Operational Acceptance Testing Contract Job Trends in the North East

Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Operational Acceptance Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.12% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £475 £500 £390
% change year-on-year -5.00% +28.21% -23.90%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 705 253 244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 84.13% 85.19% 90.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 389 149 101
10th Percentile £313 £225 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £620 £738
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 16 35
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.49 £13.75
25th Percentile £31.89 £14.31 £15.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £18.09 £29.77
Median % change year-on-year +143.07% -39.25% +48.85%
75th Percentile £70.00 £20.63 £46.18
90th Percentile - £44.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -2.95%

Operational Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Operational Acceptance Testing job vacancy trend in the North East

Operational Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Operational Acceptance Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Operational Acceptance Testing

Operational Acceptance Testing
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing within the North East region over the 6 months to 22 September 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
Tyne and Wear - 1 £450 - 4
Operational Acceptance Testing
England

Operational Acceptance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Test Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Synthetic Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared