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 24 September 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
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 92 90
Rank change year-on-year -20 -2 -2
Contract jobs citing Google 532 419 449
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.61% 3.11% 2.78%
As % of the Vendors category 6.12% 6.68% 6.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 240 287
10th Percentile £325 £275 £313
25th Percentile £407 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £505 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -12.13% -4.17%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £700
90th Percentile £682 £750 £778
England median daily rate £510 £495 £535
% change year-on-year +3.03% -7.48% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 14
10th Percentile £17.25 £29.76 £25.47
25th Percentile £20.75 £31.06 £25.99
Median hourly rate £32.50 £40.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +14.29% +45.83%
75th Percentile £43.06 £63.00 £43.44
90th Percentile £47.50 £69.53 £44.58
England median hourly rate £27.54 £25.78 £70.00
% change year-on-year +6.81% -63.17% +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 8,698 6,271 7,003
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.71% 46.52% 43.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,667 4,062 4,496
10th Percentile £334 £325 £313
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £537
Median % change year-on-year - -2.19% -2.41%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £763
England median daily rate £514 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +1.38% -3.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 121 77
10th Percentile £16.78 £16.50 £18.13
25th Percentile £19.50 £23.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £37.50 £26.30 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.59% -19.08% -8.78%
75th Percentile £65.00 £38.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.75 £63.75 £85.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.33% -28.14% -20.18%

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 24 September 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 24 September 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 24 September 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 -19 73 £500 -9.09% 203
South London -4 10 £550 +15.79% 5
West London -17 10 £469 -10.71% 110
East London - 1 - - 14
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 25 (4.70%) Apache
2 23 (4.32%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (3.57%) Confluence
3 19 (3.57%) SharePoint
4 18 (3.38%) CMS
5 12 (2.26%) Apache Spark
6 9 (1.69%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 9 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (1.50%) 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%) Apache Superset
11 1 (0.19%) Camunda
11 1 (0.19%) Luigi
11 1 (0.19%) Mendix
11 1 (0.19%) MQSeries
Applications
1 15 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (1.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.94%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.56%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.19%) Acrobat
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%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.56%) iTrent
4 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.38%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
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%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 312 (58.65%) GCP
2 140 (26.32%) AWS
3 139 (26.13%) Azure
4 68 (12.78%) Google Workspace
5 48 (9.02%) GitHub
6 43 (8.08%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 38 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
8 31 (5.83%) dbt
9 29 (5.45%) Entra ID
9 29 (5.45%) Google Analytics
10 26 (4.89%) GitHub Actions
10 26 (4.89%) Vertex AI
11 25 (4.70%) SaaS
12 23 (4.32%) Power Platform
13 21 (3.95%) Google Drive
14 18 (3.38%) Adobe Analytics
14 18 (3.38%) Azure DevOps
14 18 (3.38%) Google Gemini
14 18 (3.38%) Google Sheets
14 18 (3.38%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 25 (4.70%) DNS
2 17 (3.20%) Firewall
3 16 (3.01%) VPN
4 10 (1.88%) Network Security
5 9 (1.69%) Internet
6 8 (1.50%) DKIM
6 8 (1.50%) DMARC
7 6 (1.13%) DHCP
7 6 (1.13%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.75%) SMTP
8 4 (0.75%) VoIP
8 4 (0.75%) WAN
8 4 (0.75%) WebEx
9 3 (0.56%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.56%) Telepresence
10 2 (0.38%) 4G
10 2 (0.38%) 5G
10 2 (0.38%) NGFW
10 2 (0.38%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (12.22%) BigQuery
2 36 (6.77%) Data Warehouse
3 23 (4.32%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (3.76%) Power BI
5 18 (3.38%) Looker
5 18 (3.38%) Relational Database
6 16 (3.01%) Metadata
7 13 (2.44%) Big Data
8 11 (2.07%) Tableau
9 9 (1.69%) Data Lake
9 9 (1.69%) MongoDB
9 9 (1.69%) MySQL
9 9 (1.69%) NoSQL
10 8 (1.50%) Redis
11 7 (1.32%) Flink
11 7 (1.32%) InterSystems Cache
12 6 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (1.13%) SQL Server
13 5 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.94%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 43 (8.08%) Git
2 40 (7.52%) Jenkins
3 33 (6.20%) GitLab
4 32 (6.02%) JIRA
5 8 (1.50%) Gradle
6 7 (1.32%) JUnit
7 6 (1.13%) Maven
8 5 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 4 (0.75%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.75%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.75%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.75%) Visual Website Optimizer
9 4 (0.75%) Zephyr
10 3 (0.56%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.56%) Gemini Tracker
10 3 (0.56%) Selenium
11 2 (0.38%) Charles Proxy
11 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.38%) Mockito
General
1 146 (27.44%) Social Skills
2 103 (19.36%) Finance
3 74 (13.91%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (12.78%) Public Sector
5 47 (8.83%) Marketing
6 32 (6.02%) Retail
7 31 (5.83%) Banking
8 17 (3.20%) Advertising
9 12 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (2.07%) Legal
10 11 (2.07%) Publishing
11 10 (1.88%) Games
12 9 (1.69%) Military
13 8 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (1.32%) Law
14 7 (1.32%) Local Government
14 7 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (1.13%) Billing
15 6 (1.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 74 (13.91%) Architect
2 61 (11.47%) GCP Engineer
3 56 (10.53%) Senior
4 45 (8.46%) Data Engineer
5 43 (8.08%) Cloud Engineer
6 41 (7.71%) Developer
7 39 (7.33%) Analyst
8 35 (6.58%) Lead
9 18 (3.38%) DevOps Engineer
9 18 (3.38%) Support Engineer
10 16 (3.01%) Security Architect
11 15 (2.82%) GCP Data Engineer
11 15 (2.82%) Java Developer
11 15 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (2.63%) Administrator
12 14 (2.63%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
13 13 (2.44%) Cloud Architect
14 12 (2.26%) GCP DevOps
14 12 (2.26%) Senior Architect
15 11 (2.07%) GCP DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (19.36%) Terraform
2 43 (8.08%) REST
3 25 (4.70%) Kafka
4 21 (3.95%) RESTful
5 20 (3.76%) JSON
6 19 (3.57%) OAuth
6 19 (3.57%) React
7 18 (3.38%) LangGraph
8 17 (3.20%) HTML
8 17 (3.20%) Spring
9 16 (3.01%) Spring Boot
10 15 (2.82%) LangChain
11 14 (2.63%) CSS
12 13 (2.44%) Apache Beam
12 13 (2.44%) Node.js
13 11 (2.07%) GraphQL
13 11 (2.07%) JWT
13 11 (2.07%) OAuth2
14 10 (1.88%) Middleware
14 10 (1.88%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 86 (16.17%) Cloud Native
2 39 (7.33%) AI Agents
3 24 (4.51%) Onboarding
4 22 (4.14%) Product Ownership
5 19 (3.57%) Management Information System
6 18 (3.38%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (2.26%) Mobile App
7 12 (2.26%) Security Posture
7 12 (2.26%) Virtual Team
8 11 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.88%) Data Centre
10 9 (1.69%) Enterprise Cloud
10 9 (1.69%) Public Cloud
11 8 (1.50%) Replication
12 7 (1.32%) Algorithms
12 7 (1.32%) Clustering
12 7 (1.32%) PKI
13 6 (1.13%) Data Structures
13 6 (1.13%) Genomics
Operating Systems
1 35 (6.58%) Linux
2 34 (6.39%) Windows
3 15 (2.82%) Android
4 13 (2.44%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (1.88%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.13%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.94%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.94%) Unix
9 4 (0.75%) Alpine Linux
10 2 (0.38%) CentOS
10 2 (0.38%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.19%) SUSE
11 1 (0.19%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.19%) VMS
11 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (30.08%) CI/CD
2 122 (22.93%) Agile
3 120 (22.56%) AI
4 103 (19.36%) DevOps
4 103 (19.36%) Infrastructure as Code
5 94 (17.67%) Migration
6 92 (17.29%) Analytics
7 82 (15.41%) Stakeholder Management
8 81 (15.23%) Problem-Solving
9 59 (11.09%) Roadmaps
10 57 (10.71%) Data Pipeline
11 55 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
12 54 (10.15%) Observability
12 54 (10.15%) Software Engineering
13 53 (9.96%) Containerisation
14 52 (9.77%) Microservices
15 51 (9.59%) Machine Learning
16 48 (9.02%) Event-Driven
17 45 (8.46%) Data Modelling
18 43 (8.08%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 155 (29.14%) Python
2 110 (20.68%) SQL
3 67 (12.59%) Java
4 36 (6.77%) PowerShell
5 30 (5.64%) JavaScript
6 26 (4.89%) Bash
7 25 (4.70%) Go
8 19 (3.57%) TypeScript
9 16 (3.01%) Scala
10 11 (2.07%) Kotlin
11 9 (1.69%) C#
12 8 (1.50%) Shell Script
13 7 (1.32%) R
14 6 (1.13%) Bicep
15 5 (0.94%) Groovy
15 5 (0.94%) SOQL
16 4 (0.75%) PHP
17 3 (0.56%) LookML
17 3 (0.56%) Perl
18 2 (0.38%) Korn
Qualifications
1 121 (22.74%) Security Cleared
2 103 (19.36%) SC Cleared
3 50 (9.40%) Degree
4 29 (5.45%) DV Cleared
5 24 (4.51%) AWS Certification
6 19 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (3.38%) Azure Certification
8 14 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 14 (2.63%) CISSP
9 9 (1.69%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 8 (1.50%) CISM
11 6 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.13%) PhD
12 5 (0.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (0.94%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (0.75%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.75%) PMP
13 4 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (6.77%) Data Quality
2 33 (6.20%) QA
3 16 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.82%) NIST
5 13 (2.44%) GDPR
6 6 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (1.13%) PMO
7 5 (0.94%) NCSC
8 4 (0.75%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.75%) EU AI Act
8 4 (0.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 4 (0.75%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.56%) GRC
9 3 (0.56%) PSD2
9 3 (0.56%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 2 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.38%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.38%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 70 (13.16%) Docker
2 19 (3.57%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.56%) BitLocker
4 3 (0.56%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.56%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (0.56%) Terminal Services
4 3 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 110 (20.68%) Kubernetes
2 29 (5.45%) Ansible
3 20 (3.76%) Grafana
4 19 (3.57%) Prometheus
5 13 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.50%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (1.50%) Puppet
7 5 (0.94%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.75%) Argo
9 3 (0.56%) Cilium
9 3 (0.56%) Istio
9 3 (0.56%) Nagios
9 3 (0.56%) SCCM
9 3 (0.56%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.56%) vMotion
10 2 (0.38%) WSUS
11 1 (0.19%) Control-M
11 1 (0.19%) Kibana
11 1 (0.19%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 106 (19.92%) Microsoft
2 27 (5.08%) OpenAI
3 24 (4.51%) Adobe
4 23 (4.32%) Oracle
5 20 (3.76%) Splunk
6 18 (3.38%) Salesforce
7 17 (3.20%) Databricks
7 17 (3.20%) TikTok
8 15 (2.82%) Okta
9 13 (2.44%) Dynatrace
10 12 (2.26%) Amplitude
10 12 (2.26%) Apple
11 11 (2.07%) ServiceNow
12 10 (1.88%) Cisco
12 10 (1.88%) SAP
13 9 (1.69%) IBM
13 9 (1.69%) Optimizely
13 9 (1.69%) UiPath
14 8 (1.50%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (1.50%) Tealium