Acceptance Criteria Contract Job Trends in Newport

Acceptance Criteria
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newport requiring Acceptance Criteria skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 11.48% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.91% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £638 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £713 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £308 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +23.60%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newport

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 Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 44 64 72
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 72.13% 91.43% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 24 42
10th Percentile £366 £161 £133
25th Percentile £406 £189 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £365 £491
Median % change year-on-year +36.99% -25.70% -8.18%
75th Percentile £594 £603 £625
90th Percentile £701 £634 £686
South Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 24 18
10th Percentile - £15.20 £13.11
25th Percentile - £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £50.00 £23.59 £42.75
Median % change year-on-year +111.95% -44.82% +113.75%
75th Percentile £85.00 £31.88 £55.25
90th Percentile £88.00 £43.88 £86.54
South Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £22.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.89% -30.77% +66.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Acceptance Criteria job vacancy trend in Newport

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Daily Rate Trend in Newport

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

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

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Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Acceptance Criteria.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Acceptance Criteria

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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 3 (42.86%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
1 6 (85.71%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (71.43%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (71.43%) Power Platform
3 3 (42.86%) Azure Logic Apps
3 3 (42.86%) Azure Service Bus
3 3 (42.86%) GitHub
3 3 (42.86%) Power Automate
3 3 (42.86%) PowerApps
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Functions
4 1 (14.29%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Git
1 3 (42.86%) JMeter
1 3 (42.86%) MSTest
1 3 (42.86%) Selenium
1 3 (42.86%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) Automation Tester
2 3 (42.86%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Dynamics 365 Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Power Platform Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Dynamics 365 Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Tester
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Automation Tester
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Tester
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Test Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Test Automation Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) Web Services
2 3 (42.86%) HTML5 Canvas
2 3 (42.86%) RESTful
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
1 6 (85.71%) DevOps
2 5 (71.43%) Unit Testing
3 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
3 4 (57.14%) Test Strategy
4 3 (42.86%) AI
4 3 (42.86%) Architectural Design
4 3 (42.86%) CRM
4 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
4 3 (42.86%) Design Patterns
4 3 (42.86%) Machine Learning
4 3 (42.86%) Microservices
4 3 (42.86%) Non-Functional Testing
4 3 (42.86%) Performance Optimisation
4 3 (42.86%) Scrum
4 3 (42.86%) SOA
5 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
5 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C#
2 6 (85.71%) JavaScript
3 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 3 (42.86%) TypeScript
4 2 (28.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) ISTQB
3 2 (28.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (57.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft