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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 401 351 454
Rank change year-on-year -50 +103 +17
Contract jobs citing Google Workspace 179 116 88
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.43% 0.48% 0.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.24% 1.30% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 47 51
10th Percentile £216 £195 £181
25th Percentile £300 £263 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.19% -11.11% +28.57%
75th Percentile £575 £518 £500
90th Percentile £584 £641 £575
UK median daily rate £436 £400 £457
% change year-on-year +9.00% -12.56% +30.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 30 21
10th Percentile £25.40 - £20.75
25th Percentile £31.25 £16.95 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £22.27 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.35% -14.35% -30.25%
75th Percentile £37.50 £32.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £48.10 £37.03 -
UK median hourly rate £35.71 £21.28 £26.00
% change year-on-year +67.81% -18.15% -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 14,456 8,952 11,709
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.00% 37.33% 32.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,880 6,189 8,457
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £505 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 478 198 324
10th Percentile £15.59 £15.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.35 £18.13 £15.88
Median hourly rate £41.78 £26.45 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +57.96% +23.77% -34.04%
75th Percentile £67.50 £38.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £71.63 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £28.60 £21.37
% change year-on-year +29.37% +33.83% -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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -19 97 £425 +30.77% 26
Midlands -43 25 £550 - 5
East Midlands - 25 £550 - 5
North of England -66 23 £250 -49.75% 8
North West -37 14 - - 5
East of England -25 12 £320 - 6
South West -27 10 £550 -15.38% 15
South East -64 9 £253 -50.25% 19
Yorkshire -52 8 £250 -50.00% 2
North East -30 1 £450 - 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 26 (14.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (13.97%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.23%) Confluence
4 1 (0.56%) CMS
Applications
1 16 (8.94%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.47%) Chatbot
3 6 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.23%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.12%) Maya
5 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.56%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.56%) Camtasia
6 1 (0.56%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.56%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 54 (30.17%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (19.55%) SaaS
3 33 (18.44%) Google Sheets
4 30 (16.76%) GCP
5 28 (15.64%) Slack
6 19 (10.61%) Cloud Computing
7 17 (9.50%) Google Drive
8 15 (8.38%) Azure
9 12 (6.70%) Google Docs
10 11 (6.15%) Asana
11 9 (5.03%) Entra ID
12 8 (4.47%) Miro
13 7 (3.91%) WhatsApp
14 5 (2.79%) Google Gemini
15 4 (2.23%) AWS
15 4 (2.23%) OneDrive
15 4 (2.23%) Vertex AI
16 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Copilot
16 3 (1.68%) Power Automate
16 3 (1.68%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.38%) DNS
2 13 (7.26%) VoIP
3 11 (6.15%) DKIM
3 11 (6.15%) DMARC
4 10 (5.59%) Firewall
5 8 (4.47%) VPN
6 7 (3.91%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.79%) DMZ
8 3 (1.68%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.68%) Wireless
9 2 (1.12%) DHCP
10 1 (0.56%) LAN
10 1 (0.56%) Network Security
10 1 (0.56%) VLAN
10 1 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.35%) Tableau
2 4 (2.23%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.12%) AlloyDB
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.56%) Power BI
4 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 20 (11.17%) JIRA
2 1 (0.56%) GitLab
General
1 83 (46.37%) Social Skills
2 54 (30.17%) Finance
3 37 (20.67%) Public Sector
4 17 (9.50%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (8.38%) Military
6 14 (7.82%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (6.70%) Banking
8 11 (6.15%) Retail
9 7 (3.91%) Legal
10 6 (3.35%) Front Office
10 6 (3.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (3.35%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.68%) Advertising
11 3 (1.68%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.68%) Billing
11 3 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.68%) Wearables
12 2 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.12%) Marketing
12 2 (1.12%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 31 (17.32%) Analyst
2 24 (13.41%) Administrator
3 19 (10.61%) Programme Manager
4 14 (7.82%) Service Desk Analyst
5 13 (7.26%) Service Analyst
6 11 (6.15%) IT Support
7 9 (5.03%) Consultant
7 9 (5.03%) Lead
8 7 (3.91%) Executive Assistant
9 6 (3.35%) IT Analyst
9 6 (3.35%) Migration Engineer
9 6 (3.35%) Operations Analyst
10 5 (2.79%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 5 (2.79%) Help Desk Analyst
10 5 (2.79%) Support Engineer
11 4 (2.23%) Incident Analyst
11 4 (2.23%) IT Engineer
11 4 (2.23%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
11 4 (2.23%) Migration Specialist
11 4 (2.23%) Salesforce Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.26%) OAuth
2 5 (2.79%) SAML
3 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (1.12%) LangGraph
4 2 (1.12%) LDAP
5 1 (0.56%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.56%) OpenID
5 1 (0.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.29%) Onboarding
2 11 (6.15%) Smartphone
3 10 (5.59%) Virtual Team
4 8 (4.47%) Freedom of Information
4 8 (4.47%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.23%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.68%) Life Science
8 2 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.12%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.12%) iPad
9 1 (0.56%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (0.56%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.56%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.56%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.56%) PKI
9 1 (0.56%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.56%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 32 (17.88%) Windows
2 21 (11.73%) Mac OS
3 16 (8.94%) Apple iOS
4 15 (8.38%) Android
5 5 (2.79%) Linux
6 2 (1.12%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.56%) SUSE
7 1 (0.56%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.56%) VMS
7 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (34.64%) Migration
2 44 (24.58%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (19.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 33 (18.44%) Change Management
5 29 (16.20%) ITIL
6 24 (13.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (13.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 24 (13.41%) User Experience
7 23 (12.85%) Programme Management
8 22 (12.29%) Project Delivery
8 22 (12.29%) Project Management
9 21 (11.73%) Data Analysis
9 21 (11.73%) Risk Management
9 21 (11.73%) Technology Transformation
10 20 (11.17%) Dashboard Development
11 19 (10.61%) Collaborative Working
11 19 (10.61%) Quantitative Analysis
11 19 (10.61%) Regulatory Compliance
12 18 (10.06%) Customer Service
12 18 (10.06%) Data Transformation
Programming Languages
1 21 (11.73%) SQL
2 11 (6.15%) PowerShell
3 6 (3.35%) Google Apps Script
4 3 (1.68%) Python
4 3 (1.68%) VBA
5 2 (1.12%) Bash
Qualifications
1 48 (26.82%) Security Cleared
2 42 (23.46%) SC Cleared
3 32 (17.88%) Degree
4 11 (6.15%) ITIL Certification
5 7 (3.91%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (3.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (2.79%) TOGAF Certification
8 4 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.23%) MCSA
8 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.12%) A+ Certification
9 2 (1.12%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.56%) ACSP
10 1 (0.56%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.56%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.35%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (2.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 3 (1.68%) GDPR
4 2 (1.12%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.56%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.56%) PMO
5 1 (0.56%) SLA
5 1 (0.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 28 (15.64%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.56%) Firmware
3 1 (0.56%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (7.82%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (4.47%) SCCM
3 7 (3.91%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (2.23%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (2.23%) WSUS
5 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.56%) Ansible
6 1 (0.56%) Terraform
6 1 (0.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 166 (92.74%) Google
2 48 (26.82%) Microsoft
3 9 (5.03%) Salesforce
4 8 (4.47%) Citrix
5 6 (3.35%) Bloomberg
5 6 (3.35%) Okta
5 6 (3.35%) Reuters
6 5 (2.79%) Apple
6 5 (2.79%) Atlassian
6 5 (2.79%) Concur
6 5 (2.79%) ION Trading
6 5 (2.79%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.23%) DocuSign
8 3 (1.68%) CODA
8 3 (1.68%) Virgin Media
9 2 (1.12%) OpenAI
9 2 (1.12%) VMware
10 1 (0.56%) Logitech
10 1 (0.56%) Wyse
10 1 (0.56%) Yealink