Cucumber Contracts in the North East

Cucumber
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East requiring Cucumber skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cucumber 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 31 37 33
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 +6
Contract jobs citing Cucumber 7 1 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 2.19% 0.30% 6.15%
As % of the Development Applications category 12.28% 4.35% 20.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 20
10th Percentile £305 - £523
25th Percentile £331 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £310 £775
Median % change year-on-year +25.81% -60.00% +34.78%
75th Percentile £405 - £839
90th Percentile £427 - £850
England median daily rate £455 £500 £575
% change year-on-year -9.00% -13.04% +15.00%

All Development Application Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 57 23 129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 17.81% 6.80% 30.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 9 108
10th Percentile £335 £402 £400
25th Percentile £380 £450 £517
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £533 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.80% -7.39% +4.55%
75th Percentile £556 £550 £700
90th Percentile £620 £615 £775
England median daily rate £500 £534 £550
% change year-on-year -6.41% -2.86% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £48.50
Median hourly rate £52.00 £46.18 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.60% -5.76% -11.71%
75th Percentile - - £49.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £61.34
% change year-on-year -3.85% +5.97% +21.46%

Cucumber
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing Cucumber as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for Cucumber in the North East

Cucumber
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cucumber in the North East.

Daily rate trend for Cucumber in the North East

Cucumber
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cucumber in the North East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cucumber in the North East

Cucumber
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cucumber within the North East region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tyne and Wear +1 7 £390 +25.81% 3
Cucumber
England

Cucumber
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) GitHub
1 1 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) JUnit
2 3 (42.86%) Git
2 3 (42.86%) REST Assured
3 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
3 1 (14.29%) Selenium
General
1 5 (71.43%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Electronics
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 2 (28.57%) Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) QA Tester
1 3 (42.86%) Test Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Automation Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Java Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) QA Automation Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) WireMock
2 1 (14.29%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) BDD
2 6 (85.71%) Test Automation
3 4 (57.14%) Agile
4 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
5 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
5 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
5 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
6 1 (14.29%) API Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Functional Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Refactoring
6 1 (14.29%) Regression Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
6 1 (14.29%) SDLC
6 1 (14.29%) Software Delivery
6 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
2 1 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) QA
2 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) SAP