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 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 552 452 576
Rank change year-on-year -100 +124 -105
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 172 209 324
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.49% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.53% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 107 114 273
10th Percentile £45,500 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +4.17% -11.97%
75th Percentile £85,000 £72,657 £73,750
90th Percentile £106,750 £85,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,250 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.36% - -

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 67,199 39,303 82,062
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.71% 92.91% 85.63%
Number of salaries quoted 41,762 22,588 59,681
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,946 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.42% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £78,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 1 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Integration Testing in the UK

Integration Testing
Top 14 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 1 May 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 -105 150 £75,000 +20.00% 109
UK excluding London -84 81 £61,250 +11.36% 85
London -57 61 £75,000 +15.38% 36
Work from Home -22 57 £65,000 -3.70% 31
South East -29 36 £70,000 +21.74% 31
North of England -56 17 £75,000 +66.67% 15
Scotland -16 12 £45,500 - 6
South West -56 11 £54,250 -8.85% 15
North West -21 8 £75,000 +50.00% 8
Yorkshire -59 7 £95,000 +196.88% 2
West Midlands -42 3 £62,500 +16.28% 5
Midlands -57 3 £62,500 +35.14% 8
East of England -27 2 £75,000 +36.36% 11
North East -36 2 £60,000 +2.13% 5

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 18 (10.47%) Confluence
2 3 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.16%) SAS
4 1 (0.58%) Apache
4 1 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.58%) CMS
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 11 (6.40%) MS Visio
2 8 (4.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.91%) CATIA
4 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.58%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (12.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (2.91%) SAP ERP
4 3 (1.74%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (1.74%) SAP PP
5 2 (1.16%) SAP CO
5 2 (1.16%) SAP FI
5 2 (1.16%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (1.16%) SAP FSCM
5 2 (1.16%) SAP PSCD
5 2 (1.16%) Shopify
6 1 (0.58%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.58%) Magento
6 1 (0.58%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.58%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.58%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.58%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.58%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.58%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 49 (28.49%) Azure
2 27 (15.70%) AWS
3 15 (8.72%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (6.40%) SaaS
5 10 (5.81%) Serverless
6 9 (5.23%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (5.23%) Power Platform
7 7 (4.07%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (4.07%) IaaS
8 5 (2.91%) GitHub
9 4 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (2.33%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (2.33%) PaaS
10 3 (1.74%) Azure AKS
10 3 (1.74%) Azure Pipelines
10 3 (1.74%) Boomi
10 3 (1.74%) GCP
10 3 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.74%) Lucidchart
10 3 (1.74%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.49%) ATM
1 6 (3.49%) Multicast
1 6 (3.49%) TCP/IP
1 6 (3.49%) tcpdump
1 6 (3.49%) Wireshark
2 4 (2.33%) IPv4
2 4 (2.33%) Software-Defined Networking
3 3 (1.74%) HTTPS
3 3 (1.74%) Modbus
3 3 (1.74%) MQTT
4 2 (1.16%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (9.88%) SQL Server
2 14 (8.14%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (5.23%) DB2
4 4 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (2.33%) Power BI
4 4 (2.33%) SAP HANA
5 3 (1.74%) MySQL
5 3 (1.74%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.16%) Redis
6 2 (1.16%) SAP BW
6 2 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.58%) Big Data
7 1 (0.58%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.58%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.58%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 31 (18.02%) JIRA
2 22 (12.79%) Jenkins
3 15 (8.72%) Bitbucket
4 14 (8.14%) Git
4 14 (8.14%) Selenium
5 11 (6.40%) Cucumber
6 9 (5.23%) Postman
6 9 (5.23%) SpecFlow
6 9 (5.23%) TeamCity
7 8 (4.65%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (4.07%) GitLab
9 5 (2.91%) Apache Continuum
10 4 (2.33%) JUnit
10 4 (2.33%) Maven
11 3 (1.74%) Cypress.io
11 3 (1.74%) REST Assured
11 3 (1.74%) SoapUI
12 2 (1.16%) Android Studio
12 2 (1.16%) Liquibase
12 2 (1.16%) webpack
General
1 58 (33.72%) Social Skills
2 48 (27.91%) Finance
3 30 (17.44%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (9.88%) Manufacturing
5 15 (8.72%) Aerospace
6 12 (6.98%) Automotive
7 10 (5.81%) Banking
8 6 (3.49%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.49%) Spanish Language
9 5 (2.91%) Electronics
9 5 (2.91%) Retail
9 5 (2.91%) Tech for Good
10 4 (2.33%) Law
11 3 (1.74%) Billing
11 3 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.74%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.16%) Advertising
12 2 (1.16%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.16%) Military
12 2 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (22.67%) Senior
2 27 (15.70%) Developer
3 25 (14.53%) Lead
4 22 (12.79%) Analyst
5 14 (8.14%) Systems Engineer
6 13 (7.56%) Consultant
7 12 (6.98%) Java Developer
8 11 (6.40%) Architect
9 9 (5.23%) SAP Consultant
9 9 (5.23%) Software Engineer
9 9 (5.23%) Test Engineer
10 8 (4.65%) Business Analyst
10 8 (4.65%) DevOps Engineer
10 8 (4.65%) Test Analyst
11 7 (4.07%) Full-Stack Developer
11 7 (4.07%) Senior DevOps
11 7 (4.07%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 7 (4.07%) Software Developer
12 6 (3.49%) Lead Developer
12 6 (3.49%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (14.53%) RESTful
2 23 (13.37%) .NET
3 19 (11.05%) React
4 18 (10.47%) REST
5 13 (7.56%) Gherkin
6 11 (6.40%) AngularJS
6 11 (6.40%) CSS
6 11 (6.40%) HTML
6 11 (6.40%) Middleware
7 9 (5.23%) Elastic Stack
7 9 (5.23%) Node.js
8 8 (4.65%) .NET Framework
8 8 (4.65%) RabbitMQ
9 7 (4.07%) Kafka
9 7 (4.07%) OAuth
10 6 (3.49%) OAuth2
10 6 (3.49%) SAP Fiori
10 6 (3.49%) SOAP
10 6 (3.49%) XML
11 5 (2.91%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.72%) Product Ownership
2 12 (6.98%) Management Information System
3 10 (5.81%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (4.07%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.49%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.49%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.91%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (2.91%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.33%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.33%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.74%) IoT
8 3 (1.74%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 3 (1.74%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.74%) SCADA
9 2 (1.16%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.16%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.14%) Linux
2 6 (3.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (2.33%) Android
3 4 (2.33%) Windows
3 4 (2.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.58%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.58%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (44.77%) Agile
2 58 (33.72%) CI/CD
3 47 (27.33%) DevOps
4 45 (26.16%) Test Automation
5 41 (23.84%) Software Engineering
6 37 (21.51%) User Acceptance Testing
7 36 (20.93%) Continuous Improvement
8 29 (16.86%) Problem-Solving
9 28 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
9 28 (16.28%) Unit Testing
10 27 (15.70%) Microservices
10 27 (15.70%) Validation
11 26 (15.12%) BDD
11 26 (15.12%) Continuous Integration
11 26 (15.12%) System Integration Testing
12 24 (13.95%) ERP
13 22 (12.79%) Mentoring
13 22 (12.79%) Migration
13 22 (12.79%) SDLC
14 20 (11.63%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 36 (20.93%) SQL
2 28 (16.28%) Java
3 22 (12.79%) Python
4 20 (11.63%) JavaScript
5 18 (10.47%) C#
6 12 (6.98%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.91%) Bash
7 5 (2.91%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.74%) ABAP
8 3 (1.74%) C
8 3 (1.74%) Kotlin
8 3 (1.74%) PHP
8 3 (1.74%) RPG
9 2 (1.16%) Assembly Language
9 2 (1.16%) C++
9 2 (1.16%) Rust
9 2 (1.16%) Swift
9 2 (1.16%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.58%) SAPscript
10 1 (0.58%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 24 (13.95%) Degree
2 20 (11.63%) Security Cleared
3 12 (6.98%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (6.40%) SC Cleared
5 10 (5.81%) ISTQB
6 7 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.91%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.91%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.91%) PMP
8 4 (2.33%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.33%) CCNA
8 4 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.33%) OSCP
8 4 (2.33%) RHCE
8 4 (2.33%) RHCSA
9 3 (1.74%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (1.16%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.58%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (17.44%) QA
2 11 (6.40%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 5 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 3 (1.74%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.16%) PMO
6 1 (0.58%) ARP4754
6 1 (0.58%) ARP4761
6 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.58%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.58%) DO-160
6 1 (0.58%) GDPR
6 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.58%) SLA
6 1 (0.58%) WCAG
System Software
1 37 (21.51%) Docker
2 13 (7.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.49%) KVM
3 6 (3.49%) vSphere
4 4 (2.33%) Active Directory
4 4 (2.33%) Firmware
4 4 (2.33%) Squid
4 4 (2.33%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.58%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.58%) OpenDJ
6 1 (0.58%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.58%) Xen
Systems Management
1 33 (19.19%) Kubernetes
2 13 (7.56%) Ansible
3 9 (5.23%) Terraform
4 6 (3.49%) Puppet
5 4 (2.33%) Grafana
5 4 (2.33%) Packer
5 4 (2.33%) ZABBIX
6 3 (1.74%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.16%) Kibana
7 2 (1.16%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (17.44%) SAP
2 21 (12.21%) Microsoft
3 13 (7.56%) VMware
4 10 (5.81%) Oracle
5 8 (4.65%) Atlassian
5 8 (4.65%) IBM
6 4 (2.33%) MuleSoft
6 4 (2.33%) Red Hat
6 4 (2.33%) Splunk
7 3 (1.74%) PayPal
7 3 (1.74%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.16%) Ariba
8 2 (1.16%) Concur
8 2 (1.16%) Databricks
8 2 (1.16%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.16%) YouTube
9 1 (0.58%) Adobe
9 1 (0.58%) Cognizant
9 1 (0.58%) Google
9 1 (0.58%) Siebel