API Testing Job Trends in Devon

API Testing
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Devon requiring API Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - 60
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Permanent jobs citing API Testing 19 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Devon 2.68% - 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.68% - 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 14 0 1
10th Percentile £40,125 - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - £47,459
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - £48,423
75th Percentile £57,500 - £49,386
90th Percentile £59,250 - -
South West median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £58,750
% change year-on-year +11.76% -27.66% +17.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 516 344 408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Devon 72.88% 88.43% 75.56%
Number of salaries quoted 326 119 351
10th Percentile £25,500 £29,400 £23,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +20.00% +6.25%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,500 £53,544
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,000 £61,250
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

API Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

API Testing job vacancy trend in Devon

API Testing
Salary Trend in Devon

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing API Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing API Testing

API Testing
Salary Histogram in Devon

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Testing in Devon over the 6 months to 23 February 2026.

Salary histogram for API Testing in Devon

API Testing
Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing API Testing within the Devon region over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Plymouth - 10 £47,500 - 1
Exeter - 7 £40,000 -
API Testing
South West

API Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 19 (100.00%) Azure
1 19 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.26%) Azure AKS
2 1 (5.26%) GitHub
2 1 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (5.26%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 18 (94.74%) Cypress.io
2 11 (57.89%) Selenium
General
1 1 (5.26%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Lead
2 10 (52.63%) QA Leader
3 8 (42.11%) Test Leader
4 5 (26.32%) Automation Tester
4 5 (26.32%) Tester
5 2 (10.53%) Automation Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) QA Automation Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) QA Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) .NET Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Lead Test Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) QA Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) QA Test Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Senior
6 1 (5.26%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (94.74%) Playwright
2 2 (10.53%) .NET
2 2 (10.53%) .NET Core
3 1 (5.26%) .NET Framework
3 1 (5.26%) React Native
3 1 (5.26%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) DevOps
2 18 (94.74%) CI/CD
2 18 (94.74%) Test Automation
3 17 (89.47%) Manual Testing
4 11 (57.89%) SDLC
4 11 (57.89%) User Acceptance Testing
5 10 (52.63%) Acceptance Criteria
5 10 (52.63%) Customer Service
5 10 (52.63%) Regression Testing
5 10 (52.63%) Root Cause Analysis
6 7 (36.84%) Computer Science
6 7 (36.84%) Software Engineering
6 7 (36.84%) Test Scripting
6 7 (36.84%) Test Strategy
6 7 (36.84%) Ticket Management
7 2 (10.53%) QA Automation
8 1 (5.26%) API Design
8 1 (5.26%) Containerisation
8 1 (5.26%) Mentoring
8 1 (5.26%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (42.11%) C#
2 7 (36.84%) JavaScript
2 7 (36.84%) TypeScript
3 2 (10.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (36.84%) Degree
1 7 (36.84%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (94.74%) QA
2 10 (52.63%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Docker