Google Workspace Contracts

Google Workspace (formerly G Suite, Google Apps)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Google Workspace skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Google Workspace over the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 413 503 536
Rank change year-on-year +90 +33 +122
Contract jobs citing Google Workspace 111 97 181
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.22% 0.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.01% 0.70% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 54 100
10th Percentile £205 £187 £180
25th Percentile £263 £266 £247
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £457 £350
Median % change year-on-year -12.56% +30.71% -9.68%
75th Percentile £536 £500 £488
90th Percentile £641 £575 £578
UK excluding London median daily rate £508 £465 £425
% change year-on-year +9.14% +9.41% +78.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 24 12
10th Percentile £16.76 £20.75 -
25th Percentile £16.95 £21.13 £35.00
Median hourly rate £21.28 £26.00 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year -18.15% -34.26% +57.01%
75th Percentile £32.02 £26.50 £39.70
90th Percentile £38.06 £30.18 £40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.82 £26.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year -27.62% -34.26% +34.62%

All Cloud 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 11,019 13,938 21,745
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.57% 32.30% 36.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,638 9,910 15,710
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 342 351
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.51 £15.92 £18.25
Median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%
75th Percentile £46.90 £34.69 £66.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £62.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £17.69 £24.62
% change year-on-year +21.31% -28.15% +29.58%

Google Workspace
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Google Workspace as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Google Workspace in the UK

Google Workspace
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Google Workspace.

Daily rate trend for Google Workspace in the UK

Google Workspace
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Google Workspace over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Google Workspace in the UK

Google Workspace
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Google Workspace.

Hourly rate trend for Google Workspace in the UK

Google Workspace
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Google Workspace over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Google Workspace in the UK

Google Workspace
Top 15 Contract 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 6 May 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
England +79 107 £405 -10.00% 199
London +28 56 £355 -21.06% 156
UK excluding London +78 53 £508 +9.14% 72
Work from Home +37 22 £393 -17.37% 120
North of England +25 18 £500 +81.82% 10
South East +44 15 £508 +9.14% 42
South West +44 10 £650 - 6
Yorkshire - 8 £500 - 4
North West +9 7 - - 5
East of England +29 5 - - 3
North East 0 3 - - 1
Wales - 3 - - 3
Midlands +16 1 - - 8
West Midlands +14 1 - - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £281 -

