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 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 95 115
Rank change year-on-year -6 +20 +45
Contract jobs citing API Integration 29 27 7
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.27% 1.56% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.49% 1.67% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 17 2
10th Percentile £502 £461 £434
25th Percentile £513 £488 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £585 £485
Median % change year-on-year -5.90% +20.62% -30.09%
75th Percentile £638 £684 £516
90th Percentile £758 £743 £525
Central London median daily rate £551 £585 £485
% change year-on-year -5.90% +20.62% -7.18%

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 1,946 1,619 1,966
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.05% 93.26% 90.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,321 1,021 1,389
10th Percentile £363 £350 £356
25th Percentile £450 £459 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £570
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% -5.00%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 11
10th Percentile £17.99 £22.00 £19.92
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.78 £29.58 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% +18.30% -28.57%
75th Percentile £49.78 £45.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £62.25 £41.84
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -8.65% +4.53% -20.54%

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 8 May 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 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Chatbot
1 1 (3.45%) Notion
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Aladdin
2 1 (3.45%) Algo Collateral
2 1 (3.45%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 9 (31.03%) Azure
2 8 (27.59%) Power Platform
3 6 (20.69%) AWS
3 6 (20.69%) Power Automate
4 5 (17.24%) Microsoft Copilot
4 5 (17.24%) PowerApps
5 3 (10.34%) Copilot Studio
5 3 (10.34%) Entra ID
5 3 (10.34%) GitHub
5 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (6.90%) Azure Stack
7 1 (3.45%) Amazon Bedrock
7 1 (3.45%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (3.45%) Figma
7 1 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (3.45%) Kong
7 1 (3.45%) Rubrik
7 1 (3.45%) Serverless
7 1 (3.45%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.69%) Power BI
2 2 (6.90%) Text Mining
3 1 (3.45%) CockroachDB
3 1 (3.45%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) JIRA
2 1 (3.45%) Git
2 1 (3.45%) Vite
General
1 13 (44.83%) Finance
2 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Banking
4 2 (6.90%) Automotive
4 2 (6.90%) Back Office
4 2 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.45%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (27.59%) Developer
2 5 (17.24%) Power Platform Developer
3 3 (10.34%) Senior
4 2 (6.90%) Architect
4 2 (6.90%) Business Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Data Business Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Implementation Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Developer
4 2 (6.90%) Platform Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Power Platform Engineer
4 2 (6.90%) Project Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Senior Business Analyst
4 2 (6.90%) Technical Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Backup Engineer
5 1 (3.45%) Insurance Business Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Integration Architect
5 1 (3.45%) Technical Product Manager
5 1 (3.45%) VMware Consultant
5 1 (3.45%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (20.69%) REST
2 4 (13.79%) JSON
2 4 (13.79%) React
3 3 (10.34%) CSS
3 3 (10.34%) HTML
3 3 (10.34%) OAuth
3 3 (10.34%) RESTful
4 2 (6.90%) GraphQL
4 2 (6.90%) Middleware
4 2 (6.90%) SAML
4 2 (6.90%) SOAP
5 1 (3.45%) boto
5 1 (3.45%) LangGraph
5 1 (3.45%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (3.45%) Next.js
5 1 (3.45%) Redux
5 1 (3.45%) TanStack
5 1 (3.45%) Vue
5 1 (3.45%) Web Services
5 1 (3.45%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.90%) Data Structures
2 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.45%) AI Agents
3 1 (3.45%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.45%) Derivative
3 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (24.14%) Agile
2 6 (20.69%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (20.69%) User Experience
3 5 (17.24%) AI
3 5 (17.24%) Analytics
3 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (13.79%) CI/CD
4 4 (13.79%) Data Mapping
4 4 (13.79%) Integration Patterns
4 4 (13.79%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (10.34%) A/B Testing
5 3 (10.34%) Asset Management
5 3 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (10.34%) CRM
5 3 (10.34%) Data Modelling
5 3 (10.34%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (10.34%) Investment Management
5 3 (10.34%) Scrum
5 3 (10.34%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) Python
2 5 (17.24%) Java
2 5 (17.24%) JavaScript
3 4 (13.79%) PowerShell
4 3 (10.34%) SQL
4 3 (10.34%) TypeScript
5 1 (3.45%) Go
5 1 (3.45%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
1 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.90%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) CISM
3 1 (3.45%) CISSP
3 1 (3.45%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.45%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) GDPR
2 2 (6.90%) QA
3 1 (3.45%) HIPAA
3 1 (3.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (3.45%) SLA
3 1 (3.45%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Ansible
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (3.45%) Terraform
1 1 (3.45%) vRealize
1 1 (3.45%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) Oracle
2 3 (10.34%) SAP
2 3 (10.34%) Workday
3 2 (6.90%) Qualtrics
4 1 (3.45%) Amplitude
4 1 (3.45%) Databricks
4 1 (3.45%) IBM
4 1 (3.45%) Kronos
4 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.45%) SmartStream
4 1 (3.45%) VMware