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 30 May 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
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 79 103
Rank change year-on-year -25 +24 -33
Contract jobs citing Google 16 11 14
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 0.88% 0.98% 0.73%
As % of the Vendors category 1.81% 1.77% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 6
10th Percentile - £465 £294
25th Percentile £175 £488 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £357 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year -28.70% +25.00% +3.64%
75th Percentile £700 £522 £438
90th Percentile - £561 £506
South East median daily rate £631 £500 £375
% change year-on-year +26.25% +33.33% +10.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £13.36 - -
South East median hourly rate £29.07 £24.66 £62.50
% change year-on-year +17.88% -60.54% +19.05%

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 884 622 938
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 48.68% 55.14% 48.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 585 393 510
10th Percentile £303 £350 £213
25th Percentile £400 £450 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £513
Median % change year-on-year -7.06% +4.98% -6.82%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £608
90th Percentile £683 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 14 50
10th Percentile £26.39 £21.34 £14.50
25th Percentile £54.50 £32.05 £30.94
Median hourly rate £87.98 £49.25 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +78.64% -15.52% -4.23%
75th Percentile £88.00 £65.62 £61.60
90th Percentile £108.28 £84.09 £62.05
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £24.66 £50.00
% change year-on-year +92.62% -50.68% +11.11%

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 30 May 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
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 30 May 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 -13 12 £400 -30.43% 6
Wokingham -20 4 £175 -63.16% 1
Bracknell -2 2 - - 1
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 (6.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (87.50%) GCP
2 8 (50.00%) AWS
3 6 (37.50%) Azure
4 2 (12.50%) Google Workspace
5 1 (6.25%) Google Docs
5 1 (6.25%) Google Sheets
5 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
1 1 (6.25%) Network Security
1 1 (6.25%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) GitLab
General
1 5 (31.25%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Legal
3 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Consultant
2 4 (25.00%) Lead
3 3 (18.75%) Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Cloud Consultant
3 3 (18.75%) Technology Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Data Integration Architect
4 2 (12.50%) GCP Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Integration Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management Specialist
4 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Specialist
5 1 (6.25%) Cloud Specialist
5 1 (6.25%) Migration Specialist
5 1 (6.25%) Network Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (37.50%) Migration
1 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (31.25%) Data Protection
3 4 (25.00%) Change Management
3 4 (25.00%) ITIL
3 4 (25.00%) ITSM
3 4 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
3 4 (25.00%) Service Management
4 3 (18.75%) Agile
4 3 (18.75%) Data Mapping
4 3 (18.75%) DevOps
4 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Management
4 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (18.75%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (12.50%) Creative Thinking
5 2 (12.50%) Event-Driven
5 2 (12.50%) Gamification
5 2 (12.50%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 2 (12.50%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) Google Apps Script
2 1 (6.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) GDPR
2 2 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (12.50%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Nessus
1 2 (12.50%) OpenVAS
2 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 2 (12.50%) Qualys
1 2 (12.50%) Rapid7
2 1 (6.25%) CheckPoint
2 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto
2 1 (6.25%) Zscaler