Google Maps API Contract Job Trends

Google Maps
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Google Maps API skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 607 524 588
Rank change year-on-year -83 +64 +177
Contract jobs citing Google Maps API 1 8 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.002% 0.026% 0.011%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.011% 0.12% 0.054%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £484 £438 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% - -
75th Percentile £501 £594 -
90th Percentile - £598 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £450 -
% change year-on-year +9.44% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
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 8,931 6,922 9,204
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.97% 22.68% 20.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,977 4,485 6,445
10th Percentile £358 £358 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -1.87% -6.96%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 88 216
10th Percentile £35.00 £25.95 £22.12
25th Percentile £52.50 £38.44 £43.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +28.28% -25.05%
75th Percentile £74.26 £67.63 £66.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £80.30 £75.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £48.72
% change year-on-year - +33.42% -25.05%

Google Maps API
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Google Maps API relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Google Maps API job vacancy trend in the UK

Google Maps API
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Google Maps API.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Google Maps API

Google Maps API
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Google Maps API.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Google Maps API

Google Maps API
Top 2 Contract Job 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 23 February 2026. 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
UK excluding London -70 1 £493 +9.44% 1
Scotland - 1 £493 -

Google Maps API
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) UX Research
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google