OAT Tester Job Trends in Staines

Operational Acceptance Testing Tester (OAT Tester)
Surrey > Staines

The median Operational Acceptance Testing Tester (OAT Tester) salary in Staines is £48,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
26 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an OAT Tester 6 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Staines 7.32% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 7.50% - -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £40,000 - -
25th Percentile £42,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 - -
75th Percentile £53,250 - -
90th Percentile £55,000 - -
Surrey median annual salary £48,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Staines

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Staines. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Staines with a recognized job title 80 37 45
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.56% 92.50% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 62 33 32
10th Percentile £31,750 £41,250 £31,400
25th Percentile £47,500 £56,250 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +25.58% +7.50%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £60,313
90th Percentile - £77,500 £76,625
Surrey median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -13.04%

OAT Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Staines

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'OAT Tester' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Staines.

OAT Tester job vacancy trend in Staines

OAT Tester
Salary Histogram in Staines

Salary distribution for jobs citing OAT Tester in Staines over the 6 months to 26 July 2026.

Salary histogram for OAT Tester in Staines

OAT Tester Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staines

For the 6 months to 26 July 2026, OAT Tester job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Staines region featuring OAT Tester in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) AWS
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
1 6 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 6 (100.00%) DevOps
1 6 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 6 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Validation
2 4 (66.67%) Batch Processing
2 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 4 (66.67%) QA
2 4 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
3 2 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Release Management
3 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) SFIA
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Test Planning

OAT Tester Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staines 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) AWS
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 6 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 6 (100.00%) DevOps
1 6 (100.00%) Operational Acceptance Testing
1 6 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 6 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Validation
2 4 (66.67%) Batch Processing
2 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 4 (66.67%) Scenario Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Software Testing
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
3 2 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 2 (33.33%) Release Management
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) QA
OAT Tester jobs