Protocol Buffers Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Google Protocol Buffers (protobuf)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Protocol Buffers skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - - 131
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Protocol Buffers 0 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley - - 0.038%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category - - 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £575
75th Percentile - - £588
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £690 - £575

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 426 279 363
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 14.27% 19.06% 13.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 194 246
10th Percentile £360 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £598 £619
90th Percentile £650 £650 £650
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 18
10th Percentile £29.07 £13.25 £56.61
25th Percentile £41.35 £18.95 £56.65
Median hourly rate £52.50 £29.63 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +77.19% -51.90% -21.53%
75th Percentile £82.00 £43.86 -
90th Percentile £83.48 £81.78 £61.72
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £54.94 £61.60
% change year-on-year +9.22% -10.82% -5.23%

Protocol Buffers
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Protocol Buffers relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Protocol Buffers job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Protocol Buffers
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Protocol Buffers.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Protocol Buffers