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 citing API Integration skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 105 | 101 | 117 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -4 | +16 | +15 |
| Contract jobs citing API Integration | 31 | 23 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the City of London | 1.52% | 1.32% | 0.28% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 1.63% | 1.41% | 0.31% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23 | 18 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £316 | £327 | £406 |
| 25th Percentile | £404 | £390 | £441 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | £573 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.85% | +4.09% | -13.39% |
| 75th Percentile | £635 | £673 | £709 |
| 90th Percentile | £731 | £675 | £774 |
| Central London median daily rate | £473 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | -4.55% | -13.39% |
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 citing process or methodology skills in the City of London.
| 6 months to 8 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills | 1,899 | 1,635 | 1,941 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London | 93.27% | 93.97% | 91.69% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1,324 | 1,138 | 1,189 |
| 10th Percentile | £375 | £331 | £375 |
| 25th Percentile | £456 | £420 | £469 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | -1.37% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £675 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £763 | £788 |
| Central London median daily rate | £550 | £550 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 18 | 19 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £16.96 | £16.70 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.60 | £20.18 | £23.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.75 | £27.50 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -24.55% | -35.29% | +29.77% |
| 75th Percentile | £25.60 | £41.75 | £112.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £48.55 | £63.75 | £137.50 |
| Central London median hourly rate | £24.00 | £27.04 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.23% | -22.76% | +27.27% |
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 Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
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 8 November 2026.
API Integration Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agile | 48.4% | 15 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 48.4% | 15 |
| 1 | DevOps | 48.4% | 15 |
| 4 | Test Automation | 45.2% | 14 |
| 5 | Continuous Improvement | 29.0% | 9 |
| 5 | Problem-Solving | 29.0% | 9 |
| 7 | API Development | 19.4% | 6 |
| 7 | Deployment Automation | 19.4% | 6 |
| 7 | Integration Patterns | 19.4% | 6 |
| 7 | Scrum | 19.4% | 6 |
| 7 | Workflow | 19.4% | 6 |
| 12 | AI | 16.1% | 5 |
| 12 | Analytics | 16.1% | 5 |
| 12 | Backlog Refinement | 16.1% | 5 |
| 12 | Business Intelligence | 16.1% | 5 |
| 12 | Data Governance | 16.1% | 5 |
| 12 | Microservices | 16.1% | 5 |
| 12 | User Stories | 16.1% | 5 |
| 19 | Containerisation | 12.9% | 4 |
| 19 | Data Modelling | 12.9% | 4 |