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 15 July 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
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 90 88
Rank change year-on-year -20 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Google 495 411 487
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.51% 3.04% 2.80%
As % of the Vendors category 6.03% 6.62% 6.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 246 344
10th Percentile £300 £275 £314
25th Percentile £413 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £535
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% -10.83%
75th Percentile £588 £616 £675
90th Percentile £675 £738 £773
England median daily rate £520 £495 £525
% change year-on-year +5.05% -5.71% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 15 15
10th Percentile £23.47 £29.20 £22.00
25th Percentile £31.25 £36.25 £25.38
Median hourly rate £35.50 £49.50 £26.97
Median % change year-on-year -28.28% +83.54% -60.04%
75th Percentile £35.90 £59.25 £36.25
90th Percentile £49.49 £71.80 £42.40
England median hourly rate £35.50 £24.66 £38.75
% change year-on-year +43.96% -36.36% -2.02%

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 8,213 6,211 7,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.59% 45.91% 42.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,363 4,032 5,064
10th Percentile £350 £325 £310
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £650
90th Percentile £738 £765 £765
England median daily rate £510 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -0.49% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 117 122
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.24 £13.93
25th Percentile £22.46 £22.50 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £27.40 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.56% +9.60% -21.68%
75th Percentile £57.34 £48.75 £41.25
90th Percentile £82.75 £65.00 £69.15
England median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £25.25
% change year-on-year +41.15% -0.40% -29.86%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 15 July 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 +10 72 £504 -4.05% 38
South London -4 12 £575 +21.05% 4
West London -8 12 £603 +4.78% 4
East London +8 6 £525 -19.23% 9
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 24 (4.85%) Apache
2 23 (4.65%) Apache Spark
3 20 (4.04%) SharePoint
4 13 (2.63%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (2.42%) CMS
5 12 (2.42%) Confluence
5 12 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.61%) Drupal
6 3 (0.61%) WordPress
7 2 (0.40%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.20%) Luigi
8 1 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 14 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 12 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (2.02%) Chatbot
5 5 (1.01%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.40%) Maya
6 2 (0.40%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.20%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.20%) InDesign
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (1.01%) Sprinklr
2 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.40%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.20%) iTrent
3 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.20%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.20%) SAP CAR
3 1 (0.20%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.20%) SAP SRM
3 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 285 (57.58%) GCP
2 118 (23.84%) AWS
3 109 (22.02%) Azure
4 96 (19.39%) Google Workspace
5 43 (8.69%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (7.07%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 34 (6.87%) GitHub
8 32 (6.46%) Power Platform
9 24 (4.85%) Google Drive
9 24 (4.85%) Slack
10 22 (4.44%) Vertex AI
11 21 (4.24%) Cloud Run
11 21 (4.24%) Google Analytics
11 21 (4.24%) SaaS
12 20 (4.04%) Amazon S3
13 18 (3.64%) Entra ID
13 18 (3.64%) Google Sheets
14 17 (3.43%) AWS CloudFormation
14 17 (3.43%) Google Ads
14 17 (3.43%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 30 (6.06%) DNS
2 20 (4.04%) VPN
