Google Ads Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Google Ads (formerly AdWords)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Google Ads skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Google Ads 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.087% - -
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.22% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £200 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £201 - -
75th Percentile £201 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £201 - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 895 757 852
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 39.00% 43.51% 39.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 620 478 595
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £458 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £543
Median % change year-on-year - +1.38% -8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £668
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 6
10th Percentile £20.67 £24.39 £12.75
25th Percentile £25.81 £24.66 £14.88
Median hourly rate £40.64 £38.58 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.35% +71.44% -73.24%
75th Percentile £57.83 £61.56 £26.19
90th Percentile £75.18 £126.25 £38.63
Central London median hourly rate £40.64 £34.65 £22.50
% change year-on-year +17.29% +54.00% -72.99%

Google Ads
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Google Ads job vacancy trend in the City of London

Google Ads
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Google Ads.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Google Ads

Google Ads
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Support Technician
1 2 (100.00%) Desktop Technician
1 2 (100.00%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (100.00%) Security Patching
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management