Acceptance Criteria Contracts in Hertfordshire

Acceptance Criteria
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire 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 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 67 65
Rank change year-on-year +25 -2 0
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 1 10 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.31% 1.19% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 1.33% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 10 4
10th Percentile - - £498
25th Percentile £306 £363 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £375 £588
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -36.17% +17.50%
75th Percentile £319 £388 £728
90th Percentile - £486 £891
East of England median daily rate £331 £375 £500
% change year-on-year -11.67% -25.00% +2.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 291 751 687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 89.54% 89.51% 87.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 266 360
10th Percentile £399 £233 £240
25th Percentile £447 £318 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £675
90th Percentile £675 £713 £750
East of England median daily rate £500 £461 £475
% change year-on-year +8.40% -2.89% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 319 155
10th Percentile £21.44 £38.12 £21.00
25th Percentile £46.91 £40.00 £53.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £50.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -23.08% +30.00%
75th Percentile £81.01 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £77.00
East of England median hourly rate £41.25 £40.14 £24.62
% change year-on-year +2.77% +63.03% +58.84%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in Hertfordshire

Acceptance Criteria
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in Hertfordshire

Acceptance Criteria
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 7 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
Watford +5 1 £313 -16.67% 1
Acceptance Criteria
East of England

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) OAT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) OAT Test Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery