Acceptance Criteria Jobs

Acceptance Criteria
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 503 394 269
Rank change year-on-year -109 -125 +163
Permanent jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 470 749 2,669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.79% 1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.83% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 287 421 1,228
10th Percentile £38,750 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,549 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.68% -1.65% +9.52%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £78,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in the UK

Acceptance Criteria
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Acceptance Criteria.

Salary trend for Acceptance Criteria in the UK

Acceptance Criteria
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Acceptance Criteria in the UK

Acceptance Criteria
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Acceptance Criteria within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -95 420 £60,000 +4.35% 108
UK excluding London -70 298 £50,000 -9.09% 89
Work from Home -52 174 £52,500 -4.55% 44
London -20 157 £77,500 +29.17% 32
North of England +3 76 £47,500 -13.64% 18
South West +1 54 £55,000 -0.90% 14
South East -38 54 £60,000 - 17
North West -32 52 £47,500 -13.64% 11
Midlands -47 52 £47,500 -5.00% 12
East Midlands +5 29 £30,000 - 3
East of England -8 25 £34,500 -34.29% 11
Yorkshire +66 24 £47,500 -9.95% 3
West Midlands -69 23 £50,000 - 9
Scotland -57 20 £41,342 -15.63% 15
Wales +8 17 £50,000 +33.33% 4
Northern Ireland +22 2 - -

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 70 (14.89%) Confluence
2 4 (0.85%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.64%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.64%) Smallworld
4 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.21%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.21%) CMS
4 1 (0.21%) Liferay
4 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.21%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (5.32%) MS Visio
2 16 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (3.19%) Trello
4 8 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.64%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.21%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.21%) InVision
8 1 (0.21%) Sketch
8 1 (0.21%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 4 (0.85%) ResourceLink
2 3 (0.64%) SAP CRM
2 3 (0.64%) SAP PM
3 2 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.21%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.21%) Magento
4 1 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.21%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.21%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 81 (17.23%) Azure
2 53 (11.28%) AWS
3 33 (7.02%) Power Platform
4 32 (6.81%) SaaS
5 30 (6.38%) Miro
6 23 (4.89%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (3.40%) Serverless
8 11 (2.34%) Amazon S3
8 11 (2.34%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (2.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 9 (1.91%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (1.91%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (1.70%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (1.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (1.06%) AWS Fargate
12 5 (1.06%) Azure Pipelines
12 5 (1.06%) BrowserStack
13 4 (0.85%) GCP
13 4 (0.85%) GitHub
13 4 (0.85%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.77%) HTTP
2 12 (2.55%) Internet
3 10 (2.13%) Broadband
3 10 (2.13%) WPA
4 3 (0.64%) SSH
5 2 (0.43%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.43%) DSL
5 2 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.43%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.43%) VPN
5 2 (0.43%) Wireless
6 1 (0.21%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.38%) Power BI
2 18 (3.83%) SQL Server
3 17 (3.62%) Relational Database
4 15 (3.19%) Tableau
5 12 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (2.55%) GIS
6 11 (2.34%) NoSQL
7 10 (2.13%) Big Data
7 10 (2.13%) Geospatial Data
8 9 (1.91%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.70%) HDInsight
10 6 (1.28%) Snowflake Schema
10 6 (1.28%) Star Schema
11 5 (1.06%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
12 4 (0.85%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.85%) Looker
12 4 (0.85%) QlikView
13 3 (0.64%) Apache Hive
13 3 (0.64%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 128 (27.23%) JIRA
2 27 (5.74%) Git
3 21 (4.47%) Postman
4 19 (4.04%) Cypress.io
5 17 (3.62%) Selenium
6 12 (2.55%) Cucumber
7 11 (2.34%) SpecFlow
8 9 (1.91%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (1.06%) JMeter
9 5 (1.06%) MSTest
9 5 (1.06%) Visual Studio
9 5 (1.06%) Visual Studio Team System
9 5 (1.06%) WebDriver
10 4 (0.85%) GitLab
10 4 (0.85%) JUnit
11 2 (0.43%) Appium
11 2 (0.43%) Burp Suite
11 2 (0.43%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.43%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.21%) Axure RP
General
1 154 (32.77%) Social Skills
2 119 (25.32%) Analytical Skills
3 100 (21.28%) Finance
4 53 (11.28%) Marketing
5 52 (11.06%) Retail
6 46 (9.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (3.83%) Pharmaceutical
7 18 (3.83%) Public Sector
8 12 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (2.55%) Law
8 12 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.13%) Games
10 9 (1.91%) Legal
11 8 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.49%) Banking
13 6 (1.28%) Advertising
13 6 (1.28%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.06%) Automotive
14 5 (1.06%) Health Technology
14 5 (1.06%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 138 (29.36%) Analyst
2 104 (22.13%) Business Analyst
3 81 (17.23%) Product Manager
4 74 (15.74%) Senior
5 66 (14.04%) Product Owner
6 41 (8.72%) Senior Analyst
6 41 (8.72%) Senior Business Analyst
7 25 (5.32%) Developer
8 22 (4.68%) Tester
9 19 (4.04%) Software Engineer
10 18 (3.83%) Lead
10 18 (3.83%) Research Analyst
11 16 (3.40%) QA Engineer
12 14 (2.98%) Technical Product Owner
13 13 (2.77%) Project Manager
13 13 (2.77%) Technical Business Analyst
14 11 (2.34%) Full Stack Developer
15 10 (2.13%) Data Manager
15 10 (2.13%) Digital Product Owner
15 10 (2.13%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (8.51%) .NET
2 22 (4.68%) JSON
2 22 (4.68%) REST
3 20 (4.26%) Lightning Web Components
4 19 (4.04%) CSS
5 18 (3.83%) HTML
6 16 (3.40%) XML
7 14 (2.98%) Web Services
8 13 (2.77%) .NET Core
9 10 (2.13%) React
10 9 (1.91%) Node.js
10 9 (1.91%) RESTful
10 9 (1.91%) Vue
11 7 (1.49%) HTML5
12 6 (1.28%) .NET Framework
13 5 (1.06%) AngularJS
13 5 (1.06%) ASP.NET
13 5 (1.06%) ASP.NET MVC
13 5 (1.06%) Nightwatchjs
13 5 (1.06%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 148 (31.49%) Product Ownership
2 33 (7.02%) NHS
3 25 (5.32%) Management Information System
4 18 (3.83%) Life Science
5 15 (3.19%) Mobile App
6 13 (2.77%) Cloud Native
7 12 (2.55%) Data Structures
8 11 (2.34%) Onboarding
9 9 (1.91%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.49%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (1.49%) Market Risk
11 7 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (1.28%) Public Cloud
13 5 (1.06%) Algorithms
13 5 (1.06%) Derivative
13 5 (1.06%) PMI
13 5 (1.06%) Replication
14 4 (0.85%) Media Streaming
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.13%) Linux
1 10 (2.13%) Windows
2 9 (1.91%) Android
2 9 (1.91%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.64%) Unix
4 1 (0.21%) AIX
4 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (65.11%) Agile
2 259 (55.11%) User Stories
3 149 (31.70%) Roadmaps
4 147 (31.28%) Scrum
5 104 (22.13%) Problem-Solving
6 99 (21.06%) Product Roadmap
7 84 (17.87%) Epics
8 82 (17.45%) Product Backlog
9 77 (16.38%) Business Analysis
10 72 (15.32%) Test Automation
11 71 (15.11%) Backlog Refinement
12 70 (14.89%) Project Management
13 68 (14.47%) Requirements Gathering
14 67 (14.26%) Product Vision
14 67 (14.26%) User Experience
15 66 (14.04%) Backlog Management
16 65 (13.83%) Product Strategy
17 64 (13.62%) Stakeholder Management
18 60 (12.77%) Product Management
19 53 (11.28%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 76 (16.17%) SQL
2 41 (8.72%) C#
2 41 (8.72%) JavaScript
3 28 (5.96%) Python
4 23 (4.89%) TypeScript
5 11 (2.34%) Java
5 11 (2.34%) R
6 9 (1.91%) Apex Code
7 8 (1.70%) T-SQL
8 5 (1.06%) C++
9 4 (0.85%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.64%) Perl
11 2 (0.43%) Bash
11 2 (0.43%) Tcl
11 2 (0.43%) VB
12 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 112 (23.83%) Degree
2 50 (10.64%) Security Cleared
3 31 (6.60%) SC Cleared
4 14 (2.98%) CSPO
5 12 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.13%) Master's Degree
6 10 (2.13%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.49%) IIBA
7 7 (1.49%) ISTQB
8 6 (1.28%) PMP
9 5 (1.06%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.06%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.06%) ISEB
9 5 (1.06%) TOGAF Certification
10 4 (0.85%) DV Cleared
10 4 (0.85%) MBA
11 3 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.43%) CAPM
12 2 (0.43%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (18.30%) QA
2 18 (3.83%) GLP
3 11 (2.34%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.70%) GDPR
5 7 (1.49%) PMO
6 6 (1.28%) IEC 62304
7 5 (1.06%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (0.43%) SLA
10 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (0.64%) Docker
2 2 (0.43%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (1.06%) Grafana
1 5 (1.06%) Kibana
1 5 (1.06%) Terraform
2 3 (0.64%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 39 (8.30%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.60%) Salesforce
3 9 (1.91%) Databricks
4 8 (1.70%) Xero
5 5 (1.06%) SAP
6 4 (0.85%) Adobe
7 3 (0.64%) Atlassian
7 3 (0.64%) Cadence
8 2 (0.43%) Apple
8 2 (0.43%) Cisco
8 2 (0.43%) Oracle
8 2 (0.43%) Sophis
8 2 (0.43%) Xamarin
9 1 (0.21%) CA Agile Central
9 1 (0.21%) Marketo
9 1 (0.21%) Mercator
9 1 (0.21%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.21%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.21%) Symantec
9 1 (0.21%) VMware