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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 558 519 431
Rank change year-on-year -39 -88 +34
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 252 157 419
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.32% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.36% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 132 95 158
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £45,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.57% +2.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £87,000 £75,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £89,750 £87,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £64,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.30% +4.55% -

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 82,683 43,966 63,604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.91% 88.62% 80.92%
Number of salaries quoted 57,515 24,838 36,851
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,375 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -3.37%

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 12 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Integration Testing in the UK

Integration Testing
Top 17 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 12 September 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 -43 222 £70,000 +12.46% 300
UK excluding London -62 154 £64,000 +11.30% 206
London -29 74 £85,000 +25.93% 116
Work from Home -22 67 £67,500 +8.00% 438
North of England -18 51 £67,500 +68.75% 31
South East -30 45 £68,500 +8.47% 58
North West 0 26 £67,500 +42.11% 10
Midlands -27 20 £62,500 +4.17% 43
North East - 19 £57,500 - 7
West Midlands -31 16 £70,000 +12.00% 23
East of England -19 13 £60,383 -1.82% 22
South West -80 11 £50,000 -13.04% 38
Scotland +11 7 £62,500 +45.35% 11
Yorkshire -51 6 £70,500 +101.43% 14
Wales -68 6 £47,500 -6.31% 3
East Midlands -33 4 £57,500 +53.33% 20
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2

