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 August 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 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 89 93
Rank change year-on-year -23 +4 -6
Contract jobs citing Google 535 429 445
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.65% 3.16% 2.74%
As % of the Vendors category 6.31% 6.87% 6.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 262 301
10th Percentile £313 £275 £319
25th Percentile £407 £396 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £588 £616 £700
90th Percentile £675 £750 £788
England median daily rate £513 £478 £550
% change year-on-year +7.33% -13.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 15 14
10th Percentile £21.80 £29.20 £22.00
25th Percentile £31.25 £33.75 £25.43
Median hourly rate £35.50 £49.00 £29.75
Median % change year-on-year -27.55% +64.71% -55.93%
75th Percentile £36.35 £58.75 £41.38
90th Percentile £50.15 £68.50 £42.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £21.92 £70.00
% change year-on-year +61.95% -68.69% +105.88%

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 8,479 6,249 6,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.06% 45.97% 42.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,518 4,067 4,747
10th Percentile £350 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -0.94% -4.80%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £510 £510 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 120 86
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £17.60
25th Percentile £20.34 £22.50 £20.69
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.30 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.98% -4.36% -21.43%
75th Percentile £57.86 £41.50 £60.94
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.63
England median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £29.00
% change year-on-year +41.15% -13.28% -26.77%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 +5 77 £525 -4.55% 123
West London -10 13 £614 +16.90% 18
South London -7 12 £575 +21.05% 4
East London - 3 £410 - 9
North London -2 1 £225 - 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 25 (4.67%) Apache
2 20 (3.74%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.55%) Apache Spark
4 18 (3.36%) Apache Airflow
4 18 (3.36%) CMS
5 16 (2.99%) Confluence
6 11 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
7 9 (1.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 8 (1.50%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.75%) WordPress
10 3 (0.56%) Drupal
11 2 (0.37%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.19%) Luigi
12 1 (0.19%) Mendix
12 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 17 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.50%) Chatbot
4 8 (1.50%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.75%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.19%) InDesign
6 1 (0.19%) Maya
6 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.19%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (0.93%) Shopify
2 4 (0.75%) Sprinklr
3 3 (0.56%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.37%) iTrent
4 2 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
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%) SAP SRM
5 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 309 (57.76%) GCP
2 123 (22.99%) AWS
3 117 (21.87%) Azure
4 83 (15.51%) Google Workspace
5 39 (7.29%) Microsoft 365
6 37 (6.92%) GitHub
7 36 (6.73%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 30 (5.61%) Google Analytics
9 27 (5.05%) Power Platform
10 24 (4.49%) SaaS
11 23 (4.30%) Google Drive
12 22 (4.11%) dbt
13 21 (3.93%) Google Sheets
14 20 (3.74%) Vertex AI
15 19 (3.55%) Snowflake
16 18 (3.36%) Adobe Analytics
16 18 (3.36%) Cloud Run
16 18 (3.36%) Google Ads
17 17 (3.18%) Entra ID
17 17 (3.18%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 31 (5.79%) DNS
2 22 (4.11%) Firewall
3 20 (3.74%) VPN
4 9 (1.68%) Internet
5 8 (1.50%) DKIM
5 8 (1.50%) DMARC
5 8 (1.50%) TCP/IP
6 7 (1.31%) Network Security
7 5 (0.93%) DHCP
7 5 (0.93%) SMTP
8 4 (0.75%) VoIP
8 4 (0.75%) WebEx
9 3 (0.56%) HTTP
9 3 (0.56%) Telepresence
9 3 (0.56%) VLAN
10 2 (0.37%) BGP
10 2 (0.37%) IPv4
10 2 (0.37%) IPv6
10 2 (0.37%) NFC
10 2 (0.37%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (11.40%) BigQuery
2 38 (7.10%) Data Warehouse
3 25 (4.67%) Power BI
4 18 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (3.18%) Looker
6 15 (2.80%) Relational Database
6 15 (2.80%) Tableau
7 13 (2.43%) Big Data
8 10 (1.87%) Data Lake
8 10 (1.87%) Metadata
9 8 (1.50%) Redis
10 7 (1.31%) Flink
10 7 (1.31%) InterSystems Cache
10 7 (1.31%) NoSQL
11 6 (1.12%) MySQL
11 6 (1.12%) OLTP
11 6 (1.12%) Star Schema
12 5 (0.93%) OLAP
12 5 (0.93%) RDBMS
12 5 (0.93%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (5.98%) JIRA
2 29 (5.42%) Git
3 26 (4.86%) Jenkins
4 23 (4.30%) GitLab
5 4 (0.75%) Gradle
5 4 (0.75%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 3 (0.56%) Maven
7 2 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.37%) Charles Proxy
7 2 (0.37%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.37%) Gatling
7 2 (0.37%) Gemini Tracker
7 2 (0.37%) JMeter
7 2 (0.37%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.37%) NeoLoad
7 2 (0.37%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.37%) webpack
7 2 (0.37%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.19%) Vite
General
1 140 (26.17%) Social Skills
2 97 (18.13%) Finance
3 74 (13.83%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (11.40%) Public Sector
5 55 (10.28%) Marketing
6 35 (6.54%) Retail
7 26 (4.86%) Banking
8 21 (3.93%) Advertising
9 19 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (2.43%) Publishing
11 11 (2.06%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.87%) Legal
13 8 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.12%) Games
15 6 (1.12%) Law
15 6 (1.12%) Military
16 5 (0.93%) Billing
16 5 (0.93%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 69 (12.90%) GCP Engineer
2 57 (10.65%) Architect
3 53 (9.91%) Data Engineer
4 50 (9.35%) Senior
