Google Contracts 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 5 June 2025, 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
5 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 87 93
Rank change year-on-year -12 +6 +1
Contract jobs citing Google 349 469 703
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.88% 2.69% 2.77%
As % of the Vendors category 6.35% 6.54% 6.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 338 529
10th Percentile £275 £313 £350
25th Percentile £400 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £655 £675 £700
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 17 5
10th Percentile £26.09 £15.88 £27.45
25th Percentile £30.92 £22.00 £50.25
Median hourly rate £47.75 £26.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +83.65% -62.86% +154.55%
75th Percentile £52.25 £31.75 £80.00
90th Percentile £70.38 £43.00 £83.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £27.74 £39.55
% change year-on-year -0.85% -29.87% +13.00%

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 5,500 7,171 10,090
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 45.44% 41.09% 39.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,550 4,931 7,156
10th Percentile £325 £305 £325
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £538 £563
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% -4.49% +2.32%
75th Percentile £673 £650 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £798
England median daily rate £517 £515 £530
% change year-on-year +0.39% -2.83% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 134 126
10th Percentile £15.84 £13.93 £16.08
25th Percentile £22.39 £17.20 £21.06
Median hourly rate £28.60 £23.80 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year +20.17% -12.66% -24.31%
75th Percentile £42.75 £38.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £69.38
England median hourly rate £27.13 £22.50 £37.00
% change year-on-year +20.56% -39.19% +72.09%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Google as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Google in London

Google
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Google in London.

Daily rate trend for Google in London

Google
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google in London over the 6 months to 5 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Google in London

Google
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Google in London.

Hourly rate trend for Google in London

Google
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Google in London over the 6 months to 5 June 2025.

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 5 June 2025. 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 -1 46 £500 - 75
East London +22 4 £650 +441.67% 23
West London +9 4 £625 +66.67% 140
South London -11 3 £675 +45.95% 13
Google
England

Google
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (4.01%) Confluence
2 9 (2.58%) CMS
3 8 (2.29%) Apache
3 8 (2.29%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.72%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.43%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.15%) Jupyter
6 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.86%) WordPress
8 1 (0.29%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.29%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.29%) Mule
8 1 (0.29%) SAS
Applications
1 12 (3.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.86%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.86%) Trello
4 2 (0.57%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.57%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.29%) Maya
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.29%) Notion
5 1 (0.29%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 4 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.86%) Shopify
3 2 (0.57%) assyst
3 2 (0.57%) Magento
4 1 (0.29%) iTrent
4 1 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.29%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.29%) SAP CAR
4 1 (0.29%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 212 (60.74%) GCP
2 125 (35.82%) AWS
3 121 (34.67%) Azure
4 43 (12.32%) Google Workspace
5 30 (8.60%) Power Platform
6 29 (8.31%) GitHub
7 19 (5.44%) Microsoft 365
8 17 (4.87%) Google Analytics
9 16 (4.58%) Entra ID
9 16 (4.58%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 14 (4.01%) Google Sheets
11 13 (3.72%) Cloud Computing
11 13 (3.72%) Snowflake
12 12 (3.44%) Slack
13 11 (3.15%) Amazon S3
13 11 (3.15%) Azure DevOps
13 11 (3.15%) SaaS
13 11 (3.15%) Serverless
14 10 (2.87%) dbt
15 9 (2.58%) Cloud Functions
Communications & Networking
1 26 (7.45%) Firewall
2 18 (5.16%) DNS
3 12 (3.44%) VPN
4 9 (2.58%) HTTP
5 8 (2.29%) Network Security
5 8 (2.29%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.01%) DHCP
7 4 (1.15%) Intranet
7 4 (1.15%) SMTP
7 4 (1.15%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (0.86%) VoIP
9 2 (0.57%) SNMP
9 2 (0.57%) VLAN
10 1 (0.29%) Internet
10 1 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.29%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (16.05%) BigQuery
2 29 (8.31%) Data Warehouse
3 28 (8.02%) Power BI
4 24 (6.88%) Tableau
5 17 (4.87%) Data Lake
6 16 (4.58%) Looker
7 15 (4.30%) Big Data
7 15 (4.30%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (2.87%) NoSQL
9 7 (2.01%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (2.01%) Amazon Redshift
9 7 (2.01%) MySQL
10 6 (1.72%) Metadata
10 6 (1.72%) MongoDB
10 6 (1.72%) Oracle Database
11 5 (1.43%) SQL Server
12 4 (1.15%) DB2
12 4 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
12 4 (1.15%) Relational Database
12 4 (1.15%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 26 (7.45%) Jenkins
2 20 (5.73%) JIRA
3 13 (3.72%) GitLab
4 11 (3.15%) Git
5 7 (2.01%) Bitbucket
6 5 (1.43%) Gradle
6 5 (1.43%) Maven
7 4 (1.15%) Eclipse
7 4 (1.15%) JUnit
7 4 (1.15%) TeamCity
7 4 (1.15%) TestNG
8 3 (0.86%) Artifactory
8 3 (0.86%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.86%) ER Studio
8 3 (0.86%) ERwin
8 3 (0.86%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.86%) Mockito
8 3 (0.86%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.57%) Browser DevTools
9 2 (0.57%) webpack
General
1 108 (30.95%) Social Skills
2 84 (24.07%) Finance
3 58 (16.62%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (11.17%) Banking
5 37 (10.60%) Marketing
6 21 (6.02%) Public Sector
7 15 (4.30%) Advertising
8 12 (3.44%) Legal
8 12 (3.44%) Telecoms
9 11 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (3.15%) Retail
10 9 (2.58%) Investment Banking
11 8 (2.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (2.01%) Financial Institution
12 7 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.15%) Military
14 3 (0.86%) Billing
14 3 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.86%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 77 (22.06%) Architect
2 42 (12.03%) Developer
2 42 (12.03%) Senior
3 36 (10.32%) Analyst
4 26 (7.45%) GCP Engineer
5 20 (5.73%) Solutions Architect
6 19 (5.44%) Consultant
6 19 (5.44%) Data Analyst
6 19 (5.44%) Data Engineer
6 19 (5.44%) Lead
7 17 (4.87%) GCP Architect
8 15 (4.30%) Data Architect
8 15 (4.30%) DevOps Engineer
9 14 (4.01%) Enterprise Architect
10 13 (3.72%) Cloud Architect
11 11 (3.15%) Security Architect
11 11 (3.15%) Security Engineer
11 11 (3.15%) Support Engineer
12 10 (2.87%) Cloud Engineer
12 10 (2.87%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.87%) Node.js
2 14 (4.01%) REST
3 13 (3.72%) Kafka
4 9 (2.58%) React
4 9 (2.58%) Spring
5 8 (2.29%) RESTful
6 7 (2.01%) Next.js
7 6 (1.72%) CSS
7 6 (1.72%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (1.72%) LangChain
8 5 (1.43%) GraphQL
8 5 (1.43%) Hugging Face
8 5 (1.43%) Jest
8 5 (1.43%) Middleware
8 5 (1.43%) OAuth
8 5 (1.43%) SailPoint
8 5 (1.43%) Sass
9 4 (1.15%) JWT
9 4 (1.15%) PySpark
9 4 (1.15%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.58%) Hybrid Cloud
