 (2.87%) Spring
8 15 (2.87%) Spring Boot
9 13 (2.49%) Apache Beam
10 12 (2.29%) Node.js
11 10 (1.91%) JWT
11 10 (1.91%) OAuth2
11 10 (1.91%) SAML
12 9 (1.72%) XML
13 8 (1.53%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 84 (16.06%) Cloud Native
2 36 (6.88%) AI Agents
3 25 (4.78%) Onboarding
4 22 (4.21%) Product Ownership
5 18 (3.44%) Management Information System
6 16 (3.06%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (2.68%) Virtual Team
8 12 (2.29%) Mobile App
9 11 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.91%) Clustering
11 9 (1.72%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.72%) Security Posture
12 8 (1.53%) Data Centre
12 8 (1.53%) PKI
12 8 (1.53%) Replication
13 7 (1.34%) Algorithms
14 6 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
14 6 (1.15%) Data Structures
14 6 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
14 6 (1.15%) Genomics
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.50%) Windows
2 33 (6.31%) Linux
3 15 (2.87%) Android
3 15 (2.87%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (1.72%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.15%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.96%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.76%) Alpine Linux
8 4 (0.76%) Unix
9 2 (0.38%) CentOS
10 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.19%) SUSE
10 1 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.19%) VMS
10 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (29.25%) CI/CD
2 123 (23.52%) Agile
3 116 (22.18%) AI
4 99 (18.93%) Analytics
4 99 (18.93%) DevOps
5 93 (17.78%) Infrastructure as Code
6 90 (17.21%) Migration
7 76 (14.53%) Stakeholder Management
8 71 (13.58%) Problem-Solving
9 56 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 55 (10.52%) Data Pipeline
11 54 (10.33%) Machine Learning
12 52 (9.94%) Roadmaps
12 52 (9.94%) Software Engineering
13 51 (9.75%) Observability
14 49 (9.37%) Microservices
15 48 (9.18%) Containerisation
15 48 (9.18%) Data Modelling
16 43 (8.22%) Event-Driven
17 39 (7.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 154 (29.45%) Python
2 111 (21.22%) SQL
3 61 (11.66%) Java
4 34 (6.50%) PowerShell
5 30 (5.74%) JavaScript
6 24 (4.59%) Bash
7 18 (3.44%) Go
8 17 (3.25%) Scala
8 17 (3.25%) TypeScript
9 11 (2.10%) Kotlin
10 9 (1.72%) C#
11 8 (1.53%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.15%) Bicep
12 6 (1.15%) LookML
13 5 (0.96%) R
13 5 (0.96%) SOQL
14 3 (0.57%) Groovy
14 3 (0.57%) PHP
15 2 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.38%) Perl
Qualifications
1 117 (22.37%) Security Cleared
2 98 (18.74%) SC Cleared
3 48 (9.18%) Degree
4 29 (5.54%) DV Cleared
5 17 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (3.06%) AWS Certification
7 14 (2.68%) Azure Certification
7 14 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (1.72%) CISSP
8 9 (1.72%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.15%) PhD
10 5 (0.96%) CISM
11 4 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.57%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 3 (0.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 3 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.57%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.57%) PMP
12 3 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.07%) Data Quality
2 31 (5.93%) QA
3 12 (2.29%) NIST
4 11 (2.10%) GDPR
4 11 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.15%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (1.15%) PMO
6 4 (0.76%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 4 (0.76%) NCSC
6 4 (0.76%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.57%) EU AI Act
7 3 (0.57%) GRC
7 3 (0.57%) PSD2
7 3 (0.57%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (0.38%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 64 (12.24%) Docker
2 19 (3.63%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.96%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.76%) BitLocker
4 4 (0.76%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (0.76%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.19%) Firmware
6 1 (0.19%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 100 (19.12%) Kubernetes
2 22 (4.21%) Ansible
3 18 (3.44%) Grafana
4 16 (3.06%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.68%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (1.53%) Puppet
8 6 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (0.96%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.76%) SCCM
10 4 (0.76%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.76%) vMotion
11 3 (0.57%) Argo
11 3 (0.57%) Cilium
11 3 (0.57%) Istio
11 3 (0.57%) Nagios
12 2 (0.38%) WSUS
13 1 (0.19%) Control-M
13 1 (0.19%) NetBackup
13 1 (0.19%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 97 (18.55%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.59%) Oracle
3 23 (4.40%) Adobe
4 22 (4.21%) OpenAI
5 19 (3.63%) Databricks
5 19 (3.63%) Salesforce
6 17 (3.25%) Splunk
6 17 (3.25%) TikTok
7 14 (2.68%) Okta
8 12 (2.29%) ServiceNow
9 11 (2.10%) Amplitude
9 11 (2.10%) Apple
9 11 (2.10%) Dynatrace
10 10 (1.91%) Cisco
10 10 (1.91%) SAP
11 9 (1.72%) Optimizely
12 8 (1.53%) CrowdStrike
12 8 (1.53%) New Relic
12 8 (1.53%) Sitecore
12 8 (1.53%) Tealium