API Testing Contract Job Trends in West End of London

API Testing
Central London > West End of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West End of London requiring API Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing API Testing 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West End of London 2.38% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £485 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +14.12% -10.53% -20.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West End of London

API Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in West End of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 38 73 53
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London 90.48% 97.33% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 55 25
10th Percentile £393 £401 £203
25th Percentile £463 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -2.42% -0.37%
75th Percentile £638 £593 £650
90th Percentile £650 £675 £820
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £551
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.45% -6.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 1
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +34.62% -
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -20.54%

API Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in West End of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing API Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West End of London.

API Testing job vacancy trend in West End of London

API Testing
Daily Rate Trend in West End of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing API Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West End of London citing API Testing

API Testing
Contract Job Locations in West End of 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 West End of London region over the 6 months to 26 February 2026. 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
Westminster - 1 £450 - 1
API Testing
Central London

API Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West End of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft