API Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for API Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited API Management 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 588 657 761
Rank change year-on-year +69 +104 -76
Permanent jobs citing API Management 328 331 512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.33% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.34% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 154 231 257
10th Percentile £45,315 £42,500 £54,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £56,928 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £77,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.61% - +24.00%
75th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £117,236 £108,950
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +41.51%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for API Management in the UK

API Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for API Management in the UK

API Management
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing API Management within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 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 +89 286 £75,000 -6.25% 50
UK excluding London +39 185 £62,500 -16.67% 29
London +72 98 £85,000 -5.56% 22
South East +65 89 £75,000 - 8
Work from Home -65 65 £75,000 - 29
North of England +51 63 £56,250 -36.43% 8
North West +54 55 £55,000 -26.67% 3
Midlands -8 9 £81,750 +48.64% 6
Yorkshire +49 8 £57,500 -35.01% 4
Scotland -75 7 £100,000 -1.72% 3
Wales +7 6 £52,101 -30.53% 1
South West -31 6 £42,500 -58.23% 4
East of England +9 5 £60,000 +60.00% 1
East Midlands -12 5 £73,500 +40.00% 1
West Midlands +10 4 £90,000 +60.00% 5

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 7 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.22%) Confluence
3 3 (0.91%) CMS
3 3 (0.91%) Drupal
3 3 (0.91%) NServiceBus
4 1 (0.30%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.30%) Mule
Applications
1 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.22%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 275 (83.84%) Azure
2 224 (68.29%) Azure DevOps
3 204 (62.20%) Azure Service Bus
4 194 (59.15%) Serverless
5 180 (54.88%) Azure Logic Apps
6 175 (53.35%) Azure API Management
7 156 (47.56%) Azure Functions
8 125 (38.11%) IBM Cloud
9 42 (12.80%) AWS
10 37 (11.28%) PaaS
11 36 (10.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 36 (10.98%) Power Platform
12 33 (10.06%) Dynamics 365
13 29 (8.84%) Azure Monitor
14 28 (8.54%) IaaS
15 22 (6.71%) Azure AKS
15 22 (6.71%) Entra ID
16 20 (6.10%) SaaS
17 19 (5.79%) Azure Data Factory
18 17 (5.18%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.88%) Firewall
2 10 (3.05%) VPN
3 9 (2.74%) Network Security
4 7 (2.13%) IPv4
5 3 (0.91%) HTTP
5 3 (0.91%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (42.38%) NoSQL
2 138 (42.07%) PostgreSQL
3 132 (40.24%) MongoDB
4 130 (39.63%) Relational Database
5 125 (38.11%) DB2
6 49 (14.94%) SQL Server
7 16 (4.88%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 12 (3.66%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (2.44%) Power BI
10 6 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (1.52%) Data Lake
12 4 (1.22%) MySQL
12 4 (1.22%) RDBMS
13 3 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.91%) GIS
13 3 (0.91%) Oracle Database
13 3 (0.91%) Redis
14 2 (0.61%) SAP HANA
15 1 (0.30%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 21 (6.40%) Postman
2 14 (4.27%) Git
3 11 (3.35%) JIRA
4 9 (2.74%) GitLab
4 9 (2.74%) Jenkins
5 7 (2.13%) Octopus Deploy
5 7 (2.13%) TeamCity
6 5 (1.52%) SonarQube
7 4 (1.22%) Jasmine
7 4 (1.22%) Mocha
8 3 (0.91%) Gradle
9 2 (0.61%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.30%) IBM UrbanCode
10 1 (0.30%) Maven
10 1 (0.30%) NUnit
10 1 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.30%) Spinnaker
10 1 (0.30%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 136 (41.46%) Public Sector
2 76 (23.17%) Social Skills
3 35 (10.67%) Finance
4 19 (5.79%) Presentation Skills
5 17 (5.18%) Back Office
6 16 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (4.88%) Local Government
6 16 (4.88%) Retail
7 10 (3.05%) Banking
8 9 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.83%) Marketing
10 5 (1.52%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.22%) Police
11 4 (1.22%) Welsh Language
12 3 (0.91%) Law
12 3 (0.91%) Legal
12 3 (0.91%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.91%) Publishing
12 3 (0.91%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 197 (60.06%) Developer
2 138 (42.07%) Azure Developer
3 125 (38.11%) Full Stack Developer
4 50 (15.24%) Lead
5 32 (9.76%) Architect
6 28 (8.54%) Senior
7 23 (7.01%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 23 (7.01%) Power Platform Developer
8 19 (5.79%) Azure Engineer
9 18 (5.49%) Senior Developer
10 15 (4.57%) Integration Developer
11 13 (3.96%) C# Developer
12 12 (3.66%) Senior Integration Developer
13 11 (3.35%) .NET Developer
13 11 (3.35%) Cloud Engineer
13 11 (3.35%) Solutions Architect
14 10 (3.05%) Cloud Architect
14 10 (3.05%) DevOps Engineer
15 9 (2.74%) Azure Architect
16 8 (2.44%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 196 (59.76%) .NET
2 143 (43.60%) REST
3 134 (40.85%) React
4 133 (40.55%) Web Services
5 132 (40.24%) CSS
5 132 (40.24%) HTML
5 132 (40.24%) Node.js
6 129 (39.33%) Vue
7 128 (39.02%) AngularJS
7 128 (39.02%) ASP.NET
8 125 (38.11%) ASP.NET Core
8 125 (38.11%) Backbone.js
8 125 (38.11%) Ember.js
8 125 (38.11%) jQuery
8 125 (38.11%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 21 (6.40%) .NET Core
10 17 (5.18%) OpenAPI
10 17 (5.18%) Swagger
11 16 (4.88%) ARM Templates
11 16 (4.88%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 131 (39.94%) Hybrid Cloud
2 126 (38.41%) Data Structures
3 125 (38.11%) Algorithms
3 125 (38.11%) Blockchain
4 17 (5.18%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.66%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.44%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.44%) NHS
6 8 (2.44%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.13%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.52%) Clustering
9 4 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.22%) Housing Association
9 4 (1.22%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.91%) Distributed Architecture
10 3 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.91%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 143 (43.60%) Windows
2 135 (41.16%) Linux
3 125 (38.11%) Android
3 125 (38.11%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.13%) VMS
5 3 (0.91%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (75.61%) DevOps
2 161 (49.09%) SOLID
3 156 (47.56%) OO
4 134 (40.85%) Design Patterns
5 132 (40.24%) Web Development
6 131 (39.94%) Artificial Intelligence
7 128 (39.02%) OOP
8 126 (38.41%) Full Stack Development
9 125 (38.11%) Co-Creation
9 125 (38.11%) Design Thinking
9 125 (38.11%) Generative AI
9 125 (38.11%) MVC
9 125 (38.11%) MVVM
9 125 (38.11%) Responsive Web Design
9 125 (38.11%) User Experience
10 87 (26.52%) Agile
11 79 (24.09%) CI/CD
12 63 (19.21%) Software Engineering
13 42 (12.80%) TDD
14 39 (11.89%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 203 (61.89%) C#
2 194 (59.15%) SQL
3 160 (48.78%) JavaScript
4 143 (43.60%) Python
5 142 (43.29%) Java
6 33 (10.06%) Bicep
7 31 (9.45%) PowerShell
8 24 (7.32%) TypeScript
9 13 (3.96%) Bash
10 7 (2.13%) PHP
11 4 (1.22%) Go
11 4 (1.22%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.91%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.61%) Ruby
13 2 (0.61%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.30%) ABAP
14 1 (0.30%) Groovy
14 1 (0.30%) Scala
Qualifications
1 27 (8.23%) Degree
2 15 (4.57%) Security Cleared
3 14 (4.27%) Azure Certification
3 14 (4.27%) SC Cleared
4 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.30%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.30%) OCP
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.30%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.30%) PMP
6 1 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.44%) HL7
2 5 (1.52%) SLA
3 4 (1.22%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.91%) ISO 9000
4 3 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.91%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.61%) QA
6 1 (0.30%) Data Quality
System Software
1 44 (13.41%) Active Directory
2 24 (7.32%) Docker
3 12 (3.66%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.30%) OpenAM
Systems Management
1 43 (13.11%) Kubernetes
2 33 (10.06%) Terraform
3 7 (2.13%) Istio
4 5 (1.52%) Ansible
4 5 (1.52%) Failover Clustering
4 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Clustering
5 2 (0.61%) Grafana
5 2 (0.61%) Kibana
6 1 (0.30%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.30%) Puppet
Vendors
1 126 (38.41%) Red Hat
2 125 (38.11%) IBM
3 100 (30.49%) Microsoft
4 12 (3.66%) MuleSoft
5 8 (2.44%) Oracle
6 6 (1.83%) SAP
7 5 (1.52%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.22%) Databricks
8 4 (1.22%) Okta
8 4 (1.22%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.91%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.91%) Citrix
9 3 (0.91%) Google
10 2 (0.61%) Concur
11 1 (0.30%) Adobe
11 1 (0.30%) Dynatrace
11 1 (0.30%) Genesys
11 1 (0.30%) SnapLogic
11 1 (0.30%) webMethods
11 1 (0.30%) WSO2