GoogleTest Contracts

Google Test
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for GoogleTest skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited GoogleTest over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 707 857
Rank change year-on-year +133 +150 -161
Contract jobs citing GoogleTest 26 9 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.060% 0.015% 0.007%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.50% 0.10% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £104 £533 -
25th Percentile £166 £544 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £281 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -51.09% - -
75th Percentile £409 £594 -
90th Percentile £479 £598 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £281 £575 -
% change year-on-year -51.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 5 4
10th Percentile £62.00 £51.85 -
25th Percentile £62.50 £52.75 £49.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.13% +11.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile - £58.75 £55.44
90th Percentile - - £63.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £55.50 £67.50
% change year-on-year +26.13% -17.78% +58.82%

All Development Application Skills
UK

GoogleTest is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 5,155 8,870 15,949
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.94% 15.02% 17.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,466 6,241 11,267
10th Percentile £355 £385 £400
25th Percentile £425 £461 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +11.56%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +15.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 241 210
10th Percentile £33.20 £44.64 £37.22
25th Percentile £46.38 £53.75 £39.75
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £52.25
Median % change year-on-year +5.69% +17.70% +16.11%
75th Percentile £70.00 £71.17 £62.25
90th Percentile £80.90 £80.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +5.69% +11.82% +22.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for GoogleTest in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for GoogleTest in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GoogleTest over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GoogleTest in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for GoogleTest in the UK

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Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GoogleTest within the UK over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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 +137 26 £281 -51.09% 10
UK excluding London +75 26 £281 -51.09% 10
South East +33 17 £281 - 2
South West - 9 - - 8
Work from Home +128 3 £500 -

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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 14 (53.85%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 9 (34.62%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 16 (61.54%) SNMP
1 16 (61.54%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (3.85%) NFC
2 1 (3.85%) PPP
Development Applications
1 24 (92.31%) JIRA
2 17 (65.38%) Eclipse
2 17 (65.38%) Git
3 16 (61.54%) Robot Framework
4 15 (57.69%) Bitbucket
5 10 (38.46%) Jenkins
6 1 (3.85%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (3.85%) TestRail
6 1 (3.85%) Valgrind
6 1 (3.85%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (26.92%) Aerospace
2 1 (3.85%) Law
2 1 (3.85%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (76.92%) Software Engineer
2 16 (61.54%) Java Engineer
2 16 (61.54%) Java Software Engineer
3 15 (57.69%) C++ Software Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Embedded Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Embedded Software Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) C++ Developer
5 2 (7.69%) Developer
5 2 (7.69%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Linux Developer
5 2 (7.69%) Software Test Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Test Analyst
5 2 (7.69%) Test Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Software Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Software Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (53.85%) CSS
1 14 (53.85%) HTML
2 9 (34.62%) Qt
3 1 (3.85%) JSON
3 1 (3.85%) REST
3 1 (3.85%) Web Services
3 1 (3.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (34.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 6 (23.08%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.85%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 23 (88.46%) Linux
2 9 (34.62%) Windows
3 1 (3.85%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (3.85%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 22 (84.62%) Agile
3 15 (57.69%) Prototyping
3 15 (57.69%) Scrum
3 15 (57.69%) UML
3 15 (57.69%) Validation
3 15 (57.69%) Verification and Validation
4 14 (53.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 14 (53.85%) SysML
5 9 (34.62%) CI/CD
5 9 (34.62%) DevOps
6 4 (15.38%) Software Testing
7 2 (7.69%) OOD
8 1 (3.85%) Computer Science
8 1 (3.85%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (3.85%) Cryptography
8 1 (3.85%) Kanban
8 1 (3.85%) Multithreading
8 1 (3.85%) OO
8 1 (3.85%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 25 (96.15%) C++
2 18 (69.23%) Java
3 15 (57.69%) JavaScript
4 8 (30.77%) Python
5 1 (3.85%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.85%) Degree
3 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (34.62%) MISRA
System Software
1 14 (53.85%) Firmware
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) Google
2 14 (53.85%) Atlassian