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 30 July 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
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 88 94
Rank change year-on-year -22 +6 -4
Contract jobs citing Google 521 422 450
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.60% 3.10% 2.74%
As % of the Vendors category 6.21% 6.78% 6.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 332 256 307
10th Percentile £313 £275 £323
25th Percentile £405 £400 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% -13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £588 £618 £700
90th Percentile £675 £750 £775
England median daily rate £510 £495 £535
% change year-on-year +3.03% -7.48% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 15 14
10th Percentile £23.09 £29.20 £22.00
25th Percentile £31.47 £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 £36.20 £58.75 £41.38
90th Percentile £50.08 £63.25 £42.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £22.56 £70.00
% change year-on-year +57.36% -67.77% +87.79%

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 8,383 6,223 7,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.88% 45.77% 42.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,477 4,058 4,813
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% -3.64%
75th Percentile £638 £656 £650
90th Percentile £738 £757 £763
England median daily rate £510 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 119 88
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £17.75
25th Percentile £20.69 £22.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.30 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.98% -4.36% -14.06%
75th Percentile £58.21 £42.25 £60.31
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.38
England median hourly rate £35.53 £25.15 £28.00
% change year-on-year +41.27% -10.18% -29.20%

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 30 July 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 30 July 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 30 July 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 +3 75 £516 -6.14% 59
South London -10 12 £575 +21.05% 3
West London -12 12 £603 +14.76% 14
East London +5 3 £410 -36.92% 6
North London - 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 24 (4.61%) Apache
2 20 (3.84%) SharePoint
3 19 (3.65%) Apache Spark
4 16 (3.07%) Apache Airflow
4 16 (3.07%) CMS
5 15 (2.88%) Confluence
6 11 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (1.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (1.15%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.58%) Drupal
9 3 (0.58%) WordPress
10 2 (0.38%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.19%) Luigi
11 1 (0.19%) Mendix
11 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 15 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.92%) Chatbot
4 6 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.58%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.38%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.38%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.19%) InDesign
7 1 (0.19%) Maya
7 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.96%) Sprinklr
2 3 (0.58%) NetSuite
2 3 (0.58%) Shopify
3 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.38%) iTrent
3 2 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.19%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.19%) SAP CAR
4 1 (0.19%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.19%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 305 (58.54%) GCP
2 120 (23.03%) AWS
3 112 (21.50%) Azure
4 87 (16.70%) Google Workspace
5 40 (7.68%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (6.72%) GitHub
6 35 (6.72%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 28 (5.37%) Power Platform
8 27 (5.18%) Google Analytics
9 24 (4.61%) SaaS
10 22 (4.22%) Google Drive
11 21 (4.03%) Vertex AI
12 20 (3.84%) dbt
13 19 (3.65%) Google Sheets
14 18 (3.45%) Cloud Run
14 18 (3.45%) Slack
14 18 (3.45%) Snowflake
15 17 (3.26%) Google Ads
16 16 (3.07%) Adobe Analytics
16 16 (3.07%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.76%) DNS
2 21 (4.03%) Firewall
2 21 (4.03%) VPN
3 8 (1.54%) DKIM
3 8 (1.54%) DMARC
3 8 (1.54%) Internet
3 8 (1.54%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.34%) Network Security
5 5 (0.96%) DHCP
5 5 (0.96%) SMTP
6 4 (0.77%) VoIP
6 4 (0.77%) WebEx
7 3 (0.58%) HTTP
7 3 (0.58%) Telepresence
7 3 (0.58%) VLAN
8 2 (0.38%) BGP
8 2 (0.38%) IPv4
8 2 (0.38%) IPv6
8 2 (0.38%) NFC
8 2 (0.38%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (11.71%) BigQuery
2 37 (7.10%) Data Warehouse
3 26 (4.99%) Power BI
4 18 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
5 16 (3.07%) Looker
6 15 (2.88%) Tableau
7 14 (2.69%) Relational Database
8 12 (2.30%) Big Data
9 10 (1.92%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.54%) Metadata
10 8 (1.54%) Redis
11 7 (1.34%) InterSystems Cache
11 7 (1.34%) NoSQL
11 7 (1.34%) OLTP
12 6 (1.15%) Amazon Athena
12 6 (1.15%) Flink
12 6 (1.15%) Mixpanel
12 6 (1.15%) MySQL
12 6 (1.15%) OLAP
12 6 (1.15%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 31 (5.95%) JIRA
2 27 (5.18%) Git
3 25 (4.80%) Jenkins
4 23 (4.41%) GitLab
5 4 (0.77%) Gradle
5 4 (0.77%) Maven
6 3 (0.58%) Visual Website Optimizer
7 2 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.38%) Charles Proxy
7 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.38%) Gatling
7 2 (0.38%) Gemini Tracker
7 2 (0.38%) JMeter
7 2 (0.38%) JUnit
7 2 (0.38%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.38%) NeoLoad
7 2 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.38%) webpack
7 2 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 139 (26.68%) Social Skills
2 99 (19.00%) Finance
3 70 (13.44%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (10.94%) Public Sector
5 53 (10.17%) Marketing
6 33 (6.33%) Retail
7 28 (5.37%) Banking
8 18 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
9 17 (3.26%) Advertising
10 12 (2.30%) Publishing
11 11 (2.11%) Telecoms
12 10 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (1.92%) Legal
13 8 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.15%) Games
14 6 (1.15%) Law
14 6 (1.15%) Military
15 5 (0.96%) Billing
15 5 (0.96%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 66 (12.67%) GCP Engineer
2 52 (9.98%) Data Engineer
3 48 (9.21%) Architect
3 48 (9.21%) Lead
3 48 (9.21%) Senior
4 43 (8.25%) Cloud Engineer
5 40 (7.68%) Analyst
6 39 (7.49%) Developer
7 17 (3.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (2.88%) Support Engineer
9 14 (2.69%) Administrator
9 14 (2.69%) DevOps Engineer
10 13 (2.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 13 (2.50%) GCP Data Engineer
10 13 (2.50%) Platform Engineer
10 13 (2.50%) Security Architect
11 12 (2.30%) Java Developer
11 12 (2.30%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (2.11%) Backend Developer
12 11 (2.11%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (8.06%) REST
2 27 (5.18%) Kafka
3 19 (3.65%) JSON
4 17 (3.26%) OAuth
4 17 (3.26%) Spring
4 17 (3.26%) Spring Boot
5 15 (2.88%) React
6 14 (2.69%) HTML
7 13 (2.50%) LangChain
7 13 (2.50%) LangGraph
7 13 (2.50%) RESTful
8 11 (2.11%) CSS
8 11 (2.11%) SAML
9 10 (1.92%) Apache Beam
10 8 (1.54%) .NET
10 8 (1.54%) Middleware
10 8 (1.54%) Node.js
10 8 (1.54%) PyTorch
11 7 (1.34%) OAuth2
11 7 (1.34%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (13.63%) Cloud Native
2 31 (5.95%) AI Agents
3 21 (4.03%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.45%) Onboarding
4 18 (3.45%) Virtual Team
5 16 (3.07%) Management Information System
6 15 (2.88%) Data Centre
6 15 (2.88%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (2.69%) Mobile App
8 9 (1.73%) Marketing Technology
9 8 (1.54%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.54%) Clustering
9 8 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.34%) Security Posture
10 7 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.15%) Life Science
11 6 (1.15%) Social Media
12 5 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.96%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 27 (5.18%) Windows
2 24 (4.61%) Linux
3 14 (2.69%) Android
4 12 (2.30%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (1.54%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.96%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.96%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.77%) Alpine Linux
9 3 (0.58%) Unix
10 1 (0.19%) CentOS
10 1 (0.19%) SUSE
10 1 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.19%) VMS
10 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (25.34%) CI/CD
2 115 (22.07%) AI
3 110 (21.11%) Agile
4 99 (19.00%) Analytics
5 87 (16.70%) DevOps
6 86 (16.51%) Infrastructure as Code
7 85 (16.31%) Migration
8 77 (14.78%) Problem-Solving
9 60 (11.52%) Stakeholder Management
10 57 (10.94%) Continuous Improvement
11 51 (9.79%) Data Modelling
11 51 (9.79%) Machine Learning
12 49 (9.40%) Decision-Making
12 49 (9.40%) Software Engineering
13 48 (9.21%) Observability
14 47 (9.02%) Roadmaps
15 41 (7.87%) Data Engineering
15 41 (7.87%) Data Pipeline
15 41 (7.87%) Microservices
16 40 (7.68%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 140 (26.87%) Python
2 105 (20.15%) SQL
3 69 (13.24%) Java
4 30 (5.76%) PowerShell
5 25 (4.80%) JavaScript
6 19 (3.65%) Bash
7 17 (3.26%) Scala
7 17 (3.26%) TypeScript
8 14 (2.69%) C#
8 14 (2.69%) Kotlin
9 13 (2.50%) Go
10 9 (1.73%) Google Apps Script
11 6 (1.15%) Bicep
12 5 (0.96%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.96%) SOQL
13 4 (0.77%) Groovy
13 4 (0.77%) Korn
13 4 (0.77%) Ruby
14 3 (0.58%) PHP
14 3 (0.58%) R
Qualifications
1 96 (18.43%) Security Cleared
2 82 (15.74%) SC Cleared
3 51 (9.79%) Degree
4 25 (4.80%) DV Cleared
5 18 (3.45%) AWS Certification
5 18 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 11 (2.11%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.92%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.73%) CISSP
10 6 (1.15%) PhD
10 6 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (0.96%) CISM
11 5 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.77%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.77%) PMP
13 3 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.58%) CRISC
13 3 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (6.72%) Data Quality
2 34 (6.53%) QA
3 20 (3.84%) GDPR
4 13 (2.50%) NIST
5 11 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.15%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.15%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.77%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 4 (0.77%) NCSC
7 4 (0.77%) PMO
8 3 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.58%) GRC
8 3 (0.58%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.58%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.38%) PSD2
9 2 (0.38%) SLA
9 2 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 47 (9.02%) Docker
2 20 (3.84%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.96%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.77%) BitLocker
4 4 (0.77%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (0.77%) Terminal Services
4 4 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.19%) Firmware
6 1 (0.19%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.19%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 88 (16.89%) Terraform
2 78 (14.97%) Kubernetes
3 18 (3.45%) Grafana
4 15 (2.88%) Ansible
5 13 (2.50%) Prometheus
6 11 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (1.34%) Puppet
9 6 (1.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 5 (0.96%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.77%) Istio
11 4 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.77%) SCCM
11 4 (0.77%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.77%) vMotion
12 3 (0.58%) Nagios
13 2 (0.38%) Argo
13 2 (0.38%) WSUS
14 1 (0.19%) Kubeflow
14 1 (0.19%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 87 (16.70%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.84%) Adobe
2 20 (3.84%) Splunk
3 19 (3.65%) OpenAI
4 17 (3.26%) Oracle
5 16 (3.07%) Databricks
5 16 (3.07%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.88%) TikTok
7 13 (2.50%) Apple
7 13 (2.50%) Okta
8 11 (2.11%) ServiceNow
9 9 (1.73%) Cisco
10 8 (1.54%) Dynatrace
11 7 (1.34%) Amplitude
11 7 (1.34%) Citrix
11 7 (1.34%) CrowdStrike
11 7 (1.34%) Optimizely
11 7 (1.34%) SAP
12 6 (1.15%) Sitecore
12 6 (1.15%) Tealium