Acceptance Criteria Contracts in Bristol

Acceptance Criteria
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Acceptance Criteria skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Acceptance Criteria over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 71 91
Rank change year-on-year +23 +20 +6
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 5 7 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 0.92% 0.66% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 0.80% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile £471 £547 £469
25th Percentile £503 £562 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £573 £548
Median % change year-on-year +2.62% +4.57% +5.04%
75th Percentile £653 £596 £629
90th Percentile £674 £606 £644
South West median daily rate £588 £550 £565
% change year-on-year +6.82% -2.65% +14.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £80.00 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% - -
South West median hourly rate £80.00 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year +23.08% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Acceptance Criteria falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 500 875 1,119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.91% 83.02% 89.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 290 479 755
10th Percentile £224 £255 £300
25th Percentile £355 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £565 £600 £638
90th Percentile £652 £688 £720
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 184 218
10th Percentile £18.51 £40.00 -
25th Percentile £44.17 £45.00 £9.80
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year - +5.69% +36.67%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.00 £83.75
South West median hourly rate £63.50 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +27.00% -18.70% +26.16%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Acceptance Criteria as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in Bristol

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in Bristol over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) Military
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Business Systems Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Senior
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Project Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Service Architect
1 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Service Transition Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Systems Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Business Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Test Coordinator
1 1 (20.00%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Change Management
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Business Process Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (20.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Management
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Use Case
2 1 (20.00%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (20.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) SAP