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 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 403 360 460
Rank change year-on-year -43 +100 +19
Contract jobs citing Google Workspace 182 108 89
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.45% 0.44% 0.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.27% 1.19% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 46 50
10th Percentile £203 £194 £199
25th Percentile £281 £263 £284
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £400 £457
Median % change year-on-year +7.63% -12.56% +30.71%
75th Percentile £575 £536 £500
90th Percentile £581 £641 £575
UK median daily rate £425 £400 £465
% change year-on-year +6.25% -13.97% +32.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 27 22
10th Percentile £23.60 - £20.75
25th Percentile £30.63 £16.95 £20.88
Median hourly rate £35.71 £22.27 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.35% -14.35% -34.26%
75th Percentile £40.17 £33.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £60.00 £40.12 -
UK median hourly rate £35.71 £21.78 £26.00
% change year-on-year +64.00% -16.25% -34.26%

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 14,317 9,110 11,750
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.20% 37.21% 31.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,819 6,350 8,477
10th Percentile £319 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £740 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £518 £525
% change year-on-year -3.38% -1.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 463 198 323
10th Percentile £15.95 £15.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.84 £18.13 £15.85
Median hourly rate £45.50 £25.98 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +75.17% +23.69% -35.19%
75th Percentile £68.63 £39.69 £34.38
90th Percentile £81.00 £72.88 £65.10
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £27.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +46.36% +28.69% -38.94%

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 11 May 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 11 May 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 11 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -5 101 £413 +21.32% 27
Midlands -40 26 £550 - 3
East Midlands - 26 £550 - 2
North of England -65 21 £250 -50.00% 5
East of England -22 13 £308 - 6
North West -38 11 - - 4
South East -62 10 £275 -45.81% 16
Yorkshire -51 9 £228 -54.50% 1
South West -36 8 £419 -35.58% 6
North East -19 1 £450 -
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 25 (13.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 22 (12.09%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.65%) Confluence
4 1 (0.55%) CMS
Applications
1 19 (10.44%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.40%) Chatbot
2 8 (4.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.30%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.10%) Maya
5 2 (1.10%) Trello
6 1 (0.55%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.55%) Camtasia
6 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.55%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 53 (29.12%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (17.03%) SaaS
3 30 (16.48%) GCP
4 28 (15.38%) Google Sheets
5 27 (14.84%) Slack
6 19 (10.44%) Cloud Computing
7 15 (8.24%) Azure
7 15 (8.24%) Google Drive
8 12 (6.59%) Google Docs
9 9 (4.95%) Asana
9 9 (4.95%) Entra ID
10 8 (4.40%) Miro
11 7 (3.85%) WhatsApp
12 5 (2.75%) Google Gemini
13 4 (2.20%) AWS
13 4 (2.20%) Power Automate
13 4 (2.20%) Power Platform
13 4 (2.20%) Vertex AI
14 3 (1.65%) Microsoft Copilot
14 3 (1.65%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.24%) VoIP
2 13 (7.14%) DNS
2 13 (7.14%) Firewall
3 10 (5.49%) VPN
4 9 (4.95%) DKIM
4 9 (4.95%) DMARC
4 9 (4.95%) TCP/IP
5 7 (3.85%) DMZ
6 3 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.65%) Wireless
7 2 (1.10%) DHCP
7 2 (1.10%) Network Security
8 1 (0.55%) LAN
8 1 (0.55%) VLAN
8 1 (0.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.30%) Tableau
2 4 (2.20%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.10%) AlloyDB
4 1 (0.55%) Power BI
4 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 17 (9.34%) JIRA
2 1 (0.55%) GitLab
General
1 84 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 58 (31.87%) Finance
3 38 (20.88%) Public Sector
4 16 (8.79%) Military
5 14 (7.69%) Banking
5 14 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (6.04%) Retail
8 8 (4.40%) Front Office
8 8 (4.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (4.40%) Investment Banking
9 6 (3.30%) Legal
10 3 (1.65%) Advertising
10 3 (1.65%) Aerospace
10 3 (1.65%) Billing
10 3 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.65%) Wearables
11 2 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.10%) Marketing
11 2 (1.10%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 37 (20.33%) Analyst
2 22 (12.09%) Administrator
3 19 (10.44%) Programme Manager
4 18 (9.89%) Service Desk Analyst
5 17 (9.34%) Service Analyst
6 14 (7.69%) IT Support
7 10 (5.49%) Lead
8 9 (4.95%) Consultant
8 9 (4.95%) Support Engineer
9 8 (4.40%) IT Analyst
9 8 (4.40%) IT Engineer
10 7 (3.85%) Executive Assistant
10 7 (3.85%) Help Desk Analyst
11 6 (3.30%) IT Support Engineer
11 6 (3.30%) Operations Analyst
12 5 (2.75%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 5 (2.75%) Migration Engineer
13 4 (2.20%) Migration Specialist
13 4 (2.20%) Salesforce Analyst
13 4 (2.20%) Salesforce Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.04%) OAuth
2 5 (2.75%) SAML
3 3 (1.65%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (1.10%) LangGraph
4 2 (1.10%) LDAP
5 1 (0.55%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.55%) OpenID
5 1 (0.55%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 25 (13.74%) Onboarding
2 13 (7.14%) Smartphone
3 10 (5.49%) Virtual Team
4 8 (4.40%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.30%) Freedom of Information
7 4 (2.20%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.65%) Life Science
9 2 (1.10%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.10%) iPad
9 2 (1.10%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.55%) Augmented Reality
10 1 (0.55%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.55%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.55%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.55%) PKI
10 1 (0.55%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.55%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.55%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 37 (20.33%) Windows
2 22 (12.09%) Mac OS
3 18 (9.89%) Apple iOS
4 17 (9.34%) Android
5 5 (2.75%) Linux
6 2 (1.10%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.55%) VMS
7 1 (0.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (32.42%) Migration
2 47 (25.82%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (17.58%) Change Management
3 32 (17.58%) ITIL
3 32 (17.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 26 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 24 (13.19%) Programme Management
5 24 (13.19%) User Experience
6 22 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (11.54%) Collaborative Working
7 21 (11.54%) Data Analysis
8 20 (10.99%) Customer Service
8 20 (10.99%) Dashboard Development
8 20 (10.99%) Project Management
8 20 (10.99%) Risk Management
8 20 (10.99%) Technology Transformation
9 19 (10.44%) Project Delivery
9 19 (10.44%) Quantitative Analysis
9 19 (10.44%) Regulatory Compliance
10 18 (9.89%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 21 (11.54%) SQL
2 12 (6.59%) PowerShell
3 7 (3.85%) Google Apps Script
4 4 (2.20%) Python
5 3 (1.65%) VBA
6 2 (1.10%) Bash
7 1 (0.55%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 47 (25.82%) Security Cleared
2 42 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 33 (18.13%) Degree
4 13 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
5 7 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (3.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.75%) TOGAF Certification
8 4 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.20%) MCSA
9 2 (1.10%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.10%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.10%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.55%) ACSP
10 1 (0.55%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.30%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (1.65%) GDPR
2 3 (1.65%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 2 (1.10%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.55%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.55%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.55%) PMO
4 1 (0.55%) SLA
4 1 (0.55%) SOC 2
System Software
1 28 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.55%) Firmware
3 1 (0.55%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (6.59%) Single Sign-On
2 9 (4.95%) SCCM
3 7 (3.85%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 6 (3.30%) WSUS
5 3 (1.65%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.55%) Ansible
6 1 (0.55%) Terraform
6 1 (0.55%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 167 (91.76%) Google
2 52 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 10 (5.49%) Citrix
3 10 (5.49%) Salesforce
4 8 (4.40%) Bloomberg
4 8 (4.40%) Reuters
5 7 (3.85%) ION Trading
6 5 (2.75%) Apple
6 5 (2.75%) Atlassian
6 5 (2.75%) Okta
7 4 (2.20%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.65%) CODA
8 3 (1.65%) Virgin Media
9 2 (1.10%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.10%) VMware
10 1 (0.55%) Adobe
10 1 (0.55%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.55%) Dell
10 1 (0.55%) Oracle
10 1 (0.55%) Wyse