GoogleTest Contracts

Google Test
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 577 702
Rank change year-on-year +81 +125 +146
Contract jobs citing GoogleTest 23 23 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.079% 0.053% 0.018%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.56% 0.44% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 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 £657 £479 £598
UK excluding London 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% +9.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 - £58.63
90th Percentile £62.75 - £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.75 £70.00 £54.50
% change year-on-year -17.50% +28.44% -19.26%

All Development Application Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,099 5,176 9,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 14.02% 11.87% 15.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,743 3,476 6,340
10th Percentile £340 £356 £385
25th Percentile £413 £425 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £663
90th Percentile £716 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 195 246
10th Percentile £26.77 £32.23 £45.00
25th Percentile £51.30 £46.25 £53.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +21.78%
75th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £86.38 £81.90 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% +12.84%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing GoogleTest as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for GoogleTest in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing GoogleTest.

Daily rate trend for GoogleTest in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GoogleTest over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GoogleTest in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing GoogleTest.

Hourly rate trend for GoogleTest in the UK

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Top 5 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +63 23 £500 +77.78% 14
UK excluding London +53 22 £500 +77.78% 11
South East +49 22 £500 +77.78% 7
Work from Home +51 4 £626 +25.20% 10
London - 1 £600 - 2

GoogleTest
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (56.52%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 9 (39.13%) SNMP
1 9 (39.13%) Software-Defined Radio
2 3 (13.04%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 22 (95.65%) JIRA
2 20 (86.96%) Bitbucket
3 17 (73.91%) Git
4 16 (69.57%) Jenkins
5 15 (65.22%) Robot Framework
6 12 (52.17%) Eclipse
7 7 (30.43%) Rational DOORS
7 7 (30.43%) TestRail
8 6 (26.09%) GitLab
General
1 2 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
2 1 (4.35%) Aviation
2 1 (4.35%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (60.87%) Embedded Engineer
1 14 (60.87%) Software Engineer
2 13 (56.52%) Embedded Software Engineer
3 8 (34.78%) C++ Software Engineer
4 7 (30.43%) Embedded C++ Engineer
4 7 (30.43%) Embedded C++ Software Engineer
4 7 (30.43%) Embedded Linux Engineer
4 7 (30.43%) Embedded Linux Software Engineer
4 7 (30.43%) Linux Engineer
4 7 (30.43%) Senior
4 7 (30.43%) Senior C++ Software Engineer
4 7 (30.43%) Senior Embedded Engineer
4 7 (30.43%) Senior Embedded Software Engineer
4 7 (30.43%) Senior Linux Engineer
4 7 (30.43%) Senior Software Engineer
4 7 (30.43%) Software Test Engineer
4 7 (30.43%) Test Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
6 1 (4.35%) C++ Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Market Data Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (39.13%) CSS
1 9 (39.13%) HTML
2 3 (13.04%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 23 (100.00%) Linux
2 7 (30.43%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (95.65%) Agile
1 22 (95.65%) Scrum
2 19 (82.61%) Software Engineering
3 10 (43.48%) Test Automation
4 9 (39.13%) Software Testing
4 9 (39.13%) SysML
4 9 (39.13%) UML
4 9 (39.13%) Validation
4 9 (39.13%) Verification and Validation
5 8 (34.78%) Computer Science
5 8 (34.78%) Continuous Integration
5 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (30.43%) Design Patterns
6 7 (30.43%) Kanban
6 7 (30.43%) Multithreaded Programming
6 7 (30.43%) Multithreading
6 7 (30.43%) OO
6 7 (30.43%) OOD
6 7 (30.43%) Prototyping
6 7 (30.43%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 21 (91.30%) C++
2 7 (30.43%) JavaScript
3 4 (17.39%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (52.17%) SC Cleared
1 12 (52.17%) Security Cleared
2 8 (34.78%) Computer Science Degree
2 8 (34.78%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (17.39%) Firmware
Vendors
1 21 (91.30%) Google
2 13 (56.52%) Atlassian
3 6 (26.09%) Intel
4 1 (4.35%) Twitter