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 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 486 392 462
Rank change year-on-year -94 +70 -30
Contract jobs citing Google Workspace 147 117 65
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.43% 0.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.92% 1.14% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 44 27
10th Percentile £185 £169 £173
25th Percentile £280 £213 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £498 £380
Median % change year-on-year -22.11% +30.92% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £486
90th Percentile £590 £643 £595
UK median daily rate £375 £498 £380
% change year-on-year -24.62% +30.92% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 26 9
10th Percentile £14.24 £15.50 £24.60
25th Percentile £17.88 £15.52 £31.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £18.82 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +99.26% -42.97% -
75th Percentile £38.97 £34.13 £39.68
90th Percentile £45.25 £36.00 £42.90
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £18.82 £33.00
% change year-on-year +99.26% -42.97% -2.94%

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 15,948 10,289 11,268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.49% 37.60% 34.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,643 6,957 7,707
10th Percentile £320 £306 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £720 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 545 249 180
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.45 £14.24
25th Percentile £17.97 £18.87 £20.00
Median hourly rate £33.99 £26.30 £31.75
Median % change year-on-year +29.24% -17.17% -3.79%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £62.81
90th Percentile £82.75 £67.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £29.25 £30.88
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -11.79%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -55 72 £438 +94.44% 251
North of England -80 24 £155 -75.24% 29
North West -53 18 £125 -80.08% 22
South West -41 15 £469 +10.29% 39
South East -75 13 £230 -54.68% 32
Midlands - 13 £550 - 16
East Midlands - 11 £550 - 8
Yorkshire -32 6 £250 - 6
East of England -29 5 £320 - 16
West Midlands - 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 31 (21.09%) SharePoint
2 27 (18.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.72%) Confluence
4 2 (1.36%) CMS
5 1 (0.68%) Drupal
Applications
1 20 (13.61%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (7.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (5.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (4.08%) Spreadsheet
5 4 (2.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.68%) Maya
7 1 (0.68%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.72%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (2.72%) Oracle General Ledger
1 4 (2.72%) Oracle Payables
1 4 (2.72%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.68%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 57 (38.78%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (19.05%) GCP
3 26 (17.69%) SaaS
4 22 (14.97%) Google Drive
5 17 (11.56%) Google Sheets
6 15 (10.20%) Entra ID
7 12 (8.16%) Azure
8 11 (7.48%) Asana
9 10 (6.80%) Google Docs
10 8 (5.44%) Slack
11 7 (4.76%) OneDrive
12 6 (4.08%) Smartsheet
13 4 (2.72%) AWS
14 2 (1.36%) Vertex AI
15 1 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
15 1 (0.68%) Canva
15 1 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
15 1 (0.68%) Google Analytics
15 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
15 1 (0.68%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (12.93%) DNS
2 15 (10.20%) VPN
3 13 (8.84%) Firewall
3 13 (8.84%) TCP/IP
4 11 (7.48%) DKIM
4 11 (7.48%) DMARC
5 9 (6.12%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (4.76%) DHCP
7 5 (3.40%) DMZ
7 5 (3.40%) VoIP
8 4 (2.72%) WAN
9 2 (1.36%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.36%) VLAN
10 1 (0.68%) Intranet
10 1 (0.68%) LAN
10 1 (0.68%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.72%) BigQuery
2 2 (1.36%) AlloyDB
3 1 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.68%) Power BI
3 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (12.93%) JIRA
2 1 (0.68%) GitLab
General
1 57 (38.78%) Social Skills
2 42 (28.57%) Public Sector
3 32 (21.77%) Finance
4 15 (10.20%) Organisational Skills
5 11 (7.48%) Military
6 7 (4.76%) Banking
7 6 (4.08%) Front Office
7 6 (4.08%) Investment Banking
7 6 (4.08%) Marketing
7 6 (4.08%) Retail
8 5 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (2.72%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.72%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (2.72%) General Ledger
9 4 (2.72%) Local Government
10 3 (2.04%) Billing
10 3 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.04%) Legal
10 3 (2.04%) Publishing
11 2 (1.36%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 31 (21.09%) Administrator
2 23 (15.65%) Analyst
3 8 (5.44%) Service Analyst
4 7 (4.76%) Consultant
4 7 (4.76%) IT Support
4 7 (4.76%) Service Desk Analyst
4 7 (4.76%) Support Engineer
5 6 (4.08%) Help Desk Analyst
5 6 (4.08%) IT Analyst
6 5 (3.40%) Senior
7 4 (2.72%) Change Manager
7 4 (2.72%) Financial Analyst
7 4 (2.72%) Migration Engineer
7 4 (2.72%) Oracle Trainer
7 4 (2.72%) Project Manager
7 4 (2.72%) Trainer
8 3 (2.04%) Head of IT
8 3 (2.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (2.04%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (2.04%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.12%) OAuth
2 4 (2.72%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.36%) LangGraph
3 2 (1.36%) SAML
3 2 (1.36%) Terraform
4 1 (0.68%) LDAP
4 1 (0.68%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.68%) OpenID
4 1 (0.68%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 24 (16.33%) Onboarding
2 15 (10.20%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.44%) Freedom of Information
3 8 (5.44%) Virtual Team
4 5 (3.40%) Learning Management System
4 5 (3.40%) Smartphone
5 4 (2.72%) e-Learning
6 3 (2.04%) BYOD
6 3 (2.04%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.36%) Replication
7 2 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.36%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.68%) Blog
8 1 (0.68%) CCTV
8 1 (0.68%) CMDB
8 1 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.68%) iPad
8 1 (0.68%) Photography
8 1 (0.68%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 27 (18.37%) Windows
2 13 (8.84%) Mac OS
3 6 (4.08%) Android
3 6 (4.08%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.04%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.36%) Linux
5 2 (1.36%) VMS
6 1 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.68%) SUSE
6 1 (0.68%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (29.25%) Migration
2 26 (17.69%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (17.01%) Project Management
4 23 (15.65%) Project Delivery
5 22 (14.97%) Change Management
6 21 (14.29%) Customer Service
7 20 (13.61%) Agile
8 17 (11.56%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (10.88%) Cloud Operations
9 16 (10.88%) Document Management
9 16 (10.88%) Records Management
10 15 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (10.20%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (9.52%) ITIL
11 14 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (8.84%) Data Loss Prevention
13 11 (7.48%) Service Management
14 10 (6.80%) Collaborative Working
15 9 (6.12%) Identity Access Management
16 8 (5.44%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.52%) PowerShell
2 5 (3.40%) Python
3 4 (2.72%) Google Apps Script
4 2 (1.36%) Bash
Qualifications
1 43 (29.25%) Security Cleared
2 39 (26.53%) SC Cleared
3 13 (8.84%) Degree
4 8 (5.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (3.40%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (3.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (2.04%) MCSA
8 2 (1.36%) CISSP
8 2 (1.36%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.36%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.36%) PMP
8 2 (1.36%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.68%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.68%) CompTIA CySA+
9 1 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.68%) MBA
9 1 (0.68%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.44%) PMO
2 5 (3.40%) GDPR
3 4 (2.72%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 3 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.36%) NIST
6 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.68%) QA
6 1 (0.68%) WCAG
System Software
1 33 (22.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (8.84%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (5.44%) Jamf Pro
2 8 (5.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (5.44%) SCCM
3 6 (4.08%) WSUS
4 1 (0.68%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 137 (93.20%) Google
2 60 (40.82%) Microsoft
3 8 (5.44%) Citrix
3 8 (5.44%) Okta
4 6 (4.08%) Bloomberg
4 6 (4.08%) Reuters
5 5 (3.40%) ION Trading
5 5 (3.40%) Oracle
6 4 (2.72%) Adobe
6 4 (2.72%) Apple
6 4 (2.72%) Concur
7 3 (2.04%) DocuSign
7 3 (2.04%) ServiceNow
7 3 (2.04%) VMware
8 2 (1.36%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (1.36%) Meraki
8 2 (1.36%) SAP
8 2 (1.36%) Veeam
9 1 (0.68%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.68%) Tenable