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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 543 495 575
Rank change year-on-year -48 +80 -82
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 191 175 369
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.39% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.42% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 113 108 250
10th Percentile £45,091 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,727 £45,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,339 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.27% +3.90% -14.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,500 £87,500 £87,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 68,264 41,362 89,059
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.88% 92.48% 81.88%
Number of salaries quoted 46,974 22,138 63,125
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £91,991
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 18 June 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 18 June 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 -60 165 £69,500 +11.20% 134
UK excluding London -55 106 £60,000 +9.09% 102
Work from Home -10 59 £60,000 -11.11% 49
London -26 58 £75,000 +2.21% 52
South East -10 46 £70,000 +9.80% 34
North of England -30 24 £60,000 +33.33% 17
North West +16 14 £72,500 +41.46% 9
Scotland +21 12 £45,500 - 3
South West -63 9 £51,750 -9.44% 16
East of England -14 8 £75,000 +36.36% 6
North East -41 7 £57,500 +9.52% 2
Midlands -39 5 £62,500 +35.14% 20
West Midlands -27 4 £62,500 +31.58% 13
Yorkshire -41 3 - - 6
Wales -45 2 £61,250 +23.15% 1
East Midlands -28 1 £62,500 +78.57% 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 13 (6.81%) Confluence
2 3 (1.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.05%) SAS
4 1 (0.52%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.52%) Apache
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Coherence
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 7 (3.66%) CATIA
2 5 (2.62%) MS Visio
3 4 (2.09%) Simulink
4 2 (1.05%) Lightworks
4 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 27 (14.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.14%) SAP PP
3 3 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.57%) SAP CO
3 3 (1.57%) SAP ERP
3 3 (1.57%) SAP FI
3 3 (1.57%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (1.05%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (1.05%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (1.05%) SAP PM
4 2 (1.05%) SAP PSCD
4 2 (1.05%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.52%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.52%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.52%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.52%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.52%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.52%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.52%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 49 (25.65%) Azure
2 41 (21.47%) AWS
3 18 (9.42%) Serverless
4 14 (7.33%) AWS Lambda
4 14 (7.33%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (6.28%) GitHub
5 12 (6.28%) SaaS
6 8 (4.19%) Amazon S3
6 8 (4.19%) GCP
6 8 (4.19%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (3.66%) IaaS
8 6 (3.14%) Amazon ECS
8 6 (3.14%) Amazon EKS
8 6 (3.14%) Power Platform
9 5 (2.62%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.09%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (2.09%) Boomi
10 4 (2.09%) Lucidchart
10 4 (2.09%) PaaS
11 3 (1.57%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.66%) TCP/IP
2 6 (3.14%) ATM
2 6 (3.14%) Multicast
2 6 (3.14%) tcpdump
2 6 (3.14%) Wireshark
3 4 (2.09%) IPv4
3 4 (2.09%) MQTT
3 4 (2.09%) Software-Defined Networking
4 2 (1.05%) Modbus
4 2 (1.05%) Network Security
4 2 (1.05%) SAN
5 1 (0.52%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.52%) HTTP
5 1 (0.52%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.81%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.71%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (4.71%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.62%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (2.09%) MySQL
4 4 (2.09%) SAP HANA
5 3 (1.57%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.05%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.05%) Power BI
6 2 (1.05%) Redis
6 2 (1.05%) SAP BW
6 2 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.52%) Big Data
7 1 (0.52%) Db2
7 1 (0.52%) DTS
7 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.52%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.52%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 29 (15.18%) JIRA
2 23 (12.04%) Git
3 20 (10.47%) Jenkins
4 17 (8.90%) Postman
5 11 (5.76%) GitLab
5 11 (5.76%) Selenium
6 9 (4.71%) REST Assured
7 8 (4.19%) Rational DOORS
7 8 (4.19%) SpecFlow
8 7 (3.66%) Apache Continuum
8 7 (3.66%) Bitbucket
8 7 (3.66%) JUnit
9 6 (3.14%) Cucumber
9 6 (3.14%) Cypress.io
10 5 (2.62%) Maven
11 4 (2.09%) JMeter
12 3 (1.57%) Mockito
12 3 (1.57%) SoapUI
13 2 (1.05%) Gatling
14 1 (0.52%) TestRail
General
1 63 (32.98%) Social Skills
2 45 (23.56%) Finance
3 35 (18.32%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (11.52%) Manufacturing
5 17 (8.90%) Aerospace
6 15 (7.85%) Automotive
7 10 (5.24%) Public Sector
8 9 (4.71%) Electronics
9 6 (3.14%) Advertising
9 6 (3.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (3.14%) Spanish Language
10 4 (2.09%) Law
10 4 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.09%) Retail
11 3 (1.57%) Billing
11 3 (1.57%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.57%) Tech for Good
11 3 (1.57%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.05%) Back Office
12 2 (1.05%) Legal
Job Titles
1 39 (20.42%) Senior
2 32 (16.75%) Lead
3 31 (16.23%) Developer
4 20 (10.47%) Analyst
