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 August 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 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 86 96
Rank change year-on-year -29 +10 -11
Contract jobs citing Google 531 423 432
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.63% 3.12% 2.66%
As % of the Vendors category 6.26% 6.80% 6.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 261 293
10th Percentile £313 £275 £314
25th Percentile £400 £400 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -13.04% -4.17%
75th Percentile £588 £616 £700
90th Percentile £675 £750 £788
England median daily rate £510 £494 £550
% change year-on-year +3.34% -10.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 13 14
10th Percentile £21.10 £31.05 £22.00
25th Percentile £31.25 £36.25 £25.43
Median hourly rate £35.50 £49.50 £29.75
Median % change year-on-year -28.28% +66.39% -55.93%
75th Percentile £35.75 £62.25 £41.38
90th Percentile £44.20 £70.25 £42.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £21.92 £70.00
% change year-on-year +61.95% -68.69% +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 8,489 6,220 6,972
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.11% 45.83% 42.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,517 4,047 4,733
10th Percentile £350 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year - -0.94% -4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £751
England median daily rate £510 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.52% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 121 87
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £17.08
25th Percentile £19.85 £22.90 £20.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.30 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.98% -4.36% -17.81%
75th Percentile £56.75 £43.21 £60.63
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.50
England median hourly rate £34.00 £25.15 £30.00
% change year-on-year +35.19% -16.17% -20.00%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 -1 80 £525 -4.55% 110
South London -2 12 £575 +21.05% 3
West London -13 12 £625 +19.05% 16
East London - 3 £410 - 7
North London -2 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 24 (4.52%) Apache
2 20 (3.77%) SharePoint
3 18 (3.39%) Apache Airflow
3 18 (3.39%) Apache Spark
3 18 (3.39%) CMS
4 17 (3.20%) Confluence
5 11 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (1.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 8 (1.51%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.75%) WordPress
9 3 (0.56%) Drupal
10 2 (0.38%) Jupyter
11 1 (0.19%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.19%) Luigi
11 1 (0.19%) Mendix
11 1 (0.19%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 17 (3.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (1.51%) Spreadsheet
5 7 (1.32%) Chatbot
6 4 (0.75%) MS Visio
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 (0.94%) Shopify
2 4 (0.75%) Sprinklr
3 3 (0.56%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.38%) iTrent
4 2 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
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%) SAP SRM
5 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 307 (57.82%) GCP
2 124 (23.35%) AWS
3 119 (22.41%) Azure
4 77 (14.50%) Google Workspace
5 41 (7.72%) GitHub
6 37 (6.97%) Microsoft 365
7 36 (6.78%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 31 (5.84%) Google Analytics
9 26 (4.90%) Power Platform
10 24 (4.52%) SaaS
11 23 (4.33%) Google Drive
12 22 (4.14%) dbt
13 21 (3.95%) Google Sheets
14 19 (3.58%) Adobe Analytics
14 19 (3.58%) Entra ID
14 19 (3.58%) Snowflake
14 19 (3.58%) Vertex AI
15 18 (3.39%) GitHub Actions
16 17 (3.20%) Google Ads
17 16 (3.01%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 32 (6.03%) DNS
2 24 (4.52%) Firewall
3 23 (4.33%) VPN
4 10 (1.88%) Internet
5 8 (1.51%) DKIM
5 8 (1.51%) DMARC
5 8 (1.51%) Network Security
5 8 (1.51%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.13%) DHCP
7 5 (0.94%) SMTP
8 4 (0.75%) WAN
8 4 (0.75%) WebEx
8 4 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.56%) HTTP
9 3 (0.56%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.56%) Telepresence
9 3 (0.56%) VLAN
9 3 (0.56%) VoIP
10 2 (0.38%) NFC
10 2 (0.38%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (11.11%) BigQuery
2 38 (7.16%) Data Warehouse
3 24 (4.52%) Power BI
4 18 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (3.20%) Looker
6 15 (2.82%) Relational Database
6 15 (2.82%) Tableau
7 13 (2.45%) Big Data
8 11 (2.07%) Metadata
9 9 (1.69%) Data Lake
10 8 (1.51%) Redis
11 7 (1.32%) Flink
11 7 (1.32%) InterSystems Cache
11 7 (1.32%) NoSQL
12 6 (1.13%) MySQL
12 6 (1.13%) Star Schema
13 5 (0.94%) Data Hub
13 5 (0.94%) OLTP
13 5 (0.94%) RDBMS
13 5 (0.94%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 33 (6.21%) JIRA
2 31 (5.84%) Git
3 27 (5.08%) Jenkins
4 23 (4.33%) GitLab
5 4 (0.75%) Gradle
5 4 (0.75%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 3 (0.56%) Maven
7 2 (0.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.38%) Charles Proxy
7 2 (0.38%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.38%) Gatling
7 2 (0.38%) Gemini Tracker
7 2 (0.38%) JMeter
7 2 (0.38%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.38%) NeoLoad
7 2 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.38%) webpack
7 2 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 138 (25.99%) Social Skills
2 95 (17.89%) Finance
3 73 (13.75%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 55 (10.36%) Marketing
6 34 (6.40%) Retail
7 27 (5.08%) Banking
8 21 (3.95%) Advertising
9 18 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (2.45%) Publishing
11 12 (2.26%) Telecoms
12 11 (2.07%) Legal
13 10 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
15 7 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.13%) Games
16 6 (1.13%) Law
17 5 (0.94%) Billing
17 5 (0.94%) Investment Banking
17 5 (0.94%) Military
Job Titles
1 68 (12.81%) GCP Engineer
2 60 (11.30%) Architect
3 52 (9.79%) Data Engineer
3 52 (9.79%) Senior
4 46 (8.66%) Cloud Engineer
5 42 (7.91%) Lead
6 40 (7.53%) Developer
7 38 (7.16%) Analyst
8 18 (3.39%) Support Engineer
9 17 (3.20%) Solutions Architect
10 15 (2.82%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 15 (2.82%) GCP Data Engineer
10 15 (2.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 15 (2.82%) Security Architect
11 14 (2.64%) Administrator
11 14 (2.64%) Cloud Architect
12 13 (2.45%) DevOps Engineer
13 12 (2.26%) Java Developer
13 12 (2.26%) Platform Engineer
14 11 (2.07%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (7.34%) REST
2 26 (4.90%) Kafka
3 19 (3.58%) JSON
4 18 (3.39%) React
4 18 (3.39%) RESTful
5 16 (3.01%) HTML
5 16 (3.01%) OAuth
6 14 (2.64%) LangChain
6 14 (2.64%) LangGraph
6 14 (2.64%) Spring
6 14 (2.64%) Spring Boot
7 13 (2.45%) CSS
8 11 (2.07%) Apache Beam
9 9 (1.69%) SAML
10 8 (1.51%) .NET
10 8 (1.51%) JWT
10 8 (1.51%) Node.js
10 8 (1.51%) OAuth2
11 7 (1.32%) Next.js
11 7 (1.32%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 75 (14.12%) Cloud Native
2 34 (6.40%) AI Agents
3 21 (3.95%) Product Ownership
4 20 (3.77%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.39%) Management Information System
6 16 (3.01%) Virtual Team
7 15 (2.82%) Distributed Systems
8 14 (2.64%) Data Centre
9 13 (2.45%) Mobile App
10 11 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
11 10 (1.88%) Marketing Technology
12 9 (1.69%) Clustering
12 9 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
13 7 (1.32%) Security Posture
14 6 (1.13%) Algorithms
14 6 (1.13%) Life Science
14 6 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
15 5 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
15 5 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
15 5 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (5.46%) Windows
2 26 (4.90%) Linux
3 13 (2.45%) Android
3 13 (2.45%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.51%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.94%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.75%) Alpine Linux
7 4 (0.75%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.56%) Unix
9 1 (0.19%) CentOS
9 1 (0.19%) SUSE
9 1 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.19%) VMS
9 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (25.61%) CI/CD
2 118 (22.22%) Agile
3 117 (22.03%) AI
4 101 (19.02%) Analytics
5 91 (17.14%) Infrastructure as Code
6 88 (16.57%) DevOps
7 84 (15.82%) Migration
8 77 (14.50%) Problem-Solving
9 63 (11.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 61 (11.49%) Stakeholder Management
11 53 (9.98%) Machine Learning
12 51 (9.60%) Data Modelling
12 51 (9.60%) Software Engineering
13 49 (9.23%) Decision-Making
14 48 (9.04%) Data Pipeline
15 46 (8.66%) Roadmaps
16 45 (8.47%) Observability
17 43 (8.10%) Microservices
18 42 (7.91%) LLM
19 41 (7.72%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 148 (27.87%) Python
2 108 (20.34%) SQL
3 66 (12.43%) Java
4 33 (6.21%) PowerShell
5 28 (5.27%) JavaScript
6 22 (4.14%) Bash
7 19 (3.58%) TypeScript
8 18 (3.39%) Scala
9 13 (2.45%) C#
9 13 (2.45%) Go
10 11 (2.07%) Kotlin
11 7 (1.32%) Google Apps Script
12 6 (1.13%) Bicep
12 6 (1.13%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.94%) SOQL
14 4 (0.75%) Groovy
14 4 (0.75%) Ruby
15 3 (0.56%) Korn
15 3 (0.56%) PHP
15 3 (0.56%) R
Qualifications
1 104 (19.59%) Security Cleared
2 86 (16.20%) SC Cleared
3 50 (9.42%) Degree
4 27 (5.08%) DV Cleared
5 19 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.39%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.26%) Azure Certification
7 12 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.88%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.69%) CISSP
10 6 (1.13%) PhD
11 5 (0.94%) CISM
11 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.75%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.75%) PMP
12 4 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.56%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 3 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.56%) CRISC
13 3 (0.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (6.97%) Data Quality
2 33 (6.21%) QA
3 17 (3.20%) GDPR
4 14 (2.64%) NIST
5 12 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.13%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.13%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.13%) PMO
7 4 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 4 (0.75%) NCSC
8 3 (0.56%) GRC
8 3 (0.56%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.56%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.38%) PSD2
9 2 (0.38%) SLA
9 2 (0.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 53 (9.98%) Docker
2 19 (3.58%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.94%) Hyper-V
3 5 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.75%) BitLocker
4 4 (0.75%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (0.75%) Terminal Services
4 4 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.19%) Firmware
6 1 (0.19%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.19%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 93 (17.51%) Terraform
2 83 (15.63%) Kubernetes
3 16 (3.01%) Ansible
3 16 (3.01%) Grafana
4 14 (2.64%) Prometheus
4 14 (2.64%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (1.32%) Puppet
7 6 (1.13%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (0.94%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.75%) Istio
9 4 (0.75%) SCCM
9 4 (0.75%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.75%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.75%) vMotion
10 3 (0.56%) Nagios
11 2 (0.38%) Argo
11 2 (0.38%) WSUS
12 1 (0.19%) Kubeflow
12 1 (0.19%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 92 (17.33%) Microsoft
2 23 (4.33%) Adobe
3 19 (3.58%) OpenAI
3 19 (3.58%) Oracle
4 18 (3.39%) Salesforce
4 18 (3.39%) Splunk
4 18 (3.39%) TikTok
5 14 (2.64%) Apple
5 14 (2.64%) Databricks
5 14 (2.64%) Okta
6 11 (2.07%) ServiceNow
7 10 (1.88%) Amplitude
8 9 (1.69%) Cisco
8 9 (1.69%) Dynatrace
8 9 (1.69%) Optimizely
9 8 (1.51%) SAP
9 8 (1.51%) Sitecore
9 8 (1.51%) Tealium
10 7 (1.32%) Citrix
10 7 (1.32%) New Relic