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 31 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
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 99 102
Rank change year-on-year -9 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Google 442 341 409
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.62% 2.70% 2.26%
As % of the Vendors category 5.95% 5.98% 5.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 206 293
10th Percentile £284 £269 £234
25th Percentile £413 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.50%
75th Percentile £614 £674 £650
90th Percentile £775 £763 £750
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 19 15
10th Percentile £31.25 £27.24 £15.76
25th Percentile £35.25 £30.84 £18.75
Median hourly rate £35.50 £49.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.55% +88.46% -65.33%
75th Percentile £42.50 £57.25 £32.13
90th Percentile £50.08 £61.85 £38.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £31.76 £26.00
% change year-on-year +11.78% +22.15% -30.25%

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 7,428 5,706 7,263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.10% 45.18% 40.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,905 3,746 4,972
10th Percentile £350 £325 £280
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 88 144
10th Percentile £18.03 £17.72 £13.55
25th Percentile £20.91 £23.80 £16.97
Median hourly rate £27.71 £29.54 £24.93
Median % change year-on-year -6.18% +18.48% -3.04%
75th Percentile £41.85 £55.38 £41.25
90th Percentile £68.33 £70.25 £71.25
England median hourly rate £25.47 £29.07 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.38% +21.13% -32.87%

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 31 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 31 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 31 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 +37 87 £550 +10.00% 92
West London -1 26 £603 +30.55% 2
East London +4 7 £520 -20.00% 5
South London -11 6 £637 - 3
North London - 1 £225 - 2
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 28 (6.33%) Apache Spark
2 23 (5.20%) Apache
3 16 (3.62%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (2.94%) Confluence
5 7 (1.58%) SharePoint
6 6 (1.36%) CMS
7 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
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 16 (3.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.26%) Chatbot
4 7 (1.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.58%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (1.13%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.68%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.68%) Trello
7 2 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
7 2 (0.45%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.45%) Autodesk Smoke
8 1 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.23%) Maya
8 1 (0.23%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (1.36%) 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
1 257 (58.14%) GCP
2 115 (26.02%) Azure
3 95 (21.49%) AWS
4 77 (17.42%) Google Workspace
5 60 (13.57%) GitHub
6 49 (11.09%) Power Platform
7 40 (9.05%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 29 (6.56%) Amazon S3
8 29 (6.56%) Google Analytics
9 28 (6.33%) Cloud Run
10 26 (5.88%) AWS CloudFormation
10 26 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
11 25 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
11 25 (5.66%) Slack
12 22 (4.98%) SaaS
13 21 (4.75%) Google Gemini
14 20 (4.52%) Vertex AI
15 19 (4.30%) Amazon SQS
15 19 (4.30%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 18 (4.07%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.20%) Firewall
2 19 (4.30%) DNS
3 14 (3.17%) VPN
4 11 (2.49%) Network Security
5 7 (1.58%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.13%) DHCP
7 4 (0.90%) Internet
8 3 (0.68%) BGP
8 3 (0.68%) HTTP
8 3 (0.68%) VoIP
8 3 (0.68%) Wireless
9 2 (0.45%) Cisco IPT
9 2 (0.45%) Intranet
9 2 (0.45%) IPv4
9 2 (0.45%) IPv6
9 2 (0.45%) LAN
9 2 (0.45%) OSPF
9 2 (0.45%) SMTP
9 2 (0.45%) VLAN
10 1 (0.23%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (17.19%) BigQuery
2 39 (8.82%) Power BI
3 27 (6.11%) Tableau
4 20 (4.52%) Data Lake
4 20 (4.52%) Mixpanel
4 20 (4.52%) OLAP
5 19 (4.30%) Data Warehouse
6 18 (4.07%) Amazon Athena
7 17 (3.85%) OLTP
8 12 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (2.26%) Looker
10 9 (2.04%) Metadata
11 8 (1.81%) NoSQL
11 8 (1.81%) SQL Server
12 6 (1.36%) Big Data
12 6 (1.36%) MySQL
12 6 (1.36%) Redis
12 6 (1.36%) Star Schema
13 4 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.90%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 39 (8.82%) Git
2 33 (7.47%) Jenkins
3 29 (6.56%) JIRA
4 16 (3.62%) GitLab
5 6 (1.36%) JUnit
6 5 (1.13%) Charles Proxy
7 4 (0.90%) Mockito
8 3 (0.68%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.68%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (0.68%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.68%) ERwin
8 3 (0.68%) Fiddler
9 2 (0.45%) Android Studio
9 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.45%) Chocolatey
9 2 (0.45%) Gradle
9 2 (0.45%) MLflow
9 2 (0.45%) Visual Website Optimizer
10 1 (0.23%) Liquibase
10 1 (0.23%) Robot Framework
General
1 119 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 79 (17.87%) Finance
3 77 (17.42%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (11.09%) Marketing
5 32 (7.24%) Banking
5 32 (7.24%) Retail
6 27 (6.11%) Public Sector
7 20 (4.52%) Advertising
8 14 (3.17%) Pharmaceutical
9 13 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (2.26%) Legal
10 10 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (2.26%) Publishing
11 9 (2.04%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.36%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.90%) Electronics
14 4 (0.90%) German Language
14 4 (0.90%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 55 (12.44%) GCP Engineer
2 47 (10.63%) Data Engineer
3 44 (9.95%) Senior
4 40 (9.05%) Architect
4 40 (9.05%) Cloud Engineer
5 39 (8.82%) Analyst
5 39 (8.82%) Lead
6 25 (5.66%) Developer
7 17 (3.85%) Principal Engineer
8 16 (3.62%) Consultant
8 16 (3.62%) Software Engineer
9 15 (3.39%) Cloud Architect
9 15 (3.39%) Principal Data Engineer
10 14 (3.17%) Data Scientist
11 13 (2.94%) GCP Architect
11 13 (2.94%) Security Engineer
12 12 (2.71%) Platform Engineer
13 11 (2.49%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 11 (2.49%) Solutions Architect
14 10 (2.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (7.01%) Kafka
2 22 (4.98%) React
3 19 (4.30%) LangChain
4 18 (4.07%) Great Expectations
4 18 (4.07%) PyTorch
4 18 (4.07%) REST
5 16 (3.62%) LangGraph
5 16 (3.62%) Spring
6 15 (3.39%) HTML
6 15 (3.39%) OAuth
6 15 (3.39%) Spring Boot
7 14 (3.17%) FastAPI
7 14 (3.17%) Pandas
8 13 (2.94%) AngularJS
8 13 (2.94%) RESTful
8 13 (2.94%) scikit-learn
9 12 (2.71%) CSS
9 12 (2.71%) TensorFlow
10 11 (2.49%) Node.js
11 10 (2.26%) NumPy
Miscellaneous
1 57 (12.90%) Cloud Native
2 28 (6.33%) Onboarding
3 14 (3.17%) Life Science
3 14 (3.17%) Public Cloud
3 14 (3.17%) Virtual Team
4 13 (2.94%) Mobile App
5 12 (2.71%) Data Centre
6 11 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
7 10 (2.26%) Product Ownership
8 9 (2.04%) AI Agents
8 9 (2.04%) Genomics
8 9 (2.04%) Social Media
9 8 (1.81%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.81%) Digital Media
9 8 (1.81%) Marketing Technology
10 7 (1.58%) Clustering
11 6 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.13%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.07%) Android
2 17 (3.85%) Apple iOS
3 15 (3.39%) Windows
4 14 (3.17%) Mac OS
5 10 (2.26%) VMS
6 8 (1.81%) Linux
7 2 (0.45%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (28.05%) AI
2 121 (27.38%) CI/CD
3 104 (23.53%) DevOps
4 103 (23.30%) Analytics
5 84 (19.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 75 (16.97%) Machine Learning
7 72 (16.29%) Problem-Solving
8 61 (13.80%) Agile
8 61 (13.80%) Observability
9 52 (11.76%) Software Engineering
10 51 (11.54%) Data Engineering
11 50 (11.31%) Migration
12 48 (10.86%) Containerisation
13 46 (10.41%) Business Intelligence
14 43 (9.73%) Data Governance
14 43 (9.73%) LLM
15 42 (9.50%) Continuous Improvement
16 40 (9.05%) Data Modelling
17 38 (8.60%) Decision-Making
18 37 (8.37%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 136 (30.77%) Python
2 87 (19.68%) SQL
3 37 (8.37%) Java
4 28 (6.33%) JavaScript
5 22 (4.98%) C#
6 17 (3.85%) PowerShell
7 15 (3.39%) Bash
8 14 (3.17%) TypeScript
9 10 (2.26%) Kotlin
10 8 (1.81%) Google Apps Script
11 7 (1.58%) Go
12 4 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
12 4 (0.90%) Ruby
13 3 (0.68%) LookML
13 3 (0.68%) Rust
13 3 (0.68%) Scala
13 3 (0.68%) VBA
14 2 (0.45%) C++
14 2 (0.45%) Korn
15 1 (0.23%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 50 (11.31%) Security Cleared
2 46 (10.41%) Degree
3 40 (9.05%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (2.04%) Master's Degree
7 8 (1.81%) AWS Certification
7 8 (1.81%) Azure Certification
7 8 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (1.81%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (1.13%) CISSP
9 4 (0.90%) CCSP
9 4 (0.90%) OSCP
9 4 (0.90%) SnowPro
9 4 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.68%) CCNP
10 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 3 (0.68%) PhD
10 3 (0.68%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (10.63%) GDPR
2 35 (7.92%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.30%) QA
4 11 (2.49%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.49%) NIST
5 8 (1.81%) NCSC
6 7 (1.58%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.58%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.68%) GRC
9 2 (0.45%) SLA
9 2 (0.45%) WCAG
10 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.23%) MiFID
10 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 58 (13.12%) Docker
2 16 (3.62%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.45%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.45%) Snort
3 2 (0.45%) Squid
3 2 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.45%) 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%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.23%) Varnish
4 1 (0.23%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 98 (22.17%) Terraform
2 77 (17.42%) Kubernetes
3 16 (3.62%) Ansible
3 16 (3.62%) Grafana
4 11 (2.49%) Istio
5 9 (2.04%) Argo
5 9 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.81%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 7 (1.58%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.68%) Kubeflow
8 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.68%) SCCM
9 2 (0.45%) Fluentd
9 2 (0.45%) Karpenter
9 2 (0.45%) logstash
9 2 (0.45%) Nessus
9 2 (0.45%) Nexpose
9 2 (0.45%) QRadar
9 2 (0.45%) Suricata
Vendors
1 59 (13.35%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.01%) Databricks
3 22 (4.98%) Adobe
4 19 (4.30%) Apple
5 17 (3.85%) Splunk
6 16 (3.62%) Salesforce
7 14 (3.17%) Oracle
8 11 (2.49%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.58%) IBM
9 7 (1.58%) Okta
9 7 (1.58%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.36%) HubSpot
10 6 (1.36%) OneTrust
10 6 (1.36%) SAP
11 5 (1.13%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.13%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.13%) Facebook
11 5 (1.13%) Marketo
11 5 (1.13%) Rapid7
11 5 (1.13%) Tealium