System Integration Testing Contract Job Trends in the City of London

System Integration Testing (SIT)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring System Integration Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 111 122
Rank change year-on-year -6 +11 +56
Contract jobs citing System Integration Testing 12 15 18
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.66% 0.73% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.79% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 16
10th Percentile £310 £225 £538
25th Percentile £405 £371 £566
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £595 £666
Median % change year-on-year +4.20% -10.69% +4.51%
75th Percentile £638 £618 £848
90th Percentile £743 £685 £888
Central London median daily rate £620 £595 £666
% change year-on-year +4.20% -10.69% +4.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £62.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

System Integration 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,650 1,897 2,284
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.76% 92.04% 89.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,167 1,158 1,637
10th Percentile £340 £363 £363
25th Percentile £424 £465 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £756 £788 £804
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 11
10th Percentile £19.98 £15.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.36 £22.00 £17.97
Median hourly rate £31.00 £42.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.06% +70.00% -41.86%
75th Percentile £43.33 £102.25 £42.38
90th Percentile £55.25 £127.30 £73.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.57 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -24.09% +37.25% -37.04%

System Integration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing System Integration Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

System Integration Testing job vacancy trend in the City of London

System Integration Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing System Integration Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing System Integration Testing

System Integration Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing System Integration Testing in the City of London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for System Integration Testing in the City of London

System Integration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (16.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Algo Collateral
2 1 (8.33%) Aladdin
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (8.33%) SAP MDG
2 1 (8.33%) SAP PLM
2 1 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (8.33%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) Oracle Forms
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Banking
3 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Billing
4 1 (8.33%) General Ledger
4 1 (8.33%) Law
4 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 1 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Test Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Senior Test Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Payments Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Payments Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Programme Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Programme Test Manager
4 1 (8.33%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) SAP PLM Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Systems Tester
4 1 (8.33%) Test Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Test Programme Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Tester
4 1 (8.33%) Workday Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) EDI
1 1 (8.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Derivative
1 2 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (8.33%) PMI
2 1 (8.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (50.00%) Agile
3 5 (41.67%) Integration Testing
4 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 4 (33.33%) Test Management
5 3 (25.00%) Defect Management
5 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (25.00%) Scenario Testing
5 3 (25.00%) Validation
6 2 (16.67%) API Integration
6 2 (16.67%) Change Management
6 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
6 2 (16.67%) Data Mapping
6 2 (16.67%) Data Validation
6 2 (16.67%) Scrum
6 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (16.67%) System Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
6 2 (16.67%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) ABAP
2 1 (8.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Degree
1 3 (25.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (16.67%) CBAP
3 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (8.33%) IIBA
3 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) QA
2 1 (8.33%) ISO 20022
2 1 (8.33%) PSD2
2 1 (8.33%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) SmartStream
3 1 (8.33%) HP
3 1 (8.33%) IBM
3 1 (8.33%) Oracle
3 1 (8.33%) SAP
3 1 (8.33%) Workday
3 1 (8.33%) Xceptor