Hybrid/Remote System Integration Testing Contract Job Trends

System Integration Testing (SIT)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring System Integration Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 261 278 276
Rank change year-on-year +17 -2 +130
Contract jobs citing System Integration Testing 56 39 105
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.55% 0.33% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.38% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 26 83
10th Percentile £336 £309 £330
25th Percentile £400 £408 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £594 £553 £650
90th Percentile £670 £686 £771
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £87.20
25th Percentile - - £87.88
Median hourly rate - - £90.50
75th Percentile - - £92.88
90th Percentile - - £93.40
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £51.55 £56.18
% change year-on-year +21.24% -8.24% +14.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,307 10,398 15,211
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.96% 89.03% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,155 6,534 10,383
10th Percentile £330 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 328 212 370
10th Percentile £15.27 £17.58 £19.91
25th Percentile £20.47 £22.00 £27.06
Median hourly rate £42.50 £37.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.86% -30.84% -2.73%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.63 £71.44
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.85
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.88% +25.29%

System Integration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing System Integration Testing and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

System Integration Testing job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

System Integration Testing
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing System Integration Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing System Integration Testing

System Integration Testing
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing System Integration Testing over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

System Integration Testing daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

System Integration Testing
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing System Integration Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing System Integration Testing

System Integration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (8.93%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (5.36%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (10.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (7.14%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (5.36%) SAP MDG
4 2 (3.57%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (3.57%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (3.57%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (3.57%) SAP PLM
4 2 (3.57%) SAP VC
5 1 (1.79%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (1.79%) Elite 3E
5 1 (1.79%) NetSuite
5 1 (1.79%) Oracle Assets
5 1 (1.79%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (1.79%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (1.79%) Oracle E-Business Tax
5 1 (1.79%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (1.79%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (1.79%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.93%) Azure
1 5 (8.93%) OCI
2 4 (7.14%) GCP
2 4 (7.14%) SaaS
3 3 (5.36%) AWS
3 3 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (5.36%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.57%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.79%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.79%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (1.79%) Boomi
5 1 (1.79%) GitHub
5 1 (1.79%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (1.79%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.79%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.79%) Serverless
5 1 (1.79%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.14%) BigQuery
2 3 (5.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (1.79%) Data Hub
3 1 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.79%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 11 (19.64%) JIRA
2 4 (7.14%) Selenium
3 2 (3.57%) Postman
4 1 (1.79%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.79%) GitLab
4 1 (1.79%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.79%) JMeter
4 1 (1.79%) Locust
4 1 (1.79%) LSMW
4 1 (1.79%) TestRail
4 1 (1.79%) Zephyr
General
1 25 (44.64%) Social Skills
2 17 (30.36%) Finance
3 8 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.14%) Banking
4 4 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (3.57%) Back Office
5 2 (3.57%) Legal
5 2 (3.57%) Local Government
5 2 (3.57%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.57%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.79%) Billing
6 1 (1.79%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.79%) Law
6 1 (1.79%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (28.57%) Analyst
2 11 (19.64%) Lead
3 10 (17.86%) Business Analyst
4 9 (16.07%) Tester
5 7 (12.50%) Consultant
6 6 (10.71%) Architect
6 6 (10.71%) Project Manager
6 6 (10.71%) Test Analyst
7 5 (8.93%) Senior
8 4 (7.14%) Functional Consultant
8 4 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (5.36%) Oracle Analyst
9 3 (5.36%) Oracle Business Analyst
9 3 (5.36%) Technical Architect
9 3 (5.36%) Test Manager
10 2 (3.57%) Automation Tester
10 2 (3.57%) ERP Manager
10 2 (3.57%) Investment Management Business Analyst
10 2 (3.57%) Migration Manager
10 2 (3.57%) Payments Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.14%) ADO
1 4 (7.14%) Apache NiFi
2 3 (5.36%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (5.36%) Playwright
2 3 (5.36%) SailPoint
3 2 (3.57%) REST
3 2 (3.57%) SOAP
3 2 (3.57%) Swagger
4 1 (1.79%) Gherkin
4 1 (1.79%) JSON
4 1 (1.79%) Middleware
4 1 (1.79%) OpenAPI
4 1 (1.79%) RESTful
4 1 (1.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (3.57%) IVR
1 2 (3.57%) Management Information System
1 2 (3.57%) Product Ownership
1 2 (3.57%) Virtual Team
2 1 (1.79%) Data Structures
2 1 (1.79%) Derivative
2 1 (1.79%) Digital Wallet
2 1 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (1.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.79%) PMI
2 1 (1.79%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.93%) Windows
2 1 (1.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (80.36%) User Acceptance Testing
2 21 (37.50%) Integration Testing
3 15 (26.79%) Agile
3 15 (26.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 13 (23.21%) Requirements Gathering
5 12 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (19.64%) Waterfall
7 10 (17.86%) Migration
7 10 (17.86%) Test Automation
7 10 (17.86%) Test Scripting
7 10 (17.86%) User Stories
7 10 (17.86%) Workshop Facilitation
8 9 (16.07%) ERP
9 8 (14.29%) Software Testing
9 8 (14.29%) Validation
10 7 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (10.71%) Acceptance Criteria
11 6 (10.71%) Business Analysis
11 6 (10.71%) Project Management
12 5 (8.93%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.14%) SQL
2 2 (3.57%) ABAP
3 1 (1.79%) Ruby
3 1 (1.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (12.50%) Degree
2 4 (7.14%) ISTQB
3 2 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (3.57%) CBAP
4 1 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.79%) IIBA
4 1 (1.79%) ISEB
4 1 (1.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (1.79%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.79%) MBA
4 1 (1.79%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.79%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.71%) QA
2 2 (3.57%) Accessibility
2 2 (3.57%) GDPR
2 2 (3.57%) PSD2
2 2 (3.57%) WCAG
3 1 (1.79%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.79%) ISO 20022
3 1 (1.79%) ISO 8583
3 1 (1.79%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.79%) PMO
3 1 (1.79%) SEPA
3 1 (1.79%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.79%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 14 (25.00%) Oracle
2 10 (17.86%) SAP
3 7 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 5 (8.93%) Salesforce
5 4 (7.14%) CyberArk
6 3 (5.36%) Freshdesk
6 3 (5.36%) ServiceNow
7 2 (3.57%) Siebel
8 1 (1.79%) Aderant
8 1 (1.79%) Google
8 1 (1.79%) HP
8 1 (1.79%) Intapp
8 1 (1.79%) Planview
8 1 (1.79%) Temenos
8 1 (1.79%) Xceptor