Acceptance Criteria Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Acceptance Criteria
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 412 430 371
Rank change year-on-year +18 -59 -119
Permanent jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 61 166 305
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.33% 0.49% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.54% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 38 121 209
10th Percentile £40,913 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,563 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £69,563 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £56,549
% change year-on-year +0.87% +1.68% -1.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,498 30,975 38,433
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.97% 90.61% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,196 23,429 26,704
10th Percentile £27,250 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Acceptance Criteria
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Acceptance Criteria as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Acceptance Criteria trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Acceptance Criteria
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Acceptance Criteria.

Acceptance Criteria salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Acceptance Criteria
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Acceptance Criteria over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Acceptance Criteria salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (9.84%) CMS
2 2 (3.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (8.20%) Trello
3 1 (1.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.64%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 10 (16.39%) SaaS
2 6 (9.84%) Google Analytics
2 6 (9.84%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (8.20%) AWS
3 5 (8.20%) Power Platform
4 4 (6.56%) Serverless
5 3 (4.92%) Amazon SQS
5 3 (4.92%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (3.28%) Amazon S3
6 2 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (3.28%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.20%) Power BI
1 5 (8.20%) Tableau
2 1 (1.64%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.64%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (19.67%) JIRA
2 3 (4.92%) Git
3 2 (3.28%) Axure RP
4 1 (1.64%) Cypress.io
General
1 34 (55.74%) Social Skills
2 15 (24.59%) Marketing
3 13 (21.31%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (21.31%) Finance
3 13 (21.31%) Publishing
4 6 (9.84%) Health Technology
5 3 (4.92%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (4.92%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.92%) Retail
6 2 (3.28%) Banking
6 2 (3.28%) Financial Institution
6 2 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.28%) Tech for Good
7 1 (1.64%) Back Office
7 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Front Office
7 1 (1.64%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.64%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 19 (31.15%) Product Owner
2 15 (24.59%) Product Manager
3 14 (22.95%) Analyst
4 11 (18.03%) Business Analyst
5 7 (11.48%) Project Manager
6 6 (9.84%) Digital Project Manager
7 5 (8.20%) Systems Manager
8 3 (4.92%) Lead
8 3 (4.92%) Test Analyst
9 2 (3.28%) Agile Product Owner
9 2 (3.28%) Developer
9 2 (3.28%) Lead Business Analyst
9 2 (3.28%) Senior
9 2 (3.28%) Senior Developer
9 2 (3.28%) Software Analyst
9 2 (3.28%) Software Engineer
10 1 (1.64%) Data Business Analyst
10 1 (1.64%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
10 1 (1.64%) Dynamics 365 Business Analyst
10 1 (1.64%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (13.11%) CSS
1 8 (13.11%) HTML
2 4 (6.56%) FHIR
3 2 (3.28%) AngularJS
3 2 (3.28%) Gherkin
3 2 (3.28%) Laravel
3 2 (3.28%) RESTful
3 2 (3.28%) Swagger
3 2 (3.28%) Vue
4 1 (1.64%) GraphQL
4 1 (1.64%) Hibernate
4 1 (1.64%) LDAP
4 1 (1.64%) Node.js
4 1 (1.64%) OAuth
4 1 (1.64%) Playwright
4 1 (1.64%) React
4 1 (1.64%) Spring
4 1 (1.64%) Spring Boot
4 1 (1.64%) Spring MVC
4 1 (1.64%) Thymeleaf
Miscellaneous
1 20 (32.79%) Product Ownership
2 6 (9.84%) Marketing Technology
3 2 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.64%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.64%) EPoS
4 1 (1.64%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.64%) NHS
4 1 (1.64%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (80.33%) Agile
2 42 (68.85%) User Stories
3 35 (57.38%) Roadmaps
4 24 (39.34%) User Experience
5 21 (34.43%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (31.15%) Product Management
7 17 (27.87%) Business Analysis
8 16 (26.23%) Customer Service
8 16 (26.23%) Scrum
8 16 (26.23%) Workflow
9 15 (24.59%) Analytics
9 15 (24.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (24.59%) Product Requirements
10 14 (22.95%) Market Research
10 14 (22.95%) Project Management
11 12 (19.67%) Customer-Centricity
11 12 (19.67%) Product Roadmap
12 11 (18.03%) Product Backlog
12 11 (18.03%) Translating Business Requirements
13 10 (16.39%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.20%) SQL
2 3 (4.92%) JavaScript
2 3 (4.92%) Python
3 2 (3.28%) Java
3 2 (3.28%) PHP
3 2 (3.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (31.15%) Degree
2 5 (8.20%) CSPO
3 3 (4.92%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (4.92%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.28%) ISTQB
4 2 (3.28%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (24.59%) QA
2 5 (8.20%) Data Quality
3 4 (6.56%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 4 (6.56%) Good Clinical Practice
3 4 (6.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.64%) ISO 20022
4 1 (1.64%) ISO 8583
Vendors
1 6 (9.84%) Google
2 3 (4.92%) Mercator
2 3 (4.92%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.64%) Atlassian
3 1 (1.64%) Salesforce