Acceptance Criteria Jobs in the North West

Acceptance Criteria
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 158 247 216
Rank change year-on-year +89 -31 +5
Permanent jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 158 52 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.02% 0.50% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% 0.62% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 28 36 58
10th Percentile £40,088 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,748 £42,500 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,748 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.69% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £52,250 £53,421 £61,250
90th Percentile £74,125 £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 West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,486 8,394 7,245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.93% 81.13% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 3,793 6,316 3,841
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £31,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £80,000 £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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in the North West

Acceptance Criteria
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Acceptance Criteria in the North West

Acceptance Criteria
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Acceptance Criteria in the North West

Acceptance Criteria
Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Cumbria - 133 £43,248 - 4
Manchester +34 17 £52,500 +10.53% 79
Lancashire -60 6 - - 20
Merseyside +34 1 £52,500 +5.00% 18
Cheshire +1 1 £75,000 - 45
Acceptance Criteria
England

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (0.63%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (3.16%) MS Visio
2 4 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.90%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (2.53%) Figma
1 4 (2.53%) Google Workspace
1 4 (2.53%) Miro
1 4 (2.53%) Slack
2 3 (1.90%) AWS
3 2 (1.27%) Serverless
3 2 (1.27%) Tricentis Tosca
4 1 (0.63%) Amazon SQS
4 1 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (0.63%) Azure
4 1 (0.63%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 26 (16.46%) JIRA
2 21 (13.29%) eggPlant
3 4 (2.53%) Balsamiq
4 3 (1.90%) Git
5 2 (1.27%) Postman
5 2 (1.27%) Selenium
General
1 46 (29.11%) Social Skills
2 24 (15.19%) Documentation Skills
3 7 (4.43%) Finance
4 6 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (2.53%) Financial Institution
5 4 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.27%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.63%) Digital Health
7 1 (0.63%) Marketing
7 1 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.63%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 97 (61.39%) Senior
2 62 (39.24%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 38 (24.05%) Systems Engineer
4 28 (17.72%) Analyst
5 24 (15.19%) Instrumentation Engineer
5 24 (15.19%) Senior Electrical Engineer
6 21 (13.29%) Software Analyst
6 21 (13.29%) Software Test Analyst
6 21 (13.29%) Test Analyst
7 11 (6.96%) Senior Analyst
7 11 (6.96%) Senior Software Test Analyst
7 11 (6.96%) Senior Test Analyst
8 5 (3.16%) Product Owner
9 4 (2.53%) Business Analyst
9 4 (2.53%) Digital Product Owner
10 3 (1.90%) Lead
10 3 (1.90%) Software Engineer
11 2 (1.27%) Service Analyst
11 2 (1.27%) Team Leader
11 2 (1.27%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.53%) AngularJS
1 4 (2.53%) Laravel
1 4 (2.53%) Vue
2 1 (0.63%) CSS
2 1 (0.63%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (15.19%) SCADA
2 7 (4.43%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.63%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.63%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.63%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (55.70%) Systems Engineering
2 57 (36.08%) Change Management
3 56 (35.44%) Project Planning
4 44 (27.85%) Mentoring
5 34 (21.52%) Agile
6 33 (20.89%) Requirements Management
7 30 (18.99%) Scrum
8 24 (15.19%) Mathematics
8 24 (15.19%) Test Automation
8 24 (15.19%) Waterfall
9 23 (14.56%) Software Testing
10 21 (13.29%) V-Model
11 9 (5.70%) User Stories
12 8 (5.06%) User Experience
13 7 (4.43%) Backlog Prioritisation
13 7 (4.43%) Product Backlog
14 6 (3.80%) Use Case
14 6 (3.80%) User Acceptance Testing
15 5 (3.16%) Product Requirements
15 5 (3.16%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.53%) PHP
2 3 (1.90%) JavaScript
2 3 (1.90%) SQL
2 3 (1.90%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.63%) Java
Qualifications
1 133 (84.18%) BPSS Clearance
2 68 (43.04%) Degree
3 56 (35.44%) HNC
3 56 (35.44%) HND
4 24 (15.19%) Numerate Degree
5 6 (3.80%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.63%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.27%) Puppet
1 2 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 21 (13.29%) Keysight
2 6 (3.80%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.53%) Google
4 3 (1.90%) Siebel