Operational Acceptance Testing Contract Job Trends in Central London

Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Operational Acceptance Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 126 128
Rank change year-on-year -22 +2 +30
Contract jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing 1 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.041% 0.16% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% 0.17% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - £333 £365
25th Percentile £575 £363 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -19.05% -15.83%
75th Percentile £625 £586 £616
90th Percentile - £676 £711
London median daily rate £448 £600 £444
% change year-on-year -25.38% +35.21% -19.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,205 1,796 2,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 89.63% 93.69% 91.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,523 1,202 1,372
10th Percentile £358 £316 £363
25th Percentile £455 £419 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -3.20%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
London median daily rate £550 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 30 28
10th Percentile £17.60 £18.69 £17.75
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.00 £24.83
Median hourly rate £25.00 £28.33 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.74% -19.07% +30.84%
75th Percentile £43.00 £50.75 £65.63
90th Percentile £64.15 £63.75 £119.65
London median hourly rate £35.00 £31.49 £35.00
% change year-on-year +11.15% -10.03% -7.28%

Operational Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Operational Acceptance Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Operational Acceptance Testing job vacancy trend in Central London

Operational Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Operational Acceptance Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Operational Acceptance Testing

Operational Acceptance Testing
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 22 September 2026. 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
City of London -24 1 £600 +41.18% 4
Operational Acceptance Testing
London

Operational Acceptance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) eggPlant
1 1 (100.00%) HP UFT
1 1 (100.00%) Rational Functional Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SilkTest
1 1 (100.00%) SOAtest
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Test Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XBRL
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Korn
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SAP