Acceptance Criteria Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Acceptance Criteria
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Acceptance Criteria skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 50 51
Rank change year-on-year +10 +1 +24
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 10 5 7
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 2.30% 1.37% 1.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.70% 1.59% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 5
10th Percentile £391 - -
25th Percentile £412 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £588 £400
Median % change year-on-year -22.13% +46.88% +10.80%
75th Percentile £553 £650 £408
90th Percentile £664 - £472
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +14.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 370 314 503
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 85.06% 86.03% 91.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 226 377
10th Percentile £213 £234 £275
25th Percentile £350 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £635 £656 £708
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £518
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.62% +1.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 6 17
10th Percentile - £15.35 £14.87
25th Percentile £15.91 £22.03 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% +50.00% +54.84%
75th Percentile £29.61 £49.81 £30.00
90th Percentile £30.89 £55.63 -
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £46.12 £55.00
% change year-on-year -51.22% -16.14% +46.67%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Acceptance Criteria relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Acceptance Criteria job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Acceptance Criteria.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Acceptance Criteria

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in Buckinghamshire

Acceptance Criteria
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 23 December 2025. 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
Milton Keynes +11 9 £415 -20.95% 4
Acceptance Criteria
South East

Acceptance Criteria
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (70.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (40.00%) Finance
4 3 (30.00%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (10.00%) Legal
6 1 (10.00%) Marketing
6 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Analyst
2 4 (40.00%) Service Manager
2 4 (40.00%) Service Transition Manager
2 4 (40.00%) Transition Manager
3 3 (30.00%) Business Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Senior
3 3 (30.00%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Senior Service Transition Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Service Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Service Design Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Service Transition Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Transition Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Business Integration Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Fibre Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Integration Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Telecoms Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Telecoms Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) ITSM
2 5 (50.00%) User Experience
3 4 (40.00%) ITIL
3 4 (40.00%) Service Design
4 3 (30.00%) Agile
4 3 (30.00%) Business Analysis
4 3 (30.00%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (30.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (30.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 3 (30.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (30.00%) Programme Management
4 3 (30.00%) Project Management
4 3 (30.00%) Service Catalogue
4 3 (30.00%) Service Management
4 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (30.00%) User Stories
4 3 (30.00%) UX Design
5 2 (20.00%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) SLA
2 2 (20.00%) PMO
3 1 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (10.00%) BT
2 1 (10.00%) Openreach