Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT)
UK > Wales
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Operational Acceptance Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 5 Sep 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 40 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +14 |
| Contract jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Wales | - | - | 1.03% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | - | - | 1.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £162 |
| UK median daily rate | £475 | £475 | £438 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +8.57% | -6.91% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £25.60 |
| UK median hourly rate | - | - | £25.60 |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales
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 Wales.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 456 | 291 | 297 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales | 71.36% | 85.34% | 76.74% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 277 | 184 | 157 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £190 | £142 |
| 25th Percentile | £375 | £266 | £210 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £400 | £413 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +18.75% | -3.03% | -10.81% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £488 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £643 | £638 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | -3.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 68 | 49 | 48 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.49 | £13.08 | £15.48 |
| 25th Percentile | £14.12 | £15.00 | £20.12 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.25 | £20.50 | £25.48 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.66% | -19.54% | +4.18% |
| 75th Percentile | £36.78 | £25.15 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £46.90 | - | £53.75 |
| UK median hourly rate | £41.00 | £25.15 | £42.88 |
| % change year-on-year | +63.02% | -41.35% | +3.33% |
Operational Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Operational Acceptance Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.
Operational Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Wales
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Operational Acceptance Testing.
