Acceptance Criteria Contracts in London

Acceptance Criteria
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Acceptance Criteria skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Acceptance Criteria over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 192 214 213
Rank change year-on-year +22 -1 +11
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 223 302 533
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.28% 1.17% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 1.29% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 192 323
10th Percentile £363 £410 £400
25th Percentile £430 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £555 £538
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +3.26% +2.87%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £638
90th Percentile £700 £650 £705
England median daily rate £510 £550 £505
% change year-on-year -7.27% +8.91% +6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 0
10th Percentile - £55.50 -
25th Percentile £31.71 £56.25 -
Median hourly rate £32.36 £64.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -49.45% - -
75th Percentile £41.25 £70.00 -
90th Percentile £56.10 £76.00 -
England median hourly rate £32.36 £58.75 £63.25
% change year-on-year -44.93% -7.11% +118.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,495 23,478 35,602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.66% 90.88% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,110 16,936 26,017
10th Percentile £343 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 270 417
10th Percentile £15.77 £18.50 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.84 £38.25 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.22% +2.00% +15.38%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.94 £51.48
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.28 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.69% +45.00% +7.94%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in London

Acceptance Criteria
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in London.

Daily rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in London.

Hourly rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in London

Acceptance Criteria
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Acceptance Criteria within the London region over the 6 months to 17 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +44 40 £523 +10.00% 2
East London +2 8 £525 +3.70% 3
West London +11 6 £350 -41.67%
South London +2 1 £380 -27.62% 3
North London - 1 £375 -
Acceptance Criteria
England

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 18 (8.07%) Confluence
2 3 (1.35%) CMS
2 3 (1.35%) Drupal
3 2 (0.90%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.45%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.45%) IIS
4 1 (0.45%) Joomla!
4 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.45%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.45%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Adobe XD
1 2 (0.90%) InVision
1 2 (0.90%) Sketch
1 2 (0.90%) Zeplin
2 1 (0.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (4.93%) Aligne
2 8 (3.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (2.24%) SimCorp Dimension
4 4 (1.79%) Shopify
5 2 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.45%) Endur
6 1 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.45%) Softmar
6 1 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 49 (21.97%) Azure
2 33 (14.80%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (4.48%) Power Platform
4 9 (4.04%) AWS
5 8 (3.59%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (3.14%) Miro
6 7 (3.14%) Power Automate
7 5 (2.24%) SaaS
8 4 (1.79%) BigCommerce
8 4 (1.79%) Figma
9 3 (1.35%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (1.35%) PaaS
10 2 (0.90%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.90%) GCP
10 2 (0.90%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 2 (0.90%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.45%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.45%) dbt
11 1 (0.45%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.14%) SSH
2 3 (1.35%) DNS
3 2 (0.90%) DHCP
3 2 (0.90%) Firewall
3 2 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.45%) FTP
4 1 (0.45%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.48%) NoSQL
1 10 (4.48%) Power BI
2 8 (3.59%) Data Lake
3 5 (2.24%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.79%) Apache Cassandra
4 4 (1.79%) Redis
4 4 (1.79%) SAP HANA
5 3 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.35%) GIS
6 2 (0.90%) Big Data
6 2 (0.90%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.90%) Data Mart
6 2 (0.90%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.45%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.45%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (11.66%) JIRA
2 16 (7.17%) Postman
3 10 (4.48%) SoapUI
4 8 (3.59%) Selenium
5 7 (3.14%) Cucumber
5 7 (3.14%) JUnit
5 7 (3.14%) Visual Studio
6 6 (2.69%) WebDriver
7 5 (2.24%) Gatling
8 4 (1.79%) Appium
8 4 (1.79%) Git
8 4 (1.79%) LoadRunner
8 4 (1.79%) Mockito
8 4 (1.79%) Rational Performance Tester
8 4 (1.79%) ScalaTest
9 2 (0.90%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.90%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.90%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.90%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
General
1 76 (34.08%) Social Skills
2 64 (28.70%) Finance
3 42 (18.83%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (10.76%) Public Sector
5 21 (9.42%) Presentation Skills
6 20 (8.97%) Back Office
7 10 (4.48%) Banking
8 8 (3.59%) Investment Banking
9 7 (3.14%) Retail
10 6 (2.69%) Front Office
11 5 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (2.24%) Marketing
11 5 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.35%) Games
12 3 (1.35%) Local Government
12 3 (1.35%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.90%) Agriculture
13 2 (0.90%) Legal
14 1 (0.45%) Digital Health
14 1 (0.45%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 98 (43.95%) Analyst
2 75 (33.63%) Business Analyst
3 37 (16.59%) Senior
4 24 (10.76%) Product Owner
5 22 (9.87%) Senior Analyst
6 20 (8.97%) Consultant
7 17 (7.62%) Technical Analyst
7 17 (7.62%) Technical Business Analyst
8 14 (6.28%) Test Analyst
9 13 (5.83%) Developer
10 12 (5.38%) Project Manager
10 12 (5.38%) Senior Business Analyst
11 11 (4.93%) Service Manager
11 11 (4.93%) Service Transition Manager
11 11 (4.93%) Transition Manager
12 10 (4.48%) Senior Test Analyst
13 9 (4.04%) Financial Analyst
13 9 (4.04%) Functional Consultant
13 9 (4.04%) Tester
14 8 (3.59%) Manual Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.73%) SOAP
2 12 (5.38%) Web Services
3 11 (4.93%) Hibernate
3 11 (4.93%) JPA
3 11 (4.93%) Spring
4 10 (4.48%) XML
5 7 (3.14%) J2EE
5 7 (3.14%) JSON
5 7 (3.14%) REST
6 6 (2.69%) ADO
7 4 (1.79%) .NET
7 4 (1.79%) Akka
7 4 (1.79%) Play Framework
7 4 (1.79%) RESTful
7 4 (1.79%) SAP PI
7 4 (1.79%) spray
7 4 (1.79%) Spring MVC
7 4 (1.79%) VML
8 2 (0.90%) AngularJS
8 2 (0.90%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 56 (25.11%) Product Ownership
2 20 (8.97%) Management Information System
3 16 (7.17%) Mobile App
4 9 (4.04%) Renewable Energy
4 9 (4.04%) Solar Panel
5 7 (3.14%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (3.14%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (2.69%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.24%) Algorithms
7 5 (2.24%) Derivative
7 5 (2.24%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 4 (1.79%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.35%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.90%) Client/Server
10 2 (0.90%) Clustering
10 2 (0.90%) Freedom of Information
10 2 (0.90%) Freedom of Information Act
10 2 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.73%) Linux
2 11 (4.93%) Unix
3 9 (4.04%) Windows
4 6 (2.69%) Android
5 1 (0.45%) AIX
5 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (65.02%) Agile
2 126 (56.50%) User Stories
3 50 (22.42%) Scrum
4 48 (21.52%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (20.63%) Business Analysis
6 45 (20.18%) DevOps
7 34 (15.25%) User Acceptance Testing
8 33 (14.80%) Epics
8 33 (14.80%) Product Backlog
9 32 (14.35%) Test Automation
10 31 (13.90%) Workshop Facilitation
11 25 (11.21%) Backlog Prioritisation
12 24 (10.76%) Continuous Integration
13 23 (10.31%) Migration
14 22 (9.87%) Business Case
14 22 (9.87%) Requirements Gathering
15 21 (9.42%) BDD
15 21 (9.42%) Software Testing
15 21 (9.42%) Translating Business Requirements
16 20 (8.97%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 22 (9.87%) SQL
2 16 (7.17%) Java
3 12 (5.38%) Python
4 8 (3.59%) C#
5 5 (2.24%) Kotlin
5 5 (2.24%) Perl
5 5 (2.24%) Scala
6 3 (1.35%) C
6 3 (1.35%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.35%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.90%) Go
7 2 (0.90%) R
8 1 (0.45%) C++
8 1 (0.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (8.97%) Degree
2 19 (8.52%) Security Cleared
3 16 (7.17%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.79%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.35%) MBA
6 2 (0.90%) CBAP
6 2 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.45%) CSPO
7 1 (0.45%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.45%) ISEB
7 1 (0.45%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.97%) QA
2 9 (4.04%) PCI DSS
3 7 (3.14%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.24%) ISO 20022
5 4 (1.79%) WCAG
6 1 (0.45%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (3.14%) Docker
2 2 (0.90%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.45%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 8 (3.59%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.24%) Grafana
2 5 (2.24%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.45%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 25 (11.21%) Microsoft
2 14 (6.28%) SAP
3 6 (2.69%) Adobe
3 6 (2.69%) ServiceNow
4 5 (2.24%) CyberSource
4 5 (2.24%) HP
4 5 (2.24%) IBM
4 5 (2.24%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.24%) SimCorp
5 4 (1.79%) Sitecore
6 3 (1.35%) Dell
6 3 (1.35%) Intel
7 2 (0.90%) Civica
7 2 (0.90%) Murex
7 2 (0.90%) Oracle
8 1 (0.45%) Cisco
8 1 (0.45%) Commvault
8 1 (0.45%) EMC
8 1 (0.45%) OpenLink
8 1 (0.45%) Remedy