API Testing Jobs in England

API Testing
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 613 536 378
Rank change year-on-year -77 -158 +62
Permanent jobs citing API Testing 232 422 1,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.48% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.50% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 202 361 735
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +14.29%
75th Percentile £94,375 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,325 84,832 129,061
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.40% 95.61% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 53,833 50,205 73,018
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

API Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for API Testing in England

API Testing
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for API Testing in England

API Testing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Testing in England over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for API Testing in England

API Testing
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing API Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
London -46 124 £75,000 +7.14% 11
Midlands +12 35 £50,000 +33.33% 3
South East -2 35 £52,500 -8.70% 13
West Midlands +37 26 £52,500 +31.25% 3
North of England +29 20 £47,500 -13.64% 17
Yorkshire +96 12 £50,000 -9.09% 9
South West -20 11 £61,250 +36.87% 2
East Midlands -19 9 £47,500 +26.67%
North West -11 8 £47,500 -13.64% 8
East of England -2 3 £40,000 +23.08% 2
API Testing
UK

API Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (6.90%) Apache
2 8 (3.45%) Confluence
3 2 (0.86%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.43%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 6 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 61 (26.29%) Azure
2 38 (16.38%) SaaS
3 28 (12.07%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (7.33%) AWS
5 14 (6.03%) Azure Service Bus
6 12 (5.17%) Serverless
7 11 (4.74%) Azure Functions
8 9 (3.88%) GitHub
9 8 (3.45%) Azure API Management
9 8 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
9 8 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.72%) BrowserStack
11 3 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.29%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.29%) GitHub Actions
11 3 (1.29%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 3 (1.29%) Sauce Labs
12 1 (0.43%) Azure AKS
12 1 (0.43%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.16%) HTTP
2 4 (1.72%) Bluetooth
2 4 (1.72%) Ethernet
2 4 (1.72%) FlexRay
2 4 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (1.72%) Wireless
3 2 (0.86%) DSL
4 1 (0.43%) Firewall
4 1 (0.43%) Multicast
4 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.17%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.16%) DynamoDB
2 5 (2.16%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.43%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.43%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.43%) GIS
4 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.43%) Power BI
4 1 (0.43%) Redis
4 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 122 (52.59%) Postman
2 102 (43.97%) Selenium
3 98 (42.24%) Cucumber
4 74 (31.90%) Jenkins
5 42 (18.10%) Cypress.io
6 36 (15.52%) JIRA
7 28 (12.07%) SpecFlow
8 26 (11.21%) REST Assured
9 24 (10.34%) JUnit
10 23 (9.91%) SoapUI
11 18 (7.76%) JMeter
11 18 (7.76%) TestNG
11 18 (7.76%) WebDriver
12 17 (7.33%) Git
13 10 (4.31%) TeamCity
14 8 (3.45%) Gatling
15 7 (3.02%) MSTest
16 6 (2.59%) Appium
16 6 (2.59%) LoadRunner
17 5 (2.16%) eggPlant
General
1 44 (18.97%) Social Skills
2 15 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (6.03%) Public Sector
4 9 (3.88%) Finance
4 9 (3.88%) Law
5 8 (3.45%) Legal
6 7 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.16%) Marketing
8 4 (1.72%) Automotive
9 3 (1.29%) Electronics
9 3 (1.29%) Health Technology
9 3 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.29%) Tech for Good
10 2 (0.86%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.86%) Retail
11 1 (0.43%) Back Office
11 1 (0.43%) Games
11 1 (0.43%) Local Government
