API Design Job Trends in the UK excluding London

API Design
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring API Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 463 496 352
Rank change year-on-year +33 -144 +301
Permanent jobs citing API Design 54 83 189
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.22% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.25% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 45 47 112
10th Percentile £52,500 £42,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,875 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% -3.85% -8.77%
75th Percentile £83,750 £73,125 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,511 £93,750
UK median annual salary £80,000 £66,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year +20.75% -5.36% -17.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,827 33,684 26,372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.72% 87.57% 93.66%
Number of salaries quoted 19,359 15,784 19,726
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,656 £41,250 £38,591
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,720 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.42% +4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.60%

API Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

API Design job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

API Design
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing API Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing API Design

API Design
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Design in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Salary histogram for API Design in the UK excluding London

API Design
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing API Design within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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
North of England +43 24 £62,500 +4.17% 25
North West +38 13 £57,500 +4.55% 17
Midlands +19 11 £72,500 +45.00% 9
Yorkshire -7 11 £75,000 +4.18% 6
West Midlands +32 8 £72,500 +45.00% 9
South West +24 6 £75,000 -31.01% 2
East of England +23 6 £90,000 +44.00% 3
South East +13 6 £73,750 +13.46% 12
Wales +3 1 £53,500 +33.75%
East Midlands - 1 £60,000 -
API Design
UK

API Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (3.70%) CMS
2 1 (1.85%) Anypoint
2 1 (1.85%) Apache Solr
2 1 (1.85%) Headless CMS
Business Applications
1 7 (12.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (7.41%) NetSuite
3 2 (3.70%) Shopify
4 1 (1.85%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 25 (46.30%) AWS
2 22 (40.74%) Azure
3 11 (20.37%) GCP
4 9 (16.67%) Serverless
5 6 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (9.26%) Amazon S3
6 5 (9.26%) AWS Lambda
6 5 (9.26%) GitHub
6 5 (9.26%) Power Automate
7 4 (7.41%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (7.41%) Azure API Management
7 4 (7.41%) SaaS
8 3 (5.56%) Azure Functions
8 3 (5.56%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (5.56%) Power Platform
9 2 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (3.70%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 1 (1.85%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) AMQP
1 1 (1.85%) HTTP
1 1 (1.85%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.41%) DynamoDB
1 4 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (7.41%) Relational Database
1 4 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.70%) MySQL
2 2 (3.70%) Redis
2 2 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.85%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (1.85%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.85%) InfluxDB
3 1 (1.85%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.85%) Power BI
3 1 (1.85%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Git
2 2 (3.70%) MSTest
2 2 (3.70%) NUnit
3 1 (1.85%) GitLab
3 1 (1.85%) Snyk
General
1 18 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 16 (29.63%) Finance
3 6 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (9.26%) Retail
5 4 (7.41%) Manufacturing
6 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.56%) Banking
6 3 (5.56%) Marketing
6 3 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.70%) Public Sector
7 2 (3.70%) Tech for Good
8 1 (1.85%) Automotive
8 1 (1.85%) Back Office
8 1 (1.85%) Law
Job Titles
1 17 (31.48%) Architect
1 17 (31.48%) Developer
2 15 (27.78%) Solutions Architect
3 10 (18.52%) Software Engineer
4 8 (14.81%) Lead
5 6 (11.11%) Senior
6 5 (9.26%) Enterprise Architect
7 3 (5.56%) AWS Architect
7 3 (5.56%) Azure Architect
7 3 (5.56%) Azure Developer
7 3 (5.56%) Django Developer
7 3 (5.56%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
7 3 (5.56%) Full-Stack Developer
7 3 (5.56%) Java Developer
7 3 (5.56%) Payments Architect
7 3 (5.56%) Payments Solutions Architect
7 3 (5.56%) Python Developer
7 3 (5.56%) Python/Django Developer
7 3 (5.56%) Senior Developer
7 3 (5.56%) TOGAF Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (37.04%) RESTful
2 15 (27.78%) React
3 9 (16.67%) .NET
4 8 (14.81%) Node.js
4 8 (14.81%) REST
5 6 (11.11%) AngularJS
6 5 (9.26%) Django
6 5 (9.26%) OAuth
7 4 (7.41%) .NET Core
7 4 (7.41%) .NET Framework
7 4 (7.41%) FastAPI
7 4 (7.41%) GraphQL
7 4 (7.41%) Next.js
7 4 (7.41%) OAuth2
8 3 (5.56%) ASP.NET
8 3 (5.56%) Entity Framework
8 3 (5.56%) Kafka
8 3 (5.56%) Spring
9 2 (3.70%) CSS
9 2 (3.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 17 (31.48%) Cloud Native
2 6 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
2 6 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 4 (7.41%) IoT
3 4 (7.41%) Product Ownership
4 3 (5.56%) Algorithms
4 3 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (3.70%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.85%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.85%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (1.85%) Clustering
6 1 (1.85%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.85%) Legacy Code
6 1 (1.85%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.85%) PKI
6 1 (1.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 27 (50.00%) DevOps
2 23 (42.59%) Agile
3 22 (40.74%) Microservices
4 16 (29.63%) Software Engineering
5 15 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (24.07%) SDLC
7 11 (20.37%) API Development
7 11 (20.37%) Infrastructure as Code
7 11 (20.37%) Test Automation
8 10 (18.52%) API Management
8 10 (18.52%) Mentoring
9 9 (16.67%) CRM
9 9 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (14.81%) Enterprise Architecture
10 8 (14.81%) Integration Patterns
10 8 (14.81%) Roadmaps
11 7 (12.96%) AI
11 7 (12.96%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 15 (27.78%) Python
2 13 (24.07%) C#
3 11 (20.37%) SQL
3 11 (20.37%) TypeScript
4 6 (11.11%) Java
5 3 (5.56%) JavaScript
5 3 (5.56%) PHP
6 2 (3.70%) Bicep
6 2 (3.70%) C++
7 1 (1.85%) C
7 1 (1.85%) DataWeave
7 1 (1.85%) Kotlin
7 1 (1.85%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (5.56%) Security Cleared
1 3 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
2 2 (3.70%) Degree
2 2 (3.70%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.85%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.85%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.85%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.85%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.41%) QA
2 1 (1.85%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.85%) EU AI Act
2 1 (1.85%) NIST
System Software
1 7 (12.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (11.11%) Terraform
2 5 (9.26%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.85%) Nagios
3 1 (1.85%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 7 (12.96%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.26%) Salesforce
3 4 (7.41%) Google
3 4 (7.41%) SAP
4 3 (5.56%) Oracle
5 2 (3.70%) Adobe
5 2 (3.70%) MuleSoft
5 2 (3.70%) Pega
6 1 (1.85%) Blue Prism
6 1 (1.85%) Checkmarx
6 1 (1.85%) Foundry
6 1 (1.85%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.85%) Qualys
6 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow