Acceptance Criteria Jobs in the South West

Acceptance Criteria
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 242 240
Rank change year-on-year +103 -2 -58
Permanent jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 39 54 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.12% 0.56% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 0.68% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 19 30 19
10th Percentile £44,250 £38,750 £46,500
25th Percentile - £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -1.79% +24.33%
75th Percentile - £60,000 £70,625
90th Percentile - £65,000 £77,000
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +4.35% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,228 7,892 6,395
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 92.97% 81.68% 94.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,817 5,677 3,521
10th Percentile £27,150 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -6.48% +8.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,000 £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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in the South West

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Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Acceptance Criteria in the South West

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the South West over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Acceptance Criteria in the South West

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Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Bristol +47 17 £58,000 +0.87% 6
Somerset - 7 - -
Dorset +44 6 - - 1
Gloucestershire +58 5 £58,000 +5.45% 6
Devon +19 3 £45,000 -18.18% 3
Wiltshire - 1 £37,000 - 1
Acceptance Criteria
England

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 (2.56%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.56%) Magento
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 2 (5.13%) Finance
1 2 (5.13%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (2.56%) Local Government
2 1 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (2.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (51.28%) Senior
1 20 (51.28%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 20 (51.28%) Systems Engineer
2 15 (38.46%) Principal Engineer
2 15 (38.46%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 3 (7.69%) Product Owner
4 1 (2.56%) Analyst
4 1 (2.56%) Digital Product Owner
4 1 (2.56%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.56%) Driving Licence
2 1 (2.56%) EPoS
2 1 (2.56%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (51.28%) Use Case
2 15 (38.46%) Coaching
2 15 (38.46%) Mentoring
2 15 (38.46%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 15 (38.46%) Requirements Management
2 15 (38.46%) Systems Engineering
3 3 (7.69%) Agile
3 3 (7.69%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (7.69%) Roadmaps
3 3 (7.69%) User Stories
4 2 (5.13%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 2 (5.13%) E-Commerce
4 2 (5.13%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (2.56%) B2B
5 1 (2.56%) Budgeting
5 1 (2.56%) Creative Thinking
5 1 (2.56%) Customer Service
5 1 (2.56%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (2.56%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (2.56%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 35 (89.74%) Chartered Engineer
1 35 (89.74%) Degree
2 15 (38.46%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.56%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft