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 8 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
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 89 89
Rank change year-on-year -24 0 -3
Contract jobs citing Google 546 424 427
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.70% 3.17% 2.65%
As % of the Vendors category 6.31% 6.81% 6.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 343 248 271
10th Percentile £340 £275 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £511 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.24% -11.09% -4.17%
75th Percentile £600 £616 £700
90th Percentile £682 £791 £775
England median daily rate £505 £495 £535
% change year-on-year +2.02% -7.48% -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 £21.28 £70.00
% change year-on-year +29.39% -69.60% +116.58%

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 8,653 6,222 7,003
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.81% 46.45% 43.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,635 4,031 4,434
10th Percentile £338 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £748 £751
England median daily rate £519 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +2.37% -3.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 117 79
10th Percentile £16.70 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.00 £24.34
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% -24.93% -16.25%
75th Percentile £63.75 £38.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £83.10
England median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +2.41% -28.16% -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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -7 73 £500 -9.09% 180
West London -11 12 £504 -4.05% 29
South London -1 9 £550 +15.79% 6
East London - 3 £631 - 5
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 (5.13%) Apache
2 26 (4.76%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (3.66%) CMS
4 18 (3.30%) SharePoint
5 17 (3.11%) Confluence
6 12 (2.20%) Apache Spark
7 9 (1.65%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 9 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
8 8 (1.47%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.73%) WordPress
10 3 (0.55%) Drupal
11 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.18%) Camunda
11 1 (0.18%) IIS
11 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.18%) Luigi
11 1 (0.18%) Mendix
11 1 (0.18%) MQSeries
11 1 (0.18%) nginx
Applications
1 14 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.92%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.37%) 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 (1.10%) Shopify
2 4 (0.73%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.55%) iTrent
4 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.37%) 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
1 325 (59.52%) GCP
2 157 (28.75%) AWS
3 148 (27.11%) Azure
4 68 (12.45%) Google Workspace
5 52 (9.52%) GitHub
6 45 (8.24%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 37 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
8 35 (6.41%) Entra ID
9 32 (5.86%) dbt
10 29 (5.31%) GitHub Actions
11 27 (4.95%) Google Analytics
12 26 (4.76%) SaaS
13 25 (4.58%) Google Gemini
14 23 (4.21%) Vertex AI
15 21 (3.85%) Power Platform
16 20 (3.66%) Google Drive
17 19 (3.48%) Anthropic Claude
17 19 (3.48%) Azure DevOps
17 19 (3.48%) Snowflake
18 18 (3.30%) Google Compute Engine
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.76%) DNS
2 21 (3.85%) Firewall
3 18 (3.30%) VPN
4 13 (2.38%) Network Security
5 10 (1.83%) Internet
6 8 (1.47%) TCP/IP
7 7 (1.28%) DKIM
7 7 (1.28%) DMARC
8 6 (1.10%) DHCP
8 6 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (0.92%) WAN
10 4 (0.73%) HTTP
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%) NGFW
11 3 (0.55%) Telepresence
12 2 (0.37%) 4G
12 2 (0.37%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (12.27%) BigQuery
2 38 (6.96%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (4.40%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (3.66%) Looker
5 18 (3.30%) Power BI
5 18 (3.30%) Relational Database
6 16 (2.93%) Metadata
7 15 (2.75%) Big Data
8 12 (2.20%) Data Lake
9 10 (1.83%) MongoDB
9 10 (1.83%) MySQL
10 9 (1.65%) Tableau
11 8 (1.47%) NoSQL
11 8 (1.47%) Redis
12 7 (1.28%) InterSystems Cache
13 6 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (1.10%) Flink
13 6 (1.10%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 49 (8.97%) Git
2 45 (8.24%) Jenkins
3 37 (6.78%) GitLab
4 30 (5.49%) JIRA
5 9 (1.65%) Gradle
6 8 (1.47%) JUnit
6 8 (1.47%) Maven
7 6 (1.10%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.10%) SonarQube
7 6 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 4 (0.73%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.73%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 4 (0.73%) Zephyr
9 3 (0.55%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.55%) Gemini Tracker
9 3 (0.55%) Mockito
9 3 (0.55%) Selenium
10 2 (0.37%) Gatling
10 2 (0.37%) TestRail
General
1 145 (26.56%) Social Skills
2 103 (18.86%) Finance
3 74 (13.55%) Analytical Skills
3 74 (13.55%) Public Sector
4 45 (8.24%) Marketing
5 34 (6.23%) Retail
6 33 (6.04%) Banking
7 17 (3.11%) Advertising
8 14 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (2.20%) Legal
10 11 (2.01%) Games
10 11 (2.01%) Publishing
11 10 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (1.65%) Military
13 8 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.28%) Law
14 7 (1.28%) Local Government
14 7 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (1.10%) Billing
16 5 (0.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 79 (14.47%) Architect
2 63 (11.54%) GCP Engineer
3 59 (10.81%) Senior
4 51 (9.34%) Data Engineer
5 43 (7.88%) Developer
6 42 (7.69%) Cloud Engineer
7 39 (7.14%) Analyst
8 30 (5.49%) Lead
9 23 (4.21%) DevOps Engineer
10 19 (3.48%) GCP Data Engineer
11 17 (3.11%) GCP DevOps
12 16 (2.93%) Administrator
12 16 (2.93%) Java Developer
12 16 (2.93%) Security Architect
12 16 (2.93%) Solutions Architect
12 16 (2.93%) Support Engineer
13 15 (2.75%) Cloud Architect
13 15 (2.75%) GCP DevOps Engineer
14 14 (2.56%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
15 12 (2.20%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (19.96%) Terraform
2 44 (8.06%) REST
3 30 (5.49%) Kafka
4 22 (4.03%) RESTful
5 20 (3.66%) JSON
5 20 (3.66%) LangGraph
5 20 (3.66%) OAuth
5 20 (3.66%) React
6 18 (3.30%) Spring
7 17 (3.11%) Spring Boot
8 16 (2.93%) HTML
9 14 (2.56%) LangChain
9 14 (2.56%) Node.js
10 13 (2.38%) CSS
11 12 (2.20%) Apache Beam
12 11 (2.01%) GraphQL
12 11 (2.01%) JWT
12 11 (2.01%) Middleware
12 11 (2.01%) SOAP
12 11 (2.01%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 95 (17.40%) Cloud Native
2 40 (7.33%) AI Agents
3 27 (4.95%) Onboarding
4 20 (3.66%) Management Information System
5 19 (3.48%) Distributed Systems
5 19 (3.48%) Product Ownership
6 17 (3.11%) Public Cloud
7 15 (2.75%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (2.38%) Data Centre
9 12 (2.20%) Mobile App
9 12 (2.20%) Security Posture
10 11 (2.01%) Enterprise Cloud
10 11 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (2.01%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.83%) Clustering
12 8 (1.47%) Replication
13 7 (1.28%) Algorithms
13 7 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
13 7 (1.28%) Marketing Technology
13 7 (1.28%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 44 (8.06%) Linux
2 39 (7.14%) Windows
3 16 (2.93%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.75%) Android
5 12 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (1.83%) Mac OS
7 8 (1.47%) Unix
8 6 (1.10%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.92%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.73%) Alpine Linux
11 3 (0.55%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.37%) CentOS
12 2 (0.37%) VMS
13 1 (0.18%) SUSE
13 1 (0.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
13 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (31.87%) CI/CD
2 131 (23.99%) AI
3 123 (22.53%) Agile
4 114 (20.88%) DevOps
5 111 (20.33%) Infrastructure as Code
6 98 (17.95%) Migration
7 93 (17.03%) Analytics
8 83 (15.20%) Stakeholder Management
9 80 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
10 62 (11.36%) Data Pipeline
10 62 (11.36%) Roadmaps
11 59 (10.81%) Containerisation
11 59 (10.81%) Observability
12 55 (10.07%) Machine Learning
12 55 (10.07%) Microservices
13 53 (9.71%) Continuous Improvement
13 53 (9.71%) Software Engineering
14 50 (9.16%) Event-Driven
15 49 (8.97%) Cloud Security
16 47 (8.61%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 159 (29.12%) Python
2 114 (20.88%) SQL
3 69 (12.64%) Java
4 37 (6.78%) PowerShell
5 34 (6.23%) Bash
6 28 (5.13%) JavaScript
7 27 (4.95%) Go
8 19 (3.48%) TypeScript
9 15 (2.75%) Scala
10 13 (2.38%) Kotlin
11 10 (1.83%) C#
12 9 (1.65%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.10%) Bicep
13 6 (1.10%) Groovy
13 6 (1.10%) R
14 5 (0.92%) SOQL
15 4 (0.73%) LookML
15 4 (0.73%) PHP
16 3 (0.55%) Perl
17 2 (0.37%) Korn
Qualifications
1 126 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 107 (19.60%) SC Cleared
3 56 (10.26%) Degree
4 30 (5.49%) DV Cleared
5 27 (4.95%) AWS Certification
6 23 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (3.66%) Azure Certification
8 16 (2.93%) CISSP
9 13 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.83%) Master's Degree
11 9 (1.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 9 (1.65%) CISM
12 7 (1.28%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 6 (1.10%) PhD
14 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 5 (0.92%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.92%) PMP
15 4 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (7.88%) Data Quality
2 32 (5.86%) QA
3 18 (3.30%) NIST
4 17 (3.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 12 (2.20%) GDPR
6 7 (1.28%) NCSC
7 6 (1.10%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (1.10%) EU AI Act
7 6 (1.10%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.10%) PMO
8 4 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.55%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.55%) GRC
9 3 (0.55%) PSD2
9 3 (0.55%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.37%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.37%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 75 (13.74%) Docker
2 23 (4.21%) 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
1 122 (22.34%) Kubernetes
2 34 (6.23%) Ansible
3 23 (4.21%) Grafana
4 21 (3.85%) Prometheus
5 13 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.65%) Puppet
7 8 (1.47%) Jamf Pro
8 7 (1.28%) Progress Chef
9 6 (1.10%) Argo
10 3 (0.55%) Cilium
10 3 (0.55%) Istio
10 3 (0.55%) Kibana
10 3 (0.55%) Nagios
10 3 (0.55%) SCCM
10 3 (0.55%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.55%) vMotion
11 2 (0.37%) logstash
11 2 (0.37%) WSUS
12 1 (0.18%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 115 (21.06%) Microsoft
2 31 (5.68%) OpenAI
3 23 (4.21%) Adobe
4 22 (4.03%) Oracle
4 22 (4.03%) Splunk
5 20 (3.66%) Salesforce
6 18 (3.30%) Databricks
7 17 (3.11%) TikTok
8 16 (2.93%) Okta
9 14 (2.56%) Dynatrace
10 12 (2.20%) Amplitude
10 12 (2.20%) Apple
11 11 (2.01%) ServiceNow
12 10 (1.83%) Cisco
12 10 (1.83%) IBM
12 10 (1.83%) SAP
13 9 (1.65%) CrowdStrike
13 9 (1.65%) Optimizely
13 9 (1.65%) UiPath
14 8 (1.47%) Tealium