Acceptance Criteria Jobs in the North West

Acceptance Criteria
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Acceptance Criteria skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Acceptance Criteria over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 237 224 199
Rank change year-on-year -13 -25 +3
Permanent jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 52 70 136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.53% 0.89% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.92% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 38 48 92
10th Percentile £33,750 £40,875 £35,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £53,438 £43,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £52,500 £61,250 £64,106
90th Percentile £56,250 £64,125 £76,520
England median annual salary £59,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.48% - +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Acceptance Criteria is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,082 7,568 8,978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.10% 95.72% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,147 3,939 5,372
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in the North West

Acceptance Criteria
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the North West.

Salary trend for Acceptance Criteria in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the North West over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Acceptance Criteria in the North West

Acceptance Criteria
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Acceptance Criteria within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +6 38 £47,500 -13.64% 8
Cheshire -9 7 £43,000 +43.33% 1
Merseyside +11 4 £50,000 -16.67% 1
Lancashire -31 3 £52,500 -8.70%
Acceptance Criteria
England

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (15.38%) Confluence
2 1 (1.92%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 4 (7.69%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.92%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.92%) InVision
2 1 (1.92%) Sketch
2 1 (1.92%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 8 (15.38%) Power Platform
2 5 (9.62%) AWS
2 5 (9.62%) BrowserStack
3 4 (7.69%) Miro
4 2 (3.85%) Azure
4 2 (3.85%) Azure Functions
4 2 (3.85%) GitHub
4 2 (3.85%) Serverless
5 1 (1.92%) Figma
5 1 (1.92%) Google Data Studio
5 1 (1.92%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (15.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 22 (42.31%) JIRA
2 5 (9.62%) JMeter
3 4 (7.69%) Postman
4 2 (3.85%) Git
4 2 (3.85%) Visual Studio
5 1 (1.92%) Axure RP
5 1 (1.92%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.92%) Selenium
5 1 (1.92%) SpecFlow
5 1 (1.92%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 18 (34.62%) Finance
2 16 (30.77%) Retail
2 16 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 11 (21.15%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (19.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (9.62%) Retail Finance
6 4 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.85%) Marketing
8 1 (1.92%) Automotive
8 1 (1.92%) Games
8 1 (1.92%) Legal
8 1 (1.92%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 34 (65.38%) Analyst
2 25 (48.08%) Business Analyst
3 6 (11.54%) Senior
4 5 (9.62%) Test Analyst
5 4 (7.69%) Product Manager
5 4 (7.69%) QA Analyst
5 4 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (7.69%) Senior Business Analyst
6 3 (5.77%) Project Manager
6 3 (5.77%) Technical Analyst
6 3 (5.77%) Technical Business Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Senior Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Software Engineer
8 1 (1.92%) Designer
8 1 (1.92%) E-Commerce Analyst
8 1 (1.92%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
8 1 (1.92%) Lead
8 1 (1.92%) Product Owner
8 1 (1.92%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.54%) RESTful
2 3 (5.77%) .NET
3 2 (3.85%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 13 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 4 (7.69%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.92%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.69%) Android
1 4 (7.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (69.23%) Agile
2 32 (61.54%) User Stories
3 21 (40.38%) Roadmaps
4 18 (34.62%) Workshop Facilitation
5 10 (19.23%) Business Analysis
5 10 (19.23%) Fintech
6 9 (17.31%) Sprint Planning
7 8 (15.38%) Customer Experience
7 8 (15.38%) Migration
7 8 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (15.38%) Sprint Backlog
8 7 (13.46%) Change Control
8 7 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (13.46%) Requirements Gathering
8 7 (13.46%) Validation
9 6 (11.54%) Business Strategy
9 6 (11.54%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (11.54%) Test Automation
9 6 (11.54%) User Research
9 6 (11.54%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.77%) C#
2 2 (3.85%) SQL
2 2 (3.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (23.08%) Degree
2 4 (7.69%) SC Cleared
2 4 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 3 (5.77%) PMI Certification
3 3 (5.77%) PMP
4 2 (3.85%) CAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (15.38%) QA
2 6 (11.54%) IEC 62304
3 1 (1.92%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.92%) GDPR
3 1 (1.92%) PMO
3 1 (1.92%) SLA
3 1 (1.92%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 5 (9.62%) Grafana
1 5 (9.62%) Kibana
Vendors
1 4 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.92%) Adobe
2 1 (1.92%) Google