API Testing Job Trends in Preston

API Testing
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Preston requiring API Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing API Testing 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 0.28% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £65,000 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 208 45 165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 57.78% 76.27% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 140 32 136
10th Percentile £32,875 £45,000 £25,625
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,683 £34,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +4.28% +4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £54,793 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £59,700 £66,875
Lancashire median annual salary £45,000 £47,683 £49,308
% change year-on-year -5.63% -3.30% -1.38%

API Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

API Testing job vacancy trend in Preston

API Testing
Salary Trend in Preston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing API Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing API Testing

API Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA