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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 547 505 425
Rank change year-on-year -42 -80 +27
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 274 174 397
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.35% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.40% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 143 98 135
10th Percentile £44,612 £40,000 £40,200
25th Percentile £53,125 £46,290 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,292 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.36% +3.82% -11.11%
75th Percentile £87,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,625 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £58,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.38% +6.82% -

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 86,307 43,936 60,951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.14% 89.11% 81.72%
Number of salaries quoted 59,386 24,309 33,164
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,033
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.23% -3.28%
75th Percentile £79,641 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 30 September 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 30 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 -43 243 £68,500 +9.60% 436
UK excluding London -65 173 £62,500 +6.38% 292
Work from Home -20 80 £67,500 +8.00% 178
London -53 76 £85,000 +11.48% 171
North of England -22 58 £60,000 +33.33% 59
South East -63 46 £68,500 +8.47% 68
North West -9 28 £61,500 +29.47% 27
Midlands -42 27 £62,500 +8.70% 48
North East - 23 £58,750 - 10
West Midlands -33 22 £70,000 +19.15% 28
East of England -20 19 £50,883 -17.26% 29
South West -76 11 £50,000 -13.04% 41
Yorkshire -36 7 £72,500 +107.14% 22
Scotland +19 6 £63,750 +48.26% 33
Wales -72 6 £47,500 -6.31% 7
East Midlands -36 5 £57,500 +53.33% 20
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 8

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 (4.74%) Confluence
2 7 (2.55%) Camunda
2 7 (2.55%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.46%) Anypoint
4 3 (1.09%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.73%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.36%) FactoryTalk
6 1 (0.36%) JBoss
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle 10gAS
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Coherence
6 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 7 (2.55%) Simulink
2 6 (2.19%) Lightworks
3 4 (1.46%) CATIA
3 4 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.73%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.36%) EPLAN
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 45 (16.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.55%) SAP PSCD
3 6 (2.19%) SAP CO
3 6 (2.19%) SAP FI
3 6 (2.19%) SAP FI/CO
4 5 (1.82%) SAP PP
4 5 (1.82%) Workday HCM
5 4 (1.46%) SAP GRC
6 3 (1.09%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.73%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.36%) Magento
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.36%) SAP CAR
8 1 (0.36%) SAP ECC
8 1 (0.36%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.36%) SAP MDG
8 1 (0.36%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.36%) SAP QM
8 1 (0.36%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.36%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 72 (26.28%) AWS
1 72 (26.28%) Azure
2 28 (10.22%) Serverless
3 27 (9.85%) GCP
4 26 (9.49%) GitHub
5 25 (9.12%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (7.66%) AWS Lambda
7 20 (7.30%) GitHub Actions
8 17 (6.20%) Amazon S3
9 13 (4.74%) SaaS
10 9 (3.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 8 (2.92%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (2.92%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (2.19%) Amazon EventBridge
12 6 (2.19%) Power Platform
13 5 (1.82%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (1.82%) Boomi
