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 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 520 405 497
Rank change year-on-year -115 +92 -26
Permanent jobs citing API Development 219 270 283
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.24% 0.62% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.69% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 147 221 198
10th Percentile £45,750 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +16.67% -17.24%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £70,000 £61,305
% change year-on-year -10.71% +14.18% -12.42%

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 67,827 39,106 59,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.89% 89.61% 81.24%
Number of salaries quoted 47,864 22,714 39,792
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,750 £41,021
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 2 August 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 2 August 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 -64 84 £77,500 -3.13% 49
North of England -53 48 £61,250 -9.26% 21
North West -17 29 £75,000 +30.43% 11
South East -27 29 £65,000 +30.00% 17
South West -54 27 £70,000 +33.33% 18
Midlands -24 20 £55,000 -5.17% 5
North East - 17 £47,000 - 2
West Midlands -38 12 £55,000 -4.35% 4
East of England -46 9 £45,000 -47.06% 7
East Midlands -23 8 £54,500 -6.03% 1
Yorkshire -54 2 £50,000 -28.57% 8
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 (4.57%) Apache
2 7 (3.20%) CMS
2 7 (3.20%) nginx
3 6 (2.74%) IIS
4 5 (2.28%) Apache Spark
4 5 (2.28%) Confluence
4 5 (2.28%) JBoss
5 2 (0.91%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.91%) Moodle
6 1 (0.46%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.46%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.46%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.46%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.83%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.37%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.91%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 100 (45.66%) Azure
2 71 (32.42%) AWS
3 44 (20.09%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (12.79%) GCP
5 25 (11.42%) Serverless
6 19 (8.68%) LangSmith
7 14 (6.39%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (5.94%) GitHub
9 11 (5.02%) Firebase
10 10 (4.57%) Amazon EKS
10 10 (4.57%) Amazon S3
10 10 (4.57%) Power Platform
11 9 (4.11%) OpenShift
12 8 (3.65%) Datadog
12 8 (3.65%) GitHub Actions
12 8 (3.65%) SaaS
13 6 (2.74%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (2.74%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (2.74%) Kong
14 5 (2.28%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.28%) SSL
2 4 (1.83%) AMQP
2 4 (1.83%) Broadband
2 4 (1.83%) HTTP
3 3 (1.37%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.91%) DNS
5 1 (0.46%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (15.98%) MySQL
1 35 (15.98%) SQL Server
2 21 (9.59%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (7.31%) Relational Database
4 12 (5.48%) NoSQL
5 7 (3.20%) MongoDB
6 6 (2.74%) DynamoDB
7 5 (2.28%) Big Data
7 5 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.28%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (1.83%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.83%) Cloudera CDH
8 4 (1.83%) Hadoop
8 4 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (1.37%) Power BI
10 2 (0.91%) Amazon Aurora
10 2 (0.91%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (0.91%) SQLite
11 1 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 45 (20.55%) Git
2 26 (11.87%) Jenkins
3 11 (5.02%) fastlane
4 8 (3.65%) GitLab
4 8 (3.65%) JIRA
5 6 (2.74%) Bitbucket
5 6 (2.74%) Postman
5 6 (2.74%) Xcode
6 5 (2.28%) Android Studio
6 5 (2.28%) Crashlytics
6 5 (2.28%) Gradle
6 5 (2.28%) MSI
7 4 (1.83%) JUnit
7 4 (1.83%) Mockito
7 4 (1.83%) SpecFlow
7 4 (1.83%) Subversion
8 3 (1.37%) CMake
8 3 (1.37%) Storybook
9 2 (0.91%) JMeter
9 2 (0.91%) NUnit
General
1 40 (18.26%) Finance
2 38 (17.35%) Social Skills
3 25 (11.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 25 (11.42%) Public Sector
4 20 (9.13%) Banking
5 16 (7.31%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (7.31%) Financial Institution
6 12 (5.48%) Retail
7 10 (4.57%) Law
8 9 (4.11%) Legal
9 5 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.83%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.83%) Front Office
11 3 (1.37%) Electronics
11 3 (1.37%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.37%) Marketing
12 2 (0.91%) Aviation
12 2 (0.91%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.46%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 130 (59.36%) Developer
2 57 (26.03%) Senior
3 43 (19.63%) Senior Developer
4 33 (15.07%) Software Developer
5 29 (13.24%) Software Engineer
6 23 (10.50%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 23 (10.50%) Lead
7 22 (10.05%) C# Developer
8 21 (9.59%) .NET Developer
9 19 (8.68%) Full-Stack Developer
10 17 (7.76%) Senior Software Developer
11 15 (6.85%) C# Software Developer
11 15 (6.85%) Python Developer
11 15 (6.85%) Senior C# Developer
11 15 (6.85%) Senior C# Software Developer
12 13 (5.94%) Backend Developer
13 10 (4.57%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 9 (4.11%) Lead Software Engineer
15 7 (3.20%) Lead Developer
15 7 (3.20%) Senior Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (32.42%) .NET
2 51 (23.29%) RESTful
3 49 (22.37%) REST
4 39 (17.81%) HTML
4 39 (17.81%) React
5 36 (16.44%) CSS
6 33 (15.07%) Node.js
7 30 (13.70%) ASP.NET
8 29 (13.24%) .NET Framework
9 28 (12.79%) AngularJS
10 24 (10.96%) Model Context Protocol
11 23 (10.50%) .NET Core
11 23 (10.50%) LangChain
11 23 (10.50%) LlamaIndex
12 20 (9.13%) OAuth
13 19 (8.68%) Entity Framework
13 19 (8.68%) Langfuse
14 17 (7.76%) OAuth2
15 16 (7.31%) ASP.NET Web API
15 16 (7.31%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 64 (29.22%) Cloud Native
2 29 (13.24%) Distributed Systems
3 22 (10.05%) Mobile App
4 18 (8.22%) AI Agents
5 16 (7.31%) e-Learning
5 16 (7.31%) Product Ownership
6 13 (5.94%) Onboarding
7 10 (4.57%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.74%) Low-Code
10 5 (2.28%) Algorithms
10 5 (2.28%) Data Centre
10 5 (2.28%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (2.28%) Private Cloud
10 5 (2.28%) Social Media
11 3 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (1.37%) Mobile Wallet
11 3 (1.37%) Operational Technology
12 2 (0.91%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (0.91%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.31%) Linux
2 11 (5.02%) Windows
3 7 (3.20%) Android
4 6 (2.74%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.83%) CentOS
6 4 (1.83%) Debian
6 4 (1.83%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.37%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (50.23%) Agile
2 96 (43.84%) CI/CD
3 78 (35.62%) DevOps
4 70 (31.96%) AI
5 69 (31.51%) Full-Stack Development
6 61 (27.85%) Software Engineering
7 60 (27.40%) Problem-Solving
8 49 (22.37%) Test Automation
9 48 (21.92%) Microservices
10 46 (21.00%) API Integration
10 46 (21.00%) Observability
11 43 (19.63%) Containerisation
12 38 (17.35%) LLM
13 37 (16.89%) Mentoring
14 34 (15.53%) Clean Code
15 32 (14.61%) Computer Science
15 32 (14.61%) Continuous Improvement
16 29 (13.24%) Infrastructure as Code
16 29 (13.24%) TDD
17 28 (12.79%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 90 (41.10%) C#
2 84 (38.36%) Python
3 57 (26.03%) JavaScript
4 51 (23.29%) SQL
5 30 (13.70%) TypeScript
6 28 (12.79%) Java
7 9 (4.11%) PHP
8 6 (2.74%) Swift
9 5 (2.28%) Bash
9 5 (2.28%) Bicep
9 5 (2.28%) C++
9 5 (2.28%) Kotlin
9 5 (2.28%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.37%) Embedded C++
10 3 (1.37%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.37%) VB
10 3 (1.37%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.91%) DataWeave
11 2 (0.91%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.46%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (16.89%) Degree
2 25 (11.42%) Security Cleared
3 20 (9.13%) SC Cleared
4 14 (6.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (3.65%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.37%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.91%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.91%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.50%) Accessibility
2 17 (7.76%) WCAG
3 14 (6.39%) QA
4 5 (2.28%) GDPR
4 5 (2.28%) NCSC
5 4 (1.83%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.37%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.37%) PSD2
7 2 (0.91%) GRC
8 1 (0.46%) NIST
8 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 56 (25.57%) Docker
2 5 (2.28%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.91%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 42 (19.18%) Kubernetes
2 28 (12.79%) Terraform
3 9 (4.11%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (2.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 5 (2.28%) Ansible
4 5 (2.28%) Grafana
4 5 (2.28%) Nagios
4 5 (2.28%) Puppet
5 3 (1.37%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.91%) Kibana
7 1 (0.46%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 25 (11.42%) Microsoft
2 22 (10.05%) Google
3 13 (5.94%) Dynatrace
4 10 (4.57%) Splunk
5 9 (4.11%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.74%) Apple
7 5 (2.28%) Atlassian
7 5 (2.28%) New Relic
7 5 (2.28%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.83%) Databricks
8 4 (1.83%) Oracle
8 4 (1.83%) SaltStack
9 3 (1.37%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.37%) SAP
10 2 (0.91%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.91%) Pega
10 2 (0.91%) Trapeze
10 2 (0.91%) Xamarin
11 1 (0.46%) Bloomberg
11 1 (0.46%) MarketAxess