API Design Job Trends in the South West

API Design
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring API Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 172 197 201
Rank change year-on-year +25 +4 +101
Permanent jobs citing API Design 8 2 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.17% 0.038% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.048% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 12
10th Percentile £52,156 £92,207 -
25th Percentile £63,125 £94,317 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £108,705 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -31.01% +54.03% +0.82%
75th Percentile £83,750 £130,126 £85,260
90th Percentile £97,500 £136,456 £97,290
England median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £70,576
% change year-on-year +23.08% -7.90% -19.34%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

API Design 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,510 4,206 4,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 74.43% 80.21% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2,365 2,292 3,086
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,875
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,400 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

API Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing API Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

API Design job vacancy trend in the South West

API Design
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing API Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing API Design

API Design
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Design in the South West over the 6 months to 5 December 2025.

Salary histogram for API Design in the South West

API Design
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing API Design within the South West region over the 6 months to 5 December 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
Dorset - 3 £44,881 - 1
Bristol +20 2 £90,000 -17.21% 1
Gloucestershire - 1 £82,500 -
API Design
England

API Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 (12.50%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Boomi
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Run
2 1 (12.50%) GCP
2 1 (12.50%) NuGet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) MySQL
1 2 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (25.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Software Engineer
2 3 (37.50%) Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Django Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Python Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Python/Django Developer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) C# Software Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Integration Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Lead
4 1 (12.50%) Python Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Python Software Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) React
1 4 (50.00%) RESTful
2 3 (37.50%) AngularJS
2 3 (37.50%) REST
3 2 (25.00%) Django
3 2 (25.00%) Next.js
3 2 (25.00%) Node.js
4 1 (12.50%) .NET
4 1 (12.50%) Blazor
4 1 (12.50%) D3.js
4 1 (12.50%) FastAPI
4 1 (12.50%) PrimeNG
4 1 (12.50%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Cloud Native
2 2 (25.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (12.50%) Legacy Code
3 1 (12.50%) Low-Code
3 1 (12.50%) PKI
3 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Agile
1 5 (62.50%) Microservices
1 5 (62.50%) Test Automation
2 4 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (37.50%) API Integration
4 2 (25.00%) API Development
4 2 (25.00%) Build Automation
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (25.00%) Pair Programming
4 2 (25.00%) SOLID
4 2 (25.00%) TDD
5 1 (12.50%) Data Science
5 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Python
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
1 3 (37.50%) TypeScript
2 1 (12.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) SnapLogic