API Design Job Trends in England

API Design
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring API Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 466 581 453
Rank change year-on-year +115 -128 +137
Permanent jobs citing API Design 144 133 221
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.30% 0.23% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.27% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 111 68 128
10th Percentile £54,250 £42,625 £52,125
25th Percentile £63,125 £53,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -7.90% -19.34%
75th Percentile £108,750 £78,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £102,500 £115,000
UK median annual salary £78,750 £65,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year +21.15% -7.90% -16.97%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

API Design 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 40,777 49,219 41,856
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.17% 86.79% 93.60%
Number of salaries quoted 25,092 25,637 32,297
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

API Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing API Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

API Design job vacancy trend in England

API Design
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing API Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing API Design

API Design
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Design in England over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Salary histogram for API Design in England

API Design
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing API Design within the England region over the 6 months to 5 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +84 81 £90,000 +12.50% 27
North of England +59 24 £57,500 -4.17% 22
North West +54 15 £57,500 +4.55% 12
Midlands +52 15 £67,500 +35.00% 11
Yorkshire +4 9 £75,000 +4.18% 4
West Midlands +33 8 £72,500 +45.00% 10
South West +25 8 £75,000 -31.01% 3
East of England +24 7 £90,000 +44.00% 6
South East +14 5 £80,000 +28.00% 18
East Midlands +12 5 £60,000 - 1
API Design
UK

API Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.47%) Confluence
2 4 (2.78%) Apache Airflow
2 4 (2.78%) Apache Pulsar
2 4 (2.78%) Appian
3 3 (2.08%) CMS
4 2 (1.39%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.69%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.69%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.69%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.69%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (4.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.78%) NetSuite
3 2 (1.39%) Shopify
4 1 (0.69%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 69 (47.92%) Azure
2 55 (38.19%) AWS
3 30 (20.83%) GCP
4 22 (15.28%) GitHub
5 20 (13.89%) Azure DevOps
6 18 (12.50%) Serverless
7 15 (10.42%) Azure Service Bus
8 14 (9.72%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (9.03%) Power Platform
10 10 (6.94%) Azure Functions
10 10 (6.94%) Power Automate
11 9 (6.25%) Azure API Management
11 9 (6.25%) SaaS
12 7 (4.86%) AWS Lambda
13 6 (4.17%) Amazon S3
13 6 (4.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 5 (3.47%) Amazon ECS
14 5 (3.47%) PowerApps
15 4 (2.78%) Amazon EKS
15 4 (2.78%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.47%) Multicast
2 3 (2.08%) AMQP
2 3 (2.08%) HTTP
2 3 (2.08%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.08%) VPN
3 1 (0.69%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.03%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (7.64%) NoSQL
3 9 (6.25%) MySQL
3 9 (6.25%) Relational Database
4 8 (5.56%) SQL Server
5 7 (4.86%) DynamoDB
6 6 (4.17%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (4.17%) Redis
7 4 (2.78%) Big Data
7 4 (2.78%) MongoDB
7 4 (2.78%) Pinecone
7 4 (2.78%) Weaviate
8 3 (2.08%) Power BI
9 2 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.69%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.69%) InterSystems Cache
10 1 (0.69%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.69%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 12 (8.33%) Git
2 9 (6.25%) Postman
3 3 (2.08%) JIRA
3 3 (2.08%) JMeter
3 3 (2.08%) Selenium
3 3 (2.08%) Snyk
3 3 (2.08%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.08%) Visual Studio Code
4 2 (1.39%) GitLab
4 2 (1.39%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.39%) MSTest
4 2 (1.39%) NUnit
5 1 (0.69%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.69%) SpecFlow
General
1 43 (29.86%) Social Skills
2 30 (20.83%) Finance
3 14 (9.72%) Law
4 10 (6.94%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (6.94%) Retail
5 8 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (4.86%) Banking
6 7 (4.86%) Legal
6 7 (4.86%) Telecoms
7 6 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.17%) Marketing
8 4 (2.78%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.39%) Advertising
9 2 (1.39%) Front Office
9 2 (1.39%) Health Technology
9 2 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.39%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.39%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.69%) Back Office
10 1 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (22.22%) Developer
1 32 (22.22%) Senior
2 28 (19.44%) Architect
3 25 (17.36%) Software Engineer
4 21 (14.58%) Solutions Architect
5 19 (13.19%) Lead
6 8 (5.56%) Security Engineer
6 8 (5.56%) Senior Developer
6 8 (5.56%) Senior Software Engineer
7 7 (4.86%) Development Manager
7 7 (4.86%) Python Engineer
8 6 (4.17%) Analyst
8 6 (4.17%) Azure Architect
8 6 (4.17%) Azure Developer
8 6 (4.17%) Data Analyst
8 6 (4.17%) Enterprise Architect
8 6 (4.17%) Full-Stack Developer
8 6 (4.17%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 6 (4.17%) Senior Security Engineer
9 5 (3.47%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (27.08%) RESTful
2 34 (23.61%) React
3 33 (22.92%) REST
4 27 (18.75%) Node.js
5 25 (17.36%) .NET
6 18 (12.50%) OAuth
7 17 (11.81%) Django
8 14 (9.72%) GraphQL
9 13 (9.03%) OAuth2
9 13 (9.03%) OpenAPI
9 13 (9.03%) Swagger
10 12 (8.33%) FastAPI
10 12 (8.33%) HTML
11 11 (7.64%) AngularJS
11 11 (7.64%) Kafka
12 9 (6.25%) .NET Core
12 9 (6.25%) CSS
13 7 (4.86%) ASP.NET
13 7 (4.86%) JSON
13 7 (4.86%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 48 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 19 (13.19%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (7.64%) Management Information System
4 10 (6.94%) Data Structures
5 8 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (4.86%) Algorithms
6 7 (4.86%) Hybrid Cloud
6 7 (4.86%) Product Ownership
7 5 (3.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (3.47%) IoT
7 5 (3.47%) Low-Code
8 4 (2.78%) Hackathon
8 4 (2.78%) Security Posture
9 3 (2.08%) AI Agents
9 3 (2.08%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (2.08%) Mobile App
9 3 (2.08%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.39%) Private Cloud
10 2 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.47%) Linux
2 2 (1.39%) Unix
3 1 (0.69%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (43.06%) CI/CD
2 61 (42.36%) DevOps
3 51 (35.42%) Agile
4 48 (33.33%) Microservices
5 42 (29.17%) Software Engineering
6 38 (26.39%) AI
7 30 (20.83%) Roadmaps
8 25 (17.36%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
9 24 (16.67%) SDLC
9 24 (16.67%) Test Automation
10 23 (15.97%) API Development
10 23 (15.97%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (15.97%) Mentoring
11 21 (14.58%) API Integration
12 19 (13.19%) Containerisation
12 19 (13.19%) Infrastructure as Code
12 19 (13.19%) Machine Learning
13 18 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 60 (41.67%) Python
2 37 (25.69%) SQL
3 31 (21.53%) TypeScript
4 27 (18.75%) C#
5 25 (17.36%) JavaScript
6 20 (13.89%) Java
7 14 (9.72%) Go
8 6 (4.17%) PHP
9 2 (1.39%) Bicep
9 2 (1.39%) C++
9 2 (1.39%) Kotlin
9 2 (1.39%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.39%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.69%) C
10 1 (0.69%) DataWeave
10 1 (0.69%) Groovy
10 1 (0.69%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.69%) Scala
Qualifications
1 19 (13.19%) Degree
2 13 (9.03%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (5.56%) Security Cleared
4 7 (4.86%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.86%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (2.08%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.39%) MCP
7 1 (0.69%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.69%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.56%) QA
2 7 (4.86%) GDPR
3 6 (4.17%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.78%) SLA
5 3 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.08%) WCAG
6 2 (1.39%) HL7
6 2 (1.39%) SNOMED CT
7 1 (0.69%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.69%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.69%) NIST
7 1 (0.69%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.69%) SOC 2
System Software
1 33 (22.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 28 (19.44%) Kubernetes
2 23 (15.97%) Terraform
3 8 (5.56%) Ansible
4 4 (2.78%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.08%) Grafana
6 1 (0.69%) Nagios
Vendors
1 25 (17.36%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.33%) Google
3 9 (6.25%) OpenAI
3 9 (6.25%) Salesforce
4 5 (3.47%) MuleSoft
5 4 (2.78%) Ericsson
5 4 (2.78%) Mavenir
5 4 (2.78%) Nokia
5 4 (2.78%) SAP
6 3 (2.08%) Checkmarx
6 3 (2.08%) Databricks
6 3 (2.08%) Dynatrace
6 3 (2.08%) Foundry
6 3 (2.08%) Oracle
6 3 (2.08%) Qualys
7 2 (1.39%) Adobe
8 1 (0.69%) Blue Prism
8 1 (0.69%) Pega
8 1 (0.69%) SnapLogic
8 1 (0.69%) Sybase