Google Workspace Contract Job Trends

Google Workspace (formerly G Suite, Google Apps)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Google Workspace skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 439 426 489
Rank change year-on-year -13 +63 +54
Contract jobs citing Google Workspace 193 107 100
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.36% 0.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.15% 0.96% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 48 55
10th Percentile £203 £209 £200
25th Percentile £263 £276 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £438 £465
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -5.90% +16.24%
75th Percentile £537 £536 £500
90th Percentile £575 £641 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £449 £508 £400
% change year-on-year -11.58% +26.88% -8.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 29 24
10th Percentile £12.50 £16.76 £20.75
25th Percentile £26.31 £16.95 £21.13
Median hourly rate £34.25 £21.28 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.95% -18.15% -30.25%
75th Percentile £39.65 £32.02 £26.50
90th Percentile £60.00 £38.06 £30.18
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.50 £18.82 £26.00
% change year-on-year +40.81% -27.62% -34.26%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 16,741 11,123 14,214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 36.38% 37.89% 32.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,420 7,742 10,076
10th Percentile £318 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £522 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.12% -0.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £635
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £476 £475 £489
% change year-on-year +0.16% -2.86% -2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 471 244 347
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.36 £19.79 £16.03
Median hourly rate £42.69 £27.88 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.10% +32.76% -30.29%
75th Percentile £68.29 £50.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.35 £60.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £23.00 £17.69
% change year-on-year +106.52% +30.02% -23.83%

Google Workspace
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Google Workspace job vacancy trend in the UK

Google Workspace
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Google Workspace
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google Workspace over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Google Workspace in the UK

Google Workspace
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Google Workspace
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Google Workspace over the 6 months to 17 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Google Workspace in the UK

Google Workspace
Top 14 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 Workspace within the UK over the 6 months to 17 April 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
England -32 183 £413 -8.33% 81
London -30 95 £400 - 41
UK excluding London -54 84 £449 -11.58% 43
Work from Home -2 48 £425 +3.66% 40
Midlands -48 25 £550 - 1
East Midlands - 25 £550 -
North of England -58 24 £205 -59.00% 13
East of England -18 15 £308 - 2
Yorkshire -43 14 £205 -59.00% 6
South East -56 14 £215 -57.64% 21
North West -30 9 - - 7
South West -36 6 £550 -4.35% 8
Scotland - 3 £275 -
North East -20 1 £450 - 1

Google Workspace
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 25 (12.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (10.36%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 30 (15.54%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (5.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (4.15%) Chatbot
4 6 (3.11%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (2.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (1.04%) Trello
7 1 (0.52%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.52%) Camtasia
7 1 (0.52%) Maya
7 1 (0.52%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 51 (26.42%) Microsoft 365
2 33 (17.10%) SaaS
3 30 (15.54%) GCP
4 27 (13.99%) Google Sheets
5 26 (13.47%) Slack
6 20 (10.36%) Azure
7 19 (9.84%) Cloud Computing
8 14 (7.25%) Entra ID
9 12 (6.22%) Google Drive
10 9 (4.66%) Asana
10 9 (4.66%) Google Docs
10 9 (4.66%) Miro
11 7 (3.63%) WhatsApp
12 5 (2.59%) Google Gemini
12 5 (2.59%) OneDrive
13 4 (2.07%) Power Automate
13 4 (2.07%) Power Platform
14 3 (1.55%) AWS
14 3 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
14 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 20 (10.36%) Firewall
2 14 (7.25%) DNS
2 14 (7.25%) VoIP
3 11 (5.70%) TCP/IP
4 10 (5.18%) VPN
5 8 (4.15%) DKIM
5 8 (4.15%) DMARC
5 8 (4.15%) Network Security
6 7 (3.63%) DMZ
7 4 (2.07%) DHCP
8 3 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.55%) Wireless
9 2 (1.04%) LAN
10 1 (0.52%) VLAN
10 1 (0.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.11%) Tableau
2 3 (1.55%) BigQuery
2 3 (1.55%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.52%) Looker
3 1 (0.52%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (10.36%) JIRA
2 3 (1.55%) GitLab
General
1 96 (49.74%) Social Skills
2 58 (30.05%) Finance
3 32 (16.58%) Public Sector
4 20 (10.36%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (7.77%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (7.25%) Banking
6 14 (7.25%) Military
7 13 (6.74%) Retail
8 10 (5.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (4.15%) Front Office
9 8 (4.15%) Investment Banking
10 6 (3.11%) Legal
11 3 (1.55%) Advertising
11 3 (1.55%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.55%) Billing
11 3 (1.55%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.55%) Wearables
12 2 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.04%) Marketing
12 2 (1.04%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 39 (20.21%) Analyst
2 25 (12.95%) IT Support
3 18 (9.33%) Programme Manager
3 18 (9.33%) Service Analyst
3 18 (9.33%) Service Desk Analyst
4 16 (8.29%) Support Engineer
5 15 (7.77%) Administrator
5 15 (7.77%) IT Engineer
6 12 (6.22%) IT Support Engineer
6 12 (6.22%) Lead
7 8 (4.15%) Consultant
7 8 (4.15%) IT Analyst
8 7 (3.63%) Executive Assistant
8 7 (3.63%) Help Desk Analyst
9 6 (3.11%) IT Manager
9 6 (3.11%) Operations Analyst
9 6 (3.11%) Support Officer
10 5 (2.59%) Migration Engineer
10 5 (2.59%) Migration Specialist
10 5 (2.59%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.70%) OAuth
2 6 (3.11%) SAML
3 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (1.55%) OpenID
4 3 (1.55%) REST
5 2 (1.04%) LDAP
5 2 (1.04%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 32 (16.58%) Onboarding
2 12 (6.22%) Smartphone
3 10 (5.18%) Virtual Team
4 8 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.63%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (3.11%) Freedom of Information
7 4 (2.07%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.55%) Life Science
8 3 (1.55%) PKI
9 2 (1.04%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.04%) Learning Management System
9 2 (1.04%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.52%) Augmented Reality
10 1 (0.52%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.52%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.52%) iPad
10 1 (0.52%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.52%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.52%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 51 (26.42%) Windows
2 23 (11.92%) Mac OS
3 17 (8.81%) Apple iOS
3 17 (8.81%) Linux
4 16 (8.29%) Android
5 4 (2.07%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.55%) VMS
7 1 (0.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (30.57%) Migration
2 56 (29.02%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (18.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 31 (16.06%) ITIL
5 30 (15.54%) Change Management
5 30 (15.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (13.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 23 (11.92%) Collaborative Working
7 23 (11.92%) Programme Management
7 23 (11.92%) Project Management
7 23 (11.92%) User Experience
8 22 (11.40%) Customer Service
8 22 (11.40%) Risk Management
9 21 (10.88%) Data Analysis
10 20 (10.36%) Dashboard Development
10 20 (10.36%) Project Delivery
10 20 (10.36%) Technology Transformation
11 19 (9.84%) Decision-Making
11 19 (9.84%) Quantitative Analysis
11 19 (9.84%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 21 (10.88%) SQL
2 18 (9.33%) PowerShell
3 11 (5.70%) Python
4 10 (5.18%) Google Apps Script
5 4 (2.07%) VBA
6 2 (1.04%) Bash
6 2 (1.04%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 38 (19.69%) Security Cleared
2 33 (17.10%) Degree
2 33 (17.10%) SC Cleared
3 12 (6.22%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (3.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (3.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.07%) MCSA
6 4 (2.07%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (1.04%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.04%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.04%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.52%) ACSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.11%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (2.07%) GDPR
2 4 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 3 (1.55%) SOC 2
4 2 (1.04%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.52%) PMO
5 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (16.06%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.52%) Firmware
3 1 (0.52%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (7.77%) Single Sign-On
2 9 (4.66%) SCCM
3 7 (3.63%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 6 (3.11%) WSUS
5 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.55%) Terraform
6 3 (1.55%) vCenter Server
7 2 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.52%) Ansible
Vendors
1 174 (90.16%) Google
2 69 (35.75%) Microsoft
3 12 (6.22%) Citrix
4 10 (5.18%) Salesforce
5 8 (4.15%) Bloomberg
5 8 (4.15%) Reuters
6 7 (3.63%) ION Trading
7 6 (3.11%) Okta
8 5 (2.59%) Atlassian
9 4 (2.07%) Apple
9 4 (2.07%) ServiceNow
9 4 (2.07%) VMware
10 3 (1.55%) CODA
10 3 (1.55%) Virgin Media
10 3 (1.55%) Wyse
11 2 (1.04%) Concur
11 2 (1.04%) CyberArk
11 2 (1.04%) OpenAI
12 1 (0.52%) Fortinet
12 1 (0.52%) Logitech