API Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for API Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited API Development over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 483 483 427
Rank change year-on-year 0 -56 -96
Permanent jobs citing API Development 479 615 1,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.49% 0.59% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.62% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 345 418 576
10th Percentile £39,000 £42,850 £37,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,813 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% +13.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £77,813
90th Percentile £86,250 £100,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,360 99,485 147,504
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.62% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 59,619 58,411 83,272
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for API Development in the UK

API Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Development over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for API Development in the UK

API Development
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing API Development within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +32 410 £60,000 -14.29% 105
UK excluding London +67 336 £57,500 -4.17% 63
Work from Home +14 204 £57,500 -11.54% 62
London -37 122 £77,500 -3.13% 49
North of England +54 73 £57,500 -17.20% 19
Midlands +47 65 £52,500 -4.55% 16
South West +10 63 £57,500 -4.17% 3
South East +43 56 £62,500 -1.96% 10
West Midlands +73 55 £52,500 +7.69% 8
North West +37 49 £57,500 -17.20% 12
Scotland -43 43 £32,500 -33.33% 10
East of England +12 27 £45,000 -29.41% 2
Yorkshire +91 24 £57,500 -17.86% 5
East Midlands -11 10 £52,500 -22.22% 8
Northern Ireland -7 5 £57,500 +15.00% 1
Wales +7 4 £55,000 -15.38% 2

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 49 (10.23%) IIS
2 30 (6.26%) Apache
3 26 (5.43%) Apache Spark
4 21 (4.38%) CMS
5 8 (1.67%) nginx
6 7 (1.46%) Confluence
6 7 (1.46%) JBoss
7 3 (0.63%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.42%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.42%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.42%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.21%) Drupal
9 1 (0.21%) Mule
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.21%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (2.92%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (3.34%) Payment Gateway
2 14 (2.92%) SDL Web 8
3 13 (2.71%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.04%) Temenos T24
5 4 (0.84%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.21%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 199 (41.54%) Azure
2 167 (34.86%) AWS
3 73 (15.24%) GCP
4 49 (10.23%) Serverless
5 42 (8.77%) AWS Lambda
6 33 (6.89%) Cloud Computing
7 28 (5.85%) OpenShift
8 25 (5.22%) SaaS
9 24 (5.01%) Amazon EKS
9 24 (5.01%) AWS CloudFormation
10 18 (3.76%) Power Platform
11 15 (3.13%) Boomi
12 14 (2.92%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 14 (2.92%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (2.92%) NuGet
13 13 (2.71%) Azure Functions
14 12 (2.51%) GitHub
15 11 (2.30%) Azure Service Bus
16 9 (1.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 9 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 26 (5.43%) WAN
2 24 (5.01%) AMQP
3 22 (4.59%) SSL
4 21 (4.38%) TCP/IP
5 19 (3.97%) DNS
5 19 (3.97%) Firewall
6 9 (1.88%) HTTP
7 4 (0.84%) 5G
7 4 (0.84%) Internet
7 4 (0.84%) MQTT
8 3 (0.63%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.21%) RNC
9 1 (0.21%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (24.01%) SQL Server
2 56 (11.69%) MySQL
3 41 (8.56%) NoSQL
3 41 (8.56%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (5.85%) MongoDB
5 26 (5.43%) Big Data
6 24 (5.01%) Cloudera CDH
6 24 (5.01%) Hadoop
7 13 (2.71%) Relational Database
8 9 (1.88%) DynamoDB
9 8 (1.67%) GIS
10 6 (1.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.04%) Power BI
12 4 (0.84%) Text Mining
13 3 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (0.63%) Data Mining
13 3 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
14 2 (0.42%) Neo4j
15 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 86 (17.95%) Git
2 42 (8.77%) Visual Studio
3 34 (7.10%) JIRA
4 19 (3.97%) TeamCity
5 16 (3.34%) Jenkins
6 15 (3.13%) GitLab
6 15 (3.13%) Moq
6 15 (3.13%) NUnit
6 15 (3.13%) Sourcetree
7 14 (2.92%) git-flow
7 14 (2.92%) Octopus Deploy
7 14 (2.92%) SpecFlow
8 6 (1.25%) Bitbucket
8 6 (1.25%) Maven
9 5 (1.04%) webpack
10 4 (0.84%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.63%) JUnit
12 2 (0.42%) Snyk
12 2 (0.42%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 94 (19.62%) Finance
2 82 (17.12%) Social Skills
3 46 (9.60%) Law
4 45 (9.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 38 (7.93%) Marketing
6 30 (6.26%) Retail
7 29 (6.05%) Analytical Skills
8 28 (5.85%) Banking
9 25 (5.22%) Aerospace
10 20 (4.18%) Public Sector
11 15 (3.13%) Legal
12 12 (2.51%) Manufacturing
13 10 (2.09%) Tech for Good
14 8 (1.67%) Police
15 6 (1.25%) Games
16 5 (1.04%) Digital Healthcare
17 4 (0.84%) Telecoms
18 3 (0.63%) Electronics
19 2 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
20 1 (0.21%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 255 (53.24%) Developer
2 121 (25.26%) Senior
3 102 (21.29%) Software Engineer
4 69 (14.41%) Senior Developer
5 68 (14.20%) Full Stack Developer
6 65 (13.57%) C# Developer
7 55 (11.48%) Lead
8 44 (9.19%) Full-Stack C# Developer
9 42 (8.77%) .NET Developer
10 33 (6.89%) Senior Full Stack Developer
11 30 (6.26%) Full Stack Engineer
12 29 (6.05%) PHP Developer
13 28 (5.85%) Java Engineer
13 28 (5.85%) Lead Developer
13 28 (5.85%) Senior C# Developer
14 27 (5.64%) C# .NET Developer
15 26 (5.43%) Azure Developer
15 26 (5.43%) Systems Engineer
16 25 (5.22%) Senior Software Engineer
17 24 (5.01%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (30.48%) .NET
2 136 (28.39%) React
3 116 (24.22%) CSS
4 112 (23.38%) HTML
5 109 (22.76%) RESTful
6 96 (20.04%) AngularJS
7 76 (15.87%) REST
8 56 (11.69%) Node.js
9 55 (11.48%) Spring
10 51 (10.65%) ASP.NET
11 50 (10.44%) Vue
12 46 (9.60%) jQuery
13 45 (9.39%) Spring Boot
14 41 (8.56%) .NET Framework
14 41 (8.56%) ASP.NET MVC
15 40 (8.35%) Web Services
16 37 (7.72%) RabbitMQ
17 36 (7.52%) XML
18 34 (7.10%) Swagger
19 32 (6.68%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 44 (9.19%) Public Cloud
2 43 (8.98%) Cloud Native
3 40 (8.35%) Distributed Systems
4 36 (7.52%) Greenfield Project
5 26 (5.43%) Clustering
6 25 (5.22%) Product Ownership
7 22 (4.59%) Mobile App
8 20 (4.18%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (2.92%) Legacy Code
10 13 (2.71%) Algorithms
11 8 (1.67%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.04%) IoT
12 5 (1.04%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.04%) Virtual Team
13 4 (0.84%) Client/Server
14 3 (0.63%) Cyberattack
14 3 (0.63%) PropTech
14 3 (0.63%) Solar Energy
15 2 (0.42%) Educational Technology
15 2 (0.42%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 47 (9.81%) Linux
2 29 (6.05%) Windows
3 26 (5.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 24 (5.01%) CentOS
4 24 (5.01%) Debian
4 24 (5.01%) Ubuntu
5 14 (2.92%) Android
6 8 (1.67%) Unix
7 7 (1.46%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.04%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (41.96%) Agile
2 156 (32.57%) Software Engineering
3 129 (26.93%) Problem-Solving
4 127 (26.51%) Microservices
5 114 (23.80%) DevOps
6 109 (22.76%) Full Stack Development
7 98 (20.46%) CI/CD
8 80 (16.70%) API Design
9 69 (14.41%) Scrum
10 67 (13.99%) TDD
11 66 (13.78%) MVC
12 64 (13.36%) Computer Science
13 63 (13.15%) Architectural Patterns
14 58 (12.11%) Artificial Intelligence
15 55 (11.48%) Infrastructure as Code
16 54 (11.27%) Containerisation
16 54 (11.27%) Test Automation
17 50 (10.44%) Design Patterns
18 48 (10.02%) Continuous Integration
19 46 (9.60%) OO
Programming Languages
1 175 (36.53%) C#
2 168 (35.07%) SQL
3 146 (30.48%) Java
4 136 (28.39%) JavaScript
5 94 (19.62%) Python
6 50 (10.44%) TypeScript
7 40 (8.35%) PHP
8 24 (5.01%) T-SQL
9 20 (4.18%) XAML
10 16 (3.34%) XPath
11 15 (3.13%) C
12 9 (1.88%) Go
13 6 (1.25%) Ada
13 6 (1.25%) Apex Code
13 6 (1.25%) PowerShell
14 5 (1.04%) C++
14 5 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (1.04%) VB.NET
14 5 (1.04%) VBA
15 4 (0.84%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 69 (14.41%) Security Cleared
2 67 (13.99%) Degree
3 38 (7.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 38 (7.93%) SC Cleared
4 27 (5.64%) DV Cleared
5 13 (2.71%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.25%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.42%) HND
8 1 (0.21%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.92%) GDPR
2 10 (2.09%) QA
3 7 (1.46%) HIPAA
4 5 (1.04%) SLA
5 2 (0.42%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.42%) SEPA
6 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
System Software
1 77 (16.08%) Docker
2 26 (5.43%) VMware NSX
3 6 (1.25%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.21%) OpenAM
Systems Management
1 95 (19.83%) Kubernetes
2 49 (10.23%) Terraform
3 27 (5.64%) Ansible
4 26 (5.43%) Puppet
5 4 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.63%) logstash
6 3 (0.63%) Nagios
7 2 (0.42%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.42%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.21%) Grafana
8 1 (0.21%) Kibana
8 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 48 (10.02%) Microsoft
2 45 (9.39%) Google
3 28 (5.85%) VMware
4 26 (5.43%) Red Hat
5 24 (5.01%) SaltStack
6 16 (3.34%) Adobe
7 15 (3.13%) Xamarin
8 14 (2.92%) Cognizant
9 12 (2.51%) Oracle
10 11 (2.30%) Talend
11 9 (1.88%) Jitterbit
12 8 (1.67%) Salesforce
13 7 (1.46%) MuleSoft
13 7 (1.46%) OpenAI
14 6 (1.25%) webMethods
15 5 (1.04%) Temenos
16 4 (0.84%) Facebook
17 3 (0.63%) CrowdStrike
17 3 (0.63%) SAP
17 3 (0.63%) Telerik