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 13 (5.16%) Confluence
2 7 (2.78%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.98%) Camunda
4 4 (1.59%) Anypoint
5 3 (1.19%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.79%) SAS
7 1 (0.40%) Apache
7 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.40%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.40%) JBoss
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle 10gAS
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 6 (2.38%) Simulink
2 5 (1.98%) Lightworks
3 4 (1.59%) CATIA
4 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.79%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.40%) EPLAN
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 38 (15.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.38%) SAP CO
2 6 (2.38%) SAP FI
2 6 (2.38%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (1.98%) SAP PP
4 3 (1.19%) Elite 3E
4 3 (1.19%) SAP GRC
4 3 (1.19%) SAP PSCD
4 3 (1.19%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.79%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.40%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.40%) SAP ECC
6 1 (0.40%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.40%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.40%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.40%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.40%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.40%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 72 (28.57%) Azure
2 71 (28.17%) AWS
3 27 (10.71%) GCP
3 27 (10.71%) Serverless
4 26 (10.32%) GitHub
5 25 (9.92%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (7.94%) AWS Lambda
6 20 (7.94%) GitHub Actions
7 15 (5.95%) Amazon S3
8 13 (5.16%) SaaS
9 9 (3.57%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 7 (2.78%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (2.78%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (2.38%) Amazon ECS
11 6 (2.38%) AWS CloudFormation
11 6 (2.38%) Power Platform
12 5 (1.98%) Amazon SQS
12 5 (1.98%) Boomi
12 5 (1.98%) Vertex AI
13 4 (1.59%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.97%) Ethernet
1 10 (3.97%) IPv4
2 7 (2.78%) Modbus
3 6 (2.38%) DMZ
3 6 (2.38%) OSPF
3 6 (2.38%) VLAN
3 6 (2.38%) VPN
4 5 (1.98%) MQTT
5 4 (1.59%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (1.19%) SAN
6 3 (1.19%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.19%) Wireless
7 2 (0.79%) HTTP
8 1 (0.40%) DNS
8 1 (0.40%) Profibus
8 1 (0.40%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.33%) Relational Database
2 16 (6.35%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (5.56%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.17%) MySQL
5 4 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.59%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.59%) SAP HANA
5 4 (1.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.19%) Redis
7 2 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.79%) DTS
7 2 (0.79%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.79%) Power BI
7 2 (0.79%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.40%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.40%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 34 (13.49%) Git
1 34 (13.49%) JIRA
2 33 (13.10%) Jenkins
3 27 (10.71%) GitLab
4 23 (9.13%) Postman
5 13 (5.16%) Cypress.io
6 12 (4.76%) JUnit
6 12 (4.76%) REST Assured
6 12 (4.76%) Selenium
7 8 (3.17%) Cucumber
7 8 (3.17%) JMeter
7 8 (3.17%) Zephyr
8 7 (2.78%) Mockito
9 6 (2.38%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.98%) Maven
10 5 (1.98%) Rational DOORS
10 5 (1.98%) SpecFlow
11 4 (1.59%) Apache Continuum
11 4 (1.59%) Newman
11 4 (1.59%) SonarQube
General
1 90 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 60 (23.81%) Finance
3 47 (18.65%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (13.10%) Manufacturing
5 28 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 25 (9.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (9.13%) Aerospace
8 14 (5.56%) Electronics
9 12 (4.76%) Automotive
10 10 (3.97%) Law
11 8 (3.17%) General Ledger
11 8 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (2.38%) Marketing
13 5 (1.98%) Advertising
14 4 (1.59%) Legal
14 4 (1.59%) Military
14 4 (1.59%) Retail
15 3 (1.19%) Aviation
15 3 (1.19%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.79%) Billing
Job Titles
1 55 (21.83%) Senior
2 47 (18.65%) Lead
3 41 (16.27%) Developer
4 31 (12.30%) Software Engineer
5 20 (7.94%) Consultant
5 20 (7.94%) Test Engineer
6 17 (6.75%) Architect
6 17 (6.75%) Senior Software Engineer
7 14 (5.56%) SAP Consultant
8 13 (5.16%) Analyst
8 13 (5.16%) Senior Developer
9 12 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
10 11 (4.37%) Software Developer
11 10 (3.97%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 10 (3.97%) Automation Engineer
12 8 (3.17%) Embedded Engineer
12 8 (3.17%) Full-Stack Developer
12 8 (3.17%) Test Automation Engineer
13 7 (2.78%) Integration Architect
13 7 (2.78%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (13.49%) REST
2 30 (11.90%) RESTful
3 28 (11.11%) .NET
4 25 (9.92%) React
5 24 (9.52%) Kafka
6 23 (9.13%) Spring
7 22 (8.73%) Playwright
8 20 (7.94%) OAuth
9 19 (7.54%) JWT
10 17 (6.75%) Spring Boot
10 17 (6.75%) Terraform
11 16 (6.35%) AngularJS
12 14 (5.56%) OAuth2
12 14 (5.56%) XML
13 13 (5.16%) JSON
13 13 (5.16%) Web Services
14 12 (4.76%) Middleware
14 12 (4.76%) Node.js
14 12 (4.76%) SAP Fiori
14 12 (4.76%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 27 (10.71%) Product Ownership
3 23 (9.13%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (7.14%) Onboarding
5 17 (6.75%) Embedded Systems
6 15 (5.95%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (5.95%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.78%) Renewable Energy
7 7 (2.78%) SCADA
8 6 (2.38%) Blog
8 6 (2.38%) IoT
9 5 (1.98%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.98%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.98%) FPGA
9 5 (1.98%) Public Cloud
9 5 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.98%) Verilog
9 5 (1.98%) VHDL
9 5 (1.98%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.13%) Linux
2 7 (2.78%) Windows
3 5 (1.98%) FreeRTOS
3 5 (1.98%) Unix
3 5 (1.98%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.79%) Android
4 2 (0.79%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.40%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (43.65%) CI/CD
2 109 (43.25%) Agile
3 80 (31.75%) Test Automation
4 75 (29.76%) Problem-Solving
5 71 (28.17%) DevOps
6 67 (26.59%) Software Engineering
7 65 (25.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 58 (23.02%) User Acceptance Testing
9 52 (20.63%) Validation
10 50 (19.84%) Mentoring
11 48 (19.05%) AI
11 48 (19.05%) Migration
12 45 (17.86%) Technical Leadership
13 41 (16.27%) Microservices
14 40 (15.87%) Test Strategy
15 38 (15.08%) Stakeholder Management
16 37 (14.68%) Containerisation
17 34 (13.49%) System Integration Testing
18 33 (13.10%) Unit Testing
19 31 (12.30%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 52 (20.63%) Python
2 49 (19.44%) Java
3 45 (17.86%) SQL
4 28 (11.11%) JavaScript
4 28 (11.11%) TypeScript
5 22 (8.73%) C
6 19 (7.54%) C#
7 17 (6.75%) C++
8 10 (3.97%) ABAP
9 9 (3.57%) Bash
10 8 (3.17%) MATLAB
10 8 (3.17%) PowerShell
11 7 (2.78%) Kotlin
11 7 (2.78%) Ruby
12 5 (1.98%) Rust
13 4 (1.59%) Apex Code
14 3 (1.19%) DataWeave
14 3 (1.19%) Embedded C
14 3 (1.19%) Embedded C++
14 3 (1.19%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 46 (18.25%) Degree
2 42 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 28 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 20 (7.94%) ISTQB
5 17 (6.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (5.95%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (4.76%) AWS Certification
8 11 (4.37%) Azure Certification
9 9 (3.57%) DV Cleared
10 6 (2.38%) CCAB
10 6 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.98%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.59%) CCA
12 4 (1.59%) CCNA
12 4 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.59%) DBS Check
12 4 (1.59%) OSCP
12 4 (1.59%) RHCE
12 4 (1.59%) RHCSA
12 4 (1.59%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (15.48%) QA
2 25 (9.92%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.78%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.78%) NCSC
3 7 (2.78%) WCAG
4 6 (2.38%) GDPR
5 4 (1.59%) Def Stans
5 4 (1.59%) GRC
5 4 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 4 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 4 (1.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.59%) SLA
6 3 (1.19%) Automotive SPICE
6 3 (1.19%) ECSS
6 3 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.40%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.40%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.40%) MISRA
7 1 (0.40%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.40%) PMO
System Software
1 40 (15.87%) Docker
2 7 (2.78%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.38%) Firmware
4 5 (1.98%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.59%) Squid
5 4 (1.59%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.59%) vSphere
6 3 (1.19%) IAG
7 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.40%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 29 (11.51%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.17%) Ansible
3 4 (1.59%) Packer
3 4 (1.59%) ZABBIX
4 3 (1.19%) Functional Safety
4 3 (1.19%) Grafana
4 3 (1.19%) Kibana
4 3 (1.19%) Progress Chef
4 3 (1.19%) Puppet
5 2 (0.79%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.40%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.40%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (16.67%) SAP
2 29 (11.51%) Microsoft
3 18 (7.14%) Oracle
4 11 (4.37%) Google
5 9 (3.57%) MuleSoft
6 8 (3.17%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.78%) YouTube
8 6 (2.38%) OpenAI
8 6 (2.38%) Splunk
8 6 (2.38%) VMware
8 6 (2.38%) Workday
9 5 (1.98%) Dynatrace
9 5 (1.98%) IBM
9 5 (1.98%) Red Hat
10 3 (1.19%) EMC
10 3 (1.19%) webMethods
10 3 (1.19%) Xilinx
11 2 (0.79%) Allen-Bradley
11 2 (0.79%) Ariba
11 2 (0.79%) Informatica