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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 461 372 484
Rank change year-on-year -89 +112 -14
Contract jobs citing Google Workspace 159 134 51
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.35% 0.49% 0.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.01% 1.30% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 49 24
10th Percentile £213 £181 £168
25th Percentile £281 £213 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £350 £388
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -9.68% +21.09%
75th Percentile £540 £550 £508
90th Percentile £588 £638 £616
UK median daily rate £400 £350 £375
% change year-on-year +14.29% -6.67% +17.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 38 11
10th Percentile £23.84 £15.50 £20.75
25th Percentile £31.25 £16.95 £21.38
Median hourly rate £35.71 £18.82 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +89.74% -33.96% -18.57%
75th Percentile £38.44 £34.13 £33.00
90th Percentile £45.25 £41.02 £33.75
UK median hourly rate £35.71 £18.82 £28.50
% change year-on-year +89.74% -33.96% -18.57%

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 15,700 10,274 11,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.02% 37.35% 33.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,475 6,952 8,104
10th Percentile £325 £311 £313
25th Percentile £423 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.49% -2.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 564 268 254
10th Percentile £16.62 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.10
Median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.11% +14.32% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.48 £49.69
90th Percentile £84.63 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £27.38 £22.50
% change year-on-year +29.68% +21.67% -35.71%

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 29 July 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 29 July 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 29 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -14 95 £425 +54.55% 35
North of England -88 21 £218 -65.20% 19
South West -31 15 £469 +33.93% 6
North West -61 15 £185 -70.40% 9
South East -81 13 £230 -54.68% 18
Yorkshire -45 6 £250 - 7
East of England -23 5 £320 - 3
Midlands - 5 £625 - 10
East Midlands - 4 £625 - 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 29 (18.24%) SharePoint
2 26 (16.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.52%) Confluence
4 1 (0.63%) CMS
Applications
1 16 (10.06%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (4.40%) Chatbot
4 6 (3.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (3.14%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.63%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.63%) Maya
7 1 (0.63%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.63%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.63%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.63%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (0.63%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 59 (37.11%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (19.50%) GCP
3 29 (18.24%) SaaS
4 22 (13.84%) Google Drive
5 17 (10.69%) Slack
6 14 (8.81%) Google Sheets
7 13 (8.18%) Asana
7 13 (8.18%) Azure
8 11 (6.92%) Google Docs
9 9 (5.66%) Entra ID
10 7 (4.40%) Miro
10 7 (4.40%) OneDrive
11 6 (3.77%) Smartsheet
11 6 (3.77%) WhatsApp
12 4 (2.52%) AWS
12 4 (2.52%) Vertex AI
13 3 (1.89%) Gemini Notebook
13 3 (1.89%) Google Gemini
13 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (1.89%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (11.32%) DNS
2 12 (7.55%) Firewall
2 12 (7.55%) VPN
3 11 (6.92%) DKIM
3 11 (6.92%) DMARC
3 11 (6.92%) TCP/IP
4 6 (3.77%) VoIP
5 5 (3.14%) DHCP
5 5 (3.14%) DMZ
6 4 (2.52%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.89%) VLAN
8 1 (0.63%) Intranet
8 1 (0.63%) LAN
8 1 (0.63%) WAN
8 1 (0.63%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.14%) BigQuery
2 2 (1.26%) AlloyDB
3 1 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.63%) Power BI
3 1 (0.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (12.58%) JIRA
2 1 (0.63%) GitLab
General
1 59 (37.11%) Social Skills
2 39 (24.53%) Public Sector
3 38 (23.90%) Finance
4 15 (9.43%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (6.92%) Banking
5 11 (6.92%) Military
6 10 (6.29%) Retail
7 6 (3.77%) Front Office
7 6 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.77%) Investment Banking
7 6 (3.77%) Marketing
8 5 (3.14%) Advertising
8 5 (3.14%) Legal
9 4 (2.52%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.52%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (2.52%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.89%) Billing
10 3 (1.89%) Wearables
11 2 (1.26%) Publishing
11 2 (1.26%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 25 (15.72%) Administrator
2 23 (14.47%) Analyst
3 10 (6.29%) Consultant
4 8 (5.03%) Lead
5 7 (4.40%) IT Support
5 7 (4.40%) Service Analyst
5 7 (4.40%) Service Desk Analyst
6 6 (3.77%) Help Desk Analyst
6 6 (3.77%) IT Analyst
6 6 (3.77%) Senior
6 6 (3.77%) Support Engineer
7 5 (3.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 5 (3.14%) Executive Assistant
8 4 (2.52%) Change Manager
8 4 (2.52%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
8 4 (2.52%) Migration Engineer
8 4 (2.52%) Project Manager
9 3 (1.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (1.89%) IT Support Engineer
9 3 (1.89%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.55%) OAuth
2 5 (3.14%) SAML
3 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (1.26%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.63%) LDAP
5 1 (0.63%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.63%) OpenID
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.63%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 22 (13.84%) Onboarding
2 14 (8.81%) Virtual Team
3 8 (5.03%) Freedom of Information
3 8 (5.03%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (3.14%) Smartphone
5 3 (1.89%) BYOD
5 3 (1.89%) Client/Server
5 3 (1.89%) Life Science
6 2 (1.26%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.26%) Learning Management System
6 2 (1.26%) Replication
7 1 (0.63%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.63%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.63%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.63%) iPad
7 1 (0.63%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.63%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.63%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 24 (15.09%) Windows
2 11 (6.92%) Mac OS
3 7 (4.40%) Apple iOS
4 6 (3.77%) Android
5 2 (1.26%) Linux
5 2 (1.26%) VMS
5 2 (1.26%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.26%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.63%) SUSE
6 1 (0.63%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (30.82%) Migration
2 35 (22.01%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (15.72%) Project Delivery
4 22 (13.84%) Project Management
5 21 (13.21%) Change Management
6 19 (11.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (11.32%) Agile
7 18 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (10.06%) Cloud Operations
8 16 (10.06%) Data Loss Prevention
8 16 (10.06%) Records Management
9 14 (8.81%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (8.81%) Decision-Making
9 14 (8.81%) Document Management
9 14 (8.81%) ITIL
10 13 (8.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 11 (6.92%) Customer Service
11 11 (6.92%) Logistics
12 10 (6.29%) Collaborative Working
12 10 (6.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.55%) PowerShell
2 9 (5.66%) Google Apps Script
3 3 (1.89%) Python
3 3 (1.89%) VBA
Qualifications
1 41 (25.79%) Security Cleared
2 38 (23.90%) SC Cleared
3 14 (8.81%) Degree
4 9 (5.66%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (3.14%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (3.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.14%) TOGAF Certification
6 4 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (1.89%) MCSA
8 2 (1.26%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.26%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.26%) PMP
9 1 (0.63%) CISSP
9 1 (0.63%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.63%) MBA
9 1 (0.63%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.63%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.77%) PMO
2 4 (2.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 3 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.26%) GDPR
4 2 (1.26%) NIST
5 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.63%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.63%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (19.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.63%) Firmware
3 1 (0.63%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (6.92%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (5.03%) SCCM
3 6 (3.77%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 6 (3.77%) WSUS
4 5 (3.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.52%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.63%) Terraform
6 1 (0.63%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 149 (93.71%) Google
2 55 (34.59%) Microsoft
3 8 (5.03%) Citrix
4 6 (3.77%) Bloomberg
4 6 (3.77%) Reuters
5 5 (3.14%) Concur
5 5 (3.14%) ION Trading
5 5 (3.14%) Okta
6 4 (2.52%) Atlassian
6 4 (2.52%) DocuSign
6 4 (2.52%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.89%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.89%) VMware
8 2 (1.26%) Apple
8 2 (1.26%) CODA
8 2 (1.26%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (1.26%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.26%) Oracle
8 2 (1.26%) SAP
8 2 (1.26%) Veeam