Google Workspace Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Google Workspace (formerly G Suite, Google Apps)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Google Workspace skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
2 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 123 127
Rank change year-on-year +10 +4 +56
Contract jobs citing Google Workspace 6 2 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.36% 0.088% 0.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.98% 0.30% 1.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 10
10th Percentile - - £138
25th Percentile £479 £458 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £465 £350
Median % change year-on-year +9.14% +32.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £715 £473 £412
90th Percentile £781 - £609
South East median daily rate £508 £380 £325
% change year-on-year +33.55% +16.92% +18.18%

All Cloud Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 614 668 803
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 37.23% 29.56% 28.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 366 461 573
10th Percentile £250 £363 £263
25th Percentile £405 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £650
90th Percentile £663 £663 £735
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 18 19
10th Percentile £14.60 £18.50 £17.17
25th Percentile £14.75 £20.88 £19.75
Median hourly rate £17.19 £42.50 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year -59.56% +31.58% +53.81%
75th Percentile £32.12 £60.95 £45.75
90th Percentile £41.34 £64.73 £66.00
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £35.00 £30.23
% change year-on-year -46.23% +15.78% +48.48%

Google Workspace
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Google Workspace as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Google Workspace in the Thames Valley

Google Workspace
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Google Workspace.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Google Workspace

Google Workspace
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google Workspace in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 2 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Google Workspace in the Thames Valley

Google Workspace
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Google Workspace.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Google Workspace

Google Workspace
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 September 2025. 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
Buckinghamshire - 4 £508 - 2
Berkshire - 2 £763 - 2
Google Workspace
South East

Google Workspace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Firewall
1 4 (66.67%) VLAN
1 4 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (66.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) IT Support
1 4 (66.67%) Lead
2 2 (33.33%) Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Forensic Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) IoT
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Mac OS
2 2 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Content Management
1 4 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 4 (66.67%) Network Segmentation
1 4 (66.67%) Post-Production
1 4 (66.67%) Proactive Monitoring
1 4 (66.67%) Workflow
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Forensics
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
2 2 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
2 2 (33.33%) Document Management
2 2 (33.33%) E-Discovery
2 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 2 (33.33%) Information Security
2 2 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (33.33%) CCSP
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (33.33%) CISM
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
1 2 (33.33%) GCFA
1 2 (33.33%) GCFE
1 2 (33.33%) GCIH
1 2 (33.33%) GREM
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) EnCase
1 2 (33.33%) FTK
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Google
2 2 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (33.33%) Darktrace
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
28 Google Workspace jobs in the South East