API Management Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

API Management
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 18 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 247 266 304
Rank change year-on-year +19 +38 +124
Contract jobs citing API Management 59 77 152
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.58% 0.54% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.62% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 54 108
10th Percentile £364 £419 £458
25th Percentile £409 £479 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £462 £550 £586
Median % change year-on-year -16.05% -6.14% +1.91%
75th Percentile £604 £665 £675
90th Percentile £725 £688 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £548 £590
% change year-on-year -8.68% -7.20% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
UK median hourly rate - - £35.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,346 12,362 21,152
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.62% 87.28% 89.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,297 8,363 14,898
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -
75th Percentile £627 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 499 515
10th Percentile £12.62 £15.81 £18.49
25th Percentile £18.51 £25.50 £25.95
Median hourly rate £34.48 £43.00 £52.13
Median % change year-on-year -19.81% -17.51% +17.15%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.50 £68.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £40.25
% change year-on-year -34.02% -5.29% +52.81%

API Management
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing API Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

API Management trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

API Management
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing API Management.

API Management daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

API Management
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing API Management over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.

API Management daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

API Management
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing API Management.

API Management hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

API Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (8.47%) Anypoint
2 3 (5.08%) Mule
2 3 (5.08%) Oracle Service Bus
2 3 (5.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (3.39%) CMS
3 2 (3.39%) WebLogic
4 1 (1.69%) Apache Spark
4 1 (1.69%) Headless CMS
4 1 (1.69%) Mule ESB
Business Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Oracle BPM
1 2 (3.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.69%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (1.69%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.69%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.69%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 34 (57.63%) Azure
2 21 (35.59%) AWS
3 13 (22.03%) Serverless
4 12 (20.34%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (20.34%) Azure Logic Apps
4 12 (20.34%) Azure Service Bus
5 11 (18.64%) Azure API Management
5 11 (18.64%) GCP
6 7 (11.86%) Apigee
6 7 (11.86%) Azure Monitor
6 7 (11.86%) Azure Storage
7 6 (10.17%) Azure Functions
8 5 (8.47%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (5.08%) Azure AKS
9 3 (5.08%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (5.08%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (5.08%) GitHub
9 3 (5.08%) Power Platform
10 2 (3.39%) Boomi
10 2 (3.39%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.78%) Network Security
2 3 (5.08%) Firewall
2 3 (5.08%) HTTP
3 2 (3.39%) LAN
3 2 (3.39%) WAN
4 1 (1.69%) SSL
4 1 (1.69%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.86%) NoSQL
2 5 (8.47%) MongoDB
2 5 (8.47%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (6.78%) MySQL
4 3 (5.08%) Redis
5 2 (3.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (1.69%) Big Data
6 1 (1.69%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (8.47%) Jenkins
2 4 (6.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 4 (6.78%) Git
2 4 (6.78%) JUnit
2 4 (6.78%) Maven
3 3 (5.08%) Eclipse
3 3 (5.08%) Gradle
3 3 (5.08%) IntelliJ
3 3 (5.08%) Mockito
3 3 (5.08%) TestNG
4 2 (3.39%) Postman
5 1 (1.69%) GitLab
5 1 (1.69%) MLflow
General
1 22 (37.29%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.86%) Public Sector
3 6 (10.17%) Finance
3 6 (10.17%) Law
4 5 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.39%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.39%) Marketing
5 2 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.39%) Retail
6 1 (1.69%) Billing
6 1 (1.69%) Legal
6 1 (1.69%) Local Government
6 1 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (35.59%) Developer
2 19 (32.20%) Architect
3 9 (15.25%) Solutions Architect
4 8 (13.56%) Consultant
4 8 (13.56%) Lead
5 5 (8.47%) Azure Architect
6 4 (6.78%) Data Architect
6 4 (6.78%) Java Developer
6 4 (6.78%) MuleSoft Developer
7 3 (5.08%) AWS Developer
7 3 (5.08%) Digital Developer
7 3 (5.08%) Integration Architect
7 3 (5.08%) Integration Consultant
7 3 (5.08%) Lead Consultant
7 3 (5.08%) Lead Developer
7 3 (5.08%) SAP Consultant
7 3 (5.08%) Senior
8 2 (3.39%) AWS Solution Architect
8 2 (3.39%) Azure Developer
8 2 (3.39%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (20.34%) OAuth
1 12 (20.34%) REST
2 10 (16.95%) OpenAPI
2 10 (16.95%) SOAP
2 10 (16.95%) Swagger
3 9 (15.25%) Middleware
4 8 (13.56%) JSON
5 7 (11.86%) OAuth2
5 7 (11.86%) RESTful
6 6 (10.17%) XML
7 5 (8.47%) ADO
7 5 (8.47%) AWS CDK
7 5 (8.47%) Kafka
7 5 (8.47%) YAML
8 4 (6.78%) .NET
8 4 (6.78%) ARM Templates
8 4 (6.78%) Elastic Stack
8 4 (6.78%) JWT
8 4 (6.78%) Node.js
8 4 (6.78%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.64%) Cloud Native
2 5 (8.47%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (3.39%) Legacy Code
3 2 (3.39%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.39%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.39%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.69%) FMCG
4 1 (1.69%) Life Science
4 1 (1.69%) LIMS
4 1 (1.69%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.78%) Linux
2 3 (5.08%) Windows
3 2 (3.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.69%) CentOS
4 1 (1.69%) Ubuntu
4 1 (1.69%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (40.68%) DevOps
2 16 (27.12%) CI/CD
3 15 (25.42%) Infrastructure as Code
4 13 (22.03%) Agile
4 13 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (20.34%) Event-Driven
6 11 (18.64%) Microservices
7 10 (16.95%) Integration Patterns
7 10 (16.95%) Mentoring
8 9 (15.25%) DevSecOps
9 8 (13.56%) Analytics
9 8 (13.56%) Containerisation
9 8 (13.56%) Continuous Integration
9 8 (13.56%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 8 (13.56%) High Availability
10 7 (11.86%) API Development
11 6 (10.17%) API Integration
11 6 (10.17%) Architectural Patterns
11 6 (10.17%) Test Automation
12 5 (8.47%) Log Analytics
Programming Languages
1 19 (32.20%) Python
2 12 (20.34%) Java
2 12 (20.34%) SQL
3 9 (15.25%) Bicep
4 8 (13.56%) JavaScript
5 7 (11.86%) PowerShell
6 5 (8.47%) TypeScript
7 4 (6.78%) Bash
7 4 (6.78%) C#
8 3 (5.08%) DataWeave
8 3 (5.08%) Go
8 3 (5.08%) PL/SQL
9 2 (3.39%) Groovy
10 1 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (1.69%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (18.64%) Security Cleared
2 10 (16.95%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.39%) AWS Certification
3 2 (3.39%) DV Cleared
3 2 (3.39%) SAP Certification
4 1 (1.69%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.78%) GDPR
1 4 (6.78%) HL7
2 2 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.69%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 1 (1.69%) GxP
3 1 (1.69%) NIST
3 1 (1.69%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.69%) QA
3 1 (1.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (11.86%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (8.47%) Docker
3 3 (5.08%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.69%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (13.56%) Terraform
2 5 (8.47%) Kubernetes
3 4 (6.78%) Grafana
3 4 (6.78%) Prometheus
4 2 (3.39%) CloudHub
5 1 (1.69%) Argo
5 1 (1.69%) Kubeflow
5 1 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.69%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 14 (23.73%) Microsoft
2 11 (18.64%) MuleSoft
3 8 (13.56%) Google
4 5 (8.47%) SAP
5 4 (6.78%) IBM
5 4 (6.78%) Oracle
6 3 (5.08%) ServiceNow
7 2 (3.39%) Dell
7 2 (3.39%) OutSystems
7 2 (3.39%) Salesforce
7 2 (3.39%) Splunk
8 1 (1.69%) Bloomberg
8 1 (1.69%) Databricks
8 1 (1.69%) Dynatrace
8 1 (1.69%) Qualys
8 1 (1.69%) Refinitiv
8 1 (1.69%) VMware
8 1 (1.69%) webMethods
8 1 (1.69%) Workday
8 1 (1.69%) WSO2