API Management Contracts

API Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for API Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited API Management over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 357 341 510
Rank change year-on-year -16 +169 -107
Contract jobs citing API Management 221 394 380
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.70% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.78% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 258 272
10th Percentile £424 £423 £425
25th Percentile £469 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £586 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.14% -2.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £48.75
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - -33.33% +16.67%
75th Percentile - - £56.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £52.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

API Management 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 36,537 50,741 79,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.91% 89.71% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,555 35,132 55,704
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £439 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £483
% change year-on-year - +3.63% +9.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,471 1,680 1,899
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.74 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year - +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.56
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.75 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.86% +75.00% -4.99%

API Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for API Management in the UK

API Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for API Management in the UK

API Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing API Management over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for API Management in the UK

API Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for API Management in the UK

API Management
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 23 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 +6 195 £550 -7.56% 57
London +44 139 £550 -6.38% 19
Work from Home +7 76 £538 -8.28% 42
UK excluding London +2 64 £550 -8.33% 37
North of England +27 23 £563 +15.38% 10
North West +31 19 £575 +10.26% 3
South East -9 14 £513 -21.15% 14
Scotland +43 9 £675 +12.50% 4
Midlands +36 9 £550 -12.00% 6
West Midlands +19 6 £486 -7.38% 6
Wales -7 6 £500 -14.68%
Yorkshire +12 4 £434 -8.63% 5
South West +12 2 £635 +8.09% 2
East of England +12 1 £550 - 2

