Google Protocol Buffers (protobuf)
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Protocol Buffers skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 24 Aug 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
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| Rank | 162 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Protocol Buffers | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands | 0.058% | - | - |
| As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category | 0.37% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £520 | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £520 | £750 | £800 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.67% | -6.25% | +23.08% |
All Software Libraries and Frameworks
West Midlands
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 West Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills | 537 | 328 | 345 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 15.60% | 18.90% | 18.09% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 377 | 210 | 221 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £360 | £345 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £500 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | -9.09% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £568 | £583 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £645 | £638 | £750 |
| England median daily rate | £530 | £520 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.92% | -5.45% | -1.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 19 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £33.91 | £30.55 |
| 25th Percentile | £58.43 | £34.96 | £55.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £50.00 | £56.25 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +40.00% | -11.11% | +32.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £75.00 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £67.50 |
| England median hourly rate | £65.00 | £54.94 | £61.80 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.32% | -11.10% | -4.92% |
Protocol Buffers
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Protocol Buffers relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
Protocol Buffers
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Protocol Buffers within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 August 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 |
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| Birmingham | - | 1 | £520 | - | |
| Coventry | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Protocol Buffers England |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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: