The first table below looks at the demand for GoogleTest skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited GoogleTest over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Development Applications category for the East of England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Google Test
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing GoogleTest 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England - - -
As % of the Development Applications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 - £275
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
239 341 353
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 10.98% 11.44% 13.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 153 135
Average daily rate £325 £345 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.79% +15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £466
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 55 62
Average hourly rate £33.00 £36.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% +2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.43 £27.15 £22.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £42.50 £39.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
GoogleTest
England

GoogleTest
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing GoogleTest also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited GoogleTest.

1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) STL
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) LabVIEW
1 2 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Google
1 2 (100.00%) Boost C++ Libraries

GoogleTest
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing GoogleTest also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited GoogleTest. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) STL
1 2 (100.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) LabVIEW
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Software Programmer
2 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) C++ Programmer
2 1 (50.00%) Programmer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C++
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Google