Acceptance Criteria Contract Job Trends in West London

Acceptance Criteria
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West London requiring Acceptance Criteria skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 32 43
Rank change year-on-year -9 +11 +15
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 2 3 8
As % of all contract jobs in West London 0.69% 1.28% 1.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 1.46% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £89 £141
25th Percentile £225 £125 £289
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £183 £535
Median % change year-on-year +36.61% -65.79% +7.00%
75th Percentile £275 £242 -
90th Percentile - £277 -
London median daily rate £500 £535 £540
% change year-on-year -6.54% -0.93% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £43.00 - £90.00
London median hourly rate £43.00 £37.79 £86.41
% change year-on-year +13.80% -56.27% +10.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West London

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 West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 254 206 437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 87.59% 88.03% 90.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 139 345
10th Percentile £204 £300 £221
25th Percentile £300 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -13.64% +6.80%
75th Percentile £501 £575 £638
90th Percentile £605 £638 £713
London median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.11% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 15 20
10th Percentile £25.11 £21.89 £22.10
25th Percentile - £24.90 £38.59
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.59 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.78% -52.94% +116.67%
75th Percentile £33.58 £65.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £41.65 £72.20 £90.00
London median hourly rate £30.25 £38.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% +1.32% +1.33%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Acceptance Criteria job vacancy trend in West London

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Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Acceptance Criteria

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Hourly Rate Trend in West London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Acceptance Criteria

Acceptance Criteria
Contract Job Locations in West London

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 West London region over the 6 months to 5 November 2025. 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
Hounslow +4 2 £250 +278.79% 5
Acceptance Criteria
London

Acceptance Criteria
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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 (100.00%) Confluence
2 1 (50.00%) CMS
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Refinement
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) Content Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management