API Integration Contracts in London

API Integration
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring API Integration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited API Integration over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 329 378
Rank change year-on-year +121 +49 +121
Contract jobs citing API Integration 146 62 115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.16% 0.35% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 0.39% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 36 78
10th Percentile £365 £363 £414
25th Percentile £458 £455 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.16% -14.46% -
75th Percentile £675 £600 £738
90th Percentile £736 £650 £825
England median daily rate £513 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +2.50% -16.67% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

API Integration
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing API Integration as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for API Integration in London

API Integration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing API Integration in London.

Daily rate trend for API Integration in London

API Integration
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing API Integration in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for API Integration in London

API Integration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing API Integration in London.

Hourly rate trend for API Integration in London

API Integration
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing API Integration within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Central London +25 28 £568 +17.01% 10
API Integration
England

API Integration
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 9 (6.16%) Confluence
2 6 (4.11%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.74%) CMS
4 2 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.37%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.68%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.68%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.68%) CICS
5 1 (0.68%) DataSynapse
5 1 (0.68%) Drupal
5 1 (0.68%) JBoss
5 1 (0.68%) Luigi
5 1 (0.68%) Magnolia
5 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.68%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.37%) Salesforce CRM
1 2 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.68%) BASE24
2 1 (0.68%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 54 (36.99%) Azure
2 25 (17.12%) AWS
3 24 (16.44%) GitHub
4 11 (7.53%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (6.85%) GCP
5 10 (6.85%) Power Platform
6 9 (6.16%) Azure Monitor
6 9 (6.16%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (4.11%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (4.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 6 (4.11%) PowerApps
8 5 (3.42%) Copilot Studio
8 5 (3.42%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (3.42%) Nutanix
8 5 (3.42%) Snowflake
9 4 (2.74%) Boomi
9 4 (2.74%) SaaS
9 4 (2.74%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 4 (2.74%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.48%) DNS
2 7 (4.79%) TCP/IP
3 5 (3.42%) HTTPS
4 4 (2.74%) Firewall
5 3 (2.05%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (2.05%) HTTP
6 2 (1.37%) Network Security
6 2 (1.37%) VPN
7 1 (0.68%) ATM
7 1 (0.68%) Internet
7 1 (0.68%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.68%) SMS
7 1 (0.68%) SWIFTNet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.85%) Power BI
2 7 (4.79%) Data Lake
3 6 (4.11%) Geospatial Data
3 6 (4.11%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (3.42%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (2.74%) MySQL
5 4 (2.74%) NoSQL
5 4 (2.74%) Tableau
6 3 (2.05%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.37%) DB2
8 1 (0.68%) Big Data
8 1 (0.68%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.68%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.68%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.68%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.68%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.68%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.68%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 14 (9.59%) Git
2 11 (7.53%) JIRA
3 8 (5.48%) Jenkins
4 7 (4.79%) Subversion
4 7 (4.79%) TeamCity
5 3 (2.05%) Bitbucket
5 3 (2.05%) Cypress.io
5 3 (2.05%) Postman
6 2 (1.37%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.68%) GitLab
7 1 (0.68%) Maven
7 1 (0.68%) MLflow
7 1 (0.68%) MSI
7 1 (0.68%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.68%) Selenium
7 1 (0.68%) Xcode
General
1 37 (25.34%) Social Skills
2 34 (23.29%) Finance
3 21 (14.38%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.59%) Public Sector
5 13 (8.90%) Banking
6 12 (8.22%) Financial Institution
7 10 (6.85%) Marketing
8 5 (3.42%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.74%) Publishing
10 3 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.37%) Back Office
11 2 (1.37%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.37%) Local Government
11 2 (1.37%) Retail
12 1 (0.68%) Billing
12 1 (0.68%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.68%) Front Office
12 1 (0.68%) Law
12 1 (0.68%) Legal
12 1 (0.68%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 58 (39.73%) Developer
2 16 (10.96%) Architect
3 12 (8.22%) Senior
4 10 (6.85%) Data Engineer
5 9 (6.16%) Java Developer
