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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 561 516 443
Rank change year-on-year -45 -73 +29
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 239 165 418
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.33% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.37% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 135 102 170
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £40,450
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,188 £47,410
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £83,750 £74,636 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £55,893 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.82% +1.62% -

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 80,269 44,315 65,850
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.06% 88.64% 80.88%
Number of salaries quoted 55,761 25,263 40,217
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -6.67%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -6.86% -6.87%

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 1 September 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 1 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 -57 209 £68,500 +14.17% 372
UK excluding London -53 140 £62,500 +11.82% 240
London -39 75 £85,000 +25.93% 177
Work from Home -12 65 £62,500 -7.41% 160
North of England -24 41 £65,250 +45.00% 34
South East -37 41 £68,000 +7.68% 66
North West -5 22 £67,500 +31.71% 18
Midlands -36 18 £62,500 +8.70% 43
North East -44 17 £57,500 +9.52% 11
West Midlands -19 15 £62,500 +8.70% 31
East of England -12 13 £65,000 +5.69% 26
South West -75 12 £50,000 -12.50% 40
Scotland +3 9 £60,533 - 17
Wales -64 6 £47,500 -6.31% 6
East Midlands - 3 £57,500 - 12
Yorkshire -45 2 £70,500 +101.43% 7

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 12 (5.02%) Confluence
2 7 (2.93%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.09%) Camunda
4 4 (1.67%) Anypoint
5 3 (1.26%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.84%) SAS
7 1 (0.42%) Apache
7 1 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.42%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.42%) JBoss
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle 10gAS
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.42%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 6 (2.51%) Simulink
2 5 (2.09%) Lightworks
3 4 (1.67%) CATIA
4 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.84%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 35 (14.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.51%) SAP CO
2 6 (2.51%) SAP FI
2 6 (2.51%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (2.09%) SAP PP
4 3 (1.26%) Elite 3E
4 3 (1.26%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.84%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.84%) SAP PSCD
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.42%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.42%) SAP ECC
6 1 (0.42%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.42%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.42%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.42%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.42%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.42%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.42%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 74 (30.96%) Azure
2 64 (26.78%) AWS
3 27 (11.30%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (10.04%) GCP
5 22 (9.21%) GitHub
6 21 (8.79%) Serverless
7 15 (6.28%) AWS Lambda
7 15 (6.28%) GitHub Actions
8 14 (5.86%) SaaS
9 11 (4.60%) Amazon S3
10 6 (2.51%) Amazon ECS
10 6 (2.51%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (2.51%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (2.51%) Power Platform
11 5 (2.09%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (2.09%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (2.09%) Boomi
11 5 (2.09%) Vertex AI
12 4 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
12 4 (1.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.35%) Ethernet
1 8 (3.35%) IPv4
2 5 (2.09%) Modbus
2 5 (2.09%) MQTT
3 4 (1.67%) DMZ
3 4 (1.67%) OSPF
3 4 (1.67%) Software-Defined Networking
3 4 (1.67%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.67%) VLAN
3 4 (1.67%) VPN
4 3 (1.26%) SAN
4 3 (1.26%) Wireless
5 2 (0.84%) HTTP
6 1 (0.42%) ATM
6 1 (0.42%) DNS
6 1 (0.42%) Multicast
6 1 (0.42%) Profibus
6 1 (0.42%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.42%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.42%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.79%) Relational Database
2 17 (7.11%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (5.86%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.35%) MySQL
5 4 (1.67%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.67%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.67%) SAP HANA
5 4 (1.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.84%) DTS
7 2 (0.84%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.84%) Power BI
7 2 (0.84%) Redis
7 2 (0.84%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.42%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.42%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.42%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 33 (13.81%) Git
2 30 (12.55%) JIRA
3 29 (12.13%) Jenkins
4 23 (9.62%) GitLab
5 21 (8.79%) Postman
6 13 (5.44%) REST Assured
6 13 (5.44%) Selenium
7 12 (5.02%) JUnit
8 10 (4.18%) Cypress.io
9 8 (3.35%) Cucumber
9 8 (3.35%) SpecFlow
10 7 (2.93%) Mockito
10 7 (2.93%) Zephyr
11 6 (2.51%) Bitbucket
12 5 (2.09%) JMeter
12 5 (2.09%) Rational DOORS
12 5 (2.09%) SoapUI
13 4 (1.67%) Apache Continuum
13 4 (1.67%) Maven
13 4 (1.67%) SonarQube
General
1 90 (37.66%) Social Skills
2 60 (25.10%) Finance
3 47 (19.67%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (10.88%) Manufacturing
5 22 (9.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (9.21%) Public Sector
6 21 (8.79%) Aerospace
7 13 (5.44%) Electronics
8 11 (4.60%) Automotive
9 10 (4.18%) Law
10 8 (3.35%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.51%) General Ledger
11 6 (2.51%) Marketing
12 5 (2.09%) Advertising
13 4 (1.67%) Legal
13 4 (1.67%) Military
13 4 (1.67%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.26%) Retail
15 2 (0.84%) Billing
16 1 (0.42%) Banking
Job Titles
1 55 (23.01%) Senior
2 44 (18.41%) Lead
3 42 (17.57%) Developer
4 31 (12.97%) Software Engineer
5 19 (7.95%) Test Engineer
6 17 (7.11%) Architect
6 17 (7.11%) Consultant
6 17 (7.11%) Senior Software Engineer
7 15 (6.28%) Analyst
8 12 (5.02%) SAP Consultant
8 12 (5.02%) Senior Developer
8 12 (5.02%) Systems Engineer
9 11 (4.60%) Software Developer
10 10 (4.18%) Test Automation Engineer
11 8 (3.35%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 8 (3.35%) Automation Engineer
11 8 (3.35%) Embedded Engineer
11 8 (3.35%) Full-Stack Developer
12 7 (2.93%) Integration Architect
12 7 (2.93%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (13.39%) REST
2 29 (12.13%) .NET
3 27 (11.30%) RESTful
4 25 (10.46%) React
5 23 (9.62%) Kafka
6 22 (9.21%) Spring
7 20 (8.37%) OAuth
8 19 (7.95%) JWT
8 19 (7.95%) Playwright
9 16 (6.69%) AngularJS
9 16 (6.69%) Spring Boot
9 16 (6.69%) Terraform
10 14 (5.86%) OAuth2
10 14 (5.86%) XML
11 13 (5.44%) JSON
12 12 (5.02%) Middleware
12 12 (5.02%) Node.js
12 12 (5.02%) SOAP
13 11 (4.60%) Web Services
14 9 (3.77%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.04%) Cloud Native
1 24 (10.04%) Product Ownership
2 23 (9.62%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (6.69%) Embedded Systems
4 15 (6.28%) Legacy Systems
5 14 (5.86%) Onboarding
6 12 (5.02%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.93%) Renewable Energy
8 6 (2.51%) Blog
8 6 (2.51%) IoT
9 5 (2.09%) AI Agents
9 5 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (2.09%) FPGA
9 5 (2.09%) Public Cloud
9 5 (2.09%) SCADA
9 5 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.09%) Verilog
9 5 (2.09%) VHDL
9 5 (2.09%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (10.04%) Linux
2 6 (2.51%) Windows
3 5 (2.09%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (1.67%) Unix
4 4 (1.67%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.26%) Android
6 2 (0.84%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.42%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (43.51%) Agile
1 104 (43.51%) CI/CD
2 81 (33.89%) Test Automation
3 71 (29.71%) DevOps
4 69 (28.87%) Problem-Solving
5 64 (26.78%) Software Engineering
6 59 (24.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 53 (22.18%) User Acceptance Testing
8 49 (20.50%) Validation
9 46 (19.25%) Migration
10 44 (18.41%) Mentoring
11 40 (16.74%) AI
11 40 (16.74%) Microservices
11 40 (16.74%) Test Strategy
12 37 (15.48%) Technical Leadership
13 34 (14.23%) Containerisation
13 34 (14.23%) Unit Testing
14 32 (13.39%) Stakeholder Management
14 32 (13.39%) System Integration Testing
15 27 (11.30%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 51 (21.34%) Python
2 49 (20.50%) Java
3 43 (17.99%) SQL
4 24 (10.04%) JavaScript
5 23 (9.62%) TypeScript
6 22 (9.21%) C
7 19 (7.95%) C#
8 18 (7.53%) C++
9 8 (3.35%) Bash
9 8 (3.35%) MATLAB
10 7 (2.93%) ABAP
10 7 (2.93%) Kotlin
10 7 (2.93%) PowerShell
10 7 (2.93%) Ruby
11 5 (2.09%) Rust
12 4 (1.67%) Apex Code
13 3 (1.26%) Embedded C
13 3 (1.26%) Embedded C++
13 3 (1.26%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.26%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 44 (18.41%) Degree
2 36 (15.06%) Security Cleared
3 23 (9.62%) SC Cleared
4 19 (7.95%) ISTQB
5 16 (6.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (5.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 10 (4.18%) AWS Certification
8 9 (3.77%) Azure Certification
9 8 (3.35%) DV Cleared
10 6 (2.51%) CCAB
10 6 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (2.09%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.67%) CCA
12 4 (1.67%) CCNA
12 4 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.67%) DBS Check
12 4 (1.67%) OSCP
12 4 (1.67%) RHCE
12 4 (1.67%) RHCSA
13 3 (1.26%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (15.90%) QA
2 24 (10.04%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.93%) WCAG
4 6 (2.51%) Data Quality
5 5 (2.09%) NCSC
6 4 (1.67%) Def Stans
6 4 (1.67%) GDPR
6 4 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 4 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 4 (1.67%) SLA
7 3 (1.26%) Automotive SPICE
7 3 (1.26%) ECSS
8 2 (0.84%) GRC
8 2 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.42%) ARP4754
9 1 (0.42%) ARP4761
9 1 (0.42%) Basel III
9 1 (0.42%) DO-160
9 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 40 (16.74%) Docker
2 6 (2.51%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.51%) Firmware
3 5 (2.09%) Embedded Firmware
3 5 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.67%) Squid
4 4 (1.67%) VMware NSX
4 4 (1.67%) vSphere
5 1 (0.42%) IAG
5 1 (0.42%) KVM
5 1 (0.42%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 29 (12.13%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.77%) Ansible
3 4 (1.67%) Packer
3 4 (1.67%) Puppet
3 4 (1.67%) ZABBIX
4 3 (1.26%) Functional Safety
4 3 (1.26%) Grafana
4 3 (1.26%) Kibana
4 3 (1.26%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.84%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.42%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.42%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 38 (15.90%) SAP
2 28 (11.72%) Microsoft
3 18 (7.53%) Oracle
4 11 (4.60%) Google
5 9 (3.77%) MuleSoft
6 8 (3.35%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.51%) OpenAI
7 6 (2.51%) Splunk
7 6 (2.51%) VMware
8 5 (2.09%) Dynatrace
8 5 (2.09%) IBM
8 5 (2.09%) Red Hat
8 5 (2.09%) YouTube
9 4 (1.67%) Workday
10 3 (1.26%) webMethods
10 3 (1.26%) Xilinx
11 2 (0.84%) Ariba
11 2 (0.84%) EMC
11 2 (0.84%) Informatica
11 2 (0.84%) Pega