Operational Acceptance Criteria Contract Job Trends in Shropshire
Operational Acceptance Criteria
West Midlands > Shropshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring Operational Acceptance Criteria skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 98 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Operational Acceptance Criteria | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire | 0.11% | - | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.13% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £690 | - | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £690 | - | - |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Shropshire
Operational 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 Shropshire.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 792 | 245 | 84 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire | 88.79% | 94.59% | 84.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 686 | 176 | 69 |
| 10th Percentile | £380 | £387 | £198 |
| 25th Percentile | £415 | £442 | £313 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £470 | £515 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.74% | +21.18% | -11.46% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £538 | £513 |
| 90th Percentile | £630 | £552 | £567 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £475 | £500 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | -2.44% | +2.50% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 23 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.01 | £26.13 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £14.48 | £27.59 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £25.54 | £31.31 | £23.60 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.42% | +32.65% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £53.75 | £36.30 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £38.53 | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £22.42 | £24.34 | £23.89 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.89% | +1.88% | -13.13% |
Operational Acceptance Criteria Contract Job Locations in Shropshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Acceptance Criteria within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 22 October 2026. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telford | - | 1 | £690 | - | |
| Operational Acceptance Criteria West Midlands |
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Operational Acceptance Criteria Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agile | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Cybersecurity | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Defect Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | DevOps | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Operational Acceptance Testing | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Operational Resilience | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Release Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Risk Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Runbook | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Scrum | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Service Management | 100.0% | 1 |
| 1 | Stakeholder Management | 100.0% | 1 |