Acceptance Criteria Contracts in the City of London

Acceptance Criteria
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 126 144
Rank change year-on-year +33 +18 -22
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 33 51 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.50% 1.40% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.66% 1.52% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 24 35
10th Percentile £375 £358 £450
25th Percentile £418 £394 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £475 £540
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -1.82%
75th Percentile £638 £621 £625
90th Percentile £706 £736 £688
Central London median daily rate £518 £475 £540
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -1.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,993 3,347 3,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.51% 91.82% 91.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,405 2,259 2,945
10th Percentile £359 £355 £385
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 24 41
10th Percentile £19.13 £15.33 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.03 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -13.58% +125.31%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £48.57 £88.30 £62.50
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the City of London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in the City of London

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (24.24%) Confluence
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (3.03%) Softmar
Cloud Services
1 10 (30.30%) Azure
1 10 (30.30%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.03%) dbt
2 1 (3.03%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) Data Mart
2 1 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.03%) SAP BW
2 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (15.15%) JIRA
2 2 (6.06%) Postman
3 1 (3.03%) Burp Suite
3 1 (3.03%) Selenium
3 1 (3.03%) SoapUI
General
1 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 9 (27.27%) Finance
3 5 (15.15%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
5 3 (9.09%) Banking
6 2 (6.06%) Investment Banking
7 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Back Office
7 1 (3.03%) Digital Health
7 1 (3.03%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (3.03%) Health Technology
7 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (45.45%) Analyst
2 13 (39.39%) Business Analyst
3 8 (24.24%) Product Owner
4 4 (12.12%) Digital Product Owner
4 4 (12.12%) Insurance Business Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Finance Business Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Financial Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Service Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Service Transition Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Transition Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Manual Tester
6 2 (6.06%) Market Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Pensions Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Pensions Business Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Project Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Service Design Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Test Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Tester
6 2 (6.06%) Transformation Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (3.03%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 12 (36.36%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.06%) Derivative
2 2 (6.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.03%) HACMP
3 1 (3.03%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.03%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) AIX
1 1 (3.03%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (69.70%) Agile
2 22 (66.67%) User Stories
3 13 (39.39%) Workshop Facilitation
4 12 (36.36%) Product Backlog
4 12 (36.36%) User Acceptance Testing
5 10 (30.30%) DevOps
5 10 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (27.27%) Business Case
7 8 (24.24%) Business Analysis
8 7 (21.21%) Backlog Prioritisation
8 7 (21.21%) Product Requirements
8 7 (21.21%) Sprint Planning
8 7 (21.21%) Translating Business Requirements
9 6 (18.18%) Backlog Refinement
9 6 (18.18%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 6 (18.18%) Impact Assessments
9 6 (18.18%) Product Vision
9 6 (18.18%) Workflow
10 5 (15.15%) Business Transformation
10 5 (15.15%) Epics
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) C#
1 1 (3.03%) Java
1 1 (3.03%) Kotlin
1 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.06%) Degree
2 1 (3.03%) ISEB
2 1 (3.03%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) QA
2 1 (3.03%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) PowerHA
Vendors
1 2 (6.06%) Murex
1 2 (6.06%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle
2 1 (3.03%) SAP