GoogleTest Contracts in the UK excluding London

Google Test
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 371 451 505
Rank change year-on-year +80 +54 -80
Contract jobs citing GoogleTest 20 10 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.096% 0.041% 0.013%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.89% 0.29% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £104 - -
25th Percentile £166 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £281 £550 £325
Median % change year-on-year -48.86% +69.23% -18.75%
75th Percentile £409 £575 -
90th Percentile £479 - -
UK median daily rate £281 £550 £325
% change year-on-year -48.86% +69.23% -18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 1
10th Percentile £61.30 £51.63 -
25th Percentile £62.13 £52.19 £66.25
Median hourly rate £66.25 £54.50 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.56% -19.26% +58.82%
75th Percentile £70.00 £58.63 £68.75
90th Percentile - £58.75 -
UK median hourly rate £66.25 £54.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year +21.56% +9.00% +17.65%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,236 3,458 4,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.76% 14.30% 14.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,457 2,439 3,222
10th Percentile £350 £350 £356
25th Percentile £413 £417 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.28%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £676 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +12.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 188 113
10th Percentile £40.00 £45.00 £37.25
25th Percentile £51.25 £52.31 £42.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £61.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +11.82% +22.22%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.00 £67.80
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £61.50 £50.35
% change year-on-year +1.63% +22.14% +11.89%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing GoogleTest as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for GoogleTest in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GoogleTest in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for GoogleTest in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GoogleTest in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for GoogleTest in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GoogleTest in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for GoogleTest in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
South East +20 16 £281 - 2
South West - 4 - - 7
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UK

GoogleTest
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (65.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 15 (75.00%) SNMP
1 15 (75.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 1 (5.00%) NFC
2 1 (5.00%) PPP
Development Applications
1 18 (90.00%) JIRA
2 16 (80.00%) Eclipse
2 16 (80.00%) Git
3 15 (75.00%) Robot Framework
4 14 (70.00%) Bitbucket
5 5 (25.00%) Jenkins
6 1 (5.00%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (5.00%) TestRail
6 1 (5.00%) Valgrind
6 1 (5.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (30.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (5.00%) Law
2 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (70.00%) Software Engineer
2 11 (55.00%) C++ Software Engineer
2 11 (55.00%) Java Engineer
2 11 (55.00%) Java Software Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Embedded Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Embedded Software Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) C++ Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Linux Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Software Test Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Test Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Test Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Embedded C++ Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Linux Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Software Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Software Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (65.00%) CSS
1 13 (65.00%) HTML
2 4 (20.00%) Qt
3 1 (5.00%) JSON
3 1 (5.00%) REST
3 1 (5.00%) Web Services
3 1 (5.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (10.00%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.00%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 18 (90.00%) Linux
2 9 (45.00%) Windows
3 1 (5.00%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (5.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 16 (80.00%) Agile
3 15 (75.00%) Prototyping
3 15 (75.00%) Validation
3 15 (75.00%) Verification and Validation
4 14 (70.00%) Scrum
4 14 (70.00%) UML
5 13 (65.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 13 (65.00%) SysML
6 4 (20.00%) CI/CD
6 4 (20.00%) DevOps
6 4 (20.00%) Software Testing
7 2 (10.00%) OOD
8 1 (5.00%) Clean Code
8 1 (5.00%) Front End Development
8 1 (5.00%) Multithreaded Programming
8 1 (5.00%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (5.00%) SOLID
8 1 (5.00%) Storyboarding
8 1 (5.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 19 (95.00%) C++
2 14 (70.00%) JavaScript
3 13 (65.00%) Java
4 4 (20.00%) Python
5 1 (5.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (20.00%) MISRA
System Software
1 13 (65.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) Google
2 13 (65.00%) Atlassian