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 19 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
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 104 106
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -1
Contract jobs citing Google 430 333 400
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.62% 2.61% 2.20%
As % of the Vendors category 5.92% 5.80% 5.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 263 203 289
10th Percentile £300 £263 £219
25th Percentile £419 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.50%
75th Percentile £623 £656 £638
90th Percentile £775 £750 £755
England median daily rate £525 £519 £525
% change year-on-year +1.16% -1.14% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 18 14
10th Percentile £31.25 £28.43 £15.69
25th Percentile £35.25 £41.69 £17.88
Median hourly rate £35.50 £49.25 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.92% +89.42% -62.86%
75th Percentile £42.00 £58.00 £32.19
90th Percentile £50.23 £62.03 £39.50
England median hourly rate £34.34 £31.76 £26.00
% change year-on-year +8.11% +22.15% -34.26%

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 7,265 5,741 7,297
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.19% 44.92% 40.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,786 3,706 4,981
10th Percentile £350 £325 £281
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.58% -1.00% -2.65%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £660
90th Percentile £738 £754 £763
England median daily rate £501 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.67% +1.94% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 84 141
10th Percentile £18.04 £20.26 £13.42
25th Percentile £20.96 £23.80 £16.86
Median hourly rate £26.14 £31.42 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.83% +25.69% -2.76%
75th Percentile £41.38 £56.19 £41.25
90th Percentile £65.51 £79.78 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.00 £30.20 £24.75
% change year-on-year -17.22% +22.01% -29.28%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +33 83 £550 +7.32% 88
West London +5 26 £603 +42.43% 5
East London +1 7 £520 -13.33% 7
South London - 4 £637 - 3
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 30 (6.98%) Apache Spark
2 23 (5.35%) Apache
3 17 (3.95%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (2.79%) Confluence
5 8 (1.86%) SharePoint
6 7 (1.63%) CMS
7 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.70%) Ethereum
8 3 (0.70%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.23%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.23%) Drupal
9 1 (0.23%) JBoss
9 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.23%) nginx
9 1 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.23%) SAS
9 1 (0.23%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (3.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (2.09%) Chatbot
4 5 (1.16%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.16%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.70%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.70%) Trello
6 2 (0.47%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.47%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.47%) Autodesk Smoke
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.23%) Maya
7 1 (0.23%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (0.93%) 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
1 255 (59.30%) GCP
2 116 (26.98%) Azure
3 97 (22.56%) AWS
4 74 (17.21%) Google Workspace
5 64 (14.88%) GitHub
6 47 (10.93%) Power Platform
7 43 (10.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 29 (6.74%) Cloud Run
9 28 (6.51%) Amazon S3
10 26 (6.05%) AWS CloudFormation
10 26 (6.05%) GitHub Actions
11 25 (5.81%) Google Analytics
11 25 (5.81%) Slack
12 24 (5.58%) Microsoft 365
13 23 (5.35%) SaaS
14 22 (5.12%) Google Gemini
15 19 (4.42%) Amazon SQS
15 19 (4.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 19 (4.42%) Vertex AI
16 18 (4.19%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.35%) Firewall
2 19 (4.42%) DNS
3 14 (3.26%) VPN
4 11 (2.56%) Network Security
5 5 (1.16%) DHCP
5 5 (1.16%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.93%) Internet
6 4 (0.93%) Wireless
7 3 (0.70%) BGP
7 3 (0.70%) HTTP
7 3 (0.70%) LAN
7 3 (0.70%) VoIP
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%) VLAN
8 2 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 74 (17.21%) BigQuery
2 37 (8.60%) Power BI
3 24 (5.58%) Tableau
4 21 (4.88%) Mixpanel
5 20 (4.65%) Data Lake
5 20 (4.65%) OLAP
6 18 (4.19%) Amazon Athena
7 17 (3.95%) OLTP
8 16 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (3.49%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (2.33%) SQL Server
11 9 (2.09%) Metadata
12 8 (1.86%) Redis
13 7 (1.63%) Looker
13 7 (1.63%) NoSQL
14 6 (1.40%) Big Data
14 6 (1.40%) MySQL
15 4 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
15 4 (0.93%) Apache Cassandra
16 3 (0.70%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 44 (10.23%) Git
2 38 (8.84%) Jenkins
3 26 (6.05%) JIRA
4 18 (4.19%) GitLab
5 6 (1.40%) JUnit
6 4 (0.93%) Android Studio
6 4 (0.93%) Gradle
6 4 (0.93%) Mockito
7 3 (0.70%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.70%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.70%) Charles Proxy
7 3 (0.70%) Cypress.io
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
1 118 (27.44%) Social Skills
2 75 (17.44%) Finance
3 70 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (9.30%) Marketing
5 32 (7.44%) Retail
6 31 (7.21%) Banking
7 25 (5.81%) Public Sector
8 19 (4.42%) Advertising
9 16 (3.72%) Pharmaceutical
10 12 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (2.33%) Publishing
12 9 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (2.09%) Legal
12 9 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.40%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.40%) Telecoms
14 4 (0.93%) Electronics
14 4 (0.93%) German Language
14 4 (0.93%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 52 (12.09%) GCP Engineer
2 46 (10.70%) Data Engineer
2 46 (10.70%) Senior
3 39 (9.07%) Architect
4 35 (8.14%) Analyst
4 35 (8.14%) Cloud Engineer
4 35 (8.14%) Lead
5 31 (7.21%) Developer
6 17 (3.95%) Principal Engineer
6 17 (3.95%) Software Engineer
7 15 (3.49%) Data Scientist
7 15 (3.49%) Principal Data Engineer
8 14 (3.26%) Cloud Architect
9 13 (3.02%) Consultant
9 13 (3.02%) DevOps Engineer
9 13 (3.02%) GCP Architect
9 13 (3.02%) Security Engineer
10 12 (2.79%) Platform Engineer
11 11 (2.56%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 11 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (7.44%) Kafka
2 25 (5.81%) React
3 19 (4.42%) LangChain
3 19 (4.42%) PyTorch
4 18 (4.19%) Great Expectations
4 18 (4.19%) Spring
5 17 (3.95%) REST
6 16 (3.72%) LangGraph
7 15 (3.49%) AngularJS
7 15 (3.49%) FastAPI
7 15 (3.49%) OAuth
7 15 (3.49%) RESTful
7 15 (3.49%) Spring Boot
8 14 (3.26%) HTML
9 13 (3.02%) Node.js
9 13 (3.02%) Pandas
9 13 (3.02%) scikit-learn
9 13 (3.02%) TensorFlow
10 12 (2.79%) CSS
11 10 (2.33%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 56 (13.02%) Cloud Native
2 30 (6.98%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.72%) Life Science
3 16 (3.72%) Mobile App
4 14 (3.26%) Public Cloud
5 12 (2.79%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.56%) Genomics
7 10 (2.33%) Virtual Team
8 9 (2.09%) AI Agents
8 9 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.86%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.86%) Digital Media
9 8 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (1.86%) Marketing Technology
9 8 (1.86%) Social Media
10 7 (1.63%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.40%) Clustering
11 6 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.16%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.16%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.65%) Android
2 18 (4.19%) Apple iOS
3 16 (3.72%) Windows
4 15 (3.49%) Mac OS
5 10 (2.33%) VMS
6 7 (1.63%) Linux
7 2 (0.47%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (29.53%) CI/CD
2 120 (27.91%) AI
3 115 (26.74%) DevOps
4 95 (22.09%) Analytics
5 86 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 74 (17.21%) Machine Learning
6 74 (17.21%) Problem-Solving
7 60 (13.95%) Agile
7 60 (13.95%) Observability
8 54 (12.56%) Containerisation
9 52 (12.09%) Data Engineering
10 50 (11.63%) Software Engineering
11 49 (11.40%) Migration
12 44 (10.23%) Continuous Improvement
13 43 (10.00%) LLM
14 42 (9.77%) Data Governance
15 41 (9.53%) Business Intelligence
16 38 (8.84%) Decision-Making
17 36 (8.37%) Data Modelling
17 36 (8.37%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 138 (32.09%) Python
2 84 (19.53%) SQL
3 37 (8.60%) Java
4 27 (6.28%) JavaScript
5 21 (4.88%) C#
6 17 (3.95%) Bash
6 17 (3.95%) PowerShell
7 16 (3.72%) TypeScript
8 12 (2.79%) Kotlin
9 8 (1.86%) Google Apps Script
10 7 (1.63%) Go
11 6 (1.40%) Ruby
12 4 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.70%) Rust
13 3 (0.70%) VBA
14 2 (0.47%) C++
14 2 (0.47%) Korn
14 2 (0.47%) Objective-C
14 2 (0.47%) Scala
14 2 (0.47%) Swift
Qualifications
1 48 (11.16%) Security Cleared
2 47 (10.93%) Degree
3 39 (9.07%) SC Cleared
4 19 (4.42%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (2.09%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.86%) AWS Certification
6 8 (1.86%) Azure Certification
6 8 (1.86%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (1.16%) CISSP
8 4 (0.93%) CCSP
8 4 (0.93%) OSCP
8 4 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.70%) CCNP
9 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.70%) PhD
9 3 (0.70%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.70%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (10.93%) GDPR
2 34 (7.91%) Data Quality
3 17 (3.95%) QA
4 10 (2.33%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.33%) NIST
5 8 (1.86%) NCSC
6 7 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.63%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.40%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (1.16%) 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 64 (14.88%) Docker
2 17 (3.95%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.47%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.47%) Snort
3 2 (0.47%) Squid
3 2 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
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%) Varnish
4 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 100 (23.26%) Terraform
2 83 (19.30%) Kubernetes
3 19 (4.42%) Ansible
3 19 (4.42%) Grafana
4 12 (2.79%) Istio
5 11 (2.56%) Argo
5 11 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (2.33%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.86%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (1.16%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.70%) Kubeflow
10 3 (0.70%) SCCM
11 2 (0.47%) Fluentd
11 2 (0.47%) Knative
11 2 (0.47%) logstash
11 2 (0.47%) Nessus
11 2 (0.47%) Nexpose
11 2 (0.47%) QRadar
11 2 (0.47%) Suricata
Vendors
1 56 (13.02%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.98%) Databricks
3 20 (4.65%) Apple
4 19 (4.42%) Adobe
5 17 (3.95%) Splunk
6 15 (3.49%) Salesforce
7 11 (2.56%) Oracle
8 9 (2.09%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.86%) Okta
10 6 (1.40%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.40%) IBM
10 6 (1.40%) OneTrust
10 6 (1.40%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.40%) SAP
11 5 (1.16%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.16%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.16%) Marketo
11 5 (1.16%) Optimizely
11 5 (1.16%) Palo Alto
11 5 (1.16%) Rapid7