API Development Contract Job Trends in the East of England

API Development
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring API Development skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 92 105
Rank change year-on-year +9 +13 +13
Contract jobs citing API Development 8 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.61% 0.26% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.32% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 4
10th Percentile £367 - £543
25th Percentile £477 - £644
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £300 £700
Median % change year-on-year +74.17% -57.14% +12.90%
75th Percentile £564 £317 -
90th Percentile £613 £348 -
England median daily rate £475 £500 £554
% change year-on-year -5.00% -9.71% -6.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

API Development 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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,164 1,239 1,625
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 89.40% 81.46% 87.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 506 453 882
10th Percentile £200 £200 £225
25th Percentile £375 £306 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £442 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.12% -11.60% -
75th Percentile £586 £550 £631
90th Percentile £686 £638 £734
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 384 357
10th Percentile £14.50 £14.64 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.42 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £19.81
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% +101.92% -2.17%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.85 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +51.01%

API Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing API Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for API Development in the East of England

API Development
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing API Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing API Development

API Development
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing API Development in the East of England over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for API Development in the East of England

API Development
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing API Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing API Development

API Development
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing API Development within the East of England region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. 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
Hertfordshire - 3 £575 - 4
Norfolk - 2 £545 - 1
Bedfordshire - 2 £500 - 3
Suffolk +2 1 £300 - 1
API Development
England

API Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Anypoint
1 2 (25.00%) Mule
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) 3GPP
1 2 (25.00%) 4G
1 2 (25.00%) 5G
1 2 (25.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) GitLab
1 2 (25.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (12.50%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Full-Stack Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Full-Stack Python Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Python Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (12.50%) OSS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (75.00%) REST
2 5 (62.50%) RESTful
3 4 (50.00%) SOAP
3 4 (50.00%) Web Services
4 2 (25.00%) JWT
4 2 (25.00%) Kafka
4 2 (25.00%) MUnit
4 2 (25.00%) OAuth
4 2 (25.00%) OpenAPI
4 2 (25.00%) Swagger
5 1 (12.50%) FastAPI
5 1 (12.50%) Jest
5 1 (12.50%) JSON
5 1 (12.50%) Next.js
5 1 (12.50%) pytest
5 1 (12.50%) React
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) OO
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
2 3 (37.50%) Containerisation
2 3 (37.50%) Deployment Automation
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) API Design
3 2 (25.00%) Batch Processing
3 2 (25.00%) Data Transformation
3 2 (25.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (25.00%) Microservices
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) OOD
3 2 (25.00%) OOP
3 2 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (12.50%) TDD
4 1 (12.50%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Java
1 4 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) C++
2 2 (25.00%) DataWeave
2 2 (25.00%) Go
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Kubernetes
2 2 (25.00%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) MuleSoft
1 2 (25.00%) Salesforce
1 2 (25.00%) Workday