Google
Berkshire > Reading
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 May 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 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 58 | 80 | 68 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +22 | -12 | +11 |
| Contract jobs citing Google | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading | 0.34% | 0.92% | 1.83% |
| As % of the Vendors category | 0.62% | 1.91% | 3.55% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £281 | £346 |
| 25th Percentile | £563 | £366 | £468 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £425 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +35.29% | -21.30% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £588 | £472 | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £534 | £699 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £500 | £425 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +17.65% | -14.92% | -0.10% |
All Vendors
Reading
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 Reading.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services | 322 | 575 | 535 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading | 53.94% | 48.24% | 51.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 220 | 358 | 369 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £213 | £372 |
| 25th Percentile | £456 | £413 | £489 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £595 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.18% | -4.35% | +11.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £650 | £685 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £688 | £725 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £550 | £513 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.32% | -6.82% | +10.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 23 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | £33.82 | £52.90 | £29.10 |
| 25th Percentile | £41.05 | £56.38 | £47.95 |
| Median hourly rate | £53.10 | £60.14 | £64.68 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.71% | -7.01% | +115.58% |
| 75th Percentile | £65.14 | £62.03 | £66.21 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.37 | £64.66 | £73.45 |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | £42.78 | £58.30 | £60.88 |
| % change year-on-year | -26.63% | -4.23% | +21.75% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Job postings citing Google as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Google in Reading.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Google in Reading.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: