API Testing Jobs

API Testing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring API Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited API Testing over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 636 561 381
Rank change year-on-year -75 -180 +53
Permanent jobs citing API Testing 208 355 1,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.44% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.46% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 149 322 783
10th Percentile £39,750 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £44,250 £50,875 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +9.20% +13.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,938 £74,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,969 76,929 168,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.84% 95.34% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 48,628 50,249 85,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

API Testing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for API Testing in the UK

API Testing
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for API Testing in the UK

API Testing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Testing over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for API Testing in the UK

API Testing
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing API Testing within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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
England -90 187 £55,000 -15.38% 4
UK excluding London -25 113 £52,500 +5.00% 8
Work from Home -61 91 £60,000 -7.69% 5
London -59 80 £62,500 -10.71%
South East -1 36 £53,750 +2.38%
Midlands -3 33 £53,750 +7.50% 3
North of England +13 30 £47,500 -17.39% 1
West Midlands +20 29 £55,000 +22.22% 3
North West -10 18 £47,500 -17.39% 1
Yorkshire +67 11 £50,000 -16.67%
South West -4 7 £60,000 +26.32%
Scotland -42 5 £37,500 -42.31%
East Midlands -33 4 £47,500 -5.00%
East of England -15 2 £60,000 +71.43%
Wales - 2 - -
North East -14 1 £47,148 -24.56%

API Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 17 (8.17%) Apache
2 8 (3.85%) Confluence
3 7 (3.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 49 (23.56%) Azure
2 28 (13.46%) SaaS
3 18 (8.65%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (7.21%) AWS
5 13 (6.25%) Azure Service Bus
6 8 (3.85%) GitHub
6 8 (3.85%) Serverless
7 6 (2.88%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.88%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (2.40%) Azure API Management
8 5 (2.40%) Azure Functions
8 5 (2.40%) Azure Storage
8 5 (2.40%) PaaS
9 4 (1.92%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.96%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (0.96%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.81%) HTTP
2 4 (1.92%) Bluetooth
2 4 (1.92%) Ethernet
2 4 (1.92%) FlexRay
2 4 (1.92%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (1.92%) Wireless
3 2 (0.96%) 3GPP
3 2 (0.96%) 5G
3 2 (0.96%) DSL
3 2 (0.96%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (10.58%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.85%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (2.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.40%) DynamoDB
4 5 (2.40%) Redis
4 5 (2.40%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.96%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.96%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.48%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.48%) MySQL
7 1 (0.48%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.48%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 94 (45.19%) Postman
2 86 (41.35%) Selenium
3 52 (25.00%) Cucumber
4 40 (19.23%) JIRA
5 33 (15.87%) Cypress.io
6 29 (13.94%) Jenkins
7 28 (13.46%) SpecFlow
8 26 (12.50%) SoapUI
9 25 (12.02%) JUnit
10 22 (10.58%) REST Assured
10 22 (10.58%) WebDriver
11 18 (8.65%) Git
11 18 (8.65%) Visual Studio
12 17 (8.17%) TestNG
13 12 (5.77%) JMeter
14 8 (3.85%) GitLab
14 8 (3.85%) Team Foundation Server
15 7 (3.37%) MSTest
16 6 (2.88%) Moq
17 5 (2.40%) TeamCity
General
1 45 (21.63%) Social Skills
2 19 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (7.69%) Finance
4 8 (3.85%) Legal
4 8 (3.85%) Public Sector
5 6 (2.88%) Law
6 4 (1.92%) Automotive
6 4 (1.92%) Marketing
7 3 (1.44%) Back Office
7 3 (1.44%) Electronics
7 3 (1.44%) Health Technology
7 3 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.44%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.96%) Advertising
8 2 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (0.96%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.48%) Games
9 1 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 47 (22.60%) Tester
2 42 (20.19%) Senior
3 41 (19.71%) QA Engineer
4 34 (16.35%) Test Engineer
5 31 (14.90%) Lead
6 25 (12.02%) Automation Tester
7 19 (9.13%) Analyst
8 15 (7.21%) Developer
9 14 (6.73%) Test Analyst
10 9 (4.33%) Senior Tester
10 9 (4.33%) Software Tester
11 8 (3.85%) Penetration Tester
11 8 (3.85%) QA Automation Engineer
12 7 (3.37%) Senior QA Engineer
12 7 (3.37%) Senior Test Engineer
13 6 (2.88%) .NET Developer
13 6 (2.88%) Consultant
13 6 (2.88%) QA Leader
13 6 (2.88%) Technical Consultant
13 6 (2.88%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (29.81%) REST
2 29 (13.94%) .NET
3 26 (12.50%) Playwright
4 21 (10.10%) SOAP
5 20 (9.62%) .NET Framework
5 20 (9.62%) WireMock
6 18 (8.65%) Swagger
6 18 (8.65%) Web Services
7 17 (8.17%) Apache Commons
7 17 (8.17%) Guava
7 17 (8.17%) Java Concurrency
8 15 (7.21%) JSON
9 14 (6.73%) Kafka
10 13 (6.25%) XML
11 11 (5.29%) Node.js
12 10 (4.81%) CSS
12 10 (4.81%) Gherkin
12 10 (4.81%) React
13 9 (4.33%) HTML
14 8 (3.85%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.25%) Product Ownership
2 8 (3.85%) Security Posture
2 8 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (3.37%) Cloud Native
3 7 (3.37%) Mobile App
4 6 (2.88%) PropTech
5 5 (2.40%) Embedded Systems
5 5 (2.40%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.40%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.40%) Replication
6 4 (1.92%) IoT
6 4 (1.92%) W3C
7 2 (0.96%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.96%) NHS
8 1 (0.48%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.48%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.48%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.81%) Linux
1 10 (4.81%) Windows
2 5 (2.40%) Android
2 5 (2.40%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.48%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (67.79%) Test Automation
2 89 (42.79%) Agile
3 80 (38.46%) Software Testing
4 74 (35.58%) CI/CD
5 55 (26.44%) BDD
6 53 (25.48%) SDET
7 48 (23.08%) Test Strategy
8 45 (21.63%) Test Scripting
9 41 (19.71%) DevOps
10 38 (18.27%) Scrum
11 35 (16.83%) Scenario Testing
12 33 (15.87%) Problem-Solving
13 32 (15.38%) Manual Testing
14 28 (13.46%) Microservices
15 27 (12.98%) Design Patterns
15 27 (12.98%) Software Engineering
16 25 (12.02%) Containerisation
17 22 (10.58%) Functional Testing
17 22 (10.58%) Regression Testing
18 21 (10.10%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 69 (33.17%) Java
2 63 (30.29%) C#
3 51 (24.52%) SQL
4 44 (21.15%) JavaScript
5 24 (11.54%) Python
6 15 (7.21%) TypeScript
7 13 (6.25%) T-SQL
8 5 (2.40%) C
9 2 (0.96%) PHP
10 1 (0.48%) C++
10 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 21 (10.10%) SC Cleared
3 16 (7.69%) ISTQB
4 11 (5.29%) Degree
5 8 (3.85%) OSCP
6 6 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.92%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.44%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.44%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.48%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.48%) ISEB
10 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.48%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (47.12%) QA
2 12 (5.77%) Accessibility
3 8 (3.85%) GRC
4 4 (1.92%) WCAG
5 3 (1.44%) JTAG
6 2 (0.96%) NCSC
6 2 (0.96%) PMO
7 1 (0.48%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.48%) HL7
System Software
1 33 (15.87%) Docker
2 6 (2.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (12.02%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.40%) Grafana
2 5 (2.40%) Kibana
3 4 (1.92%) Terraform
4 1 (0.48%) Argo
Vendors
1 22 (10.58%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.29%) Oracle
3 7 (3.37%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.88%) Splunk
5 3 (1.44%) Denodo
5 3 (1.44%) Lauterbach
5 3 (1.44%) Talend
6 2 (0.96%) Informatica
6 2 (0.96%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.48%) Conga
7 1 (0.48%) Databricks
7 1 (0.48%) Google
7 1 (0.48%) New Relic
7 1 (0.48%) OpenLink
7 1 (0.48%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.48%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.48%) Sybase