Google Ads Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Google Ads (formerly AdWords)
England > East of England

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Google Ads 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.38% - -
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.83% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £531 - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile £713 - -
England median daily rate £475 £275 £277
% change year-on-year +72.73% -0.54% -23.72%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 328 260 326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 20.64% 24.03% 19.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 153 198
10th Percentile £212 £213 £185
25th Percentile £355 £310 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.94% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £550
90th Percentile £713 £685 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 13 32
10th Percentile £6.00 £16.28 -
25th Percentile £14.00 - £14.00
Median hourly rate £16.33 £21.46 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.93% +19.22% +12.50%
75th Percentile £40.53 £55.00 £39.69
90th Percentile £55.13 £66.00 £76.88
England median hourly rate £29.00 £28.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year +0.87% +27.78% -0.57%

Google Ads
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Google Ads job vacancy trend in the East of England

Google Ads
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Google Ads.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Google Ads

Google Ads
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google Ads in the East of England over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Google Ads in the East of England

Google Ads
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google Ads within the East of England region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
Suffolk - 5 £675 - 3
Cambridgeshire - 1 £400 - 4
Google Ads
England

Google Ads
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) VMware Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Engineering Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
1 1 (16.67%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Robot Operating System
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (16.67%) Front End Development
2 1 (16.67%) Prototyping
2 1 (16.67%) Robotic Control
2 1 (16.67%) Sprint Review
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (16.67%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C#
1 1 (16.67%) C++
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft