API Integration Contracts

API Integration
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for API Integration skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited API Integration over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 456 512 598
Rank change year-on-year +56 +86 -160
Contract jobs citing API Integration 142 208 257
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.35% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.39% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 150 172
10th Percentile £313 £410 £363
25th Percentile £391 £485 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £530
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +13.21% +17.78%
75th Percentile £594 £669 £632
90th Percentile £650 £775 £699
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - £32.15
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £48.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £55.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

API Integration 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 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
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% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 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 +76 107 £500 -16.67% 94
London +46 62 £513 -14.46% 37
Work from Home +83 56 £500 -16.67% 57
UK excluding London +68 38 £450 -14.29% 55
North of England +42 16 £468 -10.95% 18
Yorkshire +27 8 £625 - 6
North West +18 8 £400 -23.81% 10
South East +25 7 £600 +20.00% 9
East of England +21 7 £375 -21.05% 2
South West +19 4 £350 -36.36% 5
Midlands +22 3 £500 - 17
East Midlands +19 2 £525 +5.00% 6
Scotland +30 1 £325 -36.59% 2
West Midlands +28 1 £450 +4.35% 11
Wales +15 1 - - 1

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 8 (5.63%) Confluence
2 3 (2.11%) CMS
2 3 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.11%) Umbraco
3 2 (1.41%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 1 (0.70%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.70%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.41%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.82%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (2.11%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.70%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 30 (21.13%) Azure
2 25 (17.61%) AWS
3 16 (11.27%) GCP
4 11 (7.75%) Power Automate
4 11 (7.75%) Power Platform
4 11 (7.75%) PowerApps
5 8 (5.63%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (5.63%) Kong
6 7 (4.93%) Apigee
6 7 (4.93%) GitHub
7 6 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (4.23%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (2.82%) Azure Cognitive Services
8 4 (2.82%) ChatGPT
8 4 (2.82%) Google App Engine
8 4 (2.82%) SaaS
9 3 (2.11%) Entra ID
9 3 (2.11%) npm
9 3 (2.11%) Serverless
9 3 (2.11%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.75%) HTTP
2 9 (6.34%) Firewall
3 6 (4.23%) DNS
3 6 (4.23%) TCP/IP
3 6 (4.23%) VPN
4 4 (2.82%) LAN
5 2 (1.41%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (1.41%) SSH
6 1 (0.70%) Network Security
6 1 (0.70%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.70%) WAN
6 1 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.63%) MySQL
1 8 (5.63%) Power BI
2 7 (4.93%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.23%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (3.52%) BigQuery
5 4 (2.82%) NoSQL
5 4 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (2.11%) MongoDB
6 3 (2.11%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.70%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.70%) Oracle Exadata
7 1 (0.70%) Parquet
7 1 (0.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (8.45%) Git
2 11 (7.75%) JIRA
3 10 (7.04%) Jenkins
4 9 (6.34%) GitLab
5 6 (4.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 6 (4.23%) CircleCI
5 6 (4.23%) Travis CI
6 2 (1.41%) Android Studio
6 2 (1.41%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.41%) Mocha
6 2 (1.41%) VersionOne
6 2 (1.41%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (1.41%) Xcode
7 1 (0.70%) JUnit
7 1 (0.70%) Mockito
7 1 (0.70%) Postman
7 1 (0.70%) Selenium
7 1 (0.70%) Serenity BDD
7 1 (0.70%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 38 (26.76%) Social Skills
2 23 (16.20%) Finance
3 15 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.86%) Marketing
5 10 (7.04%) Electronics
5 10 (7.04%) Public Sector
6 7 (4.93%) Banking
6 7 (4.93%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.23%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.82%) Front Office
8 4 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.11%) Retail
10 2 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.70%) Arabic Language
11 1 (0.70%) Aviation
11 1 (0.70%) Back Office
11 1 (0.70%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 69 (48.59%) Developer
2 16 (11.27%) Architect
3 14 (9.86%) Full Stack Developer
3 14 (9.86%) Senior
4 12 (8.45%) Salesforce Developer
4 12 (8.45%) Software Engineer
5 8 (5.63%) Senior Developer
6 7 (4.93%) .NET Developer
6 7 (4.93%) Cloud Developer
6 7 (4.93%) Lead
7 6 (4.23%) Automation Engineer
7 6 (4.23%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (4.23%) DevOps Engineer
7 6 (4.23%) Project Manager
7 6 (4.23%) React Developer
7 6 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (4.23%) Support Engineer
8 5 (3.52%) Consultant
8 5 (3.52%) Senior Software Engineer
8 5 (3.52%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (26.76%) CSS
2 37 (26.06%) HTML
3 24 (16.90%) REST
3 24 (16.90%) RESTful
4 21 (14.79%) AngularJS
4 21 (14.79%) React
5 13 (9.15%) .NET
6 12 (8.45%) HTML5
6 12 (8.45%) JSON
7 8 (5.63%) Node.js
7 8 (5.63%) Spring
7 8 (5.63%) Spring Boot
8 7 (4.93%) Angular 2
8 7 (4.93%) Java Concurrency
8 7 (4.93%) JWT
8 7 (4.93%) Spring MVC
8 7 (4.93%) XML
8 7 (4.93%) YAML
9 6 (4.23%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (3.52%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.93%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (4.23%) Data Structures
2 6 (4.23%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.52%) Mobile App
4 4 (2.82%) Distributed Architecture
4 4 (2.82%) Mainframe
4 4 (2.82%) Video\Live Streaming
5 3 (2.11%) Cloud Native
5 3 (2.11%) Digital Wallet
5 3 (2.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (2.11%) Mobile Payment
5 3 (2.11%) Over-the-Top Content
5 3 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.41%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.70%) IoT
7 1 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.70%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.70%) TM Forum
7 1 (0.70%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.52%) Linux
2 3 (2.11%) Android
2 3 (2.11%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.41%) Windows
4 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.70%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (26.06%) Agile
2 36 (25.35%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (21.13%) API Development
4 24 (16.90%) DevOps
5 21 (14.79%) CI/CD
5 21 (14.79%) Full Stack Development
6 20 (14.08%) Scrum
7 18 (12.68%) User Experience
8 17 (11.97%) Microservices
9 16 (11.27%) Project Management
10 15 (10.56%) Software Engineering
11 14 (9.86%) Business Intelligence
12 12 (8.45%) Stakeholder Management
13 11 (7.75%) Code Quality
13 11 (7.75%) Continuous Integration
13 11 (7.75%) Infrastructure as Code
13 11 (7.75%) Workflow
14 10 (7.04%) Roadmaps
15 9 (6.34%) Computer Science
16 8 (5.63%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 45 (31.69%) JavaScript
2 26 (18.31%) Python
3 25 (17.61%) SQL
4 20 (14.08%) Java
4 20 (14.08%) TypeScript
5 14 (9.86%) PowerShell
6 8 (5.63%) Kusto Query Language
7 6 (4.23%) Bash
7 6 (4.23%) C#
8 5 (3.52%) Apex Code
9 4 (2.82%) Go
9 4 (2.82%) Scala
10 3 (2.11%) BrightScript
11 2 (1.41%) PHP
11 2 (1.41%) PL/SQL
11 2 (1.41%) SOQL
12 1 (0.70%) COBOL
12 1 (0.70%) Rust
12 1 (0.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (9.15%) SC Cleared
1 13 (9.15%) Security Cleared
2 11 (7.75%) Degree
3 9 (6.34%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.11%) Azure Certification
4 3 (2.11%) CISM
4 3 (2.11%) CISSP
4 3 (2.11%) PMI Certification
4 3 (2.11%) PMP
5 2 (1.41%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.70%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.70%) CCIE
6 1 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.70%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.97%) QA
2 6 (4.23%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.70%) GDPR
4 1 (0.70%) NIST
4 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.70%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (7.75%) Docker
2 4 (2.82%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.11%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.70%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 13 (9.15%) Terraform
2 10 (7.04%) Ansible
2 10 (7.04%) Kubernetes
2 10 (7.04%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (4.23%) Docker Swarm
3 6 (4.23%) Grafana
3 6 (4.23%) Kibana
3 6 (4.23%) logstash
3 6 (4.23%) Progress Chef
3 6 (4.23%) Prometheus
3 6 (4.23%) Puppet
4 3 (2.11%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (0.70%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 16 (11.27%) Salesforce
2 12 (8.45%) Google
3 11 (7.75%) ServiceNow
4 10 (7.04%) Microsoft
5 8 (5.63%) Oracle
6 7 (4.93%) Roku
6 7 (4.93%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 7 (4.93%) SAP
6 7 (4.93%) Splunk
7 6 (4.23%) MuleSoft
8 4 (2.82%) Cisco
8 4 (2.82%) CyberArk
8 4 (2.82%) Okta
9 3 (2.11%) CheckPoint
9 3 (2.11%) Sage
10 2 (1.41%) Atlassian
10 2 (1.41%) BeyondTrust
10 2 (1.41%) CODA
10 2 (1.41%) IBM
10 2 (1.41%) Virgin Media