Acceptance Criteria Contracts in Central London

Acceptance Criteria
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 124 146
Rank change year-on-year +27 +22 -10
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 34 50 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 1.40% 1.30% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.54% 1.43% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 23 39
10th Percentile £375 £358 £381
25th Percentile £407 £388 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £475 £540
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £638 £608 £615
90th Percentile £706 £669 £688
London median daily rate £529 £563 £538
% change year-on-year -5.96% +4.65% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £33.00 - -
London median hourly rate £32.36 £64.00 -
% change year-on-year -49.45% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 advertised in Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,207 3,501 4,170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.64% 91.34% 91.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,572 2,371 3,191
10th Percentile £350 £325 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
London median daily rate £550 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 30 43
10th Percentile £20.01 £15.23 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.38 £18.50 £22.63
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%
75th Percentile £29.11 £57.50 £53.50
90th Percentile £41.29 £88.30 £65.10
London median hourly rate £28.75 £39.00 £36.75
% change year-on-year -26.28% +6.12% +12.47%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in Central London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in Central London

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Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in Central London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in Central London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in Central London

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Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 6 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +28 33 £518 +8.95% 5
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 - -
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London

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 (23.53%) Confluence
2 1 (2.94%) CMS
2 1 (2.94%) Drupal
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (2.94%) Softmar
Cloud Services
1 10 (29.41%) Azure
1 10 (29.41%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.94%) dbt
2 1 (2.94%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) Data Mart
2 1 (2.94%) SAP BW
2 1 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (17.65%) JIRA
2 3 (8.82%) Postman
3 1 (2.94%) Burp Suite
3 1 (2.94%) Selenium
3 1 (2.94%) SoapUI
General
1 11 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 9 (26.47%) Finance
3 5 (14.71%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (14.71%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.82%) Banking
5 2 (5.88%) Back Office
5 2 (5.88%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Digital Health
6 1 (2.94%) Digital Healthcare
6 1 (2.94%) Health Technology
6 1 (2.94%) Local Government
6 1 (2.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (47.06%) Analyst
2 13 (38.24%) Business Analyst
3 8 (23.53%) Product Owner
4 4 (11.76%) Digital Product Owner
4 4 (11.76%) Insurance Business Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) Finance Business Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) Financial Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) Service Manager
5 3 (8.82%) Service Transition Manager
5 3 (8.82%) Test Analyst
5 3 (8.82%) Transition Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Manual Tester
6 2 (5.88%) Pensions Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) Pensions Business Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) Project Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Test Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) Service Design Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Tester
6 2 (5.88%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (2.94%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 12 (35.29%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.88%) Derivative
2 2 (5.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (5.88%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.94%) HACMP
3 1 (2.94%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Android
2 1 (2.94%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (73.53%) Agile
2 23 (67.65%) User Stories
3 13 (38.24%) Product Backlog
3 13 (38.24%) Workshop Facilitation
4 12 (35.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 10 (29.41%) DevOps
5 10 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (26.47%) Business Case
7 8 (23.53%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 8 (23.53%) Business Analysis
8 7 (20.59%) Product Requirements
8 7 (20.59%) Sprint Planning
8 7 (20.59%) Translating Business Requirements
9 6 (17.65%) Backlog Refinement
9 6 (17.65%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 6 (17.65%) Impact Assessments
9 6 (17.65%) Product Vision
9 6 (17.65%) Workflow
10 5 (14.71%) Scrum
10 5 (14.71%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) Kotlin
2 1 (2.94%) C#
2 1 (2.94%) Java
2 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (2.94%) ISEB
2 1 (2.94%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) PowerHA
Vendors
1 2 (5.88%) Murex
1 2 (5.88%) ServiceNow
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle
2 1 (2.94%) SAP