API Development Jobs in Scotland

API Development
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 240 191
Rank change year-on-year +102 -49 -11
Permanent jobs citing API Development 11 43 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.39% 0.64% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.69% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 8 23 16
10th Percentile £34,875 - -
25th Percentile - £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £32,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% -33.33% -30.36%
75th Percentile £110,169 £100,967 £73,750
90th Percentile £140,677 £142,500 £77,715
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -14.29% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,584 6,258 4,474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.12% 92.83% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,340 2,424 2,253
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,490
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,654
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.94% +9.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £73,875
90th Percentile £83,739 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

API Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for API Development in Scotland

API Development
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for API Development in Scotland

API Development
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Development in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for API Development in Scotland

API Development
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing API Development within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 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
Edinburgh +19 9 £45,000 -55.00% 4
Glasgow +146 2 - - 1
API Development
UK

API Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
2 1 (9.09%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) MySQL
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Database
1 1 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (9.09%) RDBMS
1 1 (9.09%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
1 1 (9.09%) GitLab
1 1 (9.09%) Jenkins
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle APEX
General
1 8 (72.73%) Finance
2 7 (63.64%) Banking
3 5 (45.45%) Legal
4 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
5 1 (9.09%) Back Office
5 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Graduate
2 3 (27.27%) Lead
3 2 (18.18%) Java Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Lead Java Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Vision Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Head of Development
4 1 (9.09%) Oracle Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) CSS
1 1 (9.09%) HTML
1 1 (9.09%) OpenCV
1 1 (9.09%) OpenVINO
1 1 (9.09%) REST
1 1 (9.09%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Hackathon
1 5 (45.45%) Learning Management System
1 5 (45.45%) Mobile App
2 2 (18.18%) Private Cloud
3 1 (9.09%) Algorithms
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 1 (9.09%) Public Cloud
3 1 (9.09%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Linux
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Agile
1 8 (72.73%) DevOps
2 7 (63.64%) Artificial Intelligence
2 7 (63.64%) Containerisation
2 7 (63.64%) Software Engineering
3 6 (54.55%) API Integration
4 5 (45.45%) Customer Experience
4 5 (45.45%) Customer Service
4 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (45.45%) Fintech
4 5 (45.45%) Stress Testing
5 4 (36.36%) CI/CD
5 4 (36.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (27.27%) Microservices
7 2 (18.18%) Coaching
7 2 (18.18%) Continuous Delivery
7 2 (18.18%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
7 2 (18.18%) Performance Engineering
7 2 (18.18%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) Java
1 7 (63.64%) JavaScript
2 6 (54.55%) Python
3 5 (45.45%) C#
3 5 (45.45%) Kotlin
4 2 (18.18%) SQL
5 1 (9.09%) Bash
5 1 (9.09%) C++
5 1 (9.09%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Degree
1 6 (54.55%) Master's Degree
1 6 (54.55%) PhD
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Google
1 5 (45.45%) IBM
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle