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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 558 507 509
Rank change year-on-year -51 +2 -17
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 216 176 364
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.36% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.40% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 126 106 219
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £40,254
25th Percentile £47,848 £46,973 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,750 £61,123 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.66% +1.87% -16.67%
75th Percentile £81,875 £74,636 £72,500
90th Percentile £89,125 £85,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -

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 73,631 44,290 76,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.59% 90.03% 81.87%
Number of salaries quoted 50,962 24,903 52,597
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 21 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 21 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 -38 180 £67,500 +10.43% 132
UK excluding London -53 122 £60,000 +4.35% 105
Work from Home -20 70 £59,283 -12.17% 61
London -11 64 £78,000 +15.56% 40
South East -34 42 £72,500 +20.83% 32
North of England -16 29 £61,500 +36.67% 22
North West +4 18 £70,000 +36.59% 15
South West -56 14 £50,000 -16.49% 13
Scotland +22 12 £45,500 - 10
East of England -5 10 £71,250 -10.94% 7
Midlands -38 9 £62,500 +16.28% 19
North East -39 9 £57,500 +9.52% 3
West Midlands -26 8 £63,750 +18.60% 12
Wales -53 6 £47,500 -5.00%
Yorkshire -44 2 £60,000 +71.43% 4
East Midlands - 1 £62,500 - 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 (5.56%) Confluence
2 7 (3.24%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.85%) Anypoint
3 4 (1.85%) Camunda
4 3 (1.39%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.93%) SAS
6 1 (0.46%) Apache
6 1 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 6 (2.78%) Simulink
2 5 (2.31%) Lightworks
3 4 (1.85%) CATIA
4 3 (1.39%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 31 (14.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (3.24%) SAP PP
3 5 (2.31%) SAP CO
3 5 (2.31%) SAP FI
3 5 (2.31%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.39%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.93%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.93%) SAP FSCM
5 2 (0.93%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.93%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.93%) SAP PSCD
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.46%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.46%) SAP ECC
6 1 (0.46%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.46%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.46%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.46%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.46%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 62 (28.70%) Azure
2 56 (25.93%) AWS
3 23 (10.65%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (9.72%) GitHub
4 21 (9.72%) Serverless
5 16 (7.41%) AWS Lambda
6 15 (6.94%) GCP
7 14 (6.48%) GitHub Actions
7 14 (6.48%) SaaS
8 11 (5.09%) Amazon S3
9 7 (3.24%) IaaS
10 6 (2.78%) Amazon ECS
10 6 (2.78%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (2.78%) Boomi
11 5 (2.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (2.31%) Amazon SQS
12 4 (1.85%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.85%) PaaS
12 4 (1.85%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.85%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.70%) TCP/IP
2 6 (2.78%) ATM
2 6 (2.78%) Multicast
2 6 (2.78%) tcpdump
2 6 (2.78%) Wireshark
3 5 (2.31%) MQTT
4 4 (1.85%) IPv4
4 4 (1.85%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (1.39%) Ethernet
5 3 (1.39%) SAN
5 3 (1.39%) Wireless
6 2 (0.93%) HTTP
6 2 (0.93%) Network Security
7 1 (0.46%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (6.48%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (6.02%) SQL Server
3 11 (5.09%) Relational Database
4 6 (2.78%) MySQL
5 4 (1.85%) Redis
5 4 (1.85%) SAP HANA
6 3 (1.39%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.93%) DTS
7 2 (0.93%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.93%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.46%) Big Data
8 1 (0.46%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.46%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.46%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.46%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 32 (14.81%) Git
2 31 (14.35%) JIRA
3 24 (11.11%) Jenkins
4 20 (9.26%) Postman
5 15 (6.94%) GitLab
6 12 (5.56%) REST Assured
6 12 (5.56%) Selenium
7 11 (5.09%) JUnit
8 10 (4.63%) Cypress.io
9 8 (3.70%) SpecFlow
10 7 (3.24%) Bitbucket
11 6 (2.78%) Cucumber
11 6 (2.78%) Mockito
11 6 (2.78%) Rational DOORS
12 4 (1.85%) Apache Continuum
12 4 (1.85%) JMeter
12 4 (1.85%) Maven
12 4 (1.85%) Zephyr
13 3 (1.39%) Eclipse
13 3 (1.39%) RSpec
General
1 77 (35.65%) Social Skills
2 50 (23.15%) Finance
3 43 (19.91%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (10.65%) Manufacturing
5 19 (8.80%) Aerospace
6 16 (7.41%) Automotive
7 13 (6.02%) Public Sector
8 11 (5.09%) Electronics
9 7 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.78%) Spanish Language
11 5 (2.31%) Advertising
11 5 (2.31%) Law
11 5 (2.31%) Military
12 4 (1.85%) General Ledger
12 4 (1.85%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.39%) Billing
13 3 (1.39%) Retail
14 2 (0.93%) Legal
14 2 (0.93%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 41 (18.98%) Lead
