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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 475 381 472
Rank change year-on-year -94 +91 -7
Contract jobs citing Google Workspace 149 134 52
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.33% 0.48% 0.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.93% 1.30% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 51 21
10th Percentile £212 £200 £163
25th Percentile £281 £213 £230
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £340 £375
Median % change year-on-year +21.32% -9.33% +17.19%
75th Percentile £569 £544 £534
90th Percentile £600 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £385 £340 £350
% change year-on-year +13.16% -2.86% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 36 9
10th Percentile £14.24 £15.50 £21.70
25th Percentile £28.50 £16.95 £22.00
Median hourly rate £36.61 £18.82 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +94.50% -42.09% -7.14%
75th Percentile £38.44 £34.50 £33.00
90th Percentile £39.71 £42.53 £35.50
UK median hourly rate £35.71 £18.82 £32.50
% change year-on-year +89.74% -42.09% -7.14%

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 15,945 10,274 11,229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.97% 37.18% 33.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,633 6,952 7,950
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.84% -2.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £644
90th Percentile £719 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £523 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.60% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 552 275 230
10th Percentile £15.94 £15.03 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £18.31 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.50 £26.30 £24.59
Median % change year-on-year +34.98% +6.95% -23.87%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £83.58 £67.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £28.00 £24.92
% change year-on-year +25.00% +12.36% -24.48%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 14 August 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 -41 80 £431 +56.82% 119
North of England -75 23 £218 -65.20% 26
North West -52 16 £185 -70.40% 16
South West -40 15 £469 +33.93% 4
South East -86 13 £230 -54.68% 34
Midlands - 8 £550 - 12
Yorkshire -38 7 £250 - 9
East Midlands - 7 £550 - 7
East of England -24 5 £320 - 5
West Midlands - 1 - - 5
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 31 (20.81%) SharePoint
2 27 (18.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.68%) Confluence
4 2 (1.34%) CMS
5 1 (0.67%) Drupal
Applications
1 18 (12.08%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (7.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (4.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (4.03%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (2.01%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (1.34%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.67%) Maya
6 1 (0.67%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (2.01%) Oracle ERP
1 3 (2.01%) Oracle General Ledger
1 3 (2.01%) Oracle Payables
1 3 (2.01%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.67%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 57 (38.26%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (19.46%) SaaS
3 28 (18.79%) GCP
4 22 (14.77%) Google Drive
5 16 (10.74%) Google Sheets
6 13 (8.72%) Azure
6 13 (8.72%) Entra ID
7 11 (7.38%) Asana
7 11 (7.38%) Slack
8 9 (6.04%) Google Docs
9 8 (5.37%) OneDrive
10 6 (4.03%) Smartsheet
11 4 (2.68%) AWS
12 3 (2.01%) Vertex AI
13 2 (1.34%) Miro
13 2 (1.34%) WhatsApp
14 1 (0.67%) Azure DevOps
14 1 (0.67%) Canva
14 1 (0.67%) Power Automate
14 1 (0.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (12.75%) DNS
2 14 (9.40%) Firewall
2 14 (9.40%) VPN
3 11 (7.38%) DKIM
3 11 (7.38%) DMARC
3 11 (7.38%) TCP/IP
4 8 (5.37%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (4.03%) DHCP
6 5 (3.36%) DMZ
6 5 (3.36%) VoIP
7 4 (2.68%) WAN
8 3 (2.01%) VLAN
9 2 (1.34%) LAN
9 2 (1.34%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.67%) Intranet
10 1 (0.67%) Network Security
10 1 (0.67%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.68%) BigQuery
2 2 (1.34%) AlloyDB
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.67%) Power BI
3 1 (0.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (13.42%) JIRA
2 1 (0.67%) GitLab
General
1 53 (35.57%) Social Skills
2 41 (27.52%) Public Sector
3 32 (21.48%) Finance
4 16 (10.74%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (6.71%) Military
6 8 (5.37%) Banking
6 8 (5.37%) Retail
7 6 (4.03%) Front Office
7 6 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.03%) Investment Banking
7 6 (4.03%) Marketing
8 5 (3.36%) Legal
9 4 (2.68%) Advertising
9 4 (2.68%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.68%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (2.01%) Billing
10 3 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.01%) General Ledger
10 3 (2.01%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (2.01%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 25 (16.78%) Administrator
2 22 (14.77%) Analyst
3 9 (6.04%) Consultant
4 7 (4.70%) IT Support
4 7 (4.70%) Service Analyst
4 7 (4.70%) Support Engineer
5 6 (4.03%) Help Desk Analyst
5 6 (4.03%) IT Analyst
5 6 (4.03%) Service Desk Analyst
6 5 (3.36%) Senior
7 4 (2.68%) Change Manager
7 4 (2.68%) Executive Assistant
7 4 (2.68%) Financial Analyst
7 4 (2.68%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 4 (2.68%) Migration Engineer
7 4 (2.68%) Project Manager
8 3 (2.01%) Head of IT
8 3 (2.01%) Oracle Trainer
8 3 (2.01%) Technical Manager
8 3 (2.01%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.71%) OAuth
2 3 (2.01%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.01%) SAML
3 2 (1.34%) LangGraph
4 1 (0.67%) LDAP
4 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.67%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.67%) OpenID
4 1 (0.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 26 (17.45%) Onboarding
2 10 (6.71%) Management Information System
2 10 (6.71%) Virtual Team
3 8 (5.37%) Freedom of Information
4 4 (2.68%) Learning Management System
4 4 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (2.68%) Smartphone
5 3 (2.01%) BYOD
5 3 (2.01%) Client/Server
5 3 (2.01%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.34%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.34%) Life Science
6 2 (1.34%) Replication
6 2 (1.34%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.67%) CCTV
7 1 (0.67%) CMDB
7 1 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.67%) NHS
7 1 (0.67%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 26 (17.45%) Windows
2 11 (7.38%) Mac OS
3 5 (3.36%) Android
3 5 (3.36%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.01%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.34%) Linux
5 2 (1.34%) VMS
5 2 (1.34%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.67%) SUSE
6 1 (0.67%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (30.20%) Migration
2 27 (18.12%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (17.45%) Project Delivery
4 25 (16.78%) Project Management
5 22 (14.77%) Change Management
6 20 (13.42%) Agile
7 19 (12.75%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (11.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (10.74%) Cloud Operations
9 16 (10.74%) Records Management
10 15 (10.07%) Customer Service
10 15 (10.07%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (9.40%) Data Loss Prevention
11 14 (9.40%) Document Management
11 14 (9.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (8.72%) ITIL
13 10 (6.71%) Decision-Making
13 10 (6.71%) Service Management
14 9 (6.04%) Collaborative Working
15 8 (5.37%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.40%) PowerShell
2 7 (4.70%) Google Apps Script
3 5 (3.36%) Python
4 2 (1.34%) Bash
4 2 (1.34%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (28.86%) Security Cleared
2 39 (26.17%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.05%) Degree
4 8 (5.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (3.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.68%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (2.68%) TOGAF Certification
7 3 (2.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (2.01%) MCSA
8 2 (1.34%) CISSP
8 2 (1.34%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.34%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.34%) PMP
9 1 (0.67%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.67%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.67%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.67%) MBA
9 1 (0.67%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.37%) PMO
2 4 (2.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 3 (2.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.34%) GDPR
4 2 (1.34%) NIST
5 1 (0.67%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.67%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.67%) SLA
5 1 (0.67%) WCAG
System Software
1 32 (21.48%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.67%) Firmware
3 1 (0.67%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (9.40%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (5.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (5.37%) SCCM
3 6 (4.03%) Jamf Pro
3 6 (4.03%) WSUS
4 2 (1.34%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.67%) Terraform
5 1 (0.67%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 138 (92.62%) Google
2 59 (39.60%) Microsoft
3 8 (5.37%) Citrix
4 6 (4.03%) Bloomberg
4 6 (4.03%) Okta
4 6 (4.03%) Reuters
5 5 (3.36%) Concur
5 5 (3.36%) ION Trading
6 4 (2.68%) DocuSign
6 4 (2.68%) Oracle
7 3 (2.01%) Adobe
7 3 (2.01%) Apple
7 3 (2.01%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.01%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.01%) VMware
8 2 (1.34%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.34%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (1.34%) Meraki
8 2 (1.34%) SAP
8 2 (1.34%) Veeam