11 1 (0.43%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 52 (22.41%) Tester
2 51 (21.98%) Lead
3 41 (17.67%) QA Engineer
4 39 (16.81%) Senior
5 28 (12.07%) Test Engineer
6 26 (11.21%) Automation Tester
7 17 (7.33%) Developer
8 12 (5.17%) Analyst
9 11 (4.74%) QA Automation Engineer
10 10 (4.31%) C# Developer
11 9 (3.88%) Azure Developer
11 9 (3.88%) QA Leader
11 9 (3.88%) Software Tester
12 8 (3.45%) Penetration Tester
12 8 (3.45%) QA Manager
12 8 (3.45%) Test Analyst
13 7 (3.02%) Automation Engineer
13 7 (3.02%) Senior Tester
13 7 (3.02%) Test Automation Engineer
14 6 (2.59%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (41.38%) REST
2 25 (10.78%) .NET
3 24 (10.34%) Swagger
4 20 (8.62%) Playwright
5 19 (8.19%) WireMock
6 17 (7.33%) .NET Framework
7 16 (6.90%) Apache Commons
7 16 (6.90%) Guava
7 16 (6.90%) Java Concurrency
8 15 (6.47%) SOAP
9 13 (5.60%) Gherkin
10 11 (4.74%) JSON
10 11 (4.74%) React
10 11 (4.74%) Web Services
10 11 (4.74%) WebdriverIO
11 10 (4.31%) Kafka
12 9 (3.88%) OpenAPI
12 9 (3.88%) RESTful
12 9 (3.88%) XML
13 6 (2.59%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.88%) Greenfield Project
1 9 (3.88%) Product Ownership
2 8 (3.45%) Security Posture
3 6 (2.59%) IoT
4 5 (2.16%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.72%) Client/Server
5 4 (1.72%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (1.72%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.72%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.29%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (1.29%) Robotics
7 2 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.86%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.43%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.43%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.43%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.43%) PMI
8 1 (0.43%) PropTech
8 1 (0.43%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.17%) Windows
2 11 (4.74%) Linux
3 1 (0.43%) Android
3 1 (0.43%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.43%) Debian
3 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (58.19%) Test Automation
2 114 (49.14%) CI/CD
3 85 (36.64%) SDET
4 84 (36.21%) Agile
5 79 (34.05%) BDD
6 71 (30.60%) Test Strategy
7 64 (27.59%) Software Testing
8 52 (22.41%) Clean Code
9 45 (19.40%) DevOps
10 36 (15.52%) Scrum
11 34 (14.66%) Test Scripting
12 33 (14.22%) Manual Testing
13 29 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
14 27 (11.64%) Fintech
15 23 (9.91%) Design Patterns
15 23 (9.91%) Problem-Solving
15 23 (9.91%) QA Automation
16 22 (9.48%) Performance Testing
17 21 (9.05%) Microservices
18 20 (8.62%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 94 (40.52%) Java
2 57 (24.57%) C#
3 47 (20.26%) SQL
4 41 (17.67%) JavaScript
5 22 (9.48%) Python
6 11 (4.74%) TypeScript
7 8 (3.45%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.72%) C
9 2 (0.86%) Swift
10 1 (0.43%) PHP
10 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (9.91%) Security Cleared
2 15 (6.47%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.31%) ISTQB
4 8 (3.45%) OSCP
5 6 (2.59%) Degree
5 6 (2.59%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.59%) ISEB
6 1 (0.43%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.43%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.43%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (47.41%) QA
2 19 (8.19%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.45%) GRC
4 3 (1.29%) JTAG
5 2 (0.86%) PMO
6 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.43%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (11.21%) Docker
2 5 (2.16%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (10.78%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.72%) Terraform
3 1 (0.43%) Ansible
3 1 (0.43%) Argo
3 1 (0.43%) Grafana
3 1 (0.43%) Kibana
Vendors
1 15 (6.47%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.29%) Conga
2 3 (1.29%) Lauterbach
2 3 (1.29%) Oracle
2 3 (1.29%) Salesforce
2 3 (1.29%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 2 (0.86%) ServiceNow
3 2 (0.86%) Splunk
4 1 (0.43%) Databricks
4 1 (0.43%) Denodo
4 1 (0.43%) Google
4 1 (0.43%) Talend