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 26 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 525 399 501
Rank change year-on-year -126 +102 -12
Permanent jobs citing API Development 213 273 302
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.24% 0.63% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.70% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 145 225 215
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +21.74% -20.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year -10.71% +19.15% -16.07%

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 66,240 39,044 63,540
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.89% 89.88% 81.85%
Number of salaries quoted 46,785 22,556 43,778
10th Percentile £31,175 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 26 July 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 26 July 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 -54 82 £77,500 -3.13% 32
North of England -54 48 £61,250 -9.26% 17
North West -12 29 £75,000 +22.45% 10
South West -54 27 £60,000 +14.29% 15
South East -35 26 £65,000 +30.00% 13
Midlands -29 21 £55,000 -5.17% 4
North East - 17 £47,000 - 2
West Midlands -20 13 £55,000 -4.35% 3
East Midlands -26 8 £54,500 -6.03% 1
East of England -42 7 £45,000 -47.06% 5
Yorkshire -60 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 10 (4.69%) Apache
1 10 (4.69%) CMS
2 9 (4.23%) nginx
3 6 (2.82%) IIS
4 5 (2.35%) Apache Spark
4 5 (2.35%) JBoss
5 4 (1.88%) Confluence
6 3 (1.41%) Headless CMS
7 2 (0.94%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.94%) Moodle
7 2 (0.94%) NServiceBus
8 1 (0.47%) Appian
8 1 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.47%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.47%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.88%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.94%) SAP Business One
1 2 (0.94%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 97 (45.54%) Azure
2 71 (33.33%) AWS
3 41 (19.25%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (12.21%) GCP
5 23 (10.80%) Serverless
6 18 (8.45%) LangSmith
7 13 (6.10%) AWS Lambda
7 13 (6.10%) GitHub
8 11 (5.16%) Firebase
9 10 (4.69%) Amazon EKS
10 9 (4.23%) Amazon S3
10 9 (4.23%) Power Platform
11 8 (3.76%) Datadog
11 8 (3.76%) GitHub Actions
11 8 (3.76%) OpenShift
11 8 (3.76%) SaaS
12 6 (2.82%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (2.82%) Anthropic Claude
12 6 (2.82%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (2.82%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.35%) SSL
2 4 (1.88%) AMQP
2 4 (1.88%) Broadband
3 3 (1.41%) HTTP
3 3 (1.41%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.94%) DNS
5 1 (0.47%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (16.90%) MySQL
2 34 (15.96%) SQL Server
3 19 (8.92%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (7.98%) Relational Database
5 16 (7.51%) NoSQL
6 10 (4.69%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.82%) DynamoDB
8 5 (2.35%) Big Data
9 4 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.88%) Cloudera CDH
9 4 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.88%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (1.88%) Hadoop
9 4 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.41%) Power BI
11 2 (0.94%) Amazon Aurora
11 2 (0.94%) Pinecone
11 2 (0.94%) Qlik Sense
12 1 (0.47%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 45 (21.13%) Git
2 25 (11.74%) Jenkins
3 11 (5.16%) fastlane
4 7 (3.29%) GitLab
4 7 (3.29%) JIRA
5 6 (2.82%) Bitbucket
5 6 (2.82%) Postman
5 6 (2.82%) Xcode
6 5 (2.35%) Android Studio
6 5 (2.35%) Crashlytics
6 5 (2.35%) Gradle
7 4 (1.88%) JUnit
7 4 (1.88%) Mockito
7 4 (1.88%) MSI
7 4 (1.88%) SpecFlow
7 4 (1.88%) Subversion
8 3 (1.41%) Storybook
9 2 (0.94%) CMake
9 2 (0.94%) JMeter
10 1 (0.47%) PHPUnit
General
1 39 (18.31%) Finance
2 37 (17.37%) Social Skills
3 23 (10.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 23 (10.80%) Public Sector
4 19 (8.92%) Banking
5 16 (7.51%) Financial Institution
6 14 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (5.16%) Retail
8 9 (4.23%) Law
8 9 (4.23%) Legal
9 5 (2.35%) Front Office
9 5 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.88%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.41%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.41%) Marketing
12 2 (0.94%) Electronics
12 2 (0.94%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.47%) Advertising
13 1 (0.47%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.47%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 130 (61.03%) Developer
2 50 (23.47%) Senior
3 39 (18.31%) Senior Developer
4 34 (15.96%) Software Developer
5 25 (11.74%) Software Engineer
6 23 (10.80%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 23 (10.80%) Full-Stack Developer
6 23 (10.80%) Lead
7 21 (9.86%) .NET Developer
8 20 (9.39%) C# Developer
9 16 (7.51%) Senior Software Developer
10 14 (6.57%) C# Software Developer
10 14 (6.57%) Python Developer
10 14 (6.57%) Senior C# Developer
10 14 (6.57%) Senior C# Software Developer
11 11 (5.16%) Backend Developer
12 8 (3.76%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 8 (3.76%) Lead Software Engineer
13 7 (3.29%) Lead Developer
13 7 (3.29%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (31.92%) .NET
2 49 (23.00%) RESTful
3 48 (22.54%) REST
4 39 (18.31%) HTML
4 39 (18.31%) React
5 36 (16.90%) CSS
6 35 (16.43%) Node.js
7 29 (13.62%) AngularJS
8 28 (13.15%) ASP.NET
9 26 (12.21%) .NET Framework
10 23 (10.80%) Model Context Protocol
11 22 (10.33%) LangChain
11 22 (10.33%) LlamaIndex
12 21 (9.86%) .NET Core
13 20 (9.39%) OAuth
14 18 (8.45%) Langfuse
15 17 (7.98%) Entity Framework
16 16 (7.51%) OAuth2
17 15 (7.04%) HTML5
17 15 (7.04%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 59 (27.70%) Cloud Native
2 26 (12.21%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (10.33%) Mobile App
4 16 (7.51%) AI Agents
4 16 (7.51%) Product Ownership
5 15 (7.04%) e-Learning
6 11 (5.16%) Onboarding
7 10 (4.69%) Legacy Systems
8 7 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (3.29%) Low-Code
9 5 (2.35%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.88%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.88%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 4 (1.88%) Private Cloud
10 4 (1.88%) Social Media
11 3 (1.41%) Mobile Wallet
11 3 (1.41%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (0.94%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 18 (8.45%) Linux
2 9 (4.23%) Windows
3 7 (3.29%) Android
4 6 (2.82%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.88%) CentOS
6 4 (1.88%) Debian
6 4 (1.88%) Ubuntu
7 2 (0.94%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (50.23%) Agile
2 92 (43.19%) CI/CD
3 74 (34.74%) DevOps
4 69 (32.39%) Full-Stack Development
5 68 (31.92%) AI
6 62 (29.11%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (26.29%) Software Engineering
8 48 (22.54%) Test Automation
9 47 (22.07%) API Integration
10 46 (21.60%) Microservices
11 43 (20.19%) Containerisation
12 42 (19.72%) Observability
13 39 (18.31%) LLM
14 34 (15.96%) Mentoring
15 33 (15.49%) Clean Code
16 30 (14.08%) Computer Science
17 29 (13.62%) Continuous Improvement
18 28 (13.15%) Scrum
18 28 (13.15%) TDD
19 27 (12.68%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 87 (40.85%) C#
2 80 (37.56%) Python
3 56 (26.29%) JavaScript
4 49 (23.00%) SQL
5 30 (14.08%) TypeScript
6 26 (12.21%) Java
7 12 (5.63%) PHP
8 6 (2.82%) Swift
9 5 (2.35%) Bash
9 5 (2.35%) C++
9 5 (2.35%) Kotlin
9 5 (2.35%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.88%) Bicep
11 3 (1.41%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.94%) DataWeave
12 2 (0.94%) Embedded C++
12 2 (0.94%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.94%) VB
12 2 (0.94%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (15.96%) Degree
2 21 (9.86%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.98%) SC Cleared
4 14 (6.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (3.29%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.41%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.94%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.47%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (10.33%) Accessibility
2 16 (7.51%) WCAG
3 13 (6.10%) QA
4 5 (2.35%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.88%) GDPR
5 4 (1.88%) NCSC
6 3 (1.41%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.41%) PSD2
7 2 (0.94%) GRC
8 1 (0.47%) NIST
8 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 57 (26.76%) Docker
2 5 (2.35%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 40 (18.78%) Kubernetes
2 27 (12.68%) Terraform
3 9 (4.23%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (2.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (2.35%) Ansible
4 5 (2.35%) Grafana
4 5 (2.35%) Nagios
4 5 (2.35%) Puppet
5 3 (1.41%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.94%) Kibana
7 1 (0.47%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 24 (11.27%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.86%) Google
3 13 (6.10%) Dynatrace
4 10 (4.69%) Splunk
5 9 (4.23%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.82%) Apple
6 6 (2.82%) OpenAI
7 5 (2.35%) Atlassian
7 5 (2.35%) New Relic
8 4 (1.88%) Databricks
8 4 (1.88%) Oracle
8 4 (1.88%) SaltStack
9 3 (1.41%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.94%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.94%) Pega
10 2 (0.94%) SAP
10 2 (0.94%) Trapeze
10 2 (0.94%) Xamarin
11 1 (0.47%) Automation Anywhere
11 1 (0.47%) UiPath