API Testing Contracts in Central London

API Testing
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 163 153
Rank change year-on-year +40 -10 +6
Contract jobs citing API Testing 14 13 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.58% 0.34% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.38% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 11 41
10th Percentile £380 £498 £363
25th Percentile £425 £519 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £575 £450
Median % change year-on-year -20.65% +27.78% +9.09%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £625
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £500 £550 £475
% change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +11.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central 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 contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,185 3,446 4,144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.59% 91.36% 91.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,558 2,330 3,170
10th Percentile £350 £325 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.39% +9.48%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
London median daily rate £550 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 29 43
10th Percentile £20.22 £15.20 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £18.50 £22.63
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%
75th Percentile £30.41 £53.75 £53.50
90th Percentile £41.47 £88.30 £65.10
London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -28.21% +6.85% +11.11%

API Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for API Testing in Central London

API Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing API Testing in Central London.

Daily rate trend for API Testing in Central London

API Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing API Testing in Central London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for API Testing in Central London

API Testing
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing API Testing within the Central London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +47 14 £456 -20.65%
API Testing
London

API Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) GitHub
2 3 (21.43%) Azure
3 2 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (14.29%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (7.14%) AWS
4 1 (7.14%) Azure AKS
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Functions
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (7.14%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (42.86%) SpecFlow
2 5 (35.71%) Postman
2 5 (35.71%) Selenium
3 4 (28.57%) Cypress.io
3 4 (28.57%) Jenkins
3 4 (28.57%) JMeter
4 2 (14.29%) Appium
4 2 (14.29%) Cucumber
4 2 (14.29%) JUnit
4 2 (14.29%) REST Assured
4 2 (14.29%) WebDriver
5 1 (7.14%) GitLab
5 1 (7.14%) Mocha
5 1 (7.14%) TeamCity
5 1 (7.14%) TestNG
5 1 (7.14%) TestRail
5 1 (7.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) QA Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Test Automation Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Test Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) QA Automation Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) QA Test Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Senior
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Test Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Test Automation Specialist
3 1 (7.14%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) REST
2 2 (14.29%) Behat
2 2 (14.29%) Gherkin
2 2 (14.29%) React Native
3 1 (7.14%) .NET
3 1 (7.14%) .NET Framework
3 1 (7.14%) Jest
3 1 (7.14%) Kafka
3 1 (7.14%) Node.js
3 1 (7.14%) React
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) Test Automation
2 10 (71.43%) CI/CD
3 7 (50.00%) Performance Testing
4 6 (42.86%) Test Strategy
5 5 (35.71%) ETRM
6 3 (21.43%) DevOps
6 3 (21.43%) Fintech
7 2 (14.29%) Migration
8 1 (7.14%) Agile
8 1 (7.14%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (7.14%) CRM
8 1 (7.14%) Data Migration
8 1 (7.14%) Integration Testing
8 1 (7.14%) Load Testing
8 1 (7.14%) Logistics
8 1 (7.14%) Regression Testing
8 1 (7.14%) Software Engineering
8 1 (7.14%) Software Testing
8 1 (7.14%) Test Management
8 1 (7.14%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) C#
2 6 (42.86%) SQL
3 2 (14.29%) Java
3 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 2 (14.29%) PHP
3 2 (14.29%) Python
4 1 (7.14%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (78.57%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.14%) Argo
2 1 (7.14%) Terraform