API Testing Job Trends in the City of London

API Testing
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring API Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 139 134 130
Rank change year-on-year -5 -4 -30
Permanent jobs citing API Testing 13 8 40
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.34% 0.42% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.44% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 38
10th Percentile - £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,875 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £62,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% -16.67% -6.25%
75th Percentile £59,063 £84,375 £95,000
90th Percentile £70,875 £96,750 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £63,750 £62,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +2.00% -16.67% -6.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City 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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,102 1,823 2,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.34% 95.85% 91.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,273 1,407 2,107
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,325
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -3.33%

API Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

API Testing job vacancy trend in the City of London

API Testing
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing API Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing API Testing

API Testing
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Testing in the City of London over the 6 months to 25 July 2026.

Salary histogram for API Testing in the City of London

API Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City 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 4 (30.77%) AWS
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) GCP
3 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (7.69%) BrowserStack
3 1 (7.69%) GitHub
3 1 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Wireless
2 1 (7.69%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) MongoDB
1 1 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Burp Suite
1 3 (23.08%) JIRA
1 3 (23.08%) Metasploit
1 3 (23.08%) TestRail
1 3 (23.08%) Zephyr
2 1 (7.69%) Appium
2 1 (7.69%) GitLab
2 1 (7.69%) Jenkins
2 1 (7.69%) Selenium
2 1 (7.69%) WebDriver
General
1 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Games
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Security Manager
1 4 (30.77%) Senior
2 3 (23.08%) Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Digital Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Tester
2 3 (23.08%) Security Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Digital Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Senior Security Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Tester
2 3 (23.08%) UAT Tester
3 1 (7.69%) Engineering Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Programmer
3 1 (7.69%) Python Programmer
3 1 (7.69%) QA Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Quality Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Programmer
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Python Programmer
3 1 (7.69%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Playwright
1 1 (7.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) Mobile App
2 3 (23.08%) Cyber Defence
2 3 (23.08%) Security Posture
3 1 (7.69%) Algorithms
3 1 (7.69%) Low-Code
3 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
3 1 (7.69%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Android
1 1 (7.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Mentoring
2 8 (61.54%) Agile
3 7 (53.85%) Application Security
3 7 (53.85%) Business Strategy
3 7 (53.85%) Business Transformation
3 7 (53.85%) Coaching
3 7 (53.85%) Collaborative Culture
3 7 (53.85%) Creative Thinking
3 7 (53.85%) Internal Audit
3 7 (53.85%) Offensive Security
3 7 (53.85%) Penetration Testing
3 7 (53.85%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (53.85%) Purple Team
3 7 (53.85%) Red Team
4 6 (46.15%) Test Automation
5 4 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (30.77%) Digital Forensics
5 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
5 4 (30.77%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) Python
2 3 (23.08%) Bash
2 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 3 (23.08%) SQL
3 1 (7.69%) C#
3 1 (7.69%) Go
3 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) CCSAM
1 7 (53.85%) CHECK Team Leader
1 7 (53.85%) CHECK Team Member
1 7 (53.85%) CREST Certified
1 7 (53.85%) OSCP
2 4 (30.77%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Nessus