Google Drive Contract Job Trends

Google Drive
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Google Drive skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 576 562 618
Rank change year-on-year -14 +56 +211
Contract jobs citing Google Drive 7 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.021% 0.008% 0.008%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.053% 0.023% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - £443
25th Percentile £205 £325 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £350 £525
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% -33.33% +23.53%
75th Percentile £215 £375 £541
90th Percentile - - £546
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £525
% change year-on-year - - +133.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Cloud Skills
UK

Google Drive 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,105 12,818 16,776
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.64% 35.03% 35.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,779 8,447 12,032
10th Percentile £306 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £708 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 167 324
10th Percentile £15.08 £18.18 £14.71
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.80 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +12.90% +40.40%
75th Percentile £44.01 £64.73 £60.00
90th Percentile £69.27 £70.00 £78.17
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.75 £35.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -40.71% +55.56% +16.88%

Google Drive
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Google Drive relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Google Drive job vacancy trend in the UK

Google Drive
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Google Drive.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Google Drive

Google Drive
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Google Drive.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Google Drive

Google Drive
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Google Drive within the UK over the 6 months to 28 October 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
London +24 7 £210 -40.00% 6
England -4 7 £210 -40.00% 11
Work from Home +16 2 - - 9

Google Drive
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 4 (57.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (14.29%) InDesign
1 1 (14.29%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Google Workspace
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
2 2 (28.57%) OneDrive
3 1 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (14.29%) Asana
3 1 (14.29%) Dropbox
3 1 (14.29%) Figma
3 1 (14.29%) GCP
3 1 (14.29%) GitHub
3 1 (14.29%) Google Docs
3 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Intranet
2 1 (14.29%) DKIM
2 1 (14.29%) DMARC
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) IT Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) SharePoint Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Information Management Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Management Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Management Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Freedom of Information
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Android
2 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
2 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) Information Management
2 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Records Management
2 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (14.29%) Application Virtualisation
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Operations
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (14.29%) Data Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (14.29%) Information Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Prototyping
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 1 (14.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
1 1 (14.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (14.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Google
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) Okta
4 1 (14.29%) Adobe