API testing jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, API testing appears in 1,311 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — QA Engineer has the most postings mentioning API testing, with demand down 52% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is API testing in demand in 2026?
Yes. API testing appears in 1,311 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 52% vs the prior 4 weeks. QA Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning API testing (18.2% of all postings mentioning API testing).
+What jobs require API testing?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning API testing are Agent Architect (48.6% of that role’s postings mention API testing), Software Development Test Engineer (38.7% of that role’s postings mention API testing), Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer (36.4% of that role’s postings mention API testing).
+What skills are commonly paired with API testing?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), API testing most often appears alongside CI/CD, test automation, Playwright, Selenium, regression testing.
+Where is API testing most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring API testing are Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ho Chi Minh City, London, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring API testing — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require API testing
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Agent Architect | 17 | 48.6% |
| Software Development Test Engineer | 12 | 38.7% |
| Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer | 8 | 36.4% |
| Software Quality Engineer | 18 | 32.1% |
| Automation Tester | 8 | 30.8% |
| Manual QA Engineer | 12 | 27.3% |
| SDET | 17 | 26.6% |
| Automation QA Engineer | 14 | 25.9% |
| Quality Engineer | 40 | 25.0% |
| QA Test Engineer | 10 | 25.0% |
Roles with the most API testing postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| QA Engineer | 238 | 18.2% |
| QA Automation Engineer | 121 | 9.2% |
| Quality Assurance Engineer | 69 | 5.3% |
| Software Engineer | 57 | 4.3% |
| Test Engineer | 56 | 4.3% |
| Test Automation Engineer | 50 | 3.8% |
| Software Test Engineer | 45 | 3.4% |
| Quality Engineer | 40 | 3.1% |
| Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) | 29 | 2.2% |
| Software Engineer in Test | 23 | 1.8% |
Top metros hiring for API testing
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pune | 44 | 3.4% |
| Bengaluru | 42 | 3.2% |
| Hyderabad | 26 | 2.0% |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 16 | 1.2% |
| London | 15 | 1.1% |
| San Francisco | 14 | 1.1% |
| Kuala Lumpur | 13 | 1.0% |
| Toronto | 13 | 1.0% |
| Warsaw | 13 | 1.0% |
Skills commonly paired with API testing
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning API testing by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s API testing postings by all API testing postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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