Google Ads Job Trends in the Midlands

Google Ads (formerly AdWords)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Google Ads skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 212 240 209
Rank change year-on-year +28 -31 +130
Permanent jobs citing Google Ads 7 6 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.090% 0.090% 0.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.25% 0.28% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 3
10th Percentile £25,800 £35,425 £27,800
25th Percentile £28,375 £36,438 £28,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,750 £38,500 £30,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.94% +26.23% +17.31%
75th Percentile £38,938 £40,000 £42,500
90th Percentile £43,750 - £47,750
England median annual salary £41,250 £33,750 £37,500
% change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -21.05%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Midlands

Google Ads falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,841 2,131 1,901
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 36.44% 31.90% 38.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,394 1,225 1,711
10th Percentile £27,930 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,375 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £79,560 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%

Google Ads
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Google Ads relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Google Ads job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Google Ads
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Google Ads.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Google Ads

Google Ads
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Google Ads in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Google Ads in the Midlands

Google Ads
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Google Ads within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +29 5 £31,500 -18.18% 2
East Midlands - 2 £42,500 -
Google Ads
England

Google Ads
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Google Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) Google Tag Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Canva
3 1 (14.29%) SaaS
3 1 (14.29%) Wix.com
General
1 7 (100.00%) Marketing
2 3 (42.86%) Advertising
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Brand Awareness
4 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Coordinator
1 2 (28.57%) Paid Search Manager
1 2 (28.57%) PPC Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Search Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Account Executive
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Executive
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce Executive
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Social Media
2 2 (28.57%) Digital Media
2 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 2 (28.57%) Mobile App
3 1 (14.29%) Blog
3 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (14.29%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Digital Marketing
2 5 (71.43%) Analytics
2 5 (71.43%) Marketing Strategy
2 5 (71.43%) Pay per click
3 3 (42.86%) Creative Marketing
3 3 (42.86%) E-Commerce
3 3 (42.86%) SEO
4 2 (28.57%) Affiliate Marketing
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Commercial Awareness
4 2 (28.57%) Customer Acquisition
4 2 (28.57%) Customer Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) Data Privacy
4 2 (28.57%) Marketing Management
4 2 (28.57%) Paid Search
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Product Management
4 2 (28.57%) Time Management
4 2 (28.57%) User Experience
5 1 (14.29%) B2B Marketing
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Google
2 3 (42.86%) Facebook
2 3 (42.86%) Instagram
3 2 (28.57%) Adobe
3 2 (28.57%) Apple
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) TikTok
3 2 (28.57%) YouTube
4 1 (14.29%) Pardot