GoogleTest Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Google Test
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring GoogleTest skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 405 323 392
Rank change year-on-year -82 +69 +106
Contract jobs citing GoogleTest 1 39 20
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.006% 0.24% 0.100%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.038% 1.86% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 13 7
10th Percentile - - £255
25th Percentile £56 £475 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £58 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -88.40% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £61 £525 £641
90th Percentile - - £706
UK median daily rate £58 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -88.40% -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 20 12
10th Percentile - £62.20 -
25th Percentile - £68.13 £55.00
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +12.00% +16.82%
75th Percentile - - £70.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year - +12.00% +16.82%

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 2,649 2,094 2,480
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 14.74% 13.06% 12.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,842 1,236 1,690
10th Percentile £316 £331 £363
25th Percentile £400 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £514
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -5.07% -2.19%
75th Percentile £553 £576 £600
90th Percentile £642 £656 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £541
% change year-on-year -2.44% -5.26% -2.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 106 191
10th Percentile £38.70 £44.75 £46.18
25th Percentile £55.00 £51.94 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £81.65 £75.00 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +0.78% -0.77% +5.69%

GoogleTest
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GoogleTest relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

GoogleTest job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing GoogleTest.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing GoogleTest

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Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing GoogleTest.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing GoogleTest

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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 5 December 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 West -21 1 £58 - 1
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UK

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) CMake
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Software Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Boost C++ Libraries
1 1 (100.00%) OpenCV
1 1 (100.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CUDA
1 1 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Raspberry Pi
1 1 (100.00%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Robot Operating System
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOD
1 1 (100.00%) Sensor Fusion
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) NVIDIA