Acceptance Criteria Contracts in Central London

Acceptance Criteria
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 99 130 150
Rank change year-on-year +31 +20 -20
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 38 49 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.57% 1.30% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 1.42% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 24 39
10th Percentile £375 £358 £381
25th Percentile £416 £394 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £475 £540
Median % change year-on-year +10.26% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £638 £604 £615
90th Percentile £699 £666 £688
London median daily rate £525 £563 £535
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.20% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £33.00 - -
London median hourly rate £32.36 £64.00 -
% change year-on-year -49.45% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,196 3,454 4,135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.59% 91.33% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,563 2,340 3,166
10th Percentile £350 £325 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £573
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.80% +9.05%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
London median daily rate £550 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 28 43
10th Percentile £20.22 £15.18 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £18.03 £22.63
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%
75th Percentile £30.41 £55.00 £53.50
90th Percentile £41.47 £88.30 £65.10
London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -28.21% +5.41% +12.63%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in Central London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in Central London

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in Central London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in Central London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 10 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
City of London +23 37 £524 +10.26% 4
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 - -
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London

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (21.05%) Confluence
2 1 (2.63%) CMS
2 1 (2.63%) Drupal
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (2.63%) Softmar
Cloud Services
1 11 (28.95%) Azure
2 10 (26.32%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.63%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (2.63%) dbt
3 1 (2.63%) Serverless
3 1 (2.63%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) Data Mart
2 1 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.63%) GIS
2 1 (2.63%) SAP BW
2 1 (2.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (15.79%) JIRA
2 4 (10.53%) Postman
3 1 (2.63%) Burp Suite
3 1 (2.63%) Selenium
3 1 (2.63%) SoapUI
General
1 12 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 10 (26.32%) Finance
3 7 (18.42%) Public Sector
4 5 (13.16%) Back Office
4 5 (13.16%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (7.89%) Banking
6 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.26%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.63%) Digital Health
7 1 (2.63%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (2.63%) Health Technology
7 1 (2.63%) Local Government
7 1 (2.63%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (47.37%) Analyst
2 14 (36.84%) Business Analyst
3 10 (26.32%) Product Owner
4 5 (13.16%) Senior
5 4 (10.53%) Digital Product Owner
5 4 (10.53%) Insurance Business Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Test Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Finance Business Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Financial Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Senior Test Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Service Manager
6 3 (7.89%) Service Transition Manager
6 3 (7.89%) Transition Manager
7 2 (5.26%) Market Analyst
7 2 (5.26%) Pensions Analyst
7 2 (5.26%) Pensions Business Analyst
7 2 (5.26%) Project Analyst
7 2 (5.26%) Senior Product Owner
7 2 (5.26%) Service Design Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.26%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (2.63%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 15 (39.47%) Product Ownership
2 3 (7.89%) Mobile App
3 2 (5.26%) Derivative
3 2 (5.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.63%) HACMP
4 1 (2.63%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.89%) Android
2 1 (2.63%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (76.32%) Agile
2 25 (65.79%) User Stories
3 15 (39.47%) Product Backlog
4 14 (36.84%) Workshop Facilitation
5 13 (34.21%) User Acceptance Testing
6 10 (26.32%) DevOps
6 10 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (23.68%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 9 (23.68%) Business Case
7 9 (23.68%) Translating Business Requirements
8 8 (21.05%) Business Analysis
9 7 (18.42%) Product Requirements
9 7 (18.42%) Product Vision
9 7 (18.42%) Scrum
9 7 (18.42%) Sprint Planning
10 6 (15.79%) Backlog Refinement
10 6 (15.79%) Creative Problem-Solving
10 6 (15.79%) Epics
10 6 (15.79%) Impact Assessments
10 6 (15.79%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.89%) Kotlin
2 2 (5.26%) SQL
3 1 (2.63%) C#
3 1 (2.63%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (5.26%) Degree
2 1 (2.63%) ISEB
2 1 (2.63%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.63%) PCI DSS
1 1 (2.63%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.63%) PowerHA
Vendors
1 2 (5.26%) Murex
1 2 (5.26%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.63%) Guidewire
2 1 (2.63%) Oracle
2 1 (2.63%) SAP