JMeter Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Apache JMeter
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring JMeter skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 34 -
Rank change year-on-year -11 - -
Contract jobs citing JMeter 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.20% 0.51% -
As % of the Development Applications category 5.41% 1.82% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 0
10th Percentile £388 - -
25th Percentile £444 £313 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £325 -
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% - -
75th Percentile £531 £338 -
90th Percentile £543 - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £500 £325 -
% change year-on-year +53.85% - -

All Development Application Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

JMeter 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 74 55 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 22.22% 27.92% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 35 5
10th Percentile £361 £308 £433
25th Percentile £425 £357 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £450 £454
Median % change year-on-year +9.72% -0.88% -21.04%
75th Percentile £575 £555 £475
90th Percentile £598 £602 £520
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £488 £445 £454
% change year-on-year +9.55% -1.98% -21.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £39.40 - -
25th Percentile £44.50 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £55.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £52.50 - -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing JMeter relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

JMeter job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing JMeter in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for JMeter in Newcastle upon Tyne

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) GitHub
1 1 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Cucumber
1 3 (75.00%) Gatling
1 3 (75.00%) Selenium
2 2 (50.00%) Cypress.io
2 2 (50.00%) JIRA
2 2 (50.00%) TestRail
3 1 (25.00%) GitLab
3 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (25.00%) Postman
3 1 (25.00%) REST Assured
General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) QA Automation Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) QA Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) QA Test Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Test Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Automation Tester
2 1 (25.00%) QA Automation Tester
2 1 (25.00%) QA Tester
2 1 (25.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Gherkin
2 1 (25.00%) Playwright
2 1 (25.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 4 (100.00%) QA Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) API Testing
2 3 (75.00%) BDD
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Scrum
2 3 (75.00%) Security Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (50.00%) Test Management
4 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Sprint Retrospective
4 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) Bicep
2 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (50.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) QA
2 3 (75.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (25.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Checkmarx