Acceptance Criteria Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Acceptance Criteria
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stevenage requiring Acceptance Criteria skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 36 -
Rank change year-on-year -7 - -
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 4 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 0.95% 1.93% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 2.19% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £483 - -
25th Percentile £494 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £553 - -
90th Percentile £649 - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £500 £538 £375
% change year-on-year -6.98% +43.33% -34.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 349 183 261
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stevenage 82.70% 88.41% 82.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 52 25
10th Percentile £198 £355 £260
25th Percentile £425 £500 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £365
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +50.68% -21.29%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £575
90th Percentile £729 £745 £590
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £550 £400
% change year-on-year -4.55% +37.50% -27.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 87 159
10th Percentile £34.58 £41.05 £39.62
25th Percentile £57.63 £43.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +25.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £72.63 £67.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.75 £75.00 £70.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £65.00 £45.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +44.44% -10.00% -23.08%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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

Acceptance Criteria job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

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

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in Stevenage over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in Stevenage

Acceptance Criteria
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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:

General
1 3 (75.00%) Manufacturing
1 3 (75.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Life Science
1 3 (75.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 3 (75.00%) Kanban
1 3 (75.00%) Product Backlog
1 3 (75.00%) Product Roadmap
1 3 (75.00%) Product Vision
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (75.00%) Scrum
1 3 (75.00%) Software Assurance
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Debt
1 3 (75.00%) User Stories
1 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Product Requirements
2 2 (50.00%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (50.00%) Sprint Review
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (25.00%) Value Proposition
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 3 (75.00%) GxP
1 3 (75.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft