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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 557 500 569
Rank change year-on-year -57 +69 -80
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 184 176 364
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.40% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.43% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 110 110 249
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,420 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.13% +4.03% -14.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,650 £87,500 £87,750
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 67,701 41,203 88,451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.85% 92.64% 82.16%
Number of salaries quoted 46,469 21,965 62,595
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,613
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
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 14 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 14 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 -63 159 £69,500 +11.20% 132
UK excluding London -77 101 £60,000 +9.09% 107
Work from Home -8 58 £60,000 -11.11% 66
London -29 57 £75,000 +2.21% 46
South East -19 45 £67,500 +5.88% 36
North of England -36 22 £60,000 +33.33% 19
North West -5 13 £72,500 +41.46% 9
Scotland +28 12 £45,500 - 6
South West -53 9 £51,750 -9.44% 14
East of England -20 6 £75,000 +36.36% 12
North East -38 6 £57,500 +9.52% 2
Midlands -33 5 £62,500 +35.14% 20
West Midlands -28 4 £62,500 +31.58% 11
Yorkshire -50 3 - - 8
Wales -43 2 £61,250 +23.15%
East Midlands -28 1 £62,500 +78.57% 9

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 (5.98%) Confluence
2 3 (1.63%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.09%) SAS
4 1 (0.54%) Apache
4 1 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle Coherence
4 1 (0.54%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 7 (3.80%) CATIA
2 5 (2.72%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.09%) Lightworks
3 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.09%) Simulink
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 26 (14.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.72%) SAP PP
3 3 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.63%) SAP CO
3 3 (1.63%) SAP ERP
3 3 (1.63%) SAP FI
3 3 (1.63%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (1.09%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (1.09%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (1.09%) SAP PM
4 2 (1.09%) SAP PSCD
4 2 (1.09%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.54%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.54%) SAP CRM
5 1 (0.54%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.54%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.54%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.54%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.54%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 47 (25.54%) Azure
2 40 (21.74%) AWS
3 18 (9.78%) Serverless
4 14 (7.61%) AWS Lambda
4 14 (7.61%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (6.52%) SaaS
6 11 (5.98%) GitHub
7 8 (4.35%) Amazon S3
7 8 (4.35%) GitHub Actions
8 7 (3.80%) GCP
8 7 (3.80%) IaaS
9 6 (3.26%) Amazon ECS
9 6 (3.26%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.72%) Power Platform
11 4 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (2.17%) Boomi
11 4 (2.17%) Lucidchart
11 4 (2.17%) PaaS
12 3 (1.63%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.80%) TCP/IP
2 6 (3.26%) ATM
2 6 (3.26%) Multicast
2 6 (3.26%) tcpdump
2 6 (3.26%) Wireshark
3 4 (2.17%) IPv4
3 4 (2.17%) MQTT
3 4 (2.17%) Software-Defined Networking
4 2 (1.09%) Modbus
4 2 (1.09%) Network Security
5 1 (0.54%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.54%) HTTP
5 1 (0.54%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.54%) SAN
5 1 (0.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.52%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (4.35%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.72%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (2.17%) MySQL
4 4 (2.17%) SAP HANA
5 3 (1.63%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.09%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.09%) Power BI
6 2 (1.09%) Redis
6 2 (1.09%) SAP BW
6 2 (1.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.54%) Big Data
7 1 (0.54%) Db2
7 1 (0.54%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.54%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.54%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 27 (14.67%) JIRA
2 22 (11.96%) Git
3 19 (10.33%) Jenkins
4 17 (9.24%) Postman
5 11 (5.98%) GitLab
5 11 (5.98%) Selenium
6 8 (4.35%) Rational DOORS
6 8 (4.35%) REST Assured
6 8 (4.35%) SpecFlow
7 7 (3.80%) Apache Continuum
7 7 (3.80%) Bitbucket
7 7 (3.80%) JUnit
8 6 (3.26%) Cucumber
8 6 (3.26%) Cypress.io
9 5 (2.72%) Maven
10 4 (2.17%) JMeter
11 3 (1.63%) Mockito
11 3 (1.63%) SoapUI
12 1 (0.54%) Eclipse RCP
12 1 (0.54%) Mocha
General
1 60 (32.61%) Social Skills
2 45 (24.46%) Finance
3 35 (19.02%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (11.41%) Manufacturing
5 17 (9.24%) Aerospace
6 13 (7.07%) Automotive
7 10 (5.43%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.80%) Electronics
9 6 (3.26%) Spanish Language
10 5 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.17%) Law
11 4 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.63%) Advertising
12 3 (1.63%) Billing
12 3 (1.63%) General Ledger
12 3 (1.63%) Retail
12 3 (1.63%) Tech for Good
12 3 (1.63%) Telecoms
13 2 (1.09%) Back Office
13 2 (1.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 39 (21.20%) Senior
2 31 (16.85%) Lead
3 29 (15.76%) Developer
4 20 (10.87%) Analyst
5 14 (7.61%) Software Engineer
5 14 (7.61%) Systems Engineer
6 12 (6.52%) Consultant
6 12 (6.52%) SAP Consultant
7 11 (5.98%) Test Engineer
8 10 (5.43%) Architect
8 10 (5.43%) Full-Stack Developer
9 9 (4.89%) Java Developer
10 8 (4.35%) Business Analyst
10 8 (4.35%) DevOps Engineer
10 8 (4.35%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 8 (4.35%) Test Analyst
11 7 (3.80%) Senior DevOps
11 7 (3.80%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 7 (3.80%) Software Developer
11 7 (3.80%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (14.13%) .NET
2 23 (12.50%) React
3 21 (11.41%) REST
4 19 (10.33%) RESTful
5 16 (8.70%) AngularJS
6 13 (7.07%) Middleware
7 12 (6.52%) Kafka
8 11 (5.98%) Spring
9 10 (5.43%) Playwright
9 10 (5.43%) Spring Boot
10 9 (4.89%) OAuth
11 8 (4.35%) .NET Framework
11 8 (4.35%) HTML
11 8 (4.35%) JWT
11 8 (4.35%) RabbitMQ
12 7 (3.80%) JSON
12 7 (3.80%) SOAP
12 7 (3.80%) XML
13 6 (3.26%) CSS
13 6 (3.26%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.41%) Product Ownership
2 15 (8.15%) Cloud Native
3 13 (7.07%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (6.52%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (6.52%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.80%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.72%) Embedded Systems
6 5 (2.72%) Renewable Energy
6 5 (2.72%) Virtual Team
7 4 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.17%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.63%) IoT
9 2 (1.09%) FPGA
9 2 (1.09%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.09%) SCADA
9 2 (1.09%) Verilog
9 2 (1.09%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.78%) Linux
2 6 (3.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (2.72%) Windows
4 4 (2.17%) Android
4 4 (2.17%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.54%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (41.85%) Agile
2 66 (35.87%) CI/CD
3 52 (28.26%) DevOps
4 51 (27.72%) Test Automation
5 45 (24.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 44 (23.91%) Software Engineering
7 42 (22.83%) User Acceptance Testing
8 32 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (16.30%) Microservices
9 30 (16.30%) Migration
9 30 (16.30%) Validation
10 28 (15.22%) Containerisation
11 27 (14.67%) Mentoring
11 27 (14.67%) Stakeholder Management
12 26 (14.13%) System Integration Testing
12 26 (14.13%) Test Strategy
13 24 (13.04%) ERP
14 23 (12.50%) BDD
14 23 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
15 21 (11.41%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 31 (16.85%) Java
2 29 (15.76%) SQL
3 28 (15.22%) Python
4 21 (11.41%) JavaScript
5 17 (9.24%) C#
5 17 (9.24%) TypeScript
6 7 (3.80%) C
7 6 (3.26%) C++
8 4 (2.17%) Bash
8 4 (2.17%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.63%) Rust
9 3 (1.63%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.09%) ABAP
10 2 (1.09%) Assembly Language
10 2 (1.09%) Kotlin
10 2 (1.09%) MATLAB
10 2 (1.09%) PHP
10 2 (1.09%) Ruby
10 2 (1.09%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.54%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 29 (15.76%) Degree
2 26 (14.13%) Security Cleared
3 18 (9.78%) SC Cleared
4 15 (8.15%) BPSS Clearance
5 12 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (6.52%) ISTQB
6 5 (2.72%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.17%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.17%) CCNA
7 4 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.17%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.17%) OSCP
7 4 (2.17%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.17%) PMP
7 4 (2.17%) RHCE
7 4 (2.17%) RHCSA
8 3 (1.63%) CCA
8 3 (1.63%) CCAB
9 1 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (17.93%) QA
2 14 (7.61%) Accessibility
3 7 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 7 (3.80%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 3 (1.63%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.63%) SLA
4 3 (1.63%) WCAG
5 2 (1.09%) GDPR
5 2 (1.09%) PMO
6 1 (0.54%) ARP4754
6 1 (0.54%) ARP4761
6 1 (0.54%) Automotive SPICE
6 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.54%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.54%) DO-160
6 1 (0.54%) ECSS
6 1 (0.54%) GxP
6 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 39 (21.20%) Docker
2 12 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.26%) KVM
4 5 (2.72%) Active Directory
4 5 (2.72%) vSphere
5 4 (2.17%) Firmware
5 4 (2.17%) Squid
5 4 (2.17%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.54%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.54%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.54%) OpenDJ
6 1 (0.54%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.54%) Xen
Systems Management
1 34 (18.48%) Kubernetes
2 12 (6.52%) Ansible
2 12 (6.52%) Terraform
3 6 (3.26%) Puppet
4 4 (2.17%) Grafana
4 4 (2.17%) Kibana
4 4 (2.17%) Packer
4 4 (2.17%) ZABBIX
5 3 (1.63%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.54%) Functional Safety
6 1 (0.54%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (16.30%) SAP
2 22 (11.96%) Microsoft
3 13 (7.07%) VMware
4 12 (6.52%) Oracle
5 7 (3.80%) IBM
6 6 (3.26%) Splunk
7 4 (2.17%) MuleSoft
7 4 (2.17%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.63%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.09%) PayPal
9 2 (1.09%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.09%) Workday
9 2 (1.09%) YouTube
10 1 (0.54%) Aderant
10 1 (0.54%) Conga
10 1 (0.54%) Databricks
10 1 (0.54%) ForgeRock
10 1 (0.54%) GoCardless
10 1 (0.54%) Perfecto Mobile
10 1 (0.54%) Salesforce