API Testing Jobs in England

API Testing
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for API Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited API Testing over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 612 534 386
Rank change year-on-year -78 -148 +49
Permanent jobs citing API Testing 237 440 1,303
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.28% 0.49% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.51% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 210 378 733
10th Percentile £42,375 £42,000 £37,000
25th Percentile £49,063 £53,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% +14.29%
75th Percentile £95,000 £84,688 £75,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £100,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

API Testing is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,372 86,501 127,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.52% 95.63% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 53,935 51,101 73,310
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

API Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for API Testing in England

API Testing
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing API Testing in England.

Salary trend for API Testing in England

API Testing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Testing in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for API Testing in England

API Testing
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing API Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -44 129 £75,000 +7.14% 13
South East +11 36 £52,500 -8.70% 15
Midlands +21 35 £50,000 +33.33% 4
West Midlands +30 26 £52,500 +10.53% 3
North of England +24 17 £50,000 -9.09% 14
South West -19 12 £60,000 +34.08% 4
Yorkshire +86 11 £57,500 +4.55% 9
East Midlands -14 9 £47,500 +26.67% 1
North West -13 6 £47,500 -13.64% 5
East of England +5 3 £40,000 +23.08% 5
API Testing
UK

API Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (6.75%) Apache
2 6 (2.53%) Confluence
3 2 (0.84%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.42%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 6 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 62 (26.16%) Azure
2 40 (16.88%) SaaS
3 30 (12.66%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (7.59%) AWS
5 14 (5.91%) Azure Service Bus
6 13 (5.49%) Serverless
7 12 (5.06%) Azure Functions
8 9 (3.80%) Azure API Management
8 9 (3.80%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (3.80%) Azure Logic Apps
8 9 (3.80%) GitHub
9 4 (1.69%) BrowserStack
10 3 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (1.27%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 3 (1.27%) Sauce Labs
11 1 (0.42%) Amazon SQS
11 1 (0.42%) GCP
11 1 (0.42%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.69%) Bluetooth
1 4 (1.69%) Ethernet
1 4 (1.69%) FlexRay
1 4 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
1 4 (1.69%) Wireless
2 3 (1.27%) HTTP
3 1 (0.42%) Firewall
3 1 (0.42%) Multicast
3 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.06%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.11%) DynamoDB
2 5 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.11%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.42%) Delta Lake
3 1 (0.42%) GIS
3 1 (0.42%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.42%) Power BI
3 1 (0.42%) Redis
3 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 126 (53.16%) Postman
2 106 (44.73%) Cucumber
2 106 (44.73%) Selenium
3 81 (34.18%) Jenkins
4 43 (18.14%) Cypress.io
5 34 (14.35%) JIRA
6 28 (11.81%) SpecFlow
7 26 (10.97%) REST Assured
8 25 (10.55%) JUnit
9 24 (10.13%) SoapUI
10 19 (8.02%) JMeter
10 19 (8.02%) TestNG
11 18 (7.59%) WebDriver
12 17 (7.17%) Git
13 11 (4.64%) TeamCity
14 9 (3.80%) Gatling
15 7 (2.95%) MSTest
16 6 (2.53%) Appium
16 6 (2.53%) LoadRunner
17 5 (2.11%) TestRail
General
1 44 (18.57%) Social Skills
2 15 (6.33%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (5.91%) Public Sector
4 9 (3.80%) Finance
4 9 (3.80%) Law
5 8 (3.38%) Legal
5 8 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (2.11%) Marketing
7 4 (1.69%) Automotive
7 4 (1.69%) Tech for Good
8 3 (1.27%) Electronics
8 3 (1.27%) Health Technology
8 3 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.84%) Retail
10 1 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Games
10 1 (0.42%) Local Government
10 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 53 (22.36%) Lead
2 52 (21.94%) Tester
3 43 (18.14%) Senior
4 39 (16.46%) QA Engineer
5 28 (11.81%) Test Engineer
6 26 (10.97%) Automation Tester
7 18 (7.59%) Developer
8 11 (4.64%) Analyst
8 11 (4.64%) C# Developer
8 11 (4.64%) QA Automation Engineer
9 10 (4.22%) Azure Developer
9 10 (4.22%) QA Leader
10 9 (3.80%) Software Tester
11 8 (3.38%) Penetration Tester
11 8 (3.38%) QA Manager
12 7 (2.95%) Automation Engineer
12 7 (2.95%) Senior Tester
12 7 (2.95%) Test Analyst
12 7 (2.95%) Test Automation Engineer
12 7 (2.95%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (42.62%) REST
2 25 (10.55%) .NET
3 22 (9.28%) Swagger
4 19 (8.02%) Playwright
4 19 (8.02%) WireMock
5 18 (7.59%) .NET Framework
6 16 (6.75%) Apache Commons
6 16 (6.75%) Guava
6 16 (6.75%) Java Concurrency
6 16 (6.75%) SOAP
7 12 (5.06%) Gherkin
7 12 (5.06%) React
7 12 (5.06%) WebdriverIO
8 10 (4.22%) Kafka
8 10 (4.22%) Web Services
9 9 (3.80%) JSON
9 9 (3.80%) OpenAPI
9 9 (3.80%) XML
10 8 (3.38%) RESTful
11 7 (2.95%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.22%) Greenfield Project
2 8 (3.38%) Security Posture
3 7 (2.95%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.53%) IoT
5 5 (2.11%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.69%) Client/Server
6 4 (1.69%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (1.69%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.69%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.27%) Robotics
8 2 (0.84%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.42%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.42%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.42%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.42%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.42%) PMI
9 1 (0.42%) Replication
9 1 (0.42%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.06%) Windows
2 11 (4.64%) Linux
3 1 (0.42%) Android
3 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.42%) Debian
3 1 (0.42%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (57.38%) Test Automation
2 119 (50.21%) CI/CD
3 90 (37.97%) SDET
4 83 (35.02%) Agile
4 83 (35.02%) BDD
5 74 (31.22%) Test Strategy
6 64 (27.00%) Software Testing
7 57 (24.05%) Clean Code
8 46 (19.41%) DevOps
9 35 (14.77%) Scrum
10 33 (13.92%) Test Scripting
11 32 (13.50%) Manual Testing
12 29 (12.24%) Fintech
13 27 (11.39%) Scenario Testing
14 23 (9.70%) Performance Testing
14 23 (9.70%) QA Automation
15 22 (9.28%) Design Patterns
16 21 (8.86%) Line Management
16 21 (8.86%) Problem-Solving
17 20 (8.44%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 97 (40.93%) Java
2 59 (24.89%) C#
3 46 (19.41%) SQL
4 43 (18.14%) JavaScript
5 23 (9.70%) Python
6 11 (4.64%) TypeScript
7 8 (3.38%) T-SQL
8 4 (1.69%) C
9 3 (1.27%) Swift
10 2 (0.84%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.42%) PHP
11 1 (0.42%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 23 (9.70%) Security Cleared
2 15 (6.33%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.64%) ISTQB
4 9 (3.80%) OSCP
5 6 (2.53%) Degree
5 6 (2.53%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.53%) ISEB
6 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.42%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 1 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.42%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (46.84%) QA
2 20 (8.44%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.38%) GRC
4 3 (1.27%) JTAG
5 2 (0.84%) PMO
6 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 28 (11.81%) Docker
2 5 (2.11%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 26 (10.97%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.69%) Terraform
3 2 (0.84%) Ansible
4 1 (0.42%) Argo
4 1 (0.42%) Consul
4 1 (0.42%) Grafana
4 1 (0.42%) Kibana
Vendors
1 15 (6.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.27%) Conga
2 3 (1.27%) Lauterbach
2 3 (1.27%) Oracle
2 3 (1.27%) Salesforce
2 3 (1.27%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 2 (0.84%) ServiceNow
3 2 (0.84%) Splunk
4 1 (0.42%) Databricks
4 1 (0.42%) Denodo
4 1 (0.42%) Google
4 1 (0.42%) Talend