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

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 449 398 322
Rank change year-on-year -51 -76 +52
Permanent jobs citing API Testing 136 272 818
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.40% 0.68% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.71% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 121 250 425
10th Percentile £41,250 £44,750 £40,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +12.50% +20.00%
75th Percentile £102,500 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £100,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +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 31,100 38,207 71,189
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.53% 96.06% 97.13%
Number of salaries quoted 23,476 26,508 41,843
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,621 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +4.37% +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 28 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 (3.68%) Apache
Applications
1 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 35 (25.74%) SaaS
2 33 (24.26%) Azure
3 15 (11.03%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (5.88%) GitHub
5 6 (4.41%) Azure Service Bus
6 5 (3.68%) AWS
7 4 (2.94%) BrowserStack
7 4 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (2.94%) PaaS
8 3 (2.21%) Azure API Management
8 3 (2.21%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (2.21%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (2.21%) Azure Storage
8 3 (2.21%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.21%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.21%) Sauce Labs
8 3 (2.21%) Serverless
9 1 (0.74%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.74%) Firewall
1 1 (0.74%) HTTP
1 1 (0.74%) Multicast
1 1 (0.74%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.94%) Redis
1 4 (2.94%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 88 (64.71%) Postman
2 75 (55.15%) Selenium
3 71 (52.21%) Cucumber
4 63 (46.32%) Jenkins
5 29 (21.32%) Cypress.io
6 22 (16.18%) JIRA
6 22 (16.18%) SpecFlow
7 13 (9.56%) REST Assured
8 10 (7.35%) JUnit
9 9 (6.62%) Git
10 8 (5.88%) JMeter
10 8 (5.88%) SoapUI
10 8 (5.88%) TeamCity
11 6 (4.41%) WebDriver
12 5 (3.68%) eggPlant
12 5 (3.68%) TestNG
13 4 (2.94%) GitLab
13 4 (2.94%) Mockito
14 3 (2.21%) Moq
14 3 (2.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (14.71%) Social Skills
2 12 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (5.88%) Legal
3 8 (5.88%) Public Sector
4 6 (4.41%) Finance
5 4 (2.94%) Health Technology
5 4 (2.94%) Law
6 3 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.74%) Advertising
8 1 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.74%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 40 (29.41%) Lead
2 32 (23.53%) Tester
3 31 (22.79%) Senior
4 29 (21.32%) QA Engineer
5 12 (8.82%) Automation Tester
6 9 (6.62%) Software Tester
7 8 (5.88%) Penetration Tester
7 8 (5.88%) Test Engineer
8 7 (5.15%) Automation Engineer
8 7 (5.15%) Senior Tester
9 6 (4.41%) QA Automation Engineer
10 5 (3.68%) Analyst
10 5 (3.68%) Senior QA Engineer
11 4 (2.94%) QA Leader
11 4 (2.94%) Senior Software Tester
11 4 (2.94%) Test Analyst
11 4 (2.94%) Test Leader
12 3 (2.21%) Developer
12 3 (2.21%) Lead Developer
12 3 (2.21%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (43.38%) REST
2 15 (11.03%) .NET
3 14 (10.29%) Swagger
4 13 (9.56%) .NET Framework
5 12 (8.82%) WebdriverIO
6 9 (6.62%) Gherkin
6 9 (6.62%) Playwright
6 9 (6.62%) WireMock
7 6 (4.41%) Kafka
7 6 (4.41%) Web Services
8 5 (3.68%) Apache Commons
8 5 (3.68%) Guava
8 5 (3.68%) Java Concurrency
8 5 (3.68%) Nightwatchjs
8 5 (3.68%) Node.js
9 4 (2.94%) Spring
9 4 (2.94%) Spring Boot
10 3 (2.21%) ASP.NET
10 3 (2.21%) ASP.NET MVC
10 3 (2.21%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.62%) Product Ownership
2 8 (5.88%) Mobile App
2 8 (5.88%) Security Posture
3 6 (4.41%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (3.68%) Replication
5 4 (2.94%) Client/Server
5 4 (2.94%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.94%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.94%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (2.21%) W3C
7 2 (1.47%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.47%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.56%) Windows
2 5 (3.68%) Android
2 5 (3.68%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (56.62%) CI/CD
2 67 (49.26%) Test Automation
3 62 (45.59%) BDD
4 60 (44.12%) SDET
5 47 (34.56%) Test Strategy
6 43 (31.62%) Clean Code
7 39 (28.68%) Agile
8 38 (27.94%) Software Testing
9 28 (20.59%) DevOps
10 21 (15.44%) Fintech
10 21 (15.44%) Microservices
10 21 (15.44%) Test Scripting
11 20 (14.71%) Line Management
11 20 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
11 20 (14.71%) Scrum
12 15 (11.03%) Software Engineering
13 14 (10.29%) Design Patterns
13 14 (10.29%) QA Automation
14 12 (8.82%) Regression Testing
14 12 (8.82%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 60 (44.12%) Java
2 32 (23.53%) C#
3 26 (19.12%) JavaScript
4 19 (13.97%) SQL
5 7 (5.15%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.21%) Python
7 1 (0.74%) PHP
7 1 (0.74%) Swift
Qualifications
1 13 (9.56%) Security Cleared
2 10 (7.35%) ISTQB
3 9 (6.62%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.88%) Degree
4 8 (5.88%) OSCP
5 6 (4.41%) ISEB
6 5 (3.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.47%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.47%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (56.62%) QA
2 12 (8.82%) Accessibility
3 8 (5.88%) GRC
4 3 (2.21%) WCAG
5 2 (1.47%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (8.82%) Docker
2 5 (3.68%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (6.62%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.94%) Grafana
2 4 (2.94%) Kibana
2 4 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (9.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.68%) ServiceNow
3 4 (2.94%) Splunk
4 1 (0.74%) OpenAI