Acceptance Criteria Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Acceptance Criteria
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Acceptance Criteria skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 46 49
Rank change year-on-year +11 +3 +11
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 9 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 2.51% 1.08% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% 1.24% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile £387 - -
25th Percentile £409 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year -20.95% +31.25% +10.80%
75th Percentile £578 £538 £402
90th Percentile £673 - £405
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £458 £588 £400
% change year-on-year -22.13% +46.88% +10.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 302 242 461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 84.36% 87.05% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 173 352
10th Percentile £226 £250 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -1.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £600
90th Percentile £635 £656 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 4 15
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.01 £14.30
25th Percentile £23.81 £17.03 £19.25
Median hourly rate £29.61 £26.35 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.37% +9.79% +43.28%
75th Percentile £32.81 £36.50 £28.50
90th Percentile £36.00 £37.40 £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -30.14% +50.00% +54.84%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Acceptance Criteria job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

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Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Acceptance Criteria

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in Milton Keynes

Acceptance Criteria
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 7 (77.78%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Finance
3 3 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
5 1 (11.11%) Legal
5 1 (11.11%) Marketing
5 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Service Manager
2 4 (44.44%) Service Transition Manager
2 4 (44.44%) Transition Manager
3 3 (33.33%) Senior
3 3 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Senior Service Transition Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Service Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Service Design Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Service Transition Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Transition Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Business Integration Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Fibre Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Integration Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Telecoms Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Telecoms Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (55.56%) ITSM
2 5 (55.56%) User Experience
3 4 (44.44%) ITIL
3 4 (44.44%) Service Design
4 3 (33.33%) Business Analysis
4 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 3 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
4 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 3 (33.33%) Programme Management
4 3 (33.33%) Project Management
4 3 (33.33%) Service Catalogue
4 3 (33.33%) Service Management
4 3 (33.33%) UX Design
5 2 (22.22%) Agile
5 2 (22.22%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
5 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) SLA
2 2 (22.22%) PMO
3 1 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) ServiceNow
2 1 (11.11%) BT
2 1 (11.11%) Openreach