6 8 (5.48%) Administrator
7 7 (4.79%) Consultant
7 7 (4.79%) Linux Administrator
8 6 (4.11%) Lead
8 6 (4.11%) SailPoint Developer
8 6 (4.11%) ServiceNow Developer
9 5 (3.42%) Analyst
9 5 (3.42%) Azure Engineer
9 5 (3.42%) Senior Developer
9 5 (3.42%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (2.74%) Angular Developer
10 4 (2.74%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 4 (2.74%) Grid Engineer
10 4 (2.74%) Platform Engineer
11 3 (2.05%) Cloud Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (20.55%) REST
2 13 (8.90%) SOAP
3 11 (7.53%) RESTful
4 10 (6.85%) OAuth
4 10 (6.85%) React
5 8 (5.48%) AngularJS
5 8 (5.48%) Spring
6 7 (4.79%) .NET
6 7 (4.79%) CSS
6 7 (4.79%) HTML
6 7 (4.79%) SailPoint
7 6 (4.11%) Lightning Web Components
7 6 (4.11%) Middleware
7 6 (4.11%) PySpark
8 5 (3.42%) JSON
8 5 (3.42%) OAuth2
8 5 (3.42%) OpenID
8 5 (3.42%) Spring Boot
8 5 (3.42%) YAML
9 4 (2.74%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.79%) Clustering
2 6 (4.11%) Replication
3 5 (3.42%) Grid Computing
3 5 (3.42%) Virtual Team
4 4 (2.74%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.05%) PKI
5 3 (2.05%) Taxonomies
6 2 (1.37%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.37%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.37%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.68%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.68%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.68%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (0.68%) Mobile Wallet
7 1 (0.68%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.27%) Linux
2 7 (4.79%) Solaris
3 6 (4.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (3.42%) Windows
4 5 (3.42%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.42%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.37%) Unix
6 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.68%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (28.77%) Agile
2 41 (28.08%) CI/CD
3 37 (25.34%) DevOps
4 31 (21.23%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (13.01%) Containerisation
6 17 (11.64%) API Development
7 16 (10.96%) Code Quality
8 15 (10.27%) Infrastructure as Code
8 15 (10.27%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (9.59%) Artificial Intelligence
10 13 (8.90%) Data Transformation
10 13 (8.90%) High Availability
10 13 (8.90%) Scrum
11 12 (8.22%) Full-Stack Development
11 12 (8.22%) Microservices
11 12 (8.22%) Workflow
12 11 (7.53%) Analytics
12 11 (7.53%) API Management
12 11 (7.53%) Software Engineering
12 11 (7.53%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 53 (36.30%) Python
2 38 (26.03%) Java
3 30 (20.55%) SQL
4 27 (18.49%) JavaScript
5 15 (10.27%) C#
6 14 (9.59%) PowerShell
7 8 (5.48%) Bash
7 8 (5.48%) TypeScript
8 7 (4.79%) Perl
9 6 (4.11%) Apex Code
9 6 (4.11%) BeanShell
9 6 (4.11%) Go
10 5 (3.42%) C++
11 4 (2.74%) Bicep
12 2 (1.37%) ABAP
12 2 (1.37%) COBOL
12 2 (1.37%) Groovy
12 2 (1.37%) R
13 1 (0.68%) ActionScript 2.0
13 1 (0.68%) Scala
Qualifications
1 14 (9.59%) Security Cleared
2 12 (8.22%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.16%) Degree
4 3 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.05%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.37%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.37%) CAPM
5 2 (1.37%) CBAP
6 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.68%) CEH
6 1 (0.68%) CISSP
6 1 (0.68%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.68%) IBM Certification
6 1 (0.68%) IIBA
6 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.68%) OCP
6 1 (0.68%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.68%) RHCE
6 1 (0.68%) RHCSA
6 1 (0.68%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.22%) QA
2 9 (6.16%) GDPR
3 6 (4.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (3.42%) Accessibility
5 4 (2.74%) Data Quality
6 3 (2.05%) GRC
7 2 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.37%) WCAG
8 1 (0.68%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.68%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.68%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.68%) NIST
8 1 (0.68%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (13.01%) Docker
2 7 (4.79%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (4.11%) Active Directory
4 4 (2.74%) Platform Symphony
4 4 (2.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (2.05%) NFS
5 3 (2.05%) Veritas File System
5 3 (2.05%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 1 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (13.01%) Kubernetes
2 14 (9.59%) Terraform
3 11 (7.53%) Ansible
4 9 (6.16%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (4.79%) Grafana
5 7 (4.79%) QRadar
5 7 (4.79%) Red Hat Satellite
6 5 (3.42%) ITRS Geneos
6 5 (3.42%) Kibana
6 5 (3.42%) Tivoli
7 4 (2.74%) EMC NetWorker
7 4 (2.74%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 2 (1.37%) Kubeflow
8 2 (1.37%) MOM
8 2 (1.37%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.68%) Control-M
9 1 (0.68%) Netcool
9 1 (0.68%) Podman
9 1 (0.68%) SCCM
9 1 (0.68%) VxRail
Vendors
1 16 (10.96%) Salesforce
1 16 (10.96%) ServiceNow
2 13 (8.90%) Microsoft
3 12 (8.22%) Red Hat
4 11 (7.53%) IBM
5 9 (6.16%) Oracle
5 9 (6.16%) Splunk
6 8 (5.48%) CyberArk
6 8 (5.48%) VMware
7 7 (4.79%) Qualys
7 7 (4.79%) SaltStack
8 6 (4.11%) MuleSoft
8 6 (4.11%) TIBCO
9 5 (3.42%) EMC
10 4 (2.74%) Cisco
10 4 (2.74%) ForgeRock
10 4 (2.74%) Google
11 3 (2.05%) Planview
11 3 (2.05%) SAP
11 3 (2.05%) Sybase