Acceptance Criteria Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Acceptance Criteria
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 0.25% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 - £43,000
% change year-on-year - - -14.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 317 389 368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 78.47% 86.06% 87.41%
Number of salaries quoted 224 149 301
10th Percentile £27,575 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,188 £37,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £64,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
East Midlands median annual salary £44,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.32% -5.00% -4.76%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Acceptance Criteria job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Acceptance Criteria
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Acceptance Criteria.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Acceptance Criteria

Acceptance Criteria
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Acceptance Criteria within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 11 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
Northampton - 1 £40,000 - 3
Acceptance Criteria
East Midlands

Acceptance Criteria
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Service Transition Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Transition Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design