Cucumber Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Cucumber
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 26 25
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +23
Contract jobs citing Cucumber 7 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 3.06% 1.67% 1.21%
As % of the Development Applications category 13.46% 6.82% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile £381 £340 £445
25th Percentile £444 £385 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £470 £625
Median % change year-on-year -3.19% -24.80% -1.19%
75th Percentile £460 £555 £738
90th Percentile £493 £600 £805
North East median daily rate £455 £470 £625
% change year-on-year -3.19% -24.80% -1.19%

All Development Application Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 52 44 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 22.71% 24.44% 11.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 21 7
10th Percentile £332 £325 £383
25th Percentile £428 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £445
Median % change year-on-year - +6.74% -19.09%
75th Percentile £547 £585 £513
90th Percentile £581 £626 £670
North East median daily rate £475 £478 £423
% change year-on-year -0.52% +13.02% -23.18%
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 - -
North East median hourly rate £44.00 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year -4.72% - -16.79%

Cucumber
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Cucumber as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Cucumber in Tyne and Wear

Cucumber
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Cucumber.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Cucumber

Cucumber
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

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

Daily rate histogram for Cucumber in Tyne and Wear

Cucumber
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cucumber within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -4 6 £460 -2.13% 1
Cucumber
North East

Cucumber
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 (14.29%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Selenium
2 3 (42.86%) REST Assured
3 2 (28.57%) JIRA
3 2 (28.57%) Postman
4 1 (14.29%) Gatling
4 1 (14.29%) Git
4 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
4 1 (14.29%) JMeter
4 1 (14.29%) SoapUI
4 1 (14.29%) TestRail
General
1 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Test Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Test Automation Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) QA Automation Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) QA Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) QA Test Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) QA Tester
3 2 (28.57%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) WireMock
2 1 (14.29%) Gherkin
2 1 (14.29%) REST
2 1 (14.29%) SOAP
2 1 (14.29%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (85.71%) Agile
3 5 (71.43%) BDD
4 4 (57.14%) Non-Functional Testing
5 3 (42.86%) API Testing
5 3 (42.86%) Defect Management
5 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
6 2 (28.57%) Microservices
6 2 (28.57%) Performance Testing
6 2 (28.57%) QA Automation
6 2 (28.57%) Refactoring
6 2 (28.57%) Scrum
6 2 (28.57%) Security Testing
6 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
7 1 (14.29%) Continuous Delivery
7 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
7 1 (14.29%) SDLC
7 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 1 (14.29%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (14.29%) ISTQB
3 1 (14.29%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) Accessibility
2 4 (57.14%) QA
3 1 (14.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker