Google Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Google
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire 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 25 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
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 79 94
Rank change year-on-year -17 +15 -21
Contract jobs citing Google 30 11 19
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.55% 0.91% 1.04%
As % of the Vendors category 3.09% 1.59% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 4 9
10th Percentile £454 £458 £335
25th Percentile £457 £469 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £488 £400
Median % change year-on-year +2.05% +21.88% -
75th Percentile £578 £522 £438
90th Percentile £665 £561 £499
South East median daily rate £533 £463 £400
% change year-on-year +15.30% +15.63% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £20.12 - -
25th Percentile £30.27 - -
Median hourly rate £47.68 - -
75th Percentile £65.59 - -
90th Percentile £76.04 - -
South East median hourly rate £29.07 £18.82 £70.00
% change year-on-year +54.46% -73.11% +65.09%

All Vendors
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 970 693 914
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 50.08% 57.56% 50.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 589 419 494
10th Percentile £310 £350 £267
25th Percentile £425 £450 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £561
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -6.46% +6.20%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £650
90th Percentile £700 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 27 43
10th Percentile £25.98 £14.57 £14.50
25th Percentile £47.68 £14.75 £18.63
Median hourly rate £87.16 £20.75 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +320.05% -64.41% -0.77%
75th Percentile £88.00 £38.42 £61.60
90th Percentile £110.75 £56.50 £68.20
South East median hourly rate £57.00 £19.91 £55.00
% change year-on-year +186.29% -63.80% +22.22%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Google relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Google job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Google
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Google.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Google

Google
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google in Berkshire over the 6 months to 25 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Google in Berkshire

Google
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Google.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Google

Google
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Google in Berkshire over the 6 months to 25 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Google in Berkshire

Google
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 25 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
Reading -14 18 £490 -6.67% 6
Wokingham -20 6 £549 +15.53% 1
Slough - 3 £460 -
Bracknell -1 2 - -
Google
South East

Google
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (3.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (90.00%) GCP
2 19 (63.33%) AWS
2 19 (63.33%) Azure
3 6 (20.00%) Route 53
4 4 (13.33%) AWS CloudFormation
5 3 (10.00%) Apigee
5 3 (10.00%) Azure API Management
5 3 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (10.00%) GitHub
5 3 (10.00%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (10.00%) SaaS
6 2 (6.67%) dbt
6 2 (6.67%) Google Workspace
6 2 (6.67%) Serverless
7 1 (3.33%) Google Docs
7 1 (3.33%) Google Sheets
7 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.00%) DNS
1 6 (20.00%) DNSSEC
1 6 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (16.67%) Firewall
2 5 (16.67%) Network Security
3 4 (13.33%) DHCP
4 1 (3.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (6.67%) Tableau
2 2 (6.67%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.33%) GitLab
General
1 9 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (16.67%) Publishing
3 5 (16.67%) Telecoms
4 3 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (10.00%) Legal
5 2 (6.67%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.33%) Finance
6 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Marketing
6 1 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (46.67%) Architect
2 5 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (13.33%) Data Integration Architect
3 4 (13.33%) Integration Architect
4 3 (10.00%) Apigee Developer
4 3 (10.00%) Developer
4 3 (10.00%) Lead
4 3 (10.00%) Network Architect
4 3 (10.00%) Security Architect
5 2 (6.67%) Business Intelligence Specialist
5 2 (6.67%) Cloud Architect
5 2 (6.67%) Cloud Security Architect
5 2 (6.67%) Consultant
5 2 (6.67%) GCP Consultant
5 2 (6.67%) Product Owner
5 2 (6.67%) Tableau Specialist
6 1 (3.33%) Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (3.33%) Migration Specialist
6 1 (3.33%) Network Security Architect
6 1 (3.33%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.00%) JWT
1 3 (10.00%) OAuth
1 3 (10.00%) OAuth2
1 3 (10.00%) OpenAPI
1 3 (10.00%) REST
1 3 (10.00%) RESTful
1 3 (10.00%) SAML
1 3 (10.00%) SOAP
1 3 (10.00%) Swagger
2 1 (3.33%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 4 (13.33%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (6.67%) Cloud Native
4 2 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (6.67%) Product Ownership
5 1 (3.33%) Digital Media
5 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (36.67%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 9 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (26.67%) Agile
4 8 (26.67%) DevOps
5 7 (23.33%) Data Protection
5 7 (23.33%) Incident Response
5 7 (23.33%) Migration
6 6 (20.00%) Analytics
6 6 (20.00%) DDoS Mitigation
7 5 (16.67%) CI/CD
7 5 (16.67%) Decision-Making
7 5 (16.67%) Event-Driven
7 5 (16.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 5 (16.67%) High Availability
7 5 (16.67%) Load Balancing
7 5 (16.67%) Microservices
7 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (13.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 9 (30.00%) Python
2 7 (23.33%) PowerShell
3 6 (20.00%) Bash
4 4 (13.33%) SQL
5 3 (10.00%) JavaScript
6 1 (3.33%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (3.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.00%) Azure Certification
2 3 (10.00%) CISSP
2 3 (10.00%) Degree
3 2 (6.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (6.67%) AWS Certification
3 2 (6.67%) CCSP
3 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (6.67%) Tableau Certification
4 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.33%) NVQ Level 3
4 1 (3.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) GDPR
1 3 (10.00%) NIST
2 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (26.67%) Terraform
2 5 (16.67%) Kubernetes
3 2 (6.67%) CASB
4 1 (3.33%) Nessus
4 1 (3.33%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (20.00%) Infoblox
3 3 (10.00%) MuleSoft
4 1 (3.33%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.33%) HubSpot
4 1 (3.33%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.33%) Qualys
4 1 (3.33%) Rapid7
4 1 (3.33%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.33%) SAP
4 1 (3.33%) Zscaler