Acceptance Criteria Job Trends in Portsmouth

Acceptance Criteria
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Acceptance Criteria skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 51 34
Rank change year-on-year +1 -17 +6
Permanent jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 4 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 1.06% 0.62% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 0.82% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,500 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile £49,500 - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £46,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +18.92% +2.78% -12.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 353 367 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 93.14% 76.14% 92.31%
Number of salaries quoted 171 246 139
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £33,300
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £77,750
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.80% -2.73%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Acceptance Criteria job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Acceptance Criteria
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Acceptance Criteria.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Acceptance Criteria

Acceptance Criteria
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 3 (75.00%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) e-Learning
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Architectural Design
1 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (75.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 3 (75.00%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) Product Backlog
1 3 (75.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (75.00%) SysML
1 3 (75.00%) User Stories
2 1 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance