Azure API Management Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Azure API Management (Azure APIM)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Azure API Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 341 334 395
Rank change year-on-year -7 +61 +108
Contract jobs citing Azure API Management 41 44 20
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.28% 0.29% 0.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.64% 0.72% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 21 8
10th Percentile £362 £400 £587
25th Percentile £404 £406 £592
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £575 £638
Median % change year-on-year -11.96% -9.80% +10.87%
75th Percentile £580 £614 £694
90th Percentile £650 £838 £720
England median daily rate £510 £575 £625
% change year-on-year -11.30% -8.00% +8.70%

All Cloud Skills
London

Azure API Management falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,357 6,138 7,079
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.12% 41.11% 38.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,349 4,148 5,222
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £770
England median daily rate £500 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 43 62
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.27 £18.09
25th Percentile £23.25 £23.80 £22.00
Median hourly rate £26.30 £31.50 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -16.51% -16.56% +23.77%
75th Percentile £52.19 £54.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.88 £65.00 £73.63
England median hourly rate £26.50 £29.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -8.62% +16.00% +11.11%

Azure API Management
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure API Management relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Azure API Management job vacancy trend in London

Azure API Management
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure API Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure API Management

Azure API Management
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure API Management in London over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure API Management in London

Azure API Management
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 Azure API Management within the London region over the 6 months to 23 December 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
South London - 3 £525 -
East London +2 2 £416 +4.00%
Central London -8 2 £363 -36.54% 2
Azure API Management
England

Azure API Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 4 (9.76%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (2.44%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (9.76%) Oracle 11i
Cloud Services
1 41 (100.00%) Azure
2 14 (34.15%) Azure Logic Apps
3 12 (29.27%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (26.83%) Azure Service Bus
5 9 (21.95%) GitHub
6 8 (19.51%) Entra ID
6 8 (19.51%) Serverless
7 7 (17.07%) Azure AKS
8 6 (14.63%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (14.63%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (12.20%) Apigee
9 5 (12.20%) Azure Key Vault
9 5 (12.20%) IaaS
10 4 (9.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (9.76%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (9.76%) Amazon S3
10 4 (9.76%) AWS
10 4 (9.76%) Azure Event Grid
10 4 (9.76%) Azure Functions
10 4 (9.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.20%) HTTP
2 2 (4.88%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (14.63%) Oracle Database
2 4 (9.76%) DynamoDB
2 4 (9.76%) Oracle Database 10g
3 3 (7.32%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (7.32%) Big Data
4 2 (4.88%) Data Lake
5 1 (2.44%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Git
2 4 (9.76%) Ant
2 4 (9.76%) JUnit
2 4 (9.76%) SoapUI
3 1 (2.44%) GitLab
3 1 (2.44%) TestDirector
3 1 (2.44%) Toad
General
1 15 (36.59%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.20%) Banking
2 5 (12.20%) Finance
2 5 (12.20%) Public Sector
3 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (7.32%) Marketing
3 3 (7.32%) Publishing
4 2 (4.88%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (4.88%) Investment Banking
4 2 (4.88%) Legal
5 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Law
5 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (24.39%) Developer
2 9 (21.95%) Architect
3 8 (19.51%) DevOps Engineer
4 7 (17.07%) Azure Engineer
5 5 (12.20%) Azure Architect
5 5 (12.20%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (9.76%) Apigee Engineer
6 4 (9.76%) Azure Developer
6 4 (9.76%) Backend Developer
6 4 (9.76%) Integration Architect
7 3 (7.32%) Integration Engineer
7 3 (7.32%) Middleware Developer
8 2 (4.88%) Data Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) Integration Developer
8 2 (4.88%) Java Engineer
9 1 (2.44%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 1 (2.44%) Lead
9 1 (2.44%) Lead Solutions Architect
9 1 (2.44%) Principal Engineer
9 1 (2.44%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (17.07%) Kafka
1 7 (17.07%) Middleware
1 7 (17.07%) Node.js
2 6 (14.63%) IBM Integration Bus
2 6 (14.63%) SOAP
3 5 (12.20%) .NET
3 5 (12.20%) ARM Templates
3 5 (12.20%) OAuth
3 5 (12.20%) XML
4 4 (9.76%) .NET Core
4 4 (9.76%) AngularJS
4 4 (9.76%) JWT
4 4 (9.76%) PyTorch
4 4 (9.76%) React
4 4 (9.76%) REST
4 4 (9.76%) RESTful
4 4 (9.76%) TensorFlow
4 4 (9.76%) YAML
5 3 (7.32%) Entity Framework
6 2 (4.88%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) Cloud Native
2 4 (9.76%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (7.32%) AI Agents
3 3 (7.32%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (7.32%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.32%) Product Ownership
3 3 (7.32%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.44%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.44%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.63%) Linux
1 6 (14.63%) Unix
1 6 (14.63%) Windows
2 5 (12.20%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (75.61%) CI/CD
2 29 (70.73%) DevOps
3 22 (53.66%) API Management
4 11 (26.83%) AI
4 11 (26.83%) Infrastructure as Code
5 10 (24.39%) API Design
6 9 (21.95%) Microservices
7 8 (19.51%) Agile
7 8 (19.51%) Enterprise Architecture
7 8 (19.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (17.07%) Analytics
8 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (14.63%) B2C
9 6 (14.63%) Data Modelling
10 5 (12.20%) Data Pipeline
10 5 (12.20%) DevSecOps
10 5 (12.20%) ETL
10 5 (12.20%) Generative AI
10 5 (12.20%) Machine Learning
10 5 (12.20%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 15 (36.59%) SQL
2 12 (29.27%) Python
3 10 (24.39%) Java
4 6 (14.63%) Korn
4 6 (14.63%) Perl
4 6 (14.63%) PL/SQL
5 5 (12.20%) C#
5 5 (12.20%) PowerShell
6 4 (9.76%) Bicep
6 4 (9.76%) JavaScript
7 2 (4.88%) Shell Script
8 1 (2.44%) Bash
8 1 (2.44%) Go
8 1 (2.44%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 15 (36.59%) Security Cleared
2 13 (31.71%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (7.32%) Degree
3 3 (7.32%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.44%) MCP
4 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) SEPA
2 2 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (4.88%) GDPR
2 2 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.44%) EU AI Act
3 1 (2.44%) NIST
System Software
1 11 (26.83%) Docker
2 2 (4.88%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (43.90%) Terraform
2 8 (19.51%) Kubernetes
3 4 (9.76%) Ansible
4 1 (2.44%) Argo
Vendors
1 16 (39.02%) Microsoft
2 8 (19.51%) Databricks
3 7 (17.07%) IBM
4 6 (14.63%) Atlassian
4 6 (14.63%) Oracle
5 3 (7.32%) OpenAI
6 1 (2.44%) Foundry
6 1 (2.44%) Perforce