Google
South East > Kent
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 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 1 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 20 | 25 | 30 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +5 | +5 | +13 |
| Contract jobs citing Google | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Kent | 2.52% | 0.51% | 0.91% |
| As % of the Vendors category | 5.36% | 1.23% | 1.55% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £206 | - | £143 |
| 25th Percentile | £365 | - | £154 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £630 | £180 | £185 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +250.00% | -2.70% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £214 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £224 |
| South East median daily rate | £250 | £390 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | -35.90% | -2.50% | -20.00% |
All Vendors
Kent
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 Kent.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 56 | 81 | 129 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent | 47.06% | 41.33% | 58.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 52 | 31 | 109 |
| 10th Percentile | £153 | £155 | £181 |
| 25th Percentile | £256 | £189 | £205 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £325 | £365 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +23.08% | -10.96% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £563 | £519 | £525 |
| 90th Percentile | £623 | £598 | £560 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £513 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.44% | +2.50% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £18.58 | £17.05 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £20.01 | £18.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £16.36 | £22.40 | £20.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.96% | +9.27% | +61.93% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £44.71 | £23.25 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £58.10 | £24.75 |
| South East median hourly rate | £21.07 | £57.35 | £51.42 |
| % change year-on-year | -63.26% | +11.53% | +141.41% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Kent
Job postings citing Google as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.
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Daily Rate Trend in Kent
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Google.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Kent
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google in Kent over the 6 months to 1 October 2025.
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Contract Job Locations in Kent
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the Kent region over the 6 months to 1 October 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatham | - | 2 | £630 | - | |
| Google South East |
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Co-Occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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: