Acceptance Criteria Contracts in Cheshire

Acceptance Criteria
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 56 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 8 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.79% 0.39% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.85% 0.47% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 0
10th Percentile £354 £418 -
25th Percentile £458 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £444 -
Median % change year-on-year +13.74% - -
75th Percentile £523 £457 -
90th Percentile £568 £460 -
North West median daily rate £505 £500 £495
% change year-on-year +1.00% +1.01% +4.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 433 428 484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 97.09% 84.42% 91.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 288 328
10th Percentile £317 £276 £275
25th Percentile £358 £400 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £497 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.80% +4.68% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £575
90th Percentile £638 £632 £660
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 30 23
10th Percentile £19.00 £13.70 £19.06
25th Percentile £29.30 £16.61 £23.15
Median hourly rate £42.25 £26.66 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +58.48% -12.70% +29.96%
75th Percentile £85.81 £42.31 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £44.13 £39.20
North West median hourly rate £32.00 £21.56 £35.00
% change year-on-year +48.46% -38.41% +70.82%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in Cheshire

Acceptance Criteria
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in Cheshire

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in Cheshire

Acceptance Criteria
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Knutsford +2 5 £500 +12.62% 2
Acceptance Criteria
North West

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (75.00%) Spreadsheet
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Retail Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Change Manager
2 4 (50.00%) Operational Change Manager
3 2 (25.00%) Analyst
3 2 (25.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Business Strategy
1 6 (75.00%) Matrix Management
1 6 (75.00%) Matrix Organization
1 6 (75.00%) Programme Management
1 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
1 6 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (62.50%) Decision-Making
2 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
4 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (25.00%) User Stories
5 1 (12.50%) Agile
5 1 (12.50%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Business Case
5 1 (12.50%) Feasibility Study
5 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) Product Roadmap
5 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft