Acceptance Criteria
UK > Wales
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring Acceptance Criteria skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Acceptance Criteria over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 56 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +13 |
| Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales | - | - | 1.13% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 1.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £293 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £439 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £506 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +6.45% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £602 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £625 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -9.09% | +10.00% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
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 Wales.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 258 | 288 | 540 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales | 88.97% | 77.21% | 87.38% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 179 | 195 | 413 |
| 10th Percentile | £185 | £162 | £188 |
| 25th Percentile | £285 | £357 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £405 | £500 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.00% | +5.26% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £494 | £563 | £580 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £672 | £650 |
| UK median daily rate | £518 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.43% | -4.55% | +3.77% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 27 | 27 | 27 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.60 | £11.51 | £14.70 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.12 | £13.06 | £16.98 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.01 | £19.17 | £18.14 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.60% | +5.68% | -19.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.25 | £51.75 | £24.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £45.00 | £86.72 | £49.25 |
| UK median hourly rate | £28.30 | £36.50 | £36.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -22.48% | +1.39% | +40.19% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Wales
Job postings citing Acceptance Criteria as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in Wales.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in Wales.