API Development Jobs in Edinburgh

API Development
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring API Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited API Development over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 105 134
Rank change year-on-year +20 +29 -16
Permanent jobs citing API Development 9 9 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.98% 0.59% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 0.66% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 8 9 10
10th Percentile £34,875 - -
25th Percentile - £75,219 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £100,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -55.00% +105.13% -30.36%
75th Percentile £110,169 £142,500 £76,411
90th Percentile £140,677 - £77,715
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £32,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year +38.46% -33.33% -30.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

API Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 896 1,370 2,046
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 97.39% 90.13% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 425 962 1,185
10th Percentile £26,929 £35,000 £36,850
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,688 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £97,500 £90,448
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,654
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.94% +9.82%

API Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing API Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for API Development in Edinburgh

API Development
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing API Development in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for API Development in Edinburgh

API Development
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Development in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Salary histogram for API Development in Edinburgh

API Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (11.11%) GCP
General
1 8 (88.89%) Finance
2 7 (77.78%) Banking
3 5 (55.56%) Legal
4 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Graduate
2 3 (33.33%) Lead
3 2 (22.22%) Java Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Lead Java Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Head of Development
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Hackathon
1 5 (55.56%) Learning Management System
1 5 (55.56%) Mobile App
2 2 (22.22%) Private Cloud
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
3 1 (11.11%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Containerisation
1 7 (77.78%) DevOps
1 7 (77.78%) Software Engineering
2 6 (66.67%) Agile
2 6 (66.67%) API Integration
2 6 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
3 5 (55.56%) Customer Experience
3 5 (55.56%) Customer Service
3 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (55.56%) Fintech
3 5 (55.56%) Stress Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (33.33%) Microservices
5 2 (22.22%) Coaching
5 2 (22.22%) Continuous Delivery
5 2 (22.22%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
5 2 (22.22%) Performance Engineering
5 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) Java
2 6 (66.67%) JavaScript
3 5 (55.56%) C#
3 5 (55.56%) Kotlin
3 5 (55.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
1 5 (55.56%) Master's Degree
1 5 (55.56%) PhD
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Google
1 5 (55.56%) IBM
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft