Acceptance Criteria Contracts in the Midlands

Acceptance Criteria
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 120 119
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +7
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 10 41 84
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.37% 1.26% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 1.44% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 26 64
10th Percentile £405 £370 £380
25th Percentile £450 £431 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £538 £468
Median % change year-on-year -14.88% +14.97% +16.88%
75th Percentile £500 £600 £597
90th Percentile £535 £694 £700
England median daily rate £510 £550 £505
% change year-on-year -7.27% +8.91% +6.32%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,226 2,856 4,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.87% 87.96% 87.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,504 2,006 3,231
10th Percentile £235 £250 £246
25th Percentile £356 £369 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.75% +5.26% +13.77%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £699 £688 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 100 147
10th Percentile £11.06 £12.45 £10.61
25th Percentile £13.71 £14.88 £13.74
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.41 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.68% +28.06% +16.67%
75th Percentile £34.13 £40.75 £22.75
90th Percentile £55.00 £58.25 £35.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.14% +49.20% +10.23%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 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
West Midlands -11 7 £450 -22.41% 10
East Midlands +13 3 £500 +35.14% 2
Acceptance Criteria
England

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
1 1 (10.00%) SuccessFactors
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Appium
1 2 (20.00%) UI Automator
1 2 (20.00%) XCUITest
2 1 (10.00%) Selenium
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Business Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Service Manager
3 2 (20.00%) Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Automation Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Mobile Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Service Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Service Design Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Product Owner
4 1 (10.00%) Senior
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Service Transition Manager
4 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Test Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (20.00%) Legacy Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Android
1 2 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (40.00%) User Experience
2 3 (30.00%) Agile
2 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (30.00%) Service Management
2 3 (30.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (30.00%) User Stories
3 2 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Defect Tracking
3 2 (20.00%) Logistics
3 2 (20.00%) Service Design
3 2 (20.00%) Sprint Planning
3 2 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (20.00%) Use Case
4 1 (10.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Journey Map
4 1 (10.00%) Product Backlog
4 1 (10.00%) Product Vision
4 1 (10.00%) Requirements Workshops
4 1 (10.00%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Kotlin
1 2 (20.00%) Swift
2 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (10.00%) CBAP
2 1 (10.00%) IIBA
2 1 (10.00%) ISEB
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Ariba
1 1 (10.00%) Guidewire
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) SAP
1 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow