Integration Testing Contracts

Integration Testing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Integration Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Integration Testing over the 6 months to 6 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 333 302 339
Rank change year-on-year -31 +37 -10
Contract jobs citing Integration Testing 271 455 711
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.62% 0.81% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.91% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 287 461
10th Percentile £306 £325 £350
25th Percentile £409 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £600
90th Percentile £745 £709 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £563 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +12.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 26 23
10th Percentile £50.08 £52.13 £45.25
25th Percentile £56.25 £60.00 £55.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £72.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.69% +20.83% +14.29%
75th Percentile £58.75 £75.00 -
90th Percentile £62.25 £78.00 £65.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £57.50 £72.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -20.69% +20.83% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Integration Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,061 50,135 80,019
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.39% 89.71% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,729 34,705 56,261
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,551 1,672 1,888
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £15.60
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.90 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +39.80% +10.64%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Integration Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Integration Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Integration Testing in the UK

Integration Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Integration Testing.

Daily rate trend for Integration Testing in the UK

Integration Testing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Integration Testing over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Integration Testing in the UK

Integration Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Integration Testing.

Hourly rate trend for Integration Testing in the UK

Integration Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Integration Testing over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Integration Testing in the UK

Integration Testing
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Integration Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 6 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -18 223 £525 +2.94% 114
London +59 131 £516 -1.63% 30
UK excluding London -37 100 £563 +12.50% 84
Work from Home +5 87 £500 -0.99% 43
South East +4 41 £675 +3.85% 15
North of England +5 16 £488 -7.14% 25
Scotland +46 15 £607 +15.57% 8
Midlands -1 15 £513 -13.87% 11
North West +13 11 £488 +68.10% 12
West Midlands -4 11 £525 -5.83% 7
East of England +1 10 £313 -37.50% 18
Yorkshire +4 5 £463 -10.63% 12
East Midlands +7 4 £500 -16.67% 4
Northern Ireland +3 2 - -
South West -34 1 £475 +5.56% 12

Integration Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (4.43%) Apache
2 10 (3.69%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (1.48%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.48%) IIS
3 4 (1.48%) JBoss
4 3 (1.11%) CMS
5 2 (0.74%) Confluence
5 2 (0.74%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.37%) Mule
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (2.95%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.85%) Simulink
3 5 (1.85%) Stateflow
3 5 (1.85%) TargetLink
4 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.74%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 17 (6.27%) SAP EWM
2 15 (5.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (4.80%) SAP QM
4 6 (2.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (1.85%) ION MarketView
6 4 (1.48%) Endur
6 4 (1.48%) SAP CO
6 4 (1.48%) SAP FI
6 4 (1.48%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (1.48%) SAP PP
6 4 (1.48%) SAP SD
6 4 (1.48%) SAP VC
7 3 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (1.11%) OPENHousing
7 3 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (1.11%) SAP GTS
8 2 (0.74%) NEC Housing
8 2 (0.74%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.74%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.37%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 44 (16.24%) Azure
2 40 (14.76%) AWS
3 17 (6.27%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (2.58%) SaaS
5 6 (2.21%) Azure Data Factory
5 6 (2.21%) Serverless
6 5 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (1.48%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.48%) OCI
7 4 (1.48%) SuccessFactors
8 3 (1.11%) Amazon ECS
8 3 (1.11%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (1.11%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (1.11%) Boomi
8 3 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.11%) GCP
8 3 (1.11%) GitHub
8 3 (1.11%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.80%) MPLS
2 10 (3.69%) Radio Access Network
3 9 (3.32%) BGP
3 9 (3.32%) Ethernet VPN
3 9 (3.32%) VPN
4 6 (2.21%) SNMP
4 6 (2.21%) Wireshark
5 4 (1.48%) PBX
5 4 (1.48%) PSTN
5 4 (1.48%) VoIP
6 2 (0.74%) DHCP
6 2 (0.74%) DNS
6 2 (0.74%) Internet
6 2 (0.74%) LAN
6 2 (0.74%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.74%) tcpdump
6 2 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (12.92%) NoSQL
2 14 (5.17%) SQL Server
3 12 (4.43%) MongoDB
4 10 (3.69%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (3.32%) KDB
6 7 (2.58%) Relational Database
7 6 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.85%) DB2
8 5 (1.85%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (1.48%) Data Lake
9 4 (1.48%) Parquet
9 4 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.11%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.11%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.74%) MySQL
11 2 (0.74%) Power Query
12 1 (0.37%) Amazon Aurora
12 1 (0.37%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 37 (13.65%) JIRA
2 23 (8.49%) Git
3 18 (6.64%) Selenium
4 15 (5.54%) Jenkins
5 14 (5.17%) GitLab
6 9 (3.32%) Robot Framework
6 9 (3.32%) TestRail
6 9 (3.32%) Visual Studio
7 8 (2.95%) Bitbucket
8 6 (2.21%) Cucumber
8 6 (2.21%) JUnit
9 5 (1.85%) Subversion
10 4 (1.48%) Cypress.io
10 4 (1.48%) Deequ
10 4 (1.48%) Maven
10 4 (1.48%) NUnit
10 4 (1.48%) SpecFlow
10 4 (1.48%) TestNG
10 4 (1.48%) Vagrant
11 3 (1.11%) REST Assured
General
1 52 (19.19%) Social Skills
2 51 (18.82%) Finance
3 20 (7.38%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (7.01%) Public Sector
5 11 (4.06%) Banking
6 8 (2.95%) Retail
7 7 (2.58%) Legal
8 6 (2.21%) Telecoms
9 5 (1.85%) Automotive
9 5 (1.85%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.48%) Front Office
10 4 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.48%) Social Housing
11 3 (1.11%) Back Office
11 3 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.11%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.74%) Law
12 2 (0.74%) Local Government
12 2 (0.74%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 54 (19.93%) Developer
2 39 (14.39%) Analyst
3 33 (12.18%) Consultant
3 33 (12.18%) Senior
4 27 (9.96%) Lead
5 25 (9.23%) Test Analyst
5 25 (9.23%) Test Manager
6 23 (8.49%) SAP Consultant
7 15 (5.54%) Tester
8 14 (5.17%) Senior Developer
8 14 (5.17%) Software Developer
9 13 (4.80%) Architect
9 13 (4.80%) SAP QM Consultant
9 13 (4.80%) Test Engineer
10 10 (3.69%) Java Developer
10 10 (3.69%) Software Engineer
10 10 (3.69%) Test Leader
11 8 (2.95%) Network Engineer
11 8 (2.95%) Senior Analyst
12 7 (2.58%) QA Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (8.49%) .NET
2 22 (8.12%) RESTful
3 21 (7.75%) JSON
4 19 (7.01%) SOAP
5 17 (6.27%) REST
6 15 (5.54%) FastAPI
6 15 (5.54%) WebSockets
6 15 (5.54%) XML
7 14 (5.17%) HTML
7 14 (5.17%) Node.js
7 14 (5.17%) React
8 12 (4.43%) CSS
8 12 (4.43%) Oracle Fusion
9 11 (4.06%) NETCONF
9 11 (4.06%) Web Services
10 9 (3.32%) AngularJS
10 9 (3.32%) RESTCONF
11 8 (2.95%) YANG
12 6 (2.21%) .NET Core
12 6 (2.21%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.06%) Distributed Systems
1 11 (4.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 7 (2.58%) Algorithms
2 7 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
2 7 (2.58%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.48%) Derivative
4 3 (1.11%) CMDB
4 3 (1.11%) Data Structures
4 3 (1.11%) NHS
4 3 (1.11%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.11%) PACS
4 3 (1.11%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.74%) Data Centre
5 2 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (0.74%) Equities
5 2 (0.74%) Life Science
5 2 (0.74%) Mobile App
5 2 (0.74%) Public Cloud
5 2 (0.74%) Reinsurance
5 2 (0.74%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.17%) Windows
2 9 (3.32%) Linux
3 8 (2.95%) Unix
4 5 (1.85%) AIX
5 4 (1.48%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (36.16%) User Acceptance Testing
2 89 (32.84%) Agile
3 76 (28.04%) Test Automation
4 64 (23.62%) Unit Testing
5 47 (17.34%) CI/CD
5 47 (17.34%) End-to-End Testing
6 45 (16.61%) System Integration Testing
7 42 (15.50%) DevOps
8 35 (12.92%) Analytics
9 33 (12.18%) Test Strategy
10 32 (11.81%) Migration
11 31 (11.44%) Test Scripting
12 30 (11.07%) GAP Analysis
12 30 (11.07%) Scrum
13 28 (10.33%) Continuous Integration
14 27 (9.96%) Software Testing
15 25 (9.23%) Performance Testing
16 24 (8.86%) Problem-Solving
16 24 (8.86%) Regression Testing
17 23 (8.49%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 57 (21.03%) SQL
2 49 (18.08%) Python
3 29 (10.70%) Java
4 26 (9.59%) JavaScript
5 22 (8.12%) C#
6 9 (3.32%) C++
7 8 (2.95%) PowerShell
7 8 (2.95%) TypeScript
8 7 (2.58%) Bash
8 7 (2.58%) C
9 5 (1.85%) MATLAB
10 3 (1.11%) Bicep
10 3 (1.11%) Scala
10 3 (1.11%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.74%) ABAP
11 2 (0.74%) Go
11 2 (0.74%) PHP
11 2 (0.74%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.37%) Ada
12 1 (0.37%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 49 (18.08%) Security Cleared
2 42 (15.50%) SC Cleared
3 22 (8.12%) Degree
4 15 (5.54%) ISEB
4 15 (5.54%) ISTQB
5 10 (3.69%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.21%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.48%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.48%) PMP
9 3 (1.11%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.74%) CCNA
10 2 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.74%) ISEB Practitioner
10 2 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.37%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.37%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.23%) QA
2 9 (3.32%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.85%) AUTOSAR
3 5 (1.85%) ISO 26262
3 5 (1.85%) MISRA
3 5 (1.85%) MISRA C
4 3 (1.11%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.11%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (1.11%) GxP
4 3 (1.11%) HL7
4 3 (1.11%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.74%) GDPR
5 2 (0.74%) PMO
6 1 (0.37%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 1 (0.37%) NIST
6 1 (0.37%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (7.38%) Docker
2 1 (0.37%) Cronacle
2 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (3.69%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.95%) Terraform
3 4 (1.48%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (1.48%) Tivoli
4 3 (1.11%) Ansible
5 2 (0.74%) Grafana
5 2 (0.74%) Nmap
5 2 (0.74%) OpenNMS
5 2 (0.74%) Podman
6 1 (0.37%) Control-M
6 1 (0.37%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 64 (23.62%) SAP
2 32 (11.81%) Oracle
3 21 (7.75%) Microsoft
4 12 (4.43%) OpenAI
5 7 (2.58%) ION Trading
6 6 (2.21%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.85%) AppDynamics
7 5 (1.85%) Ariba
8 4 (1.48%) Capita
8 4 (1.48%) Databricks
8 4 (1.48%) F5
8 4 (1.48%) IBM
8 4 (1.48%) Murex
8 4 (1.48%) Northgate
8 4 (1.48%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.48%) Tradeweb
8 4 (1.48%) Workday
9 3 (1.11%) Blue Prism
9 3 (1.11%) Siemens
10 2 (0.74%) MuleSoft