Acceptance Criteria Contract Job Trends in Watford

Acceptance Criteria
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Watford requiring Acceptance Criteria skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 9 19
Rank change year-on-year -5 +10 +4
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 1 2 4
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 1.52% 4.44% 3.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 5.26% 3.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 £306 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £313 £375
Median % change year-on-year +84.00% -16.67% -37.50%
75th Percentile £588 £319 £388
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £575 £313 £375
% change year-on-year +84.00% -16.67% -40.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Watford

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 Watford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 61 38 121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 92.42% 84.44% 92.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 30 85
10th Percentile £170 £266 £276
25th Percentile £325 £306 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £395 £410
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -3.66% -34.40%
75th Percentile £581 £493 £575
90th Percentile £644 £575 £720
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £525 £475
% change year-on-year - +10.53% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile - - £13.58
25th Percentile £15.00 £46.31 £13.69
Median hourly rate £16.95 £47.44 £14.75
Median % change year-on-year -64.27% +221.63% -38.64%
75th Percentile £19.93 £48.57 £16.06
90th Percentile £21.79 - £16.33
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £22.68 £66.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -65.64% +1.54% -

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Acceptance Criteria job vacancy trend in Watford

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Trend in Watford

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

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

Acceptance Criteria
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories