Integration Testing Contracts in England

Integration Testing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Integration Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Integration Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 259 313 334
Rank change year-on-year +54 +21 -5
Contract jobs citing Integration Testing 239 239 364
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.98% 0.64% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 0.74% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 155 234
10th Percentile £325 £306 £301
25th Percentile £404 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £648
90th Percentile £699 £765 £720
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 21
10th Percentile £52.50 £54.71 £42.81
25th Percentile £55.31 £56.25 £52.13
Median hourly rate £60.00 £57.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -17.86% +16.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £66.88 £75.00
90th Percentile £69.38 £86.50 -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £57.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year +4.35% -17.86% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Integration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Integration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Integration Testing in England

Integration Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Integration Testing in England.

Daily rate trend for Integration Testing in England

Integration Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Integration Testing in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Integration Testing in England

Integration Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Integration Testing in England.

Hourly rate trend for Integration Testing in England

Integration Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Integration Testing in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Integration Testing in England

Integration Testing
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Integration Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +38 132 £550 +10.00% 82
South East +34 40 £500 -25.93% 61
North of England +30 24 £463 -15.91% 22
South West +55 15 £513 -14.58% 18
North West +21 14 £450 -21.74% 12
Midlands +17 12 £463 -11.90% 25
Yorkshire +14 9 £600 +27.66% 8
East of England +28 7 £550 +76.00% 28
West Midlands +7 7 £461 -15.17% 17
East Midlands +12 5 £463 -7.50% 8
North East - 1 £363 - 2
Integration Testing
UK

Integration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 23 (9.62%) Confluence
2 14 (5.86%) SAS
3 5 (2.09%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.26%) Apache
4 3 (1.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.84%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.84%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.42%) Appian
6 1 (0.42%) Documentum
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (0.42%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 8 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (5.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.67%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (1.26%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.26%) SAP LE
3 3 (1.26%) SAP WM
4 2 (0.84%) Aladdin
4 2 (0.84%) Misys Midas
4 2 (0.84%) Murex MxG2000
4 2 (0.84%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.84%) SimCorp Dimension
5 1 (0.42%) BambooHR
5 1 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.42%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.42%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.42%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.42%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.42%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.42%) SAP VC
5 1 (0.42%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 39 (16.32%) Azure
2 34 (14.23%) AWS
3 28 (11.72%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (4.60%) Cloud Computing
4 11 (4.60%) Slack
5 8 (3.35%) Power Automate
5 8 (3.35%) SaaS
6 7 (2.93%) Power Platform
7 6 (2.51%) GitHub
8 5 (2.09%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.67%) Azure Machine Learning
9 4 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (1.67%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (1.67%) OCI
10 3 (1.26%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.26%) Azure Stack
10 3 (1.26%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.26%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.84%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.84%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.77%) HTTP
2 4 (1.67%) Software-Defined Radio
3 3 (1.26%) LAN
3 3 (1.26%) SNMP
4 2 (0.84%) BGP
4 2 (0.84%) Ethernet VPN
4 2 (0.84%) Firewall
4 2 (0.84%) MPLS
4 2 (0.84%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.84%) VPN
4 2 (0.84%) WAN
5 1 (0.42%) Multicast
5 1 (0.42%) SSL
5 1 (0.42%) WebEx
5 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.62%) MongoDB
2 15 (6.28%) Oracle Database
3 14 (5.86%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (5.44%) MySQL
5 12 (5.02%) Apache Cassandra
6 8 (3.35%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (2.51%) RDBMS
7 6 (2.51%) Relational Database
7 6 (2.51%) SQL Server
8 4 (1.67%) Delta Lake
8 4 (1.67%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.67%) Power BI
9 3 (1.26%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (1.26%) Apache Iceberg
9 3 (1.26%) BigQuery
9 3 (1.26%) MS Access
9 3 (1.26%) Star Schema
10 2 (0.84%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.84%) ObjectStore
10 2 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 45 (18.83%) JIRA
2 30 (12.55%) Git
3 25 (10.46%) Selenium
4 17 (7.11%) Cucumber
5 14 (5.86%) Jenkins
6 13 (5.44%) JMeter
6 13 (5.44%) JUnit
7 12 (5.02%) Jasmine
8 11 (4.60%) Postman
9 10 (4.18%) GitLab
10 8 (3.35%) Cypress.io
10 8 (3.35%) SpecFlow
11 6 (2.51%) LoadRunner
12 5 (2.09%) Appium
12 5 (2.09%) Bitbucket
12 5 (2.09%) Robot Framework
13 4 (1.67%) HP UFT
13 4 (1.67%) NeoLoad
13 4 (1.67%) TestComplete
13 4 (1.67%) Zephyr
General
1 69 (28.87%) Social Skills
2 36 (15.06%) Finance
3 34 (14.23%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (9.21%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.02%) Banking
6 10 (4.18%) Retail
7 7 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (2.51%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.51%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.09%) Front Office
9 5 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.09%) Marketing
10 4 (1.67%) Billing
11 3 (1.26%) Military
11 3 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.84%) Back Office
12 2 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.84%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.84%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.84%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 75 (31.38%) Developer
2 44 (18.41%) Lead
3 39 (16.32%) Analyst
4 30 (12.55%) Senior
4 30 (12.55%) Software Developer
5 23 (9.62%) Test Analyst
6 22 (9.21%) Tester
7 18 (7.53%) Consultant
8 16 (6.69%) Test Engineer
9 15 (6.28%) Senior Developer
10 13 (5.44%) Java Developer
11 11 (4.60%) Test Leader
12 10 (4.18%) Test Manager
13 9 (3.77%) Lead Developer
13 9 (3.77%) Senior Analyst
13 9 (3.77%) Senior Java Developer
14 8 (3.35%) Software Test Engineer
15 6 (2.51%) Project Engineer
15 6 (2.51%) SAP Consultant
15 6 (2.51%) Software Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.79%) .NET
2 17 (7.11%) RESTful
3 16 (6.69%) HTML
4 15 (6.28%) CSS
5 12 (5.02%) Playwright
5 12 (5.02%) Spring
5 12 (5.02%) Spring Batch
5 12 (5.02%) Spring Boot
5 12 (5.02%) Spring Security
6 11 (4.60%) OpenAPI
6 11 (4.60%) Swagger
7 9 (3.77%) Kafka
8 8 (3.35%) Web Services
9 7 (2.93%) React
9 7 (2.93%) XML
10 5 (2.09%) Node.js
10 5 (2.09%) REST
10 5 (2.09%) SOAP
11 4 (1.67%) JSON
11 4 (1.67%) Play Framework
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 9 (3.77%) Product Ownership
2 9 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.09%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (1.67%) Data Structures
4 4 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (1.67%) Legacy Applications
4 4 (1.67%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.26%) Cyberattack
5 3 (1.26%) EPoS
5 3 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (1.26%) Virtual Team
6 2 (0.84%) AS400
6 2 (0.84%) Derivative
6 2 (0.84%) Equities
6 2 (0.84%) iSeries
6 2 (0.84%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.84%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (12.13%) Linux
2 12 (5.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 9 (3.77%) Windows
4 5 (2.09%) Unix
5 2 (0.84%) CentOS
6 1 (0.42%) AIX
6 1 (0.42%) Android
6 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Linux
6 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (37.24%) Test Automation
2 73 (30.54%) Agile
3 72 (30.13%) Unit Testing
4 67 (28.03%) User Acceptance Testing
5 65 (27.20%) DevOps
6 62 (25.94%) CI/CD
7 56 (23.43%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (20.08%) Software Testing
8 48 (20.08%) System Integration Testing
9 38 (15.90%) Software Engineering
9 38 (15.90%) Validation
10 36 (15.06%) Test Strategy
11 30 (12.55%) End-to-End Testing
11 30 (12.55%) Performance Testing
12 27 (11.30%) Regression Testing
12 27 (11.30%) System Testing
13 26 (10.88%) Full-Stack Development
14 24 (10.04%) Microservices
15 23 (9.62%) Test Management
16 22 (9.21%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 64 (26.78%) SQL
2 51 (21.34%) Python
3 39 (16.32%) Java
4 28 (11.72%) C#
5 27 (11.30%) JavaScript
6 13 (5.44%) Bash
6 13 (5.44%) TypeScript
7 6 (2.51%) C++
7 6 (2.51%) PL/SQL
8 5 (2.09%) Ruby
9 4 (1.67%) PHP
9 4 (1.67%) Scala
10 2 (0.84%) RPG
10 2 (0.84%) SOQL
10 2 (0.84%) VB
10 2 (0.84%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.42%) ABAP
11 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.42%) VBA
11 1 (0.42%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 79 (33.05%) Security Cleared
2 71 (29.71%) SC Cleared
3 24 (10.04%) DV Cleared
4 14 (5.86%) ISTQB
5 12 (5.02%) Degree
6 4 (1.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 3 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.26%) ISEB
8 2 (0.84%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.42%) IIBA
9 1 (0.42%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.42%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (18.41%) QA
2 8 (3.35%) Def Stans
3 5 (2.09%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.84%) GDPR
4 2 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.84%) SEPA
5 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.42%) IFRS
5 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 20 (8.37%) Docker
2 7 (2.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.26%) Firmware
4 1 (0.42%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.42%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 27 (11.30%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.09%) HP ALM
3 4 (1.67%) Terraform
4 3 (1.26%) Ansible
5 2 (0.84%) Control-M
5 2 (0.84%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.84%) Puppet
6 1 (0.42%) Argo
6 1 (0.42%) Grafana
6 1 (0.42%) OPNET
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.42%) Rancher
Vendors
1 32 (13.39%) Oracle
2 30 (12.55%) SAP
3 27 (11.30%) Microsoft
4 9 (3.77%) VMware
5 8 (3.35%) OpenAI
6 7 (2.93%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.09%) HP
7 5 (2.09%) Murex
7 5 (2.09%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.09%) Workday
8 4 (1.67%) Bloomberg
8 4 (1.67%) Cisco
8 4 (1.67%) Reuters
9 3 (1.26%) IBM
10 2 (0.84%) Citrix
10 2 (0.84%) Genesys
10 2 (0.84%) Google
10 2 (0.84%) Nintex
10 2 (0.84%) SimCorp
10 2 (0.84%) Splunk