API Development Contract Job Trends in Bath

API Development
Somerset > Bath

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bath requiring API Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 11 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs citing API Development 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bath 1.96% 2.70% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 3.13% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £350 -
Somerset median daily rate - £350 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bath

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 Bath.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42 32 58
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bath 82.35% 86.49% 86.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 26 46
10th Percentile £350 £151 £325
25th Percentile £403 £358 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £456 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% -3.95% +18.75%
75th Percentile £569 £584 £525
90th Percentile £602 £700 £581
Somerset median daily rate £469 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -1.26% -2.56% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.50 £12.50 £12.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £13.00 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £16.50 £13.50 £12.75
90th Percentile - - -
Somerset median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £40.00
% change year-on-year +210.64% -53.73% -

API Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Bath

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

API Development job vacancy trend in Bath

API Development
Daily Rate Trend in Bath

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

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

API Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bath 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (100.00%) GIS
1 1 (100.00%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) GIS Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DataOps
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA