Cucumber Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Cucumber
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Cucumber skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 23 25
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +21
Contract jobs citing Cucumber 6 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 2.83% 1.88% 1.34%
As % of the Development Applications category 12.00% 7.32% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile £372 £340 £445
25th Percentile £450 £385 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £470 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% -24.80% -1.19%
75th Percentile - £555 £738
90th Percentile £499 £600 £805
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £455 £470 £625
% change year-on-year -3.19% -24.80% -1.19%

All Development Application Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

Cucumber 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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 50 41 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 23.58% 25.63% 12.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 18 7
10th Percentile £329 £378 £383
25th Percentile £425 £411 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £473 £445
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% +6.18% -19.09%
75th Percentile £556 £579 £513
90th Percentile £584 £627 £670
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £475 £475 £445
% change year-on-year - +6.74% -19.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £37.60 - -
25th Percentile £40.00 - -
Median hourly rate £44.00 - -
75th Percentile £48.00 - -
90th Percentile £50.40 - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £44.00 - -

Cucumber
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings citing Cucumber as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for Cucumber in Newcastle upon Tyne

Cucumber
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Cucumber.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Cucumber

Cucumber
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cucumber in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cucumber in Newcastle upon Tyne

Cucumber
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Selenium
2 2 (33.33%) JIRA
2 2 (33.33%) Postman
2 2 (33.33%) REST Assured
3 1 (16.67%) Gatling
3 1 (16.67%) Git
3 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
3 1 (16.67%) JMeter
3 1 (16.67%) SoapUI
3 1 (16.67%) TestRail
General
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Test Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) QA Automation Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) QA Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) QA Test Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) QA Tester
2 2 (33.33%) Test Automation Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Gherkin
1 1 (16.67%) SOAP
1 1 (16.67%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 6 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (66.67%) BDD
3 3 (50.00%) Defect Management
3 3 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 3 (50.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (33.33%) API Testing
4 2 (33.33%) QA Automation
4 2 (33.33%) Refactoring
4 2 (33.33%) Scrum
4 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
5 1 (16.67%) Continuous Delivery
5 1 (16.67%) Microservices
5 1 (16.67%) Performance Testing
5 1 (16.67%) SDLC
5 1 (16.67%) Security Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 1 (16.67%) Test Management
5 1 (16.67%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Java
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
3 1 (16.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) Accessibility
1 4 (66.67%) QA