Google Workspace Contract Job Trends in England

Google Workspace (formerly G Suite, Google Apps)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Google Workspace skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 414 378 455
Rank change year-on-year -36 +77 +48
Contract jobs citing Google Workspace 174 99 95
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.46% 0.41% 0.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.25% 1.08% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 47 51
10th Percentile £203 £209 £156
25th Percentile £250 £286 £211
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £410 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -3.53% +3.66%
75th Percentile £534 £536 £500
90th Percentile £575 £583 £575
UK median daily rate £382 £405 £457
% change year-on-year -5.68% -11.47% +8.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 25 24
10th Percentile £12.50 - £20.75
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.95 £21.13
Median hourly rate £32.50 £22.27 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.94% -14.35% -25.71%
75th Percentile £35.71 £32.02 £26.50
90th Percentile £48.10 £42.18 -
UK median hourly rate £32.75 £20.64 £26.00
% change year-on-year +58.67% -20.62% -25.71%

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,949 9,173 12,135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.54% 37.84% 32.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,617 6,471 8,724
10th Percentile £313 £313 £280
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £606 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.42% -0.36% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 424 180 328
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.43 £18.50 £16.06
Median hourly rate £41.64 £26.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.13% +26.19% -18.69%
75th Percentile £67.50 £42.23 £35.00
90th Percentile £80.14 £75.05 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £26.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +50.94% +26.19% -23.64%

Google Workspace
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Google Workspace relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Google Workspace job vacancy trend in England

Google Workspace
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Google Workspace.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Google Workspace

Google Workspace
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google Workspace in England over the 6 months to 1 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Google Workspace in England

Google Workspace
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Google Workspace.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Google Workspace

Google Workspace
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Google Workspace in England over the 6 months to 1 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Google Workspace in England

Google Workspace
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google Workspace within the England region over the 6 months to 1 April 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
London -33 88 £391 +1.49% 42
Midlands -45 27 £550 - 5
East Midlands - 26 £550 - 4
North of England -59 22 £205 -39.71% 9
Yorkshire -40 16 £205 -59.00% 8
South East -51 16 £215 -57.64% 22
East of England -19 14 £308 - 1
North West -40 5 - - 1
South West -33 3 - - 7
North East -17 1 £450 +36.36% 1
West Midlands -58 1 - - 1
Google Workspace
UK

Google Workspace
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 10 (5.75%) Confluence
1 10 (5.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.02%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.57%) CMS
Applications
1 37 (21.26%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (6.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (4.60%) Chatbot
4 6 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (2.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (1.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (1.15%) Trello
7 1 (0.57%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.57%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.57%) Maya
7 1 (0.57%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.57%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 32 (18.39%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (15.52%) Google Sheets
3 25 (14.37%) Slack
4 19 (10.92%) Cloud Computing
4 19 (10.92%) GCP
5 17 (9.77%) Azure
6 13 (7.47%) SaaS
7 11 (6.32%) Entra ID
8 9 (5.17%) Google Docs
8 9 (5.17%) Miro
9 7 (4.02%) WhatsApp
10 5 (2.87%) Google Gemini
11 4 (2.30%) Power Automate
11 4 (2.30%) Power Platform
12 3 (1.72%) Asana
12 3 (1.72%) AWS
12 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (1.72%) OneDrive
13 2 (1.15%) Copilot Studio
13 2 (1.15%) Google Drive
Communications & Networking
1 21 (12.07%) Firewall
2 12 (6.90%) VoIP
3 11 (6.32%) Network Security
4 9 (5.17%) TCP/IP
4 9 (5.17%) VPN
5 6 (3.45%) DMZ
6 5 (2.87%) DNS
7 3 (1.72%) DHCP
7 3 (1.72%) Wireless
8 1 (0.57%) LAN
8 1 (0.57%) VLAN
8 1 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.45%) Tableau
2 2 (1.15%) BigQuery
2 2 (1.15%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (8.05%) JIRA
2 2 (1.15%) GitLab
General
1 98 (56.32%) Social Skills
2 56 (32.18%) Finance
3 21 (12.07%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (10.34%) Public Sector
5 14 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (7.47%) Banking
7 12 (6.90%) Retail
8 10 (5.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (5.17%) Military
10 7 (4.02%) Front Office
10 7 (4.02%) Investment Banking
11 6 (3.45%) Legal
12 4 (2.30%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.72%) Advertising
13 3 (1.72%) Billing
13 3 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.72%) Wearables
14 2 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (1.15%) Marketing
14 2 (1.15%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 36 (20.69%) Analyst
2 30 (17.24%) IT Support
3 19 (10.92%) Support Engineer
4 18 (10.34%) IT Engineer
4 18 (10.34%) Programme Manager
5 16 (9.20%) Service Analyst
5 16 (9.20%) Service Desk Analyst
6 15 (8.62%) IT Support Engineer
7 11 (6.32%) Lead
8 8 (4.60%) Support Officer
9 7 (4.02%) 2nd Line Support
9 7 (4.02%) Consultant
9 7 (4.02%) Executive Assistant
9 7 (4.02%) IT Analyst
10 6 (3.45%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
10 6 (3.45%) 2nd Line Engineer
10 6 (3.45%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 6 (3.45%) Help Desk Analyst
10 6 (3.45%) Operations Analyst
10 6 (3.45%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.30%) OAuth
2 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (1.72%) SAML
3 2 (1.15%) REST
4 1 (0.57%) HTML
4 1 (0.57%) LDAP
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 29 (16.67%) Onboarding
2 10 (5.75%) Smartphone
2 10 (5.75%) Virtual Team
3 9 (5.17%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (4.60%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.87%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.72%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.72%) Life Science
7 2 (1.15%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.15%) e-Learning
7 2 (1.15%) Learning Management System
7 2 (1.15%) PKI
7 2 (1.15%) SCADA
8 1 (0.57%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (0.57%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.57%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.57%) iPad
8 1 (0.57%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 49 (28.16%) Windows
2 21 (12.07%) Linux
3 20 (11.49%) Mac OS
4 15 (8.62%) Apple iOS
5 14 (8.05%) Android
6 3 (1.72%) Windows Server
7 2 (1.15%) VMS
8 1 (0.57%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (31.61%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (22.41%) Migration
3 34 (19.54%) Stakeholder Management
4 28 (16.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 28 (16.09%) ITIL
5 26 (14.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 23 (13.22%) Collaborative Working
6 23 (13.22%) Customer Service
6 23 (13.22%) User Experience
7 22 (12.64%) Programme Management
8 21 (12.07%) Change Management
8 21 (12.07%) Data Analysis
8 21 (12.07%) Risk Management
9 20 (11.49%) Dashboard Development
9 20 (11.49%) Technology Transformation
10 19 (10.92%) Quantitative Analysis
10 19 (10.92%) Regulatory Compliance
11 18 (10.34%) Data Transformation
11 18 (10.34%) Project Management
12 17 (9.77%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (12.07%) SQL
2 14 (8.05%) PowerShell
3 8 (4.60%) Google Apps Script
4 6 (3.45%) Python
5 3 (1.72%) VBA
6 2 (1.15%) Bash
7 1 (0.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 32 (18.39%) Degree
2 22 (12.64%) Security Cleared
3 19 (10.92%) SC Cleared
4 10 (5.75%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.30%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.72%) MCSA
9 2 (1.15%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.15%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.15%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.57%) ACSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.45%) Actionable Recommendations
1 6 (3.45%) GDPR
2 2 (1.15%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.57%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.57%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.57%) PMO
3 1 (0.57%) SLA
3 1 (0.57%) SOC 2
System Software
1 16 (9.20%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.57%) Firmware
3 1 (0.57%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (4.60%) SCCM
1 8 (4.60%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (4.02%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 5 (2.87%) WSUS
4 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.15%) Terraform
5 2 (1.15%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.57%) Ansible
Vendors
1 153 (87.93%) Google
2 65 (37.36%) Microsoft
3 11 (6.32%) Salesforce
4 10 (5.75%) Citrix
5 7 (4.02%) Bloomberg
5 7 (4.02%) Reuters
6 6 (3.45%) ION Trading
6 6 (3.45%) Okta
7 5 (2.87%) Atlassian
8 4 (2.30%) Apple
8 4 (2.30%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.72%) CODA
9 3 (1.72%) Virgin Media
9 3 (1.72%) VMware
10 2 (1.15%) Adobe
10 2 (1.15%) Concur
10 2 (1.15%) CyberArk
10 2 (1.15%) OpenAI
10 2 (1.15%) Oracle
10 2 (1.15%) Wyse