API Development Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

API Development
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Basingstoke requiring API Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing API Development 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 0.25% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £434 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 - -
75th Percentile £503 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £400 £390 £475
% change year-on-year +2.56% -17.89% -20.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Basingstoke

API Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 317 125 374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 79.05% 92.59% 87.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 103 194
10th Percentile £500 £466 £416
25th Percentile £528 £525 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year +6.52% -8.00% +7.76%
75th Percentile £725 £625 £700
90th Percentile £749 £650 £738
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.46% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 12
10th Percentile £14.29 £22.00 £27.50
25th Percentile £16.03 £22.92 £33.13
Median hourly rate £17.00 £24.70 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.16% -48.01% +189.28%
75th Percentile £19.75 £26.72 £48.75
90th Percentile £24.70 £27.79 -
Hampshire median hourly rate £40.00 £57.50 £57.35
% change year-on-year -30.43% +0.26% +9.24%

API Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing API Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

API Development job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

API Development
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing API Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing API Development

API Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Kong
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) webMethods