Acceptance Criteria Contracts in London

Acceptance Criteria
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 188 222 213
Rank change year-on-year +34 -9 +1
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 233 285 514
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.33% 1.13% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 1.25% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 185 309
10th Percentile £374 £400 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +2.33% +3.37%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £644
90th Percentile £700 £650 £706
England median daily rate £510 £549 £505
% change year-on-year -7.10% +8.71% +6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 1
10th Percentile £31.71 £58.58 -
25th Percentile £32.03 £62.06 £76.56
Median hourly rate £33.04 £67.00 £78.13
Median % change year-on-year -50.69% -14.24% +169.40%
75th Percentile £41.08 £72.50 £79.69
90th Percentile £54.88 £77.00 -
England median hourly rate £33.07 £60.00 £63.25
% change year-on-year -44.88% -5.14% +118.10%

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,493 22,867 35,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.25% 90.91% 92.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,090 16,561 26,167
10th Percentile £340 £375 £393
25th Percentile £445 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £778
England median daily rate £525 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 265 394
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £35.75
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +9.09% +8.83%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.00 £51.26
90th Percentile £68.30 £82.40 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% +13.33%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in London

Acceptance Criteria
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in London

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in London

Acceptance Criteria
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in London

Acceptance Criteria
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 9 June 2024. 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
Central London +39 45 £525 +13.21% 2
East London +4 11 £540 +6.67%
West London +15 6 £350 -41.67%
South London +5 1 £380 -27.62% 4
North London - 1 £375 -
Acceptance Criteria
England

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 18 (7.73%) Confluence
2 4 (1.72%) CMS
2 4 (1.72%) Drupal
3 2 (0.86%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.43%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.43%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.43%) Camunda
4 1 (0.43%) IIS
4 1 (0.43%) Joomla!
4 1 (0.43%) LiveLink
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.43%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.43%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (4.72%) Aligne
2 8 (3.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (2.15%) SimCorp Dimension
4 4 (1.72%) Shopify
5 2 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.43%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.43%) Endur
6 1 (0.43%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.43%) Softmar
6 1 (0.43%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 48 (20.60%) Azure
2 33 (14.16%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (4.72%) Power Platform
4 9 (3.86%) AWS
5 8 (3.43%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (3.00%) Miro
6 7 (3.00%) Power Automate
7 5 (2.15%) SaaS
8 4 (1.72%) BigCommerce
9 3 (1.29%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (1.29%) PaaS
10 2 (0.86%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.86%) Figma
10 2 (0.86%) GCP
10 2 (0.86%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 2 (0.86%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.43%) dbt
11 1 (0.43%) GitHub
11 1 (0.43%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.86%) SSH
2 3 (1.29%) DNS
3 2 (0.86%) DHCP
3 2 (0.86%) Firewall
3 2 (0.86%) Network Security
3 2 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.43%) FTP
4 1 (0.43%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.43%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.72%) Power BI
2 10 (4.29%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.00%) Data Lake
4 5 (2.15%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.72%) Apache Cassandra
5 4 (1.72%) Redis
5 4 (1.72%) SAP HANA
6 3 (1.29%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.29%) GIS
7 2 (0.86%) Big Data
7 2 (0.86%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.86%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.43%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.43%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (12.45%) JIRA
2 18 (7.73%) Postman
3 12 (5.15%) SoapUI
4 9 (3.86%) Cucumber
4 9 (3.86%) JUnit
5 8 (3.43%) Selenium
6 7 (3.00%) Visual Studio
7 6 (2.58%) WebDriver
8 5 (2.15%) Gatling
8 5 (2.15%) LoadRunner
9 4 (1.72%) Appium
9 4 (1.72%) Git
9 4 (1.72%) Mockito
9 4 (1.72%) Rational Performance Tester
9 4 (1.72%) ScalaTest
10 2 (0.86%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.86%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.86%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.43%) Burp Suite
11 1 (0.43%) Rational DOORS
General
1 83 (35.62%) Social Skills
2 74 (31.76%) Finance
3 48 (20.60%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (10.30%) Presentation Skills
4 24 (10.30%) Public Sector
5 21 (9.01%) Back Office
6 16 (6.87%) Banking
7 9 (3.86%) Investment Banking
8 7 (3.00%) Front Office
9 6 (2.58%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.58%) Retail
10 5 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.15%) Marketing
11 4 (1.72%) Local Government
12 3 (1.29%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.86%) Agriculture
13 2 (0.86%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.86%) Games
13 2 (0.86%) Legal
13 2 (0.86%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 108 (46.35%) Analyst
2 84 (36.05%) Business Analyst
3 38 (16.31%) Senior
4 24 (10.30%) Product Owner
5 22 (9.44%) Consultant
5 22 (9.44%) Senior Analyst
6 20 (8.58%) Technical Analyst
6 20 (8.58%) Technical Business Analyst
7 15 (6.44%) Developer
8 14 (6.01%) Test Analyst
9 12 (5.15%) Senior Business Analyst
10 11 (4.72%) Project Manager
10 11 (4.72%) Service Manager
10 11 (4.72%) Service Transition Manager
10 11 (4.72%) Transition Manager
11 10 (4.29%) Financial Analyst
11 10 (4.29%) Insurance Business Analyst
11 10 (4.29%) Senior Test Analyst
12 9 (3.86%) Java Developer
12 9 (3.86%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.15%) SOAP
2 14 (6.01%) Web Services
3 13 (5.58%) Hibernate
3 13 (5.58%) JPA
3 13 (5.58%) Spring
4 12 (5.15%) XML
5 9 (3.86%) J2EE
5 9 (3.86%) JSON
5 9 (3.86%) REST
6 6 (2.58%) ADO
7 4 (1.72%) .NET
7 4 (1.72%) Akka
7 4 (1.72%) Play Framework
7 4 (1.72%) RESTful
7 4 (1.72%) SAP PI
7 4 (1.72%) spray
7 4 (1.72%) Spring MVC
7 4 (1.72%) VML
8 2 (0.86%) Node.js
8 2 (0.86%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 57 (24.46%) Product Ownership
2 20 (8.58%) Management Information System
3 18 (7.73%) Mobile App
4 9 (3.86%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.86%) Linux Command Line
4 9 (3.86%) Renewable Energy
4 9 (3.86%) Solar Panel
5 6 (2.58%) Algorithms
5 6 (2.58%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.15%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.15%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 4 (1.72%) Derivative
8 3 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.29%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.29%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.86%) Clustering
9 2 (0.86%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.86%) Freedom of Information
9 2 (0.86%) Freedom of Information Act
9 2 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.30%) Linux
2 13 (5.58%) Unix
3 9 (3.86%) Windows
4 6 (2.58%) Android
5 1 (0.43%) AIX
5 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (66.09%) Agile
2 132 (56.65%) User Stories
3 55 (23.61%) Scrum
4 54 (23.18%) Business Analysis
5 48 (20.60%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (20.17%) DevOps
7 39 (16.74%) User Acceptance Testing
8 35 (15.02%) Epics
8 35 (15.02%) Workshop Facilitation
9 32 (13.73%) Product Backlog
10 31 (13.30%) Test Automation
11 26 (11.16%) Continuous Integration
11 26 (11.16%) Migration
11 26 (11.16%) Requirements Gathering
12 25 (10.73%) Backlog Prioritisation
13 23 (9.87%) BDD
14 22 (9.44%) Business Case
15 21 (9.01%) Software Testing
15 21 (9.01%) Translating Business Requirements
16 20 (8.58%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 26 (11.16%) SQL
2 18 (7.73%) Java
3 12 (5.15%) Python
4 8 (3.43%) C#
5 6 (2.58%) Perl
6 5 (2.15%) Kotlin
6 5 (2.15%) Scala
7 3 (1.29%) C
7 3 (1.29%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.29%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.86%) Go
8 2 (0.86%) R
9 1 (0.43%) C++
9 1 (0.43%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (8.58%) Degree
2 18 (7.73%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.44%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.72%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.29%) MBA
6 2 (0.86%) CBAP
7 1 (0.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.43%) CSPO
7 1 (0.43%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.43%) ISEB
7 1 (0.43%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.01%) QA
2 9 (3.86%) PCI DSS
3 6 (2.58%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.15%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.86%) WCAG
6 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (3.00%) Docker
2 2 (0.86%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.43%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 8 (3.43%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.15%) Grafana
2 5 (2.15%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.43%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 26 (11.16%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.01%) SAP
3 6 (2.58%) ServiceNow
4 5 (2.15%) CyberSource
4 5 (2.15%) HP
4 5 (2.15%) IBM
4 5 (2.15%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.15%) SimCorp
5 4 (1.72%) Adobe
5 4 (1.72%) Sitecore
6 3 (1.29%) Dell
6 3 (1.29%) Intel
7 2 (0.86%) Civica
7 2 (0.86%) Guidewire
7 2 (0.86%) Oracle
8 1 (0.43%) Broadcom
8 1 (0.43%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.43%) F5
8 1 (0.43%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.43%) Sparx