Acceptance Criteria Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Acceptance Criteria
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Acceptance Criteria skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 7 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 1.75% - 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% - 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £265 - -
25th Percentile £288 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £450
75th Percentile £363 - -
90th Percentile £385 - -
South East median daily rate £468 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -1.58% +5.56% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.75
Median hourly rate - - £23.50
75th Percentile - - £24.25
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £70.00 - £23.50
% change year-on-year - - -60.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Sussex

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 Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 338 158 172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 84.71% 85.41% 88.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 108 129
10th Percentile £216 £170 £200
25th Percentile £312 £271 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -7.69%
75th Percentile £500 £528 £550
90th Percentile £629 £675 £625
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +0.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 26 5
10th Percentile £13.13 - £24.45
25th Percentile £19.25 £15.50 £27.00
Median hourly rate £30.50 £18.82 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.06% -32.79% +14.47%
75th Percentile £35.19 £20.69 £29.00
90th Percentile £60.00 £50.00 £35.75
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £21.90 £57.35
% change year-on-year +151.14% -61.81% +14.70%

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Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Acceptance Criteria job vacancy trend in West Sussex

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Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in West Sussex over the 6 months to 2 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in West Sussex

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Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

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

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Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
Horsham - 6 £400 - 1
Burgess Hill - 1 £250 -
Acceptance Criteria
South East

Acceptance Criteria
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 5 (71.43%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) NFC
Development Applications
1 6 (85.71%) JIRA
General
1 6 (85.71%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
3 4 (57.14%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Finance
5 1 (14.29%) Billing
5 1 (14.29%) Legal
5 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (14.29%) Analyst
1 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
1 1 (14.29%) Product Manager
1 1 (14.29%) Test Manager
1 1 (14.29%) UAT Manager
1 1 (14.29%) UAT Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Blog
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Stakeholder Management
1 6 (85.71%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (71.43%) Business Analysis
2 5 (71.43%) Business Case
2 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (71.43%) User Stories
3 4 (57.14%) Business Process Improvement
3 4 (57.14%) Change Management
3 4 (57.14%) Dependency Management
3 4 (57.14%) IT Governance
3 4 (57.14%) Process Improvement
3 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
3 4 (57.14%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) DevOps
5 1 (14.29%) Scrum
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (14.29%) Test Management
5 1 (14.29%) User Experience
5 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) HP