The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Swansea requiring Gherkin skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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 Swansea.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
11
6
4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swansea
29.73%
21.43%
16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted
11
6
3
10th Percentile
-
£463
£386
25th Percentile
£463
£506
£394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£475
£538
£450
Median % change year-on-year
-11.63%
+19.44%
-7.69%
75th Percentile
£488
£550
£497
90th Percentile
£538
£563
£510
West Wales median daily rate
£475
£538
£450
% change year-on-year
-11.63%
+19.44%
-7.69%
Gherkin Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Gherkin relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Swansea.
Gherkin Daily Rate Trend in Swansea
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Swansea citing Gherkin.
Gherkin Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea
For the 6 months to 5 December 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Gherkin also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Swansea region with a requirement for Gherkin.
Gherkin Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swansea 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:
