Acceptance Criteria Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Acceptance Criteria
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales 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 34 - 42
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 9 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 2.44% - 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.16% - 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £287 - -
25th Percentile £293 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £308 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.60%
75th Percentile £512 - £575
90th Percentile £632 - -
Wales median daily rate £385 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +23.60%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 285 280 294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 77.24% 88.05% 82.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 169 223
10th Percentile £213 £187 £160
25th Percentile £290 £257 £274
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £515 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £675
Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 29 27
10th Percentile £12.82 £15.20 £13.03
25th Percentile £16.69 £20.12 £21.30
Median hourly rate £20.50 £22.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -30.77% +66.75%
75th Percentile £50.00 £28.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £84.50 £45.00 £86.72
Wales median hourly rate £19.10 £23.84 £32.50
% change year-on-year -19.90% -26.65% +66.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Acceptance Criteria job vacancy trend in South Wales

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Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Acceptance Criteria

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Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in South Wales over the 6 months to 8 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in South Wales

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Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Acceptance Criteria

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Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 8 February 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
Newport - 7 £675 - 1
Cardiff - 2 £295 - 1
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Wales

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 (11.11%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Azure
1 7 (77.78%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (55.56%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (55.56%) Power Platform
3 3 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
3 3 (33.33%) Azure Service Bus
3 3 (33.33%) GitHub
3 3 (33.33%) Power Automate
3 3 (33.33%) PowerApps
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Functions
4 1 (11.11%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Git
1 3 (33.33%) JMeter
1 3 (33.33%) MSTest
1 3 (33.33%) Selenium
1 3 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 6 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Military
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Senior
2 3 (33.33%) Automation Tester
2 3 (33.33%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Dynamics 365 Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Power Platform Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Dynamics 365 Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Tester
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Automation Tester
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Test Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Test Automation Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (66.67%) Web Services
2 3 (33.33%) HTML5 Canvas
2 3 (33.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) NHS
1 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Agile
2 7 (77.78%) DevOps
3 5 (55.56%) Unit Testing
4 4 (44.44%) Data Modelling
4 4 (44.44%) Scrum
4 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
4 4 (44.44%) Test Strategy
5 3 (33.33%) AI
5 3 (33.33%) Architectural Design
5 3 (33.33%) CRM
5 3 (33.33%) Design Patterns
5 3 (33.33%) Machine Learning
5 3 (33.33%) Microservices
5 3 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
5 3 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
5 3 (33.33%) SOA
6 2 (22.22%) Critical Thinking
6 2 (22.22%) User Experience
7 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
7 1 (11.11%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) C#
2 6 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 3 (33.33%) SQL
3 3 (33.33%) TypeScript
4 2 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) ISTQB
3 2 (22.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (44.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft