Acceptance Criteria
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Acceptance Criteria skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Acceptance Criteria over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 493 390 273
Rank change year-on-year -103 -117 +164
Permanent jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 471 860 2,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.83% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.87% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 294 480 1,179
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,950 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,775 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.28% -1.26% +9.52%
75th Percentile £76,250 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Acceptance Criteria is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,862 98,882 150,503
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.90% 95.62% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 59,922 58,137 83,321
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,251 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,251
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Acceptance Criteria in the UK

Acceptance Criteria
Top 16 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 6 May 2024. 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 -63 423 £59,500 +3.48% 162
UK excluding London -98 291 £50,000 -9.09% 98
London -25 167 £80,000 +33.33% 73
Work from Home -60 167 £52,500 -4.55% 75
North of England +31 77 £47,500 -16.67% 19
North West -2 52 £47,500 -17.39% 11
South West -25 52 £55,000 +4.76% 10
Midlands -28 51 £47,500 -5.00% 18
South East -39 51 £60,000 +7.62% 29
East Midlands +7 28 £32,250 -40.06% 4
Yorkshire +96 25 £47,500 -13.64% 6
East of England +6 24 £34,500 -40.00% 12
West Midlands -38 23 £50,000 - 14
Scotland -66 18 £40,000 -20.00% 10
Wales +16 16 £47,500 +26.67% 3
Northern Ireland +25 2 - -

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 63 (13.38%) Confluence
2 3 (0.64%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.64%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.64%) Smallworld
3 2 (0.42%) CMS
4 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.21%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.21%) EPiServer
4 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.21%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (5.52%) MS Visio
2 16 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (3.18%) Trello
4 8 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.64%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.21%) InVision
8 1 (0.21%) Sketch
8 1 (0.21%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 4 (0.85%) ResourceLink
2 3 (0.64%) SAP CRM
2 3 (0.64%) SAP PM
3 2 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.21%) Towers Watson Igloo
4 1 (0.21%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 91 (19.32%) Azure
2 54 (11.46%) AWS
3 35 (7.43%) SaaS
4 34 (7.22%) Power Platform
5 30 (6.37%) Miro
6 29 (6.16%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (3.40%) Serverless
8 11 (2.34%) Amazon S3
8 11 (2.34%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (2.12%) Azure Data Factory
9 10 (2.12%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 9 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (1.70%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (1.27%) GitHub
13 5 (1.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (1.06%) AWS Fargate
13 5 (1.06%) Azure Pipelines
13 5 (1.06%) BrowserStack
14 4 (0.85%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.55%) Internet
2 11 (2.34%) HTTP
3 10 (2.12%) Broadband
3 10 (2.12%) WPA
4 2 (0.42%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (0.42%) SSH
4 2 (0.42%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.42%) VPN
4 2 (0.42%) Wireless
5 1 (0.21%) 3G
5 1 (0.21%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.58%) Power BI
2 18 (3.82%) Relational Database
2 18 (3.82%) SQL Server
3 16 (3.40%) Tableau
4 13 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (2.55%) GIS
6 11 (2.34%) NoSQL
7 10 (2.12%) Big Data
7 10 (2.12%) Data Lake
7 10 (2.12%) Geospatial Data
8 8 (1.70%) HDInsight
9 6 (1.27%) Snowflake Schema
9 6 (1.27%) Star Schema
10 5 (1.06%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
11 4 (0.85%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.85%) Looker
11 4 (0.85%) QlikView
12 3 (0.64%) Apache Hive
12 3 (0.64%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 122 (25.90%) JIRA
2 26 (5.52%) Git
3 19 (4.03%) Cypress.io
4 18 (3.82%) Postman
4 18 (3.82%) Selenium
5 12 (2.55%) Cucumber
5 12 (2.55%) SpecFlow
6 9 (1.91%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (1.27%) JMeter
8 5 (1.06%) MSTest
8 5 (1.06%) Visual Studio
8 5 (1.06%) Visual Studio Team System
8 5 (1.06%) WebDriver
9 4 (0.85%) GitLab
9 4 (0.85%) JUnit
10 3 (0.64%) Appium
11 2 (0.42%) Burp Suite
11 2 (0.42%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.42%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.21%) GoogleTest
General
1 146 (31.00%) Social Skills
2 124 (26.33%) Analytical Skills
3 92 (19.53%) Finance
4 52 (11.04%) Retail
5 49 (10.40%) Marketing
6 45 (9.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (4.67%) Public Sector
8 18 (3.82%) Pharmaceutical
9 14 (2.97%) Law
10 10 (2.12%) Games
10 10 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (2.12%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.91%) Legal
12 6 (1.27%) Advertising
12 6 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.06%) Banking
13 5 (1.06%) Retail Finance
14 4 (0.85%) Automotive
14 4 (0.85%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 147 (31.21%) Analyst
2 112 (23.78%) Business Analyst
3 78 (16.56%) Senior
4 71 (15.07%) Product Manager
5 69 (14.65%) Product Owner
6 44 (9.34%) Senior Analyst
6 44 (9.34%) Senior Business Analyst
7 28 (5.94%) Developer
8 23 (4.88%) Tester
9 22 (4.67%) Lead
10 19 (4.03%) Software Engineer
11 18 (3.82%) Research Analyst
12 16 (3.40%) QA Engineer
13 12 (2.55%) Project Manager
13 12 (2.55%) Technical Business Analyst
13 12 (2.55%) Technical Product Owner
14 11 (2.34%) Digital Product Owner
14 11 (2.34%) Software Tester
14 11 (2.34%) Technical Analyst
15 10 (2.12%) Data Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (9.34%) .NET
2 20 (4.25%) CSS
2 20 (4.25%) HTML
2 20 (4.25%) Lightning Web Components
2 20 (4.25%) REST
3 19 (4.03%) JSON
4 15 (3.18%) XML
5 13 (2.76%) .NET Core
5 13 (2.76%) Web Services
6 10 (2.12%) React
7 9 (1.91%) Node.js
7 9 (1.91%) Vue
8 8 (1.70%) .NET Framework
8 8 (1.70%) HTML5
9 7 (1.49%) Blazor
9 7 (1.49%) RESTful
10 5 (1.06%) AngularJS
10 5 (1.06%) ASP.NET MVC
10 5 (1.06%) Next.js
10 5 (1.06%) Nightwatchjs
Miscellaneous
1 146 (31.00%) Product Ownership
2 27 (5.73%) NHS
3 24 (5.10%) Management Information System
4 18 (3.82%) Life Science
5 13 (2.76%) Cloud Native
5 13 (2.76%) Mobile App
6 12 (2.55%) Data Structures
6 12 (2.55%) Onboarding
7 10 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.49%) Enterprise Cloud
8 7 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.49%) Market Risk
9 6 (1.27%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.06%) PMI
10 5 (1.06%) Replication
10 5 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.85%) Media Streaming
11 4 (0.85%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.12%) Linux
1 10 (2.12%) Windows
2 9 (1.91%) Android
2 9 (1.91%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.42%) Unix
4 1 (0.21%) AIX
4 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (66.24%) Agile
2 258 (54.78%) User Stories
3 146 (31.00%) Scrum
4 144 (30.57%) Roadmaps
5 97 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
6 94 (19.96%) Product Roadmap
7 89 (18.90%) Epics
8 84 (17.83%) Product Backlog
9 78 (16.56%) Business Analysis
10 77 (16.35%) Test Automation
11 73 (15.50%) Backlog Refinement
12 72 (15.29%) Requirements Gathering
13 69 (14.65%) Backlog Management
14 67 (14.23%) Product Vision
15 66 (14.01%) Project Management
16 64 (13.59%) Stakeholder Management
17 61 (12.95%) User Experience
18 56 (11.89%) Product Strategy
19 55 (11.68%) DevOps
20 53 (11.25%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 84 (17.83%) SQL
2 49 (10.40%) C#
3 43 (9.13%) JavaScript
4 33 (7.01%) Python
5 25 (5.31%) TypeScript
6 11 (2.34%) R
6 11 (2.34%) T-SQL
7 9 (1.91%) Apex Code
7 9 (1.91%) Java
8 7 (1.49%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.27%) C++
10 2 (0.42%) Bash
10 2 (0.42%) Bicep
10 2 (0.42%) Perl
10 2 (0.42%) Tcl
10 2 (0.42%) VB
11 1 (0.21%) C
11 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.21%) Go
Qualifications
1 109 (23.14%) Degree
2 52 (11.04%) Security Cleared
3 32 (6.79%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.18%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (2.76%) CSPO
6 10 (2.12%) Master's Degree
6 10 (2.12%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.49%) ISEB
8 6 (1.27%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.27%) IIBA
8 6 (1.27%) PMP
9 5 (1.06%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.06%) ISTQB
9 5 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (0.85%) MBA
11 3 (0.64%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.42%) CAPM
12 2 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.21%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (18.26%) QA
2 18 (3.82%) GLP
3 13 (2.76%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.70%) GDPR
5 7 (1.49%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.49%) PMO
6 6 (1.27%) IEC 62304
7 4 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 2 (0.42%) SLA
9 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (1.27%) Docker
2 2 (0.42%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.21%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (1.06%) Grafana
1 5 (1.06%) Kibana
1 5 (1.06%) Terraform
2 4 (0.85%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.21%) Consul
4 1 (0.21%) Packer
Vendors
1 42 (8.92%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.58%) Salesforce
3 9 (1.91%) Databricks
4 8 (1.70%) Xero
5 4 (0.85%) SAP
6 3 (0.64%) Adobe
6 3 (0.64%) Cadence
7 2 (0.42%) Apple
7 2 (0.42%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.42%) Cisco
7 2 (0.42%) Google
7 2 (0.42%) Oracle
7 2 (0.42%) Xamarin
8 1 (0.21%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.21%) Marketo
8 1 (0.21%) Mercator
8 1 (0.21%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.21%) Splunk
8 1 (0.21%) Symantec
8 1 (0.21%) Talend