GoogleTest Contracts in the UK excluding London

Google Test
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring GoogleTest skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited GoogleTest over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 314 376 451
Rank change year-on-year +62 +75 +57
Contract jobs citing GoogleTest 22 23 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.11% 0.046%
As % of the Development Applications category 1.29% 1.02% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 2
10th Percentile - £104 £533
25th Percentile £475 £166 £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £281 £575
Median % change year-on-year +77.78% -51.09% +76.92%
75th Percentile £626 £409 £594
90th Percentile £660 £479 £598
UK median daily rate £500 £281 £575
% change year-on-year +77.78% -51.09% +76.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 6
10th Percentile £52.21 £62.00 £51.63
25th Percentile £55.38 £62.50 £52.19
Median hourly rate £57.75 £70.00 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +28.44% -19.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 - £58.63
90th Percentile £62.75 - £58.75
UK median hourly rate £57.75 £70.00 £54.50
% change year-on-year -17.50% +28.44% +9.00%

All Development Application Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,711 2,265 3,407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.40% 10.90% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,133 1,466 2,398
10th Percentile £325 £350 £350
25th Percentile £402 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% - -
75th Percentile £556 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £676
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 169 184
10th Percentile £46.25 £40.00 £45.38
25th Percentile £52.42 £52.50 £52.47
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +12.84%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.36 £85.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%

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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 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 2025. 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 +52 22 £500 +77.78% 9
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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 (59.09%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 9 (40.91%) SNMP
1 9 (40.91%) Software-Defined Radio
2 3 (13.64%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 22 (100.00%) JIRA
2 20 (90.91%) Bitbucket
3 16 (72.73%) Git
3 16 (72.73%) Jenkins
4 15 (68.18%) Robot Framework
5 12 (54.55%) Eclipse
6 7 (31.82%) Rational DOORS
6 7 (31.82%) TestRail
7 6 (27.27%) GitLab
General
1 2 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
2 1 (4.55%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) Embedded Engineer
1 14 (63.64%) Software Engineer
2 13 (59.09%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 8 (36.36%) C++ Software Engineer
4 7 (31.82%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 7 (31.82%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 7 (31.82%) Embedded Linux Engineer
4 7 (31.82%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
4 7 (31.82%) Linux Engineer
4 7 (31.82%) Senior
4 7 (31.82%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 7 (31.82%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 7 (31.82%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 7 (31.82%) Senior Linux Engineer
4 7 (31.82%) Senior Software Engineer
4 7 (31.82%) Software Test Engineer
4 7 (31.82%) Test Engineer
5 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (40.91%) CSS
1 9 (40.91%) HTML
2 3 (13.64%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 22 (100.00%) Linux
2 7 (31.82%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Agile
1 22 (100.00%) Scrum
2 19 (86.36%) Software Engineering
3 10 (45.45%) Test Automation
4 9 (40.91%) Software Testing
4 9 (40.91%) SysML
4 9 (40.91%) UML
4 9 (40.91%) Validation
4 9 (40.91%) Verification and Validation
5 7 (31.82%) Computer Science
5 7 (31.82%) Continuous Integration
5 7 (31.82%) Design Patterns
5 7 (31.82%) Kanban
5 7 (31.82%) Multithreaded Programming
5 7 (31.82%) Multithreading
5 7 (31.82%) OO
5 7 (31.82%) OOD
5 7 (31.82%) Prototyping
5 7 (31.82%) SOLID
5 7 (31.82%) Storyboarding
Programming Languages
1 20 (90.91%) C++
2 7 (31.82%) JavaScript
3 3 (13.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (54.55%) SC Cleared
1 12 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 7 (31.82%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (31.82%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Firmware
Vendors
1 20 (90.91%) Google
2 13 (59.09%) Atlassian
3 6 (27.27%) Intel
4 1 (4.55%) Twitter