Acceptance Criteria Job Trends in Aberdeenshire

Acceptance Criteria
Scotland > Aberdeenshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Aberdeenshire requiring Acceptance Criteria skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Aberdeenshire 1.92% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.86% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile £77,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £57,500 - £52,500
% change year-on-year - - -2.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Aberdeenshire

Acceptance Criteria falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Aberdeenshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 35 8 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Aberdeenshire 67.31% 61.54% 60.00%
Number of salaries quoted 15 8 26
10th Percentile - £31,275 £27,500
25th Percentile - £31,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £33,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +36.36% -26.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile - £34,500 £46,250
90th Percentile £53,750 - £55,625
Scotland median annual salary £53,400 £38,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +40.53% -30.91% +4.76%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Locations in Aberdeenshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Acceptance Criteria within the Aberdeenshire region over the 6 months to 23 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Peterhead - 1 £75,000 - 1
Acceptance Criteria
Scotland

Acceptance Criteria
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aberdeenshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Commissioning Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) HAZOP
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Safety