Acceptance Criteria Contracts in the South East

Acceptance Criteria
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 155 136 120
Rank change year-on-year -19 -16 +36
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 46 85 152
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.83% 1.46% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 1.64% 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 62 86
10th Percentile £370 £401 £381
25th Percentile £413 £441 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £557 £601 £538
90th Percentile £579 £628 £625
England median daily rate £506 £550 £505
% change year-on-year -8.00% +8.91% +6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - £42.00 £45.25
25th Percentile £22.75 £45.00 £53.13
Median hourly rate £23.50 £50.00 £57.39
Median % change year-on-year -53.00% -12.88% +25.56%
75th Percentile £24.25 £55.00 £60.00
90th Percentile - £58.00 £61.63
England median hourly rate £32.36 £58.75 £42.00
% change year-on-year -44.93% +39.88% +44.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,683 5,187 6,936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.85% 89.29% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,728 3,599 4,696
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £404 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.89% +1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 219 286
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.83 £15.72
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -15.89%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.71
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.83 £62.70
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in the South East

Acceptance Criteria
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Thames Valley -11 20 £488 +2.63% 11
Berkshire -11 15 £575 +15.00% 7
Surrey +22 14 £425 -19.05% 4
Hampshire -20 8 £545 -3.88% 8
West Sussex +3 4 £400 +3.23%
Buckinghamshire +16 3 £370 -17.89% 3
Oxfordshire - 2 £488 - 1
Acceptance Criteria
England

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (8.70%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 4 (8.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (6.52%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (4.35%) SAP Hybris
2 2 (4.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (4.35%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.22%) Azure
2 5 (10.87%) Power Platform
3 3 (6.52%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 2 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.17%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (2.17%) AWS
5 1 (2.17%) dbt
5 1 (2.17%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.17%) HTTP
1 1 (2.17%) LAN
1 1 (2.17%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.87%) Power BI
2 4 (8.70%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (8.70%) MySQL
2 4 (8.70%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (8.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (8.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (13.04%) JIRA
2 1 (2.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 17 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (17.39%) Telecoms
4 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
5 4 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (6.52%) Finance
7 2 (4.35%) Automotive
7 2 (4.35%) German Language
7 2 (4.35%) Manufacturing
7 2 (4.35%) Marketing
7 2 (4.35%) Retail
8 1 (2.17%) Banking
8 1 (2.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (39.13%) Analyst
2 16 (34.78%) Senior
3 9 (19.57%) Business Analyst
4 7 (15.22%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (13.04%) Developer
6 5 (10.87%) Product Owner
6 5 (10.87%) Senior Software Engineer
6 5 (10.87%) Software Engineer
7 4 (8.70%) Digital Analyst
8 3 (6.52%) Business Requirements Analyst
8 3 (6.52%) Coordinator
8 3 (6.52%) Digital Business Analyst
8 3 (6.52%) Project Manager
8 3 (6.52%) Requirements Analyst
8 3 (6.52%) Senior Business Analyst
8 3 (6.52%) Senior Manager
8 3 (6.52%) Senior Project Manager
8 3 (6.52%) Senior Requirements Analyst
8 3 (6.52%) Systems Analyst
8 3 (6.52%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.87%) JSON
1 5 (10.87%) XML
2 4 (8.70%) REST
3 3 (6.52%) HTML
3 3 (6.52%) SOAP
4 2 (4.35%) .NET
5 1 (2.17%) BAPI
5 1 (2.17%) Kafka
5 1 (2.17%) OAuth
5 1 (2.17%) OpenAPI
5 1 (2.17%) OpenID
5 1 (2.17%) SAP ALE
5 1 (2.17%) Swagger
5 1 (2.17%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (23.91%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.52%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.35%) Cyberattack
3 2 (4.35%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.17%) EPoS
4 1 (2.17%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.87%) Linux
2 2 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (56.52%) Agile
2 18 (39.13%) User Stories
3 16 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (32.61%) Scrum
5 14 (30.43%) Project Management
6 10 (21.74%) Business Analysis
7 8 (17.39%) Project Delivery
7 8 (17.39%) Software Engineering
8 7 (15.22%) Collaborative Working
8 7 (15.22%) Commercial Awareness
8 7 (15.22%) Critical Thinking
8 7 (15.22%) Infrastructure Management
8 7 (15.22%) Kanban
8 7 (15.22%) OO
8 7 (15.22%) Portfolio Management
8 7 (15.22%) Test Strategy
9 6 (13.04%) Customer-Centricity
9 6 (13.04%) Test Automation
10 5 (10.87%) Business Case
10 5 (10.87%) Sprint Backlog
Programming Languages
1 11 (23.91%) SQL
2 6 (13.04%) VB
3 5 (10.87%) C
3 5 (10.87%) C++
3 5 (10.87%) T-SQL
4 4 (8.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (8.70%) PL/SQL
5 3 (6.52%) Java
6 2 (4.35%) C#
6 2 (4.35%) JavaScript
6 2 (4.35%) Python
7 1 (2.17%) ABAP
7 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.04%) Degree
2 6 (13.04%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (4.35%) CSPO
4 1 (2.17%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.17%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (17.39%) QA
2 2 (4.35%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.35%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.17%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.87%) SAP
3 4 (8.70%) Adobe
3 4 (8.70%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.17%) IBM
4 1 (2.17%) Informatica