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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 545 516 425
Rank change year-on-year -29 -91 +39
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 271 165 405
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.33% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.38% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 140 98 141
10th Percentile £44,464 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,063 £46,290 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,292 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.36% +3.82% -11.11%
75th Percentile £87,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,750 £91,625 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £58,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.38% +6.82% -

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 85,804 43,854 61,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.05% 88.92% 81.71%
Number of salaries quoted 59,130 24,461 33,915
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £96,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 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 28 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 -44 240 £68,500 +9.60% 427
UK excluding London -67 171 £62,500 +6.38% 288
Work from Home -8 78 £67,500 +8.00% 174
London -34 75 £85,000 +11.48% 162
North of England -20 56 £63,000 +40.00% 50
South East -55 46 £68,500 +8.47% 68
Midlands -33 27 £62,500 +8.70% 46
North West -16 26 £65,250 +37.37% 22
North East - 23 £58,750 - 9
West Midlands -24 22 £70,000 +19.15% 25
East of England -14 19 £50,883 -17.26% 33
South West -82 11 £50,000 -13.04% 43
Yorkshire -28 7 £72,500 +107.14% 19
Scotland +7 6 £63,750 +48.26% 33
Wales -58 6 £47,500 -6.31% 8
East Midlands -33 5 £57,500 +53.33% 21
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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 13 (4.80%) Confluence
2 7 (2.58%) Camunda
2 7 (2.58%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.48%) Anypoint
4 3 (1.11%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.74%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.37%) FactoryTalk
6 1 (0.37%) JBoss
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle 10gAS
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 7 (2.58%) Simulink
2 6 (2.21%) Lightworks
3 4 (1.48%) CATIA
3 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.74%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.37%) EPLAN
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 43 (15.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.21%) SAP CO
2 6 (2.21%) SAP FI
2 6 (2.21%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (1.85%) SAP PP
3 5 (1.85%) SAP PSCD
3 5 (1.85%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.48%) SAP GRC
5 3 (1.11%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.74%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.37%) Magento
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.37%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.37%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.37%) SAP ECC
7 1 (0.37%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.37%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.37%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.37%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.37%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 72 (26.57%) AWS
1 72 (26.57%) Azure
2 28 (10.33%) Serverless
3 27 (9.96%) GCP
4 26 (9.59%) GitHub
5 25 (9.23%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (7.75%) AWS Lambda
7 20 (7.38%) GitHub Actions
8 17 (6.27%) Amazon S3
9 13 (4.80%) SaaS
10 9 (3.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 8 (2.95%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (2.95%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (2.21%) Amazon EventBridge
12 6 (2.21%) Power Platform
13 5 (1.85%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (1.85%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (1.85%) Boomi
13 5 (1.85%) SuccessFactors
13 5 (1.85%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.17%) Ethernet
2 13 (4.80%) IPv4
3 10 (3.69%) Modbus
4 9 (3.32%) DMZ
4 9 (3.32%) OSPF
4 9 (3.32%) VLAN
4 9 (3.32%) VPN
5 6 (2.21%) MQTT
6 4 (1.48%) Software-Defined Networking
6 4 (1.48%) Wireless
7 3 (1.11%) SAN
7 3 (1.11%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.74%) HTTP
8 2 (0.74%) RFID
9 1 (0.37%) DNS
9 1 (0.37%) Profibus
9 1 (0.37%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.75%) Relational Database
2 16 (5.90%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (3.69%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.95%) MySQL
5 4 (1.48%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.48%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.48%) SAP HANA
6 3 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.11%) Redis
7 2 (0.74%) DTS
7 2 (0.74%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.74%) Power BI
7 2 (0.74%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.37%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.37%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.37%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 39 (14.39%) JIRA
2 34 (12.55%) Git
3 33 (12.18%) Jenkins
4 28 (10.33%) GitLab
5 21 (7.75%) Postman
6 14 (5.17%) Cypress.io
6 14 (5.17%) JUnit
7 12 (4.43%) Selenium
8 11 (4.06%) REST Assured
9 9 (3.32%) JMeter
9 9 (3.32%) Mockito
10 8 (2.95%) Cucumber
10 8 (2.95%) Zephyr
11 7 (2.58%) Rational DOORS
12 6 (2.21%) Bitbucket
13 5 (1.85%) Maven
14 4 (1.48%) Apache Continuum
14 4 (1.48%) Newman
14 4 (1.48%) PetaLinux
14 4 (1.48%) SonarQube
General
1 90 (33.21%) Social Skills
2 61 (22.51%) Finance
3 47 (17.34%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (14.76%) Manufacturing
5 32 (11.81%) Public Sector
6 30 (11.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (9.59%) Aerospace
8 15 (5.54%) Automotive
9 13 (4.80%) Electronics
10 11 (4.06%) General Ledger
11 10 (3.69%) Law
12 8 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.95%) Retail
13 6 (2.21%) Marketing
14 5 (1.85%) Advertising
15 4 (1.48%) Aviation
15 4 (1.48%) Military
16 3 (1.11%) Telecoms
17 2 (0.74%) Legal
17 2 (0.74%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 52 (19.19%) Senior
2 46 (16.97%) Lead
3 40 (14.76%) Developer
4 32 (11.81%) Software Engineer
5 22 (8.12%) Consultant
6 19 (7.01%) Analyst
6 19 (7.01%) Test Engineer
7 18 (6.64%) Architect
8 16 (5.90%) SAP Consultant
9 15 (5.54%) Senior Software Engineer
10 13 (4.80%) Automation Engineer
11 12 (4.43%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 12 (4.43%) Principal Engineer
11 12 (4.43%) Senior Developer
12 11 (4.06%) Systems Engineer
13 10 (3.69%) Test Analyst
14 9 (3.32%) Control Systems Engineer
14 9 (3.32%) Principal Systems Engineer
14 9 (3.32%) Software Developer
15 8 (2.95%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (12.92%) REST
2 30 (11.07%) RESTful
3 26 (9.59%) .NET
3 26 (9.59%) React
4 25 (9.23%) Spring
5 24 (8.86%) Kafka
6 22 (8.12%) Playwright
7 20 (7.38%) OAuth
8 19 (7.01%) Spring Boot
9 18 (6.64%) JWT
9 18 (6.64%) Terraform
10 16 (5.90%) AngularJS
10 16 (5.90%) SAP Fiori
11 13 (4.80%) JSON
11 13 (4.80%) Middleware
11 13 (4.80%) OAuth2
11 13 (4.80%) Web Services
12 12 (4.43%) Node.js
12 12 (4.43%) SOAP
12 12 (4.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (11.07%) Product Ownership
2 29 (10.70%) Cloud Native
3 23 (8.49%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (7.38%) Onboarding
5 18 (6.64%) Management Information System
6 14 (5.17%) Embedded Systems
6 14 (5.17%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (3.69%) SCADA
8 9 (3.32%) IoT
9 7 (2.58%) AI Agents
9 7 (2.58%) Renewable Energy
10 6 (2.21%) Blog
10 6 (2.21%) FPGA
10 6 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (2.21%) Verilog
10 6 (2.21%) VHDL
11 5 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.85%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.85%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.48%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (8.49%) Linux
2 12 (4.43%) Windows
3 9 (3.32%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.21%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (1.85%) Unix
6 3 (1.11%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.37%) Android
7 1 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.37%) OpenWrt
7 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (43.17%) Agile
2 114 (42.07%) CI/CD
3 85 (31.37%) Problem-Solving
4 84 (31.00%) Test Automation
5 74 (27.31%) Continuous Improvement
6 72 (26.57%) DevOps
6 72 (26.57%) User Acceptance Testing
7 70 (25.83%) Software Engineering
8 58 (21.40%) Validation
9 55 (20.30%) AI
10 53 (19.56%) Migration
11 52 (19.19%) Mentoring
12 50 (18.45%) Technical Leadership
13 43 (15.87%) Microservices
14 41 (15.13%) Stakeholder Management
14 41 (15.13%) Test Strategy
15 39 (14.39%) System Integration Testing
16 37 (13.65%) Containerisation
17 34 (12.55%) Unit Testing
18 33 (12.18%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 52 (19.19%) Python
2 51 (18.82%) Java
3 46 (16.97%) SQL
4 29 (10.70%) TypeScript
5 28 (10.33%) JavaScript
6 21 (7.75%) C
7 18 (6.64%) C++
8 16 (5.90%) C#
9 13 (4.80%) ABAP
10 9 (3.32%) Bash
10 9 (3.32%) MATLAB
11 8 (2.95%) PowerShell
12 7 (2.58%) Kotlin
12 7 (2.58%) Ruby
13 5 (1.85%) Rust
14 4 (1.48%) Apex Code
15 3 (1.11%) Embedded C
15 3 (1.11%) Embedded C++
15 3 (1.11%) SOQL
15 3 (1.11%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 52 (19.19%) Security Cleared
2 48 (17.71%) Degree
3 36 (13.28%) SC Cleared
4 24 (8.86%) ISTQB
5 17 (6.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (6.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (5.17%) AWS Certification
7 13 (4.80%) Azure Certification
8 10 (3.69%) DV Cleared
9 6 (2.21%) CCAB
9 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.21%) SAP Certification
10 5 (1.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 4 (1.48%) CISA
11 4 (1.48%) DBS Check
11 4 (1.48%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 4 (1.48%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.48%) OSCP
11 4 (1.48%) RHCE
11 4 (1.48%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (14.76%) QA
2 25 (9.23%) Accessibility
3 9 (3.32%) NCSC
4 8 (2.95%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.95%) WCAG
5 7 (2.58%) GDPR
6 5 (1.85%) GRC
6 5 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.85%) SLA
7 4 (1.48%) Def Stans
7 4 (1.48%) ECSS
7 4 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 4 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 4 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (1.11%) Automotive SPICE
9 2 (0.74%) PMO
10 1 (0.37%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.37%) ISO 26262
10 1 (0.37%) MISRA
10 1 (0.37%) MISRA C
System Software
1 40 (14.76%) Docker
2 8 (2.95%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.48%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (1.48%) Firmware
4 4 (1.48%) IAG
4 4 (1.48%) Squid
4 4 (1.48%) VMware NSX
4 4 (1.48%) vSphere
5 3 (1.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.37%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 30 (11.07%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.95%) Ansible
3 4 (1.48%) Packer
3 4 (1.48%) ZABBIX
4 3 (1.11%) Functional Safety
4 3 (1.11%) Kibana
4 3 (1.11%) Progress Chef
4 3 (1.11%) Puppet
5 2 (0.74%) Grafana
5 2 (0.74%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.37%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.37%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (18.08%) SAP
2 27 (9.96%) Microsoft
3 20 (7.38%) Oracle
4 11 (4.06%) Google
5 9 (3.32%) MuleSoft
5 9 (3.32%) Workday
5 9 (3.32%) YouTube
6 8 (2.95%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.95%) VMware
7 6 (2.21%) OpenAI
7 6 (2.21%) Splunk
8 5 (1.85%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.85%) IBM
8 5 (1.85%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.48%) Xilinx
10 3 (1.11%) Ariba
10 3 (1.11%) Citrix
10 3 (1.11%) Concur
10 3 (1.11%) EMC
10 3 (1.11%) webMethods