API Development Contracts in Reading

API Development
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 87 97
Rank change year-on-year -6 +10 -34
Contract jobs citing API Development 7 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.60% 0.099% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.11% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 £650 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £700 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - -
75th Percentile £625 £750 -
90th Percentile £633 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £600 £700 £488
% change year-on-year -14.29% +43.59% -25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,045 916 1,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 89.78% 90.34% 90.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 565 616 808
10th Percentile £213 £363 £246
25th Percentile £413 £463 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £660 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £654
Berkshire median daily rate £508 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -3.24% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 23 8
10th Percentile £20.17 £45.50 £12.73
25th Percentile £52.90 £53.00 £19.44
Median hourly rate £61.65 £65.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.16% +132.14% +1.82%
75th Percentile £80.69 £74.40 £33.13
90th Percentile £87.49 £79.19 £40.25
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.00 £57.82 £21.03
% change year-on-year +5.50% +174.99% -0.12%

API Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for API Development in Reading

API Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for API Development in Reading

API Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (14.29%) Oracle Spatial
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
1 6 (85.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 5 (71.43%) Azure Cognitive Search
2 5 (71.43%) Azure Key Vault
2 5 (71.43%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Functions
3 1 (14.29%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) HTTP
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
1 1 (14.29%) RNC
1 1 (14.29%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) GIS
1 1 (14.29%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Designer
1 5 (71.43%) Lead
1 5 (71.43%) Lead Designer
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Applications Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Full Stack Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) AngularJS
2 5 (71.43%) Node.js
3 1 (14.29%) CSS
3 1 (14.29%) HTML
3 1 (14.29%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Unix
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) API Design
2 4 (57.14%) Coaching
3 3 (42.86%) DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
5 1 (14.29%) API Integration
5 1 (14.29%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (14.29%) Change Management
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Data-Driven Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Full Stack Development
5 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
5 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
5 1 (14.29%) ITIL
5 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
5 1 (14.29%) Security Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Software Testing
5 1 (14.29%) System Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
5 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) C
2 1 (14.29%) Java
2 1 (14.29%) PHP
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Ericsson
1 1 (14.29%) Mapinfo
1 1 (14.29%) Nokia
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle