Acceptance Criteria Job Trends in London

Acceptance Criteria
England > London

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 316 292
Rank change year-on-year +45 -24 -29
Permanent jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 101 108 158
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.73% 0.69% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.73% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 58 74 130
10th Percentile £55,000 £52,650 £42,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £57,275 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £71,250 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -10.94% +14.29%
75th Percentile £87,500 £76,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £95,125 £86,375 £100,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% +0.87% -3.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,177 14,695 16,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.08% 94.46% 92.80%
Number of salaries quoted 7,790 8,093 13,210
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,250 £41,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Acceptance Criteria job vacancy trend in London

Acceptance Criteria
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Acceptance Criteria.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Acceptance Criteria

Acceptance Criteria
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in London over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Acceptance Criteria in London

Acceptance Criteria
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Acceptance Criteria within the London region over the 6 months to 6 January 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
Central London +45 13 £70,000 +3.70% 21
East London - 7 £85,000 - 14
South London - 6 - - 10
West London - 3 £55,000 - 10
Acceptance Criteria
England

Acceptance Criteria
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 7 (6.93%) Confluence
2 6 (5.94%) Tomcat
2 6 (5.94%) WebSphere
2 6 (5.94%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (1.98%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.95%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (1.98%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (1.98%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.99%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 35 (34.65%) AWS
2 28 (27.72%) Serverless
3 22 (21.78%) SaaS
4 21 (20.79%) Amazon S3
4 21 (20.79%) AWS Lambda
5 15 (14.85%) Amazon SQS
5 15 (14.85%) Azure
6 6 (5.94%) Amazon EC2
6 6 (5.94%) Amazon ECR
6 6 (5.94%) Amazon EKS
6 6 (5.94%) AWS CloudFormation
6 6 (5.94%) Route 53
6 6 (5.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 4 (3.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 3 (2.97%) Figma
8 3 (2.97%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 3 (2.97%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (1.98%) Lucidchart
9 2 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.98%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 11 (10.89%) Broadband
2 6 (5.94%) SSL
3 5 (4.95%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.93%) NoSQL
2 6 (5.94%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (5.94%) DB2
2 6 (5.94%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (5.94%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.96%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.99%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.99%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 12 (11.88%) JIRA
2 11 (10.89%) Jenkins
2 11 (10.89%) TeamCity
3 1 (0.99%) Postman
3 1 (0.99%) Selenium
General
1 53 (52.48%) Social Skills
2 24 (23.76%) Finance
3 19 (18.81%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (15.84%) Banking
4 16 (15.84%) Health Technology
5 15 (14.85%) Influencing Skills
5 15 (14.85%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (14.85%) Publishing
5 15 (14.85%) Tech for Good
6 12 (11.88%) Marketing
7 5 (4.95%) Financial Institution
8 4 (3.96%) Legal
8 4 (3.96%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (3.96%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.98%) Retail
10 2 (1.98%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.99%) Advertising
11 1 (0.99%) Back Office
11 1 (0.99%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 32 (31.68%) Lead
2 22 (21.78%) Developer
3 20 (19.80%) Senior
4 18 (17.82%) Python Developer
5 17 (16.83%) Lead Developer
5 17 (16.83%) Lead Python Developer
6 16 (15.84%) Analyst
7 15 (14.85%) AWS Developer
7 15 (14.85%) Business Analyst
8 14 (13.86%) React Developer
9 13 (12.87%) Product Manager
10 10 (9.90%) Software Developer
11 8 (7.92%) Architect
11 8 (7.92%) Lead Software Developer
11 8 (7.92%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (6.93%) Lead Architect
12 7 (6.93%) Lead Solutions Architect
13 6 (5.94%) Applications Engineer
13 6 (5.94%) Product Owner
13 6 (5.94%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (14.85%) RESTful
2 11 (10.89%) Akka
3 7 (6.93%) AngularJS
3 7 (6.93%) React
3 7 (6.93%) REST
3 7 (6.93%) Vue
4 6 (5.94%) LAPP Stack
4 6 (5.94%) LDAP
4 6 (5.94%) WebSphere MQ
5 1 (0.99%) ADO
5 1 (0.99%) Apache NiFi
5 1 (0.99%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 26 (25.74%) Product Ownership
2 12 (11.88%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (10.89%) Over-the-Top Content
3 11 (10.89%) Video\Live Streaming
4 7 (6.93%) Low-Code
4 7 (6.93%) Management Information System
5 6 (5.94%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (3.96%) CMDB
6 4 (3.96%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.97%) PACS
7 3 (2.97%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (1.98%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.98%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.98%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.98%) Shadow IT
9 1 (0.99%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.99%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.91%) Windows
2 7 (6.93%) Linux
2 7 (6.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 7 (6.93%) Unix
3 2 (1.98%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (78.22%) Agile
2 59 (58.42%) User Stories
3 45 (44.55%) Scrum
4 40 (39.60%) Roadmaps
5 33 (32.67%) TDD
6 29 (28.71%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (25.74%) Pair Programming
8 23 (22.77%) Coaching
8 23 (22.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (22.77%) Process Improvement
8 23 (22.77%) Product Management
9 22 (21.78%) CI/CD
9 22 (21.78%) Mentoring
10 21 (20.79%) Analytics
10 21 (20.79%) Translating Business Requirements
11 20 (19.80%) AI
12 19 (18.81%) Strategic Thinking
13 16 (15.84%) Data Analytics
13 16 (15.84%) Kanban
13 16 (15.84%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 29 (28.71%) Python
2 11 (10.89%) Scala
3 8 (7.92%) JavaScript
4 4 (3.96%) SQL
5 2 (1.98%) Java
6 1 (0.99%) C#
6 1 (0.99%) Go
6 1 (0.99%) PHP
Qualifications
1 19 (18.81%) Degree
2 7 (6.93%) AWS Certification
2 7 (6.93%) ITIL Certification
2 7 (6.93%) TOGAF Certification
3 4 (3.96%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.96%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.98%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.98%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.98%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.99%) CFA
6 1 (0.99%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (29.70%) QA
2 14 (13.86%) SLA
3 5 (4.95%) PMO
4 3 (2.97%) ISO 20022
5 2 (1.98%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.98%) GRC
System Software
1 11 (10.89%) Docker
2 2 (1.98%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.99%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 1 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (10.89%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.99%) Grafana
Vendors
1 8 (7.92%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.93%) Red Hat
3 6 (5.94%) IBM
3 6 (5.94%) Salesforce
4 4 (3.96%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (3.96%) Fortinet
4 4 (3.96%) Palo Alto
5 3 (2.97%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.98%) Oracle
6 2 (1.98%) Workday
7 1 (0.99%) Apple
7 1 (0.99%) Google
7 1 (0.99%) ION Trading
7 1 (0.99%) OpenLink
7 1 (0.99%) SAP
7 1 (0.99%) Symantec
7 1 (0.99%) VMware