Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT)
Hertfordshire > Watford
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Watford requiring Operational Acceptance Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Operational Acceptance Testing over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 9 | 18 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +9 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Watford | 3.45% | 1.71% | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 3.70% | 1.82% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £306 | £306 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £313 | £313 | - |
| 75th Percentile | £319 | £319 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Hertfordshire median daily rate | £313 | £313 | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Watford
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 Watford.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 27 | 110 | 110 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford | 93.10% | 94.02% | 80.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 20 | 77 | 77 |
| 10th Percentile | £402 | £291 | £195 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £363 | £393 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £470 | £425 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.59% | -19.05% | +7.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £613 | £775 |
| 90th Percentile | £576 | £745 | £950 |
| Hertfordshire median daily rate | £550 | £425 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.41% | -15.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £13.65 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £46.31 | £13.88 | £21.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £47.44 | £15.00 | £22.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +216.27% | -31.82% | -37.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £48.57 | £15.75 | £34.35 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £16.20 | £38.64 |
| Hertfordshire median hourly rate | £65.00 | £50.00 | £65.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +30.00% | -23.08% | +27.83% |
Operational Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford
Job postings citing Operational Acceptance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Watford.
Operational Acceptance Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Watford
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing in Watford.
Operational Acceptance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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:
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