Acceptance Criteria Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Acceptance Criteria
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Acceptance Criteria skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.74% - 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% - 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £284 - -
25th Percentile £287 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £291 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.24%
75th Percentile £296 - £575
90th Percentile £298 - -
South Wales median daily rate £675 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +8.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 217 148 172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 79.78% 90.24% 76.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 124 144
10th Percentile £249 £190 £148
25th Percentile £304 £260 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £483
Median % change year-on-year - -11.92% +7.22%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £563
90th Percentile £765 £643 £643
South Wales median daily rate £425 £425 £475
% change year-on-year - -10.53% +1.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 3
10th Percentile - £15.83 £13.00
25th Percentile - £21.25 £14.88
Median hourly rate £12.21 £22.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.73% +25.00% +22.26%
75th Percentile £20.75 £27.50 £35.88
90th Percentile £21.00 £43.25 £46.60
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £22.25 £22.68
% change year-on-year -4.49% -1.90% +16.37%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Acceptance Criteria job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

Acceptance Criteria
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) ADO
1 1 (50.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Active Listening
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Defect Management
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree