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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 560 496 507
Rank change year-on-year -64 +11 -21
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 220 175 348
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.35% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.40% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 128 105 203
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £40,064
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £47,065
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -17.24%
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,475 £85,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% - -2.54%

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 74,833 44,225 71,828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.64% 89.70% 81.44%
Number of salaries quoted 51,638 25,059 48,434
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.66%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 28 July 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 28 July 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 -44 184 £67,500 +12.50% 121
UK excluding London -55 126 £60,000 +4.35% 94
Work from Home -19 71 £59,283 -12.17% 55
London -39 65 £85,000 +25.93% 40
South East -13 41 £72,500 +17.74% 27
North of England -23 32 £60,000 +33.33% 15
North West +13 19 £67,500 +31.71% 9
South West -57 14 £50,000 -13.04% 12
Scotland +24 13 £45,500 - 8
East of England -9 11 £67,500 -15.63% 6
North East -36 11 £57,500 +9.52% 1
Midlands -41 9 £62,500 +8.70% 23
West Midlands -22 8 £63,750 +10.87% 18
Wales -57 6 £47,500 -5.00% 2
Yorkshire -45 2 £60,000 +71.43% 5
East Midlands - 1 £62,500 - 5

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 (5.00%) Confluence
2 7 (3.18%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.27%) Camunda
4 4 (1.82%) Anypoint
5 3 (1.36%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.91%) SAS
7 1 (0.45%) Apache
7 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 6 (2.73%) Simulink
2 5 (2.27%) Lightworks
3 4 (1.82%) CATIA
4 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.91%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 31 (14.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (3.18%) SAP PP
3 6 (2.73%) SAP CO
3 6 (2.73%) SAP FI
3 6 (2.73%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.36%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.91%) SAP FSCM
5 2 (0.91%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.91%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.91%) SAP PSCD
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.45%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.45%) SAP ECC
6 1 (0.45%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.45%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.45%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 64 (29.09%) Azure
2 56 (25.45%) AWS
3 24 (10.91%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (9.55%) Serverless
5 20 (9.09%) GitHub
6 16 (7.27%) AWS Lambda
6 16 (7.27%) GCP
7 14 (6.36%) SaaS
8 13 (5.91%) GitHub Actions
9 11 (5.00%) Amazon S3
10 6 (2.73%) Amazon ECS
10 6 (2.73%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (2.73%) IaaS
11 5 (2.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (2.27%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (2.27%) Boomi
11 5 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (2.27%) Vertex AI
12 4 (1.82%) AWS CloudFormation
12 4 (1.82%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.64%) TCP/IP
2 6 (2.73%) ATM
2 6 (2.73%) Multicast
2 6 (2.73%) tcpdump
2 6 (2.73%) Wireshark
3 5 (2.27%) MQTT
4 4 (1.82%) IPv4
4 4 (1.82%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (1.36%) Ethernet
5 3 (1.36%) SAN
5 3 (1.36%) Wireless
6 2 (0.91%) HTTP
7 1 (0.45%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (7.27%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (6.36%) Relational Database
3 13 (5.91%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.73%) MySQL
5 4 (1.82%) SAP HANA
6 3 (1.36%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.36%) Redis
7 2 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.91%) DTS
7 2 (0.91%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.91%) SAP BW
7 2 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.45%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.45%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.45%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 31 (14.09%) Git
2 29 (13.18%) JIRA
3 23 (10.45%) Jenkins
4 20 (9.09%) Postman
5 15 (6.82%) GitLab
6 12 (5.45%) JUnit
6 12 (5.45%) REST Assured
6 12 (5.45%) Selenium
7 11 (5.00%) Cypress.io
8 8 (3.64%) SpecFlow
9 7 (3.18%) Bitbucket
9 7 (3.18%) Mockito
10 6 (2.73%) Cucumber
11 5 (2.27%) Rational DOORS
12 4 (1.82%) Apache Continuum
12 4 (1.82%) JMeter
12 4 (1.82%) Maven
12 4 (1.82%) Zephyr
13 3 (1.36%) Gatling
13 3 (1.36%) Newman
General
1 82 (37.27%) Social Skills
2 52 (23.64%) Finance
3 43 (19.55%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (10.91%) Manufacturing
5 20 (9.09%) Aerospace
6 16 (7.27%) Automotive
7 14 (6.36%) Public Sector
8 11 (5.00%) Electronics
9 10 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (3.18%) Law
10 7 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.73%) Spanish Language
12 5 (2.27%) Advertising
12 5 (2.27%) General Ledger
12 5 (2.27%) Military
13 4 (1.82%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.36%) Billing
14 3 (1.36%) Retail
15 2 (0.91%) Marketing
15 2 (0.91%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 43 (19.55%) Lead
2 40 (18.18%) Senior
3 39 (17.73%) Developer
4 25 (11.36%) Software Engineer
5 17 (7.73%) Analyst
6 15 (6.82%) Architect
7 14 (6.36%) Consultant
8 13 (5.91%) SAP Consultant
8 13 (5.91%) Systems Engineer
8 13 (5.91%) Test Engineer
9 11 (5.00%) Software Developer
10 10 (4.55%) Senior Developer
11 9 (4.09%) Full-Stack Developer
11 9 (4.09%) Senior Software Engineer
12 8 (3.64%) QA Engineer
12 8 (3.64%) Test Analyst
13 7 (3.18%) Business Analyst
13 7 (3.18%) Integration Architect
13 7 (3.18%) SAP PP Consultant
13 7 (3.18%) SAP QM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (14.09%) REST
2 24 (10.91%) .NET
2 24 (10.91%) React
3 21 (9.55%) RESTful
4 19 (8.64%) OAuth
4 19 (8.64%) Spring
5 18 (8.18%) JWT
5 18 (8.18%) Kafka
6 17 (7.73%) AngularJS
6 17 (7.73%) Playwright
7 16 (7.27%) Spring Boot
8 14 (6.36%) OAuth2
9 12 (5.45%) Middleware
10 10 (4.55%) SOAP
11 9 (4.09%) Hibernate
11 9 (4.09%) JSON
11 9 (4.09%) Node.js
11 9 (4.09%) RabbitMQ
11 9 (4.09%) XML
12 8 (3.64%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.27%) Product Ownership
2 22 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
3 20 (9.09%) Cloud Native
4 16 (7.27%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (5.45%) Embedded Systems
5 12 (5.45%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.09%) Onboarding
7 7 (3.18%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (2.27%) FPGA
8 5 (2.27%) IoT
8 5 (2.27%) Verilog
8 5 (2.27%) VHDL
8 5 (2.27%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.82%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (1.82%) Blog
9 4 (1.82%) CMDB
9 4 (1.82%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.82%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 27 (12.27%) Linux
2 7 (3.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (2.73%) Windows
4 5 (2.27%) FreeRTOS
5 4 (1.82%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.36%) Android
6 3 (1.36%) Unix
7 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.45%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (43.18%) Agile
2 90 (40.91%) CI/CD
3 68 (30.91%) Test Automation
4 62 (28.18%) DevOps
5 60 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
6 56 (25.45%) Software Engineering
7 52 (23.64%) User Acceptance Testing
8 51 (23.18%) Problem-Solving
9 43 (19.55%) Validation
10 41 (18.64%) Microservices
11 40 (18.18%) Migration
12 36 (16.36%) Test Strategy
13 34 (15.45%) Mentoring
14 32 (14.55%) AI
15 29 (13.18%) Containerisation
15 29 (13.18%) Stakeholder Management
15 29 (13.18%) System Integration Testing
16 27 (12.27%) Unit Testing
17 25 (11.36%) Data Migration
18 24 (10.91%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 47 (21.36%) Python
2 42 (19.09%) Java
3 34 (15.45%) SQL
4 25 (11.36%) JavaScript
5 22 (10.00%) TypeScript
6 18 (8.18%) C
7 17 (7.73%) C#
8 16 (7.27%) C++
9 7 (3.18%) MATLAB
9 7 (3.18%) Ruby
10 6 (2.73%) Bash
11 5 (2.27%) PowerShell
11 5 (2.27%) Rust
12 3 (1.36%) DataWeave
12 3 (1.36%) Embedded C
12 3 (1.36%) Embedded C++
12 3 (1.36%) Kotlin
12 3 (1.36%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.91%) Assembly Language
13 2 (0.91%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (19.09%) Degree
2 37 (16.82%) Security Cleared
3 26 (11.82%) SC Cleared
4 17 (7.73%) ISTQB
5 16 (7.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (6.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (3.18%) DV Cleared
8 6 (2.73%) CCAB
8 6 (2.73%) PMI Certification
8 6 (2.73%) PMP
9 5 (2.27%) AWS Certification
9 5 (2.27%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.82%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.82%) CCA
10 4 (1.82%) CCNA
10 4 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.82%) OSCP
10 4 (1.82%) RHCE
10 4 (1.82%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (16.82%) QA
2 22 (10.00%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.64%) WCAG
4 4 (1.82%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.82%) Def Stans
4 4 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 12207
4 4 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 4 (1.82%) SLA
5 3 (1.36%) Automotive SPICE
5 3 (1.36%) ECSS
5 3 (1.36%) GDPR
6 2 (0.91%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.45%) ARP4754
7 1 (0.45%) ARP4761
7 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.45%) DO-160
7 1 (0.45%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.45%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.45%) MISRA
7 1 (0.45%) MISRA C
System Software
1 44 (20.00%) Docker
2 12 (5.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (3.18%) Firmware
4 6 (2.73%) Active Directory
4 6 (2.73%) KVM
5 5 (2.27%) vSphere
6 4 (1.82%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (1.82%) Squid
6 4 (1.82%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.45%) Xen
Systems Management
1 34 (15.45%) Kubernetes
2 14 (6.36%) Terraform
3 13 (5.91%) Ansible
4 7 (3.18%) Puppet
5 4 (1.82%) Grafana
5 4 (1.82%) Kibana
5 4 (1.82%) Packer
5 4 (1.82%) ZABBIX
6 3 (1.36%) Functional Safety
6 3 (1.36%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.91%) HP Fortify
8 1 (0.45%) CloudHub
8 1 (0.45%) PowerCLI
8 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 33 (15.00%) SAP
2 25 (11.36%) Microsoft
3 16 (7.27%) Oracle
4 13 (5.91%) VMware
5 10 (4.55%) Google
6 9 (4.09%) MuleSoft
7 6 (2.73%) OpenAI
7 6 (2.73%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.73%) Splunk
8 5 (2.27%) Dynatrace
8 5 (2.27%) IBM
8 5 (2.27%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.36%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.36%) webMethods
9 3 (1.36%) Workday
9 3 (1.36%) Xilinx
10 2 (0.91%) Ariba
10 2 (0.91%) Concur
10 2 (0.91%) YouTube
11 1 (0.45%) Informatica