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 13 March 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
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 97 106
Rank change year-on-year -8 +9 -5
Contract jobs citing Google 427 338 400
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.63% 2.62% 2.19%
As % of the Vendors category 5.93% 5.86% 5.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 206 287
10th Percentile £298 £263 £216
25th Percentile £420 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £623 £688 £638
90th Percentile £775 £751 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 17 17
10th Percentile £31.25 £27.82 £15.88
25th Percentile £35.25 £41.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £49.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.12% +104.17% -65.71%
75th Percentile £45.00 £58.75 £31.25
90th Percentile £53.25 £62.20 £36.50
England median hourly rate £33.09 £37.13 £26.00
% change year-on-year -10.89% +42.81% -49.51%

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 7,204 5,769 7,318
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.37% 44.66% 40.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,747 3,711 4,987
10th Percentile £350 £325 £280
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.65%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £501 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -4.67% +1.45% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 81 145
10th Percentile £18.00 £20.86 £13.59
25th Percentile £20.87 £23.80 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.77 £31.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.19% +26.00% -2.76%
75th Percentile £41.63 £57.50 £41.25
90th Percentile £63.36 £80.75 £69.80
England median hourly rate £25.00 £30.78 £25.00
% change year-on-year -18.78% +23.12% -28.57%

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 13 March 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 13 March 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 13 March 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 +28 83 £550 - 80
West London +2 25 £603 +42.43% 3
East London +1 6 £523 -5.00% 7
South London - 4 £637 - 3
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 30 (7.03%) Apache Spark
2 22 (5.15%) Apache
3 16 (3.75%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (2.58%) Confluence
5 7 (1.64%) CMS
5 7 (1.64%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.70%) Ethereum
7 3 (0.70%) Hyperledger
8 1 (0.23%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.23%) Drupal
8 1 (0.23%) JBoss
8 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.23%) nginx
8 1 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.23%) SAS
8 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (3.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.58%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.11%) Chatbot
4 5 (1.17%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.17%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (0.94%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.70%) Trello
7 2 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.47%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.47%) Autodesk Smoke
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.23%) InDesign
8 1 (0.23%) Maya
8 1 (0.23%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (0.70%) Sprinklr
2 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.23%) SAP SRM
2 1 (0.23%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 256 (59.95%) GCP
2 114 (26.70%) Azure
3 97 (22.72%) AWS
4 73 (17.10%) Google Workspace
5 69 (16.16%) GitHub
6 46 (10.77%) Power Platform
7 45 (10.54%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 33 (7.73%) Cloud Run
9 28 (6.56%) GitHub Actions
10 26 (6.09%) Amazon S3
11 25 (5.85%) AWS CloudFormation
11 25 (5.85%) Slack
12 24 (5.62%) Microsoft 365
13 23 (5.39%) Google Analytics
13 23 (5.39%) SaaS
14 22 (5.15%) Google Gemini
15 19 (4.45%) Vertex AI
16 18 (4.22%) Amazon SQS
16 18 (4.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 17 (3.98%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 22 (5.15%) Firewall
2 17 (3.98%) DNS
3 13 (3.04%) VPN
4 11 (2.58%) Network Security
5 5 (1.17%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.94%) DHCP
6 4 (0.94%) Internet
7 3 (0.70%) BGP
7 3 (0.70%) HTTP
7 3 (0.70%) LAN
7 3 (0.70%) Wireless
8 2 (0.47%) Cisco IPT
8 2 (0.47%) Intranet
8 2 (0.47%) IPv4
8 2 (0.47%) IPv6
8 2 (0.47%) OSPF
8 2 (0.47%) SMTP
8 2 (0.47%) VoIP
8 2 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.23%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (17.33%) BigQuery
2 36 (8.43%) Power BI
3 24 (5.62%) Tableau
4 20 (4.68%) Mixpanel
5 19 (4.45%) Data Lake
5 19 (4.45%) OLAP
6 17 (3.98%) Amazon Athena
7 16 (3.75%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (3.75%) OLTP
8 15 (3.51%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (2.34%) SQL Server
10 9 (2.11%) Metadata
11 8 (1.87%) Redis
12 7 (1.64%) Looker
12 7 (1.64%) NoSQL
13 6 (1.41%) Big Data
13 6 (1.41%) MySQL
14 4 (0.94%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.94%) Apache Cassandra
15 3 (0.70%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 47 (11.01%) Git
2 39 (9.13%) Jenkins
3 25 (5.85%) JIRA
4 19 (4.45%) GitLab
5 6 (1.41%) JUnit
6 4 (0.94%) Android Studio
6 4 (0.94%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.94%) Gradle
6 4 (0.94%) Mockito
7 3 (0.70%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.70%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.70%) Charles Proxy
7 3 (0.70%) ERwin
7 3 (0.70%) Fiddler
7 3 (0.70%) Visual Website Optimizer
8 2 (0.47%) Chocolatey
8 2 (0.47%) Crashlytics
8 2 (0.47%) fastlane
8 2 (0.47%) MLflow
8 2 (0.47%) Xcode
General
1 120 (28.10%) Social Skills
2 77 (18.03%) Finance
3 73 (17.10%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (8.43%) Marketing
5 32 (7.49%) Retail
6 31 (7.26%) Banking
7 26 (6.09%) Public Sector
8 20 (4.68%) Pharmaceutical
9 19 (4.45%) Advertising
10 12 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (2.34%) Publishing
12 9 (2.11%) Legal
13 8 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.64%) Telecoms
15 6 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.41%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.94%) Electronics
16 4 (0.94%) German Language
16 4 (0.94%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 49 (11.48%) GCP Engineer
2 45 (10.54%) Senior
3 44 (10.30%) Data Engineer
4 41 (9.60%) Architect
5 35 (8.20%) Analyst
6 34 (7.96%) Cloud Engineer
6 34 (7.96%) Lead
7 31 (7.26%) Developer
8 21 (4.92%) Software Engineer
9 16 (3.75%) Principal Engineer
10 15 (3.51%) Data Scientist
11 14 (3.28%) Cloud Architect
11 14 (3.28%) DevOps Engineer
11 14 (3.28%) Principal Data Engineer
11 14 (3.28%) Security Engineer
12 13 (3.04%) GCP Architect
13 12 (2.81%) Consultant
13 12 (2.81%) Platform Engineer
13 12 (2.81%) Solutions Architect
14 11 (2.58%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (7.03%) Kafka
2 26 (6.09%) React
3 19 (4.45%) FastAPI
3 19 (4.45%) LangChain
3 19 (4.45%) LangGraph
3 19 (4.45%) PyTorch
4 18 (4.22%) Spring
5 17 (3.98%) Great Expectations
6 16 (3.75%) OAuth
6 16 (3.75%) REST
6 16 (3.75%) RESTful
7 15 (3.51%) AngularJS
7 15 (3.51%) HTML
7 15 (3.51%) Spring Boot
8 14 (3.28%) Node.js
9 13 (3.04%) Pandas
9 13 (3.04%) pytest
9 13 (3.04%) scikit-learn
9 13 (3.04%) TensorFlow
10 12 (2.81%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 58 (13.58%) Cloud Native
2 29 (6.79%) Onboarding
3 19 (4.45%) Life Science
4 16 (3.75%) Mobile App
5 14 (3.28%) Genomics
5 14 (3.28%) Public Cloud
6 12 (2.81%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.34%) AI Agents
7 10 (2.34%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.87%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.87%) Digital Media
9 8 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.87%) Marketing Technology
10 7 (1.64%) Product Ownership
10 7 (1.64%) Social Media
11 6 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.17%) Clustering
