Acceptance Criteria Contracts in the City of London

Acceptance Criteria
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 124 154
Rank change year-on-year +33 +30 -27
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 33 50 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 1.49% 1.37% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 1.49% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 23 35
10th Percentile £375 £358 £412
25th Percentile £430 £400 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £540
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -12.04% -1.82%
75th Percentile £638 £626 £620
90th Percentile £704 £745 £688
Central London median daily rate £525 £475 £540
% change year-on-year +10.53% -12.04% +0.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,999 3,351 3,906
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.37% 91.78% 91.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,415 2,247 2,967
10th Percentile £356 £350 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 26 40
10th Percentile £19.13 £15.50 £18.30
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.93 £23.44
Median hourly rate £25.00 £43.25 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.20% +5.49% +115.93%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £52.00
90th Percentile £48.57 £88.30 £62.83
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the City of London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in the City of London

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (24.24%) Confluence
2 1 (3.03%) Apache Solr
2 1 (3.03%) CMS
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) SAP Hybris
1 1 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (3.03%) Softmar
Cloud Services
1 10 (30.30%) Azure
1 10 (30.30%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (6.06%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 1 (3.03%) dbt
3 1 (3.03%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
3 1 (3.03%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) Data Mart
2 1 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.03%) SAP BW
2 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (15.15%) JIRA
2 1 (3.03%) Burp Suite
2 1 (3.03%) Postman
2 1 (3.03%) Selenium
2 1 (3.03%) SoapUI
General
1 11 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 9 (27.27%) Finance
3 5 (15.15%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Banking
4 3 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.06%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Digital Health
6 1 (3.03%) Digital Healthcare
6 1 (3.03%) Health Technology
6 1 (3.03%) Law
6 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (39.39%) Analyst
2 12 (36.36%) Business Analyst
3 10 (30.30%) Product Owner
4 4 (12.12%) Digital Product Owner
4 4 (12.12%) Insurance Business Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Finance Business Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Financial Analyst
5 3 (9.09%) Service Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Service Transition Manager
5 3 (9.09%) Transition Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Manual Tester
6 2 (6.06%) Market Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Service Design Manager
6 2 (6.06%) Tester
6 2 (6.06%) Transformation Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Agile Business Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Agile Product Owner
7 1 (3.03%) E-Commerce Product Owner
7 1 (3.03%) Pensions Business Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) QA Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (3.03%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 14 (42.42%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.06%) Derivative
2 2 (6.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.03%) HACMP
3 1 (3.03%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (69.70%) User Stories
2 22 (66.67%) Agile
3 13 (39.39%) Workshop Facilitation
4 12 (36.36%) Product Backlog
4 12 (36.36%) User Acceptance Testing
5 10 (30.30%) DevOps
5 10 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (24.24%) Backlog Prioritisation
6 8 (24.24%) Business Case
7 7 (21.21%) Backlog Refinement
7 7 (21.21%) Business Analysis
7 7 (21.21%) Product Requirements
7 7 (21.21%) Sprint Planning
7 7 (21.21%) Translating Business Requirements
8 6 (18.18%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 6 (18.18%) Impact Assessments
8 6 (18.18%) Product Management
8 6 (18.18%) Product Vision
8 6 (18.18%) Workflow
9 5 (15.15%) Epics
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) C#
1 1 (3.03%) Java
1 1 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (6.06%) Degree
2 1 (3.03%) ISEB
2 1 (3.03%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.06%) QA
2 1 (3.03%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) PowerHA
Vendors
1 3 (9.09%) SAP
2 2 (6.06%) Murex
2 2 (6.06%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.03%) Oracle