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 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 549 496 422
Rank change year-on-year -53 -74 +30
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 279 171 391
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.35% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.39% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 146 93 133
10th Percentile £44,258 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,813 £46,411 £47,683
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,339 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.28% -0.26% -7.41%
75th Percentile £87,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,250 £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 86,526 44,119 60,045
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.14% 89.04% 81.91%
Number of salaries quoted 59,327 24,381 32,429
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £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 6 October 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 6 October 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 -42 246 £68,500 +8.47% 507
UK excluding London -72 176 £62,500 +6.38% 324
Work from Home -6 81 £67,500 +5.88% 192
London -51 76 £85,000 +6.25% 208
North of England -22 56 £61,500 +32.97% 59
South East -54 46 £68,500 +11.25% 99
Midlands -36 29 £66,250 +12.77% 55
North West -10 27 £61,500 +29.47% 27
West Midlands -18 24 £70,000 +16.67% 35
North East - 22 £57,500 - 14
East of England -13 21 £50,883 -17.26% 24
South West -73 12 £50,000 -12.50% 40
Yorkshire -32 7 £72,500 +107.14% 18
Scotland 0 6 £63,750 +48.26% 33
Wales -64 6 £47,500 -6.31% 8
East Midlands -27 5 £57,500 +53.33% 20
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 6

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 (3.94%) Confluence
2 8 (2.87%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.51%) Camunda
4 4 (1.43%) Anypoint
5 3 (1.08%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (1.08%) 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 (2.51%) Simulink
2 6 (2.15%) Lightworks
3 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.43%) CATIA
5 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.36%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 42 (15.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.51%) SAP PSCD
3 6 (2.15%) SAP CO
3 6 (2.15%) SAP FI
3 6 (2.15%) SAP FI/CO
4 5 (1.79%) SAP PP
4 5 (1.79%) Workday HCM
5 4 (1.43%) SAP GRC
6 3 (1.08%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.72%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.36%) Magento
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.36%) SAP CAR
8 1 (0.36%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.36%) SAP ECC
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 (25.81%) Azure
2 70 (25.09%) AWS
3 27 (9.68%) GCP
3 27 (9.68%) GitHub
3 27 (9.68%) Serverless
4 26 (9.32%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (7.53%) GitHub Actions
6 20 (7.17%) AWS Lambda
7 17 (6.09%) Amazon S3
8 12 (4.30%) SaaS
9 9 (3.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 8 (2.87%) Amazon EC2
10 8 (2.87%) Amazon EKS
11 6 (2.15%) Amazon EventBridge
11 6 (2.15%) Power Platform
12 5 (1.79%) Amazon ECS
12 5 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (1.79%) SuccessFactors
12 5 (1.79%) Vertex AI
13 4 (1.43%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.38%) Ethernet
2 13 (4.66%) IPv4
3 11 (3.94%) Modbus
4 10 (3.58%) DMZ
4 10 (3.58%) OSPF
4 10 (3.58%) VLAN
4 10 (3.58%) VPN
5 6 (2.15%) MQTT
6 4 (1.43%) Wireless
7 3 (1.08%) RFID
7 3 (1.08%) SAN
7 3 (1.08%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (1.08%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.72%) HTTP
9 1 (0.36%) DNS
9 1 (0.36%) Profibus
9 1 (0.36%) Wideband
9 1 (0.36%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (7.53%) Relational Database
2 16 (5.73%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (3.58%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.87%) MySQL
5 4 (1.43%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.43%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.08%) Redis
6 3 (1.08%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.72%) DTS
7 2 (0.72%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.72%) Power BI
7 2 (0.72%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.36%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.36%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.36%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.36%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 39 (13.98%) JIRA
2 34 (12.19%) Git
3 33 (11.83%) Jenkins
4 28 (10.04%) GitLab
5 20 (7.17%) Postman
6 14 (5.02%) Cypress.io
6 14 (5.02%) JUnit
7 13 (4.66%) Selenium
8 11 (3.94%) REST Assured
9 9 (3.23%) JMeter
9 9 (3.23%) Mockito
9 9 (3.23%) Zephyr
10 8 (2.87%) Cucumber
11 7 (2.51%) Rational DOORS
12 5 (1.79%) Bitbucket
12 5 (1.79%) Maven
13 4 (1.43%) Apache Continuum
13 4 (1.43%) Newman
13 4 (1.43%) PetaLinux
13 4 (1.43%) SonarQube
General
1 96 (34.41%) Social Skills
2 62 (22.22%) Finance
3 48 (17.20%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (15.05%) Manufacturing
5 34 (12.19%) Public Sector
6 31 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 26 (9.32%) Aerospace
8 15 (5.38%) Automotive
9 13 (4.66%) Electronics
10 11 (3.94%) General Ledger
10 11 (3.94%) Retail
11 10 (3.58%) Law
12 8 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (2.15%) Marketing
14 5 (1.79%) Advertising
14 5 (1.79%) Aviation
14 5 (1.79%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.43%) Military
16 3 (1.08%) Publishing
17 2 (0.72%) Legal
Job Titles
1 53 (19.00%) Senior
2 44 (15.77%) Lead
3 40 (14.34%) Developer
4 32 (11.47%) Software Engineer
5 21 (7.53%) Consultant
6 19 (6.81%) Analyst
6 19 (6.81%) Test Engineer
7 18 (6.45%) Architect
8 15 (5.38%) SAP Consultant
8 15 (5.38%) Senior Software Engineer
9 14 (5.02%) Automation Engineer
10 13 (4.66%) Principal Engineer
11 12 (4.30%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 12 (4.30%) Senior Developer
12 11 (3.94%) Systems Engineer
12 11 (3.94%) Test Analyst
13 10 (3.58%) Control Systems Engineer
13 10 (3.58%) Principal Systems Engineer
14 9 (3.23%) Software Developer
15 8 (2.87%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (12.19%) REST
2 30 (10.75%) RESTful
3 26 (9.32%) .NET
3 26 (9.32%) React
4 25 (8.96%) Spring
5 24 (8.60%) Kafka
6 23 (8.24%) Playwright
7 20 (7.17%) OAuth
8 19 (6.81%) Spring Boot
9 18 (6.45%) JWT
9 18 (6.45%) SAP Fiori
10 17 (6.09%) Terraform
11 15 (5.38%) AngularJS
12 13 (4.66%) JSON
12 13 (4.66%) Middleware
12 13 (4.66%) OAuth2
12 13 (4.66%) Web Services
13 12 (4.30%) Node.js
13 12 (4.30%) SOAP
13 12 (4.30%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.83%) Product Ownership
2 29 (10.39%) Cloud Native
3 23 (8.24%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (7.17%) Management Information System
4 20 (7.17%) Onboarding
5 15 (5.38%) Embedded Systems
6 13 (4.66%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (3.94%) SCADA
8 10 (3.58%) IoT
9 8 (2.87%) AI Agents
10 6 (2.15%) Blog
10 6 (2.15%) FPGA
10 6 (2.15%) Renewable Energy
10 6 (2.15%) Robotics
10 6 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (2.15%) Verilog
10 6 (2.15%) VHDL
11 5 (1.79%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.79%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.79%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 22 (7.89%) Linux
2 12 (4.30%) Windows
3 9 (3.23%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.15%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (1.79%) Unix
6 3 (1.08%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.08%) 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 (41.94%) Agile
2 114 (40.86%) CI/CD
3 87 (31.18%) Problem-Solving
3 87 (31.18%) Test Automation
4 78 (27.96%) Continuous Improvement
5 75 (26.88%) User Acceptance Testing
6 73 (26.16%) DevOps
7 71 (25.45%) Software Engineering
8 62 (22.22%) Validation
9 59 (21.15%) AI
10 54 (19.35%) Mentoring
10 54 (19.35%) Migration
10 54 (19.35%) Technical Leadership
11 47 (16.85%) Stakeholder Management
12 45 (16.13%) Test Strategy
13 43 (15.41%) Microservices
13 43 (15.41%) System Integration Testing
14 35 (12.54%) Containerisation
14 35 (12.54%) Unit Testing
15 34 (12.19%) End-to-End Testing
Programming Languages
1 52 (18.64%) Python
2 51 (18.28%) Java
3 48 (17.20%) SQL
4 29 (10.39%) TypeScript
5 28 (10.04%) JavaScript
6 22 (7.89%) C
7 19 (6.81%) C++
8 16 (5.73%) C#
9 15 (5.38%) ABAP
10 9 (3.23%) MATLAB
11 8 (2.87%) Bash
12 7 (2.51%) Kotlin
12 7 (2.51%) PowerShell
12 7 (2.51%) Ruby
13 5 (1.79%) Rust
14 4 (1.43%) Apex Code
15 3 (1.08%) DataWeave
15 3 (1.08%) Embedded C
15 3 (1.08%) Embedded C++
15 3 (1.08%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 56 (20.07%) Security Cleared
2 51 (18.28%) Degree
3 41 (14.70%) SC Cleared
4 24 (8.60%) ISTQB
5 18 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (6.09%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (4.66%) AWS Certification
7 13 (4.66%) Azure Certification
8 10 (3.58%) DV Cleared
9 8 (2.87%) SAP Certification
10 6 (2.15%) CCAB
10 6 (2.15%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.79%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 5 (1.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.43%) CCA
12 4 (1.43%) CISA
12 4 (1.43%) CISSP
12 4 (1.43%) DBS Check
13 3 (1.08%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (16.13%) QA
2 25 (8.96%) Accessibility
3 9 (3.23%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.23%) NCSC
4 8 (2.87%) WCAG
5 7 (2.51%) GDPR
6 5 (1.79%) GRC
6 5 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.79%) SLA
7 4 (1.43%) Def Stans
7 4 (1.43%) ECSS
7 4 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 4 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 4 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (1.08%) Automotive SPICE
8 3 (1.08%) PMO
9 1 (0.36%) GxP
9 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.36%) MISRA
9 1 (0.36%) MISRA C
System Software
1 38 (13.62%) Docker
2 8 (2.87%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.79%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (1.79%) Firmware
5 4 (1.43%) IAG
6 3 (1.08%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.08%) Squid
6 3 (1.08%) VMware NSX
6 3 (1.08%) vSphere
7 1 (0.36%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 29 (10.39%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.51%) Ansible
3 3 (1.08%) Functional Safety
3 3 (1.08%) Kibana
3 3 (1.08%) Packer
3 3 (1.08%) Progress Chef
3 3 (1.08%) Puppet
3 3 (1.08%) ZABBIX
4 2 (0.72%) Grafana
4 2 (0.72%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.36%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (17.56%) SAP
2 28 (10.04%) Microsoft
3 19 (6.81%) Oracle
4 11 (3.94%) Google
4 11 (3.94%) YouTube
5 9 (3.23%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.23%) Workday
6 8 (2.87%) MuleSoft
7 7 (2.51%) VMware
8 6 (2.15%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.79%) Dynatrace
9 5 (1.79%) IBM
9 5 (1.79%) Splunk
10 4 (1.43%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.43%) Xilinx
11 3 (1.08%) Ariba
11 3 (1.08%) Citrix
11 3 (1.08%) Concur
11 3 (1.08%) EMC
11 3 (1.08%) webMethods