System Integration Testing Contracts in England

System Integration Testing (SIT)
UK > England

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

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 341 402 419
Rank change year-on-year +61 +17 +110
Contract jobs citing System Integration Testing 139 142 250
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.57% 0.39% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.44% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 97 178
10th Percentile £319 £325 £369
25th Percentile £381 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.38% -3.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £611 £640 £674
90th Percentile £669 £737 £800
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £541
% change year-on-year -9.52% -2.95% +8.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £48.97
25th Percentile - - £51.92
Median hourly rate - - £57.85
75th Percentile - - £62.77
90th Percentile - - £65.12
UK median hourly rate - - £57.85
% change year-on-year - - +41.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,249 31,929 45,052
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.59% 90.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,571 20,948 31,615
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 £763
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 935 2,243 1,590
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.99
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.80 £36.33 £36.40
Median % change year-on-year -17.97% -0.18% +49.47%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £35.80
% change year-on-year -19.33% +0.42% +43.20%

System Integration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for System Integration Testing in England

System Integration Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for System Integration Testing in England

System Integration Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for System Integration Testing in England

System Integration Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for System Integration Testing in England

System 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 System Integration Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 6 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 +44 86 £518 -11.91% 21
North of England +27 18 £495 +1.59% 11
North West +24 18 £495 +1.59% 11
South East +25 12 £425 -15.00% 27
West Midlands +20 10 £500 +6.67% 4
Midlands +15 10 £500 +28.21% 4
South West +37 7 £575 +9.52% 7
East of England +24 1 - - 5
System Integration Testing
UK