2 40 (18.52%) Senior
3 37 (17.13%) Developer
4 22 (10.19%) Software Engineer
5 19 (8.80%) Analyst
6 15 (6.94%) Architect
7 14 (6.48%) Consultant
8 13 (6.02%) SAP Consultant
8 13 (6.02%) Systems Engineer
9 12 (5.56%) Test Engineer
10 11 (5.09%) Software Developer
11 10 (4.63%) Senior Developer
12 9 (4.17%) Full-Stack Developer
12 9 (4.17%) Test Analyst
13 8 (3.70%) QA Engineer
14 7 (3.24%) Embedded Engineer
14 7 (3.24%) Integration Engineer
14 7 (3.24%) SAP QM Consultant
14 7 (3.24%) Test Automation Engineer
14 7 (3.24%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (13.43%) REST
2 24 (11.11%) .NET
3 23 (10.65%) React
3 23 (10.65%) RESTful
4 18 (8.33%) OAuth
5 17 (7.87%) AngularJS
5 17 (7.87%) JWT
5 17 (7.87%) Kafka
5 17 (7.87%) Playwright
6 16 (7.41%) Spring
7 15 (6.94%) Spring Boot
8 13 (6.02%) Middleware
8 13 (6.02%) OAuth2
9 10 (4.63%) RabbitMQ
9 10 (4.63%) SOAP
10 9 (4.17%) JSON
10 9 (4.17%) Node.js
10 9 (4.17%) XML
11 8 (3.70%) Hibernate
12 7 (3.24%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.43%) Product Ownership
2 21 (9.72%) Distributed Systems
3 19 (8.80%) Cloud Native
4 16 (7.41%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (5.56%) Embedded Systems
5 12 (5.56%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.24%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.24%) Renewable Energy
7 6 (2.78%) Virtual Team
8 5 (2.31%) FPGA
8 5 (2.31%) IoT
8 5 (2.31%) Verilog
8 5 (2.31%) VHDL
9 4 (1.85%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.85%) CMDB
9 4 (1.85%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.85%) Life Science
9 4 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 27 (12.50%) Linux
2 7 (3.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (2.78%) Windows
4 5 (2.31%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (1.85%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.39%) Android
6 3 (1.39%) Unix
7 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (42.59%) Agile
2 86 (39.81%) CI/CD
3 65 (30.09%) Test Automation
4 62 (28.70%) DevOps
5 59 (27.31%) Continuous Improvement
6 52 (24.07%) Software Engineering
6 52 (24.07%) User Acceptance Testing
7 49 (22.69%) Problem-Solving
8 42 (19.44%) Microservices
9 40 (18.52%) Validation
10 39 (18.06%) Migration
11 33 (15.28%) Test Strategy
12 32 (14.81%) Mentoring
13 29 (13.43%) AI
13 29 (13.43%) Containerisation
13 29 (13.43%) Stakeholder Management
13 29 (13.43%) System Integration Testing
14 25 (11.57%) Data Migration
15 24 (11.11%) ERP
16 23 (10.65%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 43 (19.91%) Python
2 39 (18.06%) Java
3 33 (15.28%) SQL
4 25 (11.57%) JavaScript
5 21 (9.72%) TypeScript
6 18 (8.33%) C
6 18 (8.33%) C#
7 16 (7.41%) C++
8 7 (3.24%) Ruby
9 6 (2.78%) Bash
9 6 (2.78%) MATLAB
10 5 (2.31%) PowerShell
10 5 (2.31%) Rust
11 3 (1.39%) DataWeave
11 3 (1.39%) Embedded C
11 3 (1.39%) Embedded C++
11 3 (1.39%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.93%) Assembly Language
12 2 (0.93%) PHP
12 2 (0.93%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (19.44%) Degree
2 35 (16.20%) Security Cleared
3 25 (11.57%) SC Cleared
4 17 (7.87%) ISTQB
5 16 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (2.78%) CCAB
7 6 (2.78%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.78%) Master's Degree
7 6 (2.78%) PMI Certification
7 6 (2.78%) PMP
8 4 (1.85%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.85%) CCA
8 4 (1.85%) CCNA
8 4 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.85%) OSCP
8 4 (1.85%) RHCE
8 4 (1.85%) RHCSA
9 3 (1.39%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (17.13%) QA
2 20 (9.26%) Accessibility
3 7 (3.24%) WCAG
4 4 (1.85%) Def Stans
4 4 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 4 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 4 (1.85%) SLA
5 3 (1.39%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (1.39%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.39%) ECSS
5 3 (1.39%) GDPR
5 3 (1.39%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.46%) ARP4754
6 1 (0.46%) ARP4761
6 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.46%) DO-160
6 1 (0.46%) ISO 26262
6 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.46%) MISRA C
6 1 (0.46%) PMO
System Software
1 45 (20.83%) Docker
2 12 (5.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.24%) Firmware
4 6 (2.78%) Active Directory
4 6 (2.78%) KVM
5 5 (2.31%) vSphere
6 4 (1.85%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (1.85%) Squid
6 4 (1.85%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.46%) Xen
Systems Management
1 35 (16.20%) Kubernetes
2 15 (6.94%) Terraform
3 14 (6.48%) Ansible
4 7 (3.24%) Puppet
5 4 (1.85%) Grafana
5 4 (1.85%) Kibana
5 4 (1.85%) Packer
5 4 (1.85%) ZABBIX
6 3 (1.39%) Functional Safety
6 3 (1.39%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.93%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.46%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.46%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.46%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 33 (15.28%) SAP
2 24 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 15 (6.94%) Oracle
4 13 (6.02%) VMware
5 10 (4.63%) MuleSoft
6 9 (4.17%) Google
7 6 (2.78%) Splunk
8 5 (2.31%) Dynatrace
8 5 (2.31%) IBM
8 5 (2.31%) OpenAI
8 5 (2.31%) Red Hat
8 5 (2.31%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.39%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.39%) webMethods
9 3 (1.39%) Workday
9 3 (1.39%) Xilinx
10 2 (0.93%) Ariba
10 2 (0.93%) Concur
10 2 (0.93%) PayPal
10 2 (0.93%) YouTube