API Development Jobs in London

API Development
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 378 362
Rank change year-on-year +92 -16 +50
Permanent jobs citing API Development 114 133 282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.89% 0.56% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 0.62% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 84 94 194
10th Percentile £52,500 £54,250 £55,000
25th Percentile £64,188 £57,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,750 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.06% -3.13% +14.29%
75th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £116,750 £97,500 £112,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,375 21,526 32,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.17% 90.97% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 7,226 15,906 23,132
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £43,257
25th Percentile £55,500 £51,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -6.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

API Development
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for API Development in London

API Development
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for API Development in London

API Development
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Development in London over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for API Development in London

API Development
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing API Development within the London region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
Central London +47 30 £82,500 +10.00% 37
East London -13 2 £100,000 +25.00% 5
South London - 2 £90,000 -
West London +26 1 £62,000 -17.33% 5
North London - 1 £42,500 - 1
API Development
England

API Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.63%) CMS
1 3 (2.63%) Confluence
1 3 (2.63%) Headless CMS
1 3 (2.63%) OpenEdge
2 1 (0.88%) Apache
2 1 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.88%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.51%) Chatbot
2 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.75%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 64 (56.14%) Azure
2 44 (38.60%) AWS
3 28 (24.56%) Serverless
4 20 (17.54%) GitHub
5 18 (15.79%) GCP
6 13 (11.40%) Cloud Computing
7 12 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (10.53%) Power Platform
8 11 (9.65%) Azure Functions
9 9 (7.89%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (7.89%) GitHub Actions
9 9 (7.89%) Power Automate
10 8 (7.02%) PowerApps
11 4 (3.51%) Amazon Bedrock
11 4 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (2.63%) Apigee
12 3 (2.63%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (2.63%) Contentful
12 3 (2.63%) Figma
12 3 (2.63%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.65%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (25.44%) SQL Server
2 24 (21.05%) NoSQL
3 15 (13.16%) MongoDB
4 14 (12.28%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (9.65%) Power BI
6 8 (7.02%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (7.02%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (7.02%) MySQL
6 8 (7.02%) Relational Database
7 7 (6.14%) Tableau
8 4 (3.51%) Data Vault
9 3 (2.63%) Data Lake
9 3 (2.63%) DynamoDB
9 3 (2.63%) Metadata
10 2 (1.75%) Big Data
10 2 (1.75%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.88%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.88%) Neo4j
11 1 (0.88%) Parquet
11 1 (0.88%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 27 (23.68%) Git
2 18 (15.79%) JIRA
3 11 (9.65%) PowerBuilder
4 5 (4.39%) Gradle
4 5 (4.39%) Maven
4 5 (4.39%) Postman
5 4 (3.51%) Jenkins
6 3 (2.63%) Bitbucket
6 3 (2.63%) Storybook
7 2 (1.75%) Artifactory
7 2 (1.75%) Mocha
7 2 (1.75%) Moq
7 2 (1.75%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (1.75%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.88%) Crucible
8 1 (0.88%) NUnit
8 1 (0.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (37.72%) Finance
2 36 (31.58%) Social Skills
3 11 (9.65%) Banking
3 11 (9.65%) Retail
4 9 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.89%) Marketing
5 7 (6.14%) Legal
6 6 (5.26%) Games
6 6 (5.26%) Law
7 5 (4.39%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.51%) Front Office
8 4 (3.51%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.63%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.75%) Back Office
10 2 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.88%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 51 (44.74%) Developer
2 30 (26.32%) Senior
3 26 (22.81%) Lead
4 17 (14.91%) Software Engineer
5 16 (14.04%) Full-Stack Developer
6 12 (10.53%) Technical Leader
7 10 (8.77%) Lead Developer
7 10 (8.77%) Python Developer
7 10 (8.77%) Senior Developer
8 8 (7.02%) Senior Software Engineer
8 8 (7.02%) Software Developer
8 8 (7.02%) Software Manager
9 7 (6.14%) Architect
10 6 (5.26%) .NET Developer
11 5 (4.39%) IT Manager
11 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Developer
11 5 (4.39%) Senior IT Manager
11 5 (4.39%) Senior Manager
11 5 (4.39%) Senior Software Developer
11 5 (4.39%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (42.11%) React
2 41 (35.96%) .NET
3 34 (29.82%) REST
4 33 (28.95%) RESTful
5 23 (20.18%) GraphQL
6 17 (14.91%) AngularJS
6 17 (14.91%) SOAP
7 12 (10.53%) .NET Core
7 12 (10.53%) Vue
8 10 (8.77%) CSS
9 9 (7.89%) HTML
9 9 (7.89%) Kafka
9 9 (7.89%) Node.js
9 9 (7.89%) OAuth
10 8 (7.02%) Django
10 8 (7.02%) OAuth2
11 7 (6.14%) Elastic Stack
11 7 (6.14%) JSON
12 6 (5.26%) Middleware
12 6 (5.26%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 25 (21.93%) Cloud Native
2 18 (15.79%) Product Ownership
3 11 (9.65%) Reinsurance
4 9 (7.89%) Mobile App
5 8 (7.02%) Management Information System
6 7 (6.14%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (4.39%) Algorithms
7 5 (4.39%) Mobile Games
8 3 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.75%) EPoS
9 2 (1.75%) Equities
9 2 (1.75%) Fixed Income
9 2 (1.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.75%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.75%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.88%) NHS
10 1 (0.88%) PKI
10 1 (0.88%) Video\Live Streaming
10 1 (0.88%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.39%) Android
1 5 (4.39%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (61.40%) CI/CD
2 60 (52.63%) DevOps
3 49 (42.98%) Microservices
4 42 (36.84%) Agile
5 37 (32.46%) Containerisation
6 36 (31.58%) API Integration
6 36 (31.58%) Software Engineering
7 33 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (20.18%) Full-Stack Development
9 20 (17.54%) Mentoring
10 19 (16.67%) Computer Science
10 19 (16.67%) Roadmaps
11 17 (14.91%) API Design
11 17 (14.91%) Requirements Gathering
11 17 (14.91%) SDLC
12 16 (14.04%) Data Governance
12 16 (14.04%) Front End Development
13 15 (13.16%) Architectural Design
13 15 (13.16%) Migration
14 14 (12.28%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 44 (38.60%) Python
2 43 (37.72%) JavaScript
3 40 (35.09%) C#
4 37 (32.46%) SQL
5 29 (25.44%) Java
6 18 (15.79%) TypeScript
7 16 (14.04%) PowerShell
8 4 (3.51%) C
8 4 (3.51%) C++
8 4 (3.51%) Ruby
9 3 (2.63%) Apex Code
9 3 (2.63%) OpenEdge ABL
9 3 (2.63%) Progress 4GL
9 3 (2.63%) Swift
10 2 (1.75%) Go
10 2 (1.75%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (1.75%) MATLAB
10 2 (1.75%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.75%) Rust
10 2 (1.75%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 22 (19.30%) Degree
2 16 (14.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (4.39%) AWS Certification
3 5 (4.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 5 (4.39%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.39%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.51%) Master's Degree
5 3 (2.63%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.65%) QA
2 10 (8.77%) Accessibility
3 4 (3.51%) GDPR
4 3 (2.63%) WCAG
5 1 (0.88%) CDISC
5 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
System Software
1 36 (31.58%) Docker
2 2 (1.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 39 (34.21%) Kubernetes
2 6 (5.26%) Prometheus
2 6 (5.26%) Terraform
3 5 (4.39%) Argo
3 5 (4.39%) Grafana
4 4 (3.51%) Ansible
4 4 (3.51%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 35 (30.70%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.77%) Google
3 9 (7.89%) Databricks
4 6 (5.26%) ServiceNow
5 5 (4.39%) New Relic
5 5 (4.39%) OpenAI
6 4 (3.51%) Oracle
6 4 (3.51%) Remedy
6 4 (3.51%) Splunk
7 3 (2.63%) MuleSoft
7 3 (2.63%) Progress
7 3 (2.63%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.75%) Snow
9 1 (0.88%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.88%) Trayport