Acceptance Criteria Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Acceptance Criteria
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Acceptance Criteria skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 100 115
Rank change year-on-year +15 +15 +32
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 39 29 31
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.15% 1.35% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 1.47% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 18 17
10th Percentile £414 £488 £400
25th Percentile £435 £556 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £495
Median % change year-on-year -11.96% +26.26% -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £588
90th Percentile £730 £725 £603
Central London median daily rate £540 £625 £495
% change year-on-year -13.60% +26.26% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,681 1,971 2,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 92.82% 91.72% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,180 1,206 1,702
10th Percentile £337 £375 £363
25th Percentile £416 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £694
90th Percentile £757 £785 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 17 13
10th Percentile £16.96 £16.70 -
25th Percentile £20.18 £22.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.12% +54.55% -47.62%
75th Percentile £44.72 £112.00 £53.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £72.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £26.75
% change year-on-year -21.43% +30.84% -48.06%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Acceptance Criteria job vacancy trend in the City of London

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Acceptance Criteria.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Acceptance Criteria

Acceptance Criteria
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 26 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in the City of London

Acceptance Criteria
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Acceptance Criteria.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Acceptance Criteria

Acceptance Criteria
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (28.21%) Confluence
2 2 (5.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (12.82%) MS Visio
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.69%) Azure
1 3 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Purview
3 1 (2.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (2.56%) Asana
3 1 (2.56%) AWS
3 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.56%) Power Automate
3 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.56%) PowerApps
3 1 (2.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) Star Schema
2 1 (2.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (30.77%) JIRA
2 1 (2.56%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.56%) Cypress.io
2 1 (2.56%) Gatling
2 1 (2.56%) GitLab
2 1 (2.56%) Hamcrest
2 1 (2.56%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.56%) JUnit
2 1 (2.56%) Postman
2 1 (2.56%) Selenium
2 1 (2.56%) Serenity BDD
2 1 (2.56%) SonarQube
General
1 22 (56.41%) Social Skills
2 17 (43.59%) Finance
3 14 (35.90%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (35.90%) Presentation Skills
4 9 (23.08%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (7.69%) Banking
6 3 (7.69%) Retail
7 2 (5.13%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (5.13%) Legal
8 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (71.79%) Business Analyst
2 26 (66.67%) Analyst
3 5 (12.82%) Senior
3 5 (12.82%) Technical Analyst
3 5 (12.82%) Technical Business Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Insurance Business Analyst
4 4 (10.26%) Product Manager
5 3 (7.69%) Agile Business Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) Business Systems Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) Consultant
5 3 (7.69%) Digital Product Manager
5 3 (7.69%) Finance Business Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) Financial Analyst
5 3 (7.69%) Product Owner
5 3 (7.69%) Senior Business Analyst
6 2 (5.13%) Digital Product Owner
6 2 (5.13%) IT Manager
6 2 (5.13%) Payments Analyst
6 2 (5.13%) Payments Business Analyst
6 2 (5.13%) Records Management Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) ADO
1 1 (2.56%) React
1 1 (2.56%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 13 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.56%) Educational Technology
2 1 (2.56%) e-Learning
2 1 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.56%) Reinsurance
2 1 (2.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (89.74%) Agile
2 28 (71.79%) User Stories
3 16 (41.03%) User Acceptance Testing
4 10 (25.64%) Backlog Management
4 10 (25.64%) Product Backlog
5 9 (23.08%) Business Analysis
5 9 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (20.51%) Backlog Refinement
6 8 (20.51%) Epics
6 8 (20.51%) Roadmaps
6 8 (20.51%) Scrum
7 7 (17.95%) Backlog Prioritisation
7 7 (17.95%) Data Analysis
7 7 (17.95%) Project Delivery
7 7 (17.95%) Project Governance
7 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (17.95%) Strategic Thinking
7 7 (17.95%) Wireframes
8 6 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (15.38%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.13%) Java
1 2 (5.13%) SQL
2 1 (2.56%) Korn
2 1 (2.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (20.51%) Degree
2 5 (12.82%) SC Cleared
2 5 (12.82%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.38%) QA
2 2 (5.13%) ISO 20022
2 2 (5.13%) PSD2
3 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.56%) GDPR
3 1 (2.56%) PMO
3 1 (2.56%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) Salesforce
2 5 (12.82%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.13%) Hyperion
3 2 (5.13%) Oracle
3 2 (5.13%) Tagetik
4 1 (2.56%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.56%) Guidewire
4 1 (2.56%) Splunk
4 1 (2.56%) Workday