Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT)
England > East of England
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Operational Acceptance Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 82 | 103 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +21 | +37 |
| Contract jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the East of England | - | 0.35% | 0.18% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | 0.42% | 0.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £313 | £350 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -10.71% | -35.19% |
| England median daily rate | £425 | £380 | £444 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.84% | -14.37% | -17.82% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England
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 the East of England.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 1,350 | 958 | 1,498 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England | 84.38% | 83.74% | 88.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 564 | 408 | 788 |
| 10th Percentile | £187 | £237 | £243 |
| 25th Percentile | £361 | £338 | £393 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £484 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.89% | -5.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £580 | £577 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £675 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £505 | £525 | £545 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.81% | -3.67% | -0.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 432 | 188 | 355 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.11 | - | £14.16 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.40 | £15.62 | £15.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.88 | £28.34 | £22.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.33% | +28.80% | -2.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.18 | £65.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £75.00 | £78.50 |
| England median hourly rate | £25.15 | £35.00 | £44.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.14% | -21.35% | +19.30% |
Operational Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Operational Acceptance Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.
Operational Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Operational Acceptance Testing.
