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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 463 400 323
Rank change year-on-year -63 -77 +62
Permanent jobs citing API Testing 122 250 849
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.35% 0.66% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.69% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 106 238 437
10th Percentile £42,500 £44,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £66,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +10.42% +25.33%
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 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 31,654 36,235 73,335
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.73% 96.01% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 23,643 25,788 42,106
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £46,250
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 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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

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 9 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 (4.10%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 32 (26.23%) SaaS
2 28 (22.95%) Azure
3 10 (8.20%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (6.56%) GitHub
5 6 (4.92%) Azure Service Bus
6 5 (4.10%) AWS
7 4 (3.28%) BrowserStack
7 4 (3.28%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (3.28%) PaaS
8 3 (2.46%) Azure API Management
8 3 (2.46%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (2.46%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (2.46%) Azure Storage
8 3 (2.46%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.46%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.46%) Sauce Labs
8 3 (2.46%) Serverless
9 1 (0.82%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.82%) Firewall
1 1 (0.82%) HTTP
1 1 (0.82%) Multicast
1 1 (0.82%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.28%) Redis
1 4 (3.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 80 (65.57%) Postman
2 68 (55.74%) Selenium
3 62 (50.82%) Cucumber
4 56 (45.90%) Jenkins
5 25 (20.49%) Cypress.io
6 23 (18.85%) JIRA
7 21 (17.21%) SpecFlow
8 12 (9.84%) REST Assured
9 10 (8.20%) JUnit
10 9 (7.38%) Git
11 8 (6.56%) SoapUI
12 7 (5.74%) JMeter
12 7 (5.74%) TeamCity
13 6 (4.92%) WebDriver
14 5 (4.10%) TestNG
15 4 (3.28%) GitLab
15 4 (3.28%) Mockito
16 3 (2.46%) Moq
16 3 (2.46%) Visual Studio
17 2 (1.64%) Appium
General
1 15 (12.30%) Social Skills
2 12 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (6.56%) Legal
3 8 (6.56%) Public Sector
4 6 (4.92%) Finance
5 4 (3.28%) Health Technology
5 4 (3.28%) Law
6 3 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.64%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.82%) Advertising
8 1 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (27.87%) Lead
2 30 (24.59%) Senior
3 28 (22.95%) QA Engineer
3 28 (22.95%) Tester
4 10 (8.20%) Automation Tester
5 8 (6.56%) Penetration Tester
5 8 (6.56%) Test Engineer
6 7 (5.74%) Senior Tester
6 7 (5.74%) Software Tester
7 6 (4.92%) Automation Engineer
8 5 (4.10%) Analyst
8 5 (4.10%) QA Automation Engineer
8 5 (4.10%) Senior QA Engineer
9 4 (3.28%) Senior Software Tester
9 4 (3.28%) Test Analyst
9 4 (3.28%) Test Leader
10 3 (2.46%) Developer
10 3 (2.46%) Lead Developer
10 3 (2.46%) QA Leader
10 3 (2.46%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (40.98%) REST
2 14 (11.48%) .NET
2 14 (11.48%) Swagger
3 12 (9.84%) .NET Framework
4 10 (8.20%) WebdriverIO
5 9 (7.38%) Gherkin
5 9 (7.38%) Playwright
5 9 (7.38%) WireMock
6 6 (4.92%) Kafka
6 6 (4.92%) Web Services
7 5 (4.10%) Apache Commons
7 5 (4.10%) Guava
7 5 (4.10%) Java Concurrency
7 5 (4.10%) Nightwatchjs
7 5 (4.10%) Node.js
8 4 (3.28%) Spring
8 4 (3.28%) Spring Boot
9 3 (2.46%) ASP.NET MVC
9 3 (2.46%) Entity Framework
9 3 (2.46%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.38%) Product Ownership
2 8 (6.56%) Mobile App
2 8 (6.56%) Security Posture
3 5 (4.10%) Replication
4 4 (3.28%) Client/Server
4 4 (3.28%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.28%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.28%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (2.46%) W3C
6 2 (1.64%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.64%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.38%) Windows
2 5 (4.10%) Android
2 5 (4.10%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.64%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (50.82%) CI/CD
2 61 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 56 (45.90%) BDD
4 52 (42.62%) SDET
5 42 (34.43%) Test Strategy
6 36 (29.51%) Clean Code
7 35 (28.69%) Agile
7 35 (28.69%) Software Testing
8 22 (18.03%) DevOps
9 21 (17.21%) Microservices
9 21 (17.21%) Test Scripting
10 18 (14.75%) Line Management
10 18 (14.75%) Scrum
11 17 (13.93%) Fintech
11 17 (13.93%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (11.48%) Design Patterns
12 14 (11.48%) Software Engineering
13 13 (10.66%) Regression Testing
14 12 (9.84%) QA Automation
14 12 (9.84%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 54 (44.26%) Java
2 29 (23.77%) C#
3 23 (18.85%) JavaScript
4 19 (15.57%) SQL
5 7 (5.74%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.64%) Python
7 1 (0.82%) PHP
Qualifications
1 13 (10.66%) Security Cleared
2 9 (7.38%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.56%) Degree
3 8 (6.56%) OSCP
4 7 (5.74%) ISTQB
5 5 (4.10%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.64%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.64%) ISEB
6 2 (1.64%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (55.74%) QA
2 11 (9.02%) Accessibility
3 8 (6.56%) GRC
4 3 (2.46%) WCAG
5 2 (1.64%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (9.84%) Docker
2 3 (2.46%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (7.38%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.28%) Grafana
2 4 (3.28%) Kibana
2 4 (3.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (7.38%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.10%) ServiceNow
3 4 (3.28%) Splunk
4 1 (0.82%) OpenAI