Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT)
South East > Buckinghamshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Operational Acceptance Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Acceptance Testing over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 39 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire | 0.37% | - | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.40% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £350 | - | - |
| South East median daily rate | £475 | £700 | £481 |
| % change year-on-year | -32.14% | +45.45% | -3.75% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire
Operational Acceptance Testing 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 Buckinghamshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 253 | 366 | 813 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire | 93.70% | 81.33% | 92.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 145 | 252 | 642 |
| 10th Percentile | £210 | £228 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.26% | -5.00% | +4.17% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £560 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £641 | £645 | £650 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £513 | £515 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.44% | -0.49% | +3.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 40 | 25 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £15.85 | £13.17 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.20 | £18.00 | £13.37 |
| Median hourly rate | £15.25 | £25.00 | £16.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -39.00% | +52.44% | +33.23% |
| 75th Percentile | £24.50 | £30.00 | £17.58 |
| 90th Percentile | £54.63 | £48.75 | £20.75 |
| South East median hourly rate | £24.00 | £49.00 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -51.02% | -2.00% | +122.22% |
Operational Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire
Job postings citing Operational Acceptance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.
Operational Acceptance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing in Buckinghamshire.
Operational Acceptance Testing
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 4 July 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes | - | 1 | £350 | - | 3 |
| Operational Acceptance Testing South East |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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: