API Testing Contracts with Work from Home Options

API Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for API Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited API Testing over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 295 372 400
Rank change year-on-year +77 +28 +4
Contract jobs citing API Testing 49 100 234
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.32% 0.39% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.43% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 81 189
10th Percentile £361 £343 £325
25th Percentile £413 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £513 £550 £538
90th Percentile £615 £638 £600
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £24.30
25th Percentile - £52.00 £34.88
Median hourly rate - £54.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - -1.82% -
75th Percentile - £56.00 £62.87
90th Percentile - - £66.10
UK median hourly rate £66.00 £54.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +22.22% +35.00% -20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

API 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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,413 23,039 40,643
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.92% 89.76% 91.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,959 16,290 29,502
10th Percentile £325 £363 £361
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.81%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £528
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.17% +8.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 580 529 544
10th Percentile £15.17 £19.00 £13.58
25th Percentile £25.38 £30.54 £19.98
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £67.35
UK median hourly rate £35.58 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -1.18% +44.00% -

API Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing API Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

API Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

API Testing
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing API Testing.

API Testing daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

API Testing
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing API Testing over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

API Testing daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

API Testing
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing API Testing.

API Testing hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

API Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 9 (18.37%) Confluence
2 2 (4.08%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 17 (34.69%) AWS
2 12 (24.49%) Azure
3 5 (10.20%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (8.16%) GitHub
5 2 (4.08%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (4.08%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (4.08%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.08%) Serverless
6 1 (2.04%) Azure API Management
6 1 (2.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (2.04%) Azure Key Vault
6 1 (2.04%) Azure Storage
6 1 (2.04%) BrowserStack
6 1 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (2.04%) Sauce Labs
6 1 (2.04%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.12%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.16%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.08%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (4.08%) Power BI
3 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 15 (30.61%) JIRA
2 14 (28.57%) Jenkins
3 13 (26.53%) Selenium
4 11 (22.45%) Cucumber
4 11 (22.45%) Postman
5 9 (18.37%) SpecFlow
6 8 (16.33%) Cypress.io
6 8 (16.33%) Git
7 6 (12.24%) JMeter
7 6 (12.24%) Visual Studio
8 5 (10.20%) REST Assured
9 4 (8.16%) Bitbucket
10 3 (6.12%) Artifactory
10 3 (6.12%) LoadRunner
10 3 (6.12%) SoapUI
10 3 (6.12%) WebDriver
11 2 (4.08%) Appium
11 2 (4.08%) FitNesse
11 2 (4.08%) GitLab
11 2 (4.08%) JUnit
General
1 8 (16.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.20%) Finance
3 3 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.12%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.08%) Back Office
4 2 (4.08%) Front Office
5 1 (2.04%) Banking
5 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Electronics
5 1 (2.04%) Investment Banking
5 1 (2.04%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.04%) Marketing
5 1 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Retail
5 1 (2.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (24.49%) Test Engineer
1 12 (24.49%) Tester
2 9 (18.37%) Analyst
2 9 (18.37%) Automation Tester
3 8 (16.33%) Senior
4 5 (10.20%) Technical Analyst
5 4 (8.16%) Senior Test Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) Test Analyst
6 3 (6.12%) Developer
6 3 (6.12%) Development Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Java Automation Tester
6 3 (6.12%) Linux Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Software Development Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Software Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Test Development Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) C++ Software Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) QA Tester
7 2 (4.08%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (4.08%) Senior Test Analyst
7 2 (4.08%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (18.37%) REST
1 9 (18.37%) RESTful
2 8 (16.33%) Playwright
3 6 (12.24%) Swagger
4 5 (10.20%) OpenAPI
5 4 (8.16%) Gherkin
6 3 (6.12%) .NET
6 3 (6.12%) SOAP
6 3 (6.12%) XML
7 2 (4.08%) OAuth
7 2 (4.08%) OAuth2
7 2 (4.08%) OpenID
7 2 (4.08%) Web Services
8 1 (2.04%) .NET Core
8 1 (2.04%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (2.04%) Chai
8 1 (2.04%) Entity Framework
8 1 (2.04%) Node.js
8 1 (2.04%) pytest
8 1 (2.04%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.04%) EPoS
2 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.04%) Reference Data
2 1 (2.04%) Virtual Team
2 1 (2.04%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.12%) Embedded Linux
1 3 (6.12%) Linux
1 3 (6.12%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (83.67%) Test Automation
2 29 (59.18%) Agile
3 14 (28.57%) Performance Testing
4 12 (24.49%) CI/CD
4 12 (24.49%) Continuous Integration
4 12 (24.49%) DevOps
4 12 (24.49%) Software Testing
5 11 (22.45%) BDD
5 11 (22.45%) Test Strategy
6 10 (20.41%) Scenario Testing
6 10 (20.41%) Software Engineering
7 9 (18.37%) SDET
8 8 (16.33%) Scrum
8 8 (16.33%) TDD
9 7 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 7 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
9 7 (14.29%) Manual Testing
9 7 (14.29%) User Stories
10 6 (12.24%) Acceptance Criteria
10 6 (12.24%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.61%) JavaScript
2 14 (28.57%) C#
3 13 (26.53%) Java
4 12 (24.49%) SQL
5 10 (20.41%) Python
6 5 (10.20%) TypeScript
7 3 (6.12%) C++
8 2 (4.08%) Scala
9 1 (2.04%) ABAP
9 1 (2.04%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 7 (14.29%) Degree
1 7 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.20%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.12%) ISTQB
4 2 (4.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (2.04%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (40.82%) QA
2 7 (14.29%) Accessibility
3 2 (4.08%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.04%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (6.12%) Virtual Machines
1 3 (6.12%) VirtualBox
2 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (12.24%) Oracle
2 5 (10.20%) Atlassian
3 4 (8.16%) Microsoft
4 3 (6.12%) SAP
5 2 (4.08%) Xamarin
6 1 (2.04%) HP
6 1 (2.04%) IBM
6 1 (2.04%) Perfecto Mobile
6 1 (2.04%) Salesforce