Acceptance Criteria Jobs in the North of England

Acceptance Criteria
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Acceptance Criteria skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Acceptance Criteria over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 187 323 323
Rank change year-on-year +136 0 -127
Permanent jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 178 76 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.53% 0.41% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 0.51% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 33 48 79
10th Percentile £40,250 £36,375 £36,931
25th Percentile £40,748 £43,750 £47,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,748 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.69% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £53,000 £53,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £74,750 £56,250 £63,750
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +4.35% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,999 15,011 15,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.29% 81.77% 96.74%
Number of salaries quoted 5,481 11,439 7,819
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,600 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Acceptance Criteria as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in the North of England

Acceptance Criteria
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the North of England.

Salary trend for Acceptance Criteria in the North of England

Acceptance Criteria
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Acceptance Criteria in the North of England

Acceptance Criteria
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Acceptance Criteria within the North of England region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +89 158 £45,748 -3.69% 167
Yorkshire +56 20 £47,500 - 124
Acceptance Criteria
England

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.56%) CMS
1 1 (0.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (3.37%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.69%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (2.81%) Miro
2 4 (2.25%) Figma
2 4 (2.25%) Google Workspace
2 4 (2.25%) Slack
3 3 (1.69%) AWS
3 3 (1.69%) Azure
4 2 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (1.12%) Serverless
4 2 (1.12%) Tricentis Tosca
5 1 (0.56%) Amazon SQS
5 1 (0.56%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (0.56%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 28 (15.73%) JIRA
2 21 (11.80%) eggPlant
3 4 (2.25%) Balsamiq
4 3 (1.69%) Git
5 2 (1.12%) Postman
5 2 (1.12%) Selenium
General
1 46 (25.84%) Social Skills
2 24 (13.48%) Documentation Skills
3 7 (3.93%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (3.93%) Finance
4 4 (2.25%) Financial Institution
4 4 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (1.12%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.56%) Back Office
6 1 (0.56%) Banking
6 1 (0.56%) Digital Health
6 1 (0.56%) Front Office
6 1 (0.56%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.56%) Marketing
6 1 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 110 (61.80%) Senior
2 75 (42.13%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 51 (28.65%) Systems Engineer
4 34 (19.10%) Analyst
5 24 (13.48%) Instrumentation Engineer
5 24 (13.48%) Senior Electrical Engineer
6 21 (11.80%) Software Analyst
6 21 (11.80%) Software Test Analyst
6 21 (11.80%) Test Analyst
7 11 (6.18%) Senior Analyst
7 11 (6.18%) Senior Software Test Analyst
7 11 (6.18%) Senior Test Analyst
8 9 (5.06%) Business Analyst
9 5 (2.81%) Product Owner
10 4 (2.25%) Digital Product Owner
11 3 (1.69%) Lead
11 3 (1.69%) Software Engineer
12 2 (1.12%) Service Analyst
12 2 (1.12%) Systems Analyst
12 2 (1.12%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.25%) AngularJS
1 4 (2.25%) Laravel
1 4 (2.25%) Vue
2 2 (1.12%) ADO
2 2 (1.12%) REST
2 2 (1.12%) SOAP
3 1 (0.56%) CSS
3 1 (0.56%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.48%) SCADA
2 9 (5.06%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.12%) Smart Meter
4 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.56%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.56%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.12%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (49.44%) Systems Engineering
2 57 (32.02%) Change Management
2 57 (32.02%) Project Planning
3 44 (24.72%) Mentoring
4 36 (20.22%) Agile
5 33 (18.54%) Requirements Management
6 30 (16.85%) Scrum
7 24 (13.48%) Mathematics
7 24 (13.48%) Test Automation
7 24 (13.48%) Waterfall
8 23 (12.92%) Software Testing
9 21 (11.80%) V-Model
10 19 (10.67%) Use Case
11 14 (7.87%) User Stories
12 10 (5.62%) User Acceptance Testing
12 10 (5.62%) User Experience
13 7 (3.93%) Backlog Prioritisation
13 7 (3.93%) Product Backlog
13 7 (3.93%) Requirements Gathering
13 7 (3.93%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.81%) SQL
2 4 (2.25%) PHP
3 3 (1.69%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.69%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 133 (74.72%) BPSS Clearance
2 81 (45.51%) Degree
3 56 (31.46%) HNC
3 56 (31.46%) HND
4 24 (13.48%) Numerate Degree
5 19 (10.67%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (0.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.12%) QA
2 1 (0.56%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 2 (1.12%) Puppet
1 2 (1.12%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (11.80%) Keysight
2 6 (3.37%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.25%) Google
4 3 (1.69%) Siebel