The first table below looks at the demand for Gherkin skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Gherkin over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the East of England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Gherkin
Rank 113 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Gherkin 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.047% - -
As % of the Application Development category 0.164% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £383 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £300 -
% change year-on-year
+4.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
611 844 774
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 28.56% 28.56% 29.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 436 355
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 59 60
Average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £27.50 £22.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.40 £42.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Gherkin
England

Gherkin
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Gherkin across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

East of England Gherkin Jobs Demand Trend

Gherkin
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Gherkin across the East of England region.

East of England Gherkin Daily Rate Trend

Gherkin
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Gherkin within the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hertfordshire - 1 £383 -
Gherkin
England

Gherkin
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Gherkin also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Gherkin.

1 4 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 4 (100.00%) BDD
1 4 (100.00%) SpecFlow
2 3 (75.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (75.00%) Manual Testing
2 3 (75.00%) .NET
3 2 (50.00%) Selenium
3 2 (50.00%) WebDriver
4 1 (25.00%) Automation Testing
4 1 (25.00%) CMS
4 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (25.00%) TDD
4 1 (25.00%) Ruby
4 1 (25.00%) QA
4 1 (25.00%) C#
4 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce

Gherkin
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Gherkin also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Gherkin. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (75.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) CMS
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 4 (100.00%) SpecFlow
2 2 (50.00%) Selenium
2 2 (50.00%) WebDriver
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) QA Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) QA Automation Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Automation Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) BDD
2 3 (75.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (75.00%) Manual Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Automation Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (25.00%) TDD
3 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Ruby
1 1 (25.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA