The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chester 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 1 May 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.
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 Chester.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services
53
19
37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester
77.94%
35.19%
43.53%
Number of daily rates quoted
14
5
20
10th Percentile
-
£220
£258
25th Percentile
£325
£250
£288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£438
£475
£363
Median % change year-on-year
-7.89%
+31.03%
-14.71%
75th Percentile
£594
£531
£481
90th Percentile
£734
£625
£605
Cheshire median daily rate
£475
£510
£450
% change year-on-year
-6.86%
+13.33%
+5.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted
16
0
1
10th Percentile
£19.00
-
-
25th Percentile
£40.74
-
-
Median hourly rate
£60.00
-
£40.00
Median % change year-on-year
-
-
+137.74%
75th Percentile
£86.00
-
-
90th Percentile
-
-
-
Cheshire median hourly rate
£50.00
£17.72
£18.82
% change year-on-year
+182.17%
-5.84%
+22.93%
Google Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Job postings citing Google as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.
Google Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Chester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Google in Chester.
Google Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Chester
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Google in Chester.
Google Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Google also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Chester region with a requirement for Google.
Google Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
