Acceptance Criteria Jobs

Acceptance Criteria
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 270 496 407
Rank change year-on-year +226 -89 -139
Permanent jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 639 464 773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.15% 0.45% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 0.53% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 150 286 424
10th Percentile £41,200 £38,750 £36,100
25th Percentile £46,063 £46,250 £47,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £56,549
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +1.68% -1.65%
75th Percentile £68,063 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,625 £87,500 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,902 86,889 92,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.67% 84.13% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,611 60,763 54,796
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Acceptance Criteria as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in the UK

Acceptance Criteria
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Acceptance Criteria in the UK

Acceptance Criteria
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Acceptance Criteria in the UK

Acceptance Criteria
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Acceptance Criteria within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
England +193 580 £58,000 -3.33% 1,359
UK excluding London +281 544 £55,000 +10.00% 1,418
North of England +136 178 £45,748 -3.69% 325
North West +89 158 £45,748 -3.69% 167
Midlands +164 151 £52,500 +10.53% 274
South East +152 118 £65,000 +8.33% 375
West Midlands +125 92 £55,000 +10.00% 149
London +34 77 £70,000 -9.68% 101
Work from Home +11 61 £55,000 +4.76% 635
East Midlands +75 59 £52,500 +75.00% 108
South West +90 39 £58,000 +5.45% 166
Scotland +133 32 - - 52
Yorkshire +56 20 £47,500 - 124
East of England +36 14 £42,500 +23.19% 218
Wales +42 12 £52,000 +4.00% 45

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (1.56%) Confluence
2 8 (1.25%) CMS
3 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 14 (2.19%) MS Visio
2 9 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.94%) Trello
4 5 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.47%) Siebel CRM
3 2 (0.31%) Magento
3 2 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.16%) Shopify
4 1 (0.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (3.29%) Power Platform
1 21 (3.29%) SaaS
2 18 (2.82%) Azure
3 10 (1.56%) Figma
3 10 (1.56%) Serverless
4 9 (1.41%) PowerApps
5 8 (1.25%) AWS
5 8 (1.25%) Power Automate
6 7 (1.10%) Azure Logic Apps
6 7 (1.10%) Google Analytics
7 6 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (0.94%) Miro
8 5 (0.78%) Lucidchart
8 5 (0.78%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (0.63%) Azure Functions
9 4 (0.63%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.63%) Google Workspace
9 4 (0.63%) Slack
10 3 (0.47%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.63%) BGP
1 4 (0.63%) Cisco IOS
1 4 (0.63%) NX-OS
1 4 (0.63%) OSPF
1 4 (0.63%) Software-Defined Networking
1 4 (0.63%) TCP/IP
1 4 (0.63%) VXLAN
2 2 (0.31%) Firewall
2 2 (0.31%) Network Security
3 1 (0.16%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.16%) WAN
3 1 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.03%) Power BI
2 6 (0.94%) Tableau
3 2 (0.31%) Data Lake
3 2 (0.31%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.16%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.16%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 52 (8.14%) JIRA
2 21 (3.29%) eggPlant
3 8 (1.25%) Postman
4 7 (1.10%) Selenium
5 6 (0.94%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.78%) Eclipse
6 5 (0.78%) Git
7 4 (0.63%) Balsamiq
7 4 (0.63%) JMeter
7 4 (0.63%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.47%) GitLab
8 3 (0.47%) Mocha
8 3 (0.47%) MSTest
8 3 (0.47%) NUnit
8 3 (0.47%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.31%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.31%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.16%) JUnit
10 1 (0.16%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.16%) TestNG
General
1 113 (17.68%) Social Skills
2 51 (7.98%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (6.73%) Finance
4 27 (4.23%) Marketing
5 25 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
6 14 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (2.19%) Publishing
7 9 (1.41%) Automotive
8 8 (1.25%) Banking
9 7 (1.10%) Aerospace
9 7 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.10%) Retail
10 6 (0.94%) Financial Institution
10 6 (0.94%) Health Technology
10 6 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (0.94%) Public Sector
11 5 (0.78%) Legal
12 3 (0.47%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.31%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 291 (45.54%) Senior
2 267 (41.78%) Systems Engineer
3 237 (37.09%) Senior Systems Engineer
4 141 (22.07%) Principal Engineer
5 140 (21.91%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 124 (19.41%) Requirements Engineer
7 74 (11.58%) Analyst
8 37 (5.79%) Business Analyst
9 33 (5.16%) Product Owner
10 31 (4.85%) Developer
11 26 (4.07%) Software Developer
12 24 (3.76%) Instrumentation Engineer
12 24 (3.76%) Senior Electrical Engineer
12 24 (3.76%) Test Analyst
13 23 (3.60%) Software Analyst
14 22 (3.44%) Senior Analyst
14 22 (3.44%) Software Test Analyst
15 20 (3.13%) Product Manager
16 14 (2.19%) Lead
17 11 (1.72%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.56%) RESTful
2 8 (1.25%) CSS
2 8 (1.25%) HTML
3 6 (0.94%) Middleware
3 6 (0.94%) Swagger
4 5 (0.78%) Playwright
5 4 (0.63%) AngularJS
5 4 (0.63%) FHIR
5 4 (0.63%) Laravel
5 4 (0.63%) Vue
6 3 (0.47%) Gherkin
6 3 (0.47%) HTML5 Canvas
6 3 (0.47%) Jest
6 3 (0.47%) REST
6 3 (0.47%) SOAP
6 3 (0.47%) Web Services
6 3 (0.47%) WebdriverIO
7 2 (0.31%) ADO
7 2 (0.31%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.16%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 75 (11.74%) Product Ownership
2 24 (3.76%) SCADA
3 7 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (0.94%) Marketing Technology
4 6 (0.94%) Mobile App
5 5 (0.78%) Cloud Native
5 5 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (0.63%) Data Centre
7 3 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (0.47%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.31%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.31%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.31%) Smart Meter
9 1 (0.16%) Cloud Security Posture
9 1 (0.16%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.16%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (0.16%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.16%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.16%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.31%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 239 (37.40%) Systems Engineering
2 164 (25.67%) Agile
3 154 (24.10%) Use Case
4 140 (21.91%) Validation
5 121 (18.94%) User Stories
6 95 (14.87%) Requirements Management
7 68 (10.64%) Mentoring
8 67 (10.49%) Roadmaps
8 67 (10.49%) Scrum
9 66 (10.33%) Change Management
10 59 (9.23%) Mathematics
10 59 (9.23%) Project Planning
11 44 (6.89%) Collaborative Working
12 43 (6.73%) Problem-Solving
13 41 (6.42%) Business Analysis
14 39 (6.10%) Customer Requirements
14 39 (6.10%) User Experience
15 38 (5.95%) Sprint Planning
16 34 (5.32%) Physics
17 32 (5.01%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 23 (3.60%) SQL
2 20 (3.13%) Python
3 12 (1.88%) TypeScript
4 10 (1.56%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.25%) C#
6 5 (0.78%) Java
7 4 (0.63%) PHP
8 2 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 295 (46.17%) Degree
2 293 (45.85%) BPSS Clearance
3 154 (24.10%) Chartered Engineer
4 56 (8.76%) HNC
4 56 (8.76%) HND
5 24 (3.76%) Numerate Degree
6 14 (2.19%) Security Cleared
7 10 (1.56%) SC Cleared
8 6 (0.94%) CSPO
8 6 (0.94%) ISTQB
9 4 (0.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 3 (0.47%) CBAP
11 2 (0.31%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.31%) ISEB
11 2 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
12 1 (0.16%) IIBA
12 1 (0.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.16%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.16%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.85%) QA
2 7 (1.10%) Data Quality
2 7 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (0.94%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.63%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 4 (0.63%) Good Clinical Practice
5 3 (0.47%) GDPR
6 1 (0.16%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.16%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (0.31%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (0.63%) Ansible
2 2 (0.31%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.31%) Puppet
2 2 (0.31%) Terraform
3 1 (0.16%) CASB
3 1 (0.16%) Grafana
Vendors
1 21 (3.29%) Keysight
2 16 (2.50%) Microsoft
3 13 (2.03%) Google
4 8 (1.25%) Salesforce
5 4 (0.63%) Cisco
6 3 (0.47%) Mercator
6 3 (0.47%) SAP
6 3 (0.47%) Siebel
7 2 (0.31%) Databricks
7 2 (0.31%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.31%) Sparx
8 1 (0.16%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.16%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.16%) Oracle
8 1 (0.16%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.16%) Workday