API Testing Jobs with Work from Home Options

API Testing
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 482 392 332
Rank change year-on-year -90 -60 +56
Permanent jobs citing API Testing 121 250 845
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.34% 0.67% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.69% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 104 238 432
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +26.32%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £100,000 £83,750
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 falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,847 35,988 73,511
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.59% 96.02% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 23,766 25,695 42,040
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.73% +5.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +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 June 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 (4.13%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 32 (26.45%) SaaS
2 28 (23.14%) Azure
3 10 (8.26%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (6.61%) GitHub
5 6 (4.96%) Azure Service Bus
6 5 (4.13%) AWS
7 4 (3.31%) BrowserStack
7 4 (3.31%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (3.31%) PaaS
8 3 (2.48%) Azure API Management
8 3 (2.48%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (2.48%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (2.48%) Azure Storage
8 3 (2.48%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.48%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.48%) Sauce Labs
8 3 (2.48%) Serverless
9 1 (0.83%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.83%) Firewall
1 1 (0.83%) HTTP
1 1 (0.83%) Multicast
1 1 (0.83%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.31%) Redis
1 4 (3.31%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 78 (64.46%) Postman
2 67 (55.37%) Selenium
3 60 (49.59%) Cucumber
4 54 (44.63%) Jenkins
5 25 (20.66%) Cypress.io
6 24 (19.83%) JIRA
7 21 (17.36%) SpecFlow
8 12 (9.92%) REST Assured
9 10 (8.26%) JUnit
10 9 (7.44%) Git
11 8 (6.61%) SoapUI
12 7 (5.79%) JMeter
12 7 (5.79%) TeamCity
13 6 (4.96%) WebDriver
14 5 (4.13%) TestNG
15 4 (3.31%) GitLab
15 4 (3.31%) Mockito
16 3 (2.48%) Moq
16 3 (2.48%) Visual Studio
17 2 (1.65%) Appium
General
1 16 (13.22%) Social Skills
2 12 (9.92%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (6.61%) Legal
3 8 (6.61%) Public Sector
4 6 (4.96%) Finance
5 4 (3.31%) Health Technology
5 4 (3.31%) Law
6 3 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.83%) Advertising
8 1 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (27.27%) Lead
2 29 (23.97%) QA Engineer
2 29 (23.97%) Senior
3 28 (23.14%) Tester
4 10 (8.26%) Automation Tester
5 8 (6.61%) Penetration Tester
5 8 (6.61%) Test Engineer
6 7 (5.79%) Senior Tester
6 7 (5.79%) Software Tester
7 6 (4.96%) Automation Engineer
8 5 (4.13%) Analyst
8 5 (4.13%) QA Automation Engineer
8 5 (4.13%) Senior QA Engineer
9 4 (3.31%) Senior Software Tester
9 4 (3.31%) Test Analyst
9 4 (3.31%) Test Leader
10 3 (2.48%) Developer
10 3 (2.48%) Lead Developer
10 3 (2.48%) QA Leader
10 3 (2.48%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (39.67%) REST
2 14 (11.57%) .NET
2 14 (11.57%) Swagger
3 12 (9.92%) .NET Framework
4 10 (8.26%) WebdriverIO
5 9 (7.44%) Gherkin
5 9 (7.44%) Playwright
5 9 (7.44%) WireMock
6 6 (4.96%) Kafka
6 6 (4.96%) Web Services
7 5 (4.13%) Apache Commons
7 5 (4.13%) Guava
7 5 (4.13%) Java Concurrency
7 5 (4.13%) Nightwatchjs
7 5 (4.13%) Node.js
8 4 (3.31%) Spring
8 4 (3.31%) Spring Boot
9 3 (2.48%) ASP.NET MVC
9 3 (2.48%) Entity Framework
9 3 (2.48%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.44%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.61%) Mobile App
2 8 (6.61%) Security Posture
3 5 (4.13%) Replication
4 4 (3.31%) Client/Server
4 4 (3.31%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.31%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.31%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (2.48%) W3C
6 2 (1.65%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.65%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.44%) Windows
2 5 (4.13%) Android
2 5 (4.13%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.65%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (51.24%) Test Automation
2 60 (49.59%) CI/CD
3 55 (45.45%) BDD
4 50 (41.32%) SDET
5 40 (33.06%) Test Strategy
6 36 (29.75%) Agile
6 36 (29.75%) Software Testing
7 34 (28.10%) Clean Code
8 22 (18.18%) DevOps
8 22 (18.18%) Test Scripting
9 21 (17.36%) Microservices
10 18 (14.88%) Line Management
10 18 (14.88%) Scrum
11 17 (14.05%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (13.22%) Fintech
13 14 (11.57%) Design Patterns
13 14 (11.57%) Regression Testing
13 14 (11.57%) Software Engineering
14 12 (9.92%) QA Automation
14 12 (9.92%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 52 (42.98%) Java
2 30 (24.79%) C#
3 23 (19.01%) JavaScript
4 19 (15.70%) SQL
5 7 (5.79%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.65%) Python
7 1 (0.83%) PHP
Qualifications
1 13 (10.74%) Security Cleared
2 9 (7.44%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.61%) Degree
3 8 (6.61%) ISTQB
3 8 (6.61%) OSCP
4 5 (4.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.65%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.65%) ISEB
5 2 (1.65%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 1 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (55.37%) QA
2 11 (9.09%) Accessibility
3 8 (6.61%) GRC
4 3 (2.48%) WCAG
5 2 (1.65%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (9.92%) Docker
2 3 (2.48%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (7.44%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.31%) Grafana
2 4 (3.31%) Kibana
2 4 (3.31%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (7.44%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.13%) ServiceNow
3 4 (3.31%) Splunk
4 1 (0.83%) OpenAI