API Management
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 16 (7.24%) CMS
2 14 (6.33%) Anypoint
3 8 (3.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 7 (3.17%) Confluence
4 7 (3.17%) Mule
5 5 (2.26%) Mule ESB
6 3 (1.36%) BizTalk Server
6 3 (1.36%) IIS
7 2 (0.90%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.90%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.45%) Apache
8 1 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.45%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.45%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 12 (5.43%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.45%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 7 (3.17%) Temenos T24
2 4 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.36%) Maximo
4 2 (0.90%) BusinessWorks
5 1 (0.45%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.45%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.45%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.45%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.45%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 157 (71.04%) Azure
2 92 (41.63%) Azure Service Bus
3 84 (38.01%) Azure DevOps
4 60 (27.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 53 (23.98%) Azure API Management
6 48 (21.72%) Azure Monitor
7 46 (20.81%) AWS
8 44 (19.91%) Azure Logic Apps
9 41 (18.55%) Serverless
10 32 (14.48%) PaaS
11 28 (12.67%) Azure Functions
12 26 (11.76%) Entra ID
13 23 (10.41%) Apigee
13 23 (10.41%) Azure Key Vault
14 21 (9.50%) Azure Storage
14 21 (9.50%) SaaS
15 20 (9.05%) Azure Data Factory
16 18 (8.14%) Azure Pipelines
17 16 (7.24%) IaaS
18 15 (6.79%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.07%) Firewall
2 6 (2.71%) Network Security
3 4 (1.81%) SSL
3 4 (1.81%) VPN
4 3 (1.36%) HTTP
5 2 (0.90%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.90%) DNS
5 2 (0.90%) Internet
5 2 (0.90%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.45%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (26.70%) SQL Server
2 35 (15.84%) Azure SQL Database
3 18 (8.14%) NoSQL
4 14 (6.33%) OLTP
5 12 (5.43%) Data Lake
6 10 (4.52%) MongoDB
7 8 (3.62%) Big Data
7 8 (3.62%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (3.17%) OLAP
9 6 (2.71%) Oracle OLAP
10 5 (2.26%) Oracle Database
11 3 (1.36%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (1.36%) GIS
11 3 (1.36%) MySQL
11 3 (1.36%) Power BI
11 3 (1.36%) Redis
12 2 (0.90%) DB2
12 2 (0.90%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 68 (30.77%) Git
2 18 (8.14%) Jenkins
3 15 (6.79%) JIRA
3 15 (6.79%) Postman
4 10 (4.52%) Visual Studio
5 7 (3.17%) TeamCity
5 7 (3.17%) Visual Studio Team System
6 6 (2.71%) Maven
7 4 (1.81%) SpecFlow
8 3 (1.36%) GitLab
8 3 (1.36%) gulp
8 3 (1.36%) Selenium
9 2 (0.90%) JMeter
10 1 (0.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.45%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.45%) Hudson
10 1 (0.45%) NUnit
10 1 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 55 (24.89%) Social Skills
2 30 (13.57%) Back Office
2 30 (13.57%) Finance
3 26 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 16 (7.24%) Banking
4 16 (7.24%) Presentation Skills
5 10 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (4.07%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (3.17%) German Language
8 3 (1.36%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.36%) Retail
9 2 (0.90%) Arabic Language
9 2 (0.90%) French Language
9 2 (0.90%) Japanese Language
9 2 (0.90%) Korean Language
9 2 (0.90%) Local Government
9 2 (0.90%) Spanish Language
9 2 (0.90%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.45%) Marketing
10 1 (0.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 94 (42.53%) Developer
2 48 (21.72%) Architect
3 38 (17.19%) Senior
4 32 (14.48%) Senior Developer
5 24 (10.86%) Lead
6 21 (9.50%) Azure Developer
7 20 (9.05%) Solutions Architect
8 16 (7.24%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 15 (6.79%) AWS Architect
10 14 (6.33%) Azure Engineer
10 14 (6.33%) MuleSoft Developer
11 13 (5.88%) Azure Architect
12 11 (4.98%) .NET Developer
12 11 (4.98%) C# Developer
12 11 (4.98%) Data Engineer
12 11 (4.98%) Python Developer
12 11 (4.98%) Senior Front-End Developer
13 9 (4.07%) Backend Developer
13 9 (4.07%) Integration Engineer
14 8 (3.62%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (40.72%) .NET
2 55 (24.89%) .NET Core
3 51 (23.08%) REST
4 49 (22.17%) SOAP
5 32 (14.48%) Web Services
6 25 (11.31%) YAML
7 24 (10.86%) Swagger
8 23 (10.41%) React
9 22 (9.95%) JSON
10 21 (9.50%) CSS
11 20 (9.05%) HTML
12 17 (7.69%) RESTful
12 17 (7.69%) XML
13 16 (7.24%) jQuery
14 15 (6.79%) Node.js
15 13 (5.88%) ASP.NET
15 13 (5.88%) RabbitMQ
15 13 (5.88%) Spring
16 12 (5.43%) Apache Camel
16 12 (5.43%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 16 (7.24%) Public Cloud
3 8 (3.62%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (3.17%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.17%) DataPower
5 6 (2.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (2.71%) NHS
6 5 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.36%) Distributed Computing
7 3 (1.36%) IoT
7 3 (1.36%) Low-Code
7 3 (1.36%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.90%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.90%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.90%) Wiki
9 1 (0.45%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.45%) Replication
9 1 (0.45%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.71%) Unix
2 5 (2.26%) Linux
3 3 (1.36%) Android
3 3 (1.36%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.36%) Windows
4 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (47.51%) DevOps
2 103 (46.61%) Agile
3 71 (32.13%) TDD
4 65 (29.41%) CI/CD
5 60 (27.15%) OO
6 45 (20.36%) OOD
7 41 (18.55%) Microservices
8 38 (17.19%) Clean Code
9 32 (14.48%) Migration
9 32 (14.48%) Software Engineering
10 27 (12.22%) SOA
11 26 (11.76%) Infrastructure as Code
12 23 (10.41%) Integration Patterns
13 21 (9.50%) Scrum
14 20 (9.05%) Continuous Deployment
14 20 (9.05%) Continuous Integration
15 19 (8.60%) Identity Access Management
16 18 (8.14%) Front End Development
16 18 (8.14%) Test Automation
17 17 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 90 (40.72%) C#
2 61 (27.60%) SQL
3 44 (19.91%) Bicep
4 38 (17.19%) Java
4 38 (17.19%) Python
5 32 (14.48%) JavaScript
6 21 (9.50%) PowerShell
7 20 (9.05%) TypeScript
8 6 (2.71%) C++
9 5 (2.26%) Groovy
10 3 (1.36%) PHP
10 3 (1.36%) Ruby
11 2 (0.90%) XPath
12 1 (0.45%) ABAP
12 1 (0.45%) R
12 1 (0.45%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 18 (8.14%) Degree
2 13 (5.88%) Azure Certification
3 12 (5.43%) Security Cleared
4 10 (4.52%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.71%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.45%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.95%) Accessibility
2 20 (9.05%) WCAG
3 11 (4.98%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.26%) QA
5 2 (0.90%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.45%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 56 (25.34%) Active Directory
2 25 (11.31%) Docker
3 10 (4.52%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.36%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 35 (15.84%) Terraform
2 25 (11.31%) Kubernetes
3 11 (4.98%) Ansible
4 10 (4.52%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (3.17%) CloudHub
6 2 (0.90%) TIBCO Hawk
7 1 (0.45%) Grafana
7 1 (0.45%) Kibana
7 1 (0.45%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 74 (33.48%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.05%) Oracle
3 16 (7.24%) MuleSoft
3 16 (7.24%) SAP
4 15 (6.79%) Google
4 15 (6.79%) Salesforce
5 13 (5.88%) IBM
6 12 (5.43%) WSO2
7 8 (3.62%) Databricks
8 7 (3.17%) TSYS
9 3 (1.36%) ESRI
9 3 (1.36%) Nintex
9 3 (1.36%) Pega
9 3 (1.36%) VMware
10 2 (0.90%) Cisco
10 2 (0.90%) Okta
10 2 (0.90%) Ping Identity
10 2 (0.90%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.90%) TIBCO
11 1 (0.45%) LogicMonitor