Acceptance Criteria Contracts in Berkshire

Acceptance Criteria
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Acceptance Criteria skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Acceptance Criteria over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 90 77
Rank change year-on-year -20 -13 +11
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 14 22 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.71% 1.23% 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 1.36% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 17 31
10th Percentile £433 £377 £400
25th Percentile £463 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £510 £475
Median % change year-on-year +12.75% +7.37% +0.53%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £528
90th Percentile £633 £550 £575
South East median daily rate £488 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -7.14% +10.53% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £53.00
South East median hourly rate £23.50 £50.00 £57.39
% change year-on-year -53.00% -12.88% +25.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Acceptance Criteria is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,755 1,623 2,169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.77% 90.52% 90.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 918 1,052 1,388
10th Percentile £213 £349 £270
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £678 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.91% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 48 43
10th Percentile £19.00 £19.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.50 £25.72 £17.25
Median hourly rate £61.00 £57.82 £21.05
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% +174.67% -1.06%
75th Percentile £71.75 £73.69 £33.75
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.51 £68.10
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.99
% change year-on-year -5.00% +127.43% -20.05%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Acceptance Criteria as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in Berkshire

Acceptance Criteria
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in Berkshire

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in Berkshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in Berkshire

Acceptance Criteria
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in Berkshire

Acceptance Criteria
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Acceptance Criteria within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading -12 12 £575 +10.58% 1
Newbury - 1 £475 - 2
Acceptance Criteria
South East

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (14.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 11 (78.57%) Social Skills
2 8 (57.14%) Telecoms
3 4 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (21.43%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (7.14%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Analyst
1 10 (71.43%) Senior
2 7 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (28.57%) Business Analyst
4 3 (21.43%) Business Requirements Analyst
4 3 (21.43%) Project Manager
4 3 (21.43%) Requirements Analyst
4 3 (21.43%) Senior Business Analyst
4 3 (21.43%) Senior Manager
4 3 (21.43%) Senior Project Manager
4 3 (21.43%) Senior Requirements Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) QA Analyst
6 1 (7.14%) Digital Analyst
6 1 (7.14%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (7.14%) Technical Business Analyst
6 1 (7.14%) Telecoms Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 2 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
1 10 (71.43%) Project Management
2 9 (64.29%) User Stories
3 7 (50.00%) Business Analysis
3 7 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
3 7 (50.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 7 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
3 7 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 7 (50.00%) Portfolio Management
4 6 (42.86%) Customer-Centricity
5 3 (21.43%) Agile
5 3 (21.43%) Business Case
5 3 (21.43%) Business Strategy
5 3 (21.43%) Change Control
5 3 (21.43%) Conflict Resolution
5 3 (21.43%) Contingency Planning
5 3 (21.43%) Cost Accounting
5 3 (21.43%) Project Delivery
5 3 (21.43%) Project Governance
5 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Identification
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Java
2 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.14%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) ISTQB
1 1 (7.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) QA
2 2 (14.29%) Accessibility
3 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Adobe
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft