Gherkin Contracts in Newcastle upon Tyne

Gherkin
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 29 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 24 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Gherkin 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.49% 0.68% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 2.63% 3.70% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £310 -
Median % change year-on-year +69.35% - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £525 £310 -
% change year-on-year +69.35% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 38 27 52
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 18.72% 18.24% 30.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 15 40
10th Percentile £344 £347 £359
25th Percentile £422 £383 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -25.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £503 £544 £720
90th Percentile £575 £657 -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £475 £450 £600
% change year-on-year +5.56% -25.00% +10.09%

Gherkin
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Job vacancy trend for Gherkin in Newcastle upon Tyne

Gherkin
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

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

Gherkin
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Gatling
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) TestRail
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) QA Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Testing
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA