Acceptance Criteria Jobs in the South East

Acceptance Criteria
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 200 343 310
Rank change year-on-year +143 -33 -48
Permanent jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 119 50 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.23% 0.28% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 0.34% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 29 32 29
10th Percentile £43,561 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £51,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - £64,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +4.35% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,915 14,700 13,131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 92.05% 83.43% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4,320 10,114 7,701
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £30,625
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,906 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,750 £85,000
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the South East.

Salary trend for Acceptance Criteria in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Acceptance Criteria in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Acceptance Criteria within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 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
Hampshire +112 66 £65,000 +8.33% 2
Thames Valley +69 17 £62,500 +4.17% 13
Isle of Wight - 13 - - 1
Berkshire +36 8 £65,000 +8.33% 9
Surrey +51 7 £46,374 -28.66% 8
Kent +39 7 - - 1
Buckinghamshire +36 6 - - 3
West Sussex +37 5 £50,000 +17.65% 7
East Sussex - 4 £31,000 -
Oxfordshire - 3 £55,000 - 3
Acceptance Criteria
England

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (5.04%) CMS
2 4 (3.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (5.04%) Google Analytics
2 3 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.84%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 6 (5.04%) JIRA
General
1 13 (10.92%) Marketing
2 8 (6.72%) Social Skills
3 7 (5.88%) Aerospace
4 6 (5.04%) Automotive
4 6 (5.04%) Publishing
5 3 (2.52%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.52%) Health Technology
6 1 (0.84%) Finance
6 1 (0.84%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 74 (62.18%) Senior
1 74 (62.18%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 74 (62.18%) Systems Engineer
2 24 (20.17%) Developer
2 24 (20.17%) Software Developer
3 11 (9.24%) Product Owner
4 3 (2.52%) Analyst
4 3 (2.52%) Digital Project Manager
4 3 (2.52%) Product Manager
4 3 (2.52%) Project Manager
4 3 (2.52%) Systems Manager
5 2 (1.68%) Business Analyst
5 2 (1.68%) Lead
5 2 (1.68%) Lead Business Analyst
6 1 (0.84%) Junior
6 1 (0.84%) Junior Product Owner
6 1 (0.84%) Manual Test Analyst
6 1 (0.84%) Principal Engineer
6 1 (0.84%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 1 (0.84%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.04%) CSS
1 6 (5.04%) HTML
2 3 (2.52%) FHIR
3 2 (1.68%) Gherkin
3 2 (1.68%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 35 (29.41%) Product Ownership
2 6 (5.04%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (35.29%) Agile
2 40 (33.61%) Requirements Management
2 40 (33.61%) User Stories
3 34 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
3 34 (28.57%) Customer Requirements
3 34 (28.57%) Mathematics
3 34 (28.57%) Physics
3 34 (28.57%) Use Case
4 24 (20.17%) Sprint Planning
4 24 (20.17%) Sprint Retrospective
4 24 (20.17%) TDD
5 17 (14.29%) Roadmaps
6 12 (10.08%) Business Analysis
7 10 (8.40%) User Experience
8 9 (7.56%) Analytics
9 7 (5.88%) Decision-Making
9 7 (5.88%) SDLC
9 7 (5.88%) Systems Engineering
10 6 (5.04%) Customer Experience
10 6 (5.04%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.84%) SQL
Qualifications
1 84 (70.59%) Degree
2 34 (28.57%) Chartered Engineer
3 18 (15.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.84%) ISTQB
4 1 (0.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.52%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 3 (2.52%) Data Quality
1 3 (2.52%) Good Clinical Practice
2 2 (1.68%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (5.04%) Google