Integration Testing Job Trends in the South East

Integration Testing
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Integration Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 188 263
Rank change year-on-year -37 +75 +59
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 42 112 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.41% 1.24% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 1.41% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11 15 16
10th Percentile £42,500 - £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +2.68% -13.85%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,875 £56,563
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,000 £58,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Integration Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,281 7,962 7,798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.27% 88.01% 88.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4,926 3,813 5,426
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Integration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Integration Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Integration Testing job vacancy trend in the South East

Integration Testing
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Integration Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Integration Testing

Integration Testing
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Integration Testing in the South East over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Integration Testing in the South East

Integration Testing
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Integration Testing within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley +12 23 £60,000 - 27
Berkshire +19 22 £60,000 -14.29% 11
Hampshire -23 11 £60,000 -29.41% 11
Isle of Wight - 5 £60,000 - 7
Kent -10 2 - - 7
Oxfordshire +18 1 - - 8
Middlesex +2 1 £45,000 - 3
Integration Testing
England

Integration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (4.76%) CMS
2 1 (2.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.14%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 15 (35.71%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
2 6 (14.29%) Azure
3 2 (4.76%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.76%) Modbus
1 2 (4.76%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Power BI
1 2 (4.76%) SQL Server
1 2 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (28.57%) JIRA
2 9 (21.43%) eCATT
3 3 (7.14%) Apache Continuum
3 3 (7.14%) Rational DOORS
General
1 18 (42.86%) Finance
1 18 (42.86%) Manufacturing
2 15 (35.71%) Marketing
3 12 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
4 10 (23.81%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (11.90%) Social Skills
6 4 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (7.14%) Aviation
7 3 (7.14%) Electronics
8 2 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (4.76%) Humanities
9 1 (2.38%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 13 (30.95%) Senior
2 9 (21.43%) Analyst
2 9 (21.43%) Automation Test Analyst
2 9 (21.43%) Test Analyst
3 7 (16.67%) Test Engineer
4 6 (14.29%) Lead
4 6 (14.29%) Test Leader
5 5 (11.90%) Systems Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) DevOps Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) Senior DevOps
6 4 (9.52%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Automation Test Lead
7 3 (7.14%) Commissioning Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Senior Software Test Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Senior Test Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Software Test Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) Developer
8 2 (4.76%) Project Manager
8 2 (4.76%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) .NET
1 2 (4.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.14%) Fibre Optics
1 3 (7.14%) IoT
1 3 (7.14%) Management Information System
1 3 (7.14%) Robotics
2 2 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 2 (4.76%) SCADA
3 1 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.38%) FMCG
3 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (45.24%) Continuous Improvement
2 17 (40.48%) Test Automation
2 17 (40.48%) Test Management
3 16 (38.10%) Roadmaps
4 15 (35.71%) ERP
4 15 (35.71%) Product Roadmap
4 15 (35.71%) Source to Pay
5 14 (33.33%) Agile
6 13 (30.95%) Validation
7 12 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 12 (28.57%) Waterfall
8 11 (26.19%) Scenario Testing
8 11 (26.19%) Visualisation
9 10 (23.81%) Regression Testing
9 10 (23.81%) Risk Management
9 10 (23.81%) System Integration Testing
9 10 (23.81%) Unit Testing
10 9 (21.43%) Programme Management
10 9 (21.43%) Test Scripting
10 9 (21.43%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.76%) C#
1 2 (4.76%) SQL
1 2 (4.76%) VB.NET
2 1 (2.38%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 6 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (11.90%) Degree
3 4 (9.52%) HNC
3 4 (9.52%) HND
4 3 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (7.14%) Numerate Degree
4 3 (7.14%) Security Cleared
5 2 (4.76%) ISTQB
5 2 (4.76%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
5 2 (4.76%) SC Cleared
6 1 (2.38%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.52%) QA
2 3 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 3 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 2 (4.76%) SLA
4 1 (2.38%) GDPR
4 1 (2.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 9 (21.43%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 15 (35.71%) SAP
2 9 (21.43%) HP
3 3 (7.14%) IBM
4 2 (4.76%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.76%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.76%) Workday
5 1 (2.38%) Infor