The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Gherkin skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Gherkin 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
78
94
111
Rank change year-on-year
+16
+17
+23
Contract jobs citing Gherkin
1
2
7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester
Gherkin falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Manchester.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
239
361
389
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester
25.81%
23.80%
20.55%
Number of daily rates quoted
192
283
310
10th Percentile
£400
£375
£336
25th Percentile
£406
£425
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£473
£500
£500
Median % change year-on-year
-5.50%
-
-2.44%
75th Percentile
£550
£613
£581
90th Percentile
£638
£825
£639
North West median daily rate
£475
£500
£500
% change year-on-year
-5.00%
-
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
1
7
2
10th Percentile
-
£67.00
-
25th Percentile
£76.25
£67.50
-
Median hourly rate
£82.50
£71.87
£45.00
Median % change year-on-year
+14.79%
+59.71%
+143.24%
75th Percentile
£88.75
£76.75
-
90th Percentile
-
£81.60
-
North West median hourly rate
£67.75
£47.31
£45.00
% change year-on-year
+43.22%
+5.12%
+10.80%
Gherkin Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing Gherkin as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Gherkin Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Gherkin in Manchester.
Gherkin Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Gherkin also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region with a requirement for Gherkin.
Gherkin Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:
