Acceptance Criteria Contracts in the Thames Valley

Acceptance Criteria
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 116 90
Rank change year-on-year 0 -26 +31
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 18 34 77
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.68% 1.17% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 1.28% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 24 44
10th Percentile £372 £402 £390
25th Percentile £463 £430 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £493 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.02% +3.68% +0.53%
75th Percentile £588 £541 £525
90th Percentile £603 £592 £575
South East median daily rate £488 £528 £475
% change year-on-year -7.58% +11.05% +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
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,314 2,662 3,133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.03% 91.76% 89.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,304 1,857 2,108
10th Percentile £213 £322 £225
25th Percentile £370 £413 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £601 £580
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 63 87
10th Percentile £14.25 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £23.75 £12.15
Median hourly rate £45.00 £52.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +200.00% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £25.36
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £66.75
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 the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 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
Berkshire -8 14 £575 +11.65% 2
Buckinghamshire +17 2 £370 -17.89% 4
Oxfordshire - 2 £488 - 2
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South East

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (11.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 12 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 8 (44.44%) Telecoms
3 6 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (5.56%) Finance
6 1 (5.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Analyst
1 10 (55.56%) Senior
2 7 (38.89%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (22.22%) Business Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Business Requirements Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Project Manager
4 3 (16.67%) Requirements Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Business Analyst
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Manager
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Requirements Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) QA Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Tester
6 1 (5.56%) Coordinator
6 1 (5.56%) Project Coordinator
6 1 (5.56%) Service Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Service Transition Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Telecoms Analyst
6 1 (5.56%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Product Ownership
2 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.56%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Problem-Solving
1 11 (61.11%) Project Management
2 9 (50.00%) User Stories
3 7 (38.89%) Business Analysis
3 7 (38.89%) Collaborative Working
3 7 (38.89%) Commercial Awareness
3 7 (38.89%) Critical Thinking
3 7 (38.89%) Infrastructure Management
3 7 (38.89%) Portfolio Management
4 6 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
5 5 (27.78%) Agile
5 5 (27.78%) Test Automation
6 4 (22.22%) Change Control
6 4 (22.22%) Project Delivery
6 4 (22.22%) Scrum
6 4 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (16.67%) Business Case
7 3 (16.67%) Conflict Resolution
7 3 (16.67%) Contingency Planning
7 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Identification
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) Java
2 1 (5.56%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.56%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) ISTQB
1 1 (5.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) QA
2 2 (11.11%) Accessibility
3 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Adobe