Acceptance Criteria Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Acceptance Criteria
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Acceptance Criteria skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 27 23
Rank change year-on-year -10 -4 +29
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 3 4 4
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.27% 2.23% 2.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 2.45% 3.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £404 £425
25th Percentile - £410 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £420 £550
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -23.64% +57.14%
75th Percentile - £450 £588
90th Percentile - £468 £595
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £525 £410 £550
% change year-on-year +28.05% -25.45% +57.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 209 163 128
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 88.19% 91.06% 87.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 68 94
10th Percentile £228 £312 £350
25th Percentile £406 £391 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £541 £600
90th Percentile £642 £671 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £475 £450 £485
% change year-on-year +5.56% -7.22% -10.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 19 7
10th Percentile £13.90 £13.75 £16.40
25th Percentile £17.00 £15.50 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.25 £18.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% -5.13% +22.95%
75th Percentile £20.63 £50.00 £26.13
90th Percentile £48.40 £70.00 £32.70
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £19.25 £18.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +4.05% -5.13% +30.61%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Acceptance Criteria job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Acceptance Criteria.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Acceptance Criteria

Acceptance Criteria
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Miro
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
2 1 (33.33%) Gatling
2 1 (33.33%) JMeter
2 1 (33.33%) Selenium
2 1 (33.33%) TestRail
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) QA Automation Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) QA Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) QA Test Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Service Transition Leader
1 1 (33.33%) Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) API Testing
2 1 (33.33%) BDD
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) QA Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Service Design
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) UML
2 1 (33.33%) Usability Testing
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) WCAG