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 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 437 380 473
Rank change year-on-year -57 +93 +15
Contract jobs citing Google Workspace 177 119 80
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.40% 0.47% 0.22%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.15% 1.24% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 40 41
10th Percentile £212 £184 £181
25th Percentile £281 £258 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £360 £465
Median % change year-on-year +24.91% -22.52% +54.98%
75th Percentile £575 £536 £500
90th Percentile £588 £638 £566
UK median daily rate £431 £360 £457
% change year-on-year +19.71% -21.25% +52.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 37 24
10th Percentile £29.60 £15.50 £20.75
25th Percentile £31.25 £16.95 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.71 £18.82 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +89.74% -27.62% -25.71%
75th Percentile £38.13 £33.00 £26.50
90th Percentile £43.50 £40.12 £33.00
UK median hourly rate £35.71 £18.82 £26.00
% change year-on-year +89.74% -27.62% -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 15,331 9,600 12,044
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.03% 37.64% 32.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,333 6,486 8,597
10th Percentile £325 £311 £306
25th Percentile £415 £413 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.68% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £638
90th Percentile £715 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £514 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.78% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 549 247 331
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.21 £17.33 £16.06
Median hourly rate £41.06 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.26% +14.32% -31.89%
75th Percentile £70.00 £40.73 £43.75
90th Percentile £83.35 £69.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £28.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +33.93% +27.27% -37.14%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 30 June 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 -23 104 £431 +56.82% 26
North of England -84 20 £250 -60.00% 5
East Midlands - 17 £550 - 6
Midlands - 17 £550 - 8
South West -22 14 £469 +63.04% 9
North West -50 14 - - 2
South East -84 11 £220 -56.65% 24
East of England -28 8 £308 - 4
Yorkshire -54 6 £250 -50.00% 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 29 (16.38%) SharePoint
2 28 (15.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.26%) Confluence
4 1 (0.56%) CMS
Applications
1 13 (7.34%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.52%) Chatbot
3 7 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (2.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (2.26%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (1.13%) Maya
5 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.56%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.56%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 63 (35.59%) Microsoft 365
2 32 (18.08%) SaaS
3 29 (16.38%) GCP
4 25 (14.12%) Google Sheets
5 23 (12.99%) Slack
6 22 (12.43%) Google Drive
7 14 (7.91%) Asana
7 14 (7.91%) Azure
8 13 (7.34%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (6.21%) Google Docs
10 8 (4.52%) Entra ID
10 8 (4.52%) Miro
11 7 (3.95%) OneDrive
11 7 (3.95%) WhatsApp
12 5 (2.82%) Smartsheet
13 4 (2.26%) AWS
13 4 (2.26%) Vertex AI
14 3 (1.69%) Google Gemini
14 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
14 3 (1.69%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (9.04%) DNS
2 12 (6.78%) Firewall
2 12 (6.78%) VPN
3 11 (6.21%) DKIM
3 11 (6.21%) DMARC
3 11 (6.21%) TCP/IP
4 8 (4.52%) VoIP
5 7 (3.95%) DMZ
6 4 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.69%) DHCP
8 2 (1.13%) Wireless
9 1 (0.56%) LAN
9 1 (0.56%) VLAN
9 1 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.26%) BigQuery
2 3 (1.69%) Tableau
3 2 (1.13%) AlloyDB
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.56%) Power BI
4 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (11.86%) JIRA
2 1 (0.56%) GitLab
General
1 74 (41.81%) Social Skills
2 51 (28.81%) Finance
3 38 (21.47%) Public Sector
4 14 (7.91%) Organisational Skills
5 13 (7.34%) Military
6 12 (6.78%) Banking
7 11 (6.21%) Retail
8 9 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
9 8 (4.52%) Front Office
9 8 (4.52%) Investment Banking
10 6 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (3.39%) Legal
11 5 (2.82%) Advertising
11 5 (2.82%) Marketing
12 4 (2.26%) Aerospace
12 4 (2.26%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (1.69%) Billing
13 3 (1.69%) Wearables
14 2 (1.13%) Aviation
14 2 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (15.25%) Analyst
2 24 (13.56%) Administrator
3 15 (8.47%) Programme Manager
4 10 (5.65%) Service Analyst
4 10 (5.65%) Service Desk Analyst
5 9 (5.08%) IT Support
5 9 (5.08%) Lead
6 8 (4.52%) Consultant
6 8 (4.52%) IT Analyst
7 7 (3.95%) Help Desk Analyst
8 6 (3.39%) Executive Assistant
8 6 (3.39%) Migration Engineer
9 5 (2.82%) Architect
9 5 (2.82%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 5 (2.82%) Support Engineer
10 4 (2.26%) Change Manager
10 4 (2.26%) Financial Analyst
10 4 (2.26%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 4 (2.26%) Senior
11 3 (1.69%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.78%) OAuth
2 5 (2.82%) SAML
3 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (1.13%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.56%) LDAP
5 1 (0.56%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.56%) OpenID
5 1 (0.56%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 26 (14.69%) Onboarding
2 15 (8.47%) Virtual Team
3 8 (4.52%) Freedom of Information
3 8 (4.52%) Management Information System
4 7 (3.95%) Smartphone
5 6 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (2.82%) Client/Server
7 3 (1.69%) Life Science
8 2 (1.13%) BYOD
8 2 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.13%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.13%) iPad
9 1 (0.56%) Augmented Reality
9 1 (0.56%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.56%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.56%) NHS
9 1 (0.56%) PKI
9 1 (0.56%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (16.38%) Windows
2 15 (8.47%) Mac OS
3 12 (6.78%) Apple iOS
4 11 (6.21%) Android
5 2 (1.13%) Linux
5 2 (1.13%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.56%) SUSE
6 1 (0.56%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.56%) VMS
6 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (33.90%) Migration
2 40 (22.60%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (19.21%) Change Management
4 29 (16.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 23 (12.99%) ITIL
6 22 (12.43%) Project Delivery
7 21 (11.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 19 (10.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (10.73%) Project Management
9 18 (10.17%) Agile
10 17 (9.60%) Programme Management
10 17 (9.60%) User Experience
11 16 (9.04%) Cloud Operations
11 16 (9.04%) Records Management
12 15 (8.47%) Data Analysis
12 15 (8.47%) Data Loss Prevention
12 15 (8.47%) Risk Management
12 15 (8.47%) Technology Transformation
13 14 (7.91%) Document Management
14 13 (7.34%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.34%) SQL
2 12 (6.78%) PowerShell
3 7 (3.95%) Google Apps Script
4 3 (1.69%) Python
4 3 (1.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 44 (24.86%) Security Cleared
2 40 (22.60%) SC Cleared
3 26 (14.69%) Degree
4 10 (5.65%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (3.95%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 5 (2.82%) TOGAF Certification
7 4 (2.26%) MCSA
7 4 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.13%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.56%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.56%) ACSP
9 1 (0.56%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.56%) MBA
9 1 (0.56%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.56%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.56%) PMP
9 1 (0.56%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 3 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (1.69%) PMO
3 2 (1.13%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.13%) GDPR
4 1 (0.56%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (16.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.56%) Firmware
2 1 (0.56%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (6.78%) Single Sign-On
2 10 (5.65%) SCCM
3 7 (3.95%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 7 (3.95%) WSUS
4 4 (2.26%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.56%) Terraform
6 1 (0.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 166 (93.79%) Google
2 54 (30.51%) Microsoft
3 10 (5.65%) Citrix
4 8 (4.52%) Bloomberg
4 8 (4.52%) Reuters
5 7 (3.95%) ION Trading
6 6 (3.39%) Okta
6 6 (3.39%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.82%) Concur
7 5 (2.82%) ServiceNow
8 4 (2.26%) Apple
8 4 (2.26%) Atlassian
8 4 (2.26%) DocuSign
9 3 (1.69%) CODA
9 3 (1.69%) Virgin Media
10 2 (1.13%) OpenAI
10 2 (1.13%) SAP
11 1 (0.56%) Logitech
11 1 (0.56%) Oracle
11 1 (0.56%) Yealink