The first table below looks at the demand for GoogleTest skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GoogleTest over the 3 months to 21 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Google Test
Rank 808 873 -
Rank change year-on-year
+65 -
Permanent jobs citing GoogleTest 52 14 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.048% 0.012% -
As % of the Development Applications category 0.325% 0.081% -
Number of salaries quoted 47 14 0
Average salary £42,500 £35,750 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.88% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £35,750 -
% change year-on-year
+11.88% -
All Development Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
15992 17239 15612
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 14.72% 14.23% 12.79%
Number of salaries quoted 13641 15127 13714
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +2.70%

GoogleTest
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing GoogleTest within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

GoogleTest Jobs Demand Trend

GoogleTest
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing GoogleTest within the UK.

GoogleTest Salary Trend

GoogleTest
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GoogleTest over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

GoogleTest Salary Histogram

GoogleTest
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GoogleTest within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +29 34 £30,000 -16.08%
South East - 13 £45,000 -
South West - 9 £27,500 -
Hampshire - 9 £45,000 -
Bath - 8 £27,500 -
London - 8 £70,000 -
Swindon - 8 £27,500 -
Wiltshire - 8 £27,500 -
Somerset - 8 £27,500 -
City of London - 5 £70,000 -
Cambridgeshire 0 4 £40,000 +11.88%
East of England -2 4 £40,000 +11.88%
Cambridge -7 4 £40,000 +11.88%
Buckinghamshire - 4 £21,500 -
Milton Keynes - 4 £21,500 -
Bristol - 1 - -
Basingstoke - 1 £45,000 -

GoogleTest
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 IT job ads sampled that cited GoogleTest.

1 71 (98.61%) C++
2 58 (80.56%) CppUnit
3 43 (59.72%) Linux
4 35 (48.61%) Multithreading
5 34 (47.22%) UNIX
5 34 (47.22%) C
6 32 (44.44%) OO
7 31 (43.06%) OOD
7 31 (43.06%) NUnit
8 30 (41.67%) UML
9 28 (38.89%) Computer Science
10 27 (37.50%) Security Cleared
10 27 (37.50%) SQL
11 22 (30.56%) Software Engineering
12 20 (27.78%) Continuous Integration
12 20 (27.78%) PyUnit
12 20 (27.78%) Windows
13 18 (25.00%) Refactoring
14 17 (23.61%) Google
15 16 (22.22%) wxWidgets
16 15 (20.83%) Automated Testing
16 15 (20.83%) C#
16 15 (20.83%) Python
17 13 (18.06%) Microsoft
17 13 (18.06%) Configuration Management
17 13 (18.06%) Motif
17 13 (18.06%) Degree
18 12 (16.67%) CruiseControl
18 12 (16.67%) Subversion
18 12 (16.67%) ClearCase

GoogleTest
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 IT job ads sampled that cited GoogleTest. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (22.22%) wxWidgets
2 13 (18.06%) Motif
3 11 (15.28%) XML
4 9 (12.50%) STL
4 9 (12.50%) WCF
5 8 (11.11%) WPF
6 6 (8.333%) ASP.NET
6 6 (8.333%) .NET
7 5 (6.944%) Web Services
8 1 (1.389%) Middleware
8 1 (1.389%) Boost C++ Libraries
8 1 (1.389%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (1.389%) Natural Language Processing
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.556%) MediaWiki
Applications
1 4 (5.556%) Google Apps
1 4 (5.556%) MS Office
2 1 (1.389%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
1 12 (16.67%) Ingres
2 9 (12.50%) MySQL
3 4 (5.556%) Text Mining
3 4 (5.556%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.389%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (1.389%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.389%) DB2
Development Applications
1 58 (80.56%) CppUnit
2 31 (43.06%) NUnit
3 20 (27.78%) PyUnit
4 12 (16.67%) CruiseControl
4 12 (16.67%) Subversion
4 12 (16.67%) ClearCase
5 11 (15.28%) ClearQuest
6 10 (13.89%) Ant
7 5 (6.944%) Visual Studio
8 4 (5.556%) SCons
8 4 (5.556%) GCC
8 4 (5.556%) Mercurial
8 4 (5.556%) Bugzilla
8 4 (5.556%) Eclipse
8 4 (5.556%) JUnit
9 3 (4.167%) TeamCity
9 3 (4.167%) WinDbg
10 2 (2.778%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (1.389%) Jenkins
11 1 (1.389%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (2.778%) Finance
2 1 (1.389%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (1.389%) Games
Job Titles
1 36 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 30 (41.67%) Developer
3 27 (37.50%) Graduate
4 24 (33.33%) C++ Software Engineer
5 21 (29.17%) Graduate Software Engineer
6 14 (19.44%) C++ Developer
7 10 (13.89%) Software Developer
8 6 (8.333%) C# Developer
8 6 (8.333%) Test Engineer
9 5 (6.944%) Senior Developer
10 4 (5.556%) Graduate Developer
10 4 (5.556%) Graduate C# Developer
10 4 (5.556%) Senior Software Developer
10 4 (5.556%) Software Test Engineer
11 2 (2.778%) Junior Developer
11 2 (2.778%) Junior C# Developer
11 2 (2.778%) Junior
12 1 (1.389%) Applications Developer
12 1 (1.389%) C++ Software Developer
12 1 (1.389%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 28 (38.89%) Computer Science
2 8 (11.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (8.333%) Derivative
4 5 (6.944%) Mobile App
5 4 (5.556%) Visualisation
5 4 (5.556%) Semantic Web
5 4 (5.556%) Grid Computing
6 3 (4.167%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 43 (59.72%) Linux
2 34 (47.22%) UNIX
3 20 (27.78%) Windows
4 8 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (48.61%) Multithreading
2 32 (44.44%) OO
3 31 (43.06%) OOD
4 30 (41.67%) UML
5 22 (30.56%) Software Engineering
6 20 (27.78%) Continuous Integration
7 18 (25.00%) Refactoring
8 15 (20.83%) Automated Testing
9 13 (18.06%) Configuration Management
10 9 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
11 8 (11.11%) Memory Management
11 8 (11.11%) Scrum
12 7 (9.722%) Project Management
12 7 (9.722%) Test Automation
13 6 (8.333%) Use Case
13 6 (8.333%) Unit Testing
13 6 (8.333%) Integration Testing
13 6 (8.333%) TDD
13 6 (8.333%) MVC
14 5 (6.944%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 71 (98.61%) C++
2 34 (47.22%) C
3 27 (37.50%) SQL
4 15 (20.83%) C#
4 15 (20.83%) Python
5 4 (5.556%) Java
5 4 (5.556%) JavaScript
5 4 (5.556%) Perl
6 1 (1.389%) C++/CLI
Qualifications
1 27 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 13 (18.06%) Degree
3 7 (9.722%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.167%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.167%) QA
Vendors
1 17 (23.61%) Google
2 13 (18.06%) Microsoft
3 8 (11.11%) Red Hat
4 2 (2.778%) Coverity
5 1 (1.389%) Oracle
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