Acceptance Criteria Contracts in the South East

Acceptance Criteria
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 144 124 108
Rank change year-on-year -20 -16 +59
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 43 81 168
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.79% 1.45% 2.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 1.63% 2.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 61 97
10th Percentile £360 £400 £375
25th Percentile £413 £440 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £470
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +11.70% +3.70%
75th Percentile £553 £601 £538
90th Percentile £573 £628 £650
England median daily rate £510 £550 £505
% change year-on-year -7.27% +8.91% +6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 9
10th Percentile - £42.00 £49.90
25th Percentile £22.75 £45.00 £53.53
Median hourly rate £23.50 £50.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.00% -16.67% +31.27%
75th Percentile £24.25 £55.00 £63.25
90th Percentile - £58.00 £65.60
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
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,596 4,978 6,849
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.27% 89.15% 89.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,675 3,464 4,669
10th Percentile £250 £248 £231
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% +1.50% +8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £615 £595
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 439 213 279
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £11.99
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £14.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -21.82%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £61.50
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 the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in the South East

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in the South East

Acceptance Criteria
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Thames Valley -5 18 £488 -5.34% 12
Berkshire -14 14 £575 +10.58% 7
Surrey +15 12 £425 -17.07% 4
Hampshire -29 9 £544 -6.81% 8
West Sussex +7 4 £400 +3.23%
Buckinghamshire +17 2 £370 -17.89% 4
Oxfordshire - 2 £488 - 1
Acceptance Criteria
England

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (11.63%) Confluence
2 4 (9.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.65%) SAP Hybris
1 2 (4.65%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (4.65%) VisionPLUS
2 1 (2.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.28%) Azure
2 4 (9.30%) Power Platform
3 3 (6.98%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 2 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.65%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.33%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.33%) HTTP
1 1 (2.33%) LAN
1 1 (2.33%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.30%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (9.30%) MySQL
1 4 (9.30%) Power BI
1 4 (9.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 4 (9.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (9.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (16.28%) JIRA
2 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 17 (39.53%) Social Skills
2 10 (23.26%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (18.60%) Telecoms
4 5 (11.63%) Public Sector
5 4 (9.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (9.30%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (6.98%) Finance
7 2 (4.65%) Automotive
7 2 (4.65%) German Language
7 2 (4.65%) Manufacturing
7 2 (4.65%) Marketing
7 2 (4.65%) Retail
8 1 (2.33%) Banking
8 1 (2.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (39.53%) Analyst
2 15 (34.88%) Senior
3 10 (23.26%) Business Analyst
4 7 (16.28%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (13.95%) Developer
6 5 (11.63%) Senior Software Engineer
6 5 (11.63%) Software Engineer
7 4 (9.30%) Digital Analyst
7 4 (9.30%) Product Owner
8 3 (6.98%) Business Requirements Analyst
8 3 (6.98%) Coordinator
8 3 (6.98%) Digital Business Analyst
8 3 (6.98%) Project Manager
8 3 (6.98%) Requirements Analyst
8 3 (6.98%) Senior Business Analyst
8 3 (6.98%) Senior Manager
8 3 (6.98%) Senior Project Manager
8 3 (6.98%) Senior Requirements Analyst
8 3 (6.98%) Tester
9 2 (4.65%) Business IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.98%) HTML
1 3 (6.98%) JSON
1 3 (6.98%) XML
2 2 (4.65%) REST
3 1 (2.33%) .NET
3 1 (2.33%) BAPI
3 1 (2.33%) Kafka
3 1 (2.33%) SAP ALE
3 1 (2.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 11 (25.58%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.98%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.65%) Cyberattack
3 2 (4.65%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.33%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.63%) Linux
2 2 (4.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (55.81%) Agile
2 18 (41.86%) User Stories
3 15 (34.88%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (34.88%) Scrum
4 14 (32.56%) Project Management
5 11 (25.58%) Business Analysis
6 8 (18.60%) Software Engineering
7 7 (16.28%) Collaborative Working
7 7 (16.28%) Commercial Awareness
7 7 (16.28%) Critical Thinking
7 7 (16.28%) Customer-Centricity
7 7 (16.28%) Infrastructure Management
7 7 (16.28%) Kanban
7 7 (16.28%) Portfolio Management
7 7 (16.28%) Test Strategy
8 6 (13.95%) OO
8 6 (13.95%) Project Delivery
8 6 (13.95%) Test Automation
9 5 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (11.63%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.93%) SQL
2 6 (13.95%) VB
3 5 (11.63%) C
3 5 (11.63%) C++
3 5 (11.63%) T-SQL
4 4 (9.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 4 (9.30%) PL/SQL
5 2 (4.65%) Java
5 2 (4.65%) Python
6 1 (2.33%) ABAP
6 1 (2.33%) C#
6 1 (2.33%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (18.60%) Security Cleared
2 7 (16.28%) Degree
3 6 (13.95%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.98%) CSPO
5 2 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.33%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.33%) ISTQB
6 1 (2.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.28%) QA
2 2 (4.65%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.33%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.63%) SAP
3 4 (9.30%) Adobe
4 2 (4.65%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.33%) IBM