Google Maps API Contracts

Google Maps
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Google Maps API skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Google Maps API over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 577 714
Rank change year-on-year +64 +137 +138
Contract jobs citing Google Maps API 7 5 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.011% 0.007%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.11% 0.056% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £438 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £520
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.86%
75th Percentile £523 - £543
90th Percentile £566 - £547
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - £10.81 -
25th Percentile £60.50 - -
Median hourly rate £61.00 £10.90 -
Median % change year-on-year +459.63% - -
75th Percentile £61.50 - -
90th Percentile - £11.71 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £10.90 -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Google Maps API 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,644 8,946 13,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.70% 20.54% 23.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,558 6,207 10,141
10th Percentile £363 £338 £400
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £780 £771 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 233 153
10th Percentile £27.14 £21.25 £31.60
25th Percentile £48.25 £40.00 £48.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.87 £74.89 £80.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £64.00
% change year-on-year +36.84% -25.78% +30.61%

Google Maps API
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Google Maps API as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Google Maps API in the UK

Google Maps API
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Google Maps API.

Daily rate trend for Google Maps API in the UK

Google Maps API
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Google Maps API.

Hourly rate trend for Google Maps API in the UK

Google Maps API
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google Maps API within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +59 7 £475 - 9
London - 4 £544 - 5
UK excluding London +61 3 £450 - 5
Work from Home - 3 £450 - 1
North of England +20 2 £450 - 2
North West +18 2 £450 - 2
South East - 1 - - 3

Google Maps API
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (42.86%) GitHub
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (28.57%) GIS
1 2 (28.57%) ObjectStore
2 1 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Git
1 3 (42.86%) GitLab
2 1 (14.29%) Android Studio
2 1 (14.29%) Bitbucket
2 1 (14.29%) Eclipse
2 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
2 1 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (14.29%) Maven
General
1 2 (28.57%) Games
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
2 4 (57.14%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 2 (28.57%) Android Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
3 2 (28.57%) GIS Developer
3 2 (28.57%) JavaScript Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Front-End Java Developer (Client-Side Java Developer)
4 1 (14.29%) GUI Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Java Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Java GUI Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Lead
4 1 (14.29%) Lead Android Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Lead Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Front-End Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) React
2 3 (42.86%) AngularJS
3 2 (28.57%) .NET
3 2 (28.57%) CSS
3 2 (28.57%) GeoJSON
3 2 (28.57%) HTML
3 2 (28.57%) Leaflet
3 2 (28.57%) MapLibre
3 2 (28.57%) Node.js
3 2 (28.57%) RESTful
4 1 (14.29%) Android Jetpack
4 1 (14.29%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (14.29%) Java EE
4 1 (14.29%) Jetpack Compose
4 1 (14.29%) REST
4 1 (14.29%) SOAP
4 1 (14.29%) Vaadin
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Front End Development
2 2 (28.57%) Android Development
2 2 (28.57%) Containerisation
2 2 (28.57%) Data Pipeline
2 2 (28.57%) Digital Twin
2 2 (28.57%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (28.57%) OO
2 2 (28.57%) RBAC
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Visualisation
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Mobile Application Development
3 1 (14.29%) MVC
3 1 (14.29%) MVVM
3 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
3 1 (14.29%) User Experience
3 1 (14.29%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
1 3 (42.86%) Kotlin
1 3 (42.86%) Python
1 3 (42.86%) TypeScript
2 2 (28.57%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Google
2 2 (28.57%) Mapbox
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Samsung
2 2 (28.57%) Spotify
3 1 (14.29%) SAP