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 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 139 60
Rank change year-on-year +16 -79 +45
Permanent jobs citing API Testing 7 23 118
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.31% 0.86% 4.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.91% 4.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3 23 116
10th Percentile £93,500 - £47,500
25th Percentile £95,000 £42,500 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £50,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +110.00% -47.37% +26.67%
75th Percentile £108,750 £65,000 £112,500
90th Percentile £111,000 £85,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £105,000 £50,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +110.00% -47.37% +26.67%

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 1,933 2,541 2,667
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.64% 95.49% 94.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,427 1,630 2,386
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £40,625
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £116,375 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +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
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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Big Data
1 1 (14.29%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Burp Suite
1 2 (28.57%) Metasploit
1 2 (28.57%) SpecFlow
2 1 (14.29%) Cucumber
2 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
2 1 (14.29%) JMeter
2 1 (14.29%) JUnit
2 1 (14.29%) Selenium
2 1 (14.29%) WebDriver
General
1 6 (85.71%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Digital Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Security Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Security Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Digital Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Playwright
2 1 (14.29%) Apache Thrift
2 1 (14.29%) JSON
2 1 (14.29%) Kafka
2 1 (14.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Mobile App
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
1 4 (57.14%) Application Security
1 4 (57.14%) Business Strategy
1 4 (57.14%) Business Transformation
1 4 (57.14%) Coaching
1 4 (57.14%) Collaborative Culture
1 4 (57.14%) Creative Thinking
1 4 (57.14%) Internal Audit
1 4 (57.14%) Mentoring
1 4 (57.14%) Offensive Security
1 4 (57.14%) Penetration Testing
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (57.14%) Purple Team
1 4 (57.14%) Red Team
2 3 (42.86%) SDET
2 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) Digital Forensics
3 2 (28.57%) Ethical Hacking
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Bash
1 2 (28.57%) C#
1 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
1 2 (28.57%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CCSAM
1 4 (57.14%) CHECK Team Leader
1 4 (57.14%) CHECK Team Member
1 4 (57.14%) CREST Certified
1 4 (57.14%) OSCP
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Nessus