API Development Contracts in Reading

API Development
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring API Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited API Development 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 55 80 -
Rank change year-on-year +25 - -
Contract jobs citing API Development 5 11 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.84% 0.92% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 1.02% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 0
10th Percentile £404 - -
25th Percentile £522 £575 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £644 £625 -
90th Percentile £655 £629 -
Berkshire median daily rate £563 £600 -
% change year-on-year -6.25% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 555 1,075 936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.96% 90.18% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 581 620
10th Percentile £313 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £660
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £511 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 46 23
10th Percentile £33.82 £27.58 £45.50
25th Percentile £41.05 £53.74 £53.00
Median hourly rate £53.10 £62.07 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.46% -4.50% +132.14%
75th Percentile £65.14 £82.55 £74.40
90th Percentile £72.37 £87.50 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
% change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%

API Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for API Development in Reading

API Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for API Development in Reading

API Development
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

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

Daily rate histogram for API Development in Reading

API Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 1 (20.00%) CMS
1 1 (20.00%) Headless CMS
1 1 (20.00%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Functions
2 2 (40.00%) Azure Monitor
2 2 (40.00%) Serverless
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (20.00%) npm
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Git
2 2 (40.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) React Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Azure Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Python Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Python Developer
4 1 (20.00%) .NET Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Architect
4 1 (20.00%) Cloud Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (20.00%) Senior
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Front-End Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Senior React Developer
4 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (20.00%) Umbraco Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) React
2 2 (40.00%) CSS
2 2 (40.00%) HTML
3 1 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Core
3 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
3 1 (20.00%) Material-UI
3 1 (20.00%) Middleware
3 1 (20.00%) Next.js
3 1 (20.00%) Node.js
3 1 (20.00%) OpenAPI
3 1 (20.00%) RESTful
3 1 (20.00%) Swagger
3 1 (20.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (60.00%) DevOps
1 3 (60.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 3 (60.00%) Microservices
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Product Backlog
2 2 (40.00%) Release Management
2 2 (40.00%) SDLC
2 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (20.00%) API Design
3 1 (20.00%) API Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
3 1 (20.00%) Data Mapping
3 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Front End Development
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Java
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle