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 2 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
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 97 92
Rank change year-on-year -17 -5 -3
Contract jobs citing Google 548 414 441
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.69% 3.07% 2.72%
As % of the Vendors category 6.31% 6.61% 6.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 350 243 281
10th Percentile £349 £275 £313
25th Percentile £413 £412 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £510 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -11.30% -4.17%
75th Percentile £600 £616 £700
90th Percentile £683 £775 £775
England median daily rate £510 £480 £530
% change year-on-year +6.25% -9.43% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 14
10th Percentile £17.43 £30.99 £25.99
25th Percentile £21.63 £34.25 £30.31
Median hourly rate £28.89 £46.97 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year -38.50% +21.21% +61.46%
75th Percentile £42.16 £63.38 £43.75
90th Percentile £47.24 £71.18 £44.58
England median hourly rate £29.07 £22.56 £70.00
% change year-on-year +28.86% -67.77% +112.12%

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 8,686 6,261 7,040
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.68% 46.46% 43.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,648 4,062 4,471
10th Percentile £331 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £753
England median daily rate £515 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +1.48% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 118 79
10th Percentile £16.70 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.00 £24.34
Median hourly rate £36.50 £25.58 £33.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.72% -23.66% -10.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £38.75 £64.38
90th Percentile £81.25 £64.13 £82.50
England median hourly rate £26.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +3.38% -28.14% -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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -17 74 £500 -9.09% 151
West London -17 12 £504 -4.05% 53
South London -2 9 £550 +15.79% 6
East London - 2 £600 - 11
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 27 (4.93%) Apache
2 26 (4.74%) Apache Airflow
3 20 (3.65%) CMS
4 19 (3.47%) SharePoint
5 18 (3.28%) Confluence
6 12 (2.19%) Apache Spark
7 9 (1.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 9 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
8 8 (1.46%) Sitecore CMS
9 4 (0.73%) WordPress
10 3 (0.55%) Drupal
11 2 (0.36%) Jupyter
12 1 (0.18%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
12 1 (0.18%) Camunda
12 1 (0.18%) IIS
12 1 (0.18%) Luigi
12 1 (0.18%) Mendix
12 1 (0.18%) MQSeries
Applications
1 16 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.55%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.91%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.91%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.36%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.36%) 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 (1.09%) Shopify
2 4 (0.73%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.55%) iTrent
4 2 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.36%) 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
1 326 (59.49%) GCP
2 148 (27.01%) AWS
3 144 (26.28%) Azure
4 69 (12.59%) Google Workspace
5 49 (8.94%) GitHub
6 46 (8.39%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 40 (7.30%) Microsoft 365
8 33 (6.02%) Entra ID
9 32 (5.84%) dbt
10 28 (5.11%) Google Analytics
10 28 (5.11%) Vertex AI
11 27 (4.93%) GitHub Actions
11 27 (4.93%) SaaS
12 23 (4.20%) Google Gemini
13 21 (3.83%) Google Drive
13 21 (3.83%) Power Platform
14 19 (3.47%) Snowflake
15 18 (3.28%) Anthropic Claude
15 18 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
15 18 (3.28%) Google Compute Engine
Communications & Networking
1 26 (4.74%) DNS
