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

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 569 491 551
Rank change year-on-year -78 +60 -71
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 179 174 356
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.40% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.43% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 107 109 260
10th Percentile £45,300 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -14.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £94,100 £93,200 £87,625
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 67,549 40,838 86,137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.19% 92.97% 82.99%
Number of salaries quoted 45,324 21,582 61,408
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.01% +1.93% -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 6 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 6 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 -68 154 £69,500 +11.20% 153
UK excluding London -54 97 £60,000 +9.09% 101
London -23 56 £75,000 - 62
Work from Home -5 55 £60,000 -11.11% 73
South East -19 42 £70,000 +9.80% 34
North of England -24 21 £60,000 +33.33% 22
Scotland +16 12 £45,500 - 4
North West +9 10 £72,500 +41.46% 11
South West -57 9 £51,750 -9.44% 6
East of England -15 6 £75,000 +36.36% 12
North East -36 6 £57,500 +9.52% 2
Midlands -37 5 £62,500 +38.89% 20
Yorkshire -42 5 - - 9
West Midlands -41 4 £62,500 +31.58% 16
Wales -41 2 £61,250 +23.15%
East Midlands -33 1 £62,500 +56.25% 4

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 (7.26%) Confluence
2 3 (1.68%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.12%) SAS
4 1 (0.56%) Apache
4 1 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 6 (3.35%) CATIA
1 6 (3.35%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.56%) Lightworks
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.56%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 25 (13.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.79%) SAP ERP
3 4 (2.23%) SAP PP
4 3 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.68%) SAP CO
4 3 (1.68%) SAP FI
4 3 (1.68%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (1.12%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (1.12%) SAP FSCM
5 2 (1.12%) SAP PM
5 2 (1.12%) SAP PSCD
5 2 (1.12%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.56%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.56%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.56%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.56%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.56%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.56%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.56%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.56%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 46 (25.70%) Azure
2 36 (20.11%) AWS
3 17 (9.50%) Serverless
4 14 (7.82%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (7.26%) AWS Lambda
6 12 (6.70%) SaaS
7 11 (6.15%) GitHub
8 8 (4.47%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (3.91%) Amazon S3
9 7 (3.91%) IaaS
10 5 (2.79%) Amazon ECS
10 5 (2.79%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.79%) Power Platform
11 4 (2.23%) Azure Data Factory
11 4 (2.23%) Boomi
11 4 (2.23%) GCP
11 4 (2.23%) Lucidchart
11 4 (2.23%) PaaS
12 3 (1.68%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.91%) TCP/IP
2 6 (3.35%) ATM
2 6 (3.35%) Multicast
2 6 (3.35%) tcpdump
2 6 (3.35%) Wireshark
3 4 (2.23%) IPv4
3 4 (2.23%) Software-Defined Networking
4 3 (1.68%) MQTT
5 2 (1.12%) Modbus
5 2 (1.12%) Network Security
6 1 (0.56%) HTTP
6 1 (0.56%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.26%) SQL Server
2 11 (6.15%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (3.91%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.79%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (2.23%) MySQL
5 4 (2.23%) SAP HANA
6 3 (1.68%) Db2
7 2 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.12%) Power BI
7 2 (1.12%) RDBMS
7 2 (1.12%) Redis
7 2 (1.12%) SAP BW
7 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.56%) Big Data
8 1 (0.56%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.56%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.56%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 28 (15.64%) JIRA
2 22 (12.29%) Jenkins
3 19 (10.61%) Git
4 16 (8.94%) Postman
5 12 (6.70%) Selenium
6 11 (6.15%) GitLab
7 9 (5.03%) Bitbucket
8 8 (4.47%) Cucumber
8 8 (4.47%) JUnit
8 8 (4.47%) REST Assured
8 8 (4.47%) SpecFlow
9 7 (3.91%) Rational DOORS
10 6 (3.35%) Apache Continuum
10 6 (3.35%) Cypress.io
10 6 (3.35%) Maven
11 4 (2.23%) JMeter
11 4 (2.23%) Mockito
12 3 (1.68%) SoapUI
12 3 (1.68%) TeamCity
13 2 (1.12%) Liquibase
General
1 60 (33.52%) Social Skills
2 44 (24.58%) Finance
3 34 (18.99%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (10.61%) Manufacturing
5 16 (8.94%) Aerospace
6 13 (7.26%) Automotive
7 10 (5.59%) Public Sector
8 7 (3.91%) Electronics
9 6 (3.35%) Spanish Language
10 4 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.23%) Law
10 4 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (2.23%) Retail
11 3 (1.68%) Advertising
11 3 (1.68%) Banking
11 3 (1.68%) Billing
11 3 (1.68%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.68%) Tech for Good
11 3 (1.68%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.12%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 36 (20.11%) Senior
2 31 (17.32%) Lead
3 30 (16.76%) Developer
4 21 (11.73%) Analyst
5 14 (7.82%) Systems Engineer
6 12 (6.70%) Software Engineer
7 11 (6.15%) Consultant
7 11 (6.15%) Full-Stack Developer
7 11 (6.15%) SAP Consultant
8 10 (5.59%) Architect
8 10 (5.59%) Java Developer
8 10 (5.59%) Test Engineer
9 8 (4.47%) Business Analyst
9 8 (4.47%) DevOps Engineer
9 8 (4.47%) Software Developer
9 8 (4.47%) Test Analyst
10 7 (3.91%) Senior DevOps
10 7 (3.91%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 7 (3.91%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 6 (3.35%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (13.97%) .NET
2 24 (13.41%) React
3 22 (12.29%) RESTful
4 21 (11.73%) REST
5 17 (9.50%) AngularJS
6 13 (7.26%) Middleware
7 11 (6.15%) Kafka
7 11 (6.15%) Spring
8 10 (5.59%) HTML
8 10 (5.59%) Playwright
8 10 (5.59%) Spring Boot
9 9 (5.03%) OAuth
10 8 (4.47%) .NET Framework
10 8 (4.47%) CSS
10 8 (4.47%) JWT
10 8 (4.47%) RabbitMQ
11 7 (3.91%) Gherkin
11 7 (3.91%) JSON
11 7 (3.91%) SOAP
11 7 (3.91%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.61%) Product Ownership
2 13 (7.26%) Cloud Native
3 12 (6.70%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (6.15%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (6.15%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.91%) Onboarding
6 6 (3.35%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (2.79%) Virtual Team
8 4 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.23%) Data Structures
8 4 (2.23%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.23%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.12%) Algorithms
10 2 (1.12%) IoT
10 2 (1.12%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 2 (1.12%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.12%) SCADA
10 2 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (8.94%) Linux
2 6 (3.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (2.23%) Android
3 4 (2.23%) Windows
3 4 (2.23%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.56%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (44.13%) Agile
2 66 (36.87%) CI/CD
3 53 (29.61%) DevOps
4 49 (27.37%) Test Automation
5 42 (23.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 41 (22.91%) Software Engineering
7 39 (21.79%) User Acceptance Testing
8 31 (17.32%) Microservices
8 31 (17.32%) Problem-Solving
9 29 (16.20%) Stakeholder Management
10 28 (15.64%) Migration
10 28 (15.64%) Validation
11 27 (15.08%) Containerisation
11 27 (15.08%) Mentoring
12 26 (14.53%) Test Strategy
13 25 (13.97%) BDD
13 25 (13.97%) Continuous Integration
13 25 (13.97%) ERP
13 25 (13.97%) System Integration Testing
14 22 (12.29%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 32 (17.88%) Java
2 31 (17.32%) SQL
3 26 (14.53%) Python
4 23 (12.85%) JavaScript
5 18 (10.06%) TypeScript
6 15 (8.38%) C#
7 5 (2.79%) C
8 4 (2.23%) Bash
8 4 (2.23%) C++
8 4 (2.23%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.68%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.12%) ABAP
10 2 (1.12%) Assembly Language
10 2 (1.12%) Kotlin
10 2 (1.12%) PHP
10 2 (1.12%) Ruby
10 2 (1.12%) Rust
10 2 (1.12%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.56%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.56%) RPG
Qualifications
1 28 (15.64%) Degree
2 27 (15.08%) Security Cleared
3 18 (10.06%) SC Cleared
4 14 (7.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (6.15%) ISTQB
6 5 (2.79%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.23%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.23%) CCNA
7 4 (2.23%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.23%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.23%) OSCP
7 4 (2.23%) PMI Certification
7 4 (2.23%) PMP
7 4 (2.23%) RHCE
7 4 (2.23%) RHCSA
8 3 (1.68%) CCA
9 2 (1.12%) CCAB
10 1 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (17.32%) QA
2 14 (7.82%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 6 (3.35%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 3 (1.68%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.68%) SLA
4 3 (1.68%) WCAG
5 2 (1.12%) GDPR
5 2 (1.12%) PMO
6 1 (0.56%) ARP4754
6 1 (0.56%) ARP4761
6 1 (0.56%) Automotive SPICE
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
System Software
1 41 (22.91%) Docker
2 12 (6.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (3.35%) KVM
4 5 (2.79%) vSphere
5 4 (2.23%) Active Directory
5 4 (2.23%) Firmware
5 4 (2.23%) Squid
5 4 (2.23%) VMware NSX
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%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.56%) Xen
Systems Management
1 35 (19.55%) Kubernetes
2 12 (6.70%) Ansible
3 11 (6.15%) Terraform
4 6 (3.35%) Puppet
5 4 (2.23%) Grafana
5 4 (2.23%) Kibana
5 4 (2.23%) Packer
5 4 (2.23%) ZABBIX
6 3 (1.68%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.56%) Functional Safety
7 1 (0.56%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (17.32%) SAP
2 21 (11.73%) Microsoft
3 13 (7.26%) VMware
4 9 (5.03%) Oracle
5 7 (3.91%) IBM
6 6 (3.35%) Splunk
7 4 (2.23%) MuleSoft
7 4 (2.23%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.68%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.12%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.12%) PayPal
9 2 (1.12%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.12%) Workday
9 2 (1.12%) YouTube
10 1 (0.56%) Cognizant
10 1 (0.56%) Conga
10 1 (0.56%) ForgeRock
10 1 (0.56%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.56%) Siebel
10 1 (0.56%) SolarWinds