API Design Contracts

API Design
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for API Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited API Design over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 451 484 441
Rank change year-on-year +33 -43 -40
Contract jobs citing API Design 141 229 477
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.39% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.44% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 150 323
10th Percentile £428 £424 £463
25th Percentile £500 £466 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £630 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +5.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £625 £725 £725
90th Percentile £750 £879 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £585 £550
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% +12.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £64.25 - -
Median hourly rate £65.50 £35.00 £65.76
Median % change year-on-year +87.14% -46.78% +64.40%
75th Percentile £66.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £35.00 £65.76
% change year-on-year - -46.78% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

API Design 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,140 52,105 79,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.25% 89.83% 90.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,924 36,124 55,482
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,724 1,874
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.17 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

API Design
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing API Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for API Design in the UK

API Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for API Design in the UK

API Design
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing API Design over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for API Design in the UK

API Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for API Design in the UK

API Design
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing API Design within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England +60 121 £575 -11.54% 59
London +46 81 £575 -14.81% 21
Work from Home +105 67 £538 +12.68% 35
UK excluding London +7 35 £550 -5.98% 33
North of England +32 13 £445 -15.24% 12
South East +26 11 £600 -15.79% 7
Midlands +33 9 £480 -6.34% 7
East Midlands +31 8 £480 -
North West +15 8 £498 -20.40% 9
Yorkshire +22 5 £400 -5.88% 3
Scotland +31 3 £463 -11.90% 3
South West +6 2 - - 1
West Midlands +13 1 - - 7

API Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (6.38%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (4.26%) Confluence
3 5 (3.55%) IBM Notes
4 3 (2.13%) Anypoint
5 2 (1.42%) MQSeries
Applications
1 3 (2.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.42%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.71%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 51 (36.17%) Azure
2 34 (24.11%) AWS
3 17 (12.06%) Serverless
4 15 (10.64%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 13 (9.22%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (9.22%) GCP
6 7 (4.96%) Azure Monitor
6 7 (4.96%) SaaS
7 6 (4.26%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 6 (4.26%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (4.26%) Azure Key Vault
8 5 (3.55%) Apigee
8 5 (3.55%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (3.55%) Azure Functions
9 4 (2.84%) Azure App Service
9 4 (2.84%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (2.84%) OpenShift
10 3 (2.13%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (2.13%) Azure API Management
10 3 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.84%) HTTP
2 3 (2.13%) Internet
3 2 (1.42%) SSL
4 1 (0.71%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.64%) NoSQL
2 10 (7.09%) KDB
2 10 (7.09%) Kdb+
3 9 (6.38%) SQL Server
4 6 (4.26%) DB2
4 6 (4.26%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (4.26%) Relational Database
5 5 (3.55%) MongoDB
6 4 (2.84%) Data Lake
7 3 (2.13%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (2.13%) Big Data
7 3 (2.13%) CockroachDB
7 3 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.13%) MySQL
8 2 (1.42%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.42%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.42%) Power BI
8 2 (1.42%) Redis
Development Applications
1 14 (9.93%) Git
2 13 (9.22%) Jenkins
3 8 (5.67%) Maven
4 7 (4.96%) Cypress.io
5 6 (4.26%) JIRA
6 4 (2.84%) Selenium
7 3 (2.13%) GitLab
7 3 (2.13%) Terragrunt
8 2 (1.42%) git-flow
8 2 (1.42%) gulp
9 1 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.71%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.71%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.71%) Gradle
9 1 (0.71%) Storybook
9 1 (0.71%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.71%) webpack
General
1 29 (20.57%) Social Skills
2 22 (15.60%) Finance
3 16 (11.35%) Banking
4 10 (7.09%) Front Office
5 8 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.26%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.42%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.42%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.42%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.71%) Marketing
9 1 (0.71%) Retail
Job Titles
1 57 (40.43%) Developer
2 33 (23.40%) Architect
3 15 (10.64%) Lead
4 10 (7.09%) KDB Developer
4 10 (7.09%) Solutions Architect
5 9 (6.38%) Senior
5 9 (6.38%) Software Engineer
6 8 (5.67%) Java Developer
6 8 (5.67%) Python Developer
6 8 (5.67%) Technical Architect
7 7 (4.96%) Analyst
7 7 (4.96%) Analytics Developer
7 7 (4.96%) Designer
7 7 (4.96%) Full Stack Developer
8 6 (4.26%) Applications Developer
8 6 (4.26%) Senior Developer
9 5 (3.55%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (3.55%) Lead Designer
9 5 (3.55%) Lead Developer
9 5 (3.55%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (21.28%) Node.js
2 27 (19.15%) RESTful
3 26 (18.44%) REST
4 25 (17.73%) React
5 17 (12.06%) OAuth
6 15 (10.64%) .NET
6 15 (10.64%) Swagger
7 14 (9.93%) OpenID
8 12 (8.51%) CSS
9 10 (7.09%) AngularJS
9 10 (7.09%) HTML
9 10 (7.09%) OpenAPI
10 9 (6.38%) SOAP
10 9 (6.38%) XML
11 8 (5.67%) FastAPI
11 8 (5.67%) JSON
11 8 (5.67%) SAML
11 8 (5.67%) Spring
12 7 (4.96%) Kafka
12 7 (4.96%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.22%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (7.09%) Cloud Native
3 9 (6.38%) Equities
3 9 (6.38%) Product Ownership
4 8 (5.67%) Algorithms
4 8 (5.67%) Data Structures
4 8 (5.67%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (4.96%) Public Cloud
6 6 (4.26%) iPad
6 6 (4.26%) iPhone
6 6 (4.26%) Mainframe
6 6 (4.26%) Mobile App
7 5 (3.55%) Digital Wallet
7 5 (3.55%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (3.55%) Low-Code
8 4 (2.84%) IoT
8 4 (2.84%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (2.13%) Mobile Payment
10 2 (1.42%) Data Centre
10 2 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.35%) Unix
2 15 (10.64%) Apple iOS
3 9 (6.38%) Android
4 5 (3.55%) Linux
5 2 (1.42%) Windows
5 2 (1.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (31.91%) Agile
2 40 (28.37%) Microservices
3 38 (26.95%) DevOps
4 35 (24.82%) Software Engineering
5 34 (24.11%) API Development
6 33 (23.40%) CI/CD
7 30 (21.28%) Test Automation
8 27 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (17.73%) Data Modelling
10 20 (14.18%) Computer Science
11 17 (12.06%) Full Stack Development
12 16 (11.35%) Analytics
13 15 (10.64%) TDD
14 14 (9.93%) SDLC
15 13 (9.22%) Containerisation
15 13 (9.22%) User Experience
16 11 (7.80%) API Management
16 11 (7.80%) Identity Access Management
16 11 (7.80%) Unit Testing
17 9 (6.38%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 43 (30.50%) Java
2 40 (28.37%) Python
3 29 (20.57%) SQL
4 23 (16.31%) JavaScript
5 19 (13.48%) C#
6 13 (9.22%) TypeScript
7 12 (8.51%) C
8 6 (4.26%) Objective-C
8 6 (4.26%) Swift
9 5 (3.55%) C++
10 3 (2.13%) PHP
11 2 (1.42%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.71%) Go
12 1 (0.71%) Perl
12 1 (0.71%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.71%) Ruby
12 1 (0.71%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 20 (14.18%) Degree
2 13 (9.22%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (6.38%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.13%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.42%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.71%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.38%) Data Quality
1 9 (6.38%) QA
2 5 (3.55%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.42%) GDPR
3 2 (1.42%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.42%) PSD2
4 1 (0.71%) GRC
System Software
1 18 (12.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (10.64%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.26%) Ansible
2 6 (4.26%) Terraform
3 5 (3.55%) Kibana
4 4 (2.84%) Grafana
5 1 (0.71%) Istio
5 1 (0.71%) logstash
5 1 (0.71%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 17 (12.06%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.80%) Google
2 11 (7.80%) Oracle
3 7 (4.96%) MuleSoft
4 6 (4.26%) Salesforce
5 5 (3.55%) Atlassian
5 5 (3.55%) IBM
5 5 (3.55%) Lotus
5 5 (3.55%) New Relic
5 5 (3.55%) SAP
5 5 (3.55%) Splunk
6 2 (1.42%) CyberArk
6 2 (1.42%) ForgeRock
6 2 (1.42%) PayPal
6 2 (1.42%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.71%) Adobe
7 1 (0.71%) Cognizant
7 1 (0.71%) Dell
7 1 (0.71%) Intel
7 1 (0.71%) NCR