API Testing Jobs with Work from Home Options

API Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 413 385 331
Rank change year-on-year -28 -54 +44
Permanent jobs citing API Testing 168 322 695
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.50% 0.74% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.77% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 156 293 403
10th Percentile £41,875 £45,000 £37,750
25th Percentile £52,187 £55,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £102,500 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £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
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,001 41,929 64,513
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.73% 96.07% 96.89%
Number of salaries quoted 23,603 28,952 41,201
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

API Testing
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing API Testing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

API Testing trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing API Testing.

API Testing salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

API Testing
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing API Testing over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

API Testing salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

API Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (2.98%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (2.98%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 45 (26.79%) SaaS
2 34 (20.24%) Azure
3 19 (11.31%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (5.36%) GitHub
5 7 (4.17%) AWS
6 5 (2.98%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (2.38%) BrowserStack
7 4 (2.38%) PaaS
8 3 (1.79%) Azure API Management
8 3 (1.79%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (1.79%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (1.79%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (1.79%) Azure Storage
8 3 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.79%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.79%) Sauce Labs
8 3 (1.79%) Serverless
9 1 (0.60%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.60%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.60%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.60%) Firewall
1 1 (0.60%) HTTP
1 1 (0.60%) Multicast
1 1 (0.60%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.38%) Redis
1 4 (2.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.60%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 116 (69.05%) Postman
2 102 (60.71%) Cucumber
3 101 (60.12%) Selenium
4 90 (53.57%) Jenkins
5 40 (23.81%) Cypress.io
6 26 (15.48%) SpecFlow
7 22 (13.10%) JIRA
8 14 (8.33%) REST Assured
9 13 (7.74%) JMeter
9 13 (7.74%) TeamCity
10 12 (7.14%) JUnit
11 9 (5.36%) Git
11 9 (5.36%) SoapUI
12 7 (4.17%) Appium
13 6 (3.57%) Gatling
13 6 (3.57%) TestNG
13 6 (3.57%) WebDriver
14 5 (2.98%) eggPlant
14 5 (2.98%) GitLab
14 5 (2.98%) Mockito
General
1 20 (11.90%) Social Skills
2 12 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (5.36%) Public Sector
4 8 (4.76%) Finance
4 8 (4.76%) Legal
4 8 (4.76%) Tech for Good
5 4 (2.38%) Health Technology
5 4 (2.38%) Law
6 3 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.60%) Advertising
8 1 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (29.76%) Lead
2 43 (25.60%) Senior
3 32 (19.05%) Tester
4 30 (17.86%) QA Engineer
5 13 (7.74%) Automation Tester
6 9 (5.36%) Penetration Tester
6 9 (5.36%) Software Tester
6 9 (5.36%) Test Engineer
7 8 (4.76%) QA Leader
8 7 (4.17%) Automation Engineer
9 6 (3.57%) QA Automation Engineer
9 6 (3.57%) Senior QA Engineer
9 6 (3.57%) Senior Tester
10 5 (2.98%) Test Leader
11 4 (2.38%) Analyst
11 4 (2.38%) QA Manager
11 4 (2.38%) Senior Software Tester
12 3 (1.79%) Developer
12 3 (1.79%) Lead Developer
12 3 (1.79%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (52.38%) REST
2 18 (10.71%) .NET
3 17 (10.12%) WebdriverIO
4 16 (9.52%) .NET Framework
5 11 (6.55%) Playwright
5 11 (6.55%) Swagger
6 9 (5.36%) WireMock
7 8 (4.76%) Gherkin
8 6 (3.57%) Node.js
8 6 (3.57%) pytest
8 6 (3.57%) React Native
8 6 (3.57%) Web Services
9 5 (2.98%) Apache Commons
9 5 (2.98%) Guava
9 5 (2.98%) Java Concurrency
9 5 (2.98%) Nightwatchjs
9 5 (2.98%) Spring
10 4 (2.38%) Kafka
10 4 (2.38%) Spring Boot
11 3 (1.79%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.55%) Greenfield Project
2 8 (4.76%) Product Ownership
2 8 (4.76%) Security Posture
3 7 (4.17%) Mobile App
4 5 (2.98%) Renewable Energy
4 5 (2.98%) Replication
5 4 (2.38%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.38%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.79%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.79%) W3C
7 2 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.19%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.60%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.33%) Windows
2 5 (2.98%) Android
2 5 (2.98%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.38%) Linux
4 1 (0.60%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (62.50%) CI/CD
2 86 (51.19%) SDET
3 80 (47.62%) BDD
4 75 (44.64%) Test Automation
5 67 (39.88%) Clean Code
6 63 (37.50%) Test Strategy
7 39 (23.21%) Agile
8 36 (21.43%) Software Testing
9 31 (18.45%) Fintech
10 28 (16.67%) DevOps
11 24 (14.29%) Line Management
12 22 (13.10%) Test Scripting
13 20 (11.90%) Microservices
14 19 (11.31%) Problem-Solving
14 19 (11.31%) Scrum
15 16 (9.52%) QA Automation
16 14 (8.33%) Performance Testing
17 13 (7.74%) Manual Testing
18 12 (7.14%) Design Patterns
19 11 (6.55%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 79 (47.02%) Java
2 43 (25.60%) JavaScript
3 39 (23.21%) C#
4 16 (9.52%) SQL
5 10 (5.95%) TypeScript
6 9 (5.36%) Python
7 6 (3.57%) Swift
8 1 (0.60%) PHP
8 1 (0.60%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.60%) Ruby
8 1 (0.60%) Scala
Qualifications
1 11 (6.55%) Security Cleared
2 9 (5.36%) ISTQB
2 9 (5.36%) OSCP
3 8 (4.76%) Degree
4 7 (4.17%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.57%) ISEB
6 5 (2.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.19%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.60%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.60%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (60.12%) QA
2 18 (10.71%) Accessibility
3 8 (4.76%) GRC
4 3 (1.79%) WCAG
5 2 (1.19%) PMO
6 1 (0.60%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 14 (8.33%) Docker
2 5 (2.98%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (5.95%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.38%) Grafana
2 4 (2.38%) Kibana
2 4 (2.38%) Terraform
3 1 (0.60%) Ansible
3 1 (0.60%) Consul
3 1 (0.60%) Nessus
3 1 (0.60%) Nmap
Vendors
1 13 (7.74%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.98%) ServiceNow
3 4 (2.38%) Splunk
4 1 (0.60%) OpenAI