System Integration Testing Job Trends in the UK excluding London

System Integration Testing (SIT)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring System Integration Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 475 529 536
Rank change year-on-year +54 +7 +95
Permanent jobs citing System Integration Testing 34 37 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.080% 0.10% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.12% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 15 6 32
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,125 £43,125
25th Percentile £51,000 £41,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -6.25% +7.69%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,280 £78,125 -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% +20.54% +1.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

System 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,283 31,985 30,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.49% 89.04% 88.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19,187 14,363 22,780
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

System Integration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing System Integration Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

System Integration Testing job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

System Integration Testing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing System Integration Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing System Integration Testing

System Integration Testing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing System Integration Testing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for System Integration Testing in the UK excluding London

System Integration Testing
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing System Integration Testing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
South East +52 20 £60,000 +33.33% 12
Midlands +18 6 £57,500 -4.17% 9
North of England +1 5 £77,500 - 18
West Midlands +15 4 £45,000 -25.00% 5
North West +10 3 £52,500 - 3
Yorkshire - 2 £95,000 - 13
East Midlands - 2 £70,000 - 4
Wales - 2 £51,000 - 3
East of England +24 1 £60,000 +60.00% 6
System Integration Testing
UK

System Integration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 13 (38.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.94%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (2.94%) Maximo
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.94%) SAP EWM
2 1 (2.94%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.94%) Google Ads
1 1 (2.94%) SaaS
1 1 (2.94%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.82%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 3 (8.82%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.88%) MS Access
3 1 (2.94%) Cognos Connection
3 1 (2.94%) Cognos Event Studio
3 1 (2.94%) Cognos Framework Manager
3 1 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.94%) Metadata
3 1 (2.94%) OLAP
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) JIRA
2 1 (2.94%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (2.94%) Zephyr
General
1 18 (52.94%) Manufacturing
2 17 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 14 (41.18%) Finance
4 6 (17.65%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (17.65%) Marketing
5 2 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.88%) Law
5 2 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.94%) Advertising
6 1 (2.94%) Legal
6 1 (2.94%) Retail
6 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (41.18%) Lead
2 9 (26.47%) Senior
3 6 (17.65%) Analyst
3 6 (17.65%) Test Leader
4 4 (11.76%) Senior Test Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Test Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Automation Test Lead
5 3 (8.82%) Developer
5 3 (8.82%) Senior Software Test Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Software Test Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Test Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) Business Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) C# Developer
6 2 (5.88%) C# Software Developer
6 2 (5.88%) Consultant
6 2 (5.88%) Oracle Consultant
6 2 (5.88%) Salesforce Analyst
6 2 (5.88%) Software Developer
6 2 (5.88%) Test Manager
7 1 (2.94%) Communications Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) .NET
1 2 (5.88%) .NET Framework
1 2 (5.88%) ADO
1 2 (5.88%) Blazor
1 2 (5.88%) EDI
1 2 (5.88%) ODBC
1 2 (5.88%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (5.88%) WPF
2 1 (2.94%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.59%) Management Information System
1 7 (20.59%) Onboarding
1 7 (20.59%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.88%) FMCG
3 1 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (64.71%) User Acceptance Testing
2 20 (58.82%) Integration Testing
3 15 (44.12%) Agile
4 12 (35.29%) Source to Pay
5 10 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (29.41%) Test Automation
5 10 (29.41%) Test Management
5 10 (29.41%) Unit Testing
5 10 (29.41%) Waterfall
6 9 (26.47%) Test Planning
6 9 (26.47%) Validation
7 8 (23.53%) Test Strategy
8 7 (20.59%) Analytics
8 7 (20.59%) Software Testing
9 6 (17.65%) Data Governance
9 6 (17.65%) Data Integration
9 6 (17.65%) Data Management
9 6 (17.65%) Operations Management
9 6 (17.65%) Supplier Management
9 6 (17.65%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) C#
1 2 (5.88%) Delphi
1 2 (5.88%) Java
1 2 (5.88%) JavaScript
1 2 (5.88%) XAML
2 1 (2.94%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 12 (35.29%) Degree
2 4 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (8.82%) ISTQB
3 3 (8.82%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (5.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (2.94%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.94%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.71%) QA
2 1 (2.94%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (2.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.94%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (38.24%) SAP
2 3 (8.82%) Oracle
3 2 (5.88%) IBM
3 2 (5.88%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.94%) Cognos
4 1 (2.94%) Genesys
4 1 (2.94%) Infor
4 1 (2.94%) JD Edwards
4 1 (2.94%) Siebel