Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT)
UK
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Operational Acceptance Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Operational Acceptance Testing over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 714 | 870 | 958 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +156 | +88 | +202 |
| Permanent jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.007% | 0.014% | 0.018% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.008% | 0.016% | 0.019% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 11 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £47,700 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £21,500 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £65,000 | £67,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.38% | -3.70% | -10.89% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £72,500 | £87,500 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £75,000 | £89,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £70,000 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -21.43% | - | - |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
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.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 52,452 | 85,111 | 95,067 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 93.88% | 85.18% | 95.58% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,389 | 59,794 | 56,136 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £29,071 | £34,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £55,000 | £61,180 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.55% | -10.10% | +1.97% |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £72,500 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £92,500 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
Operational Acceptance Testing
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Operational Acceptance Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Operational Acceptance Testing
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Operational Acceptance Testing.
Operational Acceptance Testing
Top 8 Job Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 21 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +155 | 4 | £55,000 | -15.38% | 10 |
| UK excluding London | +171 | 3 | £55,000 | -21.43% | 8 |
| North of England | +43 | 2 | £55,000 | +71.74% | |
| North East | - | 2 | £55,000 | - | |
| London | +116 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Work from Home | +106 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Midlands | +59 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| West Midlands | +57 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
Operational Acceptance Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: