Acceptance Criteria Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Acceptance Criteria
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Acceptance Criteria skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 55 66
Rank change year-on-year 0 +11 +21
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 6 10 10
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.95% 1.62% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 1.71% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 6
10th Percentile £281 £412 £404
25th Percentile £328 £425 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £438 £430
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +1.74% -9.47%
75th Percentile £417 £444 £484
90th Percentile £418 £462 £529
Scotland median daily rate £400 £438 £481
% change year-on-year -8.57% -9.09% -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 563 586 747
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 89.08% 95.13% 89.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 333 443
10th Percentile £201 £198 £212
25th Percentile £400 £387 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £456 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £638 £656
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 20 30
10th Percentile £17.36 £20.93 £14.91
25th Percentile £22.00 £21.92 £16.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.09 £24.44
Median % change year-on-year +107.56% -1.41% +14.93%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.30 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £28.97 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £22.88 £19.50
% change year-on-year -12.57% +17.31% +18.18%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Acceptance Criteria job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Acceptance Criteria

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 16 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in Edinburgh

Acceptance Criteria
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Cypress.io
1 1 (16.67%) Selenium
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Product Owner
3 1 (16.67%) Insurance Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Junior
3 1 (16.67%) Junior Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Lead Product Owner
3 1 (16.67%) Life and Pensions Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Pensions Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
3 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (16.67%) Social Media
3 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
1 5 (83.33%) User Stories
2 4 (66.67%) Data Protection
3 3 (50.00%) Product Backlog
4 2 (33.33%) Backlog Management
4 2 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) Customer Engagement
4 2 (33.33%) Customer Experience
4 2 (33.33%) Customer Insight
4 2 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
4 2 (33.33%) DevOps
4 2 (33.33%) Digital Customer Experience
4 2 (33.33%) Product Vision
4 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
5 1 (16.67%) Customer Journey Map
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (16.67%) Disclosure Scotland
1 1 (16.67%) PMO
1 1 (16.67%) WCAG