Google Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Google
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire 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 30 May 2026, 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
30 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 33 55
Rank change year-on-year -9 +22 -3
Contract jobs citing Google 3 8 4
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.93% 3.14% 0.91%
As % of the Vendors category 2.80% 6.40% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £550 £370 £450
% change year-on-year +48.65% -17.78% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile £28.83 £22.43 £36.70
25th Percentile £30.06 £31.50 £42.25
Median hourly rate £32.75 £33.67 £51.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -34.62% +30.21%
75th Percentile £36.06 £35.84 £60.75
90th Percentile £37.68 £36.00 £66.30
South West median hourly rate £32.75 £33.67 £70.00
% change year-on-year -2.73% -51.90% +31.21%

All Vendors
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 107 125 160
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 33.02% 49.02% 36.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 89 91
10th Percentile £156 £201 £281
25th Percentile £275 £278 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £623 £631
90th Percentile £648 £728 £688
South West median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.20% -2.62% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 13 12
10th Percentile £26.60 £27.78 £16.11
25th Percentile £31.25 £31.50 £29.28
Median hourly rate £32.50 £36.00 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year -9.72% -33.02% -23.21%
75th Percentile £35.00 £70.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £46.75 - £69.88
South West median hourly rate £51.00 £33.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +54.55% -30.53% -22.58%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Google job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Google
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Google

Google
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Google.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Google

Google
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Filton 0 2 - - 3
Gloucester - 1 £450 - 1
Google
South West

Google
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 2 (66.67%) Google Workspace
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Fire and Rescue
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Data Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) SOC Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Data Governance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
1 1 (33.33%) Information Security
1 1 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Management
1 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
1 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 1 (33.33%) Security Management
1 1 (33.33%) SIEM
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (33.33%) CCSK
1 1 (33.33%) CEH
1 1 (33.33%) CISA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) HIPAA
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
1 1 (33.33%) NIST 800
1 1 (33.33%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) CASB
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
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