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 7 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 414 405 451
Rank change year-on-year -9 +46 +78
Contract jobs citing Google Workspace 127 89 98
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.40% 0.33% 0.27%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.05% 0.89% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 42 64
10th Percentile - £214 £123
25th Percentile £203 £325 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £323 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year -19.38% +6.67% -13.79%
75th Percentile £525 £500 £475
90th Percentile £575 £666 £649
UK median daily rate £310 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -22.50% - -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 9 9
10th Percentile - - £20.60
25th Percentile £12.50 £22.27 £23.61
Median hourly rate £19.00 £24.18 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.42% -26.73% -8.50%
75th Percentile £34.76 £39.68 -
90th Percentile £41.05 £42.90 £40.75
UK median hourly rate £22.75 £24.18 £33.00
% change year-on-year -5.91% -26.73% -11.47%

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 12,040 10,015 12,347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.04% 36.62% 34.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,329 6,697 9,015
10th Percentile £304 £313 £280
25th Percentile £406 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £645 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 134 233
10th Percentile £14.47 £16.41 £14.27
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.50 £28.46 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.36% +26.47% -0.57%
75th Percentile £57.25 £46.18 £51.58
90th Percentile £77.85 £67.63 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £27.36 £27.50 £23.22
% change year-on-year -0.53% +18.46% +3.18%

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 7 January 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 7 January 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 7 January 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 -24 50 £300 -25.00% 83
North of England -36 25 £205 -51.19% 29
South East -9 19 £275 -27.63% 50
Midlands -27 16 £525 +31.25% 15
East Midlands -13 13 £525 - 10
North West -14 12 £638 - 16
Yorkshire -38 12 £205 -59.00% 11
East of England -13 10 £330 - 22
South West -7 3 £500 -23.08% 20
West Midlands -35 3 - - 5
North East -21 1 £450 +32.35% 2
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 11 (8.66%) Confluence
2 8 (6.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (4.72%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.36%) CMS
Applications
1 35 (27.56%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.57%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.79%) Camtasia
4 1 (0.79%) Maya
4 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.79%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.79%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (0.79%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.79%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 23 (18.11%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (11.02%) GCP
3 13 (10.24%) SaaS
3 13 (10.24%) Slack
4 10 (7.87%) Google Sheets
5 9 (7.09%) Azure
6 8 (6.30%) Entra ID
7 7 (5.51%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (3.15%) AWS
9 3 (2.36%) Google Docs
9 3 (2.36%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.57%) ChatGPT
10 2 (1.57%) Google Gemini
10 2 (1.57%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.79%) Google Drive
11 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.79%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.79%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (13.39%) Firewall
2 11 (8.66%) Network Security
3 8 (6.30%) VoIP
4 6 (4.72%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.15%) VPN
5 4 (3.15%) Wireless
6 3 (2.36%) DMZ
6 3 (2.36%) DNS
7 2 (1.57%) DHCP
8 1 (0.79%) DKIM
8 1 (0.79%) DMARC
8 1 (0.79%) LAN
8 1 (0.79%) WAN
8 1 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.15%) Tableau
2 2 (1.57%) Power BI
2 2 (1.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (9.45%) JIRA
2 2 (1.57%) GitLab
General
1 76 (59.84%) Social Skills
2 20 (15.75%) Finance
3 18 (14.17%) Organisational Skills
4 14 (11.02%) Public Sector
5 10 (7.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (6.30%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (3.94%) Banking
7 5 (3.94%) Military
8 4 (3.15%) Aerospace
8 4 (3.15%) Retail
9 3 (2.36%) Automotive
9 3 (2.36%) Front Office
9 3 (2.36%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.36%) Publishing
10 1 (0.79%) Advertising
10 1 (0.79%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.79%) Legal
10 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.79%) Marketing
10 1 (0.79%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 29 (22.83%) IT Support
2 23 (18.11%) Analyst
3 19 (14.96%) IT Engineer
3 19 (14.96%) Support Engineer
4 16 (12.60%) IT Support Engineer
5 13 (10.24%) Service Analyst
6 12 (9.45%) Support Officer
7 11 (8.66%) Service Desk Analyst
8 10 (7.87%) IT Assistant
8 10 (7.87%) IT Support Assistant
8 10 (7.87%) Support Assistant
9 8 (6.30%) Senior
10 7 (5.51%) Consultant
11 6 (4.72%) 1st/2nd Line Support
11 6 (4.72%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
11 6 (4.72%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 6 (4.72%) 2nd Line Support
11 6 (4.72%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
12 5 (3.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 5 (3.94%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.36%) HTML
2 2 (1.57%) REST
3 1 (0.79%) LDAP
3 1 (0.79%) OAuth
3 1 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.60%) Onboarding
2 12 (9.45%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (6.30%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (5.51%) Smartphone
5 6 (4.72%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.94%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.36%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.57%) e-Learning
8 2 (1.57%) IoT
8 2 (1.57%) Learning Management System
8 2 (1.57%) PKI
8 2 (1.57%) SCADA
8 2 (1.57%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.79%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.79%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.79%) iPad
9 1 (0.79%) Life Science
9 1 (0.79%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 43 (33.86%) Windows
2 27 (21.26%) Linux
3 13 (10.24%) Mac OS
4 8 (6.30%) Android
4 8 (6.30%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.57%) Unix
5 2 (1.57%) VMS
5 2 (1.57%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.79%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (31.50%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (22.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 25 (19.69%) Customer Service
4 22 (17.32%) Collaborative Working
4 22 (17.32%) Migration
5 18 (14.17%) Project Management
5 18 (14.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (14.17%) User Experience
6 17 (13.39%) ITIL
7 16 (12.60%) Incident Management
7 16 (12.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 12 (9.45%) Programme Management
9 10 (7.87%) AI
10 9 (7.09%) Risk Management
11 8 (6.30%) Agile
11 8 (6.30%) Change Management
11 8 (6.30%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (6.30%) Data Analysis
11 8 (6.30%) Process Improvement
11 8 (6.30%) Quantitative Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.87%) PowerShell
2 9 (7.09%) SQL
3 8 (6.30%) Python
4 2 (1.57%) Bash
4 2 (1.57%) Google Apps Script
5 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 20 (15.75%) Security Cleared
2 17 (13.39%) Degree
2 17 (13.39%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.51%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (3.15%) CISSP
5 3 (2.36%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.36%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.36%) GCIH
5 3 (2.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (1.57%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.57%) APMP
6 2 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.57%) CCSP
6 2 (1.57%) CISM
6 2 (1.57%) GCFA
6 2 (1.57%) GCFE
6 2 (1.57%) GREM
6 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.79%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.51%) GDPR
2 4 (3.15%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.79%) NCSC
3 1 (0.79%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.79%) PMO
3 1 (0.79%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (9.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (3.94%) SCCM
1 5 (3.94%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (2.36%) Terraform
3 2 (1.57%) EnCase
3 2 (1.57%) FTK
3 2 (1.57%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.57%) vCenter Server
3 2 (1.57%) WSUS
4 1 (0.79%) Ansible
4 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 105 (82.68%) Google
2 58 (45.67%) Microsoft
3 8 (6.30%) Salesforce
4 7 (5.51%) Okta
5 6 (4.72%) Citrix
6 5 (3.94%) Apple
6 5 (3.94%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (2.36%) Bloomberg
7 3 (2.36%) ION Trading
7 3 (2.36%) Reuters
7 3 (2.36%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.36%) VMware
8 2 (1.57%) Adobe
8 2 (1.57%) Atlassian
8 2 (1.57%) Darktrace
8 2 (1.57%) Dell
8 2 (1.57%) Oracle
8 2 (1.57%) Qualys
8 2 (1.57%) Splunk
8 2 (1.57%) Wyse