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 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 558 435 577
Rank change year-on-year -123 +142 -112
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 172 208 318
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.49% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.53% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 107 113 267
10th Percentile £45,300 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +4.17% -11.11%
75th Percentile £84,375 £75,000 £73,125
90th Percentile £106,750 £87,000 £88,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +1.38%

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 67,035 39,288 81,690
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.86% 92.85% 85.64%
Number of salaries quoted 41,557 22,685 59,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.93%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £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 28 April 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 28 April 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 -112 151 £73,750 +18.00% 87
UK excluding London -88 82 £60,000 +9.09% 77
London -38 60 £75,000 +9.69% 31
Work from Home -27 58 £65,000 -3.70% 26
South East -43 35 £70,000 +21.74% 28
North of England -51 17 £75,000 +66.67% 12
Scotland -9 12 £45,500 - 8
South West -50 12 £55,000 -7.59% 14
North West -22 8 £75,000 +50.00% 5
Yorkshire -61 7 £95,000 +196.88% 3
West Midlands -32 4 £62,500 +16.28% 5
Midlands -54 4 £62,500 +35.14% 7
East of England -28 2 £58,750 +6.82% 9
North East -41 2 £60,000 +2.13% 4

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 20 (11.63%) 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 FSCM
5 2 (1.16%) Shopify
6 1 (0.58%) Magento
6 1 (0.58%) Maximo
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 CO
6 1 (0.58%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.58%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.58%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.58%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.58%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.58%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 51 (29.65%) Azure
2 28 (16.28%) AWS
3 16 (9.30%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (5.81%) Dynamics 365
4 10 (5.81%) Power Platform
4 10 (5.81%) SaaS
4 10 (5.81%) Serverless
5 7 (4.07%) AWS Lambda
5 7 (4.07%) IaaS
6 5 (2.91%) GitHub
7 4 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (2.33%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (1.74%) Azure AKS
8 3 (1.74%) Azure Pipelines
8 3 (1.74%) Boomi
8 3 (1.74%) GCP
8 3 (1.74%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (1.74%) Lucidchart
8 3 (1.74%) PaaS
8 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%) 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
7 1 (0.58%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 32 (18.60%) JIRA
2 22 (12.79%) Jenkins
3 15 (8.72%) Bitbucket
3 15 (8.72%) 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
11 3 (1.74%) webpack
12 2 (1.16%) Liquibase
12 2 (1.16%) Zephyr
General
1 58 (33.72%) Social Skills
2 45 (26.16%) Finance
3 29 (16.86%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (9.30%) Manufacturing
5 15 (8.72%) Aerospace
6 12 (6.98%) Automotive
7 10 (5.81%) Banking
8 6 (3.49%) Spanish Language
8 6 (3.49%) Tech for Good
9 5 (2.91%) Electronics
9 5 (2.91%) Public Sector
9 5 (2.91%) Retail
10 4 (2.33%) Law
11 3 (1.74%) Billing
11 3 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.74%) Military
12 2 (1.16%) Advertising
12 2 (1.16%) Legal
12 2 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (22.09%) Senior
2 27 (15.70%) Developer
3 25 (14.53%) Lead
4 22 (12.79%) Analyst
5 14 (8.14%) Consultant
5 14 (8.14%) Systems Engineer
6 12 (6.98%) Java Developer
7 10 (5.81%) Architect
8 9 (5.23%) SAP Consultant
8 9 (5.23%) Test Engineer
9 8 (4.65%) Business Analyst
9 8 (4.65%) DevOps Engineer
9 8 (4.65%) Software Engineer
9 8 (4.65%) Test Analyst
10 7 (4.07%) Full-Stack Developer
10 7 (4.07%) Senior DevOps
10 7 (4.07%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 7 (4.07%) Software Developer
11 6 (3.49%) Deployment Engineer
11 6 (3.49%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (14.53%) RESTful
2 24 (13.95%) .NET
3 20 (11.63%) React
4 18 (10.47%) REST
5 13 (7.56%) Gherkin
6 12 (6.98%) CSS
6 12 (6.98%) HTML
7 11 (6.40%) AngularJS
7 11 (6.40%) Middleware
8 9 (5.23%) Elastic Stack
8 9 (5.23%) Node.js
9 8 (4.65%) .NET Framework
9 8 (4.65%) RabbitMQ
10 7 (4.07%) Kafka
10 7 (4.07%) OAuth
11 6 (3.49%) OAuth2
11 6 (3.49%) SOAP
11 6 (3.49%) XML
12 5 (2.91%) JSON
12 5 (2.91%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.14%) Product Ownership
2 13 (7.56%) 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%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.16%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 13 (7.56%) 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 78 (45.35%) Agile
2 59 (34.30%) CI/CD
3 49 (28.49%) DevOps
4 45 (26.16%) Test Automation
5 42 (24.42%) Software Engineering
6 38 (22.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (20.93%) User Acceptance Testing
8 29 (16.86%) Problem-Solving
8 29 (16.86%) Unit Testing
9 27 (15.70%) BDD
9 27 (15.70%) Microservices
9 27 (15.70%) Stakeholder Management
10 26 (15.12%) Continuous Integration
10 26 (15.12%) System Integration Testing
10 26 (15.12%) Validation
11 24 (13.95%) ERP
12 23 (13.37%) Mentoring
13 22 (12.79%) SDLC
14 20 (11.63%) Containerisation
14 20 (11.63%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 36 (20.93%) SQL
2 28 (16.28%) Java
3 23 (13.37%) Python
4 21 (12.21%) JavaScript
5 19 (11.05%) C#
6 12 (6.98%) TypeScript
7 6 (3.49%) Bash
7 6 (3.49%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.74%) ABAP
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%) C++
9 2 (1.16%) Go
9 2 (1.16%) Rust
9 2 (1.16%) Swift
9 2 (1.16%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.16%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (13.95%) Degree
2 20 (11.63%) Security Cleared
3 12 (6.98%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (6.40%) ISTQB
4 11 (6.40%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.91%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.33%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.33%) CCNA
7 4 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.33%) OSCP
7 4 (2.33%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.33%) PMP
7 4 (2.33%) RHCE
7 4 (2.33%) RHCSA
8 3 (1.74%) Chartered Engineer
8 3 (1.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (1.16%) CITP
9 2 (1.16%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (17.44%) QA
2 13 (7.56%) 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%) WCAG
System Software
1 38 (22.09%) 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 34 (19.77%) 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 28 (16.28%) SAP
2 21 (12.21%) Microsoft
3 13 (7.56%) VMware
4 10 (5.81%) Oracle
5 9 (5.23%) IBM
6 8 (4.65%) Atlassian
7 4 (2.33%) MuleSoft
7 4 (2.33%) Red Hat
7 4 (2.33%) Splunk
8 3 (1.74%) PayPal
8 3 (1.74%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.16%) Ariba
9 2 (1.16%) Concur
9 2 (1.16%) Databricks
9 2 (1.16%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.58%) Aderant
10 1 (0.58%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.58%) Perfecto Mobile
10 1 (0.58%) Ping Identity
10 1 (0.58%) YouTube