API Development Contracts with Work from Home Options

API Development
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 233 279 333
Rank change year-on-year +46 +54 -80
Contract jobs citing API Development 108 191 319
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.72% 0.76% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.85% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 150 245
10th Percentile £389 £406 £425
25th Percentile £463 £468 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +15.58%
75th Percentile £561 £600 £675
90th Percentile £600 £653 £725
UK median daily rate £550 £586 £575
% change year-on-year -6.14% +1.91% +15.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £49.75
75th Percentile - - £53.56
90th Percentile - - £60.43
UK median hourly rate - - £53.47
% change year-on-year - - +33.66%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,215 22,550 40,272
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.97% 89.75% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,849 15,929 29,247
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 522 532
10th Percentile £15.02 £18.63 £13.75
25th Percentile £25.38 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £69.31 £55.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

API Development
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing API Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

API Development trend for jobs with a WFH option

API Development
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing API Development.

API Development daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

API Development
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing API Development over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

API Development daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

API Development
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing API Development.

API Development hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

API Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 8 (7.41%) Confluence
2 2 (1.85%) GeoServer
3 1 (0.93%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.93%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 39 (36.11%) Azure
2 38 (35.19%) AWS
3 11 (10.19%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (6.48%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (6.48%) GCP
4 7 (6.48%) Power Platform
5 5 (4.63%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (4.63%) GitHub
6 4 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (3.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 4 (3.70%) Power Automate
6 4 (3.70%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.78%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (2.78%) Amazon ECR
7 3 (2.78%) Amazon EKS
7 3 (2.78%) Amazon S3
7 3 (2.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (2.78%) Kong
7 3 (2.78%) OCI
7 3 (2.78%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.78%) Firewall
2 2 (1.85%) DNS
2 2 (1.85%) HTTP
2 2 (1.85%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (14.81%) NoSQL
2 8 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (6.48%) SQL Server
4 5 (4.63%) MySQL
5 4 (3.70%) Data Lake
5 4 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.70%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (3.70%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.85%) GIS
6 2 (1.85%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.93%) Couchbase
7 1 (0.93%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 9 (8.33%) Git
1 9 (8.33%) JIRA
2 8 (7.41%) GitLab
3 3 (2.78%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.78%) webpack
4 2 (1.85%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (1.85%) CircleCI
4 2 (1.85%) Travis CI
4 2 (1.85%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.93%) git-flow
5 1 (0.93%) JUnit
5 1 (0.93%) Moq
5 1 (0.93%) NUnit
General
1 20 (18.52%) Social Skills
2 15 (13.89%) Finance
3 9 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 7 (6.48%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.63%) Telecoms
6 4 (3.70%) Electronics
6 4 (3.70%) Financial Institution
6 4 (3.70%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.70%) Marketing
6 4 (3.70%) Retail
7 3 (2.78%) Banking
7 3 (2.78%) Law
7 3 (2.78%) Legal
Job Titles
1 58 (53.70%) Developer
2 12 (11.11%) Senior
2 12 (11.11%) Software Developer
3 11 (10.19%) Python Developer
4 10 (9.26%) Full Stack Developer
5 9 (8.33%) .NET Developer
5 9 (8.33%) Software Engineer
6 8 (7.41%) Analyst
6 8 (7.41%) Consultant
6 8 (7.41%) ServiceNow Consultant
7 7 (6.48%) Java Engineer
7 7 (6.48%) Senior Java Engineer
7 7 (6.48%) ServiceNow Developer
8 6 (5.56%) Java Developer
8 6 (5.56%) Technical Analyst
9 5 (4.63%) Java Software Engineer
9 5 (4.63%) Senior Java Software Engineer
9 5 (4.63%) Senior Software Engineer
9 5 (4.63%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (4.63%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (23.15%) RESTful
2 19 (17.59%) REST
3 17 (15.74%) React
4 15 (13.89%) FastAPI
4 15 (13.89%) Web Services
5 14 (12.96%) .NET
5 14 (12.96%) AngularJS
6 13 (12.04%) HTML
7 12 (11.11%) CSS
7 12 (11.11%) Node.js
7 12 (11.11%) WebSockets
8 9 (8.33%) Spring Boot
9 8 (7.41%) JSON
10 7 (6.48%) XML
11 6 (5.56%) Spring
11 6 (5.56%) Swagger
12 5 (4.63%) Flask
12 5 (4.63%) OpenAPI
12 5 (4.63%) Redux
12 5 (4.63%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (4.63%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (3.70%) Mainframe
4 2 (1.85%) Blockchain
4 2 (1.85%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.85%) Distributed Applications
4 2 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.85%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.93%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.93%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (0.93%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.93%) Unix
1 1 (0.93%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (25.00%) Agile
2 26 (24.07%) DevOps
3 22 (20.37%) Software Engineering
4 20 (18.52%) Full Stack Development
4 20 (18.52%) Microservices
5 18 (16.67%) Unit Testing
6 16 (14.81%) API Integration
6 16 (14.81%) CI/CD
7 15 (13.89%) Analytics
7 15 (13.89%) Asset Management
7 15 (13.89%) Customer Service
7 15 (13.89%) IT Asset Management
7 15 (13.89%) ITSM
7 15 (13.89%) LLM
7 15 (13.89%) Operations Management
7 15 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (13.89%) Service Delivery
7 15 (13.89%) Service Management
7 15 (13.89%) TDD
8 14 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 35 (32.41%) Python
2 30 (27.78%) SQL
3 17 (15.74%) Java
4 16 (14.81%) JavaScript
5 13 (12.04%) C#
6 6 (5.56%) PowerShell
7 5 (4.63%) TypeScript
8 4 (3.70%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (3.70%) T-SQL
8 4 (3.70%) X++
9 2 (1.85%) Bash
10 1 (0.93%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 36 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 35 (32.41%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.70%) Degree
4 3 (2.78%) Azure Certification
4 3 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (16.67%) QA
2 7 (6.48%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.78%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.78%) GDPR
4 2 (1.85%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (12.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 8 (7.41%) Terraform
3 6 (5.56%) Ansible
4 4 (3.70%) Grafana
4 4 (3.70%) Kibana
5 3 (2.78%) Progress Chef
6 2 (1.85%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (1.85%) logstash
6 2 (1.85%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.85%) Puppet
Vendors
1 15 (13.89%) ServiceNow
2 13 (12.04%) OpenAI
3 8 (7.41%) Microsoft
4 5 (4.63%) Atlassian
5 4 (3.70%) Informatica
5 4 (3.70%) Oracle
5 4 (3.70%) SAP
6 2 (1.85%) Databricks
6 2 (1.85%) Google
6 2 (1.85%) New Relic
6 2 (1.85%) Splunk