Google Workspace
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 13 (11.71%) SharePoint
2 10 (9.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (4.50%) CMS
4 3 (2.70%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (9.01%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (2.70%) Trello
4 2 (1.80%) 1Password
4 2 (1.80%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.80%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.90%) Notion
Business Applications
1 4 (3.60%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.80%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.90%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 34 (30.63%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (18.02%) Entra ID
3 18 (16.22%) Azure
4 13 (11.71%) OneDrive
5 10 (9.01%) Slack
6 9 (8.11%) Google Sheets
7 7 (6.31%) Google Docs
7 7 (6.31%) SaaS
8 5 (4.50%) AWS
9 4 (3.60%) GCP
10 3 (2.70%) DigitalOcean
10 3 (2.70%) Figma
10 3 (2.70%) GitHub
10 3 (2.70%) Heroku
10 3 (2.70%) Mimecast
11 2 (1.80%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 2 (1.80%) Google Drive
11 2 (1.80%) WhatsApp
11 2 (1.80%) Yammer
12 1 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.21%) DNS
1 8 (7.21%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (6.31%) Firewall
2 7 (6.31%) VLAN
3 6 (5.41%) Wireless
4 5 (4.50%) VPN
5 4 (3.60%) DHCP
6 2 (1.80%) VoIP
7 1 (0.90%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.50%) SQL Server
1 5 (4.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (3.60%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (1.80%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (2.70%) JIRA
1 3 (2.70%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (0.90%) Git
General
1 52 (46.85%) Social Skills
2 21 (18.92%) Public Sector
3 17 (15.32%) Finance
4 10 (9.01%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (8.11%) Banking
5 9 (8.11%) Legal
6 8 (7.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (5.41%) Military
8 5 (4.50%) Local Government
8 5 (4.50%) Marketing
9 4 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.70%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.80%) Aerospace
11 2 (1.80%) Analytical Skills
11 2 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.80%) Electronics
11 2 (1.80%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.80%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.90%) Police
12 1 (0.90%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 14 (12.61%) Analyst
1 14 (12.61%) IT Support
2 11 (9.91%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 11 (9.91%) Support Engineer
3 10 (9.01%) 1st Line Support
4 8 (7.21%) IT Engineer
5 7 (6.31%) IT Support Engineer
6 6 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (5.41%) Lead
6 6 (5.41%) Service Analyst
6 6 (5.41%) Service Desk Analyst
6 6 (5.41%) Support Technician
7 5 (4.50%) Administrator
8 4 (3.60%) Architect
8 4 (3.60%) Financial Analyst
8 4 (3.60%) Migration Engineer
8 4 (3.60%) Project Manager
8 4 (3.60%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 3 (2.70%) Records Manager
9 3 (2.70%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Graph
2 3 (2.70%) Alpine.js
2 3 (2.70%) Bootstrap
2 3 (2.70%) CSS
2 3 (2.70%) Laravel
2 3 (2.70%) SAML
2 3 (2.70%) Tailwind CSS
3 2 (1.80%) LDAP
3 2 (1.80%) OAuth
3 2 (1.80%) OpenID
3 2 (1.80%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.90%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.81%) iPhone
2 11 (9.91%) iPad
2 11 (9.91%) Management Information System
2 11 (9.91%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (6.31%) Onboarding
3 7 (6.31%) Smartphone
4 6 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (5.41%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.80%) Social Media
7 1 (0.90%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.90%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.90%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.90%) Oculus
Operating Systems
1 48 (43.24%) Windows
2 17 (15.32%) Apple iOS
3 15 (13.51%) Mac OS
3 15 (13.51%) Windows 10
4 6 (5.41%) Android
5 4 (3.60%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.80%) Mac OS X
6 2 (1.80%) Windows 8
6 2 (1.80%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.90%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (30.63%) Customer Service
2 29 (26.13%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (22.52%) Migration
4 18 (16.22%) Project Management
5 16 (14.41%) ITSM
6 12 (10.81%) Change Management
7 11 (9.91%) Proactive Monitoring
8 10 (9.01%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (9.01%) Proactive Maintenance
9 9 (8.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 9 (8.11%) Risk Management
10 8 (7.21%) ITIL
10 8 (7.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (7.21%) User Experience
11 7 (6.31%) Content Management
11 7 (6.31%) Validation
11 7 (6.31%) Workflow
12 6 (5.41%) Agile
12 6 (5.41%) Privileged Access Management
12 6 (5.41%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.91%) PowerShell
2 8 (7.21%) SQL
3 5 (4.50%) Python
4 3 (2.70%) PHP
5 2 (1.80%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (16.22%) SC Cleared
1 18 (16.22%) Security Cleared
2 7 (6.31%) DBS Check
3 6 (5.41%) Degree
4 4 (3.60%) AAT
4 4 (3.60%) CCAB
4 4 (3.60%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.80%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.80%) CIPFA
6 2 (1.80%) CISSP
6 2 (1.80%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.80%) PMP
7 1 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.90%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.11%) GDPR
1 9 (8.11%) SLA
2 3 (2.70%) PMO
3 2 (1.80%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (20.72%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.60%) BitLocker
3 2 (1.80%) vSphere
3 2 (1.80%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 11 (9.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (6.31%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (5.41%) SmoothWall
4 3 (2.70%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (1.80%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (1.80%) Norton AntiVirus
5 2 (1.80%) SCCM
Vendors
1 105 (94.59%) Google
2 38 (34.23%) Microsoft
3 14 (12.61%) ServiceNow
4 11 (9.91%) MobileIron
4 11 (9.91%) Nexthink
5 6 (5.41%) Adobe
5 6 (5.41%) Citrix
6 5 (4.50%) Sage
7 4 (3.60%) Barracuda Networks
7 4 (3.60%) CheckPoint
7 4 (3.60%) CyberArk
7 4 (3.60%) Netskope
7 4 (3.60%) Okta
7 4 (3.60%) Oracle
7 4 (3.60%) SAP
7 4 (3.60%) Zscaler
8 3 (2.70%) Xero
9 2 (1.80%) ConnectWise
9 2 (1.80%) ESET
9 2 (1.80%) Xerox