API Design Contracts

API Design
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for API Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited API Design over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 447 495 441
Rank change year-on-year +48 -54 -31
Contract jobs citing API Design 145 230 482
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.39% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.43% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 150 328
10th Percentile £429 £424 £463
25th Percentile £500 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £627 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.21% +4.42% +9.09%
75th Percentile £625 £725 £725
90th Percentile £750 £879 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £566 £550
% change year-on-year -2.87% +2.95% +12.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £64.25 - -
Median hourly rate £65.50 £35.00 £65.76
Median % change year-on-year +87.14% -46.78% +64.40%
75th Percentile £66.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £35.00 £65.76
% change year-on-year - -46.78% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

API Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,262 53,150 80,380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.35% 89.86% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,013 36,862 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,756 1,916
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.95 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.14% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

API Design
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing API Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for API Design in the UK

API Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for API Design in the UK

API Design
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing API Design over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for API Design in the UK

API Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for API Design in the UK

API Design
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing API Design within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
England +56 123 £575 -11.54% 58
London +58 80 £575 -14.81% 20
Work from Home +109 71 £550 +14.82% 34
UK excluding London +25 39 £550 -2.87% 33
South East +27 15 £600 -15.79% 8
North of England +29 13 £445 -15.24% 10
East Midlands +30 8 £480 -
Midlands +26 8 £480 -6.34% 6
North West +19 8 £498 -20.40% 7
Yorkshire +24 5 £400 -5.88% 2
Scotland +32 4 £463 -11.90% 3
South West +14 2 - - 3

API Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (6.21%) Apache Airflow
2 6 (4.14%) Confluence
3 5 (3.45%) IBM Notes
4 3 (2.07%) Anypoint
5 2 (1.38%) MQSeries
Applications
1 3 (2.07%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.38%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.69%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 56 (38.62%) Azure
2 33 (22.76%) AWS
3 19 (13.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 19 (13.10%) Serverless
4 13 (8.97%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (8.97%) GCP
5 11 (7.59%) Azure Monitor
6 10 (6.90%) Azure Cognitive Search
6 10 (6.90%) Azure Key Vault
7 7 (4.83%) Azure Data Factory
7 7 (4.83%) Azure Functions
7 7 (4.83%) SaaS
8 5 (3.45%) Apigee
8 5 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (2.76%) Azure API Management
9 4 (2.76%) Azure App Service
9 4 (2.76%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (2.76%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.76%) OpenShift
10 3 (2.07%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.45%) HTTP
2 3 (2.07%) Internet
3 2 (1.38%) SSL
4 1 (0.69%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.34%) NoSQL
2 10 (6.90%) KDB
2 10 (6.90%) Kdb+
3 8 (5.52%) SQL Server
4 7 (4.83%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (4.83%) Relational Database
5 6 (4.14%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (3.45%) DB2
6 5 (3.45%) MongoDB
7 3 (2.07%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (2.07%) CockroachDB
7 3 (2.07%) Data Lake
7 3 (2.07%) MySQL
8 2 (1.38%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (1.38%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (1.38%) Big Data
8 2 (1.38%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.38%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.38%) Power BI
8 2 (1.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 18 (12.41%) Git
2 13 (8.97%) Jenkins
3 8 (5.52%) Maven
4 7 (4.83%) Cypress.io
5 6 (4.14%) JIRA
6 4 (2.76%) GitLab
6 4 (2.76%) Selenium
7 3 (2.07%) Terragrunt
8 2 (1.38%) git-flow
8 2 (1.38%) gulp
9 1 (0.69%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.69%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.69%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.69%) Gradle
9 1 (0.69%) Storybook
9 1 (0.69%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.69%) webpack
General
1 29 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 22 (15.17%) Finance
3 16 (11.03%) Banking
4 11 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (6.90%) Front Office
6 6 (4.14%) Public Sector
7 3 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.07%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.38%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.69%) Marketing
9 1 (0.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 57 (39.31%) Developer
2 33 (22.76%) Architect
3 19 (13.10%) Lead
4 11 (7.59%) Solutions Architect
5 10 (6.90%) Designer
5 10 (6.90%) KDB Developer
6 9 (6.21%) Senior
6 9 (6.21%) Software Engineer
7 8 (5.52%) Java Developer
7 8 (5.52%) Lead Designer
7 8 (5.52%) Python Developer
7 8 (5.52%) Technical Architect
8 7 (4.83%) Analyst
8 7 (4.83%) Analytics Developer
8 7 (4.83%) Full Stack Developer
9 6 (4.14%) Applications Developer
9 6 (4.14%) Senior Developer
10 5 (3.45%) Azure Engineer
10 5 (3.45%) Lead Developer
10 5 (3.45%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (23.45%) Node.js
2 27 (18.62%) REST
3 26 (17.93%) RESTful
4 25 (17.24%) React
5 18 (12.41%) OAuth
6 16 (11.03%) .NET
7 15 (10.34%) CSS
7 15 (10.34%) Swagger
8 14 (9.66%) AngularJS
8 14 (9.66%) OpenID
9 13 (8.97%) HTML
10 10 (6.90%) OpenAPI
10 10 (6.90%) XML
11 9 (6.21%) JSON
12 8 (5.52%) SAML
12 8 (5.52%) SOAP
12 8 (5.52%) Spring
13 7 (4.83%) FastAPI
13 7 (4.83%) Kafka
13 7 (4.83%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.97%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (6.21%) Cloud Native
2 9 (6.21%) Equities
2 9 (6.21%) Product Ownership
3 8 (5.52%) Algorithms
3 8 (5.52%) Data Structures
3 8 (5.52%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (4.83%) Public Cloud
5 6 (4.14%) iPad
5 6 (4.14%) iPhone
5 6 (4.14%) Mainframe
5 6 (4.14%) Mobile App
6 5 (3.45%) Digital Wallet
6 5 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.45%) Low-Code
7 4 (2.76%) IoT
7 4 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.07%) Mobile Payment
9 2 (1.38%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.03%) Unix
2 15 (10.34%) Apple iOS
3 9 (6.21%) Android
4 5 (3.45%) Linux
5 2 (1.38%) Windows
5 2 (1.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (34.48%) Agile
2 41 (28.28%) DevOps
2 41 (28.28%) Microservices
3 38 (26.21%) API Development
3 38 (26.21%) CI/CD
4 35 (24.14%) Software Engineering
5 33 (22.76%) Test Automation
6 27 (18.62%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (16.55%) Data Modelling
8 20 (13.79%) Computer Science
9 17 (11.72%) Full Stack Development
10 15 (10.34%) Analytics
10 15 (10.34%) TDD
11 14 (9.66%) SDLC
11 14 (9.66%) Unit Testing
12 13 (8.97%) Containerisation
13 12 (8.28%) User Experience
14 11 (7.59%) Coaching
14 11 (7.59%) Identity Access Management
15 10 (6.90%) API Management
Programming Languages
1 43 (29.66%) Java
2 39 (26.90%) Python
3 28 (19.31%) SQL
4 27 (18.62%) JavaScript
5 20 (13.79%) C#
6 13 (8.97%) TypeScript
7 12 (8.28%) C
8 6 (4.14%) Objective-C
8 6 (4.14%) PHP
8 6 (4.14%) Swift
9 5 (3.45%) C++
10 2 (1.38%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.69%) Go
11 1 (0.69%) Perl
11 1 (0.69%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.69%) Ruby
11 1 (0.69%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 20 (13.79%) Degree
2 13 (8.97%) Security Cleared
3 10 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (6.21%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.07%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.38%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.69%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.21%) Data Quality
1 9 (6.21%) QA
2 5 (3.45%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.38%) GDPR
3 2 (1.38%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.38%) PSD2
4 1 (0.69%) GRC
System Software
1 18 (12.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (9.66%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.14%) Ansible
2 6 (4.14%) Terraform
3 5 (3.45%) Kibana
4 4 (2.76%) Grafana
5 1 (0.69%) Istio
5 1 (0.69%) logstash
5 1 (0.69%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 17 (11.72%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.28%) Google
3 10 (6.90%) Oracle
4 7 (4.83%) MuleSoft
5 6 (4.14%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.45%) Atlassian
6 5 (3.45%) IBM
6 5 (3.45%) Lotus
6 5 (3.45%) New Relic
6 5 (3.45%) SAP
6 5 (3.45%) Splunk
7 2 (1.38%) CyberArk
7 2 (1.38%) ForgeRock
7 2 (1.38%) PayPal
7 2 (1.38%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.69%) Adobe
8 1 (0.69%) Cognizant
8 1 (0.69%) Dell
8 1 (0.69%) Intel
8 1 (0.69%) NCR