Operational Acceptance Testing Job Trends in Hampshire

Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Operational Acceptance Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.038% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.054% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £51,020 - -
25th Percentile £51,050 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,100 - -
75th Percentile £51,150 - -
90th Percentile £51,180 - -
South East median annual salary £48,000 £57,500 -
% change year-on-year -16.52% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

Operational Acceptance Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,684 1,748 2,853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 69.37% 89.32% 77.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,616 1,087 1,834
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Operational Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Operational Acceptance Testing job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Operational Acceptance Testing
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Operational Acceptance Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Operational Acceptance Testing

Operational Acceptance Testing
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 22 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Farnborough - 1 £51,200 - 3
Operational Acceptance Testing
South East

Operational Acceptance Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Runbook
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Release Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow