Acceptance Criteria Contracts with Work from Home Options

Acceptance Criteria
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 191 197 194
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 +77
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 159 312 625
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.09% 1.29% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.44% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 242 418
10th Percentile £397 £400 £375
25th Percentile £430 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.93% +9.80% +5.82%
75th Percentile £559 £600 £575
90th Percentile £625 £635 £652
UK median daily rate £505 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -8.18% +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 17
10th Percentile - - £60.00
25th Percentile £22.75 £56.25 £63.25
Median hourly rate £23.50 £57.50 £68.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.13% -15.44% +130.66%
75th Percentile £24.25 £58.75 £75.00
90th Percentile - - £77.50
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £60.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -45.00% - +106.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,743 21,731 40,495
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.55% 89.66% 91.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,582 15,423 29,469
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 569 503 524
10th Percentile £14.79 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.00 £25.85 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £58.47
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +10.45%

Acceptance Criteria
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Acceptance Criteria as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Acceptance Criteria trend for jobs with a WFH option

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Acceptance Criteria.

Acceptance Criteria daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Acceptance Criteria over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Acceptance Criteria daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Acceptance Criteria
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Acceptance Criteria.

Acceptance Criteria hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 20 (12.58%) Confluence
2 3 (1.89%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 3 (1.89%) ArcGIS
2 3 (1.89%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.26%) LiveLink
4 1 (0.63%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.63%) Camunda
Applications
1 5 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (3.14%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (3.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (3.14%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.89%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.14%) SimCorp Dimension
3 4 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.89%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.63%) Aligne
5 1 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.63%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.63%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.63%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.63%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 30 (18.87%) Azure
2 17 (10.69%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (7.55%) AWS
4 9 (5.66%) Power Platform
5 8 (5.03%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (5.03%) Power Automate
6 4 (2.52%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 3 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.89%) PowerApps
7 3 (1.89%) SaaS
8 2 (1.26%) Adobe Analytics
8 2 (1.26%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (1.26%) Miro
8 2 (1.26%) PaaS
8 2 (1.26%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.63%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.63%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.26%) Network Security
2 1 (0.63%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.77%) Power BI
2 5 (3.14%) Data Lake
3 4 (2.52%) Geospatial Data
3 4 (2.52%) GIS
4 2 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.26%) Delta Lake
4 2 (1.26%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.26%) SAP BW
4 2 (1.26%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.63%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.63%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.63%) Redis
5 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.63%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (14.47%) JIRA
2 9 (5.66%) JMeter
3 7 (4.40%) Selenium
4 3 (1.89%) Git
4 3 (1.89%) Postman
5 2 (1.26%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.63%) Appium
6 1 (0.63%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.63%) Gatling
6 1 (0.63%) Mockito
6 1 (0.63%) ScalaTest
6 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.63%) UI Automator
6 1 (0.63%) XCUITest
General
1 48 (30.19%) Social Skills
2 26 (16.35%) Finance
3 22 (13.84%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (13.84%) Public Sector
4 7 (4.40%) Back Office
5 6 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.14%) Retail
7 4 (2.52%) Banking
7 4 (2.52%) Legal
7 4 (2.52%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.52%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.63%) Automotive
10 1 (0.63%) Billing
10 1 (0.63%) Games
10 1 (0.63%) German Language
Job Titles
1 78 (49.06%) Analyst
2 57 (35.85%) Business Analyst
3 32 (20.13%) Senior
4 15 (9.43%) Consultant
4 15 (9.43%) Senior Analyst
5 13 (8.18%) Product Owner
6 9 (5.66%) Senior Business Analyst
6 9 (5.66%) Service Manager
6 9 (5.66%) Service Transition Manager
6 9 (5.66%) Transition Manager
7 8 (5.03%) Technical Analyst
8 7 (4.40%) Agile Business Analyst
8 7 (4.40%) Data Analyst
9 6 (3.77%) Architect
9 6 (3.77%) Developer
9 6 (3.77%) Digital Analyst
9 6 (3.77%) Digital Business Analyst
9 6 (3.77%) Functional Consultant
10 5 (3.14%) Asset Management Analyst
10 5 (3.14%) Asset Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.77%) REST
2 5 (3.14%) OpenAPI
2 5 (3.14%) Swagger
3 3 (1.89%) JSON
3 3 (1.89%) RESTful
3 3 (1.89%) XML
4 2 (1.26%) .NET
4 2 (1.26%) HTML
4 2 (1.26%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (1.26%) Web Services
5 1 (0.63%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.63%) Akka
5 1 (0.63%) CSS
5 1 (0.63%) Express.js
5 1 (0.63%) Gherkin
5 1 (0.63%) Kafka
5 1 (0.63%) Play Framework
5 1 (0.63%) React
5 1 (0.63%) Sass
5 1 (0.63%) spray
Miscellaneous
1 34 (21.38%) Product Ownership
2 8 (5.03%) Mobile App
3 5 (3.14%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (2.52%) Low-Code
5 3 (1.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (1.89%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.26%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.26%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.26%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.63%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.63%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.63%) EPoS
7 1 (0.63%) IVR
7 1 (0.63%) NHS
7 1 (0.63%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.63%) PMI
7 1 (0.63%) Smart Meter
7 1 (0.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.52%) Android
2 1 (0.63%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.63%) Linux
2 1 (0.63%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (73.58%) User Stories
2 95 (59.75%) Agile
3 47 (29.56%) Business Analysis
4 32 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (16.98%) DevOps
6 24 (15.09%) Scrum
7 23 (14.47%) User Acceptance Testing
8 21 (13.21%) Translating Business Requirements
9 20 (12.58%) Workshop Facilitation
10 19 (11.95%) Roadmaps
10 19 (11.95%) Sprint Planning
10 19 (11.95%) Stakeholder Management
10 19 (11.95%) Test Automation
11 18 (11.32%) Requirements Gathering
11 18 (11.32%) Service Design
12 17 (10.69%) Test Scripting
13 16 (10.06%) Scenario Testing
13 16 (10.06%) Use Case
14 15 (9.43%) Epics
14 15 (9.43%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.66%) Java
2 6 (3.77%) SQL
3 5 (3.14%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.52%) Kotlin
4 4 (2.52%) Python
5 2 (1.26%) C#
6 1 (0.63%) ABAP
6 1 (0.63%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.63%) Scala
6 1 (0.63%) Swift
6 1 (0.63%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.63%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.63%) VB
Qualifications
1 25 (15.72%) Security Cleared
2 21 (13.21%) SC Cleared
3 6 (3.77%) Degree
4 3 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (1.89%) CSPO
4 3 (1.89%) ISEB
5 2 (1.26%) CBAP
5 2 (1.26%) IIBA
5 2 (1.26%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.63%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.63%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.63%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.63%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.69%) QA
2 6 (3.77%) Accessibility
2 6 (3.77%) WCAG
3 4 (2.52%) PCI DSS
3 4 (2.52%) PMO
4 2 (1.26%) COBIT
4 2 (1.26%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.26%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (1.26%) GDPR
4 2 (1.26%) PSD2
5 1 (0.63%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.63%) SLA
5 1 (0.63%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 1 (0.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.63%) Grafana
1 1 (0.63%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (0.63%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.63%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 15 (9.43%) SAP
2 11 (6.92%) Microsoft
3 6 (3.77%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.14%) Atlassian
4 5 (3.14%) SimCorp
5 4 (2.52%) Adobe
6 3 (1.89%) ESRI
7 2 (1.26%) Ariba
7 2 (1.26%) Civica
8 1 (0.63%) Conga
8 1 (0.63%) CyberSource
8 1 (0.63%) Google
8 1 (0.63%) IBM
8 1 (0.63%) Remedy
8 1 (0.63%) Xamarin