Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT)
North West > Cheshire
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Operational Acceptance Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Operational Acceptance Testing over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 8 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 54 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | -10 |
| Contract jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire | - | - | 0.77% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.88% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £426 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £427 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £427 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -4.26% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £427 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £428 |
| North West median daily rate | - | £650 | £427 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +52.22% | +0.47% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire
Operational Acceptance Testing 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 Cheshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 421 | 493 | 457 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire | 83.86% | 91.81% | 87.55% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 278 | 334 | 257 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £288 | £216 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £400 | £362 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | £475 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.74% | +5.56% | +2.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £580 | £575 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £631 |
| North West median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 30 | 25 | 27 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.70 | £19.29 | £10.36 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.61 | £23.15 | £15.78 |
| Median hourly rate | £26.66 | £30.54 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.70% | +32.78% | -0.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £42.31 | £35.03 | £31.89 |
| 90th Percentile | £44.13 | £40.00 | £60.45 |
| North West median hourly rate | £23.80 | £36.00 | £20.13 |
| % change year-on-year | -33.89% | +78.84% | +9.28% |
Operational Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Job postings citing Operational Acceptance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
Operational Acceptance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing in Cheshire.