Operational Acceptance Testing Job Trends in the Midlands

Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Operational Acceptance Testing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 229 269 -
Rank change year-on-year +40 - -
Permanent jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing 1 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.018% 0.051% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.021% 0.064% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 £67,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% - -
75th Percentile £63,750 £73,125 -
90th Percentile - £74,250 -
England median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -17.86% +33.33% -19.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,843 7,844 5,123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.44% 79.75% 94.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,849 3,735 3,821
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £59,500 £62,000
% change year-on-year -7.56% -4.03% +3.33%

Operational Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Operational Acceptance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Operational Acceptance Testing in the Midlands

Operational Acceptance Testing
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Operational Acceptance Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Operational Acceptance Testing

Operational Acceptance Testing
Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +43 1 £57,500 -23.33% 1
Operational Acceptance Testing
England

Operational Acceptance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Test Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ATDD
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) QA