Acceptance Criteria Contracts with Work from Home Options

Acceptance Criteria
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 187 205 206
Rank change year-on-year +18 +1 +64
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 160 301 578
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.06% 1.20% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.34% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 234 396
10th Percentile £395 £400 £378
25th Percentile £425 £456 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.93% +9.80% +11.11%
75th Percentile £569 £600 £569
90th Percentile £625 £612 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.75 £56.25 -
Median hourly rate £23.50 £57.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.13% -4.17% +103.53%
75th Percentile £24.25 £58.75 £62.44
90th Percentile - - £63.25
UK median hourly rate £32.36 £58.75 £53.89
% change year-on-year -44.93% +9.02% +85.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,268 22,513 39,948
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.01% 89.73% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,896 15,904 28,997
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 573 519 530
10th Percentile £15.03 £18.63 £13.73
25th Percentile £25.50 £30.00 £20.06
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.63
90th Percentile £75.20 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Acceptance Criteria
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Acceptance Criteria as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Acceptance Criteria trend for jobs with a WFH option

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Acceptance Criteria.

Acceptance Criteria daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Acceptance Criteria over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Acceptance Criteria daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Acceptance Criteria
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Acceptance Criteria.

Acceptance Criteria hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 20 (12.50%) Confluence
2 3 (1.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 3 (1.88%) ArcGIS
2 3 (1.88%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.63%) LiveLink
Applications
1 6 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (3.75%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (3.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 6 (3.75%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (4.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.13%) SimCorp Dimension
3 3 (1.88%) SAP Hybris
4 2 (1.25%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.63%) Aligne
5 1 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.63%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.63%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.63%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 31 (19.38%) Azure
2 18 (11.25%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (8.13%) AWS
4 9 (5.63%) Power Platform
5 8 (5.00%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (5.00%) Power Automate
6 4 (2.50%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 3 (1.88%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.88%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.88%) SaaS
8 2 (1.25%) Adobe Analytics
8 2 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.25%) Miro
8 2 (1.25%) PaaS
8 2 (1.25%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.63%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.63%) Serverless
9 1 (0.63%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.63%) GSM
1 1 (0.63%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.75%) Power BI
2 5 (3.13%) Data Lake
3 4 (2.50%) Geospatial Data
3 4 (2.50%) GIS
4 2 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.25%) Delta Lake
4 2 (1.25%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.25%) SAP BW
4 2 (1.25%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.25%) Tableau
5 1 (0.63%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.63%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.63%) Redis
5 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.63%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 23 (14.38%) JIRA
2 11 (6.88%) JMeter
3 9 (5.63%) Selenium
4 4 (2.50%) Postman
5 3 (1.88%) Appium
5 3 (1.88%) Git
5 3 (1.88%) LoadRunner
6 2 (1.25%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.25%) UI Automator
6 2 (1.25%) XCUITest
7 1 (0.63%) Gatling
7 1 (0.63%) Mockito
7 1 (0.63%) Rational Performance Tester
7 1 (0.63%) ScalaTest
7 1 (0.63%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.63%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.63%) WebDriver
General
1 51 (31.88%) Social Skills
2 25 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (15.00%) Public Sector
4 23 (14.38%) Finance
5 7 (4.38%) Back Office
6 6 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (3.75%) Retail
7 5 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.13%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.50%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.88%) Banking
10 2 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.25%) Legal
11 1 (0.63%) Automotive
11 1 (0.63%) Billing
11 1 (0.63%) Games
11 1 (0.63%) German Language
11 1 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 78 (48.75%) Analyst
2 56 (35.00%) Business Analyst
3 34 (21.25%) Senior
4 15 (9.38%) Senior Analyst
5 13 (8.13%) Consultant
6 12 (7.50%) Product Owner
7 10 (6.25%) Service Manager
8 9 (5.63%) Service Transition Manager
8 9 (5.63%) Transition Manager
9 8 (5.00%) Senior Business Analyst
9 8 (5.00%) Technical Analyst
10 7 (4.38%) Agile Business Analyst
10 7 (4.38%) Data Analyst
10 7 (4.38%) Digital Analyst
10 7 (4.38%) Digital Business Analyst
10 7 (4.38%) Project Manager
11 6 (3.75%) Architect
11 6 (3.75%) Developer
11 6 (3.75%) Functional Consultant
12 5 (3.13%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.75%) REST
2 5 (3.13%) OpenAPI
2 5 (3.13%) Swagger
3 4 (2.50%) RESTful
4 3 (1.88%) JSON
4 3 (1.88%) XML
5 2 (1.25%) .NET
5 2 (1.25%) Gherkin
5 2 (1.25%) HTML
5 2 (1.25%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (1.25%) Web Services
6 1 (0.63%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.63%) Akka
6 1 (0.63%) Express.js
6 1 (0.63%) Kafka
6 1 (0.63%) Play Framework
6 1 (0.63%) Playwright
6 1 (0.63%) React
6 1 (0.63%) Sass
6 1 (0.63%) spray
Miscellaneous
1 33 (20.63%) Product Ownership
2 9 (5.63%) Mobile App
3 6 (3.75%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (1.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (1.88%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.25%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.63%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.63%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.63%) EPoS
7 1 (0.63%) IVR
7 1 (0.63%) NHS
7 1 (0.63%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.63%) Online Banking
7 1 (0.63%) PMI
7 1 (0.63%) Smart Meter
7 1 (0.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.63%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.13%) Android
2 2 (1.25%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.25%) Windows
3 1 (0.63%) Linux
3 1 (0.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (71.25%) User Stories
2 93 (58.13%) Agile
3 46 (28.75%) Business Analysis
4 38 (23.75%) Problem-Solving
5 29 (18.13%) DevOps
6 28 (17.50%) Scrum
7 22 (13.75%) Test Automation
8 20 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
8 20 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
8 20 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
9 19 (11.88%) Test Scripting
10 18 (11.25%) Service Design
10 18 (11.25%) Sprint Planning
10 18 (11.25%) Stakeholder Management
11 17 (10.63%) Requirements Gathering
12 16 (10.00%) Project Management
12 16 (10.00%) Roadmaps
12 16 (10.00%) Scenario Testing
13 15 (9.38%) Epics
13 15 (9.38%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.88%) Java
2 6 (3.75%) SQL
3 5 (3.13%) JavaScript
3 5 (3.13%) Kotlin
4 4 (2.50%) Python
5 3 (1.88%) C#
6 2 (1.25%) Swift
7 1 (0.63%) ABAP
7 1 (0.63%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.63%) Scala
7 1 (0.63%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.63%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.63%) VB
Qualifications
1 22 (13.75%) Security Cleared
2 19 (11.88%) SC Cleared
3 11 (6.88%) Degree
4 4 (2.50%) CSPO
5 3 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.88%) ISEB
6 2 (1.25%) CBAP
6 2 (1.25%) IIBA
6 2 (1.25%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.63%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.63%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (11.88%) QA
2 9 (5.63%) Accessibility
3 7 (4.38%) WCAG
4 4 (2.50%) PCI DSS
4 4 (2.50%) PMO
5 2 (1.25%) COBIT
5 2 (1.25%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.25%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.25%) GDPR
5 2 (1.25%) PSD2
6 1 (0.63%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.63%) SLA
6 1 (0.63%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (0.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.63%) Grafana
1 1 (0.63%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (0.63%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.63%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 15 (9.38%) SAP
2 12 (7.50%) Microsoft
3 6 (3.75%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.13%) Atlassian
4 5 (3.13%) SimCorp
5 4 (2.50%) Adobe
6 3 (1.88%) ESRI
7 2 (1.25%) Ariba
7 2 (1.25%) Civica
7 2 (1.25%) IBM
8 1 (0.63%) CyberSource
8 1 (0.63%) Google
8 1 (0.63%) HP
8 1 (0.63%) Remedy
8 1 (0.63%) Xamarin