API Development Jobs in the South West

API Development
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 232 235
Rank change year-on-year +77 +3 +19
Permanent jobs citing API Development 26 60 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.73% 0.65% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.77% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 16 37 21
10th Percentile £44,375 £38,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £86,250 £61,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £101,875 £63,500 £77,715
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -14.29% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,343 7,748 6,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 93.28% 83.55% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,939 5,564 3,572
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £39,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.14% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,750 £80,000 £81,250
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 the South West

Job postings citing API Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for API Development in the South West

API Development
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing API Development in the South West.

Salary trend for API Development in the South West

API Development
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Development in the South West over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for API Development in the South West

API Development
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 Development within the South West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Bristol +52 21 £52,500 -8.70% 19
Somerset +12 2 £95,000 +111.11% 8
Devon - 2 £58,750 - 3
Dorset +40 1 £47,500 +19.50% 1
API Development
England

API Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (7.69%) NServiceBus
Cloud Services
1 12 (46.15%) Azure
2 9 (34.62%) AWS
3 4 (15.38%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (7.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 2 (7.69%) Datadog
4 2 (7.69%) Snowflake
5 1 (3.85%) Boomi
5 1 (3.85%) GitHub
5 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (30.77%) NoSQL
2 6 (23.08%) SQL Server
3 3 (11.54%) MongoDB
4 2 (7.69%) MySQL
5 1 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (3.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Git
2 1 (3.85%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.85%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 10 (38.46%) Finance
2 7 (26.92%) Banking
3 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 5 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (19.23%) Electronics
4 5 (19.23%) Legal
5 2 (7.69%) Investment Banking
5 2 (7.69%) Retail
5 2 (7.69%) Retail Banking
6 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.85%) Marketing
6 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.85%) Tech for Good
6 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (42.31%) Developer
2 8 (30.77%) Software Developer
3 5 (19.23%) Graduate
4 4 (15.38%) Lead
5 3 (11.54%) Development Manager
5 3 (11.54%) Full-Stack Developer
5 3 (11.54%) Senior
5 3 (11.54%) Software Development Manager
5 3 (11.54%) Software Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Senior Developer
6 2 (7.69%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
7 1 (3.85%) Data Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
7 1 (3.85%) Junior
7 1 (3.85%) Junior Developer
7 1 (3.85%) Junior Software Developer
7 1 (3.85%) PHP Developer
7 1 (3.85%) Senior PHP Developer
7 1 (3.85%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (46.15%) .NET
2 8 (30.77%) RESTful
3 7 (26.92%) REST
4 6 (23.08%) .NET Framework
4 6 (23.08%) ASP.NET
4 6 (23.08%) Entity Framework
4 6 (23.08%) HTML
5 5 (19.23%) AngularJS
5 5 (19.23%) React
6 4 (15.38%) .NET Core
6 4 (15.38%) CSS
6 4 (15.38%) GraphQL
7 3 (11.54%) Node.js
8 2 (7.69%) Blazor
8 2 (7.69%) Kafka
8 2 (7.69%) Vue
9 1 (3.85%) CSS3
9 1 (3.85%) HTML5
9 1 (3.85%) Next.js
9 1 (3.85%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Hackathon
1 5 (19.23%) Learning Management System
1 5 (19.23%) Mobile App
2 4 (15.38%) Algorithms
2 4 (15.38%) Data Structures
3 3 (11.54%) Cloud Native
4 2 (7.69%) N-Tier
5 1 (3.85%) Low-Code
5 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Apple iOS
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (69.23%) Agile
2 12 (46.15%) API Integration
3 11 (42.31%) Software Engineering
4 9 (34.62%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (30.77%) User Experience
5 8 (30.77%) UX Design
6 7 (26.92%) Computer Science
6 7 (26.92%) Containerisation
7 6 (23.08%) Coaching
7 6 (23.08%) Microservices
8 5 (19.23%) Artificial Intelligence
8 5 (19.23%) Customer Experience
8 5 (19.23%) Customer Service
8 5 (19.23%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (19.23%) DevOps
8 5 (19.23%) Fintech
8 5 (19.23%) SDLC
8 5 (19.23%) Stress Testing
9 4 (15.38%) OWASP
9 4 (15.38%) Refactoring
Programming Languages
1 19 (73.08%) C#
2 13 (50.00%) Java
3 10 (38.46%) JavaScript
3 10 (38.46%) Python
3 10 (38.46%) SQL
4 5 (19.23%) Kotlin
5 4 (15.38%) C++
6 2 (7.69%) PHP
6 2 (7.69%) TypeScript
6 2 (7.69%) XAML
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) Degree
2 6 (23.08%) Master's Degree
3 5 (19.23%) PhD
3 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
4 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
5 3 (11.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (7.69%) AWS Certification
6 2 (7.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.85%) Azure Certification
7 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
7 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Grafana
1 2 (7.69%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (34.62%) Microsoft
2 7 (26.92%) Google
3 5 (19.23%) IBM
4 3 (11.54%) Oracle
5 2 (7.69%) Databricks
6 1 (3.85%) SAP
6 1 (3.85%) SnapLogic