API Development Job Trends in the Midlands

API Development
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring API Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 203 171
Rank change year-on-year +18 -32 +145
Permanent jobs citing API Development 29 37 58
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.37% 0.58% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.64% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 29 21 42
10th Percentile £49,250 £42,500 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,720 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% +20.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £90,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £66,250 £61,250 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.16% -2.00% -7.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,328 5,757 4,965
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.33% 90.41% 86.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3,508 2,513 4,092
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

API Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

API Development job vacancy trend in the Midlands

API Development
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing API Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing API Development

API Development
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Development in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for API Development in the Midlands

API Development
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing API Development within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
East Midlands -2 16 £60,250 +0.42% 3
West Midlands +10 13 £59,720 -0.47% 6
API Development
England

API Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (3.45%) JBoss
1 1 (3.45%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (10.34%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 15 (51.72%) AWS
2 8 (27.59%) Serverless
3 7 (24.14%) Azure
4 6 (20.69%) Amazon S3
4 6 (20.69%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (10.34%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (10.34%) OpenShift
6 2 (6.90%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 2 (6.90%) Azure API Management
6 2 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (6.90%) Azure Functions
6 2 (6.90%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (6.90%) GitHub
6 2 (6.90%) Power Automate
6 2 (6.90%) Power Platform
7 1 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (3.45%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.69%) Amazon Redshift
2 4 (13.79%) SQL Server
3 2 (6.90%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (6.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (3.45%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Git
1 4 (13.79%) JUnit
2 3 (10.34%) Jenkins
3 2 (6.90%) Cucumber
3 2 (6.90%) GitLab
3 2 (6.90%) MSTest
3 2 (6.90%) NUnit
3 2 (6.90%) Selenium
4 1 (3.45%) Gradle
4 1 (3.45%) JIRA
4 1 (3.45%) Maven
4 1 (3.45%) Mockito
4 1 (3.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 12 (41.38%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (13.79%) Finance
3 3 (10.34%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Manufacturing
3 3 (10.34%) Marketing
3 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (72.41%) Developer
2 14 (48.28%) Full-Stack Developer
3 10 (34.48%) Senior
4 9 (31.03%) Senior Developer
5 6 (20.69%) Lead
5 6 (20.69%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (10.34%) .NET Developer
6 3 (10.34%) Architect
6 3 (10.34%) Enterprise Architect
6 3 (10.34%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
6 3 (10.34%) Lead Developer
6 3 (10.34%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (10.34%) Software Developer
6 3 (10.34%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (6.90%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
7 2 (6.90%) Java Developer
7 2 (6.90%) Platform Manager
7 2 (6.90%) Senior Software Developer
8 1 (3.45%) Azure Developer
8 1 (3.45%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (44.83%) CSS
1 13 (44.83%) HTML
2 11 (37.93%) Node.js
3 10 (34.48%) React
4 4 (13.79%) .NET
4 4 (13.79%) AngularJS
4 4 (13.79%) REST
4 4 (13.79%) Spring
4 4 (13.79%) Spring Boot
5 3 (10.34%) Django
5 3 (10.34%) RESTful
6 2 (6.90%) .NET Core
6 2 (6.90%) .NET Framework
6 2 (6.90%) ARM Templates
6 2 (6.90%) ASP.NET Web API
6 2 (6.90%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (6.90%) Entity Framework
6 2 (6.90%) Flask
6 2 (6.90%) pytest
6 2 (6.90%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Cloud Native
1 5 (17.24%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.45%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Linux
1 1 (3.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (51.72%) Full-Stack Development
1 15 (51.72%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (24.14%) Agile
2 7 (24.14%) Integration Patterns
3 6 (20.69%) CI/CD
3 6 (20.69%) Computer Science
3 6 (20.69%) CRM
3 6 (20.69%) DevOps
3 6 (20.69%) ERP
3 6 (20.69%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (17.24%) API Design
4 5 (17.24%) API Management
4 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (17.24%) Enterprise Architecture
4 5 (17.24%) Microservices
5 4 (13.79%) Code Quality
5 4 (13.79%) Data Architecture
5 4 (13.79%) Data Modelling
5 4 (13.79%) Roadmaps
5 4 (13.79%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 14 (48.28%) JavaScript
2 13 (44.83%) SQL
3 10 (34.48%) Python
4 5 (17.24%) C#
5 4 (13.79%) Java
6 3 (10.34%) TypeScript
7 2 (6.90%) Bicep
7 2 (6.90%) Delphi
8 1 (3.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (20.69%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) QA
System Software
1 4 (13.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (13.79%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.90%) Grafana
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) Oracle
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.34%) SAP
2 3 (10.34%) Zoho