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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 425 398 326
Rank change year-on-year -27 -72 +47
Permanent jobs citing API Testing 154 290 739
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.46% 0.70% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.73% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 142 266 413
10th Percentile £41,375 £43,750 £38,919
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £69,412 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% +15.69% +20.00%
75th Percentile £102,500 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £100,000 £89,750
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 30,887 39,758 66,711
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.37% 96.08% 97.00%
Number of salaries quoted 23,439 27,659 41,086
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,750
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 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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

API Testing
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 12 May 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 (3.25%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 41 (26.62%) SaaS
2 34 (22.08%) Azure
3 18 (11.69%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (5.19%) GitHub
5 5 (3.25%) AWS
6 4 (2.60%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (2.60%) BrowserStack
6 4 (2.60%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (2.60%) PaaS
7 3 (1.95%) Azure API Management
7 3 (1.95%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (1.95%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (1.95%) Azure Storage
7 3 (1.95%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.95%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.95%) Sauce Labs
7 3 (1.95%) Serverless
8 1 (0.65%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.65%) Firewall
1 1 (0.65%) HTTP
1 1 (0.65%) Multicast
1 1 (0.65%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.60%) Redis
1 4 (2.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 102 (66.23%) Postman
2 89 (57.79%) Selenium
3 87 (56.49%) Cucumber
4 77 (50.00%) Jenkins
5 35 (22.73%) Cypress.io
6 25 (16.23%) SpecFlow
7 22 (14.29%) JIRA
8 13 (8.44%) REST Assured
9 11 (7.14%) JMeter
9 11 (7.14%) TeamCity
10 10 (6.49%) Git
10 10 (6.49%) JUnit
11 8 (5.19%) SoapUI
12 6 (3.90%) WebDriver
13 5 (3.25%) Appium
13 5 (3.25%) eggPlant
13 5 (3.25%) TestNG
14 4 (2.60%) Gatling
14 4 (2.60%) GitLab
14 4 (2.60%) Mockito
General
1 19 (12.34%) Social Skills
2 12 (7.79%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (5.19%) Legal
3 8 (5.19%) Public Sector
4 7 (4.55%) Finance
5 4 (2.60%) Health Technology
5 4 (2.60%) Law
6 3 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (1.95%) Tech for Good
7 2 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.65%) Advertising
8 1 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (29.22%) Lead
2 36 (23.38%) Senior
3 31 (20.13%) QA Engineer
4 30 (19.48%) Tester
5 12 (7.79%) Automation Tester
6 9 (5.84%) Software Tester
6 9 (5.84%) Test Engineer
7 8 (5.19%) Automation Engineer
7 8 (5.19%) Penetration Tester
8 7 (4.55%) QA Automation Engineer
9 6 (3.90%) QA Leader
9 6 (3.90%) Senior QA Engineer
10 5 (3.25%) Analyst
10 5 (3.25%) Senior Tester
11 4 (2.60%) Senior Software Tester
11 4 (2.60%) Test Analyst
11 4 (2.60%) Test Leader
12 3 (1.95%) Developer
12 3 (1.95%) Lead Developer
12 3 (1.95%) QA Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (47.40%) REST
2 18 (11.69%) .NET
3 16 (10.39%) .NET Framework
4 15 (9.74%) WebdriverIO
5 12 (7.79%) Swagger
6 10 (6.49%) Playwright
7 9 (5.84%) Gherkin
7 9 (5.84%) WireMock
8 5 (3.25%) Apache Commons
8 5 (3.25%) Guava
8 5 (3.25%) Java Concurrency
8 5 (3.25%) Nightwatchjs
8 5 (3.25%) Node.js
8 5 (3.25%) Web Services
9 4 (2.60%) Kafka
9 4 (2.60%) Spring
9 4 (2.60%) Spring Boot
10 3 (1.95%) Entity Framework
10 3 (1.95%) pytest
10 3 (1.95%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.49%) Product Ownership
2 9 (5.84%) Greenfield Project
3 8 (5.19%) Mobile App
3 8 (5.19%) Security Posture
4 5 (3.25%) Replication
5 4 (2.60%) Client/Server
5 4 (2.60%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.60%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.60%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (1.95%) W3C
7 2 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.30%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.44%) Windows
2 5 (3.25%) Android
2 5 (3.25%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.95%) Linux
4 1 (0.65%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (59.74%) CI/CD
2 76 (49.35%) SDET
3 73 (47.40%) Test Automation
4 72 (46.75%) BDD
5 56 (36.36%) Clean Code
5 56 (36.36%) Test Strategy
6 39 (25.32%) Agile
6 39 (25.32%) Software Testing
7 30 (19.48%) DevOps
8 27 (17.53%) Fintech
9 22 (14.29%) Line Management
9 22 (14.29%) Test Scripting
10 20 (12.99%) Microservices
11 19 (12.34%) Problem-Solving
11 19 (12.34%) Scrum
12 16 (10.39%) QA Automation
13 13 (8.44%) Design Patterns
13 13 (8.44%) Manual Testing
13 13 (8.44%) Software Engineering
14 12 (7.79%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 69 (44.81%) Java
2 37 (24.03%) C#
3 34 (22.08%) JavaScript
4 19 (12.34%) SQL
5 9 (5.84%) TypeScript
6 5 (3.25%) Python
7 3 (1.95%) Swift
8 1 (0.65%) PHP
8 1 (0.65%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 11 (7.14%) Security Cleared
2 9 (5.84%) ISTQB
3 8 (5.19%) Degree
3 8 (5.19%) OSCP
4 7 (4.55%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.90%) ISEB
6 5 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.30%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.65%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (58.44%) QA
2 15 (9.74%) Accessibility
3 8 (5.19%) GRC
4 3 (1.95%) WCAG
5 2 (1.30%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (8.44%) Docker
2 5 (3.25%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.95%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (5.84%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.60%) Grafana
2 4 (2.60%) Kibana
2 4 (2.60%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (8.44%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.25%) ServiceNow
3 4 (2.60%) Splunk
4 1 (0.65%) OpenAI