Operational Acceptance Criteria Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Operational Acceptance Criteria
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Operational Acceptance Criteria skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Operational Acceptance Criteria 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.15% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £419 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - -
75th Percentile £456 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £438 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Operational 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 593 409 451
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 88.51% 92.12% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 424 244 300
10th Percentile £301 £297 £305
25th Percentile £358 £356 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £474 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% -5.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £540 £553 £560
90th Percentile £674 £647 £614
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 27 34
10th Percentile £15.50 £19.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £23.74 £17.29
Median hourly rate £22.85 £29.80 £25.14
Median % change year-on-year -23.32% +18.56% +44.08%
75th Percentile £40.75 £81.75 £39.50
90th Percentile £85.23 £86.00 £43.75
North West median hourly rate £42.69 £31.51 £30.00
% change year-on-year +35.46% +5.03% -20.00%

Operational Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Operational Acceptance Criteria job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Operational Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Operational Acceptance Criteria

Operational 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 Operational Acceptance Criteria within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 15 February 2026. 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
Warrington - 1 £438 -
Operational Acceptance Criteria
North West

Operational Acceptance Criteria
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA