Google Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Google
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 8 June 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
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 18 21
Rank change year-on-year -28 +3 +8
Contract jobs citing Google 4 4 6
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 1.18% 3.45% 2.52%
As % of the Vendors category 3.20% 5.88% 7.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £333
25th Percentile - - £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £46 - £375
75th Percentile - - £430
90th Percentile - - £456
South East median daily rate £588 £500 £388
% change year-on-year +17.50% +29.03% +10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 0
Median hourly rate £29.07 £46.30 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.21% - -
South East median hourly rate £29.07 £18.82 £70.00
% change year-on-year +54.46% -73.11% +33.33%

All Vendors
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 125 68 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 36.98% 58.62% 35.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 33 58
10th Percentile £225 £161 £128
25th Percentile £250 £200 £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 £438
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -14.29% +2.94%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £506
90th Percentile £592 £540 £562
South East median daily rate £510 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 7 8
10th Percentile £14.86 £13.08 £16.08
25th Percentile £18.25 £19.11 £16.59
Median hourly rate £28.48 £27.76 £22.63
Median % change year-on-year +2.58% +22.68% -14.87%
75th Percentile £53.75 £46.30 £27.15
90th Percentile £54.13 - £49.48
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £24.66 £50.00
% change year-on-year +92.62% -50.68% +5.26%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Google job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Google
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Google

Google
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Google

Google
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
Carterton - 2 - -
Oxford -5 1 £46 - 3
Google
South East

Google
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (25.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Google Sheets
1 2 (50.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) MS Access
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Aerospace
2 3 (75.00%) Aviation
3 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Legal
4 1 (25.00%) Marketing
4 1 (25.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Executive Assistant
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (50.00%) Data Entry
1 2 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Critical Path Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Facilities Management
2 1 (25.00%) Gantt Chart
2 1 (25.00%) Kanban
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft