Google Contracts in London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Google products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Google over the 3 months to 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within Google.

Google England / London
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	151	176	186
Rank change year-on-year	+25	+10
Contract jobs citing Google	342	309	286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	1.65%	1.42%	1.24%
As % of the Vendors category	3.98%	3.44%	2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted	242	224	178
Median daily rate	£405	£400	£375
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+1.25%	+6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£200	£197	£197
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£599	£598	£565
UK excluding London median daily rate	£375	£414	£310
% change year-on-year	-9.36%	+33.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted	6	2	10
Median hourly rate	£27.16	£24.50	£17.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+10.85%	+40.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£16.40	£18.60	£16.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£107.87	£30.80	£35.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£29.00	£18.25	£23.09
% change year-on-year	+58.90%	-20.97%

Google is in the vendor products and services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all vendor product and service related skills in contract job vacancies advertised in London.

Contract Vendor Product & Service Skills London
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for skills associated with vendor products and/or services	8586	8975	10145
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London	41.35%	41.34%	44.05%
Number of daily rates quoted	9279	10928	11590
Median daily rate	£475	£450	£425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.55%	+5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£263	£263	£248
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£650	£638	£600
UK excluding London median daily rate	£400	£375	£360
% change year-on-year	+6.66%	+4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted	228	194	452
Median hourly rate	£23.75	£18.00	£20.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+31.94%	-10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.51	£10.83	£12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£50.00	£42.33	£52.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£17.50	£21.00	£18.07
% change year-on-year	-16.66%	+16.21%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Google as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Google
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Google in London.

Contractor daily rate trend for Google in London

Google
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in London

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Google in London over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Google in London

Google
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google in London.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Google in London

Google
Contractor Hourly Rate Histogram in London

The hourly rate distribution of IT jobs citing Google in London over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor 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 3 months to 28 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
City of London	+9	61	£450	+12.50%	40
Westminster	+15	12	£225	-60.86%
Canary Wharf	-	3	£525	-
West End of London	-	2	£135	-	11
Brentford	-	1	£325	-
Hounslow	-	1	-	-
Uxbridge	-	1	-	-
West Drayton	-	1	£525	-	1
Google England

Google
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in London

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Google also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the London region with a requirement for Google.

1	210 (33.02%)	Analytics
2	162 (25.47%)	Google Analytics
3	157 (24.69%)	Agile Software Development
4	151 (23.74%)	Amazon AWS
5	118 (18.55%)	Java
6	117 (18.40%)	Google Cloud Platform
7	115 (18.08%)	Python
8	110 (17.30%)	Linux
8	110 (17.30%)	Marketing
9	105 (16.51%)	JavaScript
10	97 (15.25%)	Finance
11	95 (14.94%)	SQL
12	88 (13.84%)	HTML
13	82 (12.89%)	Windows
14	79 (12.42%)	G Suite

15	78 (12.26%)	CSS
16	76 (11.95%)	DevOps
16	76 (11.95%)	Microsoft Azure
17	71 (11.16%)	Android
18	70 (11.01%)	E-Commerce
19	67 (10.53%)	Microsoft
20	66 (10.38%)	Adobe
21	58 (9.12%)	Docker
21	58 (9.12%)	User Experience
22	53 (8.33%)	Analytical Skills
22	53 (8.33%)	Big Data
22	53 (8.33%)	Test Automation
23	52 (8.18%)	Unix
24	50 (7.86%)	Business Intelligence
24	50 (7.86%)	TDD

Google
Co-occurring IT Skills in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	39 (6.13%)	CMS
2	32 (5.03%)	Apache Spark
3	23 (3.62%)	Confluence
4	17 (2.67%)	WordPress
5	12 (1.89%)	Apache
5	12 (1.89%)	Drupal
6	11 (1.73%)	OpenStack
7	10 (1.57%)	SharePoint
8	9 (1.42%)	Adobe Experience Manager
8	9 (1.42%)	SAS
9	7 (1.10%)	Elasticsearch
9	7 (1.10%)	nginx
9	7 (1.10%)	Oracle Coherence
10	6 (0.94%)	WebSphere
11	5 (0.79%)	Cloud Foundry
11	5 (0.79%)	IIS
11	5 (0.79%)	MS Exchange
12	4 (0.63%)	DataSynapse
13	3 (0.47%)	EPiServer
13	3 (0.47%)	Umbraco

Applications
1	47 (7.39%)	Microsoft Excel
2	24 (3.77%)	Microsoft Office
3	20 (3.14%)	Photoshop
4	17 (2.67%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
5	13 (2.04%)	Adobe Illustrator
5	13 (2.04%)	InDesign
6	10 (1.57%)	Spreadsheet
7	9 (1.42%)	InVision
8	7 (1.10%)	Microsoft Project
8	7 (1.10%)	MS Visio
9	3 (0.47%)	Adobe Creative Suite
9	3 (0.47%)	Adobe Premiere
9	3 (0.47%)	SOLIDWORKS
9	3 (0.47%)	SPSS
10	1 (0.16%)	Adobe After Effects
10	1 (0.16%)	AutoCAD
10	1 (0.16%)	Camtasia
10	1 (0.16%)	OmniGraffle
10	1 (0.16%)	Stata

Business Applications
1	14 (2.20%)	SAP Oil and Gas
2	6 (0.94%)	NetSuite
3	4 (0.63%)	WebTrends
4	3 (0.47%)	Eloqua
4	3 (0.47%)	FastStats
4	3 (0.47%)	FastStats PeopleStage
4	3 (0.47%)	Revive Adserver
5	2 (0.31%)	Data Workbench
5	2 (0.31%)	Oracle Applications
6	1 (0.16%)	Adobe Campaign
6	1 (0.16%)	BondVision
6	1 (0.16%)	Dynamics CRM
6	1 (0.16%)	Magento
6	1 (0.16%)	Sentinel
6	1 (0.16%)	SessionCam
6	1 (0.16%)	Social Studio
6	1 (0.16%)	Workfront

Cloud Services
1	162 (25.47%)	Google Analytics
2	151 (23.74%)	Amazon AWS
3	117 (18.40%)	Google Cloud Platform
4	79 (12.42%)	G Suite
5	76 (11.95%)	Microsoft Azure
6	35 (5.50%)	Google Play
7	24 (3.77%)	GitHub
8	20 (3.14%)	Adobe Analytics
9	19 (2.99%)	Virtual Private Cloud
10	16 (2.52%)	AdWords
11	15 (2.36%)	IaaS
12	14 (2.20%)	PaaS
13	13 (2.04%)	Office 365
14	12 (1.89%)	Google App Engine
14	12 (1.89%)	Google Tag Manager
14	12 (1.89%)	SaaS
15	10 (1.57%)	Adobe Creative Cloud
16	9 (1.42%)	Amazon EC2
16	9 (1.42%)	AWS CloudFormation
16	9 (1.42%)	Cloud Computing

Communications & Networking
1	23 (3.62%)	HTTP
2	20 (3.14%)	Firewall
3	18 (2.83%)	TCP/IP
4	17 (2.67%)	Kerberos
5	14 (2.20%)	VPN
5	14 (2.20%)	Wi-Fi
6	11 (1.73%)	Ethernet
6	11 (1.73%)	Internet
7	9 (1.42%)	DNS
8	8 (1.26%)	LDAP
8	8 (1.26%)	VoIP
9	7 (1.10%)	NAS
9	7 (1.10%)	SAN
9	7 (1.10%)	SSL
10	6 (0.94%)	Cisco IOS
10	6 (0.94%)	LAN
10	6 (0.94%)	NX-OS
11	5 (0.79%)	PBX
11	5 (0.79%)	WAN
12	4 (0.63%)	Network Security

Database & Business Intelligence
1	53 (8.33%)	Big Data
2	36 (5.66%)	Hadoop
3	30 (4.72%)	MySQL
4	24 (3.77%)	BigQuery
4	24 (3.77%)	Data Warehouse
5	17 (2.67%)	Apache Hive
6	15 (2.36%)	MongoDB
7	14 (2.20%)	SQL Server
8	13 (2.04%)	NoSQL
8	13 (2.04%)	Relational Database
9	11 (1.73%)	HBase
9	11 (1.73%)	Redis
10	10 (1.57%)	Amazon Redshift
10	10 (1.57%)	Looker
11	7 (1.10%)	PostgreSQL
12	5 (0.79%)	Amazon RDS
12	5 (0.79%)	Apache Cassandra
12	5 (0.79%)	Data Mining
12	5 (0.79%)	Mixpanel
12	5 (0.79%)	Oracle Database

Development Applications
1	49 (7.70%)	Git (software)
2	43 (6.76%)	JIRA
3	42 (6.60%)	Jenkins
4	20 (3.14%)	JUnit
5	19 (2.99%)	Gradle
6	17 (2.67%)	Android Studio
7	14 (2.20%)	Axure RP
8	13 (2.04%)	Maven
8	13 (2.04%)	Subversion
9	11 (1.73%)	Talend Open Studio
9	11 (1.73%)	webpack
10	10 (1.57%)	Cucumber
10	10 (1.57%)	gulp
10	10 (1.57%)	Jasmine
11	9 (1.42%)	Bower
11	9 (1.42%)	Grunt
11	9 (1.42%)	Mockito
11	9 (1.42%)	TeamCity
12	8 (1.26%)	Mocha
12	8 (1.26%)	Selenium

General
1	110 (17.30%)	Marketing
2	97 (15.25%)	Finance
3	50 (7.86%)	Banking
4	32 (5.03%)	Retail
5	26 (4.09%)	Telecoms
6	21 (3.30%)	Advertising
7	20 (3.14%)	Investment Banking
8	17 (2.67%)	Games
9	16 (2.52%)	Legal
10	15 (2.36%)	Manufacturing
10	15 (2.36%)	Publishing
11	14 (2.20%)	Electronics
12	13 (2.04%)	Front Office
13	7 (1.10%)	French Language
14	4 (0.63%)	Financial Institution
15	3 (0.47%)	Digital Economy
15	3 (0.47%)	International Banking
15	3 (0.47%)	Spanish Language
16	2 (0.31%)	Billing
16	2 (0.31%)	German Language

Job Titles
1	158 (24.84%)	Developer
2	113 (17.77%)	Analyst
3	48 (7.55%)	Architect
4	42 (6.60%)	DevOps Engineer
5	37 (5.82%)	Consultant
6	33 (5.19%)	Android Developer
7	28 (4.40%)	Java Developer
7	28 (4.40%)	Web Analyst
8	27 (4.25%)	Cloud Engineer
9	24 (3.77%)	Front End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10	23 (3.62%)	Designer
10	23 (3.62%)	Senior Developer
11	22 (3.46%)	AWS Engineer
11	22 (3.46%)	Linux Engineer
12	20 (3.14%)	Support Analyst
13	18 (2.83%)	Big Data Engineer
13	18 (2.83%)	Data Analyst
14	17 (2.67%)	Applications Developer
14	17 (2.67%)	Support Engineer
15	16 (2.52%)	Security Architect

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	88 (13.84%)	HTML
2	78 (12.26%)	CSS
3	48 (7.55%)	Node.js
4	42 (6.60%)	CSS3
5	38 (5.97%)	HTML5
6	31 (4.87%)	Web Services
7	30 (4.72%)	AngularJS
8	25 (3.93%)	React
8	25 (3.93%)	REST
9	23 (3.62%)	JSON
10	19 (2.99%)	Redux
10	19 (2.99%)	SAML
11	18 (2.83%)	.NET
12	16 (2.52%)	RESTful
13	14 (2.20%)	Spring
14	13 (2.04%)	Google Maps API
14	13 (2.04%)	jQuery
15	12 (1.89%)	Protocol Buffers
16	11 (1.73%)	Android SDK
16	11 (1.73%)	Guice

Miscellaneous
1	58 (9.12%)	User Experience
2	53 (8.33%)	Analytical Skills
3	22 (3.46%)	Public Cloud
4	21 (3.30%)	Mobile App
4	21 (3.30%)	Social Media
5	19 (2.99%)	Greenfield Project
6	14 (2.20%)	Computer Science
7	11 (1.73%)	Fintech
7	11 (1.73%)	Smartphone
8	10 (1.57%)	Data Centre
8	10 (1.57%)	Digital Media
9	8 (1.26%)	Algorithms
9	8 (1.26%)	Fixed Income
9	8 (1.26%)	iPhone
9	8 (1.26%)	Management Information System
10	6 (0.94%)	Equities
10	6 (0.94%)	N-Tier
11	5 (0.79%)	Blackberry
11	5 (0.79%)	Data Structures
11	5 (0.79%)	Hybrid Cloud

Operating Systems
1	110 (17.30%)	Linux
2	82 (12.89%)	Windows
3	71 (11.16%)	Android
4	52 (8.18%)	Unix
5	43 (6.76%)	Apple iOS
6	18 (2.83%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7	16 (2.52%)	Mac OS X
8	13 (2.04%)	Windows 7
9	11 (1.73%)	Windows 10
10	6 (0.94%)	Windows Server
10	6 (0.94%)	Windows Server 2008
11	4 (0.63%)	CentOS
11	4 (0.63%)	Mac OS
11	4 (0.63%)	Ubuntu
11	4 (0.63%)	Windows Server 2003
11	4 (0.63%)	Windows XP
12	3 (0.47%)	SmartOS
13	2 (0.31%)	Mac OS X Server
13	2 (0.31%)	Windows 8
13	2 (0.31%)	Windows Mobile

Processes & Methodologies
1	210 (33.02%)	Analytics
2	157 (24.69%)	Agile Software Development
3	76 (11.95%)	DevOps
4	70 (11.01%)	E-Commerce
5	53 (8.33%)	Test Automation
6	50 (7.86%)	Business Intelligence
6	50 (7.86%)	TDD
7	48 (7.55%)	Open Source
8	45 (7.08%)	Migration
9	41 (6.45%)	Digital Marketing
10	39 (6.13%)	Web Analytics
11	36 (5.66%)	Android Development
12	34 (5.35%)	Continuous Integration
13	32 (5.03%)	Scrum
14	31 (4.87%)	Configuration Management
15	30 (4.72%)	Front End Development
15	30 (4.72%)	Responsive Web Design
16	28 (4.40%)	A/B Testing
16	28 (4.40%)	SEO
16	28 (4.40%)	Visualisation

Programming Languages
1	118 (18.55%)	Java
2	115 (18.08%)	Python
3	105 (16.51%)	JavaScript
4	95 (14.94%)	SQL
5	38 (5.97%)	Ruby
6	29 (4.56%)	R
7	25 (3.93%)	Bash Shell
8	22 (3.46%)	Perl
8	22 (3.46%)	PHP
9	19 (2.99%)	C#
9	19 (2.99%)	Scala
10	17 (2.67%)	C++
11	16 (2.52%)	Go
12	11 (1.73%)	C
13	8 (1.26%)	Apple Swift
13	8 (1.26%)	ES6
13	8 (1.26%)	Groovy
13	8 (1.26%)	Objective-C
14	6 (0.94%)	PowerShell
14	6 (0.94%)	VBA

Qualifications
1	37 (5.82%)	Security Cleared
2	31 (4.87%)	SC Cleared
3	22 (3.46%)	Degree
4	13 (2.04%)	CTC Cleared
5	12 (1.89%)	CESG Certified Professional
6	7 (1.10%)	BPSS Clearance
7	4 (0.63%)	Computer Science Degree
7	4 (0.63%)	Microsoft Certification
7	4 (0.63%)	PhD
8	3 (0.47%)	DV Cleared
8	3 (0.47%)	Numerate Degree
9	2 (0.31%)	A+ Certification
9	2 (0.31%)	AWS Certification
9	2 (0.31%)	DBS Check
9	2 (0.31%)	ISEB
9	2 (0.31%)	MCSE
10	1 (0.16%)	CEH
10	1 (0.16%)	PMI Certification
10	1 (0.16%)	PMP
10	1 (0.16%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	16 (2.52%)	QA
2	8 (1.26%)	SLA
3	5 (0.79%)	Actionable Recommendations
3	5 (0.79%)	MiFID
4	4 (0.63%)	Data Quality
4	4 (0.63%)	Disclosure Scotland
4	4 (0.63%)	GCP
5	3 (0.47%)	PMO
6	2 (0.31%)	Government Security Classifications
7	1 (0.16%)	EMIR
7	1 (0.16%)	PCI DSS

System Software
1	58 (9.12%)	Docker
2	34 (5.35%)	Active Directory
3	9 (1.42%)	LXC
4	8 (1.26%)	HDFS
5	7 (1.10%)	VMware Infrastructure
6	6 (0.94%)	GPFS
7	4 (0.63%)	vCloud
7	4 (0.63%)	vSphere
8	3 (0.47%)	Xen
9	2 (0.31%)	Apache Flume
9	2 (0.31%)	Virtual Machines
9	2 (0.31%)	VirtualBox
9	2 (0.31%)	VMware ESXi
9	2 (0.31%)	XenDesktop
10	1 (0.16%)	BitLocker
10	1 (0.16%)	XenApp

Systems Management
1	38 (5.97%)	Kubernetes
2	36 (5.66%)	Puppet
3	32 (5.03%)	Ansible
4	27 (4.25%)	Opscode Chef
5	22 (3.46%)	Terraform
6	13 (2.04%)	SCCM
7	10 (1.57%)	ZABBIX
8	5 (0.79%)	Jamf Pro
9	4 (0.63%)	Consul
9	4 (0.63%)	Salt
10	3 (0.47%)	BMC PATROL
10	3 (0.47%)	MOM
11	2 (0.31%)	Ambari
11	2 (0.31%)	Hadoop YARN
11	2 (0.31%)	Kibana
11	2 (0.31%)	logstash
11	2 (0.31%)	Mesos
11	2 (0.31%)	Microsoft Intune
11	2 (0.31%)	Norton AntiVirus
11	2 (0.31%)	Symantec Endpoint Protection

Vendors
1	67 (10.53%)	Microsoft
2	66 (10.38%)	Adobe
3	45 (7.08%)	Apple
4	34 (5.35%)	Tableau
5	19 (2.99%)	Red Hat
5	19 (2.99%)	VMware
6	17 (2.67%)	Oracle
6	17 (2.67%)	SAP
6	17 (2.67%)	Twitter
7	16 (2.52%)	Facebook
8	12 (1.89%)	Omniture
8	12 (1.89%)	Splunk
9	11 (1.73%)	IBM
9	11 (1.73%)	Talend
10	10 (1.57%)	Cisco
11	9 (1.42%)	ServiceNow
11	9 (1.42%)	SevOne
11	9 (1.42%)	SnapLogic
12	7 (1.10%)	Hortonworks
12	7 (1.10%)	Sybase