Google Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Google
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring knowledge or experience of Google products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Google over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Google.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 103 169
Rank change year-on-year +12 +66 0
Permanent jobs citing Google 76 78 27
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.89% 2.30% 0.68%
As % of the Vendors category 5.44% 6.82% 1.66%
Number of salaries quoted 44 24 19
10th Percentile £27,250 - £26,700
25th Percentile £30,500 £25,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £27,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -40.22% -16.36%
75th Percentile £47,500 £39,813 £60,000
90th Percentile £53,750 £65,000 £62,500
South East median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -22.22% -5.26% -13.64%

All Vendors
Thames Valley

Google falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,398 1,143 1,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 34.68% 33.78% 40.85%
Number of salaries quoted 590 536 1,219
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £30,300
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -4.76%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Google job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Google
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Google.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Google

Google
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Google in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Google in the Thames Valley

Google
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Oxfordshire +8 27 £35,000 +27.27% 7
Berkshire +8 26 £52,500 +57.89% 46
Buckinghamshire +6 23 £45,000 -28.00% 11
Google
South East

Google
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (6.58%) IIS
2 1 (1.32%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 13 (17.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.63%) Adobe XD
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.32%) MadCap Flare
Business Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.63%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 40 (52.63%) GCP
2 32 (42.11%) Azure
3 22 (28.95%) AWS
4 21 (27.63%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (23.68%) Google Workspace
6 12 (15.79%) Google Analytics
7 10 (13.16%) SaaS
8 9 (11.84%) Google Ads
9 7 (9.21%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (3.95%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (3.95%) Canva
11 3 (3.95%) GitHub
12 2 (2.63%) Amazon SageMaker
12 2 (2.63%) dbt
12 2 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (2.63%) Figma
12 2 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (2.63%) Google Data Studio
12 2 (2.63%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 18 (23.68%) DHCP
1 18 (23.68%) DNS
2 13 (17.11%) Firewall
2 13 (17.11%) TCP/IP
3 5 (6.58%) LAN
3 5 (6.58%) VoIP
3 5 (6.58%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (23.68%) BigQuery
2 7 (9.21%) SQL Server
3 5 (6.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (2.63%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.63%) Looker
4 2 (2.63%) Power BI
4 2 (2.63%) Tableau
5 1 (1.32%) GIS
5 1 (1.32%) Metadata
5 1 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.95%) Git
2 2 (2.63%) Axure RP
2 2 (2.63%) Balsamiq
3 1 (1.32%) JIRA
General
1 31 (40.79%) Marketing
2 30 (39.47%) Social Skills
3 15 (19.74%) Law
4 13 (17.11%) Retail
5 10 (13.16%) Finance
6 7 (9.21%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (7.89%) Games
8 5 (6.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (6.58%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (5.26%) Electronics
10 3 (3.95%) Automotive
10 3 (3.95%) Legal
10 3 (3.95%) Public Sector
10 3 (3.95%) Telecoms
11 2 (2.63%) Advertising
11 2 (2.63%) French Language
11 2 (2.63%) Mandarin Language
11 2 (2.63%) Manufacturing
11 2 (2.63%) Portuguese Language
11 2 (2.63%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 18 (23.68%) IT Engineer
2 17 (22.37%) Support Engineer
3 15 (19.74%) Architect
4 14 (18.42%) IT Support
5 13 (17.11%) Analyst
5 13 (17.11%) IT Support Engineer
6 12 (15.79%) Cloud Architect
6 12 (15.79%) GCP Architect
6 12 (15.79%) Platform Architect
7 10 (13.16%) Marketing Manager
8 6 (7.89%) Support Analyst
8 6 (7.89%) Technical Analyst
8 6 (7.89%) Technical Support
8 6 (7.89%) Technical Support Analyst
9 5 (6.58%) Field Engineer
9 5 (6.58%) Linux Engineer
9 5 (6.58%) Linux Support
9 5 (6.58%) Linux Support Engineer
9 5 (6.58%) Software Engineer
9 5 (6.58%) Software Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.89%) .NET
1 6 (7.89%) Entity Framework
2 5 (6.58%) .NET Framework
2 5 (6.58%) WinForms
3 2 (2.63%) CSS
3 2 (2.63%) HTML
3 2 (2.63%) Hugging Face
3 2 (2.63%) NumPy
3 2 (2.63%) Pandas
3 2 (2.63%) scikit-learn
4 1 (1.32%) .NET Core
4 1 (1.32%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.32%) ASP.NET Core
4 1 (1.32%) Hibernate
4 1 (1.32%) Spring
4 1 (1.32%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.79%) Cloud Native
2 7 (9.21%) Social Media
3 6 (7.89%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (5.26%) Product Ownership
5 3 (3.95%) Blog
6 2 (2.63%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.63%) Video Editing
6 2 (2.63%) Web Conferencing
7 1 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 29 (38.16%) Windows
2 11 (14.47%) Windows Server
3 6 (7.89%) Linux
4 5 (6.58%) Android
4 5 (6.58%) Apple iOS
5 2 (2.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (39.47%) Analytics
2 25 (32.89%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (18.42%) Cost Optimisation
3 14 (18.42%) Mentoring
3 14 (18.42%) Roadmaps
4 13 (17.11%) Architectural Design
4 13 (17.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (17.11%) Customer Service
4 13 (17.11%) Digital Marketing
5 12 (15.79%) Cloud Security
5 12 (15.79%) Cost Management
5 12 (15.79%) Data Science
5 12 (15.79%) ITIL
5 12 (15.79%) Performance Optimisation
5 12 (15.79%) Strategic Roadmap
6 10 (13.16%) Agile
6 10 (13.16%) E-Commerce
7 9 (11.84%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (9.21%) Pay per click
8 7 (9.21%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 17 (22.37%) Python
2 12 (15.79%) Go
2 12 (15.79%) Java
3 11 (14.47%) SQL
4 6 (7.89%) C#
5 5 (6.58%) T-SQL
6 3 (3.95%) JavaScript
7 2 (2.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 13 (17.11%) Degree
2 9 (11.84%) A+ Certification
2 9 (11.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (10.53%) Security Cleared
4 7 (9.21%) MCP
5 6 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (7.89%) DBS Check
5 6 (7.89%) SC Cleared
6 3 (3.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (3.95%) CCSP
6 3 (3.95%) CEH
6 3 (3.95%) CISA
6 3 (3.95%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (3.95%) CISM
6 3 (3.95%) CISSP
7 2 (2.63%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (3.95%) GRC
1 3 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (3.95%) PCI DSS
1 3 (3.95%) SLA
2 2 (2.63%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.63%) GDPR
2 2 (2.63%) WCAG
System Software
1 23 (30.26%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.58%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (17.11%) Kubernetes
2 5 (6.58%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (6.58%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 25 (32.89%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.53%) Palo Alto
3 7 (9.21%) Zoho
4 5 (6.58%) Adobe
4 5 (6.58%) Atlassian
4 5 (6.58%) CheckPoint
4 5 (6.58%) Cisco
4 5 (6.58%) Meraki
4 5 (6.58%) Sage
4 5 (6.58%) VMware
4 5 (6.58%) Xamarin
5 3 (3.95%) Tenable
6 2 (2.63%) Alteryx
6 2 (2.63%) Hootsuite
6 2 (2.63%) HubSpot
6 2 (2.63%) Instagram
6 2 (2.63%) OpenAI
6 2 (2.63%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.63%) Talend
6 2 (2.63%) YouTube