3 19 (3.84%) Firewall
4 10 (2.02%) Network Security
5 9 (1.82%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.62%) DKIM
6 8 (1.62%) DMARC
7 7 (1.41%) DHCP
8 6 (1.21%) Internet
9 5 (1.01%) SMTP
10 4 (0.81%) VoIP
11 3 (0.61%) HTTP
11 3 (0.61%) VLAN
12 2 (0.40%) BGP
12 2 (0.40%) IPv4
12 2 (0.40%) IPv6
12 2 (0.40%) NFC
12 2 (0.40%) OSPF
12 2 (0.40%) Telepresence
12 2 (0.40%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (12.32%) BigQuery
2 35 (7.07%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (5.66%) Power BI
4 19 (3.84%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (3.43%) Tableau
6 13 (2.63%) Data Lake
7 12 (2.42%) Looker
7 12 (2.42%) Metadata
7 12 (2.42%) Relational Database
8 11 (2.22%) Big Data
9 10 (2.02%) OLAP
10 9 (1.82%) Amazon Athena
10 9 (1.82%) Mixpanel
10 9 (1.82%) OLTP
11 8 (1.62%) Redis
12 7 (1.41%) InterSystems Cache
13 6 (1.21%) MySQL
13 6 (1.21%) NoSQL
13 6 (1.21%) Star Schema
14 5 (1.01%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 30 (6.06%) JIRA
2 26 (5.25%) Git
3 21 (4.24%) Jenkins
4 17 (3.43%) GitLab
5 4 (0.81%) Gradle
5 4 (0.81%) Maven
6 2 (0.40%) Charles Proxy
6 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.40%) ERwin
6 2 (0.40%) Gemini Tracker
6 2 (0.40%) JUnit
6 2 (0.40%) webpack
7 1 (0.20%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.20%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.20%) Crashlytics
7 1 (0.20%) Gatling
7 1 (0.20%) Liquibase
7 1 (0.20%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.20%) Visual Website Optimizer
7 1 (0.20%) Vite
General
1 134 (27.07%) Social Skills
2 97 (19.60%) Finance
3 63 (12.73%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (10.30%) Public Sector
5 49 (9.90%) Marketing
6 32 (6.46%) Retail
7 28 (5.66%) Banking
8 18 (3.64%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (2.83%) Advertising
10 10 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.02%) Legal
10 10 (2.02%) Publishing
11 9 (1.82%) Telecoms
12 8 (1.62%) Pharmaceutical
13 7 (1.41%) Military
14 6 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.21%) Games
15 5 (1.01%) Billing
15 5 (1.01%) Law
15 5 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 64 (12.93%) GCP Engineer
2 48 (9.70%) Lead
3 47 (9.49%) Architect
3 47 (9.49%) Data Engineer
4 46 (9.29%) Senior
5 40 (8.08%) Cloud Engineer
6 38 (7.68%) Analyst
7 36 (7.27%) Developer
8 16 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (3.03%) Administrator
9 15 (3.03%) Platform Engineer
10 14 (2.83%) DevOps Engineer
11 13 (2.63%) Cloud Architect
12 12 (2.42%) Backend Developer
13 11 (2.22%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 11 (2.22%) Consultant
13 11 (2.22%) Java Developer
13 11 (2.22%) Principal Engineer
13 11 (2.22%) Security Architect
13 11 (2.22%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (7.07%) REST
2 28 (5.66%) Kafka
3 18 (3.64%) OAuth
4 17 (3.43%) React
5 16 (3.23%) Spring
5 16 (3.23%) Spring Boot
6 13 (2.63%) SAML
7 12 (2.42%) JSON
8 10 (2.02%) HTML
8 10 (2.02%) Node.js
9 9 (1.82%) Great Expectations
9 9 (1.82%) RESTful
10 8 (1.62%) .NET
10 8 (1.62%) LangChain
10 8 (1.62%) LangGraph
10 8 (1.62%) PyTorch
11 7 (1.41%) Apache Beam
11 7 (1.41%) CSS
11 7 (1.41%) Next.js
12 6 (1.21%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 70 (14.14%) Cloud Native
2 21 (4.24%) Product Ownership
3 20 (4.04%) AI Agents
4 19 (3.84%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.84%) Virtual Team
5 17 (3.43%) Data Centre
6 16 (3.23%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.42%) Mobile App
8 10 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (1.82%) Clustering
10 8 (1.62%) Marketing Technology
11 7 (1.41%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.41%) Social Media
12 6 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (1.21%) Life Science
12 6 (1.21%) Public Cloud
13 5 (1.01%) Algorithms
13 5 (1.01%) PKI
14 4 (0.81%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 26 (5.25%) Windows
2 21 (4.24%) Linux
3 17 (3.43%) Android
4 12 (2.42%) Mac OS
5 11 (2.22%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.82%) Apple iOS
7 7 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.01%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.81%) Alpine Linux
10 3 (0.61%) Unix
11 1 (0.20%) CentOS
11 1 (0.20%) SUSE
11 1 (0.20%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (24.44%) CI/CD
2 105 (21.21%) AI
3 95 (19.19%) Agile
4 94 (18.99%) Analytics
5 86 (17.37%) Migration
6 84 (16.97%) Infrastructure as Code
7 82 (16.57%) DevOps
8 80 (16.16%) Problem-Solving
9 52 (10.51%) Stakeholder Management
10 51 (10.30%) Continuous Improvement
11 50 (10.10%) Data Modelling
12 49 (9.90%) Decision-Making
13 48 (9.70%) Machine Learning
14 47 (9.49%) Software Engineering
15 42 (8.48%) Data Engineering
16 41 (8.28%) Observability
17 40 (8.08%) Roadmaps
18 39 (7.88%) Data Governance
18 39 (7.88%) ETL
19 37 (7.47%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 136 (27.47%) Python
2 102 (20.61%) SQL
3 63 (12.73%) Java
4 26 (5.25%) PowerShell
5 22 (4.44%) JavaScript
6 16 (3.23%) C#
6 16 (3.23%) TypeScript
7 14 (2.83%) Bash
8 13 (2.63%) Go
8 13 (2.63%) Kotlin
8 13 (2.63%) Scala
9 9 (1.82%) Google Apps Script
10 6 (1.21%) Bicep
11 5 (1.01%) SOQL
12 4 (0.81%) Ruby
13 3 (0.61%) Korn
13 3 (0.61%) LookML
14 2 (0.40%) Groovy
14 2 (0.40%) R
14 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 84 (16.97%) Security Cleared
2 73 (14.75%) SC Cleared
3 47 (9.49%) Degree
4 24 (4.85%) DV Cleared
5 19 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (3.43%) AWS Certification
7 15 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (2.22%) Azure Certification
9 9 (1.82%) CISSP
9 9 (1.82%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.21%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (1.01%) CISM
12 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (0.81%) PMI Certification
12 4 (0.81%) PMP
12 4 (0.81%) SnowPro
13 3 (0.61%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 3 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
13 3 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.87%) Data Quality
2 29 (5.86%) QA
3 26 (5.25%) GDPR
4 15 (3.03%) NIST
5 11 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.62%) PCI DSS
7 7 (1.41%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 4 (0.81%) NCSC
8 4 (0.81%) PMO
9 3 (0.61%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.61%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.61%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.40%) GRC
10 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.40%) PSD2
10 2 (0.40%) SLA
10 2 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 41 (8.28%) Docker
2 23 (4.65%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.01%) Hyper-V
3 5 (1.01%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.81%) BitLocker
4 4 (0.81%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (0.81%) Terminal Services
4 4 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.20%) Firmware
6 1 (0.20%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 1 (0.20%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 94 (18.99%) Terraform
2 71 (14.34%) Kubernetes
3 15 (3.03%) Grafana
4 13 (2.63%) Ansible
5 12 (2.42%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.82%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
8 7 (1.41%) Puppet
8 7 (1.41%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 5 (1.01%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.81%) Istio
10 4 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.81%) SCCM
10 4 (0.81%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.81%) vMotion
11 3 (0.61%) Nagios
12 2 (0.40%) Argo
12 2 (0.40%) WSUS
13 1 (0.20%) HP Fortify
13 1 (0.20%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 83 (16.77%) Microsoft
2 16 (3.23%) Databricks
2 16 (3.23%) Oracle
3 15 (3.03%) Adobe
3 15 (3.03%) Splunk
4 14 (2.83%) Apple
4 14 (2.83%) Okta
5 13 (2.63%) ServiceNow
5 13 (2.63%) TikTok
6 12 (2.42%) OpenAI
6 12 (2.42%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.41%) Cisco
7 7 (1.41%) Citrix
7 7 (1.41%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (1.21%) CyberArk
8 6 (1.21%) Rapid7
9 5 (1.01%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.01%) Informatica
9 5 (1.01%) VMware
10 4 (0.81%) HP