OAT Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Operational Acceptance Testing Manager (OAT Manager)
UK > England

The median Operational Acceptance Testing Manager (OAT Manager) daily rate in England is £365, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 March 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 573 - 545
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an OAT Manager 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.008% - 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% - 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £353 - -
25th Percentile £358 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 - -
75th Percentile £517 - -
90th Percentile £608 - -
UK median daily rate £495 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,420 22,977 34,988
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.07% 93.06% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,721 15,223 23,383
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £409 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,262 800 2,288
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.50 £21.24 £16.25
Median hourly rate £38.63 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.37% +7.69% -23.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £77.22 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +10.77% - -23.85%

OAT Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

OAT Manager job vacancy trend in England

OAT Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for OAT Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for OAT Manager job vacancies in England

OAT Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing OAT Manager in England over the 6 months to 23 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for OAT Manager in England

OAT Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OAT Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 23 March 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
London - 3 £365 -
OAT Manager
UK

OAT Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 23 March 2026, OAT Manager 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 England region featuring OAT Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Remedy
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Runbook
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Capacity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation

OAT Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Remedy ITSM
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (66.67%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) High Availability
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Service Management
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Runbook
2 2 (66.67%) Test Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Capacity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Remedy