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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 517 500 414
Rank change year-on-year -17 -86 +48
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 299 158 381
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.32% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.36% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 155 83 124
10th Percentile £43,100 £40,350 £40,575
25th Percentile £50,375 £47,535 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £86,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,250 £97,050
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £58,750 £54,897
% change year-on-year +6.38% +7.02% -0.19%

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 87,229 43,738 58,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.43% 88.90% 82.16%
Number of salaries quoted 59,718 24,553 31,325
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,925
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,243 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,600
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.70% -2.59%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -29 265 £67,500 +3.85% 166
UK excluding London -67 191 £62,500 +6.38% 116
Work from Home -8 85 £67,500 +5.88% 133
London -47 82 £85,000 +6.25% 59
North of England -20 59 £62,500 +13.64% 17
South East -57 47 £68,500 +14.17% 34
Midlands -16 38 £59,250 +0.85% 24
West Midlands -23 31 £70,000 +16.67% 13
North West -7 27 £61,500 +11.82% 7
East of England -25 24 £46,000 -25.20% 10
North East - 23 £57,500 - 3
South West -71 11 £50,000 -11.95% 28
Yorkshire -30 9 £65,000 +23.81% 8
East Midlands -22 7 £52,500 +40.00% 11
Scotland +15 6 £63,750 +48.26% 1
Wales -64 6 £47,500 -6.31% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2

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 11 (3.68%) Confluence
2 9 (3.01%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.34%) Camunda
4 4 (1.34%) Anypoint
4 4 (1.34%) Office Communications Server
5 3 (1.00%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.33%) FactoryTalk
6 1 (0.33%) JBoss
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle 10gAS
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 8 (2.68%) Simulink
2 6 (2.01%) Lightworks
2 6 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.67%) CATIA
4 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.33%) EPLAN
6 1 (0.33%) Mathcad
6 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 41 (13.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.34%) SAP CO
2 7 (2.34%) SAP FI
2 7 (2.34%) SAP FI/CO
2 7 (2.34%) SAP PSCD
3 5 (1.67%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.34%) SAP GRC
4 4 (1.34%) SAP PP
5 3 (1.00%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.67%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.67%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.33%) Magento
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.33%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.33%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.33%) SAP ECC
7 1 (0.33%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.33%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.33%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 72 (24.08%) Azure
2 69 (23.08%) AWS
3 29 (9.70%) GitHub
4 27 (9.03%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (9.03%) GCP
4 27 (9.03%) Serverless
5 23 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
6 20 (6.69%) AWS Lambda
7 18 (6.02%) Amazon S3
8 14 (4.68%) SaaS
9 9 (3.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 8 (2.68%) Amazon EC2
10 8 (2.68%) Amazon EKS
11 7 (2.34%) Power Platform
12 6 (2.01%) Amazon ECS
12 6 (2.01%) Amazon EventBridge
13 5 (1.67%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (1.67%) PowerApps
13 5 (1.67%) SuccessFactors
13 5 (1.67%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.69%) Ethernet
2 14 (4.68%) IPv4
3 13 (4.35%) Modbus
4 12 (4.01%) DMZ
4 12 (4.01%) OSPF
4 12 (4.01%) VLAN
4 12 (4.01%) VPN
5 6 (2.01%) MQTT
6 4 (1.34%) RFID
6 4 (1.34%) Wireless
7 3 (1.00%) SAN
7 3 (1.00%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.67%) HTTP
8 2 (0.67%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.33%) DNS
9 1 (0.33%) Internet
9 1 (0.33%) Profibus
9 1 (0.33%) Wideband
9 1 (0.33%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.02%) Relational Database
2 18 (6.02%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (3.68%) SQL Server
4 10 (3.34%) MySQL
5 5 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.34%) RDBMS
7 3 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.00%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.00%) Power BI
7 3 (1.00%) Redis
8 2 (0.67%) DTS
8 2 (0.67%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.67%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.67%) SAP BW
8 2 (0.67%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.33%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 41 (13.71%) JIRA
2 37 (12.37%) Git
3 33 (11.04%) Jenkins
4 28 (9.36%) GitLab
5 19 (6.35%) Postman
6 14 (4.68%) Cypress.io
7 13 (4.35%) JUnit
8 12 (4.01%) Selenium
9 10 (3.34%) Rational DOORS
9 10 (3.34%) REST Assured
9 10 (3.34%) Zephyr
10 9 (3.01%) JMeter
10 9 (3.01%) Mockito
11 7 (2.34%) Cucumber
12 4 (1.34%) Apache Continuum
12 4 (1.34%) Maven
12 4 (1.34%) Newman
12 4 (1.34%) PetaLinux
13 3 (1.00%) Gatling
13 3 (1.00%) TestRail
General
1 105 (35.12%) Social Skills
2 67 (22.41%) Finance
3 51 (17.06%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (15.05%) Manufacturing
5 34 (11.37%) Public Sector
6 31 (10.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (8.70%) Aerospace
8 16 (5.35%) Automotive
8 16 (5.35%) Electronics
9 13 (4.35%) Retail
10 11 (3.68%) General Ledger
10 11 (3.68%) Law
11 7 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (2.01%) Advertising
12 6 (2.01%) Aviation
12 6 (2.01%) Marketing
12 6 (2.01%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.67%) Military
14 4 (1.34%) Publishing
15 2 (0.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 55 (18.39%) Senior
2 46 (15.38%) Developer
3 41 (13.71%) Lead
4 35 (11.71%) Software Engineer
5 19 (6.35%) Consultant
5 19 (6.35%) Test Engineer
6 18 (6.02%) Analyst
7 17 (5.69%) Architect
7 17 (5.69%) Principal Engineer
8 16 (5.35%) Automation Engineer
8 16 (5.35%) Senior Software Engineer
9 14 (4.68%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 13 (4.35%) SAP Consultant
10 13 (4.35%) Senior Developer
10 13 (4.35%) Systems Engineer
11 12 (4.01%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 12 (4.01%) Control Systems Engineer
12 10 (3.34%) Software Developer
12 10 (3.34%) Test Analyst
13 8 (2.68%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (11.04%) RESTful
2 32 (10.70%) REST
3 28 (9.36%) .NET
4 26 (8.70%) React
5 25 (8.36%) Spring
6 23 (7.69%) Kafka
6 23 (7.69%) Playwright
7 20 (6.69%) OAuth
8 19 (6.35%) Spring Boot
9 18 (6.02%) JWT
10 17 (5.69%) SAP Fiori
11 16 (5.35%) Terraform
12 14 (4.68%) AngularJS
13 13 (4.35%) Node.js
13 13 (4.35%) OAuth2
13 13 (4.35%) Web Services
14 12 (4.01%) JSON
14 12 (4.01%) Middleware
14 12 (4.01%) SOAP
15 11 (3.68%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.70%) Product Ownership
2 29 (9.70%) Cloud Native
3 22 (7.36%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (7.02%) Management Information System
5 19 (6.35%) Onboarding
6 17 (5.69%) Embedded Systems
7 14 (4.68%) Legacy Systems
8 13 (4.35%) IoT
8 13 (4.35%) SCADA
9 9 (3.01%) AI Agents
10 8 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (2.34%) Robotics
12 6 (2.01%) Blog
12 6 (2.01%) FPGA
12 6 (2.01%) Mobile App
12 6 (2.01%) Verilog
12 6 (2.01%) VHDL
13 5 (1.67%) Data Structures
13 5 (1.67%) Public Cloud
13 5 (1.67%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.69%) Linux
2 12 (4.01%) Windows
3 9 (3.01%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.01%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (1.67%) Unix
6 3 (1.00%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.33%) Android
7 1 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.33%) OpenWrt
7 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (40.13%) Agile
2 114 (38.13%) CI/CD
3 94 (31.44%) Problem-Solving
4 89 (29.77%) Test Automation
5 79 (26.42%) User Acceptance Testing
6 78 (26.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 73 (24.41%) DevOps
8 72 (24.08%) Software Engineering
9 69 (23.08%) Validation
10 61 (20.40%) AI
11 57 (19.06%) Technical Leadership
12 56 (18.73%) Migration
13 54 (18.06%) Mentoring
14 50 (16.72%) Stakeholder Management
15 46 (15.38%) Test Strategy
16 44 (14.72%) Microservices
17 41 (13.71%) System Integration Testing
18 38 (12.71%) Unit Testing
19 36 (12.04%) Software Testing
20 35 (11.71%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 54 (18.06%) Python
1 54 (18.06%) SQL
2 51 (17.06%) Java
3 30 (10.03%) JavaScript
3 30 (10.03%) TypeScript
4 24 (8.03%) C
5 21 (7.02%) C++
6 19 (6.35%) C#
7 15 (5.02%) ABAP
8 11 (3.68%) MATLAB
9 7 (2.34%) Bash
9 7 (2.34%) Kotlin
9 7 (2.34%) Ruby
10 6 (2.01%) PowerShell
11 5 (1.67%) Rust
12 4 (1.34%) Apex Code
13 3 (1.00%) Embedded C
13 3 (1.00%) Embedded C++
13 3 (1.00%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.00%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 57 (19.06%) Security Cleared
2 55 (18.39%) Degree
3 43 (14.38%) SC Cleared
4 21 (7.02%) ISTQB
5 18 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (5.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (4.35%) Azure Certification
8 12 (4.01%) AWS Certification
9 9 (3.01%) DV Cleared
10 8 (2.68%) SAP Certification
11 7 (2.34%) Master's Degree
12 6 (2.01%) CCAB
13 5 (1.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 5 (1.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 5 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (1.34%) CCA
14 4 (1.34%) CISA
14 4 (1.34%) CISSP
14 4 (1.34%) DBS Check
15 3 (1.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (17.06%) QA
2 25 (8.36%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.34%) Data Quality
4 9 (3.01%) NCSC
5 8 (2.68%) WCAG
6 7 (2.34%) GDPR
7 5 (1.67%) GRC
7 5 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 5 (1.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.67%) SLA
8 4 (1.34%) Def Stans
8 4 (1.34%) ECSS
8 4 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 12207
8 4 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (1.34%) PMO
9 3 (1.00%) Automotive SPICE
10 1 (0.33%) GxP
10 1 (0.33%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.33%) MISRA
10 1 (0.33%) MISRA C
System Software
1 37 (12.37%) Docker
2 7 (2.34%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.01%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (2.01%) Firmware
4 5 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.34%) IAG
6 3 (1.00%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.67%) Squid
7 2 (0.67%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.67%) vSphere
8 1 (0.33%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 26 (8.70%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.01%) Ansible
3 3 (1.00%) Functional Safety
3 3 (1.00%) Progress Chef
3 3 (1.00%) Puppet
4 2 (0.67%) HP Fortify
4 2 (0.67%) Kibana
4 2 (0.67%) Packer
4 2 (0.67%) ZABBIX
5 1 (0.33%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.33%) Grafana
5 1 (0.33%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (16.72%) SAP
2 28 (9.36%) Microsoft
3 18 (6.02%) Oracle
4 11 (3.68%) Google
4 11 (3.68%) YouTube
5 10 (3.34%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.01%) Workday
7 8 (2.68%) MuleSoft
8 6 (2.01%) IBM
8 6 (2.01%) OpenAI
8 6 (2.01%) VMware
9 4 (1.34%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.34%) EMC
9 4 (1.34%) Splunk
9 4 (1.34%) Xilinx
10 3 (1.00%) Ariba
10 3 (1.00%) Citrix
10 3 (1.00%) Concur
10 3 (1.00%) Red Hat
10 3 (1.00%) webMethods