Google Job Trends in the West Midlands

Google
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 21 May 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
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 33 134
Rank change year-on-year -135 +101 +3
Permanent jobs citing Google 36 181 123
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.42% 5.77% 1.64%
As % of the Vendors category 2.14% 12.35% 4.47%
Number of salaries quoted 35 58 86
10th Percentile £26,250 - £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £39,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% -7.06% -15.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,625 £61,250
90th Percentile £72,300 £74,014 £72,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -15.38%

All Vendors
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,683 1,465 2,752
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 19.79% 46.70% 36.75%
Number of salaries quoted 989 885 2,164
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,822 £25,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £31,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% +8.42% -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £76,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £56,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.73% +10.00% -12.40%

Google
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Google job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Google
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Google

Google
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Google in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Google in the West Midlands

Google
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Google within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
Warwickshire -14 11 £32,500 -13.33% 4
Birmingham -22 11 £59,527 -11.98% 6
Worcestershire -32 5 £35,000 - 2
Wolverhampton - 4 £69,000 -
Coventry -31 3 £35,500 - 1
Shropshire - 2 £50,000 -
Google
England

Google
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (13.89%) SharePoint
2 4 (11.11%) Confluence
3 1 (2.78%) Apache
3 1 (2.78%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.78%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (5.56%) Trello
2 1 (2.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (2.78%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (2.78%) InDesign
2 1 (2.78%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 17 (47.22%) Google Workspace
2 15 (41.67%) Azure
3 12 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (25.00%) GCP
5 7 (19.44%) Google Analytics
6 6 (16.67%) AWS
7 5 (13.89%) Entra ID
8 4 (11.11%) Power Platform
9 3 (8.33%) Google Ads
10 2 (5.56%) Asana
10 2 (5.56%) Azure AI
10 2 (5.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (5.56%) Google Play
10 2 (5.56%) Google Tag Manager
10 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (5.56%) SaaS
10 2 (5.56%) Slack
11 1 (2.78%) Copilot Studio
11 1 (2.78%) Meta Ads
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.67%) LAN
1 6 (16.67%) VPN
2 4 (11.11%) Firewall
2 4 (11.11%) Remote Desktop
2 4 (11.11%) WAN
3 2 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.78%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.11%) Looker
2 3 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (8.33%) BigQuery
2 3 (8.33%) Power BI
3 2 (5.56%) Metadata
4 1 (2.78%) Delta Lake
4 1 (2.78%) Star Schema
4 1 (2.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (2.78%) Git
2 1 (2.78%) Selenium
General
1 14 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 5 (13.89%) Finance
5 4 (11.11%) Marketing
6 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Legal
6 2 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.56%) Retail
7 1 (2.78%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.78%) Automotive
7 1 (2.78%) Games
7 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (36.11%) IT Engineer
1 13 (36.11%) IT Support
1 13 (36.11%) IT Support Engineer
1 13 (36.11%) Support Engineer
2 9 (25.00%) Analyst
3 8 (22.22%) Senior
4 6 (16.67%) Business Analyst
4 6 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (16.67%) Senior Business Analyst
5 4 (11.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Data Business Analyst
5 4 (11.11%) IT Security Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Security Engineer
5 4 (11.11%) Security Support Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Data Analyst
6 3 (8.33%) Data Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) .NET Developer
7 2 (5.56%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) .NET
1 2 (5.56%) .NET Core
1 2 (5.56%) ASP.NET
1 2 (5.56%) ASP.NET Core
1 2 (5.56%) Blazor
1 2 (5.56%) ML.NET
1 2 (5.56%) React
1 2 (5.56%) RESTful
2 1 (2.78%) PySpark
2 1 (2.78%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (19.44%) Driving Licence
2 4 (11.11%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.56%) AI Agents
3 2 (5.56%) iPhone
3 2 (5.56%) Mobile App
3 2 (5.56%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.56%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.78%) FMCG
4 1 (2.78%) Graphic Design
4 1 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.78%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.78%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.78%) NHS
4 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.78%) Social Media
4 1 (2.78%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (36.11%) Windows
2 4 (11.11%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.56%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (30.56%) Agile
2 10 (27.78%) Analytics
3 9 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (22.22%) Decision-Making
5 7 (19.44%) Data Architecture
5 7 (19.44%) Data Modelling
6 6 (16.67%) Business Analysis
6 6 (16.67%) Customer Service
7 5 (13.89%) Actionable Insight
7 5 (13.89%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 5 (13.89%) E-Commerce
7 5 (13.89%) ETL
7 5 (13.89%) Requirements Gathering
7 5 (13.89%) Roadmaps
7 5 (13.89%) SIEM
8 4 (11.11%) B2B
8 4 (11.11%) Business Continuity
8 4 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (11.11%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.00%) SQL
2 5 (13.89%) Python
3 2 (5.56%) C#
3 2 (5.56%) Google Apps Script
3 2 (5.56%) JavaScript
3 2 (5.56%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 7 (19.44%) SC Cleared
1 7 (19.44%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (5.56%) CBAP
3 2 (5.56%) Degree
3 2 (5.56%) Master's Degree
3 2 (5.56%) PMI Certification
3 2 (5.56%) PMP
3 2 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (11.11%) NIST
2 3 (8.33%) Data Quality
3 2 (5.56%) Accessibility
3 2 (5.56%) QA
4 1 (2.78%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (13.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (52.78%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.11%) Salesforce
3 2 (5.56%) Logitech
3 2 (5.56%) Yealink
4 1 (2.78%) Adobe
4 1 (2.78%) Facebook
4 1 (2.78%) Instagram
4 1 (2.78%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.78%) WooCommerce