API Testing Jobs in the South West

API Testing
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 284 265 249
Rank change year-on-year -19 -16 +6
Permanent jobs citing API Testing 12 6 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.13% 0.088% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.093% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 11 4 50
10th Percentile £52,500 £32,625 £41,125
25th Percentile £53,125 £36,563 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £44,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +34.08% -10.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £72,500 £51,563 £58,750
90th Percentile - £57,075 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,779 6,447 7,673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 83.68% 94.46% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 5,564 3,582 5,012
10th Percentile £28,600 £30,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,270 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

API Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing API Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for API Testing in the South West

API Testing
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing API Testing in the South West.

Salary trend for API Testing in the South West

API Testing
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for API Testing in the South West

API Testing
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing API Testing within the South West 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
Gloucestershire - 6 £65,000 - 3
Bristol +2 5 £60,000 +27.66%
Devon -13 1 £48,423 -
API Testing
England

API Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (25.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 6 (50.00%) JIRA
2 5 (41.67%) Selenium
3 3 (25.00%) Cypress.io
4 1 (8.33%) Cucumber
4 1 (8.33%) Git
4 1 (8.33%) Postman
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Lead
1 5 (41.67%) QA Engineer
2 4 (33.33%) QA Leader
3 3 (25.00%) Test Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) Automation Engineer
4 2 (16.67%) QA Automation Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Senior
5 1 (8.33%) Senior QA Engineer
5 1 (8.33%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) Playwright
1 2 (16.67%) REST
2 1 (8.33%) Nightwatchjs
2 1 (8.33%) Node.js
2 1 (8.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Mobile App
1 3 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (16.67%) Operational Technology
3 1 (8.33%) Low-Code
3 1 (8.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (8.33%) Android
2 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
2 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Test Automation
2 6 (50.00%) Software Testing
3 5 (41.67%) User Stories
4 4 (33.33%) Agile
4 4 (33.33%) Coaching
4 4 (33.33%) Cross-Browser Testing
4 4 (33.33%) QA Automation
4 4 (33.33%) Scrum
4 4 (33.33%) Test Management
5 3 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (25.00%) Performance Testing
5 3 (25.00%) Test Scripting
5 3 (25.00%) Test Strategy
6 2 (16.67%) CI/CD
6 2 (16.67%) Defect Management
6 2 (16.67%) Manual Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (16.67%) Task Automation
6 2 (16.67%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) C#
2 3 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (25.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (8.33%) Java
3 1 (8.33%) Python
3 1 (8.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (8.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Docker