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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 565 488 562
Rank change year-on-year -77 +74 -82
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 178 171 350
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.39% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.42% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 107 105 265
10th Percentile £45,300 £40,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,027 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,000 £92,600 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 68,833 40,438 84,237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.92% 93.25% 83.74%
Number of salaries quoted 44,981 21,310 60,621
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,200
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,871 £39,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,610 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.15% +4.75% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -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 30 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 30 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 -74 156 £69,500 +11.20% 76
UK excluding London -50 94 £60,000 +9.09% 66
London -44 59 £75,000 - 24
Work from Home +5 56 £60,000 -11.11% 31
South East -13 44 £70,000 +16.67% 26
North of England -47 20 £58,750 +30.56% 13
Scotland +18 12 £45,500 - 2
North West +5 9 £73,750 +55.26% 5
South West -56 9 £51,750 -9.44% 9
North East -38 6 £57,500 +9.52% 2
East of England -15 5 £75,000 +36.36% 8
Yorkshire -48 5 - - 6
West Midlands -41 4 £62,500 +35.14% 5
Midlands -49 4 £62,500 +38.89% 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 14 (7.87%) Confluence
2 3 (1.69%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.12%) SAS
4 1 (0.56%) Apache
4 1 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 7 (3.93%) MS Visio
2 6 (3.37%) CATIA
3 4 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.56%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (13.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.81%) SAP ERP
3 4 (2.25%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.69%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (1.69%) SAP CO
4 3 (1.69%) SAP FI
4 3 (1.69%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (1.69%) SAP PP
5 2 (1.12%) SAP FSCM
5 2 (1.12%) SAP PM
5 2 (1.12%) SAP PSCD
5 2 (1.12%) Shopify
5 2 (1.12%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.56%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.56%) Magento
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.56%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 48 (26.97%) Azure
2 34 (19.10%) AWS
3 15 (8.43%) Serverless
4 14 (7.87%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (6.74%) SaaS
6 10 (5.62%) AWS Lambda
7 9 (5.06%) GitHub
8 7 (3.93%) IaaS
8 7 (3.93%) Power Platform
9 6 (3.37%) Amazon S3
9 6 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (3.37%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.25%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (2.25%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (2.25%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (2.25%) Boomi
10 4 (2.25%) GCP
10 4 (2.25%) Lucidchart
10 4 (2.25%) PaaS
11 3 (1.69%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.93%) TCP/IP
2 6 (3.37%) ATM
2 6 (3.37%) Multicast
2 6 (3.37%) tcpdump
2 6 (3.37%) Wireshark
3 4 (2.25%) IPv4
3 4 (2.25%) MQTT
3 4 (2.25%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (1.69%) Modbus
5 2 (1.12%) Network Security
6 1 (0.56%) HTTP
6 1 (0.56%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.87%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.18%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.81%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (2.81%) Relational Database
4 4 (2.25%) DB2
4 4 (2.25%) SAP HANA
5 3 (1.69%) MySQL
5 3 (1.69%) Power BI
6 2 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.12%) Redis
6 2 (1.12%) SAP BW
6 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.56%) Big Data
7 1 (0.56%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.56%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.56%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 30 (16.85%) JIRA
2 21 (11.80%) Jenkins
3 19 (10.67%) Git
4 15 (8.43%) Postman
5 12 (6.74%) Selenium
6 10 (5.62%) Bitbucket
6 10 (5.62%) GitLab
7 9 (5.06%) Cucumber
7 9 (5.06%) SpecFlow
8 7 (3.93%) JUnit
8 7 (3.93%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (3.93%) REST Assured
9 6 (3.37%) Apache Continuum
9 6 (3.37%) Maven
10 5 (2.81%) Cypress.io
11 4 (2.25%) JMeter
11 4 (2.25%) Mockito
11 4 (2.25%) TeamCity
12 3 (1.69%) SoapUI
13 2 (1.12%) Liquibase
General
1 61 (34.27%) Social Skills
2 45 (25.28%) Finance
3 33 (18.54%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (10.67%) Manufacturing
5 16 (8.99%) Aerospace
6 12 (6.74%) Automotive
7 8 (4.49%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.37%) Spanish Language
9 5 (2.81%) Electronics
9 5 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.25%) Banking
10 4 (2.25%) General Ledger
10 4 (2.25%) Law
10 4 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.25%) Retail
11 3 (1.69%) Billing
11 3 (1.69%) Tech for Good
11 3 (1.69%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.12%) Advertising
12 2 (1.12%) Legal
Job Titles
1 37 (20.79%) Senior
2 30 (16.85%) Developer
3 29 (16.29%) Lead
4 21 (11.80%) Analyst
5 14 (7.87%) Systems Engineer
6 12 (6.74%) Software Engineer
7 11 (6.18%) Full-Stack Developer
7 11 (6.18%) Java Developer
8 10 (5.62%) Consultant
8 10 (5.62%) SAP Consultant
9 9 (5.06%) Architect
9 9 (5.06%) Test Engineer
10 8 (4.49%) Business Analyst
10 8 (4.49%) DevOps Engineer
10 8 (4.49%) Test Analyst
11 7 (3.93%) QA Engineer
11 7 (3.93%) Senior DevOps
11 7 (3.93%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 7 (3.93%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 7 (3.93%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (14.04%) .NET
2 22 (12.36%) React
2 22 (12.36%) REST
2 22 (12.36%) RESTful
3 17 (9.55%) AngularJS
4 13 (7.30%) Middleware
5 11 (6.18%) Kafka
6 10 (5.62%) HTML
6 10 (5.62%) Playwright
7 9 (5.06%) OAuth
7 9 (5.06%) Spring
8 8 (4.49%) .NET Framework
8 8 (4.49%) CSS
8 8 (4.49%) Gherkin
8 8 (4.49%) JWT
8 8 (4.49%) RabbitMQ
8 8 (4.49%) Spring Boot
9 7 (3.93%) JSON
9 7 (3.93%) SOAP
9 7 (3.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.11%) Product Ownership
2 11 (6.18%) Management Information System
3 10 (5.62%) Cloud Native
3 10 (5.62%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (5.06%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (3.93%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (3.93%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.81%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.25%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.25%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.25%) Embedded Systems
7 4 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.25%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.69%) IoT
8 3 (1.69%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 3 (1.69%) SCADA
8 3 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.12%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.12%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.99%) Linux
2 6 (3.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (2.25%) Android
3 4 (2.25%) Windows
3 4 (2.25%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (44.94%) Agile
2 63 (35.39%) CI/CD
3 52 (29.21%) DevOps
4 48 (26.97%) Test Automation
5 44 (24.72%) Continuous Improvement
6 42 (23.60%) Software Engineering
7 40 (22.47%) User Acceptance Testing
8 30 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (16.85%) Stakeholder Management
9 28 (15.73%) Microservices
10 27 (15.17%) Mentoring
10 27 (15.17%) Validation
11 26 (14.61%) Containerisation
11 26 (14.61%) ERP
11 26 (14.61%) Migration
11 26 (14.61%) Test Strategy
12 25 (14.04%) BDD
13 23 (12.92%) Continuous Integration
13 23 (12.92%) System Integration Testing
13 23 (12.92%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 34 (19.10%) SQL
2 31 (17.42%) Java
3 24 (13.48%) Python
4 23 (12.92%) JavaScript
5 18 (10.11%) TypeScript
6 17 (9.55%) C#
7 4 (2.25%) Bash
7 4 (2.25%) C
7 4 (2.25%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.69%) C++
8 3 (1.69%) PHP
8 3 (1.69%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.12%) ABAP
9 2 (1.12%) Assembly Language
9 2 (1.12%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.12%) Rust
9 2 (1.12%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.56%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.56%) Groovy
10 1 (0.56%) Swift
Qualifications
1 28 (15.73%) Degree
2 26 (14.61%) Security Cleared
3 17 (9.55%) SC Cleared
4 13 (7.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (6.18%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (6.18%) ISTQB
6 5 (2.81%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.25%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.25%) CCNA
7 4 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.25%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.25%) OSCP
7 4 (2.25%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.25%) PMP
7 4 (2.25%) RHCE
7 4 (2.25%) RHCSA
8 3 (1.69%) CCA
9 1 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (17.98%) QA
2 13 (7.30%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 6 (3.37%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 3 (1.69%) GDPR
4 3 (1.69%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.69%) SLA
5 2 (1.12%) PMO
5 2 (1.12%) WCAG
6 1 (0.56%) ARP4754
6 1 (0.56%) ARP4761
6 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.56%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.56%) DO-160
6 1 (0.56%) GxP
6 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (23.03%) Docker
2 12 (6.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.37%) KVM
4 5 (2.81%) vSphere
5 4 (2.25%) Active Directory
5 4 (2.25%) Firmware
5 4 (2.25%) Squid
5 4 (2.25%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.56%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.56%) OpenDJ
6 1 (0.56%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.56%) Xen
Systems Management
1 36 (20.22%) Kubernetes
2 12 (6.74%) Ansible
3 10 (5.62%) Terraform
4 6 (3.37%) Puppet
5 4 (2.25%) Grafana
5 4 (2.25%) Kibana
5 4 (2.25%) Packer
5 4 (2.25%) ZABBIX
6 3 (1.69%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.56%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (17.42%) SAP
2 23 (12.92%) Microsoft
3 13 (7.30%) VMware
4 8 (4.49%) Oracle
5 7 (3.93%) IBM
6 6 (3.37%) Splunk
7 4 (2.25%) Atlassian
7 4 (2.25%) MuleSoft
7 4 (2.25%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.69%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.69%) PayPal
9 2 (1.12%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.12%) Workday
9 2 (1.12%) YouTube
10 1 (0.56%) Aderant
10 1 (0.56%) Conga
10 1 (0.56%) Databricks
10 1 (0.56%) ForgeRock
10 1 (0.56%) GoCardless
10 1 (0.56%) Perfecto Mobile