Operational Acceptance Testing Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT)
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring Operational Acceptance Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 0.51% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
South East median daily rate £350 £413 £700
% change year-on-year -15.15% -41.07% +40.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 328 161 168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 83.89% 84.74% 87.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 108 129
10th Percentile £192 £170 £200
25th Percentile £299 £258 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £431 £439 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% -2.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £550
90th Percentile £630 £703 £615
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £515
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% -0.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 27 5
10th Percentile £17.00 - £24.45
25th Percentile £23.00 £15.50 £27.00
Median hourly rate £30.50 £18.82 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +62.06% -32.79% +14.47%
75th Percentile £53.75 £20.69 £29.00
90th Percentile £58.75 £47.25 £35.75
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £21.32 £57.35
% change year-on-year +157.97% -62.82% +14.70%

Operational Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Operational Acceptance Testing job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Operational Acceptance Testing
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Operational Acceptance Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Operational Acceptance Testing

Operational Acceptance Testing
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 West Sussex region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
Worthing - 2 £325 - 4
Operational Acceptance Testing
South East

Operational Acceptance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Test Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell