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 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 474 411 466
Rank change year-on-year -63 +55 -19
Contract jobs citing Google Workspace 158 118 62
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.34% 0.42% 0.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.98% 1.11% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 45 26
10th Percentile £158 £174 £171
25th Percentile £281 £213 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £450 £365
Median % change year-on-year +12.22% +23.29% +7.35%
75th Percentile £578 £638 £405
90th Percentile £789 £643 £586
UK median daily rate £494 £450 £365
% change year-on-year +9.72% +23.29% +7.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 25 7
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.50 £32.30
25th Percentile £14.50 £15.50 -
Median hourly rate £37.50 £18.82 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +99.26% -42.97% -
75th Percentile £38.75 £22.56 £41.09
90th Percentile £39.81 £35.74 £43.30
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £18.82 £33.00
% change year-on-year +99.26% -42.97% -

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 16,066 10,672 11,196
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.51% 38.19% 34.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,700 7,228 7,489
10th Percentile £320 £303 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £530
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -5.57% -3.59%
75th Percentile £628 £625 £645
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 563 249 162
10th Percentile £15.32 £15.20 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.87 £21.53
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +6.06%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £68.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £26.30 £35.00
% change year-on-year +21.67% -24.86% +6.06%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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 -59 70 £500 +90.48% 233
North of England -80 27 £125 -80.08% 22
North West -51 23 £125 -80.08% 17
South West -24 16 £469 +10.29% 21
Midlands -35 15 £550 - 14
East of England -18 14 £800 +77.78% 18
East Midlands - 13 £550 - 6
South East -71 10 £230 -52.82% 38
Yorkshire -42 4 - - 4
West Midlands -37 2 £525 - 8
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 (18.35%) SharePoint
2 26 (16.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.90%) Confluence
4 2 (1.27%) CMS
5 1 (0.63%) Drupal
Applications
1 19 (12.03%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (1.90%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.90%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.63%) Maya
Business Applications
1 8 (5.06%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (2.53%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (2.53%) Oracle General Ledger
2 4 (2.53%) Oracle Payables
2 4 (2.53%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.63%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 70 (44.30%) Microsoft 365
2 36 (22.78%) GCP
3 26 (16.46%) SaaS
4 25 (15.82%) Google Drive
5 17 (10.76%) Entra ID
5 17 (10.76%) Google Sheets
6 11 (6.96%) Asana
6 11 (6.96%) Google Docs
7 9 (5.70%) Azure
8 8 (5.06%) OneDrive
9 6 (3.80%) Smartsheet
10 5 (3.16%) Power Platform
10 5 (3.16%) Slack
11 4 (2.53%) AWS
12 2 (1.27%) Vertex AI
13 1 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.63%) Canva
13 1 (0.63%) Gemini Notebook
13 1 (0.63%) Miro
13 1 (0.63%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (12.66%) DNS
2 13 (8.23%) VPN
3 11 (6.96%) DKIM
3 11 (6.96%) DMARC
3 11 (6.96%) Firewall
4 10 (6.33%) TCP/IP
5 9 (5.70%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (4.43%) DHCP
7 5 (3.16%) VoIP
8 4 (2.53%) WAN
9 3 (1.90%) DMZ
10 2 (1.27%) SD-WAN
10 2 (1.27%) VLAN
11 1 (0.63%) Intranet
11 1 (0.63%) LAN
11 1 (0.63%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.96%) BigQuery
2 5 (3.16%) Looker
3 4 (2.53%) Power BI
4 2 (1.27%) AlloyDB
5 1 (0.63%) Metadata
5 1 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (12.03%) JIRA
2 1 (0.63%) Gemini Tracker
2 1 (0.63%) GitLab
General
1 59 (37.34%) Social Skills
2 41 (25.95%) Public Sector
3 21 (13.29%) Finance
4 15 (9.49%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (6.96%) Military
6 8 (5.06%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (5.06%) Local Government
6 8 (5.06%) Retail
7 5 (3.16%) Marketing
8 4 (2.53%) Banking
8 4 (2.53%) General Ledger
9 3 (1.90%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.90%) Front Office
9 3 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.90%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.90%) Legal
9 3 (1.90%) Publishing
10 2 (1.27%) Advertising
11 1 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.63%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 41 (25.95%) Administrator
2 16 (10.13%) Analyst
3 8 (5.06%) Migration Engineer
4 7 (4.43%) Consultant
4 7 (4.43%) Data Engineer
4 7 (4.43%) Service Analyst
4 7 (4.43%) Support Engineer
4 7 (4.43%) Support Specialist
5 6 (3.80%) Data Migration Engineer
5 6 (3.80%) Developer
5 6 (3.80%) Service Desk Analyst
6 5 (3.16%) IT Support
6 5 (3.16%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 5 (3.16%) Project Manager
6 5 (3.16%) Senior
7 4 (2.53%) Applications Developer
7 4 (2.53%) Customer Service Representative
7 4 (2.53%) Oracle Trainer
7 4 (2.53%) Report Developer
7 4 (2.53%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.70%) OAuth
2 4 (2.53%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (2.53%) REST
3 2 (1.27%) LangGraph
3 2 (1.27%) SAML
3 2 (1.27%) Terraform
4 1 (0.63%) LDAP
4 1 (0.63%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.63%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.66%) Onboarding
2 18 (11.39%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.06%) Virtual Team
4 7 (4.43%) Freedom of Information
5 5 (3.16%) CMDB
5 5 (3.16%) Learning Management System
5 5 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (3.16%) Smartphone
6 4 (2.53%) e-Learning
7 3 (1.90%) BYOD
8 2 (1.27%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.27%) Replication
8 2 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.63%) Blog
9 1 (0.63%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.63%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.63%) Marketing Technology
9 1 (0.63%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 27 (17.09%) Windows
2 13 (8.23%) Mac OS
3 6 (3.80%) Android
3 6 (3.80%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.90%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.90%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.27%) Linux
5 2 (1.27%) VMS
6 1 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.63%) SUSE
6 1 (0.63%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (32.28%) Migration
2 26 (16.46%) Customer Service
3 25 (15.82%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (15.19%) Project Management
4 24 (15.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 23 (14.56%) Project Delivery
6 22 (13.92%) Change Management
7 21 (13.29%) ITIL
8 18 (11.39%) Agile
9 17 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (10.13%) Cloud Operations
10 16 (10.13%) Cybersecurity
10 16 (10.13%) Document Management
10 16 (10.13%) Records Management
11 15 (9.49%) Data Loss Prevention
12 14 (8.86%) Service Management
12 14 (8.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 12 (7.59%) Data Management
13 12 (7.59%) Data Migration
13 12 (7.59%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.49%) PowerShell
2 8 (5.06%) Google Apps Script
2 8 (5.06%) Python
3 4 (2.53%) SQL
4 3 (1.90%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.27%) Bash
Qualifications
1 54 (34.18%) Security Cleared
2 49 (31.01%) SC Cleared
3 14 (8.86%) Degree
4 7 (4.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (3.16%) ITIL Certification
6 4 (2.53%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.53%) PMP
7 3 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.27%) CISSP
8 2 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.27%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.63%) APMP
9 1 (0.63%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.63%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.63%) MBA
9 1 (0.63%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.33%) GDPR
2 8 (5.06%) PMO
3 4 (2.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 4 (2.53%) SLA
4 2 (1.27%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.27%) NIST
4 2 (1.27%) QA
5 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.63%) WCAG
System Software
1 33 (20.89%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (7.59%) Single Sign-On
2 10 (6.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (5.06%) Jamf Pro
4 5 (3.16%) SCCM
5 4 (2.53%) WSUS
6 1 (0.63%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 152 (96.20%) Google
2 68 (43.04%) Microsoft
3 8 (5.06%) Okta
3 8 (5.06%) Remedy
4 7 (4.43%) ServiceNow
5 6 (3.80%) Apple
5 6 (3.80%) Oracle
6 5 (3.16%) Citrix
7 4 (2.53%) Adobe
7 4 (2.53%) Concur
8 3 (1.90%) Bloomberg
8 3 (1.90%) DocuSign
8 3 (1.90%) ION Trading
8 3 (1.90%) Reuters
8 3 (1.90%) VMware
9 2 (1.27%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.27%) Meraki
9 2 (1.27%) Planview
9 2 (1.27%) SAP
9 2 (1.27%) Veeam