API Management Contracts in the UK excluding London

API Management
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring API Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited API Management 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 274 343 324
Rank change year-on-year +69 -19 +65
Contract jobs citing API Management 62 56 140
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.49% 0.27% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.32% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 48 99
10th Percentile £383 £413 £463
25th Percentile £452 £450 £511
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £519 £586
Median % change year-on-year -3.61% -11.48% +1.91%
75th Percentile £581 £625 £675
90th Percentile £650 £688 £728
UK median daily rate £500 £541 £586
% change year-on-year -7.62% -7.64% -2.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

API Management 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

API Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing API Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for API Management in the UK excluding London

API Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing API Management in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for API Management in the UK excluding London

API Management
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for API Management in the UK excluding London

API Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing API Management in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for API Management in the UK excluding London

API Management
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing API Management within the UK excluding 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
South East +67 33 £500 -2.44% 36
Midlands +22 8 £494 -12.07% 9
Scotland +11 6 £573 -15.19% 3
West Midlands +13 5 £512 +5.30% 4
South West +48 4 £481 -24.21% 8
North of England +5 4 £550 +8.96% 28
Wales -1 4 £550 +10.00% 1
Northern Ireland - 4 £475 - 1
East Midlands - 3 £475 - 4
North East - 2 £515 -
East of England +29 1 - - 6
Yorkshire +5 1 £670 +54.38% 5
North West +4 1 £450 -15.49% 23
API Management
UK

API Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 13 (20.97%) Anypoint
2 9 (14.52%) Mule
3 4 (6.45%) Mule ESB
3 4 (6.45%) nginx
4 3 (4.84%) Apache
4 3 (4.84%) Apache Spark
4 3 (4.84%) JBoss
4 3 (4.84%) WebLogic
4 3 (4.84%) WebLogic Portal
4 3 (4.84%) WebSphere
5 2 (3.23%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (3.23%) Confluence
6 1 (1.61%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (1.61%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (1.61%) Tomcat
6 1 (1.61%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Adobe XD
1 1 (1.61%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.61%) Maximo
2 1 (1.61%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.61%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 32 (51.61%) Azure
2 19 (30.65%) AWS
3 8 (12.90%) Azure API Management
4 7 (11.29%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (11.29%) Entra ID
4 7 (11.29%) GCP
4 7 (11.29%) Serverless
5 5 (8.06%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (6.45%) Azure Key Vault
6 4 (6.45%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (6.45%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (6.45%) iPaaS
6 4 (6.45%) PaaS
7 3 (4.84%) Azure AKS
7 3 (4.84%) Azure Event Grid
7 3 (4.84%) Azure Functions
7 3 (4.84%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (4.84%) GitHub
7 3 (4.84%) IaaS
7 3 (4.84%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.45%) LAN
1 4 (6.45%) WAN
2 3 (4.84%) HTTP
2 3 (4.84%) SSL
3 1 (1.61%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.84%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (4.84%) Big Data
1 3 (4.84%) NoSQL
1 3 (4.84%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.23%) MongoDB
2 2 (3.23%) MySQL
2 2 (3.23%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (3.23%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.61%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.61%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.61%) GIS
3 1 (1.61%) Parquet
3 1 (1.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (8.06%) Jenkins
2 3 (4.84%) Git
2 3 (4.84%) GitLab
2 3 (4.84%) JIRA
3 1 (1.61%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (1.61%) Postman
3 1 (1.61%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.61%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 16 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 13 (20.97%) Public Sector
3 6 (9.68%) Finance
4 5 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.84%) Banking
5 3 (4.84%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.61%) Retail
6 1 (1.61%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (32.26%) Developer
2 17 (27.42%) Architect
3 12 (19.35%) MuleSoft Developer
4 11 (17.74%) Consultant
5 9 (14.52%) Integration Consultant
5 9 (14.52%) Solutions Architect
6 8 (12.90%) SAP Consultant
6 8 (12.90%) SAP Integration Consultant
7 4 (6.45%) Senior
7 4 (6.45%) Technical Architect
8 3 (4.84%) Azure Architect
8 3 (4.84%) CRM Architect
8 3 (4.84%) CRM Solutions Architect
8 3 (4.84%) Data Engineer
8 3 (4.84%) Integration Developer
8 3 (4.84%) Lead
9 2 (3.23%) Designer
9 2 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
9 2 (3.23%) Senior Designer
9 2 (3.23%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (27.42%) SOAP
2 12 (19.35%) JSON
2 12 (19.35%) RAML
2 12 (19.35%) REST
3 11 (17.74%) RESTful
4 10 (16.13%) OAuth
4 10 (16.13%) XML
5 7 (11.29%) Middleware
5 7 (11.29%) Swagger
6 6 (9.68%) Node.js
6 6 (9.68%) OpenAPI
6 6 (9.68%) React
7 5 (8.06%) OpenID
8 4 (6.45%) .NET
8 4 (6.45%) EDI
8 4 (6.45%) SAML
8 4 (6.45%) Web Services
9 3 (4.84%) J2EE
9 3 (4.84%) JDBC
9 3 (4.84%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.84%) Cloud Native
1 3 (4.84%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (4.84%) Public Cloud
2 1 (1.61%) Distributed Architecture
2 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (1.61%) Learning Management System
2 1 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.61%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.61%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.61%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.90%) Linux
2 4 (6.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (41.94%) Agile
2 20 (32.26%) CI/CD
3 19 (30.65%) DevOps
4 18 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (25.81%) Microservices
6 10 (16.13%) API Development
7 9 (14.52%) Analytics
8 8 (12.90%) Integration Patterns
8 8 (12.90%) Migration
9 7 (11.29%) API Design
9 7 (11.29%) Architectural Patterns
10 6 (9.68%) Containerisation
10 6 (9.68%) Performance Optimisation
10 6 (9.68%) Roadmaps
10 6 (9.68%) Translating Business Requirements
11 5 (8.06%) API Integration
11 5 (8.06%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure as Code
12 4 (6.45%) IT Strategy
12 4 (6.45%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 15 (24.19%) Java
2 14 (22.58%) Python
2 14 (22.58%) SQL
3 9 (14.52%) C#
3 9 (14.52%) DataWeave
4 8 (12.90%) JavaScript
5 3 (4.84%) ABAP
5 3 (4.84%) Bash
5 3 (4.84%) Groovy
5 3 (4.84%) PowerShell
5 3 (4.84%) T-SQL
5 3 (4.84%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.61%) Bicep
6 1 (1.61%) COBOL
6 1 (1.61%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (22.58%) Security Cleared
2 10 (16.13%) SC Cleared
3 6 (9.68%) Degree
4 3 (4.84%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (4.84%) Master's Degree
4 3 (4.84%) SAP Certification
5 2 (3.23%) Azure Certification
5 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.61%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.45%) QA
2 3 (4.84%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.23%) WCAG
4 1 (1.61%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (1.61%) NIST
4 1 (1.61%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (11.29%) Active Directory
1 7 (11.29%) Docker
2 3 (4.84%) LXC
3 2 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (12.90%) Kubernetes
2 5 (8.06%) CloudHub
2 5 (8.06%) Terraform
3 4 (6.45%) Ansible
4 1 (1.61%) Grafana
4 1 (1.61%) Kibana
4 1 (1.61%) logstash
4 1 (1.61%) Oracle Identity Management
4 1 (1.61%) Packer
4 1 (1.61%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 18 (29.03%) MuleSoft
2 17 (27.42%) Microsoft
3 13 (20.97%) SAP
4 4 (6.45%) Databricks
4 4 (6.45%) Oracle
5 3 (4.84%) Red Hat
6 2 (3.23%) Google
6 2 (3.23%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.23%) Splunk
7 1 (1.61%) Adobe
7 1 (1.61%) ESRI
7 1 (1.61%) IBM
7 1 (1.61%) Salesforce