acceptance criteria jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, acceptance criteria appears in 1,713 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Product Manager has the most postings mentioning acceptance criteria, with demand down 54% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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Frequently asked questions about acceptance criteria
+Is acceptance criteria in demand in 2026?
Yes. acceptance criteria appears in 1,713 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 54% vs the prior 4 weeks. Product Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning acceptance criteria (29.9% of all postings mentioning acceptance criteria).
+What jobs require acceptance criteria?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning acceptance criteria are AI Product Owner (29.0% of that role’s postings mention acceptance criteria), Salesforce Business Analyst (19.0% of that role’s postings mention acceptance criteria), Technical Business Analyst (18.8% of that role’s postings mention acceptance criteria).
+What skills are commonly paired with acceptance criteria?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), acceptance criteria most often appears alongside User stories, Agile, JIRA, Scrum, Product Management.
+Where is acceptance criteria most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring acceptance criteria are New York City, Pune, Bengaluru, Toronto, London, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring acceptance criteria — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require acceptance criteria
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| AI Product Owner | 9 | 29.0% |
| Salesforce Business Analyst | 8 | 19.0% |
| Technical Business Analyst | 29 | 18.8% |
| Product Owner | 257 | 17.8% |
| Digital Product Manager | 19 | 16.5% |
| Data Product Owner | 5 | 15.6% |
| Technical Product Owner | 21 | 15.3% |
| Digital Product Owner | 3 | 14.3% |
| IT Business Analyst | 25 | 13.7% |
| AI Business Analyst | 3 | 13.6% |
Roles with the most acceptance criteria postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Product Manager | 513 | 29.9% |
| Business Analyst | 326 | 19.0% |
| Product Owner | 257 | 15.0% |
| Technical Product Manager | 86 | 5.0% |
| Technical Business Analyst | 29 | 1.7% |
| IT Business Analyst | 25 | 1.5% |
| Technical Product Owner | 21 | 1.2% |
| Digital Product Manager | 19 | 1.1% |
| Systems Engineer | 17 | 1.0% |
| Test Engineer | 15 | 0.9% |
Top metros hiring for acceptance criteria
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 45 | 2.6% |
| Pune | 40 | 2.3% |
| Bengaluru | 35 | 2.0% |
| Toronto | 27 | 1.6% |
| London | 26 | 1.5% |
| Austin | 19 | 1.1% |
| Hyderabad | 19 | 1.1% |
| San Francisco | 18 | 1.1% |
| Atlanta | 16 | 0.9% |
Skills commonly paired with acceptance criteria
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning acceptance criteria by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s acceptance criteria postings by all acceptance criteria postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- a32301cc20466237
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- 2026-09-28
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- 90
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