Protocol Buffers Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Google Protocol Buffers (protobuf)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Protocol Buffers skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Protocol Buffers 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 0.72% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 9.09% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Southampton

Protocol Buffers falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 11 7 28
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 7.91% 4.58% 14.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 22
10th Percentile £463 - £426
25th Percentile £472 £350 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +0.92% -0.91%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £575
90th Percentile £634 £610 £632
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%

Protocol Buffers
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) WebSockets
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes