Acceptance Criteria Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Acceptance Criteria
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring Acceptance Criteria skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 63 72
Rank change year-on-year +21 +9 +22
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 23 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 4.13% 0.18% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.82% 0.21% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 0 3
10th Percentile - - £573
25th Percentile £713 - £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.70%
75th Percentile £738 - £644
90th Percentile - - £648
South West median daily rate £725 - £500

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 477 481 686
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 85.64% 86.36% 87.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 328 511
10th Percentile £375 £354 £350
25th Percentile £513 £460 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £584 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.18% - -
75th Percentile £695 £658 £634
90th Percentile £738 £738 £723
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 7 15
10th Percentile £12.50 - £14.36
25th Percentile £15.00 - £30.43
Median hourly rate £22.27 £12.79 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.08% -74.42% -23.66%
75th Percentile £24.50 £36.40 £66.00
90th Percentile £25.15 £60.00 £74.00
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Acceptance Criteria job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in Wiltshire

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Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

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

Acceptance Criteria
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Corsham - 23 £725 - 2
Acceptance Criteria
South West

Acceptance Criteria
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 21 (91.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (91.30%) Microsoft Office
1 21 (91.30%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) Lucidchart
1 1 (4.35%) Miro
Development Applications
1 22 (95.65%) JIRA
General
1 23 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 21 (91.30%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (91.30%) Military
Job Titles
1 21 (91.30%) Architect
1 21 (91.30%) Service Architect
2 1 (4.35%) Analyst
2 1 (4.35%) Business Analyst
2 1 (4.35%) IT Manager
2 1 (4.35%) IT Services Manager
2 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
2 1 (4.35%) Service Manager
2 1 (4.35%) Service Transition Manager
2 1 (4.35%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 21 (91.30%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.35%) CMDB
2 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) ITIL
1 23 (100.00%) Service Management
2 22 (95.65%) Agile
2 22 (95.65%) Knowledge Transfer
2 22 (95.65%) Service Design
3 21 (91.30%) Analytical Thinking
3 21 (91.30%) Business Continuity
3 21 (91.30%) Critical Thinking
3 21 (91.30%) Security Patching
3 21 (91.30%) TOGAF
4 2 (8.70%) ITSM
4 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (4.35%) Architecture Governance
5 1 (4.35%) BPMN
5 1 (4.35%) Business Analysis
5 1 (4.35%) Change Management
5 1 (4.35%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (4.35%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.35%) Workflow
5 1 (4.35%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 23 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 23 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 21 (91.30%) Degree
2 21 (91.30%) TOGAF Certification
Systems Management
1 21 (91.30%) OPNET
Vendors
1 22 (95.65%) Remedy
1 22 (95.65%) ServiceNow
2 21 (91.30%) Atlassian