API Testing Jobs

API Testing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for API Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited API Testing over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 663 570 374
Rank change year-on-year -93 -196 +83
Permanent jobs citing API Testing 249 418 1,699
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.44% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.46% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 205 373 810
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £52,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +17.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

API Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for API Testing in the UK

API Testing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing API Testing.

Salary trend for API Testing in the UK

API Testing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Testing over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for API Testing in the UK

API Testing
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing API Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -110 216 £60,000 -7.69% 34
Work from Home -67 130 £62,500 -5.66% 19
UK excluding London -24 116 £50,000 - 26
London -42 110 £75,000 +7.14% 9
South East -13 35 £52,500 -8.70% 11
Midlands +4 34 £47,500 +22.58% 1
West Midlands +8 26 £52,500 +23.53% 1
North of England +23 22 £47,500 -17.39% 6
Yorkshire +72 12 £50,000 -13.04% 1
North West -19 10 £47,500 -17.39% 5
Scotland -57 10 £36,250 -44.23% 2
South West -23 8 £65,000 +45.25% 3
East Midlands -23 8 £47,500 +26.67%
Wales - 6 £45,000 - 1
East of England -8 3 £40,000 +23.08% 2

API 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 16 (6.43%) Apache
2 10 (4.02%) Confluence
3 2 (0.80%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.40%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 76 (30.52%) Azure
2 39 (15.66%) SaaS
3 31 (12.45%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (8.43%) Azure Service Bus
5 18 (7.23%) AWS
5 18 (7.23%) Serverless
6 15 (6.02%) Azure Functions
7 14 (5.62%) Azure API Management
8 13 (5.22%) GitHub
9 12 (4.82%) Azure Data Factory
9 12 (4.82%) Azure Logic Apps
10 7 (2.81%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.01%) Entra ID
11 5 (2.01%) PaaS
12 4 (1.61%) BrowserStack
13 3 (1.20%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (1.20%) Azure Storage
13 3 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (1.20%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 3 (1.20%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.01%) HTTP
2 4 (1.61%) Bluetooth
2 4 (1.61%) Ethernet
2 4 (1.61%) FlexRay
2 4 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (1.61%) Wireless
3 2 (0.80%) DSL
4 1 (0.40%) Firewall
4 1 (0.40%) Multicast
4 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.62%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.01%) DynamoDB
2 5 (2.01%) Redis
2 5 (2.01%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.40%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.40%) Power BI
5 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 130 (52.21%) Postman
2 106 (42.57%) Selenium
3 87 (34.94%) Cucumber
4 65 (26.10%) Jenkins
5 45 (18.07%) Cypress.io
5 45 (18.07%) JIRA
6 30 (12.05%) SpecFlow
7 26 (10.44%) JUnit
8 25 (10.04%) REST Assured
8 25 (10.04%) SoapUI
9 24 (9.64%) Git
10 23 (9.24%) WebDriver
11 18 (7.23%) JMeter
12 17 (6.83%) TestNG
13 11 (4.42%) GitLab
14 10 (4.02%) Visual Studio
15 8 (3.21%) TeamCity
16 7 (2.81%) LoadRunner
16 7 (2.81%) MSTest
17 6 (2.41%) Gatling
General
1 49 (19.68%) Social Skills
2 18 (7.23%) Public Sector
3 17 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (4.02%) Law
6 9 (3.61%) Finance
7 8 (3.21%) Legal
8 6 (2.41%) Marketing
9 4 (1.61%) Automotive
9 4 (1.61%) Health Technology
10 3 (1.20%) Electronics
10 3 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.80%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.80%) Retail
11 2 (0.80%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.40%) Advertising
12 1 (0.40%) Back Office