2 18 (3.28%) Firewall
3 16 (2.92%) VPN
4 10 (1.82%) Network Security
5 9 (1.64%) Internet
6 8 (1.46%) DKIM
6 8 (1.46%) DMARC
7 7 (1.28%) TCP/IP
8 6 (1.09%) DHCP
8 6 (1.09%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.73%) SMTP
9 4 (0.73%) VoIP
9 4 (0.73%) WAN
9 4 (0.73%) WebEx
10 3 (0.55%) HTTP
10 3 (0.55%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.55%) Telepresence
11 2 (0.36%) 5G
11 2 (0.36%) NGFW
11 2 (0.36%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (13.14%) BigQuery
2 38 (6.93%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (4.20%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (3.65%) Looker
5 18 (3.28%) Power BI
5 18 (3.28%) Relational Database
6 16 (2.92%) Metadata
7 14 (2.55%) Big Data
8 11 (2.01%) Data Lake
9 9 (1.64%) MongoDB
9 9 (1.64%) MySQL
9 9 (1.64%) NoSQL
9 9 (1.64%) Tableau
10 8 (1.46%) Redis
11 7 (1.28%) Flink
11 7 (1.28%) InterSystems Cache
12 6 (1.09%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (1.09%) Apache Iceberg
12 6 (1.09%) SQL Server
13 5 (0.91%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 47 (8.58%) Git
2 42 (7.66%) Jenkins
3 35 (6.39%) GitLab
4 31 (5.66%) JIRA
5 8 (1.46%) Gradle
6 7 (1.28%) JUnit
6 7 (1.28%) Maven
7 6 (1.09%) Sonatype Nexus
8 5 (0.91%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.73%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.73%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.73%) Visual Website Optimizer
9 4 (0.73%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.55%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.55%) Gemini Tracker
10 3 (0.55%) Selenium
11 2 (0.36%) NeoLoad
11 2 (0.36%) Robot Framework
11 2 (0.36%) TestRail
General
1 148 (27.01%) Social Skills
2 104 (18.98%) Finance
3 75 (13.69%) Analytical Skills
4 73 (13.32%) Public Sector
5 45 (8.21%) Marketing
6 35 (6.39%) Banking
7 33 (6.02%) Retail
8 17 (3.10%) Advertising
9 14 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (2.37%) Legal
11 11 (2.01%) Games
11 11 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (2.01%) Publishing
12 9 (1.64%) Military
13 8 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.28%) Law
14 7 (1.28%) Local Government
14 7 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (1.09%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.91%) Billing
Job Titles
1 77 (14.05%) Architect
2 64 (11.68%) GCP Engineer
3 59 (10.77%) Senior
4 51 (9.31%) Data Engineer
5 41 (7.48%) Cloud Engineer
5 41 (7.48%) Developer
6 39 (7.12%) Analyst
7 33 (6.02%) Lead
8 20 (3.65%) DevOps Engineer
9 18 (3.28%) GCP Data Engineer
9 18 (3.28%) Support Engineer
10 17 (3.10%) Administrator
10 17 (3.10%) Security Architect
11 16 (2.92%) Solutions Architect
12 15 (2.74%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 15 (2.74%) GCP DevOps
12 15 (2.74%) Java Developer
13 13 (2.37%) Cloud Architect
13 13 (2.37%) GCP DevOps Engineer
14 12 (2.19%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (20.07%) Terraform
2 44 (8.03%) REST
3 27 (4.93%) Kafka
4 21 (3.83%) RESTful
5 20 (3.65%) OAuth
6 19 (3.47%) JSON
6 19 (3.47%) LangGraph
6 19 (3.47%) React
7 17 (3.10%) Spring
8 16 (2.92%) Spring Boot
9 15 (2.74%) HTML
9 15 (2.74%) LangChain
10 13 (2.37%) Apache Beam
10 13 (2.37%) Node.js
11 12 (2.19%) CSS
12 11 (2.01%) GraphQL
12 11 (2.01%) JWT
12 11 (2.01%) Middleware
12 11 (2.01%) OAuth2
13 10 (1.82%) CrewAI
Miscellaneous
1 92 (16.79%) Cloud Native
2 41 (7.48%) AI Agents
3 27 (4.93%) Onboarding
4 21 (3.83%) Product Ownership
5 20 (3.65%) Management Information System
6 19 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (2.55%) Public Cloud
8 13 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
9 12 (2.19%) Mobile App
9 12 (2.19%) Security Posture
10 11 (2.01%) Data Centre
10 11 (2.01%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (2.01%) Virtual Team
11 10 (1.82%) Clustering
11 10 (1.82%) Enterprise Cloud
12 8 (1.46%) Replication
13 7 (1.28%) Algorithms
13 7 (1.28%) Marketing Technology
13 7 (1.28%) PKI
14 6 (1.09%) Genomics
Operating Systems
1 40 (7.30%) Linux
2 37 (6.75%) Windows
3 16 (2.92%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.74%) Android
5 12 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (1.82%) Mac OS
7 7 (1.28%) Unix
8 6 (1.09%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.91%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.73%) Alpine Linux
11 2 (0.36%) CentOS
11 2 (0.36%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.36%) VMS
12 1 (0.18%) SUSE
12 1 (0.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
12 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (31.02%) CI/CD
2 130 (23.72%) AI
3 122 (22.26%) Agile
4 108 (19.71%) DevOps
5 107 (19.53%) Infrastructure as Code
6 97 (17.70%) Migration
7 95 (17.34%) Analytics
8 86 (15.69%) Stakeholder Management
9 81 (14.78%) Problem-Solving
10 62 (11.31%) Roadmaps
11 61 (11.13%) Data Pipeline
12 57 (10.40%) Observability
13 56 (10.22%) Containerisation
13 56 (10.22%) Machine Learning
14 55 (10.04%) Continuous Improvement
15 54 (9.85%) Software Engineering
16 53 (9.67%) Microservices
17 50 (9.12%) Event-Driven
18 47 (8.58%) Cloud Security
19 46 (8.39%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 162 (29.56%) Python
2 115 (20.99%) SQL
3 68 (12.41%) Java
4 37 (6.75%) PowerShell
5 30 (5.47%) Bash
6 29 (5.29%) JavaScript
7 26 (4.74%) Go
8 19 (3.47%) TypeScript
9 16 (2.92%) Scala
10 12 (2.19%) Kotlin
11 9 (1.64%) C#
11 9 (1.64%) Shell Script
12 7 (1.28%) R
13 6 (1.09%) Bicep
13 6 (1.09%) Groovy
14 5 (0.91%) SOQL
15 4 (0.73%) LookML
15 4 (0.73%) PHP
16 3 (0.55%) Perl
17 2 (0.36%) Korn
Qualifications
1 125 (22.81%) Security Cleared
2 106 (19.34%) SC Cleared
3 54 (9.85%) Degree
4 29 (5.29%) DV Cleared
5 26 (4.74%) AWS Certification
6 21 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (3.65%) Azure Certification
8 15 (2.74%) CISSP
9 13 (2.37%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (1.82%) Master's Degree
11 9 (1.64%) CISM
12 8 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 6 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (1.09%) PhD
15 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 5 (0.91%) PMI Certification
15 5 (0.91%) PMP
16 4 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (7.30%) Data Quality
2 32 (5.84%) QA
3 17 (3.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (3.10%) NIST
4 12 (2.19%) GDPR
5 6 (1.09%) Actionable Recommendations
5 6 (1.09%) EU AI Act
5 6 (1.09%) NCSC
5 6 (1.09%) PMO
6 5 (0.91%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.73%) GRC
7 4 (0.73%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (0.55%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.55%) PSD2
8 3 (0.55%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.36%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.36%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 72 (13.14%) Docker
2 22 (4.01%) 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
1 117 (21.35%) Kubernetes
2 31 (5.66%) Ansible
3 22 (4.01%) Grafana
4 20 (3.65%) Prometheus
5 15 (2.74%) Microsoft Intune
6 13 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
7 8 (1.46%) Jamf Pro
7 8 (1.46%) Puppet
8 5 (0.91%) Argo
8 5 (0.91%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.55%) Cilium
9 3 (0.55%) Istio
9 3 (0.55%) Nagios
9 3 (0.55%) SCCM
9 3 (0.55%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.55%) vMotion
10 2 (0.36%) Kibana
10 2 (0.36%) WSUS
11 1 (0.18%) logstash
11 1 (0.18%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 115 (20.99%) Microsoft
2 30 (5.47%) OpenAI
3 23 (4.20%) Adobe
4 22 (4.01%) Oracle
4 22 (4.01%) Splunk
5 20 (3.65%) Salesforce
6 17 (3.10%) Databricks
6 17 (3.10%) TikTok
7 16 (2.92%) Okta
8 14 (2.55%) Dynatrace
9 12 (2.19%) Amplitude
9 12 (2.19%) Apple
10 11 (2.01%) Cisco
10 11 (2.01%) ServiceNow
11 10 (1.82%) IBM
11 10 (1.82%) SAP
12 9 (1.64%) CrowdStrike
12 9 (1.64%) Optimizely
12 9 (1.64%) UiPath
13 8 (1.46%) Tealium