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 13 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 562 525 500
Rank change year-on-year -37 -25 -17
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 231 174 336
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.35% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.39% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 130 104 185
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,563 £45,563 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £83,438 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,750 £85,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,250 £56,785 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.86% -1.24% -4.17%

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 78,044 44,596 67,662
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.46% 89.30% 81.10%
Number of salaries quoted 53,720 25,240 43,624
10th Percentile £30,773 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,237 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,773 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.13% -4.45% -9.09%

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 13 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 13 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 -60 196 £68,500 +14.17% 201
UK excluding London -66 136 £61,250 +7.86% 135
London -47 70 £85,000 +30.77% 74
Work from Home -12 65 £62,500 -7.41% 89
South East -12 48 £68,500 +11.25% 41
North of England -29 35 £63,000 +40.00% 21
North West +10 20 £67,500 +31.71% 11
Scotland +24 13 £46,000 - 6
North East -44 13 £57,500 +9.52% 6
East of England -17 12 £66,250 -6.36% 11
South West -58 12 £50,000 -12.50% 21
Midlands -41 10 £62,500 +8.70% 30
West Midlands -31 9 £59,250 +3.04% 19
Wales -57 6 £47,500 -5.00% 5
Yorkshire -31 2 £60,000 +71.43% 5
East Midlands - 1 £62,500 - 11

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 10 (4.33%) Confluence
2 7 (3.03%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.16%) Camunda
4 4 (1.73%) Anypoint
5 3 (1.30%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.87%) SAS
7 1 (0.43%) Apache
7 1 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.43%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.43%) JBoss
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle 10gAS
7 1 (0.43%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 6 (2.60%) CATIA
1 6 (2.60%) Simulink
2 5 (2.16%) Lightworks
3 2 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.87%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 33 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.60%) SAP CO
2 6 (2.60%) SAP FI
2 6 (2.60%) SAP FI/CO
2 6 (2.60%) SAP PP
3 3 (1.30%) Elite 3E
3 3 (1.30%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.87%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.87%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.87%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.43%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.43%) SAP ECC
5 1 (0.43%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.43%) SAP FSCM
5 1 (0.43%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.43%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.43%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.43%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 65 (28.14%) Azure
2 59 (25.54%) AWS
3 23 (9.96%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (8.66%) GCP
4 20 (8.66%) Serverless
5 19 (8.23%) GitHub
6 16 (6.93%) AWS Lambda
7 13 (5.63%) SaaS
8 12 (5.19%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (4.76%) Amazon S3
10 6 (2.60%) Amazon ECS
10 6 (2.60%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (2.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (2.16%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (2.16%) Boomi
11 5 (2.16%) Vertex AI
12 4 (1.73%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (1.73%) IaaS
12 4 (1.73%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.60%) TCP/IP
2 5 (2.16%) Ethernet
2 5 (2.16%) IPv4
2 5 (2.16%) MQTT
3 4 (1.73%) ATM
3 4 (1.73%) Multicast
3 4 (1.73%) Software-Defined Networking
3 4 (1.73%) tcpdump
3 4 (1.73%) Wireshark
4 3 (1.30%) SAN
4 3 (1.30%) Wireless
5 2 (0.87%) HTTP
5 2 (0.87%) Modbus
6 1 (0.43%) DMZ
6 1 (0.43%) Network Security
6 1 (0.43%) OSPF
6 1 (0.43%) Profibus
6 1 (0.43%) VLAN
6 1 (0.43%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.09%) Relational Database
2 18 (7.79%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (6.49%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.90%) MySQL
5 4 (1.73%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.73%) SAP HANA
5 4 (1.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.30%) Redis
7 2 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.87%) DTS
7 2 (0.87%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.87%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.43%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.43%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 30 (12.99%) Git
2 29 (12.55%) JIRA
3 23 (9.96%) Jenkins
4 19 (8.23%) Postman
5 17 (7.36%) GitLab
6 12 (5.19%) JUnit
6 12 (5.19%) REST Assured
7 11 (4.76%) Selenium
8 10 (4.33%) Cypress.io
9 9 (3.90%) SpecFlow
10 7 (3.03%) Mockito
10 7 (3.03%) Rational DOORS
11 6 (2.60%) Apache Continuum
11 6 (2.60%) Bitbucket
11 6 (2.60%) Cucumber
12 4 (1.73%) Maven
12 4 (1.73%) Zephyr
13 3 (1.30%) Gatling
13 3 (1.30%) Newman
13 3 (1.30%) TestRail
General
1 86 (37.23%) Social Skills
2 61 (26.41%) Finance
3 46 (19.91%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (10.82%) Manufacturing
5 24 (10.39%) Aerospace
6 19 (8.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (6.93%) Public Sector
8 13 (5.63%) Automotive
8 13 (5.63%) Electronics
9 10 (4.33%) Law
10 7 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.60%) General Ledger
11 6 (2.60%) Marketing
12 5 (2.16%) Advertising
12 5 (2.16%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.73%) Legal
13 4 (1.73%) Military
13 4 (1.73%) Spanish Language
14 3 (1.30%) Billing
14 3 (1.30%) Retail
Job Titles
1 52 (22.51%) Senior
2 43 (18.61%) Lead
3 40 (17.32%) Developer
4 31 (13.42%) Software Engineer
5 16 (6.93%) Analyst
5 16 (6.93%) Consultant
5 16 (6.93%) Systems Engineer
6 15 (6.49%) Senior Software Engineer
7 14 (6.06%) Architect
7 14 (6.06%) Test Engineer
8 12 (5.19%) SAP Consultant
9 11 (4.76%) Software Developer
10 10 (4.33%) Senior Developer
11 8 (3.46%) Business Analyst
11 8 (3.46%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 7 (3.03%) Embedded Engineer
12 7 (3.03%) Full-Stack Developer
12 7 (3.03%) Integration Architect
12 7 (3.03%) Test Automation Engineer
12 7 (3.03%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (13.85%) REST
2 27 (11.69%) .NET
3 25 (10.82%) RESTful
4 24 (10.39%) React
5 23 (9.96%) Kafka
6 22 (9.52%) Spring
7 20 (8.66%) OAuth
8 19 (8.23%) JWT
9 18 (7.79%) AngularJS
10 16 (6.93%) Playwright
10 16 (6.93%) Spring Boot
11 14 (6.06%) OAuth2
12 11 (4.76%) Middleware
12 11 (4.76%) XML
13 10 (4.33%) Node.js
13 10 (4.33%) RabbitMQ
13 10 (4.33%) SOAP
14 9 (3.90%) Hibernate
14 9 (3.90%) JSON
14 9 (3.90%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.96%) Product Ownership
2 22 (9.52%) Distributed Systems
3 21 (9.09%) Cloud Native
4 16 (6.93%) Legacy Systems
5 14 (6.06%) Embedded Systems
6 12 (5.19%) Management Information System
6 12 (5.19%) Onboarding
7 7 (3.03%) Renewable Energy
8 6 (2.60%) Blog
9 5 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.16%) FPGA
9 5 (2.16%) IoT
9 5 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.16%) Verilog
9 5 (2.16%) VHDL
10 4 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.73%) CMDB
10 4 (1.73%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.73%) Life Science
10 4 (1.73%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.82%) Linux
2 6 (2.60%) Windows
3 5 (2.16%) FreeRTOS
3 5 (2.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.73%) Unix
4 4 (1.73%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.30%) Android
6 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (41.99%) Agile
2 91 (39.39%) CI/CD
3 71 (30.74%) Test Automation
4 64 (27.71%) Software Engineering
5 61 (26.41%) DevOps
6 58 (25.11%) Problem-Solving
7 57 (24.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 51 (22.08%) User Acceptance Testing
9 46 (19.91%) Validation
10 45 (19.48%) Migration
11 42 (18.18%) Microservices
12 39 (16.88%) Test Strategy
13 36 (15.58%) Mentoring
14 35 (15.15%) AI
15 33 (14.29%) Unit Testing
16 30 (12.99%) Containerisation
16 30 (12.99%) Technical Leadership
17 29 (12.55%) Stakeholder Management
17 29 (12.55%) System Integration Testing
18 26 (11.26%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 48 (20.78%) Python
2 45 (19.48%) Java
3 38 (16.45%) SQL
4 25 (10.82%) JavaScript
5 21 (9.09%) TypeScript
6 19 (8.23%) C
7 17 (7.36%) C#
8 16 (6.93%) C++
9 8 (3.46%) MATLAB
10 7 (3.03%) Kotlin
10 7 (3.03%) Ruby
11 6 (2.60%) Bash
12 5 (2.16%) PowerShell
13 4 (1.73%) ABAP
13 4 (1.73%) Apex Code
13 4 (1.73%) Rust
14 3 (1.30%) DataWeave
14 3 (1.30%) Embedded C
14 3 (1.30%) SOQL
14 3 (1.30%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 44 (19.05%) Degree
2 36 (15.58%) Security Cleared
3 24 (10.39%) SC Cleared
4 17 (7.36%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (6.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 16 (6.93%) ISTQB
6 8 (3.46%) AWS Certification
6 8 (3.46%) DV Cleared
7 7 (3.03%) Azure Certification
8 6 (2.60%) CCAB
9 5 (2.16%) PMI Certification
9 5 (2.16%) PMP
10 4 (1.73%) CCA
10 4 (1.73%) CCNA
10 4 (1.73%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.73%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.73%) OSCP
10 4 (1.73%) RHCE
10 4 (1.73%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (13.85%) QA
2 22 (9.52%) Accessibility
3 7 (3.03%) WCAG
4 6 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 6 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 5 (2.16%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.73%) Def Stans
6 4 (1.73%) SLA
7 3 (1.30%) Automotive SPICE
7 3 (1.30%) ECSS
7 3 (1.30%) GDPR
7 3 (1.30%) NCSC
8 2 (0.87%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.43%) ARP4754
9 1 (0.43%) ARP4761
9 1 (0.43%) DO-160
9 1 (0.43%) GxP
9 1 (0.43%) IEC 61508
9 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (17.75%) Docker
2 8 (3.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.60%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.60%) Firmware
4 4 (1.73%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (1.73%) KVM
4 4 (1.73%) Squid
4 4 (1.73%) VMware NSX
4 4 (1.73%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (12.99%) Kubernetes
2 13 (5.63%) Terraform
3 10 (4.33%) Ansible
4 5 (2.16%) Puppet
5 4 (1.73%) Packer
5 4 (1.73%) ZABBIX
6 3 (1.30%) Functional Safety
6 3 (1.30%) Grafana
6 3 (1.30%) Kibana
7 2 (0.87%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.43%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.43%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 34 (14.72%) SAP
2 25 (10.82%) Microsoft
3 18 (7.79%) Oracle
4 11 (4.76%) Google
5 9 (3.90%) MuleSoft
5 9 (3.90%) VMware
6 8 (3.46%) Salesforce
7 7 (3.03%) IBM
8 6 (2.60%) OpenAI
8 6 (2.60%) Splunk
9 5 (2.16%) Dynatrace
9 5 (2.16%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.73%) Workday
11 3 (1.30%) webMethods
11 3 (1.30%) Xilinx
12 2 (0.87%) Ariba
12 2 (0.87%) Concur
12 2 (0.87%) EMC
12 2 (0.87%) Informatica
12 2 (0.87%) YouTube