System Integration Testing Contract Job Trends in Kent

System Integration Testing (SIT)
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring System Integration Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing System Integration Testing 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 2.30% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.74% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
South East median daily rate £550 £413 £520
% change year-on-year +33.33% -20.67% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36.78 - -
Median hourly rate £38.56 - -
75th Percentile £40.33 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £38.56 - £88.50

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 146 105 159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 83.91% 85.37% 77.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 63 111
10th Percentile £180 £201 £200
25th Percentile £225 £286 £227
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £513 £445
Median % change year-on-year -14.15% +15.17% +21.92%
75th Percentile £563 £623 £550
90th Percentile £638 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 14
10th Percentile £17.18 £16.19 £11.58
25th Percentile £20.40 £21.00 £15.06
Median hourly rate £23.98 £22.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -27.87% -35.79%
75th Percentile £39.00 £57.54 £44.84
90th Percentile £39.29 £71.08 £55.18
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £43.94 £47.50
% change year-on-year -42.76% -7.49% +5.56%

System Integration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

System Integration Testing job vacancy trend in Kent

System Integration Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing System Integration Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing System Integration Testing

System Integration Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing System Integration Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing System Integration Testing

System Integration Testing
Contract Job Locations in Kent

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 Kent region over the 6 months to 19 February 2026. 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
Folkestone - 3 £500 -
Rochester - 1 - - 2
System Integration Testing
South East

System Integration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
1 2 (50.00%) TestRail
1 2 (50.00%) Zephyr
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Test Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (75.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
3 2 (50.00%) Code Quality
3 2 (50.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 2 (50.00%) System Testing
4 1 (25.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (25.00%) ERP
4 1 (25.00%) ETL
4 1 (25.00%) Runbook
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (50.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle