Operational Acceptance Testing Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring Operational Acceptance Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.096% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £700 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 898 517 631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 86.26% 91.50% 84.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 535 335 409
10th Percentile £363 £307 £300
25th Percentile £419 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -7.62%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £575
90th Percentile £663 £608 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £493 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +0.61% -2.10% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 4 27
10th Percentile £18.35 £25.15 -
25th Percentile £20.51 £25.38 £12.15
Median hourly rate £35.00 £29.56 £12.30
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% +140.28% -35.26%
75th Percentile £43.96 £50.48 £18.33
90th Percentile £49.97 £79.33 £33.75
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.00 £22.14 £13.50
% change year-on-year +8.40% +64.00% -27.03%

Operational Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Operational Acceptance Testing job vacancy trend in Leeds

Operational Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Operational Acceptance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) LoadRunner
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Chaos Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Resilience Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) New Relic