Cucumber
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cucumber skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cucumber over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 601 412 349
Rank change year-on-year -189 -63 -46
Permanent jobs citing Cucumber 318 791 1,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.76% 1.09%
As % of the Development Applications category 3.32% 5.30% 4.87%
Number of salaries quoted 242 527 903
10th Percentile £41,375 £42,844 £40,250
25th Percentile £52,813 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -0.74% +11.11%
75th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £84,375
90th Percentile £112,500 £101,185 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £59,526 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.40% +13.38% +5.00%

All Development Application Skills
UK

Cucumber is in the Development Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for development application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 9,589 14,916 35,125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.72% 14.37% 22.44%
Number of salaries quoted 6,753 9,129 15,955
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%

Cucumber
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cucumber as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cucumber in the UK

Cucumber
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cucumber.

Salary trend for Cucumber in the UK

Cucumber
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cucumber over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cucumber in the UK

Cucumber
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cucumber within the UK over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -167 277 £70,000 - 51
UK excluding London -97 175 £57,500 -3.40% 31
Work from Home -85 163 £75,000 +15.38% 29
London -76 144 £90,000 +20.00% 19
South East -19 37 £67,500 +3.85% 12
South West -31 33 £60,000 -1.64% 7
North of England -40 32 £61,000 +10.91% 7
Midlands +28 31 £47,500 -19.49% 1
Scotland -55 31 £72,500 +20.83% 2
West Midlands +32 24 £40,000 -27.27%
Yorkshire +5 13 £100,000 +122.22% 4
North West -9 13 £54,169 -9.72% 2
East Midlands -5 7 £57,500 -2.54% 1
North East -5 6 £55,000 -15.38% 1
Wales +9 5 £42,500 -11.46% 1
Northern Ireland +24 4 £57,500 - 1
East of England -17 3 £38,000 -39.20%

Cucumber
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 17 (5.35%) Apache
2 15 (4.72%) Cloud Foundry
3 13 (4.09%) Confluence
4 1 (0.31%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.31%) CMS
4 1 (0.31%) Drupal
4 1 (0.31%) JBoss
4 1 (0.31%) nginx
4 1 (0.31%) PrestaShop
4 1 (0.31%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (3.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 8 (2.52%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Magento
1 1 (0.31%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 100 (31.45%) AWS
2 56 (17.61%) Azure
3 54 (16.98%) SaaS
4 16 (5.03%) GCP
5 14 (4.40%) GitHub
6 11 (3.46%) OpenShift
6 11 (3.46%) Serverless
7 10 (3.14%) Cloud Computing
8 9 (2.83%) BlazeMeter
8 9 (2.83%) BrowserStack
9 8 (2.52%) Slack
10 7 (2.20%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.57%) Amazon S3
11 5 (1.57%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (0.94%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (0.94%) Amazon EMR
12 3 (0.94%) Amazon SQS
12 3 (0.94%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (0.94%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.94%) HTTP
2 2 (0.63%) SSH
3 1 (0.31%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (11.64%) MongoDB
2 33 (10.38%) Elasticsearch
3 21 (6.60%) NoSQL
4 17 (5.35%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.52%) Data Lake
5 8 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.89%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.26%) Big Data
7 4 (1.26%) MySQL
7 4 (1.26%) RDBMS
8 3 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (0.94%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (0.94%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.94%) Redis
8 3 (0.94%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.63%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.31%) Couchbase
10 1 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.31%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.31%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 175 (55.03%) Selenium
2 137 (43.08%) Jenkins
3 92 (28.93%) Postman
4 83 (26.10%) Cypress.io
5 72 (22.64%) JIRA
6 60 (18.87%) JUnit
7 44 (13.84%) Git
8 35 (11.01%) REST Assured
9 33 (10.38%) JMeter
10 30 (9.43%) SpecFlow
11 29 (9.12%) Maven
12 27 (8.49%) WebDriver
13 25 (7.86%) TestNG
14 22 (6.92%) TeamCity
15 21 (6.60%) Appium
16 18 (5.66%) GitLab
17 14 (4.40%) SoapUI
18 13 (4.09%) Bitbucket
19 12 (3.77%) JBehave
20 11 (3.46%) Serenity BDD
General
1 86 (27.04%) Finance
2 62 (19.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 54 (16.98%) Social Skills
4 44 (13.84%) Law
5 41 (12.89%) Banking
6 35 (11.01%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (5.97%) Investment Banking
8 17 (5.35%) Influencing Skills
9 14 (4.40%) Marketing
10 12 (3.77%) Public Sector
11 10 (3.14%) Retail
12 5 (1.57%) Tech for Good
13 4 (1.26%) Health Technology
14 3 (0.94%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.63%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.63%) Social Housing
16 1 (0.31%) Advertising
16 1 (0.31%) Front Office
16 1 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
16 1 (0.31%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 79 (24.84%) Lead
2 58 (18.24%) Senior
3 56 (17.61%) QA Engineer
4 53 (16.67%) Tester
5 45 (14.15%) Developer
6 39 (12.26%) Software Engineer
7 34 (10.69%) Java Engineer
8 33 (10.38%) Automation Tester
9 26 (8.18%) Java Software Engineer
10 18 (5.66%) Lead Software Engineer
11 17 (5.35%) QA Automation Engineer
11 17 (5.35%) Test Engineer
12 16 (5.03%) Full Stack Engineer
13 15 (4.72%) Full Stack Software Engineer
13 15 (4.72%) Lead Java Engineer
13 15 (4.72%) QA Tester
14 14 (4.40%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 14 (4.40%) Java Developer
14 14 (4.40%) Test Automation Engineer
15 9 (2.83%) Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (33.33%) REST
2 63 (19.81%) Spring
3 58 (18.24%) Spring Boot
4 48 (15.09%) Gherkin
5 40 (12.58%) React
6 36 (11.32%) Kafka
7 32 (10.06%) RESTful
8 30 (9.43%) CSS
9 28 (8.81%) HTML
10 25 (7.86%) WireMock
11 20 (6.29%) SOAP
11 20 (6.29%) Web Services
12 16 (5.03%) .NET
12 16 (5.03%) Apache Commons
12 16 (5.03%) Guava
12 16 (5.03%) Java Concurrency
13 15 (4.72%) AngularJS
13 15 (4.72%) JDBC
14 12 (3.77%) WebdriverIO
15 11 (3.46%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.49%) Product Ownership
2 18 (5.66%) Private Cloud
3 9 (2.83%) Market Risk
3 9 (2.83%) Mobile App
4 8 (2.52%) Onboarding
5 6 (1.89%) Cloud Native
5 6 (1.89%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.57%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.63%) Embedded Systems
7 2 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.31%) Bitcoin
8 1 (0.31%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.31%) Derivative
8 1 (0.31%) Hedge funds
8 1 (0.31%) PMI
8 1 (0.31%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.31%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.20%) Linux
2 6 (1.89%) Android
2 6 (1.89%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.94%) Windows
4 2 (0.63%) Unix
5 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (57.86%) Agile
2 178 (55.97%) Test Automation
3 175 (55.03%) CI/CD
4 162 (50.94%) BDD
5 115 (36.16%) API Testing
6 94 (29.56%) SDET
7 82 (25.79%) Scrum
8 77 (24.21%) DevOps
9 73 (22.96%) Software Engineering
10 72 (22.64%) Test Strategy
11 70 (22.01%) Continuous Integration
11 70 (22.01%) Software Testing
12 67 (21.07%) Clean Code
13 64 (20.13%) Microservices
13 64 (20.13%) TDD
14 51 (16.04%) Fintech
15 45 (14.15%) Problem-Solving
16 43 (13.52%) Full Stack Development
17 39 (12.26%) Test Scripting
18 36 (11.32%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 225 (70.75%) Java
2 94 (29.56%) JavaScript
3 86 (27.04%) SQL
4 46 (14.47%) Python
5 36 (11.32%) C#
6 24 (7.55%) TypeScript
7 12 (3.77%) C++
8 9 (2.83%) Ruby
9 7 (2.20%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.26%) Perl
10 4 (1.26%) Swift
11 3 (0.94%) Go
11 3 (0.94%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.63%) Groovy
13 1 (0.31%) Bash
13 1 (0.31%) PHP
13 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.31%) Scala
13 1 (0.31%) VB
13 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 39 (12.26%) Security Cleared
2 36 (11.32%) SC Cleared
3 21 (6.60%) Degree
4 7 (2.20%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.89%) ISTQB
6 5 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.94%) ISEB
8 2 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.63%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.31%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.31%) OCP
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.31%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (47.17%) QA
2 19 (5.97%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.52%) GDPR
3 8 (2.52%) PSD2
4 2 (0.63%) PMO
System Software
1 53 (16.67%) Docker
2 1 (0.31%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 51 (16.04%) Kubernetes
2 16 (5.03%) Terraform
3 11 (3.46%) Ansible
4 6 (1.89%) Kibana
5 5 (1.57%) Consul
6 4 (1.26%) Grafana
6 4 (1.26%) Packer
6 4 (1.26%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.63%) Istio
7 2 (0.63%) Podman
7 2 (0.63%) Puppet
8 1 (0.31%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.31%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 24 (7.55%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.60%) Google
3 12 (3.77%) Oracle
4 9 (2.83%) TOWER Software
5 8 (2.52%) Adobe
5 8 (2.52%) Duck Creek
6 4 (1.26%) Splunk
7 2 (0.63%) AppDynamics
7 2 (0.63%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.63%) Databricks
7 2 (0.63%) Dynatrace
7 2 (0.63%) IBM
7 2 (0.63%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.63%) Xamarin
8 1 (0.31%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (0.31%) HP
8 1 (0.31%) OpenAI