API Integration Contract Job Trends in Bristol

API Integration
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring API Integration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 70 77
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 +22
Contract jobs citing API Integration 3 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.40% 0.34% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.42% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £320 £473
25th Percentile - £350 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £120 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year -70.00% -23.81% -19.23%
75th Percentile - £494 £563
90th Percentile - £550 £578
South West median daily rate £366 £400 £544
% change year-on-year -8.44% -26.44% -5.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

API Integration 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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 692 720 909
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 91.90% 82.76% 87.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 369 588
10th Percentile £249 £260 £305
25th Percentile £375 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.89% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £753 £725 £722
South West median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 132 125
10th Percentile £12.82 £44.18 £28.80
25th Percentile £18.87 £62.38 £50.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.57% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £76.25
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% -

API Integration
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

API Integration job vacancy trend in Bristol

API Integration
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing API Integration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing API Integration

API Integration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 (33.33%) OpenShift
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MongoDB
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) System Design Authority
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) API Design
1 3 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) OCR
1 3 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 3 (100.00%) Software Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Target Operating Model
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Image Processing
3 1 (33.33%) Observability
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (100.00%) SCOM
2 1 (33.33%) Cilium
2 1 (33.33%) Podman
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) NVIDIA
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat