API Integration Contract Job Trends in the City of London

API Integration
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring API Integration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 102 120
Rank change year-on-year -9 +18 +26
Contract jobs citing API Integration 25 27 4
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.06% 1.44% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 1.53% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 16 2
10th Percentile £372 £328 £460
25th Percentile £475 £443 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £613 £623
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% -1.61% -9.45%
75th Percentile £697 £686 £732
90th Percentile £786 £738 £783
Central London median daily rate £538 £600 £513
% change year-on-year -10.42% +17.07% -18.81%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,065 1,763 1,899
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.57% 94.28% 91.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,415 1,157 1,269
10th Percentile £380 £325 £381
25th Percentile £456 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £774 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 22 16
10th Percentile - £17.35 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £23.98 £19.79
Median hourly rate £19.50 £28.33 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -31.16% +6.38% -3.18%
75th Percentile £33.10 £53.50 £82.19
90th Percentile £60.00 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £24.65 £29.07 £26.78
% change year-on-year -15.22% +8.55% -23.49%

API Integration
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

API Integration job vacancy trend in the City of London

API Integration
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing API Integration.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing API Integration

API Integration
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing API Integration in the City of London over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for API Integration in the City of London

API Integration
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (24.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Aladdin
1 2 (8.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (52.00%) Azure
2 10 (40.00%) Power Platform
3 8 (32.00%) Power Automate
4 6 (24.00%) AWS
4 6 (24.00%) GitHub
4 6 (24.00%) PowerApps
5 5 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Copilot
5 5 (20.00%) Serverless
6 4 (16.00%) Azure Functions
6 4 (16.00%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (12.00%) Azure Logic Apps
7 3 (12.00%) Copilot Studio
7 3 (12.00%) Entra ID
8 2 (8.00%) Azure API Management
8 2 (8.00%) Azure Stack
8 2 (8.00%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (8.00%) OneDrive
8 2 (8.00%) Snowflake
9 1 (4.00%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) BGP
1 1 (4.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (4.00%) NX-OS
1 1 (4.00%) TACACS
1 1 (4.00%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (32.00%) Power BI
2 2 (8.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Git
1 2 (8.00%) JUnit
1 2 (8.00%) Visual Studio
1 2 (8.00%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (4.00%) GitLab
2 1 (4.00%) Vite
General
1 12 (48.00%) Finance
2 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Banking
3 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Back Office
4 2 (8.00%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.00%) Billing
5 1 (4.00%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.00%) Legal
5 1 (4.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Developer
2 4 (16.00%) Architect
2 4 (16.00%) Platform Engineer
2 4 (16.00%) Power Platform Developer
2 4 (16.00%) Power Platform Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Configuration Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Data Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 2 (8.00%) Implementation Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Java Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Senior
5 1 (4.00%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Insurance Business Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Integration Architect
5 1 (4.00%) Network Architect
5 1 (4.00%) Security Architect
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (28.00%) REST
2 4 (16.00%) JSON
3 3 (12.00%) .NET
3 3 (12.00%) React
4 2 (8.00%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (8.00%) GraphQL
4 2 (8.00%) HTML5 Canvas
4 2 (8.00%) Middleware
4 2 (8.00%) OAuth
4 2 (8.00%) RESTful
4 2 (8.00%) Spring
4 2 (8.00%) Spring Boot
5 1 (4.00%) .NET Framework
5 1 (4.00%) AngularJS
5 1 (4.00%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 1 (4.00%) Jakarta EE
5 1 (4.00%) JDBC
5 1 (4.00%) OpenID
5 1 (4.00%) SOAP
5 1 (4.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (8.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (8.00%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (8.00%) Low-Code
2 2 (8.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.00%) Smart Meter
3 1 (4.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) Agile
1 8 (32.00%) Business Intelligence
1 8 (32.00%) CI/CD
2 7 (28.00%) Data Modelling
2 7 (28.00%) DevOps
2 7 (28.00%) Integration Patterns
3 6 (24.00%) Test Automation
4 5 (20.00%) Analytics
4 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (20.00%) Scrum
5 4 (16.00%) Asset Management
5 4 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (16.00%) Data Governance
5 4 (16.00%) Data Mapping
6 3 (12.00%) AI
6 3 (12.00%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (12.00%) Event-Driven
6 3 (12.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 3 (12.00%) Migration
6 3 (12.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) SQL
2 5 (20.00%) Java
2 5 (20.00%) Python
3 4 (16.00%) TypeScript
4 3 (12.00%) C#
4 3 (12.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (12.00%) PowerShell
5 1 (4.00%) Go
5 1 (4.00%) Korn
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) CISM
3 1 (4.00%) CISSP
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) QA
2 2 (8.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (8.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.00%) EU AI Act
3 1 (4.00%) GDPR
3 1 (4.00%) HIPAA
3 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 1 (4.00%) NIST
3 1 (4.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (4.00%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.00%) Docker
2 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Ansible
1 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (48.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (8.00%) Databricks
3 2 (8.00%) Oracle
3 2 (8.00%) SAP
4 1 (4.00%) Cisco
4 1 (4.00%) Google
4 1 (4.00%) OpenAI
4 1 (4.00%) Red Hat
4 1 (4.00%) VMware
4 1 (4.00%) Workday