Google Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Google
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 29 September 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
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 23 25
Rank change year-on-year -10 +2 +14
Contract jobs citing Google 5 8 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 2.03% 4.10% 1.26%
As % of the Vendors category 6.85% 10.26% 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £518 - £372
25th Percentile £534 - £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £500 £394
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% +26.98% -26.06%
75th Percentile £609 - £405
90th Percentile £626 - £406
North East median daily rate £570 £498 £394
% change year-on-year +14.57% +26.35% -23.54%

All Vendors
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 73 78 82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 29.67% 40.00% 51.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 42 60
10th Percentile £200 £200 £306
25th Percentile £346 £368 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £493
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.55% -4.37%
75th Percentile £575 £608 £605
90th Percentile £641 £738 £720
North East median daily rate £494 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +3.95% +5.56% -10.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £15.40 - £31.33
25th Percentile £17.88 - £31.44
Median hourly rate £19.25 - £32.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +130.36%
75th Percentile £20.63 - £33.31
90th Percentile £39.45 - £33.58
North East median hourly rate £19.25 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year -58.32% - +191.17%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Google as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Google in Tyne and Wear

Google
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Google.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Google

Google
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 29 September 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -9 5 £570 +14.00% 5
Google
North East

Google
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) GCP
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Google Workspace
3 1 (20.00%) AWS Data Pipeline
3 1 (20.00%) Google Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Google Docs
3 1 (20.00%) Google Sheets
3 1 (20.00%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) BigQuery
1 1 (20.00%) Looker
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) GitLab
General
1 4 (80.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Military
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior IT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) AI Agents
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (20.00%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (20.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (20.00%) Data Science
3 1 (20.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (20.00%) Generative AI
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (20.00%) LLM
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Observability
3 1 (20.00%) Operational Stability
3 1 (20.00%) Product Requirements
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Bash
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (20.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
1 1 (20.00%) Grafana
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (20.00%) Prometheus
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft