OAT Tester Contract Job Trends in South Lanarkshire

Operational Acceptance Testing Tester (OAT Tester)
Scotland > South Lanarkshire

The median Operational Acceptance Testing Tester (OAT Tester) daily rate in South Lanarkshire is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an OAT Tester 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Lanarkshire 33.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 40.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
Scotland median daily rate £538 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Lanarkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Lanarkshire. 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 South Lanarkshire with a recognized job title 5 35 69
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 83.33% 100.00% 85.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 24 52
10th Percentile £355 £437 £250
25th Percentile £428 £450 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £670 £588
Median % change year-on-year -17.91% +13.91% +47.05%
75th Percentile - £750 £700
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -

OAT Tester
Contract Job Locations in South Lanarkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing OAT Tester within the South Lanarkshire region over the 6 months to 27 September 2025. 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
East Kilbride - 2 £550 -
OAT Tester
Scotland

OAT Tester Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Lanarkshire

For the 6 months to 27 September 2025, OAT Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South Lanarkshire region featuring OAT Tester in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Military
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector

OAT Tester Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Lanarkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Military
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA