Acceptance Criteria Contracts in London

Acceptance Criteria
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Acceptance Criteria skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Acceptance Criteria over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 186 226 221
Rank change year-on-year +40 -5 -7
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 229 289 515
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.30% 1.15% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 1.26% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 186 310
10th Percentile £371 £400 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +2.33% +3.37%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £642
90th Percentile £700 £650 £706
England median daily rate £510 £549 £505
% change year-on-year -7.10% +8.71% +6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 1
10th Percentile £31.71 £59.35 -
25th Percentile £32.03 £64.00 £76.56
Median hourly rate £33.04 £70.00 £78.13
Median % change year-on-year -52.81% -10.40% +169.40%
75th Percentile £41.08 £80.00 £79.69
90th Percentile £54.88 £83.94 -
England median hourly rate £33.07 £62.00 £63.25
% change year-on-year -46.66% -1.98% +118.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Acceptance Criteria falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,607 22,862 35,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.27% 90.90% 92.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,159 16,574 26,061
10th Percentile £340 £375 £394
25th Percentile £445 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £780
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 267 388
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £17.09
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £30.00 £39.42 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.90% +9.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.83
90th Percentile £67.60 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in London

Acceptance Criteria
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in London

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in London

Acceptance Criteria
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 12 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +37 42 £525 +9.09% 4
East London +3 11 £540 +8.00% 1
West London +9 6 £350 -41.67% 2
South London +7 1 £380 -27.62% 4
North London - 1 £375 -
Acceptance Criteria
England

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 17 (7.42%) Confluence
2 4 (1.75%) CMS
2 4 (1.75%) Drupal
3 2 (0.87%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.44%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.44%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.44%) Camunda
4 1 (0.44%) IIS
4 1 (0.44%) Joomla!
4 1 (0.44%) LiveLink
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.44%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.44%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.44%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.44%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.44%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (4.80%) Aligne
2 8 (3.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (2.18%) SimCorp Dimension
4 4 (1.75%) Shopify
5 2 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.44%) Advent Geneva
6 1 (0.44%) Aladdin
6 1 (0.44%) Endur
6 1 (0.44%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 1 (0.44%) Softmar
6 1 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 48 (20.96%) Azure
2 33 (14.41%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (4.80%) Power Platform
4 9 (3.93%) AWS
5 8 (3.49%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (3.06%) Miro
6 7 (3.06%) Power Automate
7 5 (2.18%) SaaS
8 4 (1.75%) BigCommerce
9 3 (1.31%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (1.31%) PaaS
10 2 (0.87%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.87%) Figma
10 2 (0.87%) GCP
10 2 (0.87%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 2 (0.87%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.44%) dbt
11 1 (0.44%) GitHub
11 1 (0.44%) Microsoft 365
11 1 (0.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.93%) SSH
2 3 (1.31%) DNS
3 2 (0.87%) DHCP
3 2 (0.87%) Firewall
3 2 (0.87%) Network Security
3 2 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.44%) FTP
4 1 (0.44%) PuTTY
4 1 (0.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.80%) Power BI
2 10 (4.37%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.06%) Data Lake
4 5 (2.18%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.75%) Apache Cassandra
5 4 (1.75%) Redis
5 4 (1.75%) SAP HANA
6 3 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.31%) GIS
7 2 (0.87%) Big Data
7 2 (0.87%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.87%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.44%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (11.79%) JIRA
2 18 (7.86%) Postman
3 12 (5.24%) SoapUI
4 9 (3.93%) Cucumber
4 9 (3.93%) JUnit
5 8 (3.49%) Selenium
6 7 (3.06%) Visual Studio
7 6 (2.62%) WebDriver
8 5 (2.18%) Gatling
8 5 (2.18%) LoadRunner
9 4 (1.75%) Appium
9 4 (1.75%) Git
9 4 (1.75%) Mockito
9 4 (1.75%) Rational Performance Tester
9 4 (1.75%) ScalaTest
10 2 (0.87%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.87%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.87%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.44%) Burp Suite
11 1 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
General
1 81 (35.37%) Social Skills
2 74 (32.31%) Finance
3 48 (20.96%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (10.48%) Presentation Skills
4 24 (10.48%) Public Sector
5 21 (9.17%) Back Office
6 15 (6.55%) Banking
7 8 (3.49%) Front Office
7 8 (3.49%) Investment Banking
8 6 (2.62%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (2.62%) Retail
9 5 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.18%) Marketing
10 4 (1.75%) Local Government
11 3 (1.31%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.87%) Agriculture
12 2 (0.87%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.87%) Games
12 2 (0.87%) Legal
12 2 (0.87%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 108 (47.16%) Analyst
2 84 (36.68%) Business Analyst
3 38 (16.59%) Senior
4 23 (10.04%) Product Owner
5 22 (9.61%) Consultant
5 22 (9.61%) Senior Analyst
6 21 (9.17%) Technical Analyst
6 21 (9.17%) Technical Business Analyst
7 15 (6.55%) Developer
8 14 (6.11%) Test Analyst
9 12 (5.24%) Senior Business Analyst
10 11 (4.80%) Project Manager
11 10 (4.37%) Financial Analyst
11 10 (4.37%) Insurance Business Analyst
11 10 (4.37%) Senior Test Analyst
12 9 (3.93%) Functional Consultant
12 9 (3.93%) Java Developer
12 9 (3.93%) Service Manager
12 9 (3.93%) Tester
12 9 (3.93%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (8.30%) SOAP
2 14 (6.11%) Web Services
3 13 (5.68%) Hibernate
3 13 (5.68%) JPA
3 13 (5.68%) Spring
4 12 (5.24%) XML
5 9 (3.93%) J2EE
5 9 (3.93%) JSON
5 9 (3.93%) REST
6 6 (2.62%) ADO
7 4 (1.75%) .NET
7 4 (1.75%) Akka
7 4 (1.75%) Play Framework
7 4 (1.75%) RESTful
7 4 (1.75%) SAP PI
7 4 (1.75%) spray
7 4 (1.75%) Spring MVC
7 4 (1.75%) VML
8 2 (0.87%) Node.js
8 2 (0.87%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 55 (24.02%) Product Ownership
2 20 (8.73%) Management Information System
3 18 (7.86%) Mobile App
4 9 (3.93%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (3.93%) Linux Command Line
4 9 (3.93%) Renewable Energy
4 9 (3.93%) Solar Panel
5 6 (2.62%) Algorithms
5 6 (2.62%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.18%) Data Structures
6 5 (2.18%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.31%) Derivative
7 3 (1.31%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.31%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.87%) Clustering
8 2 (0.87%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.87%) Freedom of Information
8 2 (0.87%) Freedom of Information Act
8 2 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.42%) Linux
2 13 (5.68%) Unix
3 9 (3.93%) Windows
4 6 (2.62%) Android
5 1 (0.44%) AIX
5 1 (0.44%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (65.94%) Agile
2 132 (57.64%) User Stories
3 54 (23.58%) Business Analysis
3 54 (23.58%) Scrum
4 47 (20.52%) DevOps
4 47 (20.52%) Problem-Solving
5 39 (17.03%) User Acceptance Testing
6 35 (15.28%) Epics
6 35 (15.28%) Workshop Facilitation
7 31 (13.54%) Test Automation
8 30 (13.10%) Product Backlog
9 26 (11.35%) Continuous Integration
9 26 (11.35%) Migration
9 26 (11.35%) Requirements Gathering
10 24 (10.48%) Backlog Prioritisation
11 22 (9.61%) BDD
11 22 (9.61%) Business Case
12 21 (9.17%) Software Testing
12 21 (9.17%) Translating Business Requirements
13 20 (8.73%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 27 (11.79%) SQL
2 18 (7.86%) Java
3 13 (5.68%) Python
4 8 (3.49%) C#
5 6 (2.62%) Perl
6 5 (2.18%) Kotlin
6 5 (2.18%) Scala
7 3 (1.31%) C
7 3 (1.31%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.31%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.87%) Go
8 2 (0.87%) R
9 1 (0.44%) C++
9 1 (0.44%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 19 (8.30%) Degree
2 18 (7.86%) Security Cleared
3 15 (6.55%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.75%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (1.31%) MBA
6 2 (0.87%) CBAP
7 1 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.44%) CSPO
7 1 (0.44%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.44%) ISEB
7 1 (0.44%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.73%) QA
2 9 (3.93%) PCI DSS
3 6 (2.62%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.18%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.87%) WCAG
6 1 (0.44%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (3.06%) Docker
2 2 (0.87%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.44%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 8 (3.49%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.18%) Grafana
2 5 (2.18%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.44%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 26 (11.35%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.68%) SAP
3 5 (2.18%) CyberSource
3 5 (2.18%) HP
3 5 (2.18%) IBM
3 5 (2.18%) Salesforce
3 5 (2.18%) ServiceNow
3 5 (2.18%) SimCorp
4 4 (1.75%) Adobe
4 4 (1.75%) Sitecore
5 3 (1.31%) Dell
5 3 (1.31%) Intel
6 2 (0.87%) Civica
6 2 (0.87%) Guidewire
6 2 (0.87%) Oracle
7 1 (0.44%) Broadcom
7 1 (0.44%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.44%) F5
7 1 (0.44%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.44%) Sparx