API Development Contracts in England

API Development
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for API Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited API Development over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 351 383 399
Rank change year-on-year +32 +16 -51
Contract jobs citing API Development 194 288 438
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.53% 0.60% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.66% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 209 320
10th Percentile £379 £412 £419
25th Percentile £463 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £624 £650 £688
90th Percentile £694 £725 £814
UK median daily rate £550 £585 £575
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +16.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 10
10th Percentile - - £49.40
25th Percentile - - £49.75
Median hourly rate - - £53.47
75th Percentile - - £63.36
90th Percentile - - £65.08
UK median hourly rate - - £53.47
% change year-on-year - - +18.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

API Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,446 43,440 63,865
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.42% 90.15% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,588 30,513 45,420
10th Percentile £300 £325 £333
25th Percentile £413 £448 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,538 1,746
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £16.23 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.00 £49.37
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

API Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing API Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for API Development in England

API Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing API Development in England.

Daily rate trend for API Development in England

API Development
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing API Development in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for API Development in England

API Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing API Development in England.

Hourly rate trend for API Development in England

API Development
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing API Development within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +17 100 £554 -7.71% 56
North of England +47 49 £550 -4.35% 21
Yorkshire +41 32 £550 +10.00% 4
South East +24 22 £463 -22.92% 14
North West +13 17 £663 +14.13% 16
South West 0 6 £748 +18.72% 3
Midlands +15 4 £450 +2.27% 9
West Midlands +18 2 £450 -25.00% 4
East Midlands +9 2 £474 +43.56% 5
API Development
UK

API Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (4.64%) Confluence
2 3 (1.55%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.55%) IIS
3 2 (1.03%) Apache
3 2 (1.03%) GeoServer
4 1 (0.52%) CICS
4 1 (0.52%) JBoss
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Spatial
4 1 (0.52%) SAS
4 1 (0.52%) Tornado
Applications
1 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (3.61%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.55%) Maximo
3 1 (0.52%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.52%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 64 (32.99%) Azure
2 62 (31.96%) AWS
3 22 (11.34%) GCP
4 18 (9.28%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (8.25%) Amazon S3
5 16 (8.25%) Serverless
6 13 (6.70%) Amazon EC2
7 12 (6.19%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 12 (6.19%) GitHub
7 12 (6.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 9 (4.64%) Amazon ECR
8 9 (4.64%) Amazon EKS
8 9 (4.64%) Amazon SQS
8 9 (4.64%) Apigee
8 9 (4.64%) Azure Logic Apps
8 9 (4.64%) Route 53
9 8 (4.12%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (3.61%) Datadog
10 7 (3.61%) Kong
10 7 (3.61%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.15%) HTTP
2 9 (4.64%) DNS
2 9 (4.64%) TCP/IP
3 8 (4.12%) Firewall
4 7 (3.61%) Internet
5 6 (3.09%) VPN
6 4 (2.06%) DHCP
7 2 (1.03%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.52%) RNC
8 1 (0.52%) SGSN
8 1 (0.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.82%) NoSQL
2 15 (7.73%) Elasticsearch
3 14 (7.22%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (3.61%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.58%) MySQL
5 5 (2.58%) SQL Server
6 4 (2.06%) Data Lake
6 4 (2.06%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.06%) DynamoDB
6 4 (2.06%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.06%) RDBMS
7 3 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.55%) GIS
8 2 (1.03%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (1.03%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.52%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.52%) Big Data
9 1 (0.52%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.52%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.52%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 37 (19.07%) Git
2 19 (9.79%) Jenkins
3 18 (9.28%) GitLab
4 11 (5.67%) JIRA
5 9 (4.64%) webpack
6 7 (3.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 7 (3.61%) CircleCI
7 6 (3.09%) Travis CI
8 5 (2.58%) Selenium
9 4 (2.06%) Cypress.io
9 4 (2.06%) Maven
10 3 (1.55%) JUnit
10 3 (1.55%) Subversion
10 3 (1.55%) Visual Studio
11 2 (1.03%) Android Studio
11 2 (1.03%) Mockito
11 2 (1.03%) ScalaTest
11 2 (1.03%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
12 1 (0.52%) git-flow
General
1 49 (25.26%) Social Skills
2 33 (17.01%) Finance
3 24 (12.37%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.25%) Banking
5 12 (6.19%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.64%) Retail
7 7 (3.61%) Financial Institution
8 6 (3.09%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.06%) Electronics
9 4 (2.06%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.06%) Marketing
10 3 (1.55%) Law
10 3 (1.55%) Legal
11 1 (0.52%) Advertising
11 1 (0.52%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 91 (46.91%) Developer
2 19 (9.79%) Lead
2 19 (9.79%) Software Engineer
3 18 (9.28%) Senior
3 18 (9.28%) Software Developer
4 17 (8.76%) Architect
5 14 (7.22%) Solutions Architect
6 13 (6.70%) Python Developer
7 12 (6.19%) Java Engineer
8 11 (5.67%) Full Stack Developer
8 11 (5.67%) Senior Java Engineer
9 10 (5.15%) Automation Engineer
10 8 (4.12%) .NET Developer
10 8 (4.12%) Consultant
10 8 (4.12%) DevOps Engineer
10 8 (4.12%) Senior Software Engineer
10 8 (4.12%) ServiceNow Consultant
11 7 (3.61%) Designer
11 7 (3.61%) Java Software Engineer
11 7 (3.61%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (17.53%) RESTful
2 31 (15.98%) REST
3 29 (14.95%) Node.js
4 25 (12.89%) React
5 23 (11.86%) HTML
6 21 (10.82%) FastAPI
7 20 (10.31%) .NET
7 20 (10.31%) CSS
8 17 (8.76%) JSON
8 17 (8.76%) Web Services
9 13 (6.70%) AngularJS
9 13 (6.70%) Redux
9 13 (6.70%) Spring
9 13 (6.70%) XML
10 12 (6.19%) Spring Boot
11 11 (5.67%) Express.js
11 11 (5.67%) Flask
11 11 (5.67%) WebSockets
12 10 (5.15%) Elastic Stack
13 9 (4.64%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.12%) Blockchain
1 8 (4.12%) Product Ownership
2 7 (3.61%) IoT
2 7 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.09%) Data Structures
3 6 (3.09%) Mainframe
4 5 (2.58%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.06%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.55%) CBDC
6 3 (1.55%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.55%) Web3
7 2 (1.03%) Distributed Applications
7 2 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.52%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.52%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.52%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.52%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.52%) NHS
8 1 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.58%) Unix
2 2 (1.03%) Android
2 2 (1.03%) Linux
2 2 (1.03%) Windows
2 2 (1.03%) zOS
3 1 (0.52%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (33.51%) CI/CD
2 55 (28.35%) DevOps
3 48 (24.74%) Agile
4 47 (24.23%) Problem-Solving
5 41 (21.13%) Containerisation
6 36 (18.56%) Microservices
7 32 (16.49%) Software Engineering
8 28 (14.43%) API Design
9 26 (13.40%) Full Stack Development
9 26 (13.40%) Test Automation
10 25 (12.89%) Scrum
11 22 (11.34%) API Integration
12 21 (10.82%) Front End Development
13 19 (9.79%) Continuous Improvement
13 19 (9.79%) End-to-End Testing
14 18 (9.28%) Asset Management
15 17 (8.76%) Unit Testing
16 16 (8.25%) TDD
17 15 (7.73%) Computer Science
17 15 (7.73%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (35.57%) Python
2 50 (25.77%) Java
3 32 (16.49%) SQL
4 28 (14.43%) JavaScript
5 26 (13.40%) C#
6 17 (8.76%) PowerShell
7 14 (7.22%) TypeScript
8 7 (3.61%) Shell Script
9 6 (3.09%) Bash
10 5 (2.58%) Go
10 5 (2.58%) PHP
11 4 (2.06%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (2.06%) T-SQL
11 4 (2.06%) X++
12 3 (1.55%) Perl
12 3 (1.55%) Ruby
12 3 (1.55%) Scala
13 2 (1.03%) COBOL
13 2 (1.03%) Groovy
14 1 (0.52%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 45 (23.20%) Security Cleared
2 44 (22.68%) SC Cleared
3 16 (8.25%) Degree
4 10 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.55%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.55%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.34%) QA
2 7 (3.61%) GDPR
3 4 (2.06%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.03%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.03%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.03%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 41 (21.13%) Docker
2 5 (2.58%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 42 (21.65%) Kubernetes
2 18 (9.28%) Terraform
3 17 (8.76%) Ansible
4 12 (6.19%) Grafana
4 12 (6.19%) Puppet
5 11 (5.67%) Kibana
6 7 (3.61%) logstash
7 6 (3.09%) Docker Swarm
7 6 (3.09%) Progress Chef
7 6 (3.09%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (10.31%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.73%) ServiceNow
3 10 (5.15%) Google
4 8 (4.12%) OpenAI
4 8 (4.12%) SAP
5 7 (3.61%) Oracle
6 6 (3.09%) Splunk
7 4 (2.06%) IBM
7 4 (2.06%) Informatica
7 4 (2.06%) New Relic
8 3 (1.55%) Nintex
8 3 (1.55%) Pega
9 2 (1.03%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.03%) Databricks
10 1 (0.52%) Brio
10 1 (0.52%) Mapinfo
10 1 (0.52%) Nokia
10 1 (0.52%) Sage
10 1 (0.52%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.52%) Terracotta