12 5 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 21 (4.92%) Android
2 19 (4.45%) Apple iOS
3 16 (3.75%) Mac OS
3 16 (3.75%) Windows
4 10 (2.34%) VMS
5 6 (1.41%) Linux
6 1 (0.23%) Solaris
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (29.98%) CI/CD
2 123 (28.81%) AI
3 118 (27.63%) DevOps
4 91 (21.31%) Analytics
5 87 (20.37%) Infrastructure as Code
6 77 (18.03%) Machine Learning
7 75 (17.56%) Problem-Solving
8 64 (14.99%) Agile
9 59 (13.82%) Observability
10 57 (13.35%) Containerisation
11 52 (12.18%) Software Engineering
12 50 (11.71%) Data Engineering
13 48 (11.24%) Migration
14 45 (10.54%) Continuous Improvement
15 42 (9.84%) LLM
16 40 (9.37%) Business Intelligence
16 40 (9.37%) Data Governance
17 37 (8.67%) Decision-Making
18 36 (8.43%) Generative AI
18 36 (8.43%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 142 (33.26%) Python
2 81 (18.97%) SQL
3 37 (8.67%) Java
4 28 (6.56%) JavaScript
5 20 (4.68%) C#
6 17 (3.98%) Bash
6 17 (3.98%) PowerShell
6 17 (3.98%) TypeScript
7 12 (2.81%) Kotlin
8 8 (1.87%) Google Apps Script
9 7 (1.64%) Go
10 6 (1.41%) Ruby
11 4 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.70%) Rust
12 3 (0.70%) VBA
13 2 (0.47%) C++
13 2 (0.47%) Korn
13 2 (0.47%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.47%) Scala
13 2 (0.47%) Swift
Qualifications
1 49 (11.48%) Degree
2 47 (11.01%) Security Cleared
3 38 (8.90%) SC Cleared
4 19 (4.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (2.11%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.87%) AWS Certification
6 8 (1.87%) Azure Certification
6 8 (1.87%) DV Cleared
7 6 (1.41%) CISSP
8 5 (1.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (0.94%) CCSP
9 4 (0.94%) OSCP
9 4 (0.94%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.70%) CCNP
10 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (0.70%) PhD
10 3 (0.70%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.70%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (10.54%) GDPR
2 32 (7.49%) Data Quality
3 18 (4.22%) QA
4 10 (2.34%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.34%) NIST
5 8 (1.87%) NCSC
6 7 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.64%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (1.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 3 (0.70%) GRC
10 2 (0.47%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.47%) SLA
11 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.23%) MiFID
11 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.23%) PERC
11 1 (0.23%) PMO
11 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 68 (15.93%) Docker
2 15 (3.51%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.47%) Snort
3 2 (0.47%) Squid
3 2 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.23%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.23%) Varnish
4 1 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 100 (23.42%) Terraform
2 86 (20.14%) Kubernetes
3 19 (4.45%) Ansible
4 18 (4.22%) Grafana
5 12 (2.81%) Istio
6 11 (2.58%) Argo
7 10 (2.34%) Prometheus
8 9 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (1.87%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 5 (1.17%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.70%) Kubeflow
11 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (0.70%) SCCM
12 2 (0.47%) Fluentd
12 2 (0.47%) Knative
12 2 (0.47%) logstash
12 2 (0.47%) Nessus
12 2 (0.47%) Nexpose
12 2 (0.47%) QRadar
12 2 (0.47%) Suricata
Vendors
1 55 (12.88%) Microsoft
2 29 (6.79%) Databricks
3 20 (4.68%) Apple
4 19 (4.45%) Adobe
5 17 (3.98%) Splunk
6 15 (3.51%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.58%) Oracle
8 9 (2.11%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.64%) Okta
10 6 (1.41%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.41%) IBM
10 6 (1.41%) OneTrust
10 6 (1.41%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.41%) SAP
11 5 (1.17%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.17%) Hotjar
11 5 (1.17%) Marketo
11 5 (1.17%) Optimizely
11 5 (1.17%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.17%) Rapid7