5 15 (7.85%) Software Engineer
6 14 (7.33%) Systems Engineer
7 13 (6.81%) Consultant
7 13 (6.81%) SAP Consultant
8 11 (5.76%) Architect
8 11 (5.76%) Test Engineer
9 10 (5.24%) Full-Stack Developer
10 9 (4.71%) Java Developer
11 8 (4.19%) Business Analyst
11 8 (4.19%) DevOps Engineer
11 8 (4.19%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 8 (4.19%) Software Developer
11 8 (4.19%) Test Analyst
12 7 (3.66%) Senior DevOps
12 7 (3.66%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 7 (3.66%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (13.61%) .NET
2 23 (12.04%) React
2 23 (12.04%) REST
3 19 (9.95%) RESTful
4 17 (8.90%) AngularJS
5 15 (7.85%) Middleware
6 12 (6.28%) Kafka
7 11 (5.76%) Playwright
7 11 (5.76%) Spring
8 10 (5.24%) Spring Boot
9 9 (4.71%) OAuth
10 8 (4.19%) .NET Framework
10 8 (4.19%) HTML
10 8 (4.19%) JSON
10 8 (4.19%) JWT
10 8 (4.19%) RabbitMQ
10 8 (4.19%) SOAP
10 8 (4.19%) XML
11 6 (3.14%) CSS
11 6 (3.14%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.99%) Product Ownership
2 15 (7.85%) Cloud Native
3 13 (6.81%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (6.28%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (6.28%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.66%) Embedded Systems
5 7 (3.66%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.62%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (2.62%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.09%) Algorithms
7 4 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.09%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.09%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (2.09%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.57%) FPGA
8 3 (1.57%) IoT
8 3 (1.57%) Verilog
8 3 (1.57%) VHDL
9 2 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.95%) Linux
2 6 (3.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (2.62%) Windows
4 4 (2.09%) Android
4 4 (2.09%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.05%) Unix
6 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.52%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (41.36%) Agile
2 68 (35.60%) CI/CD
3 54 (28.27%) Test Automation
4 53 (27.75%) DevOps
5 48 (25.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 47 (24.61%) Software Engineering
7 43 (22.51%) User Acceptance Testing
8 34 (17.80%) Problem-Solving
9 33 (17.28%) Validation
10 31 (16.23%) Microservices
11 30 (15.71%) Migration
12 29 (15.18%) Mentoring
13 28 (14.66%) Containerisation
14 27 (14.14%) Stakeholder Management
14 27 (14.14%) Test Strategy
15 26 (13.61%) System Integration Testing
16 24 (12.57%) Continuous Integration
16 24 (12.57%) ERP
17 23 (12.04%) BDD
18 22 (11.52%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 32 (16.75%) Java
2 30 (15.71%) SQL
3 29 (15.18%) Python
4 22 (11.52%) JavaScript
5 18 (9.42%) TypeScript
6 17 (8.90%) C#
7 10 (5.24%) C
8 8 (4.19%) C++
9 4 (2.09%) Bash
9 4 (2.09%) MATLAB
9 4 (2.09%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.57%) Embedded C
10 3 (1.57%) Embedded C++
10 3 (1.57%) Rust
10 3 (1.57%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.05%) ABAP
11 2 (1.05%) Assembly Language
11 2 (1.05%) PHP
11 2 (1.05%) Ruby
11 2 (1.05%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (15.71%) Degree
2 27 (14.14%) Security Cleared
3 19 (9.95%) SC Cleared
4 15 (7.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (6.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (6.28%) ISTQB
7 5 (2.62%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.09%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.09%) CCNA
8 4 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.09%) Master's Degree
8 4 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.09%) OSCP
8 4 (2.09%) PMI Certification
8 4 (2.09%) PMP
8 4 (2.09%) RHCE
8 4 (2.09%) RHCSA
9 3 (1.57%) CCA
9 3 (1.57%) CCAB
10 2 (1.05%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (17.28%) QA
2 15 (7.85%) Accessibility
3 7 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 7 (3.66%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 4 (2.09%) WCAG
5 3 (1.57%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (1.57%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.57%) SLA
6 2 (1.05%) GDPR
6 2 (1.05%) PMO
7 1 (0.52%) ARP4754
7 1 (0.52%) ARP4761
7 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.52%) DO-160
7 1 (0.52%) GxP
7 1 (0.52%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.52%) MISRA
7 1 (0.52%) MISRA C
System Software
1 40 (20.94%) Docker
2 12 (6.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.14%) KVM
4 5 (2.62%) Active Directory
4 5 (2.62%) vSphere
5 4 (2.09%) Firmware
5 4 (2.09%) Squid
5 4 (2.09%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.52%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.52%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.52%) OpenDJ
6 1 (0.52%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.52%) Xen
Systems Management
1 35 (18.32%) Kubernetes
2 12 (6.28%) Ansible
2 12 (6.28%) Terraform
3 6 (3.14%) Puppet
4 4 (2.09%) Grafana
4 4 (2.09%) Kibana
4 4 (2.09%) Packer
4 4 (2.09%) ZABBIX
5 3 (1.57%) Functional Safety
5 3 (1.57%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.52%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.52%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.52%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (16.23%) SAP
2 24 (12.57%) Microsoft
3 13 (6.81%) VMware
4 12 (6.28%) Oracle
5 7 (3.66%) IBM
6 6 (3.14%) Splunk
7 5 (2.62%) MuleSoft
8 4 (2.09%) Dynatrace
8 4 (2.09%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.05%) PayPal
9 2 (1.05%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.05%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.05%) Workday
9 2 (1.05%) YouTube
10 1 (0.52%) Aderant
10 1 (0.52%) Conga
10 1 (0.52%) Databricks
10 1 (0.52%) ForgeRock
10 1 (0.52%) GoCardless
10 1 (0.52%) Perfecto Mobile