Google Contracts in the South West

Google
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 2 August 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
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 76 119
Rank change year-on-year -10 +43 +7
Contract jobs citing Google 30 70 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.57% 2.47% 1.14%
As % of the Vendors category 3.71% 5.65% 3.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 25 22
10th Percentile £248 £228 £196
25th Percentile £355 £363 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -32.73% +15.73% -17.35%
75th Percentile £475 £688 £572
90th Percentile £541 £695 £675
England median daily rate £485 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -11.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 30 4
10th Percentile £22.43 £34.80 £21.69
25th Percentile £31.50 - £33.17
Median hourly rate £33.67 £70.00 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year -51.90% +76.99% +13.00%
75th Percentile £35.84 - £44.61
90th Percentile £36.00 - £53.73
England median hourly rate £23.61 £70.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -66.27% +105.88% -2.86%

All Vendors
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 809 1,239 1,247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 42.44% 43.72% 37.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 801 890
10th Percentile £220 £225 £263
25th Percentile £363 £425 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 153 70
10th Percentile £14.42 £23.90 £17.40
25th Percentile £18.51 £43.75 £26.81
Median hourly rate £22.63 £67.50 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -66.47% +19.49% +16.52%
75th Percentile £66.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -13.28% -17.14% +55.56%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Google as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Google in the South West

Google
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Google in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Google in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google in the South West over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Google in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Google in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Google in the South West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Google in the South West over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Google in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the South West region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
Bristol -12 18 £370 -15.43% 33
Gloucestershire +14 6 - - 30
Wiltshire +15 3 - - 5
Somerset -1 2 £638 +15.91% 12
Dorset - 1 £500 - 4
Google
England

Google
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.33%) Apache Spark
1 1 (3.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.33%) Adobe XD
2 1 (3.33%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 12 (40.00%) AWS
1 12 (40.00%) Azure
1 12 (40.00%) GCP
2 7 (23.33%) Google Workspace
3 3 (10.00%) Akamai
3 3 (10.00%) Google Sheets
4 2 (6.67%) Apple Pay
4 2 (6.67%) Google Ads
4 2 (6.67%) Google Analytics
4 2 (6.67%) Google Pay
5 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.33%) Figma
5 1 (3.33%) GitHub
5 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.33%) SaaS
5 1 (3.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) Network Security
2 1 (3.33%) BGP
2 1 (3.33%) Firewall
2 1 (3.33%) MPLS
2 1 (3.33%) OSPF
2 1 (3.33%) SD-WAN
2 1 (3.33%) VLAN
2 1 (3.33%) VPN
2 1 (3.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) Big Data
1 1 (3.33%) BigQuery
1 1 (3.33%) Hadoop
1 1 (3.33%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (3.33%) CMake
1 1 (3.33%) Git
1 1 (3.33%) GoogleTest
General
1 12 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 11 (36.67%) Finance
3 10 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 9 (30.00%) Marketing
5 8 (26.67%) Manufacturing
6 7 (23.33%) Electronics
6 7 (23.33%) Telecoms
7 5 (16.67%) Banking
8 3 (10.00%) Legal
9 2 (6.67%) Aerospace
9 2 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (3.33%) Advertising
10 1 (3.33%) Aviation
10 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (3.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 8 (26.67%) Applications Support
3 7 (23.33%) Applications Developer
3 7 (23.33%) Applications Engineer
3 7 (23.33%) Applications Support Engineer
3 7 (23.33%) Developer
4 6 (20.00%) Azure Developer
4 6 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
4 6 (20.00%) C# Application Developer
4 6 (20.00%) C# Developer
4 6 (20.00%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 5 (16.67%) Architect
6 4 (13.33%) IT Support
6 4 (13.33%) Senior
7 3 (10.00%) Analyst
7 3 (10.00%) Operations Manager
7 3 (10.00%) Security Architect
7 3 (10.00%) Senior Architect
7 3 (10.00%) Senior Security Architect
8 2 (6.67%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (30.00%) CSS
1 9 (30.00%) HTML
2 8 (26.67%) .NET
3 3 (10.00%) SailPoint
4 1 (3.33%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (3.33%) OpenCV
4 1 (3.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 7 (23.33%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (13.33%) Product Ownership
4 2 (6.67%) Digital Wallet
5 1 (3.33%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.33%) CUDA
5 1 (3.33%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (3.33%) Mobile App
5 1 (3.33%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.33%) Raspberry Pi
5 1 (3.33%) Robotics
5 1 (3.33%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.67%) Linux
2 1 (3.33%) Android
2 1 (3.33%) Robot Operating System
2 1 (3.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) CI/CD
1 9 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
1 9 (30.00%) Project Management
1 9 (30.00%) Software Engineering
1 9 (30.00%) Test Automation
1 9 (30.00%) User Experience
2 8 (26.67%) Computer Science
2 8 (26.67%) Continuous Delivery
2 8 (26.67%) Continuous Integration
2 8 (26.67%) Service Delivery
2 8 (26.67%) Service Management
2 8 (26.67%) Software Delivery
2 8 (26.67%) TDD
2 8 (26.67%) Web Development
3 7 (23.33%) Agile
3 7 (23.33%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (23.33%) Decision-Making
3 7 (23.33%) Digital Marketing
3 7 (23.33%) Programme Management
4 6 (20.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 9 (30.00%) C#
1 9 (30.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.33%) Bash
2 1 (3.33%) C++
2 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (30.00%) Azure Certification
2 8 (26.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 8 (26.67%) Degree
3 5 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.33%) AWS Certification
5 1 (3.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.33%) CCIE
5 1 (3.33%) CCNP
5 1 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.33%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.33%) JNCIE
5 1 (3.33%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) GRC
2 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (3.33%) GDPR
2 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 10 (33.33%) SAP
2 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.00%) Apple
3 3 (10.00%) F5
4 2 (6.67%) Oracle
4 2 (6.67%) Salesforce
4 2 (6.67%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.33%) Adobe
5 1 (3.33%) Cisco
5 1 (3.33%) Criteo
5 1 (3.33%) Databricks
5 1 (3.33%) Fortinet
5 1 (3.33%) Hotjar
5 1 (3.33%) HubSpot
5 1 (3.33%) Juniper
5 1 (3.33%) NVIDIA
5 1 (3.33%) Palo Alto
5 1 (3.33%) Twitter