Acceptance Criteria Job Trends in Bolton

Acceptance Criteria
Manchester > Bolton

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bolton requiring Acceptance Criteria skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - -15
Permanent jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Bolton 0.82% - 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% - 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £44,000
75th Percentile - - £45,000
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £57,500 £49,877 £47,500
% change year-on-year +15.28% +5.00% -13.64%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bolton

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 Bolton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 112 83 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 91.80% 79.05% 80.95%
Number of salaries quoted 76 57 58
10th Percentile £27,577 £28,000 £26,159
25th Percentile £30,500 £33,250 £30,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year - +4.05% -8.95%
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £67,825
Manchester median annual salary £60,500 £52,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -8.33%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

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

Acceptance Criteria job vacancy trend in Bolton

Acceptance Criteria
Salary Trend in Bolton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing Acceptance Criteria.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bolton citing Acceptance Criteria

Acceptance Criteria
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bolton 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Rational DOORS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Italian Language
1 1 (100.00%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans
1 1 (100.00%) PMO