API Development Jobs in the UK excluding London

API Development
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 396 479 525
Rank change year-on-year +83 +46 -75
Permanent jobs citing API Development 177 315 242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.46% 0.43% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.52% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 157 228 180
10th Percentile £42,500 £32,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £48,688 £45,000 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £57,500 £60,750
Median % change year-on-year +10.43% -5.35% +1.25%
75th Percentile £82,500 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £75,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £59,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year +18.14% -15.36% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,047 60,812 55,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.70% 82.57% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 17,118 41,900 28,987
10th Percentile £26,338 £27,300 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

API Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing API Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for API Development in the UK excluding London

API Development
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing API Development in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for API Development in the UK excluding London

API Development
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Development in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for API Development in the UK excluding London

API Development
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 Development within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 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
North of England +37 62 £67,500 +17.39% 202
North West -8 37 £65,000 +13.04% 92
South East +68 32 £50,000 -20.00% 275
East of England +44 26 £85,000 +88.89% 142
Yorkshire +66 24 £70,000 +21.74% 88
South West +78 20 £62,500 +8.70% 134
Midlands +19 20 £56,250 +7.14% 178
West Midlands +31 18 £52,500 +5.00% 95
Wales +56 13 £75,000 +36.36% 26
Scotland +88 4 £45,000 +38.46% 53
East Midlands +31 2 £60,000 +14.29% 70
North East - 1 £52,500 - 22
API Development
UK

API Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (5.65%) CMS
2 9 (5.08%) Confluence
3 8 (4.52%) Headless CMS
4 2 (1.13%) IIS
4 2 (1.13%) NServiceBus
5 1 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.56%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 12 (6.78%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (1.13%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.56%) Shopify
3 1 (0.56%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 71 (40.11%) AWS
2 68 (38.42%) Azure
3 25 (14.12%) Serverless
4 22 (12.43%) SaaS
5 16 (9.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 15 (8.47%) AWS Lambda
6 15 (8.47%) Boomi
7 14 (7.91%) Amazon EventBridge
7 14 (7.91%) Amazon SQS
7 14 (7.91%) AWS CodeBuild
7 14 (7.91%) AWS CodeDeploy
7 14 (7.91%) AWS CodePipeline
7 14 (7.91%) AWS Step Functions
8 13 (7.34%) GCP
9 11 (6.21%) Cloud Computing
9 11 (6.21%) GitHub
10 9 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (3.95%) Contentful
12 6 (3.39%) Datadog
12 6 (3.39%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.21%) TCP/IP
2 10 (5.65%) Modbus
2 10 (5.65%) MQTT
2 10 (5.65%) Network Security
3 1 (0.56%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.56%) HTTP
3 1 (0.56%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (14.12%) NoSQL
2 21 (11.86%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (10.17%) MongoDB
4 17 (9.60%) SQL Server
5 16 (9.04%) Big Data
6 12 (6.78%) Relational Database
7 9 (5.08%) MySQL
7 9 (5.08%) RDBMS
8 4 (2.26%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.69%) BigQuery
9 3 (1.69%) Power BI
10 2 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.13%) Endeca
10 2 (1.13%) TimescaleDB
11 1 (0.56%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.56%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.56%) GIS
11 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 30 (16.95%) Git
2 16 (9.04%) GitLab
3 13 (7.34%) JIRA
4 11 (6.21%) Visual Studio
5 9 (5.08%) Jenkins
5 9 (5.08%) Selenium
6 8 (4.52%) Babel
6 8 (4.52%) webpack
7 6 (3.39%) Cucumber
8 4 (2.26%) JUnit
8 4 (2.26%) Mocha
9 3 (1.69%) Bitbucket
9 3 (1.69%) Mockito
10 2 (1.13%) Cypress.io
10 2 (1.13%) JMeter
10 2 (1.13%) Storybook
10 2 (1.13%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.56%) ESLint
11 1 (0.56%) Gatling
11 1 (0.56%) Vite
General
1 45 (25.42%) Social Skills
2 32 (18.08%) Finance
3 25 (14.12%) Public Sector
4 20 (11.30%) Banking
5 15 (8.47%) Law
5 15 (8.47%) Retail
6 14 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (3.95%) Electronics
8 6 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.39%) Marketing
8 6 (3.39%) Retail Banking
9 5 (2.82%) Investment Banking
9 5 (2.82%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.26%) Legal
10 4 (2.26%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.13%) Automotive
12 1 (0.56%) Billing
12 1 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.56%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 88 (49.72%) Developer
2 49 (27.68%) Lead
3 32 (18.08%) .NET Developer
4 31 (17.51%) Senior
5 29 (16.38%) Software Engineer
6 23 (12.99%) Full-Stack Developer
7 21 (11.86%) C# Developer
8 20 (11.30%) C# .NET Developer
9 16 (9.04%) Senior Developer
10 13 (7.34%) Lead Software Engineer
11 12 (6.78%) Senior Software Engineer
12 11 (6.21%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
13 10 (5.65%) JavaScript Developer
14 9 (5.08%) Full-Stack C# Developer
14 9 (5.08%) Software Developer
15 8 (4.52%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 8 (4.52%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 8 (4.52%) Lead Developer
15 8 (4.52%) React Developer
16 7 (3.95%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (49.15%) .NET
2 64 (36.16%) RESTful
3 42 (23.73%) React
4 34 (19.21%) AngularJS
5 29 (16.38%) REST
6 23 (12.99%) HTML
6 23 (12.99%) Node.js
7 22 (12.43%) CSS
7 22 (12.43%) OAuth
8 21 (11.86%) .NET Core
9 18 (10.17%) ASP.NET
9 18 (10.17%) JWT
9 18 (10.17%) Kafka
10 17 (9.60%) .NET Framework
10 17 (9.60%) GraphQL
11 16 (9.04%) Vue
12 14 (7.91%) Entity Framework
13 13 (7.34%) ASP.NET Web API
14 11 (6.21%) HTML5
15 9 (5.08%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.91%) IoT
1 14 (7.91%) Mobile App
1 14 (7.91%) Product Ownership
2 12 (6.78%) Cloud Native
3 10 (5.65%) Device Driver
3 10 (5.65%) Private Cloud
4 9 (5.08%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (3.95%) Algorithms
6 6 (3.39%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (3.39%) Wiki
7 4 (2.26%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.69%) Hackathon
8 3 (1.69%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.13%) Educational Technology
9 2 (1.13%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (1.13%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.13%) N-Tier
9 2 (1.13%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (11.30%) Windows
2 14 (7.91%) Linux
3 10 (5.65%) Unix
4 5 (2.82%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.56%) Android
5 1 (0.56%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (45.76%) Agile
2 80 (45.20%) CI/CD
3 71 (40.11%) DevOps
4 65 (36.72%) Software Engineering
5 51 (28.81%) Microservices
6 45 (25.42%) Full-Stack Development
6 45 (25.42%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (23.16%) Mentoring
8 38 (21.47%) Containerisation
9 36 (20.34%) Coaching
10 33 (18.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 31 (17.51%) E-Commerce
12 29 (16.38%) User Experience
13 27 (15.25%) Technical Leadership
14 25 (14.12%) Analytics
14 25 (14.12%) UX Design
15 22 (12.43%) Web Development
16 21 (11.86%) Event-Driven
17 20 (11.30%) API Design
17 20 (11.30%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 99 (55.93%) C#
2 62 (35.03%) Java
3 50 (28.25%) SQL
4 42 (23.73%) JavaScript
5 27 (15.25%) TypeScript
6 26 (14.69%) Python
7 17 (9.60%) C++
8 11 (6.21%) C
9 7 (3.95%) PHP
10 3 (1.69%) Bash
10 3 (1.69%) Go
10 3 (1.69%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.69%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.13%) T-SQL
11 2 (1.13%) XAML
12 1 (0.56%) Bicep
12 1 (0.56%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.56%) Rust
12 1 (0.56%) Swift
Qualifications
1 24 (13.56%) Security Cleared
2 15 (8.47%) Degree
3 9 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (4.52%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.82%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.26%) PhD
7 3 (1.69%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (1.69%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.04%) QA
2 6 (3.39%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.69%) GDPR
3 3 (1.69%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 35 (19.77%) Docker
2 10 (5.65%) Firmware
3 2 (1.13%) Squid
Systems Management
1 28 (15.82%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.52%) Grafana
3 7 (3.95%) Prometheus
4 5 (2.82%) Terraform
5 3 (1.69%) Kibana
6 1 (0.56%) logstash
Vendors
1 21 (11.86%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.04%) Salesforce
3 15 (8.47%) MuleSoft
4 14 (7.91%) Google
4 14 (7.91%) Informatica
4 14 (7.91%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.95%) Databricks
6 6 (3.39%) Telerik
7 5 (2.82%) Oracle
8 3 (1.69%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.69%) IBM
8 3 (1.69%) SAP
9 2 (1.13%) CyberSource
9 2 (1.13%) HubSpot
9 2 (1.13%) New Relic
10 1 (0.56%) Adobe
10 1 (0.56%) ESRI
10 1 (0.56%) IFS
10 1 (0.56%) Optimizely
10 1 (0.56%) SnapLogic