13 5 (1.82%) SuccessFactors
13 5 (1.82%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.11%) Ethernet
2 13 (4.74%) IPv4
3 10 (3.65%) Modbus
4 9 (3.28%) DMZ
4 9 (3.28%) OSPF
4 9 (3.28%) VLAN
4 9 (3.28%) VPN
5 6 (2.19%) MQTT
6 4 (1.46%) Software-Defined Networking
6 4 (1.46%) Wireless
7 3 (1.09%) SAN
7 3 (1.09%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.73%) HTTP
8 2 (0.73%) RFID
9 1 (0.36%) DNS
9 1 (0.36%) Profibus
9 1 (0.36%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.66%) Relational Database
2 16 (5.84%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (3.65%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.92%) MySQL
5 4 (1.46%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.46%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.46%) SAP HANA
6 3 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.09%) Redis
7 2 (0.73%) DTS
7 2 (0.73%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.73%) Power BI
7 2 (0.73%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.36%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.36%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 39 (14.23%) JIRA
2 34 (12.41%) Git
3 33 (12.04%) Jenkins
4 28 (10.22%) GitLab
5 21 (7.66%) Postman
6 14 (5.11%) Cypress.io
6 14 (5.11%) JUnit
7 12 (4.38%) Selenium
8 11 (4.01%) REST Assured
9 9 (3.28%) JMeter
9 9 (3.28%) Mockito
10 8 (2.92%) Cucumber
10 8 (2.92%) Zephyr
11 7 (2.55%) Rational DOORS
12 6 (2.19%) Bitbucket
13 5 (1.82%) Maven
14 4 (1.46%) Apache Continuum
14 4 (1.46%) Newman
14 4 (1.46%) PetaLinux
14 4 (1.46%) SonarQube
General
1 90 (32.85%) Social Skills
2 61 (22.26%) Finance
3 47 (17.15%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (14.96%) Manufacturing
5 34 (12.41%) Public Sector
6 30 (10.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (9.49%) Aerospace
8 15 (5.47%) Automotive
9 13 (4.74%) Electronics
10 11 (4.01%) General Ledger
11 10 (3.65%) Law
12 8 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (2.92%) Retail
13 6 (2.19%) Marketing
14 5 (1.82%) Advertising
15 4 (1.46%) Aviation
15 4 (1.46%) Military
16 3 (1.09%) Telecoms
17 2 (0.73%) Legal
17 2 (0.73%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 52 (18.98%) Senior
2 46 (16.79%) Lead
3 40 (14.60%) Developer
4 32 (11.68%) Software Engineer
5 22 (8.03%) Consultant
6 19 (6.93%) Analyst
6 19 (6.93%) Test Engineer
7 18 (6.57%) Architect
8 16 (5.84%) SAP Consultant
9 15 (5.47%) Senior Software Engineer
10 13 (4.74%) Automation Engineer
11 12 (4.38%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 12 (4.38%) Principal Engineer
11 12 (4.38%) Senior Developer
12 11 (4.01%) Systems Engineer
13 10 (3.65%) Test Analyst
14 9 (3.28%) Control Systems Engineer
14 9 (3.28%) Principal Systems Engineer
14 9 (3.28%) Software Developer
15 8 (2.92%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (12.77%) REST
2 30 (10.95%) RESTful
3 27 (9.85%) .NET
4 26 (9.49%) React
5 25 (9.12%) Spring
6 24 (8.76%) Kafka
7 22 (8.03%) Playwright
8 20 (7.30%) OAuth
9 19 (6.93%) Spring Boot
10 18 (6.57%) JWT
10 18 (6.57%) SAP Fiori
10 18 (6.57%) Terraform
11 16 (5.84%) AngularJS
12 13 (4.74%) JSON
12 13 (4.74%) Middleware
12 13 (4.74%) OAuth2
12 13 (4.74%) Web Services
13 12 (4.38%) Node.js
13 12 (4.38%) SOAP
13 12 (4.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.68%) Product Ownership
2 29 (10.58%) Cloud Native
3 23 (8.39%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (7.30%) Management Information System
4 20 (7.30%) Onboarding
5 14 (5.11%) Embedded Systems
5 14 (5.11%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (3.65%) SCADA
7 9 (3.28%) IoT
8 7 (2.55%) AI Agents
8 7 (2.55%) Renewable Energy
9 6 (2.19%) Blog
9 6 (2.19%) FPGA
9 6 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.19%) Verilog
9 6 (2.19%) VHDL
10 5 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.82%) Data Structures
10 5 (1.82%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.82%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 23 (8.39%) Linux
2 12 (4.38%) Windows
3 9 (3.28%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.19%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (1.82%) Unix
6 3 (1.09%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.36%) Android
7 1 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.36%) OpenWrt
7 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (42.70%) Agile
2 114 (41.61%) CI/CD
3 85 (31.02%) Problem-Solving
4 84 (30.66%) Test Automation
5 77 (28.10%) Continuous Improvement
6 75 (27.37%) User Acceptance Testing
7 72 (26.28%) DevOps
8 71 (25.91%) Software Engineering
9 59 (21.53%) Validation
10 57 (20.80%) AI
11 56 (20.44%) Migration
12 52 (18.98%) Mentoring
13 51 (18.61%) Technical Leadership
14 44 (16.06%) Stakeholder Management
15 43 (15.69%) Microservices
16 41 (14.96%) System Integration Testing
16 41 (14.96%) Test Strategy
17 37 (13.50%) Containerisation
18 34 (12.41%) Unit Testing
19 33 (12.04%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 52 (18.98%) Python
2 51 (18.61%) Java
3 46 (16.79%) SQL
4 29 (10.58%) TypeScript
5 28 (10.22%) JavaScript
6 21 (7.66%) C
7 18 (6.57%) C++
8 17 (6.20%) C#
9 15 (5.47%) ABAP
10 9 (3.28%) Bash
10 9 (3.28%) MATLAB
11 8 (2.92%) PowerShell
12 7 (2.55%) Kotlin
12 7 (2.55%) Ruby
13 5 (1.82%) Rust
14 4 (1.46%) Apex Code
15 3 (1.09%) DataWeave
15 3 (1.09%) Embedded C
15 3 (1.09%) SOQL
15 3 (1.09%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 54 (19.71%) Security Cleared
2 48 (17.52%) Degree
3 38 (13.87%) SC Cleared
4 24 (8.76%) ISTQB
5 17 (6.20%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (6.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (5.11%) AWS Certification
7 13 (4.74%) Azure Certification
8 10 (3.65%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.92%) SAP Certification
10 6 (2.19%) CCAB
10 6 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (1.46%) CISA
12 4 (1.46%) DBS Check
12 4 (1.46%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
12 4 (1.46%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.46%) OSCP
12 4 (1.46%) RHCE
12 4 (1.46%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (14.60%) QA
2 25 (9.12%) Accessibility
3 9 (3.28%) NCSC
4 8 (2.92%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.92%) WCAG
5 7 (2.55%) GDPR
6 5 (1.82%) GRC
6 5 (1.82%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.82%) SLA
7 4 (1.46%) Def Stans
7 4 (1.46%) ECSS
7 4 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 4 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 4 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (1.09%) Automotive SPICE
9 2 (0.73%) PMO
10 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.36%) ISO 26262
10 1 (0.36%) MISRA
10 1 (0.36%) MISRA C
System Software
1 40 (14.60%) Docker
2 8 (2.92%) Active Directory
3 7 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.46%) Embedded Firmware
4 4 (1.46%) Firmware
4 4 (1.46%) IAG
4 4 (1.46%) Squid
4 4 (1.46%) VMware NSX
4 4 (1.46%) vSphere
5 3 (1.09%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.36%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 30 (10.95%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.92%) Ansible
3 4 (1.46%) Packer
3 4 (1.46%) ZABBIX
4 3 (1.09%) Functional Safety
4 3 (1.09%) Kibana
4 3 (1.09%) Progress Chef
4 3 (1.09%) Puppet
5 2 (0.73%) Grafana
5 2 (0.73%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.36%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 51 (18.61%) SAP
2 28 (10.22%) Microsoft
3 20 (7.30%) Oracle
4 11 (4.01%) Google
4 11 (4.01%) YouTube
5 9 (3.28%) MuleSoft
5 9 (3.28%) Workday
6 8 (2.92%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.92%) VMware
7 6 (2.19%) OpenAI
7 6 (2.19%) Splunk
8 5 (1.82%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.82%) IBM
8 5 (1.82%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.46%) Xilinx
10 3 (1.09%) Ariba
10 3 (1.09%) Citrix
10 3 (1.09%) Concur
10 3 (1.09%) EMC
10 3 (1.09%) webMethods