2 13 (3.72%) Cloud Native
3 11 (3.15%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.15%) Virtual Team
4 10 (2.87%) Social Media
5 9 (2.58%) Data Structures
6 8 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (2.01%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.01%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.72%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.15%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.15%) NHS
9 4 (1.15%) PKI
9 4 (1.15%) Private Cloud
9 4 (1.15%) Reference Data
9 4 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.15%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 30 (8.60%) Windows
2 17 (4.87%) Linux
3 8 (2.29%) Android
4 7 (2.01%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.43%) Unix
6 4 (1.15%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.15%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.15%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.57%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.57%) Rocky
7 2 (0.57%) Windows 8
7 2 (0.57%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.29%) AIX
8 1 (0.29%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.29%) VMS
8 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (22.35%) Problem-Solving
2 62 (17.77%) Analytics
3 58 (16.62%) DevOps
4 57 (16.33%) CI/CD
5 49 (14.04%) Migration
6 48 (13.75%) Agile
7 45 (12.89%) Artificial Intelligence
8 44 (12.61%) ETL
9 42 (12.03%) Data Modelling
10 40 (11.46%) Containerisation
11 36 (10.32%) Business Intelligence
12 33 (9.46%) Infrastructure as Code
13 32 (9.17%) Machine Learning
14 31 (8.88%) Data Integration
15 30 (8.60%) Stakeholder Management
16 28 (8.02%) Microservices
16 28 (8.02%) Visualisation
17 26 (7.45%) Data Analysis
17 26 (7.45%) Data Governance
18 25 (7.16%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 91 (26.07%) Python
2 64 (18.34%) SQL
3 31 (8.88%) Java
4 22 (6.30%) JavaScript
4 22 (6.30%) PowerShell
5 16 (4.58%) TypeScript
6 13 (3.72%) Bash
7 6 (1.72%) Bicep
7 6 (1.72%) Go
8 5 (1.43%) C++
8 5 (1.43%) Scala
9 4 (1.15%) R
9 4 (1.15%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.86%) C#
10 3 (0.86%) Groovy
10 3 (0.86%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.86%) Perl
10 3 (0.86%) PHP
11 2 (0.57%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 34 (9.74%) Degree
2 28 (8.02%) Security Cleared
3 21 (6.02%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.58%) Azure Certification
5 9 (2.58%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.29%) CISSP
7 7 (2.01%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.72%) CEH
8 6 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.43%) OSCP
10 4 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.86%) CCNA
11 3 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.86%) CREST Certified
11 3 (0.86%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.86%) PMP
11 3 (0.86%) TOGAF Certification
11 3 (0.86%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.59%) Data Quality
2 21 (6.02%) GDPR
3 16 (4.58%) QA
4 11 (3.15%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.29%) HIPAA
5 8 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.43%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.43%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.15%) NIST
8 3 (0.86%) NCSC
8 3 (0.86%) SLA
8 3 (0.86%) WCAG
9 2 (0.57%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.57%) PMO
9 2 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.57%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.29%) HL7
System Software
1 34 (9.74%) Docker
2 21 (6.02%) Active Directory
3 13 (3.72%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.15%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.86%) Lustre
5 3 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.86%) vSphere
6 2 (0.57%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.57%) XenApp
7 1 (0.29%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.29%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 62 (17.77%) Kubernetes
2 52 (14.90%) Terraform
3 17 (4.87%) Ansible
4 11 (3.15%) Grafana
5 10 (2.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (2.87%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (2.58%) Prometheus
6 9 (2.58%) Puppet
7 4 (1.15%) Argo
7 4 (1.15%) Istio
7 4 (1.15%) PowerCLI
7 4 (1.15%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.86%) Karpenter
8 3 (0.86%) Podman
8 3 (0.86%) vRealize
9 2 (0.57%) CASB
9 2 (0.57%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.57%) McAfee ePO
9 2 (0.57%) Nagios
9 2 (0.57%) Packer
Vendors
1 78 (22.35%) Microsoft
2 13 (3.72%) Oracle
2 13 (3.72%) Salesforce
3 12 (3.44%) Adobe
4 9 (2.58%) Palo Alto
4 9 (2.58%) VMware
5 8 (2.29%) SAP
6 7 (2.01%) Apple
6 7 (2.01%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.72%) Databricks
7 6 (1.72%) IBM
7 6 (1.72%) MuleSoft
7 6 (1.72%) Okta
7 6 (1.72%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.43%) Cisco
8 5 (1.43%) CrowdStrike
8 5 (1.43%) Sage
8 5 (1.43%) Splunk
9 4 (1.15%) CyberArk
9 4 (1.15%) Informatica