Acceptance Criteria Contracts in the North of England

Acceptance Criteria
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 138 135 157
Rank change year-on-year -3 +22 -21
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 39 70 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.84% 1.26% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 1.39% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 50 62
10th Percentile £363 £400 £358
25th Percentile £413 £453 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.92% +2.00% +13.38%
75th Percentile £550 £597 £550
90th Percentile £575 £700 £556
England median daily rate £510 £550 £505
% change year-on-year -7.27% +8.91% +6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £65.00
Median hourly rate - £55.25 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year - -26.33% +181.16%
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £32.36 £60.00 £63.25
% change year-on-year -46.08% -5.14% +118.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,931 5,040 6,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 84.92% 90.39% 88.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,403 3,455 4,566
10th Percentile £300 £300 £240
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +4.17% +9.71%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 372 202 264
10th Percentile £11.07 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.52 £15.18 £13.35
Median hourly rate £18.65 £27.50 £18.94
Median % change year-on-year -32.20% +45.18% +7.41%
75th Percentile £45.22 £43.75 £33.95
90th Percentile £62.38 £65.00 £63.00
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in the North of England

Acceptance Criteria
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in the North of England

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in the North of England

Acceptance Criteria
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in the North of England

Acceptance Criteria
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England 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
Yorkshire +28 31 £490 -10.91% 8
North West -15 7 £481 -3.70% 12
North East +8 1 - - 2
Acceptance Criteria
England

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 3 (7.69%) ArcGIS
2 1 (2.56%) LiveLink
2 1 (2.56%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 7 (17.95%) SAP PM
1 7 (17.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (5.13%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.13%) AWS
1 2 (5.13%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.56%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) Geospatial Data
1 3 (7.69%) GIS
2 2 (5.13%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (5.13%) Power BI
3 1 (2.56%) EDRMS
3 1 (2.56%) Electronic Patient Records
3 1 (2.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (17.95%) JUnit
1 7 (17.95%) Selenium
2 6 (15.38%) JMeter
3 2 (5.13%) REST Assured
4 1 (2.56%) Git
4 1 (2.56%) WebDriver
General
1 16 (41.03%) Social Skills
2 10 (25.64%) Finance
3 3 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.13%) Billing
5 1 (2.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (48.72%) Analyst
2 17 (43.59%) Business Analyst
3 9 (23.08%) Test Engineer
4 6 (15.38%) SAP Analyst
4 6 (15.38%) SAP Business Analyst
5 4 (10.26%) Senior
6 3 (7.69%) GIS Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) GIS Business Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) Tester
7 2 (5.13%) Agile Business Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Change Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Developer
7 2 (5.13%) Java Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Lead
7 2 (5.13%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Senior Business Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Senior Java Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Senior Test Engineer
7 2 (5.13%) Software Tester
7 2 (5.13%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (17.95%) Gherkin
2 2 (5.13%) RESTful
3 1 (2.56%) Akka
3 1 (2.56%) CSS
3 1 (2.56%) Express.js
3 1 (2.56%) Kafka
3 1 (2.56%) React
3 1 (2.56%) Sass
3 1 (2.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.08%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.56%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.56%) NHS
2 1 (2.56%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (71.79%) User Stories
2 22 (56.41%) Agile
3 16 (41.03%) Scrum
4 15 (38.46%) Business Analysis
4 15 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (38.46%) Test Scripting
5 13 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
6 10 (25.64%) Software Testing
6 10 (25.64%) Waterfall
7 8 (20.51%) Software Delivery
7 8 (20.51%) TDD
7 8 (20.51%) Test Automation
7 8 (20.51%) Unit Testing
8 7 (17.95%) DevOps
8 7 (17.95%) Kanban
8 7 (17.95%) SDLC
8 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (17.95%) System Testing
8 7 (17.95%) Test Strategy
9 6 (15.38%) API Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (2.56%) C#
2 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.56%) Python
2 1 (2.56%) Scala
2 1 (2.56%) SQL
2 1 (2.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (10.26%) CBAP
1 4 (10.26%) Degree
2 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.95%) QA
2 6 (15.38%) Accessibility
2 6 (15.38%) WCAG
3 2 (5.13%) PMO
4 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Grafana
1 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
1 1 (2.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 7 (17.95%) SAP
2 3 (7.69%) ESRI
3 1 (2.56%) Brio