The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Gherkin skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Gherkin over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 31 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
566
714
670
Rank change year-on-year
+148
-44
-16
Permanent jobs citing Gherkin
13
48
78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London
Gherkin falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the UK excluding London.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills
5,393
14,629
15,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London
13.59%
19.53%
26.75%
Number of salaries quoted
3,306
10,509
8,772
10th Percentile
£32,500
£33,750
£36,250
25th Percentile
£46,063
£42,500
£45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£60,000
£55,000
£57,500
Median % change year-on-year
+9.09%
-4.35%
+4.55%
75th Percentile
£73,250
£68,750
£72,500
90th Percentile
£86,250
£80,000
£86,250
UK median annual salary
£66,206
£60,000
£67,500
% change year-on-year
+10.34%
-11.11%
+3.85%
Gherkin Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London
Job postings citing Gherkin as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.
Gherkin Salary Trend in the UK excluding London
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Gherkin in the UK excluding London.
Gherkin Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London
Salary distribution for jobs citing Gherkin in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
Gherkin Job Locations in the UK excluding London
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Gherkin within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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.
Gherkin Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London
For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, job vacancies citing Gherkin also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region with a requirement for Gherkin.
Gherkin Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:
