Operational Acceptance Testing Contract Job Trends in East Kilbride

Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT)
South Lanarkshire > East Kilbride

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East Kilbride requiring Operational Acceptance Testing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East Kilbride 40.00% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 40.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
South Lanarkshire median daily rate £550 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Kilbride

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 East Kilbride.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5 31 75
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Kilbride 100.00% 91.18% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 20 56
10th Percentile - £448 £250
25th Percentile - £450 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £670 £625
Median % change year-on-year -17.91% +7.20% +56.25%
75th Percentile - £750 £700
90th Percentile - £754 -
South Lanarkshire median daily rate £550 £670 £600
% change year-on-year -17.91% +11.67% +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £18.87 - -
South Lanarkshire median hourly rate £18.87 - -

Operational Acceptance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Kilbride 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Military
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) OAT Tester
1 2 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA