Acceptance Criteria Job Trends in Sheffield

Acceptance Criteria
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Acceptance Criteria skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 39 73
Rank change year-on-year -15 +34 +22
Permanent jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 1 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 0.19% 0.85% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.92% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,750 £63,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £67,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% +68.75% -11.11%
75th Percentile £75,250 £71,250 -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £73,500 £67,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +8.89% +50.00% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 379 325 674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 72.47% 92.07% 85.64%
Number of salaries quoted 288 136 554
10th Percentile - £31,588 £26,500
25th Percentile £28,250 £40,443 £36,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +25.00% +4.70%
75th Percentile £60,000 £77,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,550 £87,500 £81,250
South Yorkshire median annual salary £40,000 £62,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -36.00% +31.58% +5.56%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Acceptance Criteria job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Acceptance Criteria
Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Acceptance Criteria.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing Acceptance Criteria

Acceptance Criteria
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Epics
1 1 (100.00%) Market Research
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce