Google Ads Contract Job Trends in the South East

Google Ads (formerly AdWords)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Google Ads skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 170 177 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Contract jobs citing Google Ads 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.028% 0.046% -
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.088% 0.17% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -45.00% - -
England median daily rate £290 £500 £325
% change year-on-year -42.00% +53.85% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.50 -
England median hourly rate £15.00 £35.29 £14.03
% change year-on-year -57.49% +151.51% -59.91%

All Cloud Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,137 1,172 1,562
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.88% 27.06% 28.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 752 789 1,117
10th Percentile £204 £281 £206
25th Percentile £350 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% -2.38% +3.19%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £638
90th Percentile £650 £663 £700
England median daily rate £503 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.29% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 22 49
10th Percentile £12.50 £19.45 £16.25
25th Percentile £14.75 £23.44 £19.25
Median hourly rate £18.82 £47.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -60.38% +75.93% +28.57%
75th Percentile £27.81 £60.95 £61.88
90th Percentile £45.45 £64.73 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.32
% change year-on-year -28.14% +8.29% +43.64%

Google Ads
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Google Ads job vacancy trend in the South East

Google Ads
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Google Ads
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Google Ads.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Google Ads

Google Ads
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 8 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
Surrey +8 1 £275 -45.00%
Google Ads
England

Google Ads
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (100.00%) Adobe Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Google Data Studio
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) Looker
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Qlik Sense
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Marketing Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) TikTok