Google Ads Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Google Ads (formerly AdWords)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Google Ads skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 53 -
Rank change year-on-year -23 - -
Contract jobs citing Google Ads 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.17% 0.19% -
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.84% 0.61% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 £263 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £275 -
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% - -
75th Percentile £388 £288 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £375 £463 -
% change year-on-year -18.92% - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Bristol

Google Ads falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 238 163 268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 20.03% 30.70% 25.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 116 197
10th Percentile £350 £213 £237
25th Percentile £410 £361 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +3.26% -8.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £575
90th Percentile £671 £675 £638
South West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 14 5
10th Percentile £13.65 £18.13 £12.53
25th Percentile £15.14 £18.22 £12.75
Median hourly rate £16.62 £18.51 £13.85
Median % change year-on-year -10.21% +33.65% -78.69%
75th Percentile £59.38 £28.56 £18.00
90th Percentile £99.50 £37.50 £36.45
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £21.76 £14.50
% change year-on-year +164.31% +50.03% -74.78%

Google Ads
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Google Ads job vacancy trend in Bristol

Google Ads
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Google Ads.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Google Ads

Google Ads
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Thinking
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) BT