API Development Contracts

API Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 361 344 405
Rank change year-on-year -17 +61 -79
Contract jobs citing API Development 228 402 562
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.67% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.75% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 295 401
10th Percentile £388 £406 £420
25th Percentile £463 £481 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £586 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.14% +1.91% +15.00%
75th Percentile £600 £649 £675
90th Percentile £694 £700 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £536 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +2.10% +5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £48.70
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £49.75
75th Percentile - - £59.67
90th Percentile - - £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £49.75

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,600 53,916 80,351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.32% 89.91% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,240 37,368 56,382
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
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% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,775 1,932
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -
75th Percentile £59.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.29% +75.00% -8.34%

API Development
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for API Development in the UK

API Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for API Development in the UK

API Development
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing API Development over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for API Development in the UK

API Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for API Development in the UK

API Development
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 Development within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 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 +16 197 £550 -8.33% 106
Work from Home +40 117 £525 -8.70% 65
London +3 98 £569 -5.21% 50
UK excluding London +60 94 £536 +2.10% 65
North of England +49 51 £550 -4.35% 19
North West +24 27 £525 -10.41% 12
South East +41 26 £500 -20.00% 11
Yorkshire +39 24 £550 +10.00% 5
Scotland +17 7 £449 -10.30% 11
South West +11 6 £748 +18.72% 3
Midlands +18 4 £450 +6.51% 16
West Midlands +25 2 £450 -25.00% 8
East Midlands +19 2 £474 +43.56% 8

API Development
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 14 (6.14%) Confluence
2 3 (1.32%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.32%) IIS
3 2 (0.88%) Apache
3 2 (0.88%) GeoServer
4 1 (0.44%) CICS
4 1 (0.44%) Drupal
4 1 (0.44%) JBoss
4 1 (0.44%) Oracle Spatial
4 1 (0.44%) SAS
4 1 (0.44%) Tornado
Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (3.07%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.32%) Maximo
3 1 (0.44%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.44%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 74 (32.46%) AWS
1 74 (32.46%) Azure
2 20 (8.77%) Azure DevOps
3 18 (7.89%) GCP
4 17 (7.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 17 (7.46%) Serverless
5 16 (7.02%) Amazon S3
6 13 (5.70%) Amazon EC2
7 12 (5.26%) GitHub
7 12 (5.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 11 (4.82%) Azure Key Vault
9 10 (4.39%) Azure Cognitive Search
9 10 (4.39%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (3.95%) Amazon ECR
10 9 (3.95%) Amazon EKS
10 9 (3.95%) Amazon SQS
10 9 (3.95%) Apigee
10 9 (3.95%) Route 53
11 8 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (3.51%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.26%) HTTP
2 10 (4.39%) TCP/IP
3 9 (3.95%) DNS
4 8 (3.51%) Firewall
5 7 (3.07%) Internet
6 6 (2.63%) VPN
7 4 (1.75%) DHCP
8 2 (0.88%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.44%) RNC
9 1 (0.44%) SGSN
9 1 (0.44%) SSL
9 1 (0.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (12.72%) NoSQL
2 19 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (6.14%) Elasticsearch
4 12 (5.26%) SQL Server
5 10 (4.39%) MySQL
6 7 (3.07%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.75%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.75%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.75%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.32%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (1.32%) GIS
8 3 (1.32%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.88%) Couchbase
9 2 (0.88%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.44%) Big Data
10 1 (0.44%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 33 (14.47%) Git
2 20 (8.77%) GitLab
3 18 (7.89%) JIRA
4 17 (7.46%) Jenkins
5 9 (3.95%) webpack
6 7 (3.07%) CircleCI
7 6 (2.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 6 (2.63%) Travis CI
8 5 (2.19%) Cypress.io
8 5 (2.19%) Maven
8 5 (2.19%) Selenium
9 3 (1.32%) JUnit
9 3 (1.32%) Subversion
9 3 (1.32%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.88%) Android Studio
10 2 (0.88%) Mockito
10 2 (0.88%) Postman
10 2 (0.88%) ScalaTest
10 2 (0.88%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 55 (24.12%) Social Skills
2 36 (15.79%) Finance
3 20 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 13 (5.70%) Banking
6 8 (3.51%) Telecoms
7 7 (3.07%) Financial Institution
7 7 (3.07%) Retail
8 6 (2.63%) Electronics
8 6 (2.63%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.63%) Marketing
9 4 (1.75%) Law
10 3 (1.32%) Legal
11 1 (0.44%) Advertising
11 1 (0.44%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 126 (55.26%) Developer
2 24 (10.53%) Software Developer
3 23 (10.09%) Lead
4 21 (9.21%) Python Developer
5 19 (8.33%) Senior
6 18 (7.89%) Full Stack Developer
6 18 (7.89%) Software Engineer
7 16 (7.02%) Architect
8 14 (6.14%) Solutions Architect
9 12 (5.26%) .NET Developer
9 12 (5.26%) Java Developer
10 10 (4.39%) Java Engineer
11 9 (3.95%) Analyst
11 9 (3.95%) AWS Developer
11 9 (3.95%) Azure Engineer
11 9 (3.95%) Senior Java Engineer
12 8 (3.51%) Consultant
12 8 (3.51%) DevOps Engineer
12 8 (3.51%) Lead Designer
12 8 (3.51%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (20.18%) Node.js
2 45 (19.74%) RESTful
3 39 (17.11%) React
3 39 (17.11%) REST
4 32 (14.04%) HTML
5 30 (13.16%) CSS
6 28 (12.28%) .NET
6 28 (12.28%) AngularJS
7 23 (10.09%) FastAPI
8 17 (7.46%) WebSockets
9 16 (7.02%) JSON
9 16 (7.02%) Web Services
10 14 (6.14%) Flask
10 14 (6.14%) Spring Boot
11 13 (5.70%) Redux
11 13 (5.70%) Spring
12 12 (5.26%) XML
13 11 (4.82%) Express.js
13 11 (4.82%) Vue
14 9 (3.95%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (3.51%) Blockchain
3 7 (3.07%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (3.07%) Data Structures
3 7 (3.07%) IoT
3 7 (3.07%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.63%) Mainframe
5 5 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.32%) CBDC
6 3 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.32%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.32%) Web3
7 2 (0.88%) Distributed Applications
7 2 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.88%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.44%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.44%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.44%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.44%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (3.95%) Unix
2 6 (2.63%) Windows
3 2 (0.88%) Android
3 2 (0.88%) Linux
3 2 (0.88%) zOS
4 1 (0.44%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (32.02%) Agile
2 67 (29.39%) CI/CD
3 65 (28.51%) DevOps
4 44 (19.30%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (18.42%) Software Engineering
6 41 (17.98%) Full Stack Development
7 37 (16.23%) Microservices
8 36 (15.79%) API Design
9 32 (14.04%) Containerisation
10 30 (13.16%) API Integration
11 28 (12.28%) Test Automation
12 26 (11.40%) End-to-End Testing
12 26 (11.40%) Unit Testing
13 25 (10.96%) Scrum
14 22 (9.65%) Front End Development
15 21 (9.21%) LLM
16 20 (8.77%) Continuous Improvement
16 20 (8.77%) Integration Testing
17 19 (8.33%) Analytics
17 19 (8.33%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 79 (34.65%) Python
2 52 (22.81%) Java
3 46 (20.18%) JavaScript
4 42 (18.42%) SQL
5 30 (13.16%) C#
6 19 (8.33%) TypeScript
7 13 (5.70%) PowerShell
8 8 (3.51%) PHP
9 7 (3.07%) Bash
10 6 (2.63%) Go
10 6 (2.63%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (1.75%) Perl
11 4 (1.75%) Ruby
11 4 (1.75%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.75%) X++
12 3 (1.32%) Scala
13 2 (0.88%) COBOL
13 2 (0.88%) Groovy
14 1 (0.44%) C
14 1 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 54 (23.68%) Security Cleared
2 52 (22.81%) SC Cleared
3 17 (7.46%) Degree
4 12 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.75%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.32%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.44%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.44%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (13.60%) QA
2 9 (3.95%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.32%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.32%) GDPR
4 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 30 (13.16%) Docker
2 5 (2.19%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 32 (14.04%) Kubernetes
2 21 (9.21%) Terraform
3 15 (6.58%) Ansible
4 11 (4.82%) Grafana
5 10 (4.39%) Progress Chef
6 9 (3.95%) Kibana
7 6 (2.63%) Docker Swarm
7 6 (2.63%) logstash
7 6 (2.63%) Prometheus
7 6 (2.63%) Puppet
8 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 22 (9.65%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.46%) OpenAI
3 15 (6.58%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.95%) SAP
5 6 (2.63%) Atlassian
5 6 (2.63%) Oracle
5 6 (2.63%) Splunk
6 4 (1.75%) Databricks
6 4 (1.75%) Google
6 4 (1.75%) IBM
6 4 (1.75%) Informatica
7 3 (1.32%) New Relic
7 3 (1.32%) Nintex
7 3 (1.32%) Pega
8 2 (0.88%) Sitecore
8 2 (0.88%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.44%) Mapinfo
9 1 (0.44%) Nokia
9 1 (0.44%) Sage
9 1 (0.44%) Terracotta