API Development Contracts in England

API Development
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for API Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited API Development over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 345 382 383
Rank change year-on-year +37 +1 -40
Contract jobs citing API Development 199 306 463
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.53% 0.60% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.66% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 218 341
10th Percentile £404 £412 £413
25th Percentile £466 £500 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £688
90th Percentile £694 £718 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
10th Percentile - - £48.70
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £49.75
75th Percentile - - £59.67
90th Percentile - - £65.00
UK median hourly rate - - £49.75
% change year-on-year - - +24.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

API Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,259 46,317 65,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.62% 90.21% 90.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,236 32,416 46,341
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £532
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.38% +9.13%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £648
90th Percentile £750 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,219 1,624 1,782
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.78 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.81 £16.54 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £23.96
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% +55.71% -0.19%
75th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £71.90 £75.00 £63.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.78% +44.00% -

API Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for API Development in England

API Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing API Development in England.

Daily rate trend for API Development in England

API Development
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing API Development in England over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for API Development in England

API Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing API Development in England.

Hourly rate trend for API Development in England

API Development
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 18 April 2024. 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
London +5 98 £575 -4.17% 47
North of England +55 46 £538 -3.24% 19
South East +44 31 £550 -12.00% 14
North West +28 28 £525 -10.41% 13
Yorkshire +30 18 £550 +10.00% 4
South West +6 6 £748 +18.72% 7
Midlands +32 4 £450 +34.33% 10
West Midlands +35 3 £475 -2.06% 6
East Midlands +9 1 £398 +19.55% 4
API Development
UK

API Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 7 (3.52%) Confluence
2 3 (1.51%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.51%) Drupal
2 3 (1.51%) IIS
3 2 (1.01%) Apache
3 2 (1.01%) GeoServer
4 1 (0.50%) CICS
4 1 (0.50%) JBoss
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Spatial
4 1 (0.50%) SAS
4 1 (0.50%) Tornado
Applications
1 4 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (3.52%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.51%) Maximo
3 1 (0.50%) Shopify
3 1 (0.50%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 62 (31.16%) Azure
2 54 (27.14%) AWS
3 18 (9.05%) GCP
4 16 (8.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 15 (7.54%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (6.53%) Serverless
7 12 (6.03%) Amazon EC2
7 12 (6.03%) Amazon S3
8 11 (5.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 10 (5.03%) Azure Key Vault
10 9 (4.52%) Amazon ECR
10 9 (4.52%) Amazon EKS
10 9 (4.52%) Amazon SQS
10 9 (4.52%) Azure Cognitive Search
10 9 (4.52%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (4.52%) Route 53
11 8 (4.02%) SaaS
12 7 (3.52%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (3.52%) Power Automate
12 7 (3.52%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.52%) Internet
2 6 (3.02%) Network Security
2 6 (3.02%) VPN
3 3 (1.51%) DHCP
3 3 (1.51%) HTTP
4 2 (1.01%) DNS
4 2 (1.01%) Firewall
4 2 (1.01%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (1.01%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.50%) RNC
5 1 (0.50%) SGSN
5 1 (0.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (9.55%) NoSQL
2 17 (8.54%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (4.02%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (3.02%) BigQuery
4 6 (3.02%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.51%) MySQL
6 4 (2.01%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.51%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (1.51%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.51%) DynamoDB
7 3 (1.51%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.51%) GIS
7 3 (1.51%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (1.01%) Couchbase
8 2 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.50%) Big Data
9 1 (0.50%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 23 (11.56%) Git
2 14 (7.04%) GitLab
3 11 (5.53%) JIRA
4 9 (4.52%) webpack
5 7 (3.52%) Jenkins
6 5 (2.51%) Maven
6 5 (2.51%) Selenium
7 4 (2.01%) Cypress.io
8 3 (1.51%) JUnit
8 3 (1.51%) Subversion
9 2 (1.01%) Android Studio
9 2 (1.01%) Mockito
9 2 (1.01%) Postman
9 2 (1.01%) ScalaTest
9 2 (1.01%) SoapUI
9 2 (1.01%) Visual Studio
9 2 (1.01%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.50%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.50%) HP UFT
10 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 45 (22.61%) Social Skills
2 39 (19.60%) Finance
3 14 (7.04%) Banking
4 13 (6.53%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.53%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (4.02%) Financial Institution
7 7 (3.52%) Retail
8 6 (3.02%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (3.02%) Telecoms
9 5 (2.51%) Law
9 5 (2.51%) Marketing
10 3 (1.51%) Electronics
10 3 (1.51%) Legal
10 3 (1.51%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.50%) Advertising
11 1 (0.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.50%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 101 (50.75%) Developer
2 23 (11.56%) Architect
3 22 (11.06%) Lead
4 18 (9.05%) Software Developer
4 18 (9.05%) Software Engineer
5 17 (8.54%) Senior
6 16 (8.04%) Solutions Architect
7 15 (7.54%) Python Developer
8 12 (6.03%) Full Stack Developer
9 10 (5.03%) Java Engineer
10 9 (4.52%) Senior Java Engineer
11 8 (4.02%) Analyst
11 8 (4.02%) Consultant
11 8 (4.02%) Designer
11 8 (4.02%) Lead Designer
11 8 (4.02%) ServiceNow Consultant
12 7 (3.52%) React Developer
12 7 (3.52%) Senior Software Engineer
12 7 (3.52%) ServiceNow Developer
13 6 (3.02%) GCP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (21.11%) Node.js
2 30 (15.08%) REST
3 28 (14.07%) React
4 27 (13.57%) RESTful
5 24 (12.06%) HTML
6 22 (11.06%) CSS
7 19 (9.55%) .NET
8 17 (8.54%) AngularJS
8 17 (8.54%) Web Services
9 16 (8.04%) FastAPI
10 14 (7.04%) Flask
11 13 (6.53%) Redux
12 11 (5.53%) Express.js
12 11 (5.53%) Spring
12 11 (5.53%) WebSockets
13 10 (5.03%) Spring Boot
14 8 (4.02%) Django
14 8 (4.02%) JSON
15 6 (3.02%) Kafka
15 6 (3.02%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.02%) Blockchain
2 7 (3.52%) IoT
2 7 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.02%) Mainframe
4 5 (2.51%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (2.51%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.51%) CBDC
6 3 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.51%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.51%) Web3
7 2 (1.01%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.01%) Distributed Applications
7 2 (1.01%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.01%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.50%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.50%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.50%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.52%) Unix
2 6 (3.02%) Windows
3 2 (1.01%) Android
3 2 (1.01%) zOS
4 1 (0.50%) AIX
4 1 (0.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (30.15%) DevOps
2 59 (29.65%) CI/CD
3 54 (27.14%) Agile
4 42 (21.11%) Microservices
5 37 (18.59%) Software Engineering
6 31 (15.58%) API Design
6 31 (15.58%) Full Stack Development
7 28 (14.07%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (12.56%) Test Automation
9 23 (11.56%) Containerisation
10 22 (11.06%) Front End Development
11 20 (10.05%) End-to-End Testing
12 19 (9.55%) Unit Testing
13 18 (9.05%) Asset Management
14 17 (8.54%) TDD
15 15 (7.54%) Continuous Improvement
15 15 (7.54%) ITSM
15 15 (7.54%) Operations Management
15 15 (7.54%) Service Delivery
15 15 (7.54%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (28.64%) Python
2 43 (21.61%) Java
3 37 (18.59%) JavaScript
4 31 (15.58%) SQL
5 25 (12.56%) C#
6 18 (9.05%) TypeScript
7 11 (5.53%) PHP
8 6 (3.02%) Go
9 4 (2.01%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.51%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.51%) Perl
10 3 (1.51%) Ruby
10 3 (1.51%) Scala
10 3 (1.51%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.51%) X++
11 2 (1.01%) COBOL
11 2 (1.01%) Groovy
12 1 (0.50%) C
12 1 (0.50%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.50%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 45 (22.61%) Security Cleared
2 44 (22.11%) SC Cleared
3 14 (7.04%) Degree
4 11 (5.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.51%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.51%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.05%) QA
2 4 (2.01%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.51%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.51%) GDPR
4 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.50%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (11.56%) Docker
2 3 (1.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 27 (13.57%) Kubernetes
2 21 (10.55%) Terraform
3 10 (5.03%) Ansible
4 5 (2.51%) Grafana
5 4 (2.01%) Progress Chef
6 3 (1.51%) Kibana
Vendors
1 22 (11.06%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.54%) ServiceNow
3 8 (4.02%) Google
3 8 (4.02%) OpenAI
4 6 (3.02%) Oracle
4 6 (3.02%) SAP
5 5 (2.51%) Atlassian
6 4 (2.01%) Databricks
6 4 (2.01%) IBM
7 3 (1.51%) Informatica
7 3 (1.51%) New Relic
7 3 (1.51%) Nintex
7 3 (1.51%) Pega
7 3 (1.51%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.50%) Brio
8 1 (0.50%) Mapinfo
8 1 (0.50%) Nokia
8 1 (0.50%) Sage
8 1 (0.50%) Temenos
8 1 (0.50%) Terracotta