API Management Contracts

API Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for API Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited API Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 396 339 486
Rank change year-on-year -57 +147 -87
Contract jobs citing API Management 206 440 415
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.74% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.82% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 290 304
10th Percentile £425 £413 £425
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £586 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.64% -2.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £655 £650 £670
90th Percentile £734 £738 £786
UK excluding London median daily rate £519 £586 £575
% change year-on-year -11.48% +1.91% +19.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £48.75
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - -33.33% +16.67%
75th Percentile - - £56.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £52.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

API Management 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 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
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 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

API Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for API Management in the UK

API Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for API Management in the UK

API Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing API Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for API Management in the UK

API Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for API Management in the UK

API Management
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing API Management within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 +7 183 £550 -6.78% 64
London +28 133 £550 -6.38% 36
Work from Home -5 75 £525 -10.33% 30
UK excluding London -18 56 £519 -11.48% 26
North of England +23 18 £505 +0.95% 4
North West +17 14 £533 +2.11% 1
South East -1 12 £513 -18.00% 9
Scotland +32 8 £675 +3.85% 2
Midlands +15 8 £561 +6.90% 5
West Midlands +23 6 £486 +14.41% 4
Wales -18 6 £500 -14.68% 2
Yorkshire +14 4 £434 -8.63% 3
South West +20 2 £635 +5.83% 4
East of England +18 2 £550 - 3

API Management
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 16 (7.77%) CMS
2 12 (5.83%) Anypoint
3 7 (3.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 6 (2.91%) Mule
5 5 (2.43%) Confluence
5 5 (2.43%) Mule ESB
6 3 (1.46%) BizTalk Server
6 3 (1.46%) IIS
7 2 (0.97%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.97%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.49%) Apache
8 1 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.49%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 11 (5.34%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.49%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 5 (2.43%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (2.43%) Temenos T24
2 3 (1.46%) Maximo
2 3 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.97%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.97%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 2 (0.97%) SAP IBP
4 1 (0.49%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.49%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.49%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 149 (72.33%) Azure
2 92 (44.66%) Azure Service Bus
3 82 (39.81%) Azure DevOps
4 60 (29.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 47 (22.82%) Azure API Management
6 45 (21.84%) Azure Monitor
7 43 (20.87%) Azure Logic Apps
8 41 (19.90%) AWS
9 40 (19.42%) Serverless
10 30 (14.56%) PaaS
11 27 (13.11%) Azure Functions
12 23 (11.17%) Azure Key Vault
13 21 (10.19%) Apigee
14 20 (9.71%) Azure Storage
14 20 (9.71%) SaaS
15 19 (9.22%) Azure Data Factory
15 19 (9.22%) Entra ID
16 18 (8.74%) Azure Pipelines
17 15 (7.28%) IaaS
18 13 (6.31%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.88%) Firewall
2 4 (1.94%) SSL
3 3 (1.46%) HTTP
3 3 (1.46%) Network Security
3 3 (1.46%) VPN
4 2 (0.97%) DNS
4 2 (0.97%) Internet
4 2 (0.97%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.49%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.49%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (28.16%) SQL Server
2 33 (16.02%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (6.80%) NoSQL
4 12 (5.83%) OLTP
5 10 (4.85%) Data Lake
6 9 (4.37%) MongoDB
7 8 (3.88%) Big Data
7 8 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (2.43%) OLAP
9 5 (2.43%) Oracle Database
9 5 (2.43%) Oracle OLAP
10 4 (1.94%) Power BI
11 3 (1.46%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (1.46%) GIS
11 3 (1.46%) MySQL
11 3 (1.46%) Redis
12 2 (0.97%) DB2
12 2 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 66 (32.04%) Git
2 18 (8.74%) Jenkins
3 14 (6.80%) Postman
4 13 (6.31%) JIRA
5 9 (4.37%) Visual Studio
6 7 (3.40%) TeamCity
6 7 (3.40%) Visual Studio Team System
7 6 (2.91%) Maven
8 4 (1.94%) SpecFlow
9 3 (1.46%) GitLab
9 3 (1.46%) gulp
9 3 (1.46%) Selenium
10 2 (0.97%) JMeter
11 1 (0.49%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.49%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.49%) Hudson
11 1 (0.49%) NUnit
11 1 (0.49%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.49%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 53 (25.73%) Social Skills
2 30 (14.56%) Back Office
3 29 (14.08%) Finance
4 26 (12.62%) Public Sector
5 15 (7.28%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (5.83%) Banking
7 10 (4.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (4.37%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (3.40%) German Language
10 4 (1.94%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.46%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.97%) Arabic Language
12 2 (0.97%) Electronics
12 2 (0.97%) French Language
12 2 (0.97%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.97%) Korean Language
12 2 (0.97%) Local Government
12 2 (0.97%) Marketing
12 2 (0.97%) Retail
12 2 (0.97%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 87 (42.23%) Developer
2 40 (19.42%) Architect
3 35 (16.99%) Senior
4 29 (14.08%) Senior Developer
5 22 (10.68%) Azure Developer
6 20 (9.71%) Lead
7 16 (7.77%) Azure Engineer
7 16 (7.77%) Solutions Architect
8 15 (7.28%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 13 (6.31%) AWS Architect
10 12 (5.83%) .NET Developer
10 12 (5.83%) C# Developer
10 12 (5.83%) MuleSoft Developer
11 11 (5.34%) Azure Architect
11 11 (5.34%) Senior Front-End Developer
12 10 (4.85%) Data Engineer
12 10 (4.85%) Integration Engineer
13 9 (4.37%) Backend Developer
14 8 (3.88%) Consultant
14 8 (3.88%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (42.72%) .NET
2 53 (25.73%) .NET Core
3 49 (23.79%) REST
4 42 (20.39%) SOAP
5 28 (13.59%) Web Services
6 24 (11.65%) YAML
7 23 (11.17%) Swagger
8 22 (10.68%) JSON
9 19 (9.22%) CSS
10 18 (8.74%) HTML
10 18 (8.74%) React
11 16 (7.77%) jQuery
11 16 (7.77%) Node.js
12 15 (7.28%) XML
13 13 (6.31%) ASP.NET
13 13 (6.31%) RESTful
14 12 (5.83%) ARM Templates
14 12 (5.83%) OpenAPI
14 12 (5.83%) Spring
15 11 (5.34%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.77%) Product Ownership
2 15 (7.28%) Public Cloud
3 8 (3.88%) Cloud Native
3 8 (3.88%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.91%) NHS
5 5 (2.43%) DataPower
5 5 (2.43%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.46%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.46%) IoT
6 3 (1.46%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.46%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.97%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.97%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.97%) Wiki
8 1 (0.49%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.49%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.91%) Unix
2 5 (2.43%) Linux
3 3 (1.46%) Android
3 3 (1.46%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.46%) Windows
4 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (48.06%) Agile
2 98 (47.57%) DevOps
3 67 (32.52%) TDD
4 59 (28.64%) CI/CD
5 56 (27.18%) OO
6 43 (20.87%) OOD
7 40 (19.42%) Microservices
8 36 (17.48%) Clean Code
9 32 (15.53%) Software Engineering
10 28 (13.59%) Migration
11 24 (11.65%) Infrastructure as Code
12 23 (11.17%) SOA
13 22 (10.68%) Scrum
14 20 (9.71%) Continuous Integration
15 19 (9.22%) Continuous Deployment
15 19 (9.22%) Test Automation
16 17 (8.25%) Front End Development
16 17 (8.25%) Integration Patterns
17 15 (7.28%) Data Migration
18 14 (6.80%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 91 (44.17%) C#
2 55 (26.70%) SQL
3 43 (20.87%) Bicep
4 35 (16.99%) Java
5 32 (15.53%) Python
6 30 (14.56%) JavaScript
7 19 (9.22%) PowerShell
8 18 (8.74%) TypeScript
9 5 (2.43%) C++
9 5 (2.43%) Groovy
10 2 (0.97%) PHP
10 2 (0.97%) Ruby
10 2 (0.97%) XPath
11 1 (0.49%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 18 (8.74%) Degree
2 12 (5.83%) Azure Certification
3 10 (4.85%) Security Cleared
4 8 (3.88%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.43%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.22%) Accessibility
2 18 (8.74%) WCAG
3 8 (3.88%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.43%) QA
5 2 (0.97%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.49%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.49%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 50 (24.27%) Active Directory
2 19 (9.22%) Docker
3 10 (4.85%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.97%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 33 (16.02%) Terraform
2 21 (10.19%) Kubernetes
3 10 (4.85%) Ansible
4 6 (2.91%) CloudHub
4 6 (2.91%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.97%) TIBCO Hawk
6 1 (0.49%) Grafana
6 1 (0.49%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 70 (33.98%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.22%) Oracle
3 18 (8.74%) SAP
4 15 (7.28%) Google
4 15 (7.28%) Salesforce
5 14 (6.80%) MuleSoft
6 12 (5.83%) WSO2
7 11 (5.34%) IBM
8 5 (2.43%) Databricks
8 5 (2.43%) TSYS
9 3 (1.46%) ESRI
9 3 (1.46%) Nintex
9 3 (1.46%) Okta
9 3 (1.46%) Pega
9 3 (1.46%) Ping Identity
10 2 (0.97%) Ariba
10 2 (0.97%) CA
10 2 (0.97%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.97%) TIBCO
10 2 (0.97%) VMware