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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 556 486 566
Rank change year-on-year -70 +80 -101
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 180 164 345
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.39% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.41% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 108 99 267
10th Percentile £45,350 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,701 £48,705 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.42% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £101,875 £89,200 £87,500
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 68,715 39,643 83,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.91% 93.27% 84.01%
Number of salaries quoted 44,731 20,766 60,219
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,839 £41,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,375 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% +6.14% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.94% +3.00% -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 27 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Integration Testing in the UK

Integration Testing
Top 14 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 27 May 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 -60 157 £70,000 +14.52% 107
UK excluding London -52 92 £60,000 +9.09% 76
London -22 62 £75,000 - 43
Work from Home +7 54 £60,000 -11.11% 39
South East -5 44 £70,000 +19.15% 30
North of England -18 19 £57,500 +27.78% 17
Scotland +9 12 £45,500 - 4
South West -61 9 £51,750 -9.44% 10
North West -7 8 £75,000 +50.00% 8
North East -33 6 £57,500 +9.52% 2
East of England -26 5 £75,000 +36.36% 5
Yorkshire -42 5 - - 7
West Midlands -45 3 £62,500 +35.14% 5
Midlands -46 3 £62,500 +38.89% 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 15 (8.33%) Confluence
2 3 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.11%) SAS
4 1 (0.56%) Apache
4 1 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 7 (3.89%) MS Visio
2 6 (3.33%) CATIA
3 4 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.56%) Lightworks
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 24 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.78%) SAP ERP
3 4 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.67%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (1.67%) SAP CO
4 3 (1.67%) SAP FI
4 3 (1.67%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (1.67%) SAP PP
5 2 (1.11%) SAP FSCM
5 2 (1.11%) SAP PM
5 2 (1.11%) SAP PSCD
5 2 (1.11%) Shopify
5 2 (1.11%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.56%) Magento
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.56%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.56%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.56%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.56%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 46 (25.56%) Azure
2 32 (17.78%) AWS
3 14 (7.78%) Serverless
4 13 (7.22%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (7.22%) SaaS
5 9 (5.00%) AWS Lambda
6 8 (4.44%) GitHub
7 7 (3.89%) IaaS
7 7 (3.89%) Power Platform
8 6 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (2.78%) Amazon S3
9 5 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (2.22%) Boomi
10 4 (2.22%) GCP
10 4 (2.22%) Lucidchart
10 4 (2.22%) PaaS
11 3 (1.67%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (1.67%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (1.67%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.89%) TCP/IP
2 6 (3.33%) ATM
2 6 (3.33%) Multicast
2 6 (3.33%) tcpdump
2 6 (3.33%) Wireshark
3 4 (2.22%) IPv4
3 4 (2.22%) MQTT
3 4 (2.22%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (1.67%) Modbus
5 2 (1.11%) HTTPS
5 2 (1.11%) Network Security
6 1 (0.56%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.33%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.67%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (2.78%) DB2
4 4 (2.22%) SAP HANA
5 3 (1.67%) MySQL
5 3 (1.67%) Power BI
5 3 (1.67%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.11%) Redis
6 2 (1.11%) SAP BW
6 2 (1.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.56%) Big Data
7 1 (0.56%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.56%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 30 (16.67%) JIRA
2 21 (11.67%) Jenkins
3 17 (9.44%) Git
4 13 (7.22%) Postman
5 11 (6.11%) Bitbucket
5 11 (6.11%) Selenium
6 9 (5.00%) Cucumber
6 9 (5.00%) SpecFlow
7 8 (4.44%) GitLab
7 8 (4.44%) Rational DOORS
8 6 (3.33%) Apache Continuum
8 6 (3.33%) JUnit
8 6 (3.33%) Maven
8 6 (3.33%) REST Assured
9 5 (2.78%) TeamCity
10 4 (2.22%) Cypress.io
10 4 (2.22%) JMeter
10 4 (2.22%) Mockito
11 3 (1.67%) SoapUI
12 2 (1.11%) webpack
General
1 62 (34.44%) Social Skills
2 44 (24.44%) Finance
3 34 (18.89%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (10.56%) Manufacturing
5 17 (9.44%) Aerospace
6 12 (6.67%) Automotive
7 7 (3.89%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.33%) Spanish Language
9 5 (2.78%) Banking
9 5 (2.78%) Electronics
9 5 (2.78%) Retail
10 4 (2.22%) General Ledger
10 4 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.22%) Law
10 4 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.67%) Billing
11 3 (1.67%) Tech for Good
11 3 (1.67%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.11%) Back Office
12 2 (1.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 36 (20.00%) Senior
2 30 (16.67%) Developer
3 29 (16.11%) Lead
4 21 (11.67%) Analyst
5 15 (8.33%) Systems Engineer
6 12 (6.67%) Architect
6 12 (6.67%) Java Developer
6 12 (6.67%) Software Engineer
7 11 (6.11%) Full-Stack Developer
8 10 (5.56%) Consultant
8 10 (5.56%) SAP Consultant
9 9 (5.00%) Test Engineer
10 8 (4.44%) Business Analyst
10 8 (4.44%) DevOps Engineer
10 8 (4.44%) Full-Stack Java Developer
10 8 (4.44%) Test Analyst
11 7 (3.89%) Senior DevOps
11 7 (3.89%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 7 (3.89%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 7 (3.89%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (13.89%) .NET
2 23 (12.78%) RESTful
3 22 (12.22%) REST
4 21 (11.67%) React
5 17 (9.44%) AngularJS
6 13 (7.22%) Middleware
7 11 (6.11%) Kafka
8 10 (5.56%) HTML
9 9 (5.00%) Gherkin
9 9 (5.00%) OAuth
9 9 (5.00%) Spring
10 8 (4.44%) .NET Framework
10 8 (4.44%) CSS
10 8 (4.44%) JWT
10 8 (4.44%) Playwright
10 8 (4.44%) RabbitMQ
10 8 (4.44%) Spring Boot
11 7 (3.89%) JSON
11 7 (3.89%) SOAP
11 7 (3.89%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 11 (6.11%) Management Information System
3 10 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (5.00%) Cloud Native
5 8 (4.44%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (4.44%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (3.89%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.78%) Virtual Team
8 4 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.22%) Data Structures
8 4 (2.22%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.22%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.67%) IoT
9 3 (1.67%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 3 (1.67%) SCADA
10 2 (1.11%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.11%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.89%) Linux
2 6 (3.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (2.22%) Android
3 4 (2.22%) Windows
3 4 (2.22%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (44.44%) Agile
2 61 (33.89%) CI/CD
3 49 (27.22%) DevOps
4 47 (26.11%) Test Automation
5 43 (23.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 42 (23.33%) Software Engineering
7 38 (21.11%) User Acceptance Testing
8 31 (17.22%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (17.22%) Stakeholder Management
9 30 (16.67%) Validation
10 27 (15.00%) Microservices
11 26 (14.44%) Containerisation
11 26 (14.44%) ERP
11 26 (14.44%) Mentoring
11 26 (14.44%) Migration
12 25 (13.89%) BDD
12 25 (13.89%) Test Strategy
13 24 (13.33%) Unit Testing
14 23 (12.78%) System Integration Testing
15 22 (12.22%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 34 (18.89%) SQL
2 31 (17.22%) Java
3 23 (12.78%) JavaScript
3 23 (12.78%) Python
4 18 (10.00%) TypeScript
5 17 (9.44%) C#
6 4 (2.22%) Bash
6 4 (2.22%) C
6 4 (2.22%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.67%) C++
7 3 (1.67%) PHP
7 3 (1.67%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.11%) ABAP
8 2 (1.11%) Assembly Language
8 2 (1.11%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.11%) RPG
8 2 (1.11%) Rust
8 2 (1.11%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.56%) SAPscript
9 1 (0.56%) Swift
Qualifications
1 29 (16.11%) Degree
2 24 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 15 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 13 (7.22%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (6.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (6.11%) ISTQB
6 5 (2.78%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.78%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.22%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.22%) CCNA
7 4 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.22%) OSCP
7 4 (2.22%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.22%) PMP
7 4 (2.22%) RHCE
7 4 (2.22%) RHCSA
8 3 (1.67%) CCA
9 2 (1.11%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (17.22%) QA
2 11 (6.11%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 6 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 3 (1.67%) GDPR
4 3 (1.67%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.67%) SLA
5 2 (1.11%) PMO
6 1 (0.56%) ARP4754
6 1 (0.56%) ARP4761
6 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.56%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.56%) DO-160
6 1 (0.56%) GxP
6 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 41 (22.78%) Docker
2 13 (7.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.33%) KVM
3 6 (3.33%) vSphere
4 4 (2.22%) Active Directory
4 4 (2.22%) Firmware
4 4 (2.22%) Squid
4 4 (2.22%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.56%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.56%) OpenDJ
6 1 (0.56%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.56%) Xen
Systems Management
1 36 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 13 (7.22%) Ansible
3 9 (5.00%) Terraform
4 6 (3.33%) Puppet
5 4 (2.22%) Grafana
5 4 (2.22%) Kibana
5 4 (2.22%) Packer
5 4 (2.22%) ZABBIX
6 3 (1.67%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.11%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (17.22%) SAP
2 24 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 14 (7.78%) VMware
4 8 (4.44%) IBM
4 8 (4.44%) Oracle
5 6 (3.33%) Splunk
6 4 (2.22%) Atlassian
6 4 (2.22%) MuleSoft
6 4 (2.22%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.67%) Dynatrace
7 3 (1.67%) PayPal
8 2 (1.11%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.11%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.11%) Workday
8 2 (1.11%) YouTube
9 1 (0.56%) Adobe
9 1 (0.56%) Cognizant
9 1 (0.56%) Google
9 1 (0.56%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.56%) Siebel