API Testing Jobs with Work from Home Options

API Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 428 396 327
Rank change year-on-year -32 -69 +52
Permanent jobs citing API Testing 147 283 780
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.43% 0.70% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.73% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 134 260 424
10th Percentile £41,625 £42,500 £39,300
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +12.50% +20.00%
75th Percentile £102,500 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £100,000 £85,000
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
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 permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30,838 38,971 69,157
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.21% 96.04% 97.04%
Number of salaries quoted 23,338 27,094 41,652
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

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
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

API Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

API Testing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing API Testing over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

API Testing salary histogram 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 5 (3.40%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 38 (25.85%) SaaS
2 33 (22.45%) Azure
3 16 (10.88%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (5.44%) GitHub
5 5 (3.40%) AWS
5 5 (3.40%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (2.72%) BrowserStack
6 4 (2.72%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (2.72%) PaaS
7 3 (2.04%) Azure API Management
7 3 (2.04%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (2.04%) Azure Storage
7 3 (2.04%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.04%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.04%) Sauce Labs
7 3 (2.04%) Serverless
8 1 (0.68%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.68%) Firewall
1 1 (0.68%) HTTP
1 1 (0.68%) Multicast
1 1 (0.68%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.72%) Redis
1 4 (2.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 95 (64.63%) Postman
2 82 (55.78%) Selenium
3 80 (54.42%) Cucumber
4 70 (47.62%) Jenkins
5 33 (22.45%) Cypress.io
6 23 (15.65%) SpecFlow
7 22 (14.97%) JIRA
8 13 (8.84%) REST Assured
9 10 (6.80%) JUnit
10 9 (6.12%) Git
10 9 (6.12%) JMeter
10 9 (6.12%) TeamCity
11 8 (5.44%) SoapUI
12 6 (4.08%) WebDriver
13 5 (3.40%) eggPlant
13 5 (3.40%) TestNG
14 4 (2.72%) Appium
14 4 (2.72%) GitLab
14 4 (2.72%) Mockito
15 3 (2.04%) Moq
General
1 21 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 12 (8.16%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (5.44%) Legal
3 8 (5.44%) Public Sector
4 7 (4.76%) Finance
5 4 (2.72%) Health Technology
5 4 (2.72%) Law
6 3 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (1.36%) Tech for Good
8 1 (0.68%) Advertising
8 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (29.93%) Lead
2 35 (23.81%) Senior
3 32 (21.77%) Tester
4 31 (21.09%) QA Engineer
5 12 (8.16%) Automation Tester
6 9 (6.12%) Software Tester
7 8 (5.44%) Automation Engineer
7 8 (5.44%) Penetration Tester
7 8 (5.44%) Test Engineer
8 7 (4.76%) QA Automation Engineer
8 7 (4.76%) Senior Tester
9 6 (4.08%) QA Leader
9 6 (4.08%) Senior QA Engineer
10 5 (3.40%) Analyst
11 4 (2.72%) Senior Software Tester
11 4 (2.72%) Test Analyst
11 4 (2.72%) Test Leader
12 3 (2.04%) Automation Test Lead
12 3 (2.04%) Developer
12 3 (2.04%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (44.90%) REST
2 16 (10.88%) .NET
3 14 (9.52%) .NET Framework
3 14 (9.52%) WebdriverIO
4 13 (8.84%) Swagger
5 10 (6.80%) Playwright
6 9 (6.12%) Gherkin
6 9 (6.12%) WireMock
7 5 (3.40%) Apache Commons
7 5 (3.40%) Guava
7 5 (3.40%) Java Concurrency
7 5 (3.40%) Kafka
7 5 (3.40%) Nightwatchjs
7 5 (3.40%) Node.js
7 5 (3.40%) Web Services
8 4 (2.72%) Spring
8 4 (2.72%) Spring Boot
9 3 (2.04%) .NET Core
9 3 (2.04%) ASP.NET
9 3 (2.04%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.80%) Product Ownership
2 8 (5.44%) Mobile App
2 8 (5.44%) Security Posture
3 7 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (3.40%) Replication
5 4 (2.72%) Client/Server
5 4 (2.72%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.72%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.72%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (2.04%) W3C
7 2 (1.36%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.36%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.84%) Windows
2 5 (3.40%) Android
2 5 (3.40%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.36%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (59.18%) CI/CD
2 71 (48.30%) Test Automation
3 68 (46.26%) SDET
4 67 (45.58%) BDD
5 53 (36.05%) Test Strategy
6 50 (34.01%) Clean Code
7 40 (27.21%) Agile
8 38 (25.85%) Software Testing
9 29 (19.73%) DevOps
10 25 (17.01%) Fintech
11 21 (14.29%) Line Management
11 21 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
11 21 (14.29%) Scrum
11 21 (14.29%) Test Scripting
12 20 (13.61%) Microservices
13 16 (10.88%) QA Automation
14 14 (9.52%) Design Patterns
14 14 (9.52%) Software Engineering
15 12 (8.16%) Manual Testing
15 12 (8.16%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 66 (44.90%) Java
2 35 (23.81%) C#
3 31 (21.09%) JavaScript
4 19 (12.93%) SQL
5 9 (6.12%) TypeScript
6 4 (2.72%) Python
7 2 (1.36%) Swift
8 1 (0.68%) PHP
Qualifications
1 13 (8.84%) Security Cleared
2 9 (6.12%) ISTQB
2 9 (6.12%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.44%) Degree
3 8 (5.44%) OSCP
4 6 (4.08%) ISEB
5 5 (3.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.36%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.36%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (59.18%) QA
2 13 (8.84%) Accessibility
3 8 (5.44%) GRC
4 3 (2.04%) WCAG
5 2 (1.36%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (8.16%) Docker
2 5 (3.40%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (6.12%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.72%) Grafana
2 4 (2.72%) Kibana
2 4 (2.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (8.84%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.40%) ServiceNow
3 4 (2.72%) Splunk
4 1 (0.68%) OpenAI