Cucumber Contracts in London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Cucumber skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Cucumber over the 3 months to 17 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 Development Applications category for the London 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Cucumber
Rank 211 295 377
Rank change year-on-year
+84 +82
Contract jobs citing Cucumber 186 111 60
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.861% 0.414% 0.192%
As % of the Development Applications category 7.137% 4.327% 1.693%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 94 35
Average daily rate £400 £410 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.43% +21.48%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £302 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £518 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £313 £288
% change year-on-year
+12.00% +8.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £45.00 - £30.00
All Development Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category		 2606 2565 3545
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 12.07% 9.578% 11.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1935 1739 2422
Average daily rate £415 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.35% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 37 29
Average hourly rate £41.50 £35.00 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.57% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.70 £22.10 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £48.40 £45.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Cucumber
England

Cucumber
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Cucumber across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

London Cucumber Jobs Demand Trend

Cucumber
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Cucumber across the London region.

London Cucumber Daily Rate Trend

Cucumber
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Cucumber across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London Cucumber Daily Rate Histogram

Cucumber
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cucumber within the London region over the 3 months to 17 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
City of London +40 56 £400 +3.22%
Hounslow -1 3 - -
Cucumber
England

Cucumber
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Cucumber 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 Cucumber.

1 297 (66.59%) Selenium
2 266 (59.64%) BDD
3 264 (59.19%) Java
4 243 (54.48%) Ruby
5 235 (52.69%) TDD
6 207 (46.41%) Agile Software Development
7 190 (42.60%) WebDriver
8 174 (39.01%) QA
9 137 (30.72%) JavaScript
10 121 (27.13%) Scrum
11 111 (24.89%) HTML
12 107 (23.99%) Continuous Integration
13 101 (22.65%) OO
14 99 (22.20%) CSS
15 86 (19.28%) Git (software)
16 77 (17.26%) Test Automation
16 77 (17.26%) Web Services
17 70 (15.70%) E-Commerce
18 69 (15.47%) JUnit
19 68 (15.25%) Linux
19 68 (15.25%) Automated Testing
20 65 (14.57%) Jenkins
21 63 (14.13%) XML
22 62 (13.90%) Automation Testing
23 60 (13.45%) Finance
24 57 (12.78%) Subversion
25 53 (11.88%) WATIR
25 53 (11.88%) RESTful
25 53 (11.88%) Hudson
26 52 (11.66%) RSpec

Cucumber
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing Cucumber 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 Cucumber. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 111 (24.89%) HTML
2 99 (22.20%) CSS
3 77 (17.26%) Web Services
4 63 (14.13%) XML
5 53 (11.88%) RESTful
6 52 (11.66%) Ruby on Rails
7 41 (9.193%) Spring
8 38 (8.520%) jQuery
9 37 (8.296%) Hibernate
10 34 (7.623%) .NET
11 32 (7.175%) JSON
12 31 (6.951%) SOAP
13 28 (6.278%) J2EE
13 28 (6.278%) REST
14 27 (6.054%) HTML5
15 20 (4.484%) Grails
16 19 (4.260%) Ajax
16 19 (4.260%) Gherkin
17 18 (4.036%) CSS3
18 11 (2.466%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 31 (6.951%) CMS
2 20 (4.484%) Adobe CQ
3 14 (3.139%) Tomcat
4 9 (2.018%) ActiveMQ
5 7 (1.570%) Apache
5 7 (1.570%) Confluence
6 6 (1.345%) Apache Pig
6 6 (1.345%) Apache Solr
7 5 (1.121%) nginx
8 2 (0.448%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.448%) Sitecore CMS
8 2 (0.448%) GlassFish
9 1 (0.224%) Jetty
9 1 (0.224%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.448%) Mingle
2 1 (0.224%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.224%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.224%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.830%) HTTP
2 13 (2.915%) Internet
3 3 (0.673%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.224%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.224%) 3G
4 1 (0.224%) DVB
4 1 (0.224%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.587%) MySQL
1 16 (3.587%) Big Data
2 14 (3.139%) NoSQL
3 13 (2.915%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (2.018%) Redis
4 9 (2.018%) MongoDB
5 7 (1.570%) Apache Cassandra
5 7 (1.570%) Hadoop
6 4 (0.897%) Sqoop
6 4 (0.897%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.673%) Neo4j
8 2 (0.448%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.224%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.224%) TOAD
9 1 (0.224%) SQLite
9 1 (0.224%) SQL Server 2008
9 1 (0.224%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 297 (66.59%) Selenium
2 190 (42.60%) WebDriver
3 86 (19.28%) Git (software)
4 69 (15.47%) JUnit
5 65 (14.57%) Jenkins
6 57 (12.78%) Subversion
7 53 (11.88%) WATIR
7 53 (11.88%) Hudson
8 52 (11.66%) Maven
8 52 (11.66%) RSpec
9 45 (10.09%) JBehave
10 41 (9.193%) TeamCity
11 40 (8.969%) FitNesse
12 34 (7.623%) JIRA
13 25 (5.605%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 24 (5.381%) SpecFlow
15 20 (4.484%) Mockito
16 17 (3.812%) CruiseControl
17 15 (3.363%) QuickTest Pro
17 15 (3.363%) TestNG
General
1 60 (13.45%) Finance
2 21 (4.709%) Banking
3 18 (4.036%) Games
4 13 (2.915%) Retail
5 11 (2.466%) Telecoms
5 11 (2.466%) Publishing
6 10 (2.242%) Investment Banking
7 7 (1.570%) Marketing
8 6 (1.345%) Law
9 3 (0.673%) Front Office
9 3 (0.673%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.448%) Music
11 1 (0.224%) Music Industry
11 1 (0.224%) Electronics
11 1 (0.224%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.224%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 169 (37.89%) Developer
2 71 (15.92%) Analyst
2 71 (15.92%) Tester
3 62 (13.90%) Test Analyst
4 56 (12.56%) QA Engineer
5 47 (10.54%) Java Developer
6 34 (7.623%) Ruby on Rails Developer
7 33 (7.399%) Test Engineer
8 32 (7.175%) Automation Tester
9 24 (5.381%) Software Engineer
10 23 (5.157%) Automation Engineer
11 22 (4.933%) Automation Analyst
12 20 (4.484%) Automation Test Analyst
13 19 (4.260%) Agile Java Developer
14 16 (3.587%) QA Analyst
15 15 (3.363%) Ruby Developer
16 13 (2.915%) QA Automation Engineer
17 12 (2.691%) QA Tester
18 9 (2.018%) Software Developer
18 9 (2.018%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 45 (10.09%) Open Source
2 26 (5.830%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (4.933%) Digital Media
4 14 (3.139%) Mobile App
5 11 (2.466%) Video on Demand
6 9 (2.018%) Wiki
7 8 (1.794%) Social Media
7 8 (1.794%) Derivative
8 6 (1.345%) Blackberry
8 6 (1.345%) IPTV
8 6 (1.345%) Online Games
8 6 (1.345%) Computer Science
9 5 (1.121%) iPhone
10 4 (0.897%) Management Information System
10 4 (0.897%) Social Gaming
10 4 (0.897%) iPad
10 4 (0.897%) Heroku
11 3 (0.673%) BBC
11 3 (0.673%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.673%) STB
Operating Systems
1 68 (15.25%) Linux
2 19 (4.260%) Android
3 17 (3.812%) UNIX
4 16 (3.587%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.345%) Windows
6 4 (0.897%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.673%) Windows Phone
7 3 (0.673%) Mac OS X
7 3 (0.673%) CentOS
8 2 (0.448%) Gentoo
9 1 (0.224%) Solaris
9 1 (0.224%) BlackBerry OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 266 (59.64%) BDD
2 235 (52.69%) TDD
3 207 (46.41%) Agile Software Development
4 121 (27.13%) Scrum
5 107 (23.99%) Continuous Integration
6 101 (22.65%) OO
7 77 (17.26%) Test Automation
8 70 (15.70%) E-Commerce
9 68 (15.25%) Automated Testing
10 62 (13.90%) Automation Testing
11 29 (6.502%) Test Scripting
12 28 (6.278%) Workflow
13 27 (6.054%) SOA
14 26 (5.830%) OOP
14 26 (5.830%) Pair Programming
15 25 (5.605%) Software Testing
16 22 (4.933%) Regression Testing
17 21 (4.709%) Refactoring
18 19 (4.260%) Web Testing
18 19 (4.260%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 264 (59.19%) Java
2 243 (54.48%) Ruby
3 137 (30.72%) JavaScript
4 45 (10.09%) SQL
5 33 (7.399%) C#
6 30 (6.726%) PHP
7 25 (5.605%) Groovy
8 17 (3.812%) Python
9 13 (2.915%) C++
10 8 (1.794%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.345%) Objective-C
11 6 (1.345%) XPath
11 6 (1.345%) Perl
11 6 (1.345%) Scala
12 5 (1.121%) C
12 5 (1.121%) ActionScript
13 4 (0.897%) XQuery
13 4 (0.897%) Bash shell
13 4 (0.897%) CoffeeScript
14 3 (0.673%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (2.915%) ISEB
1 13 (2.915%) Degree
2 9 (2.018%) ISTQB
3 3 (0.673%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 174 (39.01%) QA
2 16 (3.587%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.224%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (0.448%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 6 (1.345%) Puppet
2 2 (0.448%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 21 (4.709%) Adobe
2 13 (2.915%) Microsoft
3 9 (2.018%) Zend
4 4 (0.897%) Red Hat
5 3 (0.673%) Oracle
5 3 (0.673%) Sitecore
6 2 (0.448%) Sun
6 2 (0.448%) JBoss
6 2 (0.448%) VMware
7 1 (0.224%) Omniture
7 1 (0.224%) Google
7 1 (0.224%) Cognos
7 1 (0.224%) SAP
7 1 (0.224%) HP
7 1 (0.224%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.224%) Tableau
Test Analyst - Digital Media - Central London/West End
Central London / West End
Java - Ruby - C# - Selenium Webdriver - Cucumber - Specflow - FitNesse - Agile - TDD/BDD - Digital Media... As an Agile Test Analyst, you should have excellent knowledge of: Automation tools/frameworks (Selenium...
Oliver Bernard
Rate: From £450 to £500 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
x2 Ruby on Rails developers wanted for Key Client
London
X2 Ruby on Rails Developers are required for my market leading client. As the Ruby on Rails Developer, you will have strong technical development and testing skills. As...
Argyll Scott International
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Test manager / Automated / BDD / Agile / Web / 6 month / London
City, London
Test manager / Cucumber / Ruby / Automated / BDD / Agile / Web... You must be a good all rounder that is familiar with working within a pure Agile environment. The Test Manger /...
ReThink Recruitment
Rate: £435 - £485 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Ruby QA Framework Developer
City, London
Report results from any automated testing back to QA lead on a regular basis... * Experience of the Ruby on Rails environment... * Habitual use TDD and BDD techniques including...
Engage PSG
Posted: 14 May 2013
EXCLUSIVE: Ruby Developer on QA Framework - Rspec / Cucumber.
Central London / West End
Dearest Ruby-on-Rails Developers, I trust you are well... Habitual use TDD and BDD techniques including use of rSpec and Cucumber are big pluses in this contract...
Infinitium Recruitment
Rate: From £300 to £400 per day RubQA
Posted: 15 May 2013
QA Engineer - Web API
City, London
Specifically, this is a role for a Tester, with experience testing RESTful Web APIs within an agile environment... You will be an experienced Test Engineer, with specific skills...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Rate: £325 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
QA Analyst - Agile Innovation - London
Central London / West End
QA Analyst - Agile Consultancy - Selenium Webdriver - Cucumber - Java - Ruby... The QA Analyst will sit directly in the Agile Development Automation team, and will bring excellent experience with: Selenium...
Oliver Bernard
Rate: From £450 to £500 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
Mobile Automation Test Analyst
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Knowledge of test data/scripting using JavaScript, Ruby, XML, XPath (An advantage to have) Experience with mobile platforms: iOS/iPhone, Android, RIM/Blackberry, Windows Phone... Desirable: Experience of...
Hydrogen Group
Posted: 14 May 2013
Ruby on Rails Developer - Contract - immediate requirement!
London
PostgreSQL or MySQL. Familiarity with Agile Methodology (TDD/BDD/XP/Scrum) JavaScript / jQuery. HTML/XHTML/CSS. Linux... Testing (Cucumber/Rspec) Deployment (Chef/Capistrano) - CI (Hudson/CC/Jenkins) Experience...
Bridge Noble
Rate: £350 - £500 per day + (dependant on experience) + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Agile QA Engineer / Web Services Test Engineer - Central London
London
We're looking for candidates to work on a cutting edge project which will combine Mobile/tablet, system integration, web services all within a TDD/BDD environment... - Experience...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £250.00 per day
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Drupal Engineer - Ecommerce Company
City, London
Knowledge of NoSQL databases (Riak, MongoDB, CouchDB, Big Table) - Knowledge of BDD testing frameworks (Cucumber, Gherkin, Pickle) - Knowledge of front-end web technologies (HTML, CSS, Javascript, jQuery) - Knowledge...
Oliver Bernard
Rate: From £300 to £450 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
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