API Development Job Trends in England

API Development
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring API Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 510 385 461
Rank change year-on-year -125 +76 +44
Permanent jobs citing API Development 196 270 390
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.24% 0.70% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.75% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 126 223 297
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £114,250 £86,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -14.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 61,148 35,802 72,235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.84% 93.41% 84.38%
Number of salaries quoted 40,513 19,133 54,000
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,367
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -9.84%

API Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

API Development job vacancy trend in England

API Development
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing API Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing API Development

API Development
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Development in England over the 6 months to 24 May 2026.

Salary histogram for API Development in England

API Development
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 Development within the England region over the 6 months to 24 May 2026. 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 -60 85 £78,750 -5.97% 26
North of England -62 35 £61,875 -3.70% 19
Midlands -13 34 £55,000 +4.76%
North West -11 27 £65,000 +7.44% 11
West Midlands -31 19 £55,000 +4.76%
South East -39 19 £65,000 +30.00% 15
East Midlands -14 15 £55,000 -8.33%
South West -67 15 £55,000 -12.00% 7
East of England -36 8 £45,000 -47.06%
North East -36 6 £47,000 -10.48% 3
Yorkshire -65 2 £50,000 -28.57% 5
API Development
UK

API Development
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 12 (6.12%) CMS
2 10 (5.10%) Appian
3 8 (4.08%) Apache
4 6 (3.06%) Apache Spark
5 5 (2.55%) Anypoint
6 4 (2.04%) IIS
6 4 (2.04%) Moodle
6 4 (2.04%) nginx
7 3 (1.53%) Headless CMS
8 2 (1.02%) Confluence
8 2 (1.02%) JBoss
8 2 (1.02%) NServiceBus
8 2 (1.02%) WordPress
9 1 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.51%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.53%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.02%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 80 (40.82%) Azure
2 65 (33.16%) AWS
3 32 (16.33%) GCP
4 30 (15.31%) Serverless
5 24 (12.24%) AWS Lambda
6 21 (10.71%) Azure DevOps
7 15 (7.65%) Amazon S3
8 14 (7.14%) Anthropic Claude
8 14 (7.14%) GitHub
9 13 (6.63%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (6.12%) Power Automate
11 10 (5.10%) Azure AI
12 9 (4.59%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (4.08%) Apigee
13 8 (4.08%) Figma
13 8 (4.08%) SaaS
14 7 (3.57%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (3.57%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (3.57%) LangSmith
14 7 (3.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.55%) AMQP
2 4 (2.04%) Broadband
3 3 (1.53%) HTTPS
4 2 (1.02%) DNS
4 2 (1.02%) HTTP
4 2 (1.02%) SSL
5 1 (0.51%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (19.90%) SQL Server
2 25 (12.76%) MySQL
3 17 (8.67%) Relational Database
4 14 (7.14%) NoSQL
5 12 (6.12%) Amazon Redshift
5 12 (6.12%) PostgreSQL
6 10 (5.10%) Pinecone
7 6 (3.06%) Big Data
8 5 (2.55%) Cloudera CDH
8 5 (2.55%) Hadoop
8 5 (2.55%) MongoDB
9 4 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (2.04%) Power BI
10 3 (1.53%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (1.02%) DB2
11 2 (1.02%) Qlik Sense
12 1 (0.51%) BigQuery
12 1 (0.51%) Metadata
12 1 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (16.33%) Git
2 23 (11.73%) Jenkins
3 10 (5.10%) MLflow
4 8 (4.08%) Storybook
5 7 (3.57%) Postman
6 6 (3.06%) fastlane
7 5 (2.55%) Bitbucket
8 4 (2.04%) JIRA
8 4 (2.04%) JUnit
8 4 (2.04%) Mockito
8 4 (2.04%) SpecFlow
8 4 (2.04%) Visual Studio
9 3 (1.53%) Android Studio
9 3 (1.53%) Crashlytics
9 3 (1.53%) ESLint
9 3 (1.53%) GitLab
9 3 (1.53%) Gradle
9 3 (1.53%) webpack
9 3 (1.53%) Xcode
10 2 (1.02%) JMeter
General
1 40 (20.41%) Social Skills
2 32 (16.33%) Finance
3 22 (11.22%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (7.65%) Banking
5 13 (6.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (6.12%) Public Sector
7 9 (4.59%) Financial Institution
8 8 (4.08%) Retail
9 4 (2.04%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.04%) Front Office
9 4 (2.04%) Law
10 3 (1.53%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.53%) Marketing
10 3 (1.53%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.51%) Advertising
12 1 (0.51%) Legal
12 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 112 (57.14%) Developer
2 42 (21.43%) Senior
3 40 (20.41%) Full-Stack Developer
4 33 (16.84%) Lead
5 31 (15.82%) Senior Developer
6 28 (14.29%) Software Developer
7 24 (12.24%) Software Engineer
8 22 (11.22%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 20 (10.20%) .NET Developer
10 17 (8.67%) C# Developer
11 14 (7.14%) Senior Software Developer
12 13 (6.63%) Lead Developer
13 12 (6.12%) C# Software Developer
13 12 (6.12%) Senior C# Developer
13 12 (6.12%) Senior C# Software Developer
14 11 (5.61%) Automation Engineer
15 9 (4.59%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
15 9 (4.59%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
16 8 (4.08%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
16 8 (4.08%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (27.04%) React
2 52 (26.53%) .NET
3 50 (25.51%) Node.js
4 46 (23.47%) REST
4 46 (23.47%) RESTful
5 45 (22.96%) CSS
6 43 (21.94%) HTML
7 30 (15.31%) AngularJS
8 29 (14.80%) OpenAPI
8 29 (14.80%) Swagger
9 28 (14.29%) OAuth
10 21 (10.71%) JWT
11 20 (10.20%) .NET Core
11 20 (10.20%) ASP.NET
12 17 (8.67%) Django
13 16 (8.16%) Vue
14 15 (7.65%) ASP.NET Web API
14 15 (7.65%) Spring
15 14 (7.14%) Flask
16 13 (6.63%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 42 (21.43%) Cloud Native
2 18 (9.18%) Mobile App
3 17 (8.67%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (6.63%) Low-Code
5 11 (5.61%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (4.59%) Product Ownership
7 8 (4.08%) AI Agents
8 7 (3.57%) e-Learning
9 6 (3.06%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (2.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.53%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (1.02%) Algorithms
12 2 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (1.02%) Management Information System
13 1 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
13 1 (0.51%) Distributed Architecture
13 1 (0.51%) Hybrid Cloud
13 1 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.63%) Linux
2 5 (2.55%) Android
2 5 (2.55%) CentOS
2 5 (2.55%) Debian
2 5 (2.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 5 (2.55%) Ubuntu
3 3 (1.53%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.51%) Windows
4 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (44.90%) Agile
2 86 (43.88%) CI/CD
3 63 (32.14%) Full-Stack Development
4 60 (30.61%) AI
5 55 (28.06%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (27.55%) DevOps
7 49 (25.00%) Containerisation
8 47 (23.98%) Mentoring
9 44 (22.45%) Software Engineering
10 42 (21.43%) Test Automation
11 38 (19.39%) Microservices
12 36 (18.37%) API Integration
13 30 (15.31%) Clean Code
13 30 (15.31%) LLM
14 27 (13.78%) Machine Learning
15 26 (13.27%) Computer Science
15 26 (13.27%) Infrastructure as Code
16 25 (12.76%) TDD
17 24 (12.24%) Continuous Improvement
17 24 (12.24%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 69 (35.20%) C#
1 69 (35.20%) Python
2 62 (31.63%) JavaScript
3 57 (29.08%) SQL
4 33 (16.84%) TypeScript
5 27 (13.78%) Java
6 16 (8.16%) PHP
7 4 (2.04%) Bicep
7 4 (2.04%) DataWeave
8 3 (1.53%) Bash
8 3 (1.53%) Kotlin
8 3 (1.53%) Swift
8 3 (1.53%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.02%) C++
9 2 (1.02%) RPG
9 2 (1.02%) Rust
9 2 (1.02%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.51%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.51%) Scala
10 1 (0.51%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 29 (14.80%) Degree
2 19 (9.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (5.10%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.10%) Security Cleared
4 6 (3.06%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.04%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.51%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.51%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.18%) Accessibility
2 14 (7.14%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.06%) WCAG
4 5 (2.55%) QA
5 2 (1.02%) GRC
System Software
1 70 (35.71%) Docker
2 4 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 50 (25.51%) Kubernetes
2 29 (14.80%) Terraform
3 5 (2.55%) Ansible
3 5 (2.55%) Puppet
3 5 (2.55%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.02%) Kibana
4 2 (1.02%) Nagios
Vendors
1 28 (14.29%) Google
2 15 (7.65%) OpenAI
3 11 (5.61%) Microsoft
4 10 (5.10%) Automation Anywhere
4 10 (5.10%) UiPath
5 8 (4.08%) Dynatrace
6 7 (3.57%) Atlassian
6 7 (3.57%) Red Hat
6 7 (3.57%) Splunk
7 5 (2.55%) MuleSoft
7 5 (2.55%) SaltStack
8 4 (2.04%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.53%) Apple
9 3 (1.53%) Oracle
10 2 (1.02%) IBM
10 2 (1.02%) New Relic
10 2 (1.02%) Pega
10 2 (1.02%) Trapeze
10 2 (1.02%) Xamarin
11 1 (0.51%) Ping Identity