API Design Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

API Design
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring API Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 40 -
Rank change year-on-year -9 - -
Contract jobs citing API Design 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.26% 1.36% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 1.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £428 -
25th Percentile £613 £459 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% - -
75th Percentile £638 £563 -
90th Percentile - £578 -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £625 £525 -
% change year-on-year +19.05% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

API Design 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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 312 200 467
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 81.25% 90.91% 89.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 142 353
10th Percentile £229 £247 £279
25th Percentile £363 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £560 £597 £600
90th Percentile £638 £656 £735
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £465 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -7.00% - +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 2 27
10th Percentile £15.69 £12.67 £15.85
25th Percentile £22.98 £13.68 £18.32
Median hourly rate £29.61 £15.35 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +92.90% -35.37% +25.00%
75th Percentile £32.81 £17.03 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £18.03 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £35.60 £23.75
% change year-on-year -29.35% +49.89% +39.71%

API Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing API Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

API Design job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

API Design
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing API Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing API Design

API Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Storybook
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) Vitest
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker