Operational Acceptance Testing Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT)
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Liverpool requiring Operational Acceptance Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
26 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 0.96% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £393 - -
25th Percentile £394 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £398 - -
75th Percentile £399 - -
90th Percentile £400 - -
Merseyside median daily rate £398 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 182 145 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 87.50% 75.92% 85.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 80 61
10th Percentile £134 £143 £220
25th Percentile £163 £173 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% -11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £500 £519 £575
90th Percentile £650 £621 £650
Merseyside median daily rate £263 £400 £450
% change year-on-year -34.38% -11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 12
10th Percentile - £12.65 £13.44
25th Percentile £15.18 £14.40 £16.25
Median hourly rate £33.10 £19.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.74% -2.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £51.02 £23.40 £28.58
90th Percentile - £23.53 £47.90
Merseyside median hourly rate £41.86 £18.60 £19.00
% change year-on-year +125.09% -2.13% +8.20%

Operational Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Operational Acceptance Testing job vacancy trend in Liverpool

Operational Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

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

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

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cutover Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 2 (100.00%) ETL
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Stability
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) IFRS
1 2 (100.00%) IFRS 17
2 1 (50.00%) QA
Operational Acceptance Testing jobs