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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 553 506 434
Rank change year-on-year -47 -72 +35
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 248 157 415
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.32% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.36% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 130 95 155
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £45,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.38% +2.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £87,000 £75,625 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,075 £87,500 £89,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -

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 82,630 43,847 63,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.77% 88.67% 80.95%
Number of salaries quoted 57,445 24,695 36,468
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
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 14 September 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 14 September 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 -18 219 £70,000 +12.46% 420
UK excluding London -49 152 £65,000 +13.04% 272
London -40 72 £85,000 +25.93% 183
Work from Home -29 65 £67,500 +8.00% 486
North of England -21 51 £67,500 +68.75% 46
South East -34 45 £68,500 +8.47% 77
North West +3 26 £67,500 +42.11% 25
Midlands -36 20 £62,500 +4.17% 47
North East - 19 £57,500 - 7
West Midlands -27 16 £70,000 +12.00% 24
East of England -18 13 £60,383 -1.82% 30
South West -78 10 £50,000 -13.04% 45
Scotland +8 6 £63,750 +48.26% 18
Yorkshire -32 6 £70,500 +101.43% 16
Wales -70 6 £47,500 -6.31% 3
East Midlands -29 4 £57,500 +53.33% 22
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 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 13 (5.24%) Confluence
2 7 (2.82%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.02%) Camunda
4 4 (1.61%) Anypoint
5 3 (1.21%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.81%) SAS
7 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.40%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.40%) JBoss
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle 10gAS
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 6 (2.42%) Simulink
2 5 (2.02%) Lightworks
3 4 (1.61%) CATIA
4 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.81%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.40%) EPLAN
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 37 (14.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.42%) SAP CO
2 6 (2.42%) SAP FI
2 6 (2.42%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (2.02%) SAP PP
4 3 (1.21%) Elite 3E
4 3 (1.21%) SAP GRC
4 3 (1.21%) SAP PSCD
4 3 (1.21%) Workday HCM
5 2 (0.81%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.40%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.40%) SAP ECC
6 1 (0.40%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.40%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.40%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.40%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.40%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.40%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 71 (28.63%) Azure
2 70 (28.23%) AWS
3 27 (10.89%) GCP
4 26 (10.48%) GitHub
4 26 (10.48%) Serverless
5 24 (9.68%) Azure DevOps
6 20 (8.06%) GitHub Actions
7 19 (7.66%) AWS Lambda
8 14 (5.65%) Amazon S3
9 13 (5.24%) SaaS
10 8 (3.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 7 (2.82%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (2.42%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (2.42%) Power Platform
13 5 (2.02%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (2.02%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (2.02%) Boomi
13 5 (2.02%) Vertex AI
14 4 (1.61%) OpenShift
14 4 (1.61%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.03%) Ethernet
1 10 (4.03%) IPv4
2 7 (2.82%) Modbus
3 6 (2.42%) DMZ
3 6 (2.42%) OSPF
3 6 (2.42%) VLAN
3 6 (2.42%) VPN
4 5 (2.02%) MQTT
5 4 (1.61%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (1.21%) SAN
6 3 (1.21%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.21%) Wireless
7 2 (0.81%) HTTP
8 1 (0.40%) DNS
8 1 (0.40%) Profibus
8 1 (0.40%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.47%) Relational Database
2 16 (6.45%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (5.24%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.23%) MySQL
5 4 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.61%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.61%) SAP HANA
5 4 (1.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.21%) Redis
7 2 (0.81%) DTS
7 2 (0.81%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.81%) Power BI
7 2 (0.81%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.40%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.40%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.40%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 34 (13.71%) JIRA
2 33 (13.31%) Git
2 33 (13.31%) Jenkins
3 27 (10.89%) GitLab
4 23 (9.27%) Postman
5 13 (5.24%) Cypress.io
6 12 (4.84%) JUnit
6 12 (4.84%) REST Assured
6 12 (4.84%) Selenium
7 8 (3.23%) Cucumber
7 8 (3.23%) JMeter
7 8 (3.23%) Zephyr
8 7 (2.82%) Mockito
9 6 (2.42%) Bitbucket
10 5 (2.02%) Maven
10 5 (2.02%) Rational DOORS
10 5 (2.02%) SpecFlow
11 4 (1.61%) Apache Continuum
11 4 (1.61%) Newman
11 4 (1.61%) SonarQube
General
1 90 (36.29%) Social Skills
2 59 (23.79%) Finance
3 47 (18.95%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (13.31%) Manufacturing
5 27 (10.89%) Public Sector
6 25 (10.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (9.27%) Aerospace
8 14 (5.65%) Electronics
9 12 (4.84%) Automotive
10 10 (4.03%) Law
11 8 (3.23%) General Ledger
11 8 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (2.42%) Marketing
13 5 (2.02%) Advertising
14 4 (1.61%) Legal
14 4 (1.61%) Military
15 3 (1.21%) Aviation
15 3 (1.21%) Retail
15 3 (1.21%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.81%) Billing
Job Titles
1 54 (21.77%) Senior
2 46 (18.55%) Lead
3 39 (15.73%) Developer
4 31 (12.50%) Software Engineer
5 20 (8.06%) Consultant
5 20 (8.06%) Test Engineer
6 17 (6.85%) Architect
6 17 (6.85%) Senior Software Engineer
7 14 (5.65%) SAP Consultant
8 13 (5.24%) Analyst
9 12 (4.84%) Senior Developer
9 12 (4.84%) Systems Engineer
10 10 (4.03%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 10 (4.03%) Automation Engineer
11 9 (3.63%) Software Developer
12 8 (3.23%) Embedded Engineer
12 8 (3.23%) Full-Stack Developer
12 8 (3.23%) Test Automation Engineer
13 7 (2.82%) Principal Engineer
13 7 (2.82%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (13.71%) REST
2 29 (11.69%) RESTful
3 27 (10.89%) .NET
4 25 (10.08%) React
5 24 (9.68%) Kafka
6 23 (9.27%) Spring
7 22 (8.87%) Playwright
8 19 (7.66%) OAuth
9 18 (7.26%) JWT
10 17 (6.85%) Spring Boot
11 16 (6.45%) AngularJS
11 16 (6.45%) Terraform
12 14 (5.65%) XML
13 13 (5.24%) JSON
13 13 (5.24%) OAuth2
13 13 (5.24%) Web Services
14 12 (4.84%) Middleware
14 12 (4.84%) Node.js
14 12 (4.84%) SAP Fiori
14 12 (4.84%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.89%) Cloud Native
2 26 (10.48%) Product Ownership
3 23 (9.27%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (7.26%) Onboarding
5 17 (6.85%) Embedded Systems
6 15 (6.05%) Legacy Systems
6 15 (6.05%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.82%) Renewable Energy
7 7 (2.82%) SCADA
8 6 (2.42%) Blog
8 6 (2.42%) IoT
9 5 (2.02%) AI Agents
9 5 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (2.02%) Data Structures
9 5 (2.02%) FPGA
9 5 (2.02%) Public Cloud
9 5 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.02%) Verilog
9 5 (2.02%) VHDL
9 5 (2.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (9.27%) Linux
2 7 (2.82%) Windows
3 5 (2.02%) FreeRTOS
3 5 (2.02%) Unix
3 5 (2.02%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.81%) Android
4 2 (0.81%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.40%) OpenWrt
5 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (43.55%) CI/CD
2 107 (43.15%) Agile
3 80 (32.26%) Test Automation
4 75 (30.24%) Problem-Solving
5 69 (27.82%) DevOps
6 66 (26.61%) Software Engineering
7 65 (26.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 56 (22.58%) User Acceptance Testing
9 52 (20.97%) Validation
10 50 (20.16%) Mentoring
11 48 (19.35%) Migration
12 47 (18.95%) AI
13 45 (18.15%) Technical Leadership
14 40 (16.13%) Microservices
15 39 (15.73%) Test Strategy
16 37 (14.92%) Stakeholder Management
17 36 (14.52%) Containerisation
18 32 (12.90%) System Integration Testing
18 32 (12.90%) Unit Testing
19 29 (11.69%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 51 (20.56%) Python
2 49 (19.76%) Java
3 44 (17.74%) SQL
4 28 (11.29%) TypeScript
5 27 (10.89%) JavaScript
6 22 (8.87%) C
7 18 (7.26%) C#
8 17 (6.85%) C++
9 10 (4.03%) ABAP
10 9 (3.63%) Bash
11 8 (3.23%) MATLAB
11 8 (3.23%) PowerShell
12 7 (2.82%) Kotlin
12 7 (2.82%) Ruby
13 5 (2.02%) Rust
14 4 (1.61%) Apex Code
15 3 (1.21%) DataWeave
15 3 (1.21%) Shell Script
15 3 (1.21%) SOQL
15 3 (1.21%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 46 (18.55%) Degree
2 42 (16.94%) Security Cleared
3 28 (11.29%) SC Cleared
4 20 (8.06%) ISTQB
5 17 (6.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (6.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (4.84%) AWS Certification
8 11 (4.44%) Azure Certification
9 9 (3.63%) DV Cleared
10 6 (2.42%) CCAB
10 6 (2.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (2.02%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.61%) CCA
12 4 (1.61%) CCNA
12 4 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (1.61%) DBS Check
12 4 (1.61%) OSCP
12 4 (1.61%) RHCE
12 4 (1.61%) RHCSA
12 4 (1.61%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (14.92%) QA
2 24 (9.68%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.82%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.82%) NCSC
3 7 (2.82%) WCAG
4 6 (2.42%) GDPR
5 4 (1.61%) Def Stans
5 4 (1.61%) GRC
5 4 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 4 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 4 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.61%) SLA
6 3 (1.21%) Automotive SPICE
6 3 (1.21%) ECSS
6 3 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.40%) GxP
7 1 (0.40%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.40%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.40%) MISRA
7 1 (0.40%) MISRA C
System Software
1 39 (15.73%) Docker
2 7 (2.82%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.42%) Firmware
4 5 (2.02%) Embedded Firmware
4 5 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.61%) Squid
5 4 (1.61%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.61%) vSphere
6 3 (1.21%) IAG
7 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.40%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 28 (11.29%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.23%) Ansible
3 4 (1.61%) Packer
3 4 (1.61%) ZABBIX
4 3 (1.21%) Functional Safety
4 3 (1.21%) Kibana
4 3 (1.21%) Progress Chef
4 3 (1.21%) Puppet
5 2 (0.81%) Grafana
5 2 (0.81%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.40%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.40%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (16.53%) SAP
2 28 (11.29%) Microsoft
3 18 (7.26%) Oracle
4 11 (4.44%) Google
5 9 (3.63%) MuleSoft
6 8 (3.23%) Salesforce
7 7 (2.82%) YouTube
8 6 (2.42%) OpenAI
8 6 (2.42%) Splunk
8 6 (2.42%) VMware
8 6 (2.42%) Workday
9 5 (2.02%) Dynatrace
9 5 (2.02%) IBM
9 5 (2.02%) Red Hat
10 3 (1.21%) EMC
10 3 (1.21%) webMethods
10 3 (1.21%) Xilinx
11 2 (0.81%) Allen-Bradley
11 2 (0.81%) Ariba
11 2 (0.81%) Informatica