Google Ads (formerly AdWords)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Google Ads skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 678 522 800
Rank change year-on-year -156 +278 +28
Permanent jobs citing Google Ads 100 156 89
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.32% 0.088%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.37% 0.98% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 79 107 78
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,900 £27,500
25th Percentile £27,125 £31,250 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.76%
75th Percentile £54,500 £49,140 £43,625
90th Percentile £77,500 £57,500 £50,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £35,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -9.09% +18.46%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 27,025 15,903 33,344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.36% 32.37% 33.04%
Number of salaries quoted 17,563 11,080 25,330
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £30,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £51,364
% change year-on-year +4.76% +2.21% -6.61%

Google Ads
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Google Ads job vacancy trend in the UK

Google Ads
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Google Ads

Google Ads
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Google Ads over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Google Ads in the UK

Google Ads
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Google Ads within the UK over the 6 months to 16 July 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
England -121 84 £37,500 -7.41% 26
UK excluding London -106 70 £37,500 +7.14% 10
Work from Home -55 32 £37,500 - 8
East of England -7 23 £33,000 +1.54% 2
London -46 23 £68,750 +37.50% 17
North of England -37 13 £38,250 +22.60% 3
West Midlands -27 12 £46,250 +39.10% 2
Midlands -31 12 £46,250 +6.32% 3
South East -23 10 £40,000 +23.08% 1
Northern Ireland - 9 £45,000 - 1
Yorkshire -30 8 £51,250 +33.99%
North West -12 3 £45,000 +55.17% 3
South West -62 3 £29,500 -28.92%
North East -53 2 £31,500 +0.96%

Google Ads
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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (13.00%) WordPress
2 8 (8.00%) CMS
3 1 (1.00%) Drupal
3 1 (1.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.00%) Trello
3 1 (1.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.00%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 2 (2.00%) Shopify
2 1 (1.00%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 25 (25.00%) Google Analytics
2 22 (22.00%) SaaS
3 15 (15.00%) Meta Ads
4 7 (7.00%) Azure
5 6 (6.00%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (6.00%) Microsoft Advertising
6 5 (5.00%) Google Data Studio
6 5 (5.00%) Power Platform
7 3 (3.00%) GCP
7 3 (3.00%) Google Tag Manager
8 2 (2.00%) MailChimp
9 1 (1.00%) AWS
9 1 (1.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.00%) Canva
9 1 (1.00%) Datadog
9 1 (1.00%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.00%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.00%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.00%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.00%) DNS
1 5 (5.00%) Firewall
1 5 (5.00%) Internet
1 5 (5.00%) VPN
2 1 (1.00%) CTI
2 1 (1.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.00%) Metadata
2 5 (5.00%) Power BI
3 3 (3.00%) Delta Lake
3 3 (3.00%) Looker
3 3 (3.00%) Star Schema
4 1 (1.00%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.00%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 3 (3.00%) Git
2 1 (1.00%) GCC
General
1 82 (82.00%) Marketing
2 29 (29.00%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (29.00%) Social Skills
3 27 (27.00%) Advertising
4 8 (8.00%) Finance
5 6 (6.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (4.00%) French Language
6 4 (4.00%) German Language
7 3 (3.00%) Brand Awareness
7 3 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.00%) Publishing
8 2 (2.00%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.00%) Games
8 2 (2.00%) Mandarin Language
8 2 (2.00%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.00%) Front Office
9 1 (1.00%) Health Technology
9 1 (1.00%) Multimedia
9 1 (1.00%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (12.00%) Senior
2 11 (11.00%) Marketing Manager
3 9 (9.00%) Marketing Executive
3 9 (9.00%) SEO Specialist
4 8 (8.00%) PPC Executive
5 5 (5.00%) Digital Executive
5 5 (5.00%) Digital Marketing Executive
5 5 (5.00%) Lead
6 4 (4.00%) Digital Marketing Manager
6 4 (4.00%) Digital Marketing Specialist
6 4 (4.00%) Head of Marketing
6 4 (4.00%) Marketing Specialist
6 4 (4.00%) Performance Manager
7 3 (3.00%) Data Engineer
7 3 (3.00%) E-Commerce Manager
7 3 (3.00%) Lead Architect
7 3 (3.00%) Pega Architect
7 3 (3.00%) PPC Manager
7 3 (3.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 3 (3.00%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (10.00%) CSS
1 10 (10.00%) HTML
2 4 (4.00%) REST
3 3 (3.00%) PySpark
4 2 (2.00%) JSON
4 2 (2.00%) Kafka
5 1 (1.00%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (1.00%) FpML
5 1 (1.00%) JMS
5 1 (1.00%) Node.js
5 1 (1.00%) OAuth
5 1 (1.00%) OAuth2
5 1 (1.00%) SAML
5 1 (1.00%) SOAP
5 1 (1.00%) Spring
5 1 (1.00%) Spring Boot
5 1 (1.00%) Spring Integration
5 1 (1.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (18.00%) Social Media
2 10 (10.00%) Algorithms
2 10 (10.00%) Blog
3 7 (7.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (5.00%) Onboarding
5 4 (4.00%) PMI
5 4 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (4.00%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (2.00%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (2.00%) Marketing Technology
6 2 (2.00%) NHS
6 2 (2.00%) Smart Home
7 1 (1.00%) AI Agents
7 1 (1.00%) Fixed Income
7 1 (1.00%) FMCG
7 1 (1.00%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.00%) Midjourney
7 1 (1.00%) Podcast
7 1 (1.00%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.00%) Windows
2 5 (5.00%) Apple iOS
2 5 (5.00%) Mac OS
2 5 (5.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (60.00%) Analytics
2 49 (49.00%) Digital Marketing
3 41 (41.00%) SEO
4 34 (34.00%) Pay per click
5 33 (33.00%) B2B
6 31 (31.00%) Marketing Strategy
7 29 (29.00%) AI
8 22 (22.00%) E-Commerce
8 22 (22.00%) Paid Search
9 16 (16.00%) Copywriting
9 16 (16.00%) Performance Metrics
10 14 (14.00%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
10 14 (14.00%) Demand Generation
11 13 (13.00%) Content Strategy
12 12 (12.00%) Data Analysis
12 12 (12.00%) Link Building
12 12 (12.00%) Marketing Automation
13 11 (11.00%) B2B Marketing
14 10 (10.00%) Coaching
14 10 (10.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.00%) SQL
2 3 (3.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 3 (3.00%) Python
3 2 (2.00%) Go
4 1 (1.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (6.00%) Degree
2 5 (5.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.00%) GDPR
2 6 (6.00%) QA
3 5 (5.00%) SLA
4 3 (3.00%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.00%) Accessibility
5 2 (2.00%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 93 (93.00%) Google
2 26 (26.00%) Microsoft
3 17 (17.00%) HubSpot
4 13 (13.00%) Salesforce
5 6 (6.00%) Hotjar
6 5 (5.00%) Apple
7 4 (4.00%) Facebook
7 4 (4.00%) Instagram
7 4 (4.00%) YouTube
8 3 (3.00%) Ahrefs
8 3 (3.00%) Pega
8 3 (3.00%) Screaming Frog
8 3 (3.00%) TikTok
9 2 (2.00%) Adobe
10 1 (1.00%) Genesys
10 1 (1.00%) Hootsuite
10 1 (1.00%) New Relic
10 1 (1.00%) Oracle
10 1 (1.00%) Pardot
10 1 (1.00%) Splunk