Google Workspace Job Trends

Google Workspace (formerly G Suite, Google Apps)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Google Workspace skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 574 552 643
Rank change year-on-year -22 +91 +50
Permanent jobs citing Google Workspace 211 136 177
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.27% 0.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.76% 0.85% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 160 74 142
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,063 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 £38,000 £34,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +10.14% -18.82%
75th Percentile £44,241 £54,285 £40,748
90th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £52,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £35,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year -8.45% +20.34% -15.71%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 27,829 15,967 26,752
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.25% 32.07% 32.02%
Number of salaries quoted 18,416 11,057 19,133
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -6.25%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% -1.82%

Google Workspace
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Google Workspace job vacancy trend in the UK

Google Workspace
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Google Workspace.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Google Workspace

Google Workspace
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Google Workspace over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Google Workspace in the UK

Google Workspace
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Google Workspace within the UK over the 6 months to 12 August 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +11 206 £37,500 -1.32% 192
UK excluding London -47 114 £32,500 -8.45% 84
London -13 93 £49,500 +17.86% 122
Work from Home +5 58 £40,000 +5.26% 75
South East -6 39 £32,500 - 35
South West -36 27 £30,000 -34.78% 4
North of England -42 23 £40,871 +36.24% 25
North West -12 16 £35,000 -35.53% 18
Midlands -22 14 £32,500 -7.14% 12
West Midlands -23 9 £32,500 -7.14% 5
East of England -28 9 £26,968 -37.28% 5
East Midlands -20 5 £32,500 -18.75% 7
Yorkshire -28 5 £37,500 +25.00% 6
North East - 2 £44,241 - 1
Scotland +12 1 - - 1
Wales - 1 £29,500 - 2

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 35 (16.59%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (16.11%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.32%) Confluence
4 3 (1.42%) WordPress
5 2 (0.95%) CMS
Applications
1 25 (11.85%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.95%) Trello
4 1 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.47%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.47%) Elementor
4 1 (0.47%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (0.47%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 105 (49.76%) Microsoft 365
2 45 (21.33%) Azure
2 45 (21.33%) Entra ID
3 32 (15.17%) AWS
4 31 (14.69%) SaaS
5 18 (8.53%) GCP
6 13 (6.16%) Microsoft Copilot
7 12 (5.69%) Slack
8 10 (4.74%) Google Sheets
9 8 (3.79%) OneDrive
10 7 (3.32%) ChatGPT
10 7 (3.32%) GitHub
10 7 (3.32%) Google Gemini
11 6 (2.84%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (2.84%) OpenShift
12 5 (2.37%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.90%) Google Docs
14 3 (1.42%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 3 (1.42%) IaaS
14 3 (1.42%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 43 (20.38%) Firewall
2 36 (17.06%) VPN
3 30 (14.22%) VLAN
4 25 (11.85%) DNS
5 22 (10.43%) LAN
6 19 (9.00%) DHCP
6 19 (9.00%) WAN
7 18 (8.53%) VoIP
8 15 (7.11%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (6.16%) SSL
10 8 (3.79%) Network Security
10 8 (3.79%) TCP/IP
11 7 (3.32%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (2.84%) Wireless
13 4 (1.90%) Internet
14 3 (1.42%) IPsec
14 3 (1.42%) NetScaler
14 3 (1.42%) SD-WAN
15 1 (0.47%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.95%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.47%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (4.74%) JIRA
2 8 (3.79%) Git
3 5 (2.37%) TeamCity
General
1 100 (47.39%) Social Skills
2 17 (8.06%) Finance
3 16 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (6.64%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (4.74%) Advertising
7 7 (3.32%) Marketing
7 7 (3.32%) Retail
7 7 (3.32%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.84%) Legal
9 5 (2.37%) Law
9 5 (2.37%) Local Government
9 5 (2.37%) Spanish Language
10 4 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.90%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.42%) Arabic Language
11 3 (1.42%) Italian Language
11 3 (1.42%) Korean Language
12 2 (0.95%) Banking
12 2 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (32.23%) IT Support
2 47 (22.27%) Support Engineer
3 45 (21.33%) IT Engineer
3 45 (21.33%) IT Support Engineer
4 20 (9.48%) Senior
5 19 (9.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 17 (8.06%) Account Manager
7 13 (6.16%) Analyst
8 12 (5.69%) 2nd Line Support
8 12 (5.69%) Product Manager
9 11 (5.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 11 (5.21%) 3rd Line Support
9 11 (5.21%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 10 (4.74%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 10 (4.74%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
10 10 (4.74%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
10 10 (4.74%) Development Manager
10 10 (4.74%) Product Development Manager
10 10 (4.74%) Senior IT Support
10 10 (4.74%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (8.53%) Google Maps API
2 13 (6.16%) React
3 4 (1.90%) LDAP
3 4 (1.90%) OpenID
3 4 (1.90%) REST
3 4 (1.90%) SAML
4 3 (1.42%) GraphQL
4 3 (1.42%) OAuth
4 3 (1.42%) SOAP
5 1 (0.47%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.47%) CSS
5 1 (0.47%) EDI
5 1 (0.47%) HTML
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.47%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.22%) Onboarding
2 27 (12.80%) Driving Licence
3 23 (10.90%) AI Agents
4 19 (9.00%) Management Information System
5 18 (8.53%) Augmented Reality
5 18 (8.53%) Virtual Reality
6 12 (5.69%) Video Conferencing
7 10 (4.74%) Virtual Team
8 9 (4.27%) Smartphone
9 6 (2.84%) PKI
10 5 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (2.37%) Low-Code
10 5 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.90%) Blog
11 4 (1.90%) iPad
12 3 (1.42%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (1.42%) Educational Technology
12 3 (1.42%) Mobile App
12 3 (1.42%) Security Posture
13 2 (0.95%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 98 (46.45%) Windows
2 48 (22.75%) Mac OS
3 23 (10.90%) Windows 10
3 23 (10.90%) Windows Server
4 19 (9.00%) Linux
5 12 (5.69%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (2.37%) Apple iOS
6 5 (2.37%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.90%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.42%) Windows 7
8 3 (1.42%) Windows 8
9 2 (0.95%) tvOS
10 1 (0.47%) Rocky
10 1 (0.47%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (35.07%) Problem-Solving
2 46 (21.80%) AI
3 32 (15.17%) Project Delivery
4 26 (12.32%) Customer Service
5 24 (11.37%) Cybersecurity
6 23 (10.90%) Customer Experience
7 22 (10.43%) Disaster Recovery
8 21 (9.95%) Roadmaps
9 19 (9.00%) Agile
10 18 (8.53%) Co-Creation
10 18 (8.53%) ITIL
11 17 (8.06%) Time Management
12 16 (7.58%) Product Management
13 14 (6.64%) Business Continuity
13 14 (6.64%) Product Roadmap
14 13 (6.16%) Computer Science
14 13 (6.16%) Information Security
14 13 (6.16%) Kalman Filter
14 13 (6.16%) Remote Monitoring and Management
15 12 (5.69%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.06%) Python
2 15 (7.11%) JavaScript
2 15 (7.11%) SQL
3 14 (6.64%) TypeScript
4 10 (4.74%) PowerShell
5 8 (3.79%) Google Apps Script
5 8 (3.79%) Java
6 7 (3.32%) C#
7 6 (2.84%) Bash
7 6 (2.84%) C++
7 6 (2.84%) Kotlin
8 3 (1.42%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.95%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.95%) VB
10 1 (0.47%) PHP
Qualifications
1 40 (18.96%) Degree
2 17 (8.06%) Master's Degree
3 15 (7.11%) DBS Check
3 15 (7.11%) MBA
4 8 (3.79%) CompTIA Security+
4 8 (3.79%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (3.79%) Network+ Certification
5 7 (3.32%) Security Cleared
6 6 (2.84%) AWS Certification
6 6 (2.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.37%) AWS Certified Developer
7 5 (2.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.42%) CIPD
8 3 (1.42%) CISSP
9 2 (0.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.95%) CCSP
9 2 (0.95%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.95%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.95%) PMP
9 2 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (6.16%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (4.74%) GDPR
4 8 (3.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 8 (3.79%) QA
5 6 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 5 (2.37%) Accessibility
6 5 (2.37%) NIST
7 4 (1.90%) ISO 9001
8 3 (1.42%) PMO
9 2 (0.95%) GRC
9 2 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (0.95%) SLA
10 1 (0.47%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (18.48%) Active Directory
2 19 (9.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (7.11%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.84%) Docker
5 5 (2.37%) KVM
6 3 (1.42%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 26 (12.32%) Jamf Pro
2 19 (9.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (6.16%) Autotask
4 10 (4.74%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (3.32%) SCCM
6 6 (2.84%) Kubernetes
6 6 (2.84%) Terraform
7 5 (2.37%) Grafana
8 4 (1.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 209 (99.05%) Google
2 129 (61.14%) Microsoft
3 45 (21.33%) Cisco
4 24 (11.37%) Salesforce
5 20 (9.48%) SonicWALL
5 20 (9.48%) VMware
6 18 (8.53%) Apple
6 18 (8.53%) Datto
6 18 (8.53%) Facebook
6 18 (8.53%) OpenAI
7 13 (6.16%) Ubiquiti
8 12 (5.69%) Meraki
8 12 (5.69%) Okta
9 10 (4.74%) Aruba
9 10 (4.74%) HP
10 9 (4.27%) Veeam
11 7 (3.32%) Atlassian
12 6 (2.84%) Adobe
13 5 (2.37%) Palo Alto
13 5 (2.37%) ServiceNow