Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT)
Berkshire > Reading
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Operational Acceptance Testing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 86 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading | - | - | 0.17% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 0.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £556 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £563 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £569 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £295 | - | £463 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -24.49% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading
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 Reading.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 541 | 950 | 1,016 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading | 92.16% | 85.74% | 88.81% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 342 | 505 | 670 |
| 10th Percentile | £354 | £350 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £475 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £583 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.80% | +6.00% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £620 | £651 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £669 | £715 | £700 |
| Berkshire median daily rate | £512 | £550 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.95% | +4.76% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 20 | 32 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £15.13 | £18.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.75 | £55.41 | £53.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £24.13 | £61.60 | £65.13 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -60.84% | -5.41% | +150.48% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.00 | £75.40 | £74.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £59.08 | £87.46 | £75.25 |
| Berkshire median hourly rate | £32.31 | £61.60 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -47.55% | +2.67% | +97.08% |
Operational Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading
Job postings citing Operational Acceptance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.
Operational Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Reading
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Operational Acceptance Testing.
