Integration Testing Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Integration Testing
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Integration Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 34 26
Rank change year-on-year +14 -8 +3
Contract jobs citing Integration Testing 11 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 5.56% 0.53% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.92% 0.58% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile £363 - -
25th Percentile £409 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £488 £575 -
90th Percentile £508 - -
UK median daily rate £475 £465 £525
% change year-on-year +2.15% -11.43% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 159 172 120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 80.30% 91.98% 76.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 106 59
10th Percentile £213 £179 £182
25th Percentile £389 £306 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% -22.73% +33.33%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £625
90th Percentile £675 £625 £675
UK median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 18 23
10th Percentile - £14.14 -
25th Percentile £14.50 £14.78 £12.25
Median hourly rate £17.72 £23.00 £15.63
Median % change year-on-year -22.96% +47.15% +0.84%
75th Percentile £53.75 £25.15 £23.74
90th Percentile - £59.80 £31.88
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.99 £36.50
% change year-on-year +51.84% -23.32% +0.29%

Integration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Integration Testing job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Integration Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Integration Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Integration Testing

Integration Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Integration Testing in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 2 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Integration Testing in Northern Ireland

Integration Testing
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
County Antrim +11 7 £475 -13.64% 5
County Armagh - 2 £463 - 1
Integration Testing
UK

Integration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 4 (36.36%) Infor CloudSuite
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Azure
1 4 (36.36%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) Git
2 1 (9.09%) GitLab
2 1 (9.09%) Selenium
2 1 (9.09%) WebDriver
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Manufacturing
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Test Manager
2 4 (36.36%) ERP Implementation Manager
2 4 (36.36%) ERP Manager
2 4 (36.36%) Implementation Manager
2 4 (36.36%) Programme Manager
2 4 (36.36%) Programme Test Manager
2 4 (36.36%) Test Programme Manager
3 3 (27.27%) Lead
3 3 (27.27%) Test Leader
4 2 (18.18%) Test Automation Engineer
4 2 (18.18%) Test Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Senior
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Senior Test Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) Playwright
2 1 (9.09%) Jest
2 1 (9.09%) React
2 1 (9.09%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) System Integration Testing
1 9 (81.82%) User Acceptance Testing
2 8 (72.73%) Data Migration
2 8 (72.73%) ERP
2 8 (72.73%) Migration
3 7 (63.64%) Test Automation
4 6 (54.55%) End-to-End Testing
4 6 (54.55%) Test Strategy
5 5 (45.45%) Agile
5 5 (45.45%) Regression Testing
5 5 (45.45%) Test Management
6 4 (36.36%) Agile Testing
6 4 (36.36%) Defect Management
6 4 (36.36%) DevOps
6 4 (36.36%) Functional Testing
6 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (36.36%) Waterfall
7 1 (9.09%) API Testing
7 1 (9.09%) Microservices
7 1 (9.09%) Smoke Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Python
1 2 (18.18%) TypeScript
2 1 (9.09%) Java
2 1 (9.09%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (81.82%) QA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (36.36%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Infor
2 4 (36.36%) HP