OAT Tester Contract Job Trends in Croydon

Operational Acceptance Testing Tester (OAT Tester)
South London > Croydon

The median Operational Acceptance Testing Tester (OAT Tester) daily rate in Croydon is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
20 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an OAT Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 1.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
South London median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Croydon. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Croydon with a recognized job title 84 101 149
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.55% 97.12% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 66 112
10th Percentile £338 £380 £231
25th Percentile £474 £463 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £545
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% -1.10% -5.22%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £628
90th Percentile £638 £650 £675
South London median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £17.25 £21.75
Median hourly rate - £19.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year - -17.02% -
75th Percentile - £21.75 £25.25
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate £58.74 £19.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year +201.21% -55.51% -0.05%

OAT Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'OAT Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Croydon.

OAT Tester job vacancy trend in Croydon

OAT Tester
Daily Rate Trend in Croydon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for OAT Tester job vacancies in Croydon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for OAT Tester job vacancies in Croydon

OAT Tester Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon

For the 6 months to 20 November 2025, OAT Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Croydon region featuring OAT Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Dynatrace
1 1 (100.00%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

OAT Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon 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%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Elastic Stack
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Grafana
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dynatrace