Acceptance Criteria Jobs with Work from Home Options

Acceptance Criteria
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 419 359 258
Rank change year-on-year -60 -101 +151
Permanent jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 167 341 1,034
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.49% 0.80% 1.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.84% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 118 231 548
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,712
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £57,250
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -3.93% +14.50%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £65,750 £77,715 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £56,775 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.28% -1.26% +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,014 40,730 66,290
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.60% 96.10% 96.92%
Number of salaries quoted 23,557 28,305 41,490
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Acceptance Criteria
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Acceptance Criteria as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Acceptance Criteria trend for jobs with a WFH option

Acceptance Criteria
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Acceptance Criteria over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

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 19 (11.38%) Confluence
2 3 (1.80%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.20%) CMS
4 1 (0.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.60%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.60%) EPiServer
4 1 (0.60%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.60%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.60%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.80%) Trello
3 2 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.60%) Elite 3E
1 1 (0.60%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 37 (22.16%) Azure
2 27 (16.17%) SaaS
3 18 (10.78%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (10.18%) AWS
5 8 (4.79%) Power Platform
6 5 (2.99%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (2.99%) BrowserStack
7 4 (2.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (2.40%) WhatsApp
8 3 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.80%) GitHub
8 3 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.20%) Azure Functions
9 2 (1.20%) Entra ID
9 2 (1.20%) IaaS
9 2 (1.20%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.20%) PaaS
9 2 (1.20%) Serverless
10 1 (0.60%) Asana
10 1 (0.60%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.99%) Broadband
1 10 (5.99%) Internet
1 10 (5.99%) WPA
2 3 (1.80%) HTTP
3 2 (1.20%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (1.20%) VPN
3 2 (1.20%) Wireless
4 1 (0.60%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.39%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (3.59%) Power BI
3 5 (2.99%) Data Lake
4 4 (2.40%) Big Data
4 4 (2.40%) Hadoop
4 4 (2.40%) HDInsight
4 4 (2.40%) Looker
4 4 (2.40%) NoSQL
4 4 (2.40%) QlikView
4 4 (2.40%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.40%) Tableau
5 3 (1.80%) Apache Hive
5 3 (1.80%) GIS
5 3 (1.80%) Neo4j
6 2 (1.20%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.60%) Apache Accumulo
7 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.60%) Metadata
7 1 (0.60%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 38 (22.75%) JIRA
2 14 (8.38%) Git
3 13 (7.78%) Postman
4 10 (5.99%) Cypress.io
4 10 (5.99%) Selenium
5 7 (4.19%) SpecFlow
5 7 (4.19%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (2.99%) JMeter
6 5 (2.99%) Visual Studio
6 5 (2.99%) Visual Studio Team System
7 3 (1.80%) Cucumber
7 3 (1.80%) WebDriver
8 2 (1.20%) Appium
8 2 (1.20%) GitLab
8 2 (1.20%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.60%) Zephyr
General
1 43 (25.75%) Social Skills
2 32 (19.16%) Finance
3 21 (12.57%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (12.57%) Retail
4 19 (11.38%) Marketing
5 14 (8.38%) Public Sector
6 11 (6.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (4.19%) Games
8 6 (3.59%) Legal
9 5 (2.99%) Retail Finance
10 4 (2.40%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.80%) Automotive
11 3 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.20%) Back Office
12 2 (1.20%) Law
12 2 (1.20%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.60%) Publishing
13 1 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (28.74%) Analyst
2 35 (20.96%) Business Analyst
3 30 (17.96%) Product Manager
4 26 (15.57%) Product Owner
5 23 (13.77%) Senior
6 13 (7.78%) Developer
6 13 (7.78%) Senior Analyst
6 13 (7.78%) Senior Business Analyst
7 12 (7.19%) QA Engineer
8 11 (6.59%) Tester
9 8 (4.79%) Lead
10 7 (4.19%) Digital Product Owner
11 6 (3.59%) Data Manager
11 6 (3.59%) QA Analyst
11 6 (3.59%) Senior QA Engineer
11 6 (3.59%) Test Leader
12 5 (2.99%) Full Stack Developer
12 5 (2.99%) Test Analyst
13 4 (2.40%) Software Engineer
13 4 (2.40%) Software Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (13.17%) .NET
2 13 (7.78%) Lightning Web Components
3 11 (6.59%) HTML
4 9 (5.39%) CSS
4 9 (5.39%) Vue
5 8 (4.79%) REST
6 7 (4.19%) .NET Core
6 7 (4.19%) HTML5
6 7 (4.19%) XML
7 6 (3.59%) Node.js
7 6 (3.59%) RESTful
8 5 (2.99%) .NET Framework
8 5 (2.99%) JSON
8 5 (2.99%) Nightwatchjs
9 4 (2.40%) ASP.NET MVC
9 4 (2.40%) Express.js
9 4 (2.40%) React
9 4 (2.40%) Svelte
9 4 (2.40%) Web Services
9 4 (2.40%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 63 (37.72%) Product Ownership
2 27 (16.17%) NHS
3 13 (7.78%) Mobile App
4 5 (2.99%) Replication
5 4 (2.40%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.40%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.40%) Data Structures
5 4 (2.40%) Greenfield Project
5 4 (2.40%) PMI
6 3 (1.80%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.20%) BYOD
7 2 (1.20%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.20%) Hedge funds
7 2 (1.20%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.20%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.60%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.60%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.39%) Android
1 9 (5.39%) Apple iOS
1 9 (5.39%) Windows
2 3 (1.80%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (64.67%) User Stories
2 107 (64.07%) Agile
3 52 (31.14%) Roadmaps
4 39 (23.35%) Scrum
5 38 (22.75%) Test Automation
6 29 (17.37%) Product Roadmap
7 28 (16.77%) Problem-Solving
8 24 (14.37%) DevOps
9 23 (13.77%) Product Strategy
10 22 (13.17%) Product Requirements
10 22 (13.17%) User Experience
11 21 (12.57%) Test Scripting
12 19 (11.38%) Product Backlog
12 19 (11.38%) Requirements Gathering
13 18 (10.78%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (10.78%) Epics
13 18 (10.78%) Use Case
13 18 (10.78%) Workshop Facilitation
14 17 (10.18%) Market Research
14 17 (10.18%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 31 (18.56%) SQL
2 28 (16.77%) JavaScript
3 21 (12.57%) C#
4 16 (9.58%) Python
4 16 (9.58%) TypeScript
5 7 (4.19%) PowerShell
6 6 (3.59%) Java
7 5 (2.99%) C++
7 5 (2.99%) R
7 5 (2.99%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.80%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.20%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 13 (7.78%) Degree
2 11 (6.59%) Security Cleared
3 8 (4.79%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.40%) PMI Certification
4 4 (2.40%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.20%) CSPO
5 2 (1.20%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.20%) ISEB
5 2 (1.20%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.20%) MBA
6 1 (0.60%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.60%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (0.60%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (29.94%) QA
2 9 (5.39%) Accessibility
3 7 (4.19%) GDPR
4 4 (2.40%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 2 (1.20%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.60%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.20%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.60%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.99%) Grafana
1 5 (2.99%) Kibana
2 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.20%) Terraform
3 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (8.98%) Salesforce
2 11 (6.59%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.40%) Databricks
4 2 (1.20%) Adobe
4 2 (1.20%) Apple
4 2 (1.20%) Cisco
4 2 (1.20%) Xamarin
5 1 (0.60%) Marketo
5 1 (0.60%) Mercator
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle
5 1 (0.60%) SAP
5 1 (0.60%) Sitecore
5 1 (0.60%) Talend