Acceptance Criteria Contract Job Trends in Taunton

Acceptance Criteria
Somerset > Taunton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Taunton requiring Acceptance Criteria skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
7 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in Taunton 10.00% - 17.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.34% - 18.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £571 - £576
25th Percentile £584 - £580
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 - £617
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.15%
75th Percentile £634 - £625
90th Percentile £644 - -
Somerset median daily rate £600 £720 £608
% change year-on-year -16.67% +18.37% -6.42%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Taunton

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 Taunton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29 6 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Taunton 96.67% 100.00% 96.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 1 24
10th Percentile £470 - £521
25th Percentile £500 £613 £574
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £630 - £742
Somerset median daily rate £425 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £12.80
25th Percentile £37.25 - £13.25
Median hourly rate £40.54 - £14.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.11%
75th Percentile £43.84 - £15.75
90th Percentile - - £16.20
Somerset median hourly rate £57.50 £17.01 £40.00
% change year-on-year +238.14% -57.49% -

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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

Acceptance Criteria job vacancy trend in Taunton

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Trend in Taunton

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

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

Acceptance Criteria
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton 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 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Service Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Service Transition Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Transition Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 1 (33.33%) Business Impact Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 1 (33.33%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (33.33%) Critical Path Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Work Breakdown Structure
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
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