API Integration Contracts

API Integration
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring API Integration skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited API Integration over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 457 508
Rank change year-on-year +188 +51 +91
Contract jobs citing API Integration 281 143 205
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.96% 0.33% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.38% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 78 147
10th Percentile £362 £313 £410
25th Percentile £415 £391 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -16.67% +13.21%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £663
90th Percentile £700 £650 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £450 £525
% change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile £71.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

API Integration 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,551 37,621 53,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.30% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,137 24,254 37,244
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,437 1,746
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +1.39% +80.00%

API Integration
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for API Integration in the UK

API Integration
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for API Integration in the UK

API Integration
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing API Integration over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for API Integration in the UK

API Integration
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for API Integration in the UK

API Integration
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing API Integration within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +174 235 £513 +2.50% 238
London +117 145 £550 +7.16% 126
Work from Home +92 99 £475 -5.00% 141
UK excluding London +102 87 £475 +5.56% 117
North of England +44 33 £430 -8.02% 43
South East +56 20 £488 -18.75% 22
Midlands +39 18 £463 -7.50% 20
North West +20 18 £475 +18.75% 26
Scotland +18 10 £430 +32.31% 3
North East - 10 £410 - 5
West Midlands +24 9 £425 -5.56% 6
East Midlands +17 9 £463 -11.90% 14
South West +46 5 £519 +48.21% 15
Yorkshire +12 5 £425 -32.00% 12
East of England +30 4 £675 +80.00% 7

API Integration
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 14 (4.98%) Confluence
2 9 (3.20%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.14%) CMS
4 3 (1.07%) CICS
4 3 (1.07%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.71%) Camunda
5 2 (0.71%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.36%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.36%) DataSynapse
6 1 (0.36%) Drupal
6 1 (0.36%) JBoss
6 1 (0.36%) Luigi
6 1 (0.36%) Magnolia
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.36%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.71%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (3.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.07%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.71%) SAP Hybris
4 1 (0.36%) BASE24
4 1 (0.36%) Endur
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.36%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.36%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.36%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 102 (36.30%) Azure
2 58 (20.64%) AWS
3 30 (10.68%) GitHub
4 23 (8.19%) GCP
4 23 (8.19%) Serverless
5 22 (7.83%) Power Platform
6 16 (5.69%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (5.34%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (4.98%) SaaS
9 13 (4.63%) PowerApps
10 12 (4.27%) AWS Lambda
10 12 (4.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 11 (3.91%) Azure Monitor
11 11 (3.91%) Microsoft 365
12 10 (3.56%) Entra ID
13 9 (3.20%) Azure Functions
14 8 (2.85%) Cloud Computing
14 8 (2.85%) Dynamics 365
15 7 (2.49%) Amazon SQS
15 7 (2.49%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.20%) DNS
1 9 (3.20%) HTTPS
2 8 (2.85%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.14%) HTTP
4 4 (1.42%) Firewall
5 3 (1.07%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.71%) Kerberos
6 2 (0.71%) Network Security
6 2 (0.71%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.71%) VPN
6 2 (0.71%) WAN
7 1 (0.36%) ATM
7 1 (0.36%) Internet
7 1 (0.36%) SMS
7 1 (0.36%) SWIFTNet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.76%) MongoDB
2 18 (6.41%) Power BI
3 17 (6.05%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (4.63%) Data Lake
5 9 (3.20%) MySQL
5 9 (3.20%) NoSQL
5 9 (3.20%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.14%) Geospatial Data
6 6 (2.14%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.78%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.42%) BigQuery
8 4 (1.42%) DB2
8 4 (1.42%) Tableau
9 3 (1.07%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.07%) DynamoDB
10 2 (0.71%) Big Data
10 2 (0.71%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.71%) Redis
Development Applications
1 27 (9.61%) Git
2 22 (7.83%) JIRA
3 11 (3.91%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.85%) Subversion
4 8 (2.85%) TeamCity
5 6 (2.14%) Postman
6 4 (1.42%) NUnit
7 3 (1.07%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.07%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.07%) GitLab
8 2 (0.71%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.71%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.36%) Hudson
9 1 (0.36%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.36%) Maven
9 1 (0.36%) Mocha
9 1 (0.36%) MSI
9 1 (0.36%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.36%) Xcode
General
1 71 (25.27%) Social Skills
2 48 (17.08%) Finance
3 40 (14.23%) Public Sector
4 29 (10.32%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (7.12%) Banking
6 14 (4.98%) Marketing
7 13 (4.63%) Financial Institution
8 8 (2.85%) Automotive
8 8 (2.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.85%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.14%) Billing
9 6 (2.14%) Retail
9 6 (2.14%) Telecoms
10 5 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.42%) Publishing
12 3 (1.07%) Back Office
13 2 (0.71%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.71%) Local Government
13 2 (0.71%) Military
13 2 (0.71%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 121 (43.06%) Developer
2 30 (10.68%) Architect
3 25 (8.90%) Lead
4 22 (7.83%) Java Developer
5 20 (7.12%) Senior
6 18 (6.41%) Data Engineer
7 17 (6.05%) Consultant
8 12 (4.27%) Senior Developer
9 11 (3.91%) .NET Developer
10 10 (3.56%) Full-Stack Developer
11 9 (3.20%) Administrator
11 9 (3.20%) Analyst
11 9 (3.20%) Lead Developer
12 8 (2.85%) Linux Administrator
12 8 (2.85%) Solutions Architect
13 7 (2.49%) Project Engineer
13 7 (2.49%) Project Leader
13 7 (2.49%) Scala Developer
13 7 (2.49%) ServiceNow Developer
13 7 (2.49%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (17.79%) REST
2 40 (14.23%) RESTful
3 31 (11.03%) OAuth
4 26 (9.25%) SOAP
5 24 (8.54%) .NET
6 22 (7.83%) React
7 18 (6.41%) CSS
8 17 (6.05%) Kafka
9 16 (5.69%) AngularJS
9 16 (5.69%) HTML
9 16 (5.69%) Node.js
9 16 (5.69%) Spring
10 15 (5.34%) OpenID
10 15 (5.34%) Spring Boot
11 14 (4.98%) OAuth2
12 13 (4.63%) Middleware
13 12 (4.27%) GraphQL
13 12 (4.27%) PySpark
13 12 (4.27%) Web Services
14 11 (3.91%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.27%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (2.85%) Clustering
3 7 (2.49%) Industry 4.0
3 7 (2.49%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 6 (2.14%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.14%) Mobile App
4 6 (2.14%) PKI
4 6 (2.14%) Replication
4 6 (2.14%) Taxonomies
5 5 (1.78%) Grid Computing
5 5 (1.78%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 5 (1.78%) Virtual Team
6 4 (1.42%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.42%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.07%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.07%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.71%) NHS
8 2 (0.71%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 22 (7.83%) Linux
2 8 (2.85%) Solaris
3 6 (2.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (2.14%) Unix
3 6 (2.14%) Windows
4 5 (1.78%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.78%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (1.42%) Android
6 3 (1.07%) zOS
7 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (36.65%) Agile
2 80 (28.47%) CI/CD
3 70 (24.91%) DevOps
4 65 (23.13%) Problem-Solving
5 42 (14.95%) API Development
5 42 (14.95%) Microservices
6 37 (13.17%) Analytics
7 32 (11.39%) Code Quality
8 31 (11.03%) Containerisation
9 30 (10.68%) Data Modelling
10 28 (9.96%) Full-Stack Development
11 27 (9.61%) ERP
12 26 (9.25%) Infrastructure as Code
13 25 (8.90%) Mentoring
13 25 (8.90%) Scrum
14 22 (7.83%) Stakeholder Management
15 21 (7.47%) Artificial Intelligence
15 21 (7.47%) Software Engineering
16 20 (7.12%) Data Transformation
16 20 (7.12%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 73 (25.98%) Python
2 70 (24.91%) SQL
3 62 (22.06%) Java
4 48 (17.08%) JavaScript
5 32 (11.39%) C#
6 19 (6.76%) PowerShell
7 10 (3.56%) Bash
8 9 (3.20%) Go
8 9 (3.20%) TypeScript
9 8 (2.85%) Apex Code
9 8 (2.85%) Perl
10 6 (2.14%) C++
10 6 (2.14%) Scala
11 5 (1.78%) BeanShell
11 5 (1.78%) Bicep
11 5 (1.78%) R
12 4 (1.42%) COBOL
12 4 (1.42%) Kotlin
13 3 (1.07%) PL/SQL
13 3 (1.07%) VB
Qualifications
1 36 (12.81%) Security Cleared
2 32 (11.39%) SC Cleared
3 21 (7.47%) Degree
4 13 (4.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.85%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.42%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.42%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.07%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.71%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.71%) CAPM
8 2 (0.71%) CBAP
8 2 (0.71%) CISSP
8 2 (0.71%) IBM Certification
8 2 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.71%) OCP
8 2 (0.71%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.71%) Sun Certification
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (9.61%) QA
2 15 (5.34%) Accessibility
3 14 (4.98%) GDPR
4 7 (2.49%) Def Stans
5 6 (2.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.42%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.42%) GRC
6 4 (1.42%) WCAG
7 3 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.71%) NIST
9 1 (0.36%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.36%) NCSC
9 1 (0.36%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.36%) SOC 2
System Software
1 32 (11.39%) Docker
2 14 (4.98%) Active Directory
3 12 (4.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.85%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.42%) NFS
5 4 (1.42%) Platform Symphony
5 4 (1.42%) Veritas File System
5 4 (1.42%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 32 (11.39%) Kubernetes
2 26 (9.25%) Terraform
3 18 (6.41%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (4.63%) Ansible
4 13 (4.63%) Kibana
5 9 (3.20%) MOM
6 8 (2.85%) QRadar
6 8 (2.85%) Red Hat Satellite
7 7 (2.49%) Grafana
8 6 (2.14%) Tivoli
9 5 (1.78%) ITRS Geneos
10 4 (1.42%) EMC NetWorker
10 4 (1.42%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 2 (0.71%) Control-M
11 2 (0.71%) Kubeflow
11 2 (0.71%) Netcool
11 2 (0.71%) Prometheus
12 1 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.36%) Podman
12 1 (0.36%) VxRail
Vendors
1 30 (10.68%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.19%) Salesforce
3 22 (7.83%) ServiceNow
4 20 (7.12%) SAP
5 17 (6.05%) Oracle
6 16 (5.69%) VMware
7 13 (4.63%) IBM
7 13 (4.63%) Red Hat
8 11 (3.91%) Splunk
9 10 (3.56%) CyberArk
9 10 (3.56%) Google
9 10 (3.56%) MuleSoft
10 8 (2.85%) Qualys
10 8 (2.85%) SaltStack
11 7 (2.49%) ForgeRock
11 7 (2.49%) Rockwell
11 7 (2.49%) Siemens
12 6 (2.14%) Ping Identity
12 6 (2.14%) TIBCO
13 5 (1.78%) EMC