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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 522 515 415
Rank change year-on-year -7 -100 +52
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 306 154 380
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.31% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.35% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 160 79 124
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £40,575
25th Percentile £50,563 £46,080 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £87,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,075 £93,500 £97,050
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +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 87,497 43,445 57,940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.45% 88.84% 82.20%
Number of salaries quoted 59,802 24,607 31,056
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £33,099
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £44,541
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,000 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +17.02% -11.32% -1.85%

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 16 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 16 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 -10 272 £68,000 +4.62% 349
UK excluding London -26 198 £62,500 +4.17% 227
Work from Home +2 87 £66,250 +6.00% 149
London -44 83 £85,000 +6.25% 134
North of England -15 61 £63,000 +14.55% 36
South East -59 47 £68,500 +14.17% 58
Midlands -17 39 £56,000 -4.68% 44
West Midlands -21 31 £70,000 +16.67% 24
North West -8 28 £63,000 +14.55% 15
East of England -27 25 £46,000 -25.20% 21
North East - 23 £57,500 - 6
South West -62 14 £50,000 -6.98% 37
Yorkshire -29 10 £68,750 +30.95% 16
East Midlands -31 8 £42,000 +12.00% 20
Scotland +5 6 £63,750 +48.26% 21
Wales -74 6 £47,500 -6.31% 6
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 5

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 (3.59%) Confluence
2 9 (2.94%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.29%) Camunda
4 4 (1.31%) Anypoint
4 4 (1.31%) Office Communications Server
5 3 (0.98%) 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 (2.61%) Simulink
2 6 (1.96%) Lightworks
2 6 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.63%) CATIA
4 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.33%) EPLAN
5 1 (0.33%) Mathcad
5 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 41 (13.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.29%) SAP CO
2 7 (2.29%) SAP FI
2 7 (2.29%) SAP FI/CO
2 7 (2.29%) SAP PSCD
3 5 (1.63%) Workday HCM
4 4 (1.31%) SAP GRC
4 4 (1.31%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.98%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.65%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.65%) 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 73 (23.86%) Azure
2 69 (22.55%) AWS
3 30 (9.80%) GitHub
4 27 (8.82%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (8.82%) GCP
4 27 (8.82%) Serverless
5 24 (7.84%) GitHub Actions
6 20 (6.54%) AWS Lambda
7 18 (5.88%) Amazon S3
8 14 (4.58%) SaaS
9 9 (2.94%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 8 (2.61%) Amazon EC2
10 8 (2.61%) Amazon EKS
11 7 (2.29%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.96%) Amazon ECS
12 6 (1.96%) Amazon EventBridge
13 5 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (1.63%) PowerApps
13 5 (1.63%) SuccessFactors
13 5 (1.63%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.56%) Ethernet
2 14 (4.58%) IPv4
3 13 (4.25%) Modbus
3 13 (4.25%) VLAN
4 12 (3.92%) DMZ
4 12 (3.92%) OSPF
4 12 (3.92%) VPN
5 6 (1.96%) MQTT
6 4 (1.31%) RFID
6 4 (1.31%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.31%) Wireless
7 3 (0.98%) SAN
8 2 (0.65%) DNS
8 2 (0.65%) HTTP
8 2 (0.65%) Network Security
8 2 (0.65%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.33%) J1939
9 1 (0.33%) Profibus
9 1 (0.33%) Wideband
9 1 (0.33%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.86%) Relational Database
2 18 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (3.59%) SQL Server
4 10 (3.27%) MySQL
5 5 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.31%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.98%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.98%) Power BI
7 3 (0.98%) Redis
8 2 (0.65%) DTS
8 2 (0.65%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.65%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.65%) SAP BW
8 2 (0.65%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.33%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.33%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 41 (13.40%) JIRA
2 37 (12.09%) Git
3 33 (10.78%) Jenkins
4 28 (9.15%) GitLab
5 19 (6.21%) Postman
6 14 (4.58%) Cypress.io
7 13 (4.25%) JUnit
8 12 (3.92%) Selenium
9 10 (3.27%) Rational DOORS
9 10 (3.27%) REST Assured
9 10 (3.27%) Zephyr
10 9 (2.94%) JMeter
10 9 (2.94%) Mockito
11 7 (2.29%) Cucumber
12 4 (1.31%) Apache Continuum
12 4 (1.31%) Maven
12 4 (1.31%) Newman
12 4 (1.31%) PetaLinux
13 3 (0.98%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.98%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 107 (34.97%) Social Skills
2 67 (21.90%) Finance
3 52 (16.99%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (15.03%) Manufacturing
5 34 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 31 (10.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 27 (8.82%) Aerospace
8 18 (5.88%) Electronics
9 16 (5.23%) Automotive
10 13 (4.25%) Retail
11 11 (3.59%) General Ledger
12 10 (3.27%) Law
13 8 (2.61%) Telecoms
14 7 (2.29%) Advertising
14 7 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.96%) Aviation
15 6 (1.96%) Marketing
16 5 (1.63%) Military
