Integration Testing Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Integration Testing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Integration Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 98 121
Rank change year-on-year -18 +23 +28
Contract jobs citing Integration Testing 12 26 24
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.59% 1.23% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 1.40% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 22 15
10th Percentile £329 £518 £405
25th Percentile £377 £586 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £641 £600
Median % change year-on-year -34.50% +6.88% +4.35%
75th Percentile £461 £707 £657
90th Percentile £506 £717 £700
South East median daily rate £481 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -19.92% +4.35% -2.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,788 1,859 2,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 88.38% 88.27% 91.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,153 1,089 1,510
10th Percentile £263 £296 £214
25th Percentile £400 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £638 £615
90th Percentile £650 £688 £695
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 58 105
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.14 £17.68
25th Percentile £17.15 £32.90 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.12 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.97% +14.25% +138.10%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.31 £64.50
90th Percentile £87.41 £71.24 £74.08
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +4.76% +23.01%

Integration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Integration Testing job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Integration Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Integration Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Integration Testing

Integration Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Integration Testing in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Integration Testing in the Thames Valley

Integration Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Integration Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Integration Testing

Integration Testing
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
Berkshire -15 9 £460 -28.96% 5
Buckinghamshire +4 3 £325 -38.82% 2
Integration Testing
South East

Integration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (8.33%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 8 (66.67%) Azure
2 5 (41.67%) Entra ID
3 2 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (8.33%) Azure API Management
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Event Grid
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Functions
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Storage
4 1 (8.33%) PaaS
4 1 (8.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) Postman
2 1 (8.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (41.67%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (41.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Analyst
1 5 (41.67%) Test Analyst
1 5 (41.67%) Test Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Agile Test Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Integration Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Integration Test Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Linux/Unix DevOps
2 2 (16.67%) Test Strategist
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared Test Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) SAP EWM Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) WebdriverIO
2 1 (8.33%) .NET
2 1 (8.33%) .NET Core
2 1 (8.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (8.33%) OpenAPI
2 1 (8.33%) RESTful
2 1 (8.33%) SOAP
2 1 (8.33%) Swagger
2 1 (8.33%) WSDL
2 1 (8.33%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Agile
1 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (58.33%) Scenario Testing
2 7 (58.33%) Software Testing
2 7 (58.33%) Test Automation
2 7 (58.33%) Test Management
3 6 (50.00%) Test Strategy
4 5 (41.67%) Agile Testing
4 5 (41.67%) Business Continuity
4 5 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (41.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (41.67%) ERP
4 5 (41.67%) Resilience Testing
4 5 (41.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (41.67%) Validation
5 4 (33.33%) DevOps
6 3 (25.00%) Data Migration
6 3 (25.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) C#
2 2 (16.67%) VB
3 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (41.67%) ISTQB
2 5 (41.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) ServiceNow
1 5 (41.67%) Workday
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) SAP