12 1 (0.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.40%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 50 (20.08%) Tester
2 47 (18.88%) Lead
2 47 (18.88%) QA Engineer
3 43 (17.27%) Test Engineer
4 42 (16.87%) Senior
5 24 (9.64%) Automation Tester
6 23 (9.24%) Developer
7 14 (5.62%) C# Developer
8 13 (5.22%) Azure Developer
9 12 (4.82%) Analyst
10 11 (4.42%) QA Automation Engineer
10 11 (4.42%) Test Automation Engineer
11 9 (3.61%) Senior Tester
12 8 (3.21%) Automation Engineer
12 8 (3.21%) Penetration Tester
12 8 (3.21%) Software Tester
12 8 (3.21%) Test Analyst
13 7 (2.81%) Python Engineer
13 7 (2.81%) QA Leader
13 7 (2.81%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (34.14%) REST
2 31 (12.45%) Swagger
3 26 (10.44%) .NET
4 21 (8.43%) Playwright
5 20 (8.03%) WireMock
6 17 (6.83%) .NET Framework
7 16 (6.43%) Apache Commons
7 16 (6.43%) Guava
7 16 (6.43%) Java Concurrency
8 15 (6.02%) SOAP
9 14 (5.62%) Gherkin
9 14 (5.62%) Web Services
10 13 (5.22%) Kafka
10 13 (5.22%) OpenAPI
11 12 (4.82%) WebdriverIO
12 11 (4.42%) JSON
12 11 (4.42%) React
13 10 (4.02%) CSS
13 10 (4.02%) Node.js
13 10 (4.02%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.82%) Product Ownership
2 8 (3.21%) Mobile App
2 8 (3.21%) Security Posture
3 5 (2.01%) Cloud Native
3 5 (2.01%) IoT
3 5 (2.01%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.01%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.01%) Replication
3 5 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.61%) Client/Server
4 4 (1.61%) Embedded Systems
4 4 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
4 4 (1.61%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (1.20%) Robotics
5 3 (1.20%) W3C
6 2 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (0.80%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.40%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.40%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.62%) Windows
2 11 (4.42%) Linux
3 5 (2.01%) Android
3 5 (2.01%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (64.66%) Test Automation
2 114 (45.78%) CI/CD
3 99 (39.76%) Agile
4 83 (33.33%) BDD
5 77 (30.92%) SDET
6 76 (30.52%) Software Testing
7 68 (27.31%) Test Strategy
8 57 (22.89%) DevOps
9 49 (19.68%) Scrum
10 47 (18.88%) Test Scripting
11 41 (16.47%) Clean Code
12 37 (14.86%) Manual Testing
13 33 (13.25%) Scenario Testing
14 31 (12.45%) Microservices
14 31 (12.45%) Problem-Solving
15 27 (10.84%) TDD
16 26 (10.44%) Design Patterns
16 26 (10.44%) Fintech
16 26 (10.44%) Performance Testing
16 26 (10.44%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 93 (37.35%) Java
2 63 (25.30%) C#
3 56 (22.49%) SQL
4 52 (20.88%) JavaScript
5 25 (10.04%) Python
6 13 (5.22%) TypeScript
7 8 (3.21%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.61%) C
9 2 (0.80%) PHP
10 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (11.65%) Security Cleared
2 16 (6.43%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.62%) ISTQB
4 9 (3.61%) Degree
5 8 (3.21%) ISEB
5 8 (3.21%) OSCP
6 7 (2.81%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.80%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.80%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.40%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (46.99%) QA
2 19 (7.63%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.21%) GRC
4 3 (1.20%) JTAG
4 3 (1.20%) WCAG
5 2 (0.80%) PMO
6 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
System Software
1 31 (12.45%) Docker
2 5 (2.01%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (10.44%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.01%) Grafana
2 5 (2.01%) Kibana
2 5 (2.01%) Terraform
3 1 (0.40%) Ansible
3 1 (0.40%) Argo
Vendors
1 21 (8.43%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.41%) ServiceNow
2 6 (2.41%) Splunk
3 3 (1.20%) Conga
3 3 (1.20%) Lauterbach
3 3 (1.20%) Oracle
3 3 (1.20%) Salesforce
3 3 (1.20%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 1 (0.40%) Databricks
4 1 (0.40%) Denodo
4 1 (0.40%) Google
4 1 (0.40%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.40%) Talend