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 11 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
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 86 98
Rank change year-on-year -15 +12 -24
Contract jobs citing Google 27 9 19
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.37% 0.74% 0.97%
As % of the Vendors category 2.74% 1.28% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 3 9
10th Percentile £425 £460 £335
25th Percentile £455 £475 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +25.00% -
75th Percentile £590 £544 £438
90th Percentile £700 £570 £499
South East median daily rate £537 £463 £400
% change year-on-year +16.11% +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% +33.33%

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 984 702 966
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 49.87% 57.54% 49.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 617 424 507
10th Percentile £308 £350 £229
25th Percentile £413 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.66%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £625
90th Percentile £688 £675 £714
South East median daily rate £513 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +2.50% -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 27 54
10th Percentile £24.63 - £14.50
25th Percentile £36.75 £14.75 £22.44
Median hourly rate £86.00 £27.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +212.73% -52.83% +6.00%
75th Percentile £88.00 £42.96 £61.60
90th Percentile £110.75 £66.13 £64.97
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £20.75 £53.00
% change year-on-year +153.01% -60.85% +17.78%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -9 16 £525 -8.70% 7
Wokingham -18 6 £549 +15.53% 2
Bracknell +2 2 - -
Slough - 2 £460 - 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 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (88.89%) GCP
2 17 (62.96%) AWS
3 16 (59.26%) Azure
4 6 (22.22%) Route 53
5 4 (14.81%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (11.11%) SaaS
7 2 (7.41%) Apigee
7 2 (7.41%) Azure API Management
7 2 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (7.41%) GitHub
7 2 (7.41%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (7.41%) Google Workspace
7 2 (7.41%) Serverless
8 1 (3.70%) Google Docs
8 1 (3.70%) Google Sheets
8 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (22.22%) DNS
1 6 (22.22%) DNSSEC
1 6 (22.22%) TCP/IP
2 5 (18.52%) Firewall
2 5 (18.52%) Network Security
3 4 (14.81%) DHCP
4 1 (3.70%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.70%) GitLab
General
1 10 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 9 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (14.81%) Legal
4 3 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Aerospace
5 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
5 2 (7.41%) Publishing
5 2 (7.41%) Telecoms
6 1 (3.70%) Finance
6 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.70%) Marketing
6 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (44.44%) Architect
2 4 (14.81%) Lead
3 3 (11.11%) Network Architect
3 3 (11.11%) Security Architect
3 3 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Apigee Developer
4 2 (7.41%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Cloud Security Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Data Integration Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Developer
4 2 (7.41%) GCP Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Integration Architect
4 2 (7.41%) Product Owner
4 2 (7.41%) Vulnerability Management Specialist
4 2 (7.41%) Vulnerability Specialist
5 1 (3.70%) Cloud Specialist
5 1 (3.70%) Migration Specialist
5 1 (3.70%) Network Security Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Product Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) JWT
1 2 (7.41%) OAuth
1 2 (7.41%) OAuth2
1 2 (7.41%) OpenAPI
1 2 (7.41%) REST
1 2 (7.41%) RESTful
1 2 (7.41%) SAML
1 2 (7.41%) SOAP
1 2 (7.41%) Swagger
2 1 (3.70%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 3 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (7.41%) Cloud Native
3 2 (7.41%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (7.41%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (7.41%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.70%) Digital Media
4 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (37.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 8 (29.63%) Agile
4 8 (29.63%) Data Protection
4 8 (29.63%) Incident Response
4 8 (29.63%) Migration
5 7 (25.93%) DevOps
6 6 (22.22%) DDoS Mitigation
7 5 (18.52%) High Availability
7 5 (18.52%) Load Balancing
7 5 (18.52%) Roadmaps
7 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (14.81%) Analytics
8 4 (14.81%) CI/CD
8 4 (14.81%) Cloud Security
8 4 (14.81%) DevSecOps
8 4 (14.81%) Microservices
8 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (14.81%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 10 (37.04%) Python
2 8 (29.63%) PowerShell
3 6 (22.22%) Bash
4 2 (7.41%) JavaScript
4 2 (7.41%) SQL
5 1 (3.70%) Google Apps Script
5 1 (3.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) Security Cleared
2 9 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.11%) Azure Certification
3 3 (11.11%) CISSP
3 3 (11.11%) Degree
4 2 (7.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (7.41%) AWS Certification
4 2 (7.41%) CCSP
4 2 (7.41%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.70%) NVQ Level 3
5 1 (3.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) GDPR
1 4 (14.81%) NIST
2 2 (7.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (25.93%) Terraform
2 4 (14.81%) Kubernetes
3 2 (7.41%) CASB
3 2 (7.41%) Nessus
3 2 (7.41%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 11 (40.74%) Microsoft
2 6 (22.22%) Infoblox
3 2 (7.41%) MuleSoft
3 2 (7.41%) Qualys
3 2 (7.41%) Rapid7
4 1 (3.70%) CheckPoint
4 1 (3.70%) HubSpot
4 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.70%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.70%) SAP
4 1 (3.70%) Zscaler