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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 557 500 543
Rank change year-on-year -57 +43 -40
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 207 178 384
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.21% 0.37% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.41% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 119 108 239
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,625 £48,727 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,000 £62,420 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.93% +4.03% -14.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,300 £85,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,143 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% +3.90% -

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 71,201 43,352 86,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.63% 91.03% 82.05%
Number of salaries quoted 49,187 23,974 60,816
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,738 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.48% - -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 4 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Integration Testing in the UK

Integration Testing
Top 16 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 4 July 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 -36 174 £67,500 +8.00% 154
UK excluding London -53 115 £60,000 +5.00% 125
Work from Home -8 68 £60,000 -11.11% 65
London -32 59 £75,000 +11.11% 42
South East -24 46 £70,000 +9.80% 44
North of England -23 25 £60,000 +29.73% 23
North West -5 15 £72,500 +31.82% 16
South West -67 13 £50,000 -13.04% 17
Scotland +22 12 £45,500 - 7
East of England -13 9 £71,250 -10.94% 10
North East -36 9 £57,500 +9.52% 3
Midlands -36 7 £62,500 +31.58% 22
West Midlands -33 6 £63,750 +18.60% 11
Wales -45 3 £47,500 -5.00% 2
East Midlands -21 1 £62,500 +78.57% 11
Yorkshire -35 1 - - 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 13 (6.28%) Confluence
2 5 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.97%) SAS
4 1 (0.48%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.48%) Apache
4 1 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.48%) Camunda
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Coherence
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 6 (2.90%) Simulink
2 5 (2.42%) Lightworks
3 4 (1.93%) CATIA
3 4 (1.93%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 32 (15.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (3.38%) SAP PP
3 4 (1.93%) SAP CO
3 4 (1.93%) SAP FI
3 4 (1.93%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (1.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.45%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.97%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.97%) SAP FSCM
5 2 (0.97%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.97%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.97%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.97%) SAP PSCD
6 1 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.48%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.48%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.48%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.48%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.48%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.48%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 52 (25.12%) Azure
2 47 (22.71%) AWS
3 20 (9.66%) Serverless
4 18 (8.70%) GitHub
5 17 (8.21%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (7.25%) AWS Lambda
7 13 (6.28%) SaaS
8 11 (5.31%) GCP
8 11 (5.31%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (3.86%) Amazon S3
10 7 (3.38%) IaaS
11 6 (2.90%) Amazon ECS
11 6 (2.90%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (2.90%) Power Platform
12 5 (2.42%) Boomi
12 5 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (1.93%) AWS CloudFormation
13 4 (1.93%) Lucidchart
13 4 (1.93%) PaaS
14 3 (1.45%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.86%) TCP/IP
2 6 (2.90%) ATM
2 6 (2.90%) MQTT
2 6 (2.90%) Multicast
2 6 (2.90%) tcpdump
2 6 (2.90%) Wireshark
3 4 (1.93%) IPv4
3 4 (1.93%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (1.45%) Ethernet
4 3 (1.45%) Wireless
5 2 (0.97%) HTTP
5 2 (0.97%) Network Security
5 2 (0.97%) SAN
6 1 (0.48%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.48%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.80%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.83%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (4.35%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.93%) MySQL
4 4 (1.93%) SAP HANA
5 3 (1.45%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.97%) DTS
6 2 (0.97%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.97%) Redis
6 2 (0.97%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.48%) Big Data
7 1 (0.48%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.48%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.48%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.48%) Power BI
7 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 29 (14.01%) JIRA
2 28 (13.53%) Git
3 23 (11.11%) Jenkins
4 19 (9.18%) Postman
5 14 (6.76%) GitLab
6 12 (5.80%) Selenium
7 11 (5.31%) REST Assured
8 9 (4.35%) JUnit
9 8 (3.86%) Cypress.io
9 8 (3.86%) SpecFlow
10 6 (2.90%) Bitbucket
10 6 (2.90%) Cucumber
10 6 (2.90%) Rational DOORS
11 5 (2.42%) Maven
12 4 (1.93%) Apache Continuum
12 4 (1.93%) JMeter
12 4 (1.93%) Mockito
13 3 (1.45%) Gatling
13 3 (1.45%) SoapUI
13 3 (1.45%) Zephyr
General
1 70 (33.82%) Social Skills
2 51 (24.64%) Finance
3 41 (19.81%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (11.11%) Manufacturing
5 19 (9.18%) Aerospace
6 16 (7.73%) Automotive
7 12 (5.80%) Public Sector
8 10 (4.83%) Electronics
9 6 (2.90%) Advertising
9 6 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.90%) Spanish Language
10 5 (2.42%) Law
10 5 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.93%) General Ledger
11 4 (1.93%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.45%) Billing
12 3 (1.45%) Military
12 3 (1.45%) Retail
12 3 (1.45%) Tech for Good
13 2 (0.97%) Legal
Job Titles
1 37 (17.87%) Lead
1 37 (17.87%) Senior
2 33 (15.94%) Developer
3 20 (9.66%) Software Engineer
4 19 (9.18%) Analyst
5 15 (7.25%) Consultant
6 14 (6.76%) Architect
6 14 (6.76%) SAP Consultant
7 13 (6.28%) Test Engineer
8 12 (5.80%) Systems Engineer
9 10 (4.83%) Software Developer
10 9 (4.35%) Full-Stack Developer
10 9 (4.35%) Test Analyst
11 8 (3.86%) Java Developer
11 8 (3.86%) QA Engineer
12 7 (3.38%) Business Analyst
12 7 (3.38%) Integration Engineer
12 7 (3.38%) SAP PP Consultant
12 7 (3.38%) Senior Developer
12 7 (3.38%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (12.56%) REST
2 24 (11.59%) .NET
3 21 (10.14%) React
4 19 (9.18%) RESTful
5 17 (8.21%) AngularJS
6 15 (7.25%) Middleware
6 15 (7.25%) Playwright
7 13 (6.28%) Kafka
7 13 (6.28%) Spring
8 12 (5.80%) Spring Boot
9 10 (4.83%) JWT
9 10 (4.83%) OAuth
10 9 (4.35%) JSON
10 9 (4.35%) RabbitMQ
10 9 (4.35%) SOAP
11 8 (3.86%) Node.js
11 8 (3.86%) OAuth2
11 8 (3.86%) XML
12 7 (3.38%) HTML
12 7 (3.38%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 24 (11.59%) Product Ownership
2 18 (8.70%) Cloud Native
3 17 (8.21%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (7.25%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (5.31%) Embedded Systems
5 11 (5.31%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.38%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.90%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (2.42%) FPGA
8 5 (2.42%) IoT
8 5 (2.42%) Verilog
8 5 (2.42%) VHDL
8 5 (2.42%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.93%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.93%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.93%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.93%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.45%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 24 (11.59%) Linux
2 7 (3.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (2.90%) Windows
4 4 (1.93%) Android
4 4 (1.93%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (1.93%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.97%) Unix
6 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (41.55%) Agile
2 77 (37.20%) CI/CD
3 65 (31.40%) Test Automation
4 55 (26.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 55 (26.57%) DevOps
5 50 (24.15%) User Acceptance Testing
6 48 (23.19%) Software Engineering
7 46 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (18.36%) Migration
9 37 (17.87%) Validation
10 34 (16.43%) Microservices
11 32 (15.46%) Test Strategy
12 30 (14.49%) Mentoring
13 29 (14.01%) Stakeholder Management
13 29 (14.01%) System Integration Testing
14 28 (13.53%) Containerisation
15 26 (12.56%) ERP
16 25 (12.08%) AI
16 25 (12.08%) Data Migration
17 24 (11.59%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 39 (18.84%) Python
2 35 (16.91%) Java
3 27 (13.04%) SQL
4 21 (10.14%) TypeScript
5 20 (9.66%) JavaScript
6 17 (8.21%) C#
7 16 (7.73%) C
8 14 (6.76%) C++
9 6 (2.90%) MATLAB
10 5 (2.42%) Bash
10 5 (2.42%) PowerShell
10 5 (2.42%) Rust
11 3 (1.45%) Embedded C
11 3 (1.45%) Embedded C++
11 3 (1.45%) Ruby
11 3 (1.45%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.97%) ABAP
12 2 (0.97%) Assembly Language
12 2 (0.97%) PHP
12 2 (0.97%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (17.87%) Degree
2 34 (16.43%) Security Cleared
3 24 (11.59%) SC Cleared
4 16 (7.73%) ISTQB
5 15 (7.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (5.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.90%) CCAB
7 6 (2.90%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.90%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.90%) PMI Certification
7 6 (2.90%) PMP
8 4 (1.93%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.93%) CCA
8 4 (1.93%) CCNA
8 4 (1.93%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.93%) OSCP
8 4 (1.93%) RHCE
8 4 (1.93%) RHCSA
9 2 (0.97%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (17.39%) QA
2 20 (9.66%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.90%) WCAG
4 4 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 4 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 4 (1.93%) SLA
5 3 (1.45%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (1.45%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.45%) ECSS
5 3 (1.45%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.97%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.97%) GDPR
6 2 (0.97%) PMO
7 1 (0.48%) ARP4754
7 1 (0.48%) ARP4761
7 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.48%) DO-160
7 1 (0.48%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.48%) MISRA
7 1 (0.48%) MISRA C
System Software
1 42 (20.29%) Docker
2 12 (5.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.90%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.90%) Firmware
3 6 (2.90%) KVM
4 5 (2.42%) vSphere
5 4 (1.93%) Squid
5 4 (1.93%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.45%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.48%) Xen
Systems Management
1 34 (16.43%) Kubernetes
2 14 (6.76%) Terraform
3 13 (6.28%) Ansible
4 7 (3.38%) Puppet
5 4 (1.93%) Grafana
5 4 (1.93%) Kibana
5 4 (1.93%) Packer
5 4 (1.93%) ZABBIX
6 3 (1.45%) Functional Safety
6 3 (1.45%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.97%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.48%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.48%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.48%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 34 (16.43%) SAP
2 25 (12.08%) Microsoft
3 16 (7.73%) Oracle
4 13 (6.28%) VMware
5 6 (2.90%) MuleSoft
5 6 (2.90%) Splunk
6 5 (2.42%) Dynatrace
6 5 (2.42%) IBM
6 5 (2.42%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.45%) Google
7 3 (1.45%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.45%) Workday
7 3 (1.45%) Xilinx
8 2 (0.97%) Ariba
8 2 (0.97%) Concur
8 2 (0.97%) OpenAI
8 2 (0.97%) PayPal
8 2 (0.97%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.97%) YouTube
9 1 (0.48%) Siebel