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 29 May 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
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 98 90
Rank change year-on-year -20 -8 +3
Contract jobs citing Google 436 340 468
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.37% 2.81% 2.68%
As % of the Vendors category 5.67% 6.16% 6.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 211 341
10th Percentile £300 £275 £305
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £658 £675
90th Percentile £681 £744 £775
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 16 17
10th Percentile £30.75 £26.09 £15.88
25th Percentile £32.52 £30.92 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £47.75 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.65% +83.65% -62.86%
75th Percentile £36.20 £52.25 £31.75
90th Percentile £50.08 £70.38 £43.00
England median hourly rate £35.50 £29.00 £26.97
% change year-on-year +22.41% +7.53% -31.81%

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 7,686 5,517 7,167
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.79% 45.53% 41.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,069 3,586 4,928
10th Percentile £350 £330 £300
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +1.40% -4.87%
75th Percentile £638 £673 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £505 £520 £515
% change year-on-year -2.88% +0.97% -3.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 99 129
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £13.87
25th Percentile £25.46 £22.27 £17.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £28.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +24.56% +21.28% -11.32%
75th Percentile £51.50 £42.75 £36.75
90th Percentile £79.75 £64.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £26.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +22.64% +17.78% -41.56%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 29 May 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 +6 64 £504 +0.75% 34
West London -15 16 £603 -3.60% 4
South London -7 8 £575 -14.81% 4
East London -3 7 £520 -20.00% 4
North London - 1 £225 -
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 26 (5.96%) Apache Spark
2 21 (4.82%) Apache
3 19 (4.36%) SharePoint
4 11 (2.52%) Confluence
5 9 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (1.61%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (1.15%) CMS
8 2 (0.46%) Drupal
8 2 (0.46%) WordPress
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.23%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 14 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (2.29%) Chatbot
5 5 (1.15%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.92%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.92%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.69%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.46%) Maya
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.23%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.23%) Autodesk Smoke
9 1 (0.23%) InDesign
9 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.15%) Sprinklr
2 2 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.23%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.23%) SAP CAR
3 1 (0.23%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.23%) SAP SRM
3 1 (0.23%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 253 (58.03%) GCP
2 107 (24.54%) Azure
3 102 (23.39%) AWS
4 90 (20.64%) Google Workspace
5 40 (9.17%) Power Platform
6 39 (8.94%) GitHub
7 38 (8.72%) Microsoft 365
8 35 (8.03%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 27 (6.19%) Slack
10 26 (5.96%) Amazon S3
11 25 (5.73%) Cloud Run
12 24 (5.50%) GitHub Actions
12 24 (5.50%) SaaS
13 21 (4.82%) AWS CloudFormation
14 20 (4.59%) Google Drive
14 20 (4.59%) Vertex AI
15 19 (4.36%) Google Analytics
16 18 (4.13%) Entra ID
16 18 (4.13%) Google Ads
17 16 (3.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.50%) DNS
2 22 (5.05%) Firewall
3 15 (3.44%) VPN
4 13 (2.98%) Network Security
5 8 (1.83%) DKIM
5 8 (1.83%) DMARC
6 7 (1.61%) Internet
7 6 (1.38%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.92%) DHCP
8 4 (0.92%) VoIP
9 3 (0.69%) VLAN
9 3 (0.69%) Wireless
10 2 (0.46%) BGP
10 2 (0.46%) HTTP
10 2 (0.46%) IPv4
10 2 (0.46%) IPv6
10 2 (0.46%) NGFW
10 2 (0.46%) OSPF
11 1 (0.23%) SMTP
11 1 (0.23%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (14.91%) BigQuery
2 35 (8.03%) Power BI
3 24 (5.50%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (5.50%) Tableau
4 18 (4.13%) Data Lake
5 17 (3.90%) OLAP
6 15 (3.44%) Amazon Athena
6 15 (3.44%) Mixpanel
6 15 (3.44%) OLTP
7 11 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (2.06%) Looker
8 9 (2.06%) Metadata
9 7 (1.61%) Redis
9 7 (1.61%) Relational Database
10 6 (1.38%) Big Data
10 6 (1.38%) NoSQL
10 6 (1.38%) SQL Server
10 6 (1.38%) Star Schema
11 5 (1.15%) RDBMS
12 4 (0.92%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 30 (6.88%) JIRA
2 27 (6.19%) Jenkins
3 19 (4.36%) Git
4 18 (4.13%) GitLab
5 3 (0.69%) Charles Proxy
5 3 (0.69%) ERwin
6 2 (0.46%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.46%) webpack
7 1 (0.23%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.23%) Ant
7 1 (0.23%) Fiddler
7 1 (0.23%) Gradle
7 1 (0.23%) JUnit
7 1 (0.23%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.23%) MLflow
7 1 (0.23%) Mocha
7 1 (0.23%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.23%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.23%) Selenium
7 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
General
1 115 (26.38%) Social Skills
2 84 (19.27%) Finance
3 58 (13.30%) Analytical Skills
4 44 (10.09%) Marketing
5 40 (9.17%) Public Sector
6 32 (7.34%) Banking
7 29 (6.65%) Retail
8 14 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (2.75%) Advertising
10 9 (2.06%) Legal
10 9 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (2.06%) Publishing
10 9 (2.06%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.61%) Military
11 7 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (1.15%) Billing
13 5 (1.15%) Games
13 5 (1.15%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 61 (13.99%) GCP Engineer
2 48 (11.01%) Cloud Engineer
3 45 (10.32%) Architect
3 45 (10.32%) Data Engineer
3 45 (10.32%) Lead
3 45 (10.32%) Senior
4 30 (6.88%) Analyst
5 18 (4.13%) Developer
6 15 (3.44%) Administrator
6 15 (3.44%) Cloud Architect
6 15 (3.44%) Platform Engineer
7 14 (3.21%) Principal Engineer
8 13 (2.98%) Software Engineer
9 12 (2.75%) Consultant
9 12 (2.75%) DevOps Engineer
9 12 (2.75%) Principal Data Engineer
9 12 (2.75%) Security Engineer
10 11 (2.52%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 11 (2.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (2.52%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (6.19%) Kafka
2 20 (4.59%) React
3 19 (4.36%) OAuth
4 17 (3.90%) REST
5 15 (3.44%) Great Expectations
6 14 (3.21%) LangChain
7 13 (2.98%) Node.js
7 13 (2.98%) Spring
7 13 (2.98%) Spring Boot
8 11 (2.52%) AngularJS
8 11 (2.52%) PyTorch
8 11 (2.52%) SAML
9 9 (2.06%) .NET
9 9 (2.06%) LangGraph
10 7 (1.61%) OpenTelemetry
10 7 (1.61%) Pandas
11 6 (1.38%) Apache Beam
11 6 (1.38%) PySpark
11 6 (1.38%) scikit-learn
11 6 (1.38%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 66 (15.14%) Cloud Native
2 18 (4.13%) Virtual Team
3 17 (3.90%) Onboarding
4 14 (3.21%) Management Information System
4 14 (3.21%) Product Ownership
5 13 (2.98%) AI Agents
6 12 (2.75%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.29%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.06%) Mobile App
8 9 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.61%) Life Science
9 7 (1.61%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.61%) Social Media
10 6 (1.38%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.38%) Clustering
10 6 (1.38%) Marketing Technology
11 5 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.15%) Derivative
12 4 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.13%) Windows
2 16 (3.67%) Android
3 15 (3.44%) Linux
4 13 (2.98%) Apple iOS
4 13 (2.98%) Mac OS
5 10 (2.29%) VMS
6 6 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.38%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.92%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (0.92%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.23%) Solaris
8 1 (0.23%) SUSE
8 1 (0.23%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (25.92%) CI/CD
2 102 (23.39%) AI
3 90 (20.64%) Infrastructure as Code
4 89 (20.41%) Analytics
5 86 (19.72%) DevOps
6 69 (15.83%) Migration
7 58 (13.30%) Problem-Solving
8 55 (12.61%) Observability
9 51 (11.70%) Agile
10 50 (11.47%) Machine Learning
11 48 (11.01%) Software Engineering
12 46 (10.55%) Continuous Improvement
12 46 (10.55%) Data Engineering
12 46 (10.55%) Data Modelling
13 45 (10.32%) Decision-Making
14 42 (9.63%) Business Intelligence
15 41 (9.40%) Data Governance
16 38 (8.72%) Stakeholder Management
17 36 (8.26%) ETL
17 36 (8.26%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 124 (28.44%) Python
2 84 (19.27%) SQL
3 40 (9.17%) Java
4 21 (4.82%) C#
5 19 (4.36%) JavaScript
5 19 (4.36%) PowerShell
6 12 (2.75%) TypeScript
7 9 (2.06%) Bash
7 9 (2.06%) Go
8 8 (1.83%) Kotlin
9 7 (1.61%) Google Apps Script
9 7 (1.61%) Scala
10 4 (0.92%) Bicep
10 4 (0.92%) Ruby
11 3 (0.69%) Korn
11 3 (0.69%) LookML
11 3 (0.69%) Rust
12 2 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.46%) PHP
12 2 (0.46%) R
Qualifications
1 68 (15.60%) Security Cleared
2 57 (13.07%) SC Cleared
3 33 (7.57%) Degree
4 16 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.98%) AWS Certification
6 12 (2.75%) DV Cleared
7 10 (2.29%) Azure Certification
7 10 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.83%) CISSP
8 8 (1.83%) Master's Degree
9 5 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (0.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (0.92%) CISM
10 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.92%) SnowPro
11 3 (0.69%) CCSP
11 3 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 2 (0.46%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (7.57%) Data Quality
2 30 (6.88%) GDPR
3 18 (4.13%) QA
4 13 (2.98%) NIST
5 7 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.38%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.38%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (1.38%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 4 (0.92%) NCSC
8 3 (0.69%) GRC
8 3 (0.69%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.69%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.46%) SLA
9 2 (0.46%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.46%) WCAG
10 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 34 (7.80%) Docker
2 19 (4.36%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.46%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.23%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.23%) Firmware
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.23%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.23%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.23%) Varnish
4 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 104 (23.85%) Terraform
2 64 (14.68%) Kubernetes
3 17 (3.90%) Ansible
4 13 (2.98%) Grafana
4 13 (2.98%) Single Sign-On
5 9 (2.06%) Istio
6 8 (1.83%) Argo
6 8 (1.83%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (1.61%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 6 (1.38%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.46%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.46%) SCCM
11 1 (0.23%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.23%) HP Fortify
11 1 (0.23%) Oracle ZFS
11 1 (0.23%) Puppet
11 1 (0.23%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.23%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.23%) vMotion
Vendors
1 67 (15.37%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.50%) Databricks
3 22 (5.05%) Apple
4 15 (3.44%) Oracle
5 14 (3.21%) Adobe
5 14 (3.21%) Salesforce
5 14 (3.21%) ServiceNow
6 12 (2.75%) Okta
7 11 (2.52%) Splunk
8 8 (1.83%) OpenAI
8 8 (1.83%) Rapid7
8 8 (1.83%) TikTok
9 7 (1.61%) CyberArk
10 6 (1.38%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.92%) Cisco
11 4 (0.92%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (0.92%) Facebook
11 4 (0.92%) IBM
11 4 (0.92%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.92%) Qualys