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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 540 521 429
Rank change year-on-year -19 -92 +30
Permanent jobs citing Integration Testing 260 160 419
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.32% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.37% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 134 96 153
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £45,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £60,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.93% +1.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £87,000 £75,313 £75,000
90th Percentile £89,250 £87,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.13% +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 83,912 43,812 63,193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.03% 88.75% 81.16%
Number of salaries quoted 58,112 24,707 35,897
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £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 £77,500
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 17 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 17 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 -29 230 £70,000 +13.14% 442
UK excluding London -63 159 £62,750 +9.13% 284
London -39 76 £85,000 +25.93% 188
Work from Home -11 72 £67,500 +8.00% 185
North of England -16 53 £65,250 +63.13% 50
South East -48 45 £68,500 +8.47% 74
North West -5 26 £67,500 +42.11% 21
Midlands -31 23 £62,500 +8.70% 53
North East - 20 £57,500 - 9
West Midlands -26 19 £70,000 +19.15% 31
East of England -22 14 £55,765 -9.33% 32
South West -74 11 £50,000 -13.04% 33
Yorkshire -42 7 £72,500 +107.14% 20
Scotland +3 6 £63,750 +48.26% 32
Wales -71 6 £47,500 -6.31% 5
East Midlands -39 4 £57,500 +53.33% 22
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 7

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 (5.00%) Confluence
2 7 (2.69%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.92%) Camunda
4 4 (1.54%) Anypoint
5 3 (1.15%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (0.77%) SAS
7 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.38%) FactoryTalk
7 1 (0.38%) JBoss
7 1 (0.38%) Office Communications Server
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle 10gAS
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 7 (2.69%) Simulink
2 6 (2.31%) Lightworks
3 4 (1.54%) CATIA
4 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (0.77%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.38%) EPLAN
6 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 41 (15.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.31%) SAP CO
2 6 (2.31%) SAP FI
2 6 (2.31%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (1.92%) SAP PP
4 4 (1.54%) SAP GRC
4 4 (1.54%) SAP PSCD
5 3 (1.15%) Elite 3E
5 3 (1.15%) Workday HCM
6 2 (0.77%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.38%) Magento
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.38%) SAP CAR
7 1 (0.38%) SAP CRM
7 1 (0.38%) SAP ECC
7 1 (0.38%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.38%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.38%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.38%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.38%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 70 (26.92%) Azure
2 69 (26.54%) AWS
3 27 (10.38%) GitHub
4 26 (10.00%) GCP
4 26 (10.00%) Serverless
5 24 (9.23%) Azure DevOps
6 21 (8.08%) GitHub Actions
7 19 (7.31%) AWS Lambda
8 15 (5.77%) Amazon S3
9 13 (5.00%) SaaS
10 9 (3.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 8 (3.08%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (2.31%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (2.31%) Power Platform
13 5 (1.92%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (1.92%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (1.92%) Boomi
13 5 (1.92%) Vertex AI
14 4 (1.54%) Amazon EventBridge
14 4 (1.54%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.62%) Ethernet
2 11 (4.23%) IPv4
3 8 (3.08%) Modbus
4 7 (2.69%) DMZ
4 7 (2.69%) OSPF
4 7 (2.69%) VLAN
4 7 (2.69%) VPN
5 6 (2.31%) MQTT
6 4 (1.54%) Software-Defined Networking
6 4 (1.54%) Wireless
7 3 (1.15%) SAN
7 3 (1.15%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.77%) HTTP
9 1 (0.38%) DNS
9 1 (0.38%) Profibus
9 1 (0.38%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.08%) Relational Database
2 16 (6.15%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (4.23%) SQL Server
4 8 (3.08%) MySQL
5 4 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.54%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.54%) SAP HANA
6 3 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.15%) Redis
6 3 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.77%) DTS
7 2 (0.77%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.77%) Power BI
7 2 (0.77%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.38%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.38%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.38%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.38%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 37 (14.23%) JIRA
2 34 (13.08%) Git
2 34 (13.08%) Jenkins
3 28 (10.77%) GitLab
4 23 (8.85%) Postman
5 14 (5.38%) Cypress.io
6 12 (4.62%) JUnit
6 12 (4.62%) REST Assured
6 12 (4.62%) Selenium
7 9 (3.46%) JMeter
8 8 (3.08%) Cucumber
8 8 (3.08%) Zephyr
9 7 (2.69%) Mockito
10 6 (2.31%) Bitbucket
11 5 (1.92%) Maven
11 5 (1.92%) Rational DOORS
12 4 (1.54%) Apache Continuum
12 4 (1.54%) Newman
12 4 (1.54%) SonarQube
12 4 (1.54%) SpecFlow
General
1 91 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 61 (23.46%) Finance
3 48 (18.46%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (14.23%) Manufacturing
5 28 (10.77%) Public Sector
6 27 (10.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (9.62%) Aerospace
8 15 (5.77%) Automotive
9 14 (5.38%) Electronics
10 11 (4.23%) Law
11 10 (3.85%) General Ledger
12 8 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (2.31%) Marketing
14 5 (1.92%) Advertising
14 5 (1.92%) Retail
15 4 (1.54%) Legal
15 4 (1.54%) Military
16 3 (1.15%) Aviation
16 3 (1.15%) Billing
16 3 (1.15%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (21.15%) Senior
2 44 (16.92%) Lead
3 39 (15.00%) Developer
4 31 (11.92%) Software Engineer
5 22 (8.46%) Consultant
6 21 (8.08%) Test Engineer
7 17 (6.54%) Analyst
7 17 (6.54%) Architect
7 17 (6.54%) Senior Software Engineer
8 16 (6.15%) SAP Consultant
9 12 (4.62%) Senior Developer
9 12 (4.62%) Systems Engineer
10 11 (4.23%) Automation Engineer
11 10 (3.85%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 9 (3.46%) Embedded Engineer
12 9 (3.46%) Software Developer
12 9 (3.46%) Test Analyst
12 9 (3.46%) Test Automation Engineer
13 8 (3.08%) Full-Stack Developer
13 8 (3.08%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (13.08%) REST
2 30 (11.54%) RESTful
3 25 (9.62%) .NET
3 25 (9.62%) React
4 24 (9.23%) Kafka
5 23 (8.85%) Playwright
5 23 (8.85%) Spring
6 20 (7.69%) OAuth
7 18 (6.92%) JWT
8 17 (6.54%) Spring Boot
9 16 (6.15%) Terraform
10 15 (5.77%) AngularJS
10 15 (5.77%) SAP Fiori
11 13 (5.00%) JSON
11 13 (5.00%) Middleware
11 13 (5.00%) OAuth2
11 13 (5.00%) SOAP
11 13 (5.00%) XML
12 12 (4.62%) Node.js
12 12 (4.62%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 29 (11.15%) Product Ownership
2 27 (10.38%) Cloud Native
3 23 (8.85%) Distributed Systems
4 19 (7.31%) Onboarding
5 18 (6.92%) Embedded Systems
6 17 (6.54%) Management Information System
7 14 (5.38%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (3.08%) SCADA
9 7 (2.69%) IoT
9 7 (2.69%) Renewable Energy
10 6 (2.31%) Blog
10 6 (2.31%) Data Structures
10 6 (2.31%) FPGA
10 6 (2.31%) Verilog
10 6 (2.31%) VHDL
11 5 (1.92%) AI Agents
11 5 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.92%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.23%) Linux
2 9 (3.46%) Windows
3 7 (2.69%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.31%) FreeRTOS
5 5 (1.92%) Unix
6 2 (0.77%) Android
6 2 (0.77%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (0.77%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.38%) OpenWrt
7 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (42.31%) Agile
2 109 (41.92%) CI/CD
3 82 (31.54%) Test Automation
4 80 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
5 69 (26.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 69 (26.54%) DevOps
6 67 (25.77%) Software Engineering
7 64 (24.62%) User Acceptance Testing
8 56 (21.54%) Validation
9 51 (19.62%) Migration
10 49 (18.85%) AI
10 49 (18.85%) Mentoring
11 45 (17.31%) Technical Leadership
12 40 (15.38%) Microservices
12 40 (15.38%) Test Strategy
13 38 (14.62%) Stakeholder Management
14 37 (14.23%) System Integration Testing
15 35 (13.46%) Containerisation
16 33 (12.69%) Unit Testing
17 31 (11.92%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 51 (19.62%) Python
2 49 (18.85%) Java
3 47 (18.08%) SQL
4 29 (11.15%) TypeScript
5 28 (10.77%) JavaScript
6 23 (8.85%) C
7 18 (6.92%) C++
8 16 (6.15%) C#
9 12 (4.62%) ABAP
10 9 (3.46%) Bash
10 9 (3.46%) MATLAB
11 8 (3.08%) PowerShell
12 7 (2.69%) Kotlin
12 7 (2.69%) Ruby
13 6 (2.31%) Rust
14 4 (1.54%) Apex Code
15 3 (1.15%) DataWeave
15 3 (1.15%) Shell Script
15 3 (1.15%) SOQL
15 3 (1.15%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 49 (18.85%) Degree
2 45 (17.31%) Security Cleared
3 30 (11.54%) SC Cleared
4 22 (8.46%) ISTQB
5 17 (6.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (5.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (4.62%) AWS Certification
8 11 (4.23%) Azure Certification
9 10 (3.85%) DV Cleared
10 6 (2.31%) CCAB
10 6 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.92%) Master's Degree
11 5 (1.92%) SAP Certification
12 4 (1.54%) CCA
12 4 (1.54%) CCNA
12 4 (1.54%) CISA
12 4 (1.54%) CISSP
12 4 (1.54%) DBS Check
12 4 (1.54%) RHCE
12 4 (1.54%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (15.77%) QA
2 24 (9.23%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.69%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.69%) GDPR
3 7 (2.69%) NCSC
3 7 (2.69%) WCAG
4 5 (1.92%) GRC
4 5 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (1.92%) SLA
5 4 (1.54%) Def Stans
5 4 (1.54%) ECSS
5 4 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 12207
5 4 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 4 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.15%) Automotive SPICE
7 1 (0.38%) GxP
7 1 (0.38%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.38%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.38%) MISRA
7 1 (0.38%) MISRA C
System Software
1 38 (14.62%) Docker
2 7 (2.69%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.31%) Firmware
3 6 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.92%) Embedded Firmware
5 4 (1.54%) IAG
5 4 (1.54%) Squid
5 4 (1.54%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.54%) vSphere
6 2 (0.77%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.38%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 28 (10.77%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.08%) Ansible
3 4 (1.54%) Packer
3 4 (1.54%) ZABBIX
4 3 (1.15%) Functional Safety
4 3 (1.15%) Kibana
4 3 (1.15%) Progress Chef
4 3 (1.15%) Puppet
5 2 (0.77%) Grafana
5 2 (0.77%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.38%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.38%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (17.31%) SAP
2 28 (10.77%) Microsoft
3 18 (6.92%) Oracle
4 11 (4.23%) Google
5 9 (3.46%) MuleSoft
6 8 (3.08%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.08%) YouTube
7 7 (2.69%) VMware
8 6 (2.31%) OpenAI
8 6 (2.31%) Splunk
8 6 (2.31%) Workday
9 5 (1.92%) Dynatrace
9 5 (1.92%) IBM
9 5 (1.92%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.54%) Xilinx
11 3 (1.15%) EMC
11 3 (1.15%) webMethods
12 2 (0.77%) Ariba
12 2 (0.77%) Citrix
12 2 (0.77%) Informatica