Acceptance Criteria Contract Job Trends in Wales

Acceptance Criteria
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in 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 37 - 46
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 10 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 2.09% - 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.64% - 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £289 - -
25th Percentile £298 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.60%
75th Percentile £539 - £575
90th Percentile £643 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -8.93%

All Process & 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 379 327 354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 79.29% 86.05% 81.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 205 270
10th Percentile £195 £174 £166
25th Percentile £290 £250 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £509 £550 £560
90th Percentile £623 £650 £668
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 32 27
10th Percentile £13.33 £15.69 £13.03
25th Percentile £16.09 £20.12 £21.30
Median hourly rate £19.10 £23.84 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.90% -26.65% +66.75%
75th Percentile £25.77 £31.82 £55.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £44.63 £86.72
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +7.69%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Acceptance Criteria job vacancy trend in Wales

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Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

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

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in Wales

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Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in 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 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
South Wales - 9 £308 - 2
West Wales - 1 £463 -
Acceptance Criteria
UK

Acceptance Criteria
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 2 (20.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) Azure
1 7 (70.00%) Azure DevOps
2 5 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 3 (30.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 3 (30.00%) Azure Service Bus
3 3 (30.00%) GitHub
3 3 (30.00%) Power Automate
3 3 (30.00%) PowerApps
4 1 (10.00%) Azure Functions
4 1 (10.00%) Serverless
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Git
1 3 (30.00%) JMeter
1 3 (30.00%) MSTest
1 3 (30.00%) Selenium
1 3 (30.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (70.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Military
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Senior
2 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Automation Tester
2 3 (30.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Power Platform Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Dynamics 365 Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Tester
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Automation Tester
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Tester
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Test Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Test Automation Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) Web Services
2 3 (30.00%) HTML5 Canvas
2 3 (30.00%) RESTful
3 1 (10.00%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) NHS
1 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Agile
2 7 (70.00%) DevOps
3 5 (50.00%) Scrum
3 5 (50.00%) Unit Testing
4 4 (40.00%) Data Modelling
4 4 (40.00%) Test Automation
4 4 (40.00%) Test Strategy
5 3 (30.00%) AI
5 3 (30.00%) Architectural Design
5 3 (30.00%) CRM
5 3 (30.00%) Design Patterns
5 3 (30.00%) Machine Learning
5 3 (30.00%) Microservices
5 3 (30.00%) Non-Functional Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 3 (30.00%) SOA
6 2 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
6 2 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (20.00%) User Experience
7 1 (10.00%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) C#
2 6 (60.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (30.00%) SQL
3 3 (30.00%) TypeScript
4 2 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) ISTQB
3 2 (20.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (10.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (40.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft