Acceptance Criteria Contracts in the East of England

Acceptance Criteria
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East 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 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 100 99 128
Rank change year-on-year -1 +29 -16
Contract jobs citing Acceptance Criteria 12 18 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.62% 0.92% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 1.05% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 12 7
10th Percentile - £464 £393
25th Percentile £363 £475 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +5.26% -26.92%
75th Percentile £388 £572 £581
90th Percentile £498 £671 £658
England median daily rate £510 £550 £505
% change year-on-year -7.27% +8.91% +6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £33.00 £60.00 £63.25
% change year-on-year -45.00% -5.14% +118.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East 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 East of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,628 1,707 2,263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 84.13% 87.54% 88.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 673 1,004 1,308
10th Percentile £201 £206 £194
25th Percentile £315 £343 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 618 322 382
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £14.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +81.82% +41.94% -3.13%
75th Percentile £62.50 £63.75 £44.88
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%

Acceptance Criteria
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Acceptance Criteria in the East of England

Acceptance Criteria
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in the East of England

Acceptance Criteria
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Acceptance Criteria in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Acceptance Criteria in the East of England

Acceptance Criteria
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Acceptance Criteria in the East of England

Acceptance Criteria
Contract Job Locations in the East 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 East of England region 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire -4 9 £375 -40.00% 3
Bedfordshire -1 3 - - 5
Acceptance Criteria
England

Acceptance Criteria
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Delta Lake
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) Rational DOORS
General
1 5 (41.67%) Games
2 1 (8.33%) Advertising
2 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Lead
1 7 (58.33%) Test Leader
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Data Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) IT Manager
3 1 (8.33%) IT Services Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Service Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Service Transition Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 7 (58.33%) Scenario Testing
2 7 (58.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 7 (58.33%) Test Management
2 7 (58.33%) Test Planning
3 3 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) Analytics
4 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 2 (16.67%) Sprint Planning
4 2 (16.67%) User Stories
5 1 (8.33%) Change Advisory Board
5 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (8.33%) ITIL
5 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2
5 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (8.33%) Test Strategy
5 1 (8.33%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) IBM