System 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 7 (5.04%) Confluence
2 5 (3.60%) NetWeaver
3 2 (1.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.72%) CICS
4 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.16%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.44%) Notepad++
4 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (5.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.60%) Oracle EBS R12
2 5 (3.60%) Oracle Financials
2 5 (3.60%) Oracle Receivables
3 4 (2.88%) Oracle Cash Management
3 4 (2.88%) Oracle Payables
4 3 (2.16%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (1.44%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (1.44%) SAP CO
5 2 (1.44%) SAP ERP
5 2 (1.44%) SAP FI
5 2 (1.44%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (1.44%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.72%) Murex MxG2000
6 1 (0.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.72%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.72%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.72%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.72%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.72%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 18 (12.95%) Azure
2 13 (9.35%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (5.76%) AWS
4 6 (4.32%) SuccessFactors
5 5 (3.60%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (3.60%) SaaS
6 3 (2.16%) Azure Pipelines
6 3 (2.16%) Azure Stack
6 3 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.72%) GitHub
7 1 (0.72%) OCI
7 1 (0.72%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 1 (0.72%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.72%) Tricentis Tosca
7 1 (0.72%) Vertex AI
7 1 (0.72%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.60%) HTTP
2 1 (0.72%) Converged Networks
2 1 (0.72%) Firewall
2 1 (0.72%) LAN
2 1 (0.72%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.72%) WAN
2 1 (0.72%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.63%) Oracle Reports
2 9 (6.47%) SQL Server
3 7 (5.04%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (5.04%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (4.32%) MS Access
5 5 (3.60%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 4 (2.88%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.88%) Siebel EIM
7 2 (1.44%) BigQuery
7 2 (1.44%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.72%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 26 (18.71%) JIRA
2 10 (7.19%) QARun
2 10 (7.19%) WinRunner
3 8 (5.76%) Selenium
4 6 (4.32%) JMeter
5 5 (3.60%) LoadRunner
5 5 (3.60%) Subversion
6 3 (2.16%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (1.44%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.44%) Gatling
7 2 (1.44%) Git
7 2 (1.44%) Jenkins
7 2 (1.44%) MagicDraw
7 2 (1.44%) REST Assured
7 2 (1.44%) TeamCity
7 2 (1.44%) TestCafe
7 2 (1.44%) XMLSpy
7 2 (1.44%) Zephyr
8 1 (0.72%) Postman
8 1 (0.72%) TestRail
General
1 63 (45.32%) Social Skills
2 50 (35.97%) Finance
3 21 (15.11%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (13.67%) Banking
5 10 (7.19%) Public Sector
6 9 (6.47%) Billing
7 6 (4.32%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (3.60%) Back Office
8 5 (3.60%) Front Office
8 5 (3.60%) Retail
9 4 (2.88%) Military
9 4 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.44%) General Ledger
11 2 (1.44%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.72%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.72%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.72%) Legal
12 1 (0.72%) Local Government
12 1 (0.72%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 39 (28.06%) Analyst
2 31 (22.30%) Test Analyst
3 24 (17.27%) Developer
4 22 (15.83%) Tester
5 18 (12.95%) Senior
6 16 (11.51%) Lead
6 16 (11.51%) Test Manager
7 13 (9.35%) Senior Analyst
8 12 (8.63%) Senior Test Analyst
9 9 (6.47%) Test Leader
10 8 (5.76%) Consultant
10 8 (5.76%) UAT Analyst
10 8 (5.76%) UAT Test Analyst
11 7 (5.04%) .NET Developer
12 5 (3.60%) C# .NET Developer
12 5 (3.60%) C# Developer
12 5 (3.60%) Integration Developer
12 5 (3.60%) SAP Developer
12 5 (3.60%) SAP Manager
13 4 (2.88%) Senior UAT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (12.95%) Middleware
2 13 (9.35%) Web Services
3 11 (7.91%) XML
4 10 (7.19%) SOAP
5 9 (6.47%) JMS
6 7 (5.04%) .NET
6 7 (5.04%) .NET Framework
6 7 (5.04%) Entity Framework
7 6 (4.32%) SAP PI
8 5 (3.60%) EDI
8 5 (3.60%) IDoc
8 5 (3.60%) JDBC
8 5 (3.60%) REST
8 5 (3.60%) XSLT
9 3 (2.16%) FpML
9 3 (2.16%) Oracle Fusion
10 2 (1.44%) JSON
10 2 (1.44%) SAP Fiori
11 1 (0.72%) RabbitMQ
11 1 (0.72%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.47%) Product Ownership
1 9 (6.47%) Virtual Team
2 5 (3.60%) Legacy Applications
2 5 (3.60%) Onboarding
2 5 (3.60%) SCADA
3 4 (2.88%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.16%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (1.44%) Derivative
5 2 (1.44%) Learning Management System
5 2 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.44%) Mobile Banking
5 2 (1.44%) Online Banking
5 2 (1.44%) OTC Derivatives
6 1 (0.72%) CMDB
6 1 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.72%) EPoS
6 1 (0.72%) FMCG
6 1 (0.72%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.72%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.35%) Windows
2 6 (4.32%) Unix
3 4 (2.88%) Linux
4 1 (0.72%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.72%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (67.63%) User Acceptance Testing
2 50 (35.97%) Agile
3 47 (33.81%) Integration Testing
4 42 (30.22%) Test Strategy
5 41 (29.50%) Test Automation
6 35 (25.18%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (20.14%) Migration
8 25 (17.99%) DevOps
9 23 (16.55%) Software Testing
10 22 (15.83%) Defect Management
11 21 (15.11%) Scrum
11 21 (15.11%) SDLC
12 20 (14.39%) Stakeholder Management
13 19 (13.67%) Test Management
14 18 (12.95%) Logistics
14 18 (12.95%) Test Planning
14 18 (12.95%) Validation
14 18 (12.95%) Waterfall
15 17 (12.23%) End-to-End Testing
16 16 (11.51%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 41 (29.50%) SQL
2 18 (12.95%) PL/SQL
3 15 (10.79%) C#
4 10 (7.19%) RPG
5 8 (5.76%) Java
5 8 (5.76%) RPG IV
6 6 (4.32%) VB
7 5 (3.60%) ABAP
7 5 (3.60%) JavaScript
8 3 (2.16%) Python
9 1 (0.72%) JCL
Qualifications
1 22 (15.83%) Security Cleared
2 21 (15.11%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.63%) ISTQB
4 9 (6.47%) Degree
5 4 (2.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 3 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.16%) ISEB
7 2 (1.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.72%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (0.72%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.72%) PMP
8 1 (0.72%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (20.14%) QA
2 3 (2.16%) GDPR
2 3 (2.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (1.44%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.72%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.72%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (5.04%) Docker
2 1 (0.72%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 7 (5.04%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.60%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.72%) CA Endevor
3 1 (0.72%) OPNET
Vendors
1 27 (19.42%) Oracle
2 22 (15.83%) SAP
3 14 (10.07%) Microsoft
4 8 (5.76%) Murex
5 6 (4.32%) Charles River
5 6 (4.32%) Citrix
6 5 (3.60%) HP
6 5 (3.60%) MuleSoft
6 5 (3.60%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.88%) Siebel
8 3 (2.16%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.44%) Ab Initio
9 2 (1.44%) Genesys
9 2 (1.44%) Infor
9 2 (1.44%) webMethods
10 1 (0.72%) Calypso
10 1 (0.72%) Cisco
10 1 (0.72%) IBM
10 1 (0.72%) Mitel
10 1 (0.72%) TIBCO