GoogleTest Contract Job Trends in the South East

Google Test
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring GoogleTest skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 209 133 191
Rank change year-on-year -76 +58 +29
Contract jobs citing GoogleTest 1 26 16
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.018% 0.87% 0.29%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.19% 7.34% 2.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 14 2
10th Percentile - - £104
25th Percentile £710 £475 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £720 £500 £281
Median % change year-on-year +44.00% +77.78% -
75th Percentile £730 £601 £409
90th Percentile - £650 £479
England median daily rate £720 £500 £281
% change year-on-year +44.00% +77.78% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 7
10th Percentile - £52.36 £59.20
25th Percentile - £55.59 £62.00
Median hourly rate - £59.13 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - -5.40% +16.82%
75th Percentile - £62.50 £67.50
90th Percentile - £62.63 £70.00
England median hourly rate - £59.13 £62.50
% change year-on-year - -5.40% +16.82%

All Development Application Skills
South East

GoogleTest falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 537 354 543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 9.51% 11.82% 9.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 373 213 344
10th Percentile £286 £351 £325
25th Percentile £363 £422 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £619
90th Percentile £650 £638 £675
England median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 21 31
10th Percentile £54.00 £47.50 £36.75
25th Percentile £66.25 £51.06 £50.63
Median hourly rate £83.00 £57.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +44.35% -8.00% +13.12%
75th Percentile £88.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile - £71.25 £70.00
England median hourly rate £67.50 £64.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +5.47% +2.40% +1.63%

GoogleTest
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GoogleTest relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

GoogleTest job vacancy trend in the South East

GoogleTest
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing GoogleTest.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing GoogleTest

GoogleTest
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing GoogleTest.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing GoogleTest

GoogleTest
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GoogleTest within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire -45 1 £720 +13.74% 1
GoogleTest
England

GoogleTest
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) CMake
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google