Integration Testing Job Trends

Integration Testing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Integration Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 542 508 426
Rank change year-on-year -34 -82 +52
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 245 167 421
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.33% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.38% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 142 101 181
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,750 £47,380
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £56,785 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.06% +3.25% -4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 79,954 44,458 67,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.09% 88.81% 80.67%
Number of salaries quoted 55,419 25,298 42,226
10th Percentile £31,055 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,047
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.09% -9.01%

Integration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Integration Testing job vacancy trend in the UK

Integration Testing
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Integration Testing

Integration Testing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Integration Testing over the 6 months to 27 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Integration Testing in the UK

Integration Testing
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Integration Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 27 August 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
England -44 213 £68,500 +14.17% 129
UK excluding London -54 145 £62,500 +10.06% 103
London -42 75 £85,000 +25.93% 40
Work from Home -34 67 £62,500 -7.41% 52
South East -20 46 £68,500 +4.86% 28
North of England -23 41 £65,250 +45.00% 13
North West +1 22 £67,500 +31.71% 7
North East -43 17 £57,500 +9.52% 4
Midlands -24 16 £62,500 +8.70% 24
West Midlands -30 14 £62,500 +8.70% 16
East of England -21 13 £65,000 +5.69% 9
South West -73 12 £50,000 -12.50% 24
Scotland +15 11 £52,283 - 3
Wales -62 6 £47,500 -6.31% 1
Yorkshire -43 2 £70,500 +101.43% 2
East Midlands - 2 £57,500 - 8

Integration Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 12 (4.90%) Confluence
2 7 (2.86%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.04%) Camunda
4 4 (1.63%) Anypoint
5 3 (1.22%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.82%) SAS
7 1 (0.41%) Apache
7 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.41%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.41%) JBoss
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle 10gAS
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 6 (2.45%) CATIA
1 6 (2.45%) Simulink
2 5 (2.04%) Lightworks
3 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.82%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 36 (14.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.45%) SAP CO
2 6 (2.45%) SAP FI
2 6 (2.45%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (2.04%) SAP PP
4 3 (1.22%) Elite 3E
4 3 (1.22%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.82%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.82%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.82%) SAP PSCD
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.41%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.41%) SAP ECC
6 1 (0.41%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.41%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.41%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.41%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.41%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 74 (30.20%) Azure
2 65 (26.53%) AWS
3 27 (11.02%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (9.80%) GCP
5 22 (8.98%) GitHub
5 22 (8.98%) Serverless
6 16 (6.53%) AWS Lambda
7 15 (6.12%) GitHub Actions
7 15 (6.12%) SaaS
8 11 (4.49%) Amazon S3
9 6 (2.45%) Amazon ECS
9 6 (2.45%) Amazon EKS
9 6 (2.45%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (2.45%) Power Platform
10 5 (2.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (2.04%) Amazon SQS
10 5 (2.04%) Boomi
10 5 (2.04%) Vertex AI
11 4 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.86%) Ethernet
1 7 (2.86%) IPv4
2 5 (2.04%) MQTT
2 5 (2.04%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.63%) Modbus
3 4 (1.63%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (1.22%) DMZ
4 3 (1.22%) OSPF
4 3 (1.22%) SAN
4 3 (1.22%) VLAN
4 3 (1.22%) VPN
4 3 (1.22%) Wireless
5 2 (0.82%) ATM
5 2 (0.82%) HTTP
5 2 (0.82%) Multicast
5 2 (0.82%) tcpdump
5 2 (0.82%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.41%) DNS
6 1 (0.41%) Network Security
6 1 (0.41%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.57%) Relational Database
2 18 (7.35%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (6.12%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.67%) MySQL
5 4 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.63%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.63%) SAP HANA
5 4 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.22%) Redis
7 2 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.82%) DTS
7 2 (0.82%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.82%) Power BI
7 2 (0.82%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.41%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 33 (13.47%) Git
2 32 (13.06%) JIRA
3 29 (11.84%) Jenkins
4 23 (9.39%) GitLab
5 22 (8.98%) Postman
6 13 (5.31%) REST Assured
6 13 (5.31%) Selenium
7 12 (4.90%) JUnit
8 10 (4.08%) Cypress.io
9 9 (3.67%) SpecFlow
10 8 (3.27%) Cucumber
11 7 (2.86%) Mockito
11 7 (2.86%) Rational DOORS
11 7 (2.86%) Zephyr
12 6 (2.45%) Apache Continuum
12 6 (2.45%) Bitbucket
13 5 (2.04%) JMeter
13 5 (2.04%) SoapUI
14 4 (1.63%) Maven
14 4 (1.63%) Newman
General
1 91 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 60 (24.49%) Finance
3 46 (18.78%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (10.61%) Manufacturing
5 22 (8.98%) Aerospace
5 22 (8.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (8.98%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.31%) Electronics
7 12 (4.90%) Automotive
8 10 (4.08%) Law
9 8 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.45%) General Ledger
10 6 (2.45%) Marketing
11 5 (2.04%) Advertising
12 4 (1.63%) Legal
12 4 (1.63%) Military
12 4 (1.63%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.22%) Retail
14 2 (0.82%) Billing
14 2 (0.82%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 57 (23.27%) Senior
2 45 (18.37%) Lead
3 41 (16.73%) Developer
4 33 (13.47%) Software Engineer
5 19 (7.76%) Test Engineer
6 17 (6.94%) Architect
6 17 (6.94%) Consultant
6 17 (6.94%) Senior Software Engineer
7 16 (6.53%) Analyst
8 14 (5.71%) Systems Engineer
9 12 (4.90%) SAP Consultant
10 11 (4.49%) Senior Developer
10 11 (4.49%) Software Developer
11 10 (4.08%) Test Automation Engineer
12 8 (3.27%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 8 (3.27%) Business Analyst
12 8 (3.27%) Full-Stack Developer
12 8 (3.27%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 7 (2.86%) Integration Architect
13 7 (2.86%) QA Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (13.47%) REST
2 30 (12.24%) .NET
3 28 (11.43%) RESTful
4 25 (10.20%) React
5 23 (9.39%) Kafka
6 22 (8.98%) Spring
7 20 (8.16%) OAuth
8 19 (7.76%) JWT
8 19 (7.76%) Playwright
9 18 (7.35%) AngularJS
10 16 (6.53%) Spring Boot
10 16 (6.53%) Terraform
11 14 (5.71%) OAuth2
11 14 (5.71%) XML
12 12 (4.90%) JSON
12 12 (4.90%) Middleware
12 12 (4.90%) Node.js
12 12 (4.90%) SOAP
13 11 (4.49%) Web Services
14 10 (4.08%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.80%) Cloud Native
2 23 (9.39%) Distributed Systems
2 23 (9.39%) Product Ownership
3 15 (6.12%) Embedded Systems
3 15 (6.12%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (5.71%) Management Information System
4 14 (5.71%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.86%) Renewable Energy
6 6 (2.45%) Blog
7 5 (2.04%) AI Agents
7 5 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.04%) FPGA
7 5 (2.04%) IoT
7 5 (2.04%) Public Cloud
7 5 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.04%) Verilog
7 5 (2.04%) VHDL
7 5 (2.04%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.80%) Linux
2 6 (2.45%) Windows
3 5 (2.04%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (1.63%) Unix
4 4 (1.63%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.22%) Android
5 3 (1.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.82%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.41%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (43.67%) Agile
2 104 (42.45%) CI/CD
3 82 (33.47%) Test Automation
4 71 (28.98%) DevOps
5 67 (27.35%) Problem-Solving
5 67 (27.35%) Software Engineering
6 61 (24.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 54 (22.04%) User Acceptance Testing
8 49 (20.00%) Validation
9 46 (18.78%) Migration
10 45 (18.37%) Mentoring
11 42 (17.14%) Microservices
12 41 (16.73%) AI
13 39 (15.92%) Technical Leadership
13 39 (15.92%) Test Strategy
14 35 (14.29%) Containerisation
15 34 (13.88%) Unit Testing
16 32 (13.06%) Stakeholder Management
16 32 (13.06%) System Integration Testing
17 28 (11.43%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 52 (21.22%) Python
2 49 (20.00%) Java
3 43 (17.55%) SQL
4 25 (10.20%) JavaScript
5 24 (9.80%) TypeScript
6 21 (8.57%) C
7 20 (8.16%) C#
8 17 (6.94%) C++
9 8 (3.27%) Bash
9 8 (3.27%) MATLAB
10 7 (2.86%) ABAP
10 7 (2.86%) Kotlin
10 7 (2.86%) PowerShell
10 7 (2.86%) Ruby
11 5 (2.04%) Rust
12 4 (1.63%) Apex Code
13 3 (1.22%) DataWeave
13 3 (1.22%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.22%) SOQL
13 3 (1.22%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 44 (17.96%) Degree
2 36 (14.69%) Security Cleared
3 23 (9.39%) SC Cleared
4 19 (7.76%) ISTQB
5 17 (6.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (6.53%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (4.08%) AWS Certification
8 9 (3.67%) Azure Certification
9 8 (3.27%) DV Cleared
10 6 (2.45%) CCAB
10 6 (2.45%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (2.04%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.63%) CCA
12 4 (1.63%) CCNA
12 4 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.63%) DBS Check
12 4 (1.63%) OSCP
12 4 (1.63%) RHCE
12 4 (1.63%) RHCSA
13 3 (1.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (15.92%) QA
2 24 (9.80%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.86%) WCAG
4 6 (2.45%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 6 (2.45%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 5 (2.04%) NCSC
6 4 (1.63%) Def Stans
6 4 (1.63%) GDPR
6 4 (1.63%) SLA
7 3 (1.22%) Automotive SPICE
7 3 (1.22%) ECSS
8 2 (0.82%) GRC
8 2 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.82%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.41%) ARP4754
9 1 (0.41%) ARP4761
9 1 (0.41%) DO-160
9 1 (0.41%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 42 (17.14%) Docker
2 7 (2.86%) Firmware
3 6 (2.45%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.04%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (1.63%) Squid
5 4 (1.63%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.63%) vSphere
6 2 (0.82%) KVM
7 1 (0.41%) IAG
7 1 (0.41%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 30 (12.24%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.08%) Ansible
3 5 (2.04%) Puppet
4 4 (1.63%) Packer
4 4 (1.63%) ZABBIX
5 3 (1.22%) Functional Safety
5 3 (1.22%) Grafana
5 3 (1.22%) Kibana
5 3 (1.22%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.82%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.41%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 39 (15.92%) SAP
2 28 (11.43%) Microsoft
3 18 (7.35%) Oracle
4 11 (4.49%) Google
5 9 (3.67%) MuleSoft
6 8 (3.27%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.86%) IBM
7 7 (2.86%) VMware
8 6 (2.45%) OpenAI
8 6 (2.45%) Splunk
9 5 (2.04%) Dynatrace
9 5 (2.04%) Red Hat
9 5 (2.04%) YouTube
10 4 (1.63%) Workday
11 3 (1.22%) webMethods
11 3 (1.22%) Xilinx
12 2 (0.82%) Ariba
12 2 (0.82%) Concur
12 2 (0.82%) EMC
12 2 (0.82%) Informatica