17 4 (1.31%) Publishing
18 2 (0.65%) Banking
Job Titles
1 57 (18.63%) Senior
2 47 (15.36%) Developer
3 40 (13.07%) Lead
4 36 (11.76%) Software Engineer
5 20 (6.54%) Test Engineer
6 19 (6.21%) Consultant
7 18 (5.88%) Analyst
7 18 (5.88%) Principal Engineer
8 17 (5.56%) Architect
9 16 (5.23%) Automation Engineer
9 16 (5.23%) Senior Software Engineer
10 14 (4.58%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 14 (4.58%) Senior Developer
10 14 (4.58%) Systems Engineer
11 13 (4.25%) SAP Consultant
12 12 (3.92%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 12 (3.92%) Control Systems Engineer
13 10 (3.27%) Software Developer
13 10 (3.27%) Test Analyst
14 9 (2.94%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (10.78%) RESTful
2 32 (10.46%) REST
3 29 (9.48%) .NET
4 27 (8.82%) React
5 25 (8.17%) Spring
6 24 (7.84%) Playwright
7 23 (7.52%) Kafka
8 20 (6.54%) OAuth
9 19 (6.21%) Spring Boot
10 18 (5.88%) JWT
11 17 (5.56%) SAP Fiori
12 16 (5.23%) Terraform
13 14 (4.58%) AngularJS
14 13 (4.25%) Node.js
14 13 (4.25%) OAuth2
14 13 (4.25%) Web Services
15 12 (3.92%) JSON
15 12 (3.92%) Middleware
15 12 (3.92%) SOAP
16 11 (3.59%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.46%) Product Ownership
2 30 (9.80%) Cloud Native
3 23 (7.52%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (6.86%) Management Information System
5 19 (6.21%) Onboarding
6 17 (5.56%) Embedded Systems
7 14 (4.58%) Legacy Systems
7 14 (4.58%) SCADA
8 13 (4.25%) IoT
9 9 (2.94%) AI Agents
10 8 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (2.29%) FPGA
11 7 (2.29%) Robotics
12 6 (1.96%) Blog
12 6 (1.96%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.96%) Verilog
12 6 (1.96%) VHDL
13 5 (1.63%) Data Structures
13 5 (1.63%) Life Science
13 5 (1.63%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (8.17%) Linux
2 13 (4.25%) Windows
3 9 (2.94%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.96%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (1.63%) Unix
6 3 (0.98%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.65%) Android
7 2 (0.65%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.33%) OpenWrt
8 1 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (39.87%) Agile
2 115 (37.58%) CI/CD
3 95 (31.05%) Problem-Solving
4 91 (29.74%) Test Automation
5 79 (25.82%) User Acceptance Testing
6 78 (25.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 74 (24.18%) DevOps
8 73 (23.86%) Software Engineering
9 71 (23.20%) Validation
10 62 (20.26%) AI
11 58 (18.95%) Technical Leadership
12 57 (18.63%) Migration
13 54 (17.65%) Mentoring
14 50 (16.34%) Stakeholder Management
15 48 (15.69%) Test Strategy
16 45 (14.71%) Microservices
17 42 (13.73%) System Integration Testing
18 39 (12.75%) Unit Testing
19 38 (12.42%) Software Testing
20 36 (11.76%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 56 (18.30%) Python
2 54 (17.65%) SQL
3 53 (17.32%) Java
4 31 (10.13%) TypeScript
5 30 (9.80%) JavaScript
6 26 (8.50%) C
7 23 (7.52%) C++
8 20 (6.54%) C#
9 15 (4.90%) ABAP
10 11 (3.59%) MATLAB
11 7 (2.29%) Bash
11 7 (2.29%) Kotlin
11 7 (2.29%) Ruby
12 6 (1.96%) PowerShell
13 5 (1.63%) Rust
14 4 (1.31%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.98%) Embedded C
15 3 (0.98%) Embedded C++
15 3 (0.98%) Go
15 3 (0.98%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 59 (19.28%) Security Cleared
2 57 (18.63%) Degree
3 45 (14.71%) SC Cleared
4 21 (6.86%) ISTQB
5 18 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (4.25%) Azure Certification
7 12 (3.92%) AWS Certification
8 9 (2.94%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.61%) SAP Certification
10 7 (2.29%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.96%) CCAB
12 5 (1.63%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 5 (1.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.31%) CCA
13 4 (1.31%) CISA
13 4 (1.31%) CISSP
13 4 (1.31%) DBS Check
13 4 (1.31%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (17.32%) QA
2 25 (8.17%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.27%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.94%) NCSC
5 8 (2.61%) WCAG
6 7 (2.29%) GDPR
7 6 (1.96%) GRC
8 5 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 5 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.63%) SLA
9 4 (1.31%) Def Stans
9 4 (1.31%) ECSS
9 4 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 4 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (1.31%) PMO
10 3 (0.98%) Automotive SPICE
11 1 (0.33%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.33%) ISO 26262
11 1 (0.33%) MISRA
11 1 (0.33%) MISRA C
System Software
1 38 (12.42%) Docker
2 7 (2.29%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.29%) Firmware
3 6 (1.96%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.31%) IAG
6 3 (0.98%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.65%) Squid
7 2 (0.65%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.65%) vSphere
8 1 (0.33%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 26 (8.50%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.96%) Ansible
3 3 (0.98%) Functional Safety
3 3 (0.98%) Progress Chef
3 3 (0.98%) Puppet
4 2 (0.65%) HP Fortify
4 2 (0.65%) Kibana
4 2 (0.65%) Packer
4 2 (0.65%) 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 (16.34%) SAP
2 28 (9.15%) Microsoft
3 18 (5.88%) Oracle
4 11 (3.59%) Google
4 11 (3.59%) YouTube
5 10 (3.27%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.94%) Workday
7 8 (2.61%) MuleSoft
8 6 (1.96%) IBM
8 6 (1.96%) OpenAI
8 6 (1.96%) VMware
9 4 (1.31%) Dynatrace
9 4 (1.31%) EMC
9 4 (1.31%) Splunk
9 4 (1.31%) Xilinx
10 3 (0.98%) Ariba
10 3 (0.98%) Citrix
10 3 (0.98%) Concur
10 3 (0.98%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.98%) webMethods