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 7 April 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
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 99 101
Rank change year-on-year -10 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Google 445 343 417
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.58% 2.70% 2.32%
As % of the Vendors category 5.87% 5.99% 5.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 205 300
10th Percentile £288 £263 £231
25th Percentile £413 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.87%
75th Percentile £614 £673 £650
90th Percentile £775 £765 £750
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 19 15
10th Percentile £31.25 £27.24 £15.76
25th Percentile £35.25 £37.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £35.50 £49.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.28% +90.38% -65.33%
75th Percentile £42.50 £59.75 £32.13
90th Percentile £50.08 £66.10 £38.50
England median hourly rate £35.50 £31.76 £26.00
% change year-on-year +11.78% +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 7,579 5,724 7,230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.96% 45.10% 40.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,002 3,755 4,943
10th Percentile £350 £325 £280
25th Percentile £425 £422 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -1.28% -3.11%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £660
90th Percentile £738 £769 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 88 141
10th Percentile £17.99 £16.48 £13.42
25th Percentile £20.96 £23.57 £16.86
Median hourly rate £30.25 £29.07 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.06% +18.65% -4.96%
75th Percentile £43.00 £54.13 £41.25
90th Percentile £68.23 £67.88 £69.50
England median hourly rate £27.00 £29.00 £23.11
% change year-on-year -6.90% +25.50% -39.19%

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 7 April 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 7 April 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 7 April 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 +28 87 £550 +10.00% 92
West London 0 26 £603 +20.50% 2
East London +3 7 £520 -20.00% 5
South London -12 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 26 (5.84%) Apache Spark
2 23 (5.17%) Apache
3 14 (3.15%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (3.15%) Confluence
4 7 (1.57%) SharePoint
5 6 (1.35%) CMS
6 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.45%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.22%) Apache Synapse
9 1 (0.22%) Drupal
9 1 (0.22%) JBoss
9 1 (0.22%) nginx
9 1 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.22%) SAS
9 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.25%) Chatbot
4 8 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (1.57%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (1.12%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.67%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.67%) Trello
8 2 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.45%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.45%) Autodesk Smoke
9 1 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.22%) Maya
9 1 (0.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (1.35%) Sprinklr
2 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.22%) SAP SRM
2 1 (0.22%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 259 (58.20%) GCP
2 116 (26.07%) Azure
3 94 (21.12%) AWS
4 78 (17.53%) Google Workspace
5 56 (12.58%) GitHub
6 48 (10.79%) Power Platform
7 41 (9.21%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 29 (6.52%) Amazon S3
8 29 (6.52%) Google Analytics
9 28 (6.29%) Microsoft 365
10 26 (5.84%) AWS CloudFormation
10 26 (5.84%) GitHub Actions
11 25 (5.62%) Cloud Run
11 25 (5.62%) Slack
12 24 (5.39%) Vertex AI
13 22 (4.94%) SaaS
14 19 (4.27%) Amazon SQS
14 19 (4.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 19 (4.27%) Google Gemini
15 18 (4.04%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 22 (4.94%) DNS
1 22 (4.94%) Firewall
2 14 (3.15%) VPN
3 11 (2.47%) Network Security
4 7 (1.57%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.12%) DHCP
6 4 (0.90%) Internet
7 3 (0.67%) BGP
7 3 (0.67%) HTTP
7 3 (0.67%) VoIP
7 3 (0.67%) Wireless
8 2 (0.45%) Cisco IPT
8 2 (0.45%) IPv4
8 2 (0.45%) IPv6
8 2 (0.45%) LAN
8 2 (0.45%) OSPF
8 2 (0.45%) SMTP
8 2 (0.45%) VLAN
9 1 (0.22%) Intranet
9 1 (0.22%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (17.30%) BigQuery
2 38 (8.54%) Power BI
3 26 (5.84%) Tableau
4 20 (4.49%) Data Lake
4 20 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (4.49%) OLAP
5 19 (4.27%) Mixpanel
6 18 (4.04%) Amazon Athena
7 17 (3.82%) OLTP
8 12 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (2.02%) Looker
9 9 (2.02%) Metadata
10 8 (1.80%) NoSQL
10 8 (1.80%) SQL Server
11 6 (1.35%) Big Data
11 6 (1.35%) MySQL
11 6 (1.35%) Redis
11 6 (1.35%) Star Schema
12 4 (0.90%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.90%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 33 (7.42%) Git
1 33 (7.42%) Jenkins
2 29 (6.52%) JIRA
3 16 (3.60%) GitLab
4 6 (1.35%) JUnit
5 5 (1.12%) Charles Proxy
6 4 (0.90%) Mockito
7 3 (0.67%) Artifactory
7 3 (0.67%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.67%) ERwin
7 3 (0.67%) Fiddler
8 2 (0.45%) Android Studio
8 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.45%) Chocolatey
8 2 (0.45%) Gradle
8 2 (0.45%) MLflow
9 1 (0.22%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.22%) Crashlytics
9 1 (0.22%) fastlane
9 1 (0.22%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 123 (27.64%) Social Skills
2 80 (17.98%) Finance
3 77 (17.30%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (11.01%) Marketing
5 32 (7.19%) Banking
5 32 (7.19%) Retail
6 28 (6.29%) Public Sector
7 20 (4.49%) Advertising
8 13 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (2.47%) Legal
10 10 (2.25%) Pharmaceutical
10 10 (2.25%) Publishing
10 10 (2.25%) Telecoms
11 9 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.35%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.90%) Electronics
14 4 (0.90%) German Language
14 4 (0.90%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 56 (12.58%) GCP Engineer
2 46 (10.34%) Data Engineer
3 45 (10.11%) Senior
4 43 (9.66%) Lead
5 41 (9.21%) Architect
5 41 (9.21%) Cloud Engineer
6 37 (8.31%) Analyst
7 25 (5.62%) Developer
8 17 (3.82%) Principal Engineer
9 16 (3.60%) Cloud Architect
10 15 (3.37%) Data Scientist
10 15 (3.37%) Principal Data Engineer
11 14 (3.15%) Consultant
11 14 (3.15%) Software Engineer
12 13 (2.92%) GCP Architect
12 13 (2.92%) Platform Engineer
12 13 (2.92%) Security Engineer
13 12 (2.70%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 11 (2.47%) Solutions Architect
15 10 (2.25%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (6.97%) Kafka
2 20 (4.49%) LangChain
3 19 (4.27%) PyTorch
4 18 (4.04%) Great Expectations
4 18 (4.04%) React
4 18 (4.04%) REST
5 16 (3.60%) Spring
6 15 (3.37%) HTML
6 15 (3.37%) OAuth
6 15 (3.37%) Spring Boot
7 14 (3.15%) Pandas
8 13 (2.92%) AngularJS
8 13 (2.92%) RESTful
8 13 (2.92%) scikit-learn
8 13 (2.92%) TensorFlow
9 12 (2.70%) CSS
9 12 (2.70%) LangGraph
10 11 (2.47%) Node.js
11 10 (2.25%) NumPy
12 9 (2.02%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (12.36%) Cloud Native
2 28 (6.29%) Onboarding
3 14 (3.15%) Public Cloud
3 14 (3.15%) Virtual Team
4 13 (2.92%) Mobile App
5 12 (2.70%) Data Centre
5 12 (2.70%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.25%) AI Agents
6 10 (2.25%) Life Science
7 9 (2.02%) Social Media
8 8 (1.80%) Algorithms
8 8 (1.80%) Digital Media
8 8 (1.80%) Marketing Technology
9 7 (1.57%) Clustering
10 6 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (1.35%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
11 5 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.04%) Android
2 17 (3.82%) Apple iOS
3 15 (3.37%) Windows
4 14 (3.15%) Mac OS
5 10 (2.25%) VMS
6 8 (1.80%) Linux
7 2 (0.45%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.22%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (27.19%) CI/CD
2 120 (26.97%) AI
3 104 (23.37%) Analytics
4 99 (22.25%) DevOps
5 85 (19.10%) Infrastructure as Code
6 73 (16.40%) Problem-Solving
7 72 (16.18%) Machine Learning
8 61 (13.71%) Observability
9 56 (12.58%) Agile
10 51 (11.46%) Migration
10 51 (11.46%) Software Engineering
11 48 (10.79%) Data Engineering
12 46 (10.34%) LLM
13 45 (10.11%) Business Intelligence
14 44 (9.89%) Data Governance
15 43 (9.66%) Containerisation
15 43 (9.66%) Continuous Improvement
16 41 (9.21%) Data Modelling
17 40 (8.99%) Decision-Making
18 39 (8.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 135 (30.34%) Python
2 85 (19.10%) SQL
3 37 (8.31%) Java
4 26 (5.84%) JavaScript
5 22 (4.94%) C#
6 17 (3.82%) PowerShell
7 14 (3.15%) Bash
8 11 (2.47%) TypeScript
9 10 (2.25%) Kotlin
10 8 (1.80%) Google Apps Script
11 7 (1.57%) Go
12 4 (0.90%) Ruby
13 3 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.67%) LookML
13 3 (0.67%) Rust
13 3 (0.67%) Scala
13 3 (0.67%) VBA
14 2 (0.45%) C++
14 2 (0.45%) Korn
15 1 (0.22%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 52 (11.69%) Security Cleared
2 42 (9.44%) Degree
2 42 (9.44%) SC Cleared
3 17 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (2.02%) Master's Degree
6 8 (1.80%) AWS Certification
6 8 (1.80%) Azure Certification
6 8 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (1.80%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (1.12%) CISSP
8 4 (0.90%) CCSP
8 4 (0.90%) OSCP
8 4 (0.90%) SnowPro
8 4 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.67%) CCNP
9 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 3 (0.67%) PhD
9 3 (0.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (10.34%) GDPR
2 35 (7.87%) Data Quality
3 19 (4.27%) QA
4 11 (2.47%) Accessibility
4 11 (2.47%) NIST
5 8 (1.80%) NCSC
6 7 (1.57%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 7 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.57%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.67%) GRC
9 2 (0.45%) SLA
9 2 (0.45%) WCAG
10 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.22%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.22%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.22%) PERC
10 1 (0.22%) PMO
System Software
1 50 (11.24%) Docker
2 15 (3.37%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.45%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.22%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.22%) Firmware
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.22%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.22%) Snort
4 1 (0.22%) Squid
4 1 (0.22%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.22%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (0.22%) Varnish
4 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 100 (22.47%) Terraform
2 76 (17.08%) Kubernetes
3 16 (3.60%) Ansible
3 16 (3.60%) Grafana
4 11 (2.47%) Istio
5 9 (2.02%) Argo
5 9 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.80%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 7 (1.57%) Prometheus
8 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.67%) Kubeflow
9 3 (0.67%) SCCM
10 2 (0.45%) Fluentd
10 2 (0.45%) Karpenter
10 2 (0.45%) Knative
10 2 (0.45%) logstash
10 2 (0.45%) QRadar
11 1 (0.22%) CSIRT
11 1 (0.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 59 (13.26%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.74%) Databricks
3 22 (4.94%) Adobe
4 19 (4.27%) Apple
5 16 (3.60%) Salesforce
5 16 (3.60%) Splunk
6 14 (3.15%) Oracle
7 11 (2.47%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.57%) IBM
9 6 (1.35%) HubSpot
9 6 (1.35%) Okta
9 6 (1.35%) OneTrust
9 6 (1.35%) OpenAI
10 5 (1.12%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.12%) CyberArk
10 5 (1.12%) Facebook
10 5 (1.12%) Marketo
10 5 (1.12%) Rapid7
10 5 (1.12%) SAP
10 5 (1.12%) Tealium