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 12 June 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
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 96 89
Rank change year-on-year -17 -7 -2
Contract jobs citing Google 454 360 472
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.41% 2.94% 2.67%
As % of the Vendors category 5.82% 6.49% 6.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 214 340
10th Percentile £300 £275 £325
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% -5.17%
75th Percentile £600 £644 £675
90th Percentile £683 £734 £775
England median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 16 17
10th Percentile £26.25 £26.09 £15.88
25th Percentile £31.68 £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 £36.05 £52.25 £31.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £70.38 £43.00
England median hourly rate £34.87 £27.50 £33.00
% change year-on-year +26.78% -16.67% -16.56%

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 7,798 5,551 7,280
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.41% 45.32% 41.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,128 3,585 5,003
10th Percentile £350 £325 £310
25th Percentile £425 £422 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% - -4.44%
75th Percentile £638 £664 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
England median daily rate £505 £515 £515
% change year-on-year -1.94% -0.04% -2.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 101 133
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £13.91
25th Percentile £23.42 £22.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £28.60 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +24.13% +20.17% -11.85%
75th Percentile £52.81 £43.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £33.99 £27.17 £23.80
% change year-on-year +25.11% +14.15% -37.37%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +3 69 £508 +2.01% 56
West London -15 12 £603 -3.60% 5
South London -2 8 £575 -14.81% 3
East London -1 7 £520 -20.00% 6
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 24 (5.29%) Apache Spark
2 19 (4.19%) Apache
2 19 (4.19%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.42%) Confluence
3 11 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (1.10%) CMS
6 2 (0.44%) Drupal
6 2 (0.44%) WordPress
7 1 (0.22%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 13 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (2.20%) Chatbot
5 6 (1.32%) MS Visio
6 5 (1.10%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.88%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.66%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.44%) Maya
10 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.22%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.22%) InDesign
10 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.10%) Sprinklr
2 2 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.44%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.22%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.22%) SAP CAR
3 1 (0.22%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.22%) SAP SRM
3 1 (0.22%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 263 (57.93%) GCP
2 106 (23.35%) AWS
3 101 (22.25%) Azure
4 96 (21.15%) Google Workspace
5 45 (9.91%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (8.37%) GitHub
7 36 (7.93%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 36 (7.93%) Power Platform
8 31 (6.83%) Slack
9 26 (5.73%) Cloud Run
9 26 (5.73%) SaaS
10 24 (5.29%) GitHub Actions
11 23 (5.07%) Amazon S3
11 23 (5.07%) Google Drive
12 22 (4.85%) Vertex AI
13 18 (3.96%) AWS CloudFormation
13 18 (3.96%) Google Ads
13 18 (3.96%) Google Analytics
14 17 (3.74%) Entra ID
15 16 (3.52%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 28 (6.17%) DNS
2 24 (5.29%) Firewall
3 19 (4.19%) VPN
4 13 (2.86%) Network Security
5 9 (1.98%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.76%) DKIM
6 8 (1.76%) DMARC
6 8 (1.76%) Internet
7 6 (1.32%) DHCP
8 4 (0.88%) SMTP
8 4 (0.88%) VoIP
9 3 (0.66%) HTTP
9 3 (0.66%) VLAN
9 3 (0.66%) Wireless
10 2 (0.44%) BGP
10 2 (0.44%) IPv4
10 2 (0.44%) IPv6
10 2 (0.44%) NGFW
10 2 (0.44%) OSPF
11 1 (0.22%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (13.66%) BigQuery
2 31 (6.83%) Power BI
3 26 (5.73%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (5.07%) Tableau
5 16 (3.52%) Data Lake
6 14 (3.08%) OLAP
6 14 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (2.64%) Amazon Athena
7 12 (2.64%) Mixpanel
7 12 (2.64%) OLTP
8 9 (1.98%) Looker
8 9 (1.98%) Metadata
9 8 (1.76%) Big Data
9 8 (1.76%) Redis
10 7 (1.54%) Relational Database
11 6 (1.32%) SQL Server
11 6 (1.32%) Star Schema
12 5 (1.10%) NoSQL
12 5 (1.10%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.88%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (7.05%) JIRA
2 26 (5.73%) Jenkins
3 20 (4.41%) Git
4 18 (3.96%) GitLab
5 3 (0.66%) ERwin
6 2 (0.44%) Charles Proxy
6 2 (0.44%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.44%) Gemini Tracker
6 2 (0.44%) webpack
7 1 (0.22%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.22%) Ant
7 1 (0.22%) Gradle
7 1 (0.22%) JUnit
7 1 (0.22%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.22%) Maven
7 1 (0.22%) Mocha
7 1 (0.22%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.22%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.22%) Selenium
7 1 (0.22%) SoapUI
General
1 130 (28.63%) Social Skills
2 92 (20.26%) Finance
3 62 (13.66%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (9.91%) Marketing
5 41 (9.03%) Public Sector
6 34 (7.49%) Retail
7 32 (7.05%) Banking
8 18 (3.96%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (2.64%) Advertising
10 11 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.42%) Publishing
11 9 (1.98%) Legal
11 9 (1.98%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.76%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (1.54%) Military
13 7 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.10%) Billing
14 5 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (1.10%) Games
14 5 (1.10%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 62 (13.66%) GCP Engineer
2 47 (10.35%) Architect
2 47 (10.35%) Cloud Engineer
3 44 (9.69%) Data Engineer
3 44 (9.69%) Lead
3 44 (9.69%) Senior
4 33 (7.27%) Analyst
5 22 (4.85%) Developer
6 15 (3.30%) Administrator
6 15 (3.30%) Cloud Architect
6 15 (3.30%) Platform Engineer
7 14 (3.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (3.08%) Principal Engineer
8 13 (2.86%) Software Engineer
9 12 (2.64%) Consultant
9 12 (2.64%) DevOps Engineer
10 11 (2.42%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 11 (2.42%) Principal Data Engineer
10 11 (2.42%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (2.20%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (5.51%) Kafka
2 22 (4.85%) REST
3 21 (4.63%) React
4 20 (4.41%) OAuth
5 15 (3.30%) Spring
5 15 (3.30%) Spring Boot
6 13 (2.86%) Node.js
7 12 (2.64%) Great Expectations
7 12 (2.64%) SAML
8 11 (2.42%) AngularJS
9 10 (2.20%) LangChain
10 9 (1.98%) .NET
11 8 (1.76%) OAuth2
12 7 (1.54%) Apache Beam
12 7 (1.54%) JSON
12 7 (1.54%) LangGraph
12 7 (1.54%) OpenTelemetry
12 7 (1.54%) PyTorch
13 6 (1.32%) HTML
13 6 (1.32%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 67 (14.76%) Cloud Native
2 19 (4.19%) Onboarding
2 19 (4.19%) Virtual Team
3 15 (3.30%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.08%) Data Centre
4 14 (3.08%) Management Information System
5 13 (2.86%) AI Agents
6 10 (2.20%) Public Cloud
7 9 (1.98%) Mobile App
7 9 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.76%) Clustering
9 7 (1.54%) Security Posture
9 7 (1.54%) Social Media
10 6 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.32%) Life Science
11 5 (1.10%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (1.10%) Derivative
11 5 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.10%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.29%) Windows
2 18 (3.96%) Linux
3 16 (3.52%) Android
4 13 (2.86%) Apple iOS
4 13 (2.86%) Mac OS
5 9 (1.98%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.76%) VMS
7 7 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.10%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.88%) Alpine Linux
10 1 (0.22%) CentOS
10 1 (0.22%) Solaris
10 1 (0.22%) SUSE
10 1 (0.22%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.22%) Unix
10 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (25.77%) CI/CD
2 100 (22.03%) AI
3 90 (19.82%) Infrastructure as Code
4 85 (18.72%) DevOps
5 83 (18.28%) Analytics
6 74 (16.30%) Migration
7 70 (15.42%) Problem-Solving
8 59 (13.00%) Agile
9 53 (11.67%) Observability
10 50 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
11 47 (10.35%) Software Engineering
12 46 (10.13%) Decision-Making
13 44 (9.69%) Data Modelling
13 44 (9.69%) Machine Learning
13 44 (9.69%) Stakeholder Management
14 39 (8.59%) Data Engineering
14 39 (8.59%) Data Governance
15 38 (8.37%) Business Intelligence
16 37 (8.15%) Platform Engineering
17 33 (7.27%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 121 (26.65%) Python
2 83 (18.28%) SQL
3 43 (9.47%) Java
4 20 (4.41%) PowerShell
5 19 (4.19%) JavaScript
6 18 (3.96%) C#
7 13 (2.86%) TypeScript
8 11 (2.42%) Go
9 9 (1.98%) Bash
10 8 (1.76%) Kotlin
11 7 (1.54%) Google Apps Script
12 6 (1.32%) Scala
13 4 (0.88%) Bicep
13 4 (0.88%) Ruby
14 3 (0.66%) Korn
14 3 (0.66%) LookML
14 3 (0.66%) Rust
14 3 (0.66%) SOQL
15 2 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 69 (15.20%) Security Cleared
2 57 (12.56%) SC Cleared
3 39 (8.59%) Degree
4 16 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (3.52%) DV Cleared
5 14 (3.08%) AWS Certification
6 10 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.20%) CISSP
7 9 (1.98%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.32%) Master's Degree
8 6 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
9 5 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.10%) CISM
10 4 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.88%) SnowPro
11 3 (0.66%) CCSP
11 3 (0.66%) CRISC
11 3 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (0.66%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.83%) Data Quality
2 28 (6.17%) GDPR
3 20 (4.41%) QA
4 14 (3.08%) NIST
5 9 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (1.98%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.32%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (1.10%) NCSC
8 4 (0.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (0.66%) GRC
9 3 (0.66%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.66%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.66%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.44%) SLA
10 2 (0.44%) WCAG
11 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 1 (0.22%) PMO
11 1 (0.22%) PSD2
System Software
1 37 (8.15%) Docker
2 21 (4.63%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.88%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.66%) BitLocker
4 3 (0.66%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (0.66%) Terminal Services
4 3 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.22%) Firmware
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.22%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.22%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 104 (22.91%) Terraform
2 68 (14.98%) Kubernetes
3 18 (3.96%) Ansible
4 13 (2.86%) Grafana
5 11 (2.42%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.98%) Istio
7 8 (1.76%) Argo
7 8 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (1.54%) Prometheus
8 7 (1.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.88%) SCCM
10 3 (0.66%) Puppet
10 3 (0.66%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.66%) vMotion
11 2 (0.44%) Nagios
11 2 (0.44%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.44%) WSUS
12 1 (0.22%) HP Fortify
12 1 (0.22%) Oracle ZFS
Vendors
1 77 (16.96%) Microsoft
2 22 (4.85%) Apple
3 18 (3.96%) Databricks
4 17 (3.74%) Oracle
4 17 (3.74%) Salesforce
5 15 (3.30%) ServiceNow
6 13 (2.86%) Okta
6 13 (2.86%) Splunk
7 12 (2.64%) Adobe
8 10 (2.20%) TikTok
9 8 (1.76%) OpenAI
9 8 (1.76%) Rapid7
10 6 (1.32%) Atlassian
10 6 (1.32%) Citrix
10 6 (1.32%) CyberArk
11 5 (1.10%) Cisco
11 5 (1.10%) CrowdStrike
11 5 (1.10%) SAP
12 4 (0.88%) Facebook
12 4 (0.88%) PagerDuty