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 11 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
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 90 92
Rank change year-on-year -32 +2 -10
Contract jobs citing Google 521 427 449
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.56% 3.16% 2.76%
As % of the Vendors category 5.97% 6.85% 6.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 246 291
10th Percentile £313 £275 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £588 £615 £700
90th Percentile £675 £731 £783
England median daily rate £510 £475 £535
% change year-on-year +7.37% -11.21% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 14 14
10th Percentile £18.13 £29.76 £25.47
25th Percentile £23.00 £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 £37.57 £59.73 £43.44
90th Percentile £44.31 £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 8,721 6,238 7,068
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.88% 46.20% 43.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,670 4,031 4,631
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 £750
England median daily rate £513 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 139 124 79
10th Percentile £16.94 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.68 £23.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.38 £30.59
Median % change year-on-year +34.60% -13.78% -18.43%
75th Percentile £65.00 £39.06 £64.38
90th Percentile £85.93 £63.75 £79.00
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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -11 75 £525 -4.55% 113
South London +1 10 £550 +15.79% 1
West London -18 9 £550 +4.76% 81
East London - 2 £300 - 17
North London -2 1 £225 - 2
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 (4.80%) Apache
2 24 (4.61%) Apache Airflow
3 21 (4.03%) SharePoint
4 19 (3.65%) CMS
5 18 (3.45%) Confluence
6 14 (2.69%) Apache Spark
7 11 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
8 9 (1.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 8 (1.54%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.77%) WordPress
11 3 (0.58%) Drupal
12 2 (0.38%) Jupyter
13 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
13 1 (0.19%) Apache Superset
13 1 (0.19%) Luigi
13 1 (0.19%) Mendix
13 1 (0.19%) MQSeries
Applications
1 16 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.34%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.58%) 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 (0.77%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.58%) iTrent
3 3 (0.58%) 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
1 305 (58.54%) GCP
2 127 (24.38%) Azure
3 124 (23.80%) AWS
4 65 (12.48%) Google Workspace
5 46 (8.83%) GitHub
6 43 (8.25%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 35 (6.72%) Microsoft 365
8 34 (6.53%) dbt
9 31 (5.95%) Google Analytics
10 26 (4.99%) GitHub Actions
11 24 (4.61%) SaaS
12 22 (4.22%) Entra ID
12 22 (4.22%) Google Drive
12 22 (4.22%) Power Platform
13 21 (4.03%) Snowflake
14 20 (3.84%) Vertex AI
15 18 (3.45%) Adobe Analytics
15 18 (3.45%) Google Sheets
16 17 (3.26%) Google Ads
17 15 (2.88%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.99%) DNS
2 20 (3.84%) Firewall
3 18 (3.45%) VPN
4 10 (1.92%) Network Security
5 9 (1.73%) Internet
6 8 (1.54%) DKIM
6 8 (1.54%) DMARC
7 6 (1.15%) DHCP
7 6 (1.15%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.96%) SMTP
8 5 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.77%) VoIP
9 4 (0.77%) WAN
9 4 (0.77%) WebEx
10 3 (0.58%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.58%) Telepresence
10 3 (0.58%) VLAN
11 2 (0.38%) HTTP
11 2 (0.38%) NFC
11 2 (0.38%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (12.09%) BigQuery
2 41 (7.87%) Data Warehouse
3 20 (3.84%) Looker
3 20 (3.84%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (3.84%) Power BI
4 18 (3.45%) Relational Database
5 14 (2.69%) Big Data
5 14 (2.69%) Metadata
6 13 (2.50%) Tableau
7 9 (1.73%) NoSQL
8 8 (1.54%) Data Lake
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%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 37 (7.10%) Git
2 35 (6.72%) Jenkins
3 33 (6.33%) JIRA
4 29 (5.57%) GitLab
5 7 (1.34%) Gradle
6 5 (0.96%) Maven
7 4 (0.77%) JUnit
7 4 (0.77%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 3 (0.58%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.58%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.58%) Selenium
8 3 (0.58%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.38%) Charles Proxy
9 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.38%) Gemini Tracker
9 2 (0.38%) JMeter
9 2 (0.38%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.38%) webpack
General
1 139 (26.68%) Social Skills
2 95 (18.23%) Finance
3 74 (14.20%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (12.09%) Public Sector
5 55 (10.56%) Marketing
6 31 (5.95%) Retail
7 30 (5.76%) Banking
8 17 (3.26%) Advertising
9 13 (2.50%) Publishing
10 12 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (2.11%) Legal
12 10 (1.92%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.34%) Games
13 7 (1.34%) Law
14 6 (1.15%) Billing
14 6 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.15%) Local Government
14 6 (1.15%) Military
14 6 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 68 (13.05%) Architect
2 64 (12.28%) GCP Engineer
3 54 (10.36%) Senior
4 46 (8.83%) Cloud Engineer
5 45 (8.64%) Data Engineer
6 42 (8.06%) Developer
7 36 (6.91%) Analyst
8 35 (6.72%) Lead
9 19 (3.65%) Support Engineer
10 18 (3.45%) DevOps Engineer
11 16 (3.07%) Security Architect
11 16 (3.07%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (2.69%) Administrator
12 14 (2.69%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 14 (2.69%) Cloud Architect
12 14 (2.69%) GCP Data Engineer
12 14 (2.69%) Java Developer
13 13 (2.50%) GCP DevOps
13 13 (2.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 12 (2.30%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (18.04%) Terraform
2 39 (7.49%) REST
3 26 (4.99%) Kafka
4 20 (3.84%) JSON
5 19 (3.65%) React
5 19 (3.65%) RESTful
6 18 (3.45%) HTML
7 17 (3.26%) OAuth
8 15 (2.88%) CSS
8 15 (2.88%) LangChain
8 15 (2.88%) LangGraph
8 15 (2.88%) Spring
8 15 (2.88%) Spring Boot
9 13 (2.50%) Apache Beam
10 12 (2.30%) Node.js
11 10 (1.92%) JWT
11 10 (1.92%) OAuth2
11 10 (1.92%) SAML
12 9 (1.73%) XML
13 8 (1.54%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 82 (15.74%) Cloud Native
2 36 (6.91%) AI Agents
3 25 (4.80%) Onboarding
4 22 (4.22%) Product Ownership
5 18 (3.45%) Management Information System
6 16 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (2.69%) Virtual Team
8 12 (2.30%) Mobile App
9 11 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.92%) Clustering
11 9 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.73%) Security Posture
12 8 (1.54%) Data Centre
12 8 (1.54%) PKI
12 8 (1.54%) 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%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 33 (6.33%) Linux
1 33 (6.33%) Windows
2 15 (2.88%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.69%) Android
4 10 (1.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.54%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.15%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.77%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (0.77%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.77%) Unix
8 2 (0.38%) CentOS
9 1 (0.19%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.19%) SUSE
9 1 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.19%) VMS
9 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (29.17%) CI/CD
2 124 (23.80%) Agile
3 114 (21.88%) AI
4 99 (19.00%) Analytics
4 99 (19.00%) DevOps
5 92 (17.66%) Infrastructure as Code
6 91 (17.47%) Migration
7 75 (14.40%) Stakeholder Management
8 71 (13.63%) Problem-Solving
9 56 (10.75%) Continuous Improvement
10 52 (9.98%) Data Pipeline
10 52 (9.98%) Machine Learning
11 50 (9.60%) Software Engineering
12 49 (9.40%) Data Modelling
12 49 (9.40%) Observability
12 49 (9.40%) Roadmaps
13 48 (9.21%) Containerisation
14 47 (9.02%) Microservices
15 43 (8.25%) Event-Driven
16 40 (7.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 154 (29.56%) Python
2 112 (21.50%) SQL
3 61 (11.71%) Java
4 34 (6.53%) PowerShell
5 30 (5.76%) JavaScript
6 24 (4.61%) Bash
7 18 (3.45%) Go
7 18 (3.45%) TypeScript
8 17 (3.26%) Scala
9 11 (2.11%) Kotlin
10 9 (1.73%) C#
11 8 (1.54%) Shell Script
12 6 (1.15%) Bicep
12 6 (1.15%) LookML
13 5 (0.96%) R
13 5 (0.96%) SOQL
14 3 (0.58%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.58%) Groovy
14 3 (0.58%) PHP
15 2 (0.38%) Korn
Qualifications
1 115 (22.07%) Security Cleared
2 95 (18.23%) SC Cleared
3 48 (9.21%) Degree
4 29 (5.57%) DV Cleared
5 17 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (3.07%) AWS Certification
7 14 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (2.30%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.73%) CISSP
9 9 (1.73%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (1.15%) PhD
11 5 (0.96%) CISM
12 4 (0.77%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.77%) PMP
12 4 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.58%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 3 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 3 (0.58%) CRISC
13 3 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.10%) Data Quality
2 31 (5.95%) QA
3 12 (2.30%) GDPR
3 12 (2.30%) NIST
4 11 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.15%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (1.15%) PMO
6 4 (0.77%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 4 (0.77%) NCSC
6 4 (0.77%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.58%) GRC
7 3 (0.58%) PSD2
7 3 (0.58%) 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
9 1 (0.19%) GxP
System Software
1 64 (12.28%) Docker
2 19 (3.65%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.96%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.96%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.77%) BitLocker
4 4 (0.77%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (0.77%) 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 (19.19%) Kubernetes
2 22 (4.22%) Ansible
3 18 (3.45%) Grafana
4 16 (3.07%) Prometheus
5 14 (2.69%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (1.54%) Puppet
8 6 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
9 5 (0.96%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.77%) SCCM
10 4 (0.77%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.77%) vMotion
11 3 (0.58%) Argo
11 3 (0.58%) Cilium
11 3 (0.58%) Istio
11 3 (0.58%) 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 (18.62%) Microsoft
2 24 (4.61%) Oracle
3 23 (4.41%) Adobe
4 20 (3.84%) OpenAI
5 19 (3.65%) Salesforce
6 18 (3.45%) Databricks
7 17 (3.26%) Splunk
7 17 (3.26%) TikTok
8 14 (2.69%) Okta
9 12 (2.30%) ServiceNow
10 11 (2.11%) Amplitude
10 11 (2.11%) Apple
10 11 (2.11%) Dynatrace
11 10 (1.92%) Cisco
11 10 (1.92%) SAP
12 9 (1.73%) Optimizely
13 8 (1.54%) CrowdStrike
13 8 (1.54%) New Relic
13 8 (1.54%) Sitecore
13 8 (1.54%) Tealium