API Design Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

API Design
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring API Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing API Design 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 0.58% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £360 £465 £534
% change year-on-year -22.58% -12.92% +7.12%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Derbyshire

API Design 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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 136 88 127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 78.61% 79.28% 73.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 34 82
10th Percentile £165 £173 £160
25th Percentile £348 £256 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £272
Median % change year-on-year - +65.44% -40.22%
75th Percentile £525 £519 £450
90th Percentile £604 £634 £660
East Midlands median daily rate £425 £430 £445
% change year-on-year -1.16% -3.37% -1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 10 18
10th Percentile £15.99 - £14.31
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.00 £21.59 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -21.25% +22.62% +4.62%
75th Percentile £18.59 £24.18 £20.00
90th Percentile £24.43 £27.26 £36.33
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.87 £22.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year -20.58% +28.57% +3.98%

API Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

API Design job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

API Design
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing API Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing API Design

API Design
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing API Design within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 3 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derby - 1 £500 -
API Design
East Midlands

API Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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 1 (100.00%) Anypoint
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Developer
1 1 (100.00%) MuleSoft Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) MuleSoft
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce