API Testing Jobs in the UK excluding London

API Testing
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 642 641 467
Rank change year-on-year -1 -174 -29
Permanent jobs citing API Testing 122 114 426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.19% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.20% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 100 77 317
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £38,899
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £61,375 £67,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,750 £81,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,475 57,466 67,334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.95% 95.60% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 41,116 29,651 41,279
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

API Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing API Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for API Testing in the UK excluding London

API Testing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing API Testing in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for API Testing in the UK excluding London

API Testing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Testing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for API Testing in the UK excluding London

API Testing
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Midlands +15 35 £50,000 +33.33% 4
South East +5 35 £52,500 -8.70% 15
West Midlands +35 26 £52,500 +10.53% 3
North of England +39 21 £47,500 -13.64% 16
Yorkshire +90 12 £50,000 -9.09% 8
South West -11 12 £60,000 +34.08% 2
Scotland -49 10 £36,000 -15.29% 3
East Midlands -8 9 £47,500 +26.67% 1
North West -10 9 £47,500 -13.64% 8
Wales - 8 £43,750 - 2
East of England +11 3 £40,000 +23.08% 2
API Testing
UK

API Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 11 (9.02%) Apache
2 6 (4.92%) Confluence
3 1 (0.82%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 41 (33.61%) Azure
2 18 (14.75%) Azure DevOps
3 12 (9.84%) AWS
4 7 (5.74%) SaaS
5 4 (3.28%) BrowserStack
6 3 (2.46%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (2.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 3 (2.46%) Sauce Labs
7 2 (1.64%) Azure Functions
7 2 (1.64%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.64%) GitHub
7 2 (1.64%) Serverless
8 1 (0.82%) ClickUp
8 1 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.82%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.82%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.28%) Bluetooth
1 4 (3.28%) Ethernet
1 4 (3.28%) FlexRay
1 4 (3.28%) HTTP
1 4 (3.28%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (3.28%) Wireless
2 2 (1.64%) DSL
3 1 (0.82%) Firewall
3 1 (0.82%) Multicast
3 1 (0.82%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.02%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.10%) DynamoDB
2 5 (4.10%) Relational Database
3 4 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.64%) MySQL
5 1 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.82%) GIS
5 1 (0.82%) Redis
Development Applications
1 49 (40.16%) Selenium
2 46 (37.70%) Postman
3 30 (24.59%) JIRA
4 23 (18.85%) Cucumber
4 23 (18.85%) Git
5 22 (18.03%) Cypress.io
6 16 (13.11%) JUnit
6 16 (13.11%) SoapUI
6 16 (13.11%) WebDriver
7 13 (10.66%) TestNG
8 12 (9.84%) REST Assured
8 12 (9.84%) SpecFlow
9 10 (8.20%) Jenkins
10 8 (6.56%) JMeter
11 7 (5.74%) MSTest
12 6 (4.92%) Visual Studio
13 5 (4.10%) eggPlant
13 5 (4.10%) TestRail
14 4 (3.28%) GitLab
14 4 (3.28%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 20 (16.39%) Social Skills
2 13 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (7.38%) Finance
4 8 (6.56%) Legal
5 6 (4.92%) Law
6 5 (4.10%) Marketing
6 5 (4.10%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.28%) Automotive
8 3 (2.46%) Electronics
8 3 (2.46%) Health Technology
8 3 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.46%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.64%) Retail
10 1 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.82%) Local Government
10 1 (0.82%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 34 (27.87%) Test Engineer
2 29 (23.77%) Tester
3 18 (14.75%) QA Engineer
4 16 (13.11%) Automation Tester
5 14 (11.48%) Senior
6 13 (10.66%) Lead
7 9 (7.38%) Automation Engineer
8 8 (6.56%) Analyst
8 8 (6.56%) Developer
8 8 (6.56%) Penetration Tester
9 7 (5.74%) Test Automation Engineer
10 6 (4.92%) QA Automation Engineer
10 6 (4.92%) QA Manager
10 6 (4.92%) Senior Test Engineer
10 6 (4.92%) Test Leader
10 6 (4.92%) Test Manager
11 5 (4.10%) QA Leader
11 5 (4.10%) QA Test Manager
12 4 (3.28%) Test Analyst
13 3 (2.46%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (23.77%) REST
2 15 (12.30%) SOAP
3 14 (11.48%) WireMock
4 13 (10.66%) Swagger
5 11 (9.02%) .NET
5 11 (9.02%) Apache Commons
5 11 (9.02%) Guava
5 11 (9.02%) Java Concurrency
5 11 (9.02%) Web Services
6 10 (8.20%) JSON
6 10 (8.20%) Playwright
7 9 (7.38%) CSS
8 8 (6.56%) XML
9 7 (5.74%) HTML
9 7 (5.74%) React
10 6 (4.92%) RESTful
11 5 (4.10%) AngularJS
11 5 (4.10%) Gherkin
11 5 (4.10%) Node.js
11 5 (4.10%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.56%) Product Ownership
1 8 (6.56%) Security Posture
2 7 (5.74%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (4.92%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (4.10%) IoT
4 5 (4.10%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.28%) Embedded Systems
5 4 (3.28%) Mobile App
6 3 (2.46%) Robotics
7 2 (1.64%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.64%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.82%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.82%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.82%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.82%) PMI
8 1 (0.82%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.38%) Windows
2 4 (3.28%) Linux
3 1 (0.82%) Android
3 1 (0.82%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.82%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (81.97%) Test Automation
2 60 (49.18%) Agile
3 51 (41.80%) Software Testing
4 38 (31.15%) CI/CD
5 32 (26.23%) DevOps
6 29 (23.77%) Test Scripting
7 28 (22.95%) Manual Testing
8 23 (18.85%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (18.85%) Scenario Testing
8 23 (18.85%) Scrum
8 23 (18.85%) Test Strategy
9 19 (15.57%) BDD
10 15 (12.30%) Microservices
10 15 (12.30%) SDET
11 14 (11.48%) Design Patterns
11 14 (11.48%) Non-Functional Testing
12 13 (10.66%) Code Quality
12 13 (10.66%) Penetration Testing
12 13 (10.66%) Performance Testing
13 12 (9.84%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 34 (27.87%) SQL
2 33 (27.05%) C#
2 33 (27.05%) Java
3 25 (20.49%) JavaScript
4 15 (12.30%) Python
5 7 (5.74%) T-SQL
6 6 (4.92%) TypeScript
7 4 (3.28%) C
8 1 (0.82%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.82%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (13.11%) ISTQB
2 12 (9.84%) Security Cleared
3 10 (8.20%) ISEB
4 9 (7.38%) OSCP
5 7 (5.74%) SC Cleared
6 5 (4.10%) Degree
7 3 (2.46%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.82%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.82%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (40.16%) QA
2 8 (6.56%) GRC
3 3 (2.46%) JTAG
4 1 (0.82%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.82%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 19 (15.57%) Docker
2 5 (4.10%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.64%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 18 (14.75%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.46%) Terraform
3 1 (0.82%) Ansible
3 1 (0.82%) Grafana
3 1 (0.82%) Kibana
Vendors
1 13 (10.66%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.46%) Conga
2 3 (2.46%) Lauterbach
2 3 (2.46%) Salesforce
2 3 (2.46%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 1 (0.82%) Denodo
3 1 (0.82%) Google
3 1 (0.82%) Oracle
3 1 (0.82%) ServiceNow
3 1 (0.82%) Splunk
3 1 (0.82%) Talend