5 45 (8.41%) Cloud Engineer
6 44 (8.22%) Lead
7 40 (7.48%) Developer
8 38 (7.10%) Analyst
9 17 (3.18%) Support Engineer
10 16 (2.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 16 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (2.80%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 15 (2.80%) GCP Data Engineer
12 14 (2.62%) Administrator
12 14 (2.62%) DevOps Engineer
13 13 (2.43%) Platform Engineer
13 13 (2.43%) Security Architect
14 12 (2.24%) Cloud Architect
14 12 (2.24%) Java Developer
15 11 (2.06%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (7.85%) REST
2 27 (5.05%) Kafka
3 19 (3.55%) JSON
4 18 (3.36%) OAuth
5 17 (3.18%) Spring
5 17 (3.18%) Spring Boot
6 16 (2.99%) HTML
6 16 (2.99%) React
6 16 (2.99%) RESTful
7 13 (2.43%) CSS
7 13 (2.43%) LangChain
7 13 (2.43%) LangGraph
8 11 (2.06%) Apache Beam
8 11 (2.06%) SAML
9 8 (1.50%) .NET
9 8 (1.50%) JWT
9 8 (1.50%) Node.js
9 8 (1.50%) OAuth2
10 7 (1.31%) Android Jetpack
10 7 (1.31%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 72 (13.46%) Cloud Native
2 33 (6.17%) AI Agents
3 21 (3.93%) Product Ownership
4 20 (3.74%) Onboarding
5 17 (3.18%) Virtual Team
6 16 (2.99%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.80%) Data Centre
7 15 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (2.80%) Mobile App
8 10 (1.87%) Marketing Technology
9 9 (1.68%) Clustering
9 9 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.50%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.31%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (1.12%) Life Science
13 5 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
13 5 (0.93%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.05%) Windows
2 26 (4.86%) Linux
3 14 (2.62%) Android
4 13 (2.43%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (1.50%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.12%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.93%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.75%) Alpine Linux
10 3 (0.56%) Unix
11 1 (0.19%) CentOS
11 1 (0.19%) SUSE
11 1 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.19%) VMS
11 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (25.61%) CI/CD
2 117 (21.87%) AI
3 116 (21.68%) Agile
4 101 (18.88%) Analytics
5 89 (16.64%) Infrastructure as Code
6 88 (16.45%) DevOps
7 86 (16.07%) Migration
8 77 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
9 60 (11.21%) Continuous Improvement
9 60 (11.21%) Stakeholder Management
10 52 (9.72%) Data Modelling
11 51 (9.53%) Machine Learning
11 51 (9.53%) Software Engineering
12 49 (9.16%) Decision-Making
13 48 (8.97%) Roadmaps
14 47 (8.79%) Data Pipeline
14 47 (8.79%) Observability
15 42 (7.85%) Microservices
16 41 (7.66%) Data Engineering
17 40 (7.48%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 143 (26.73%) Python
2 109 (20.37%) SQL
3 68 (12.71%) Java
4 31 (5.79%) PowerShell
5 27 (5.05%) JavaScript
6 20 (3.74%) Bash
7 18 (3.36%) Scala
7 18 (3.36%) TypeScript
8 14 (2.62%) Kotlin
9 13 (2.43%) C#
9 13 (2.43%) Go
10 8 (1.50%) Google Apps Script
11 6 (1.12%) Bicep
11 6 (1.12%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.93%) SOQL
13 4 (0.75%) Groovy
13 4 (0.75%) Ruby
14 3 (0.56%) Korn
14 3 (0.56%) PHP
14 3 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 104 (19.44%) Security Cleared
2 88 (16.45%) SC Cleared
3 51 (9.53%) Degree
4 27 (5.05%) DV Cleared
5 18 (3.36%) AWS Certification
5 18 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (2.24%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.87%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.68%) CISSP
10 6 (1.12%) PhD
10 6 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.93%) CISM
11 5 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.75%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.75%) PMP
13 3 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.56%) CRISC
13 3 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.10%) Data Quality
2 36 (6.73%) QA
3 18 (3.36%) GDPR
4 13 (2.43%) NIST
5 11 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.31%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.12%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.12%) PMO
8 4 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 4 (0.75%) NCSC
9 3 (0.56%) GRC
9 3 (0.56%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.56%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.37%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.37%) PSD2
10 2 (0.37%) SLA
10 2 (0.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 49 (9.16%) Docker
2 19 (3.55%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.93%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.75%) BitLocker
4 4 (0.75%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (0.75%) Terminal Services
4 4 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.19%) Firmware
6 1 (0.19%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.19%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 91 (17.01%) Terraform
2 82 (15.33%) Kubernetes
3 18 (3.36%) Grafana
4 16 (2.99%) Ansible
5 13 (2.43%) Prometheus
6 12 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (1.50%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (1.31%) Puppet
9 5 (0.93%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.93%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 4 (0.75%) Istio
10 4 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.75%) SCCM
10 4 (0.75%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.75%) vMotion
11 3 (0.56%) Nagios
12 2 (0.37%) Argo
12 2 (0.37%) WSUS
13 1 (0.19%) Kubeflow
13 1 (0.19%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 89 (16.64%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.11%) Adobe
3 21 (3.93%) Splunk
4 19 (3.55%) OpenAI
5 18 (3.36%) Oracle
5 18 (3.36%) Salesforce
6 17 (3.18%) TikTok
7 16 (2.99%) Databricks
8 14 (2.62%) Okta
9 13 (2.43%) Apple
10 11 (2.06%) ServiceNow
11 9 (1.68%) Amplitude
11 9 (1.68%) Cisco
11 9 (1.68%) Dynatrace
11 9 (1.68%) Optimizely
12 8 (1.50%) Sitecore
12 8 (1.50%) Tealium
13 7 (1.31%) Citrix
13 7 (1.31%) New Relic
13 7 (1.31%) SAP