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 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 546 497 445
Rank change year-on-year -49 -52 +25
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 242 167 422
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.33% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.38% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 140 101 183
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £40,100
25th Percentile £52,188 £45,750 £47,440
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £83,750 £75,000 £73,125
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £56,785 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.06% +3.25% -4.35%

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 79,759 44,399 67,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.20% 88.84% 80.67%
Number of salaries quoted 55,200 25,247 42,330
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
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 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -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 26 August 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 26 August 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 -42 210 £68,500 +14.17% 235
UK excluding London -45 144 £62,500 +10.06% 163
London -48 73 £85,000 +25.93% 99
Work from Home +1 66 £62,500 -7.41% 100
South East -24 46 £68,500 +4.86% 41
North of England -27 41 £65,250 +45.00% 23
North West +5 22 £67,500 +31.71% 15
North East -46 17 £57,500 +9.52% 6
Midlands -31 15 £62,500 +8.70% 33
East of England -16 13 £65,000 +5.69% 20
West Midlands -27 13 £62,500 +8.70% 23
South West -73 12 £50,000 -12.50% 27
Scotland +12 11 £52,283 - 11
Wales -57 6 £47,500 -6.31% 4
Yorkshire -44 2 £70,500 +101.43% 5
East Midlands - 2 £57,500 - 10

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 (4.55%) Confluence
2 7 (2.89%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.07%) Camunda
4 4 (1.65%) Anypoint
5 3 (1.24%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.83%) SAS
7 1 (0.41%) Apache
7 1 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.41%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.41%) JBoss
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle 10gAS
7 1 (0.41%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 6 (2.48%) CATIA
1 6 (2.48%) Simulink
2 5 (2.07%) Lightworks
3 2 (0.83%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 36 (14.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.48%) SAP CO
2 6 (2.48%) SAP FI
2 6 (2.48%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (2.07%) SAP PP
4 3 (1.24%) Elite 3E
4 3 (1.24%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.83%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.83%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.83%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.83%) SAP PSCD
6 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.41%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.41%) SAP ECC
6 1 (0.41%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.41%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.41%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.41%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.41%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 72 (29.75%) Azure
2 64 (26.45%) AWS
3 25 (10.33%) Azure DevOps
4 24 (9.92%) GCP
5 22 (9.09%) Serverless
6 21 (8.68%) GitHub
7 16 (6.61%) AWS Lambda
8 15 (6.20%) SaaS
9 14 (5.79%) GitHub Actions
10 11 (4.55%) Amazon S3
11 6 (2.48%) Amazon ECS
11 6 (2.48%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (2.07%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (2.07%) Amazon SQS
12 5 (2.07%) Boomi
12 5 (2.07%) Power Platform
12 5 (2.07%) Vertex AI
13 4 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
13 4 (1.65%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.89%) Ethernet
1 7 (2.89%) IPv4
2 5 (2.07%) MQTT
2 5 (2.07%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.65%) Modbus
3 4 (1.65%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (1.24%) DMZ
4 3 (1.24%) OSPF
4 3 (1.24%) SAN
4 3 (1.24%) VLAN
4 3 (1.24%) VPN
4 3 (1.24%) Wireless
5 2 (0.83%) ATM
5 2 (0.83%) HTTP
5 2 (0.83%) Multicast
5 2 (0.83%) tcpdump
5 2 (0.83%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.41%) DNS
6 1 (0.41%) Network Security
6 1 (0.41%) Profibus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.68%) Relational Database
2 18 (7.44%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (6.20%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.72%) MySQL
5 4 (1.65%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.65%) SAP HANA
5 4 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (1.24%) Redis
7 2 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.83%) DTS
7 2 (0.83%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.83%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.41%) Power BI
8 1 (0.41%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 32 (13.22%) Git
2 31 (12.81%) JIRA
3 27 (11.16%) Jenkins
4 21 (8.68%) GitLab
5 20 (8.26%) Postman
6 12 (4.96%) JUnit
6 12 (4.96%) REST Assured
6 12 (4.96%) Selenium
7 10 (4.13%) Cypress.io
8 9 (3.72%) SpecFlow
9 7 (2.89%) Cucumber
9 7 (2.89%) Mockito
9 7 (2.89%) Rational DOORS
10 6 (2.48%) Apache Continuum
10 6 (2.48%) Bitbucket
10 6 (2.48%) Zephyr
11 4 (1.65%) JMeter
11 4 (1.65%) Maven
11 4 (1.65%) SoapUI
11 4 (1.65%) SonarQube
General
1 90 (37.19%) Social Skills
2 60 (24.79%) Finance
3 46 (19.01%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (10.74%) Manufacturing
5 22 (9.09%) Aerospace
5 22 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (8.68%) Public Sector
7 13 (5.37%) Electronics
8 12 (4.96%) Automotive
9 10 (4.13%) Law
10 8 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.48%) General Ledger
11 6 (2.48%) Marketing
12 5 (2.07%) Advertising
13 4 (1.65%) Legal
13 4 (1.65%) Military
13 4 (1.65%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.24%) Retail
15 2 (0.83%) Billing
15 2 (0.83%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 56 (23.14%) Senior
2 45 (18.60%) Lead
3 41 (16.94%) Developer
4 32 (13.22%) Software Engineer
5 18 (7.44%) Test Engineer
6 17 (7.02%) Architect
6 17 (7.02%) Consultant
7 16 (6.61%) Analyst
7 16 (6.61%) Senior Software Engineer
8 14 (5.79%) Systems Engineer
9 12 (4.96%) SAP Consultant
10 11 (4.55%) Senior Developer
10 11 (4.55%) Software Developer
11 9 (3.72%) Test Automation Engineer
12 8 (3.31%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 8 (3.31%) Business Analyst
12 8 (3.31%) Full-Stack Developer
12 8 (3.31%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 7 (2.89%) Integration Architect
13 7 (2.89%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (13.22%) REST
2 29 (11.98%) .NET
3 27 (11.16%) RESTful
4 25 (10.33%) React
5 23 (9.50%) Kafka
6 22 (9.09%) Spring
7 20 (8.26%) OAuth
8 19 (7.85%) JWT
9 18 (7.44%) AngularJS
9 18 (7.44%) Playwright
10 16 (6.61%) Spring Boot
10 16 (6.61%) Terraform
11 14 (5.79%) OAuth2
12 13 (5.37%) XML
13 12 (4.96%) Middleware
13 12 (4.96%) Node.js
14 11 (4.55%) JSON
14 11 (4.55%) SOAP
14 11 (4.55%) Web Services
15 10 (4.13%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.92%) Cloud Native
2 23 (9.50%) Distributed Systems
2 23 (9.50%) Product Ownership
3 15 (6.20%) Embedded Systems
3 15 (6.20%) Legacy Systems
4 14 (5.79%) Management Information System
4 14 (5.79%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.89%) Renewable Energy
6 6 (2.48%) Blog
7 5 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.07%) FPGA
7 5 (2.07%) IoT
7 5 (2.07%) Public Cloud
7 5 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.07%) Verilog
7 5 (2.07%) VHDL
8 4 (1.65%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.65%) Hackathon
8 4 (1.65%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.92%) Linux
2 6 (2.48%) Windows
3 5 (2.07%) FreeRTOS
4 4 (1.65%) Unix
4 4 (1.65%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.24%) Android
5 3 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.83%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.41%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (43.39%) Agile
2 101 (41.74%) CI/CD
3 80 (33.06%) Test Automation
4 69 (28.51%) DevOps
5 66 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 66 (27.27%) Software Engineering
6 61 (25.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 53 (21.90%) User Acceptance Testing
8 49 (20.25%) Validation
9 46 (19.01%) Migration
10 42 (17.36%) Mentoring
10 42 (17.36%) Microservices
11 40 (16.53%) AI
12 39 (16.12%) Test Strategy
13 38 (15.70%) Technical Leadership
14 35 (14.46%) Containerisation
15 34 (14.05%) Unit Testing
16 31 (12.81%) Stakeholder Management
16 31 (12.81%) System Integration Testing
17 28 (11.57%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 52 (21.49%) Python
2 47 (19.42%) Java
3 41 (16.94%) SQL
4 25 (10.33%) JavaScript
5 24 (9.92%) TypeScript
6 21 (8.68%) C
7 19 (7.85%) C#
8 17 (7.02%) C++
9 8 (3.31%) Bash
9 8 (3.31%) MATLAB
10 7 (2.89%) ABAP
10 7 (2.89%) Kotlin
10 7 (2.89%) PowerShell
10 7 (2.89%) Ruby
11 5 (2.07%) Rust
12 4 (1.65%) Apex Code
13 3 (1.24%) DataWeave
13 3 (1.24%) Embedded C
13 3 (1.24%) Embedded C++
13 3 (1.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 44 (18.18%) Degree
2 36 (14.88%) Security Cleared
3 23 (9.50%) SC Cleared
4 18 (7.44%) ISTQB
5 17 (7.02%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (6.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (4.13%) AWS Certification
8 9 (3.72%) Azure Certification
9 8 (3.31%) DV Cleared
10 6 (2.48%) CCAB
11 5 (2.07%) Master's Degree
11 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.65%) CCA
12 4 (1.65%) CCNA
12 4 (1.65%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.65%) DBS Check
12 4 (1.65%) OSCP
12 4 (1.65%) RHCE
12 4 (1.65%) RHCSA
13 3 (1.24%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (15.29%) QA
2 24 (9.92%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.89%) WCAG
4 6 (2.48%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 6 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 5 (2.07%) NCSC
6 4 (1.65%) Def Stans
6 4 (1.65%) GDPR
6 4 (1.65%) SLA
7 3 (1.24%) Automotive SPICE
7 3 (1.24%) ECSS
8 2 (0.83%) GRC
8 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.83%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.41%) ARP4754
9 1 (0.41%) ARP4761
9 1 (0.41%) GxP
9 1 (0.41%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 42 (17.36%) Docker
2 7 (2.89%) Firmware
3 6 (2.48%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.07%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (1.65%) Squid
5 4 (1.65%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.65%) vSphere
6 2 (0.83%) KVM
7 1 (0.41%) IAG
7 1 (0.41%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 30 (12.40%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.13%) Ansible
3 5 (2.07%) Puppet
4 4 (1.65%) Packer
4 4 (1.65%) ZABBIX
5 3 (1.24%) Functional Safety
5 3 (1.24%) Grafana
5 3 (1.24%) Kibana
5 3 (1.24%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.83%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.41%) CloudHub
7 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 38 (15.70%) SAP
2 26 (10.74%) Microsoft
3 18 (7.44%) Oracle
4 11 (4.55%) Google
5 9 (3.72%) MuleSoft
6 8 (3.31%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.89%) IBM
7 7 (2.89%) VMware
8 6 (2.48%) OpenAI
8 6 (2.48%) Splunk
9 5 (2.07%) Dynatrace
9 5 (2.07%) Red Hat
9 5 (2.07%) YouTube
10 4 (1.65%) Workday
11 3 (1.24%) webMethods
11 3 (1.24%) Xilinx
12 2 (0.83%) Ariba
12 2 (0.83%) Concur
12 2 (0.83%) EMC
12 2 (0.83%) Informatica