API Development
East Midlands > Leicestershire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leicestershire requiring API Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 20 Feb 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 21 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing API Development | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Leicestershire | 1.94% | - | - |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 2.31% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £394 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £453 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £375 | £326 | £549 |
| % change year-on-year | +15.03% | -40.59% | +65.04% |
All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicestershire
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 Leicestershire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 130 | 80 | 138 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire | 83.87% | 87.91% | 82.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 78 | 55 | 103 |
| 10th Percentile | £131 | £213 | £183 |
| 25th Percentile | £360 | £275 | £259 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £463 | £380 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.11% | +21.71% | -3.80% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £555 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £699 | £635 |
| East Midlands median daily rate | £437 | £425 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.76% | - | -5.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 11 | 2 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.84 | £22.13 | £11.85 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.25 | £23.44 | £12.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.00 | £26.25 | £14.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.19% | +87.50% | -31.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £28.75 | £28.44 | £23.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £30.25 | £29.38 | £43.10 |
| East Midlands median hourly rate | £18.87 | £24.18 | £17.61 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.96% | +37.35% | +4.60% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing API Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire.
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Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leicestershire citing API Development.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing API Development in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 20 February 2026.
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Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire
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 Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicester | - | 3 | £550 | - | 2 |
| API Development East Midlands |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicestershire 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: