Google Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Google
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 10 October 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
10 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 27 30
Rank change year-on-year +6 +3 +1
Contract jobs citing Google 13 5 9
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 5.99% 2.19% 3.88%
As % of the Vendors category 13.27% 5.10% 8.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 7
10th Percentile £425 £383 £328
25th Percentile £431 £394 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £475 £340
Median % change year-on-year -3.95% +39.71% -38.18%
75th Percentile £482 £550 £565
90th Percentile £488 - £604
South Wales median daily rate £456 £425 £340
% change year-on-year +7.35% +25.00% -42.62%

All Vendors
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 98 98 106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 45.16% 42.98% 45.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 67 72
10th Percentile £231 £140 £211
25th Percentile £300 £209 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £394 £470 £504
Median % change year-on-year -16.22% -6.70% +0.75%
75th Percentile £482 £550 £591
90th Percentile £634 £629 £699
South Wales median daily rate £388 £388 £500
% change year-on-year - -22.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile £12.77 £23.12 -
25th Percentile £13.61 £24.05 £16.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £25.60 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +42.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £18.75 £26.55 £23.00
90th Percentile £19.80 £27.12 £24.80
South Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £50.00 £23.92
% change year-on-year -59.00% +109.07% +32.86%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Google job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Google
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Google

Google
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (92.31%) GCP
2 11 (84.62%) Azure
3 10 (76.92%) AWS
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (7.69%) GitHub
4 1 (7.69%) Google Docs
4 1 (7.69%) Google Sheets
4 1 (7.69%) Google Workspace
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) MongoDB
1 3 (23.08%) MySQL
1 3 (23.08%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (15.38%) Relational Database
3 1 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (7.69%) Data Lake
3 1 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
3 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 6 (46.15%) Public Sector
2 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Digital Health
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Architect
2 5 (38.46%) Cloud Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Migration Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Java Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Principal Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Principal Solutions Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Banking Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Cloud Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.69%) Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Retail Banking Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Risk Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Risk Business Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) Spring
1 3 (23.08%) Spring Boot
1 3 (23.08%) Spring Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Cloud Native
2 3 (23.08%) NHS
3 1 (7.69%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) Cloud Security
2 5 (38.46%) Data Privacy
2 5 (38.46%) DevSecOps
2 5 (38.46%) Migration
2 5 (38.46%) Roadmaps
2 5 (38.46%) Strategic Roadmap
2 5 (38.46%) TOGAF
3 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
3 4 (30.77%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (30.77%) IT Strategy
3 4 (30.77%) ITIL
3 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (30.77%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (23.08%) API Design
4 3 (23.08%) Integration Testing
4 3 (23.08%) Kanban
4 3 (23.08%) Microservices
4 3 (23.08%) Scrum
4 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) Java
2 1 (7.69%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) AWS Certification
1 5 (38.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 5 (38.46%) Azure Certification
2 4 (30.77%) CITP
2 4 (30.77%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (30.77%) Degree
2 4 (30.77%) Master's Degree
3 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft