API Integration Contracts with Work from Home Options

API Integration
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 Integration skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited API Integration 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 287 372 460
Rank change year-on-year +85 +88 -133
Contract jobs citing API Integration 54 96 156
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.36% 0.38% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.43% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 75 111
10th Percentile £313 £433 £388
25th Percentile £418 £495 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% +16.67%
75th Percentile £611 £613 £625
90th Percentile £643 £684 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £600 £538
% change year-on-year -16.67% +11.63% +16.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £35.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

API Integration 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 13,268 22,513 39,948
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.01% 89.73% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,896 15,904 28,997
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 573 519 530
10th Percentile £15.03 £18.63 £13.73
25th Percentile £25.50 £30.00 £20.06
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.63
90th Percentile £75.20 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

API Integration
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

API Integration trend for jobs with a WFH option

API Integration
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 Integration.

API Integration daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

API Integration
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing API Integration over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

API Integration daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

API Integration
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 3 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.70%) Confluence
2 2 (3.70%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (25.93%) Azure
2 8 (14.81%) AWS
2 8 (14.81%) GCP
3 4 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (7.41%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (7.41%) Kong
4 3 (5.56%) Apigee
4 3 (5.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 3 (5.56%) Azure Functions
4 3 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (5.56%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.56%) GitHub
4 3 (5.56%) Google App Engine
4 3 (5.56%) Power Automate
4 3 (5.56%) Power Platform
4 3 (5.56%) PowerApps
4 3 (5.56%) SaaS
4 3 (5.56%) Serverless
5 2 (3.70%) Azure Cognitive Services
5 2 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.11%) HTTP
2 5 (9.26%) Firewall
3 4 (7.41%) LAN
4 2 (3.70%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (3.70%) DNS
4 2 (3.70%) SSH
4 2 (3.70%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.70%) VPN
5 1 (1.85%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.85%) WAN
5 1 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.96%) MySQL
1 7 (12.96%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.41%) BigQuery
3 2 (3.70%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (3.70%) NoSQL
3 2 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Git
2 3 (5.56%) Jenkins
2 3 (5.56%) JIRA
3 2 (3.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 2 (3.70%) CircleCI
3 2 (3.70%) GitLab
3 2 (3.70%) Selenium
3 2 (3.70%) Travis CI
4 1 (1.85%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 12 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.67%) Finance
3 6 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 5 (9.26%) Marketing
5 4 (7.41%) Electronics
5 4 (7.41%) Manufacturing
5 4 (7.41%) Telecoms
6 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.56%) Retail
7 2 (3.70%) Banking
7 2 (3.70%) Front Office
8 1 (1.85%) Back Office
8 1 (1.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 18 (33.33%) Developer
2 10 (18.52%) Architect
3 5 (9.26%) .NET Developer
4 4 (7.41%) Automation Engineer
4 4 (7.41%) Azure Engineer
4 4 (7.41%) Consultant
4 4 (7.41%) DevOps Engineer
4 4 (7.41%) Software Engineer
4 4 (7.41%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (7.41%) Support Engineer
4 4 (7.41%) Technical Engineer
4 4 (7.41%) Technical Support
4 4 (7.41%) Technical Support Engineer
5 3 (5.56%) Full Stack Developer
5 3 (5.56%) Payments Architect
5 3 (5.56%) Project Manager
5 3 (5.56%) Salesforce Developer
5 3 (5.56%) Technical Architect
6 2 (3.70%) Python Developer
6 2 (3.70%) SharePoint Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (27.78%) RESTful
2 12 (22.22%) CSS
3 11 (20.37%) AngularJS
3 11 (20.37%) HTML
4 8 (14.81%) React
5 7 (12.96%) REST
6 6 (11.11%) .NET
7 5 (9.26%) Vue
8 4 (7.41%) JSON
8 4 (7.41%) Node.js
8 4 (7.41%) SAML
9 3 (5.56%) CSS3
9 3 (5.56%) HTML5
9 3 (5.56%) OpenID
10 2 (3.70%) Elastic Stack
10 2 (3.70%) Express.js
10 2 (3.70%) OAuth
10 2 (3.70%) RxJS
10 2 (3.70%) SailPoint
10 2 (3.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.56%) Cloud Native
1 3 (5.56%) Digital Wallet
1 3 (5.56%) Mainframe
1 3 (5.56%) Mobile Payment
1 3 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.70%) Data Structures
2 2 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (1.85%) IVR
3 1 (1.85%) Over-the-Top Content
3 1 (1.85%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.70%) Linux
1 2 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (29.63%) API Development
2 13 (24.07%) User Experience
3 12 (22.22%) DevOps
3 12 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (18.52%) Agile
5 8 (14.81%) Full Stack Development
5 8 (14.81%) Microservices
6 7 (12.96%) CI/CD
6 7 (12.96%) Technical Leadership
7 6 (11.11%) Code Quality
7 6 (11.11%) Project Management
7 6 (11.11%) UX Design
8 5 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (9.26%) Database Optimisation
8 5 (9.26%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 5 (9.26%) Workflow
9 4 (7.41%) API Design
9 4 (7.41%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (7.41%) Machine Learning
9 4 (7.41%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 15 (27.78%) JavaScript
2 12 (22.22%) Python
3 8 (14.81%) PowerShell
4 5 (9.26%) Java
4 5 (9.26%) SQL
4 5 (9.26%) TypeScript
5 4 (7.41%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (3.70%) Apex Code
6 2 (3.70%) Bash
7 1 (1.85%) BrightScript
7 1 (1.85%) C#
7 1 (1.85%) Go
7 1 (1.85%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 5 (9.26%) SC Cleared
1 5 (9.26%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.70%) Azure Certification
2 2 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (3.70%) Degree
3 1 (1.85%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.96%) QA
2 6 (11.11%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.85%) GDPR
3 1 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.85%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (5.56%) Active Directory
1 3 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (9.26%) Ansible
2 4 (7.41%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (5.56%) Kubernetes
3 3 (5.56%) SolarWinds Orion
3 3 (5.56%) Terraform
4 2 (3.70%) Docker Swarm
4 2 (3.70%) Grafana
4 2 (3.70%) Kibana
4 2 (3.70%) logstash
4 2 (3.70%) Progress Chef
4 2 (3.70%) Prometheus
4 2 (3.70%) Puppet
Vendors
1 6 (11.11%) Google
2 5 (9.26%) SAP
2 5 (9.26%) ServiceNow
3 4 (7.41%) Cisco
3 4 (7.41%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.41%) Oracle
3 4 (7.41%) Salesforce
4 3 (5.56%) CheckPoint
4 3 (5.56%) CyberArk
4 3 (5.56%) MuleSoft
4 3 (5.56%) Sage
5 2 (3.70%) BeyondTrust
5 2 (3.70%) CODA
5 2 (3.70%) Splunk
6 1 (1.85%) Genesys
6 1 (1.85%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.85%) Ping Identity
6 1 (1.85%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.85%) Roku
6 1 (1.85%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud