API Design
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring API Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 461 504 657
Rank change year-on-year +43 +153 -60
Permanent jobs citing API Design 289 163 247
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.37% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.40% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 200 119 193
10th Percentile £47,930 £52,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £57,056 £62,500 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £77,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +24.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £87,813 £96,126 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £119,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £55,750
% change year-on-year -13.33% +34.53% -20.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 67,552 41,143 88,287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.85% 92.63% 82.27%
Number of salaries quoted 46,362 21,911 62,510
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,556
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%

API Design
Job Vacancy Trend

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

API Design job vacancy trend in the UK

API Design
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing API Design

API Design
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Design over the 6 months to 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for API Design in the UK

API Design
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 13 June 2026. 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
England +36 266 £73,750 -7.81% 93
UK excluding London -22 146 £65,000 -13.33% 65
London +59 129 £77,500 -4.62% 45
Work from Home +46 124 £75,000 - 58
North of England -17 48 £68,750 -27.35% 21
North West +31 35 £75,000 -19.35% 15
South West -44 27 £42,500 -50.15% 14
Midlands -2 25 £70,000 +16.67% 1
South East -19 19 £60,000 -4.00% 19
West Midlands -12 16 £70,000 +16.67% 1
East of England -20 15 £72,500 -14.71% 3
Yorkshire -42 12 £62,500 -33.96% 3
Wales - 11 £57,500 - 3
East Midlands -15 9 £70,000 +7.69%
North East - 1 £45,000 - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 1

API Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 5 (1.73%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 4 (1.38%) CMS
3 2 (0.69%) Cloud Foundry
3 2 (0.69%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.35%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.35%) Confluence
4 1 (0.35%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.35%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Lightworks
Business Applications
1 5 (1.73%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.69%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.35%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 159 (55.02%) AWS
2 152 (52.60%) Azure
3 39 (13.49%) Serverless
4 35 (12.11%) GCP
4 35 (12.11%) GitHub
5 23 (7.96%) Azure Service Bus
5 23 (7.96%) SaaS
6 19 (6.57%) Amazon S3
6 19 (6.57%) AWS Lambda
7 16 (5.54%) Azure Logic Apps
8 15 (5.19%) Azure Key Vault
9 14 (4.84%) Azure Monitor
10 13 (4.50%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (3.81%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (3.81%) Azure Storage
12 10 (3.46%) Amazon EC2
12 10 (3.46%) Amazon ECS
12 10 (3.46%) Power Platform
13 9 (3.11%) Amazon EKS
13 9 (3.11%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 33 (11.42%) Broadband
2 10 (3.46%) DMARC
3 7 (2.42%) MQTT
4 3 (1.04%) Network Security
5 1 (0.35%) HTTP
5 1 (0.35%) Internet
5 1 (0.35%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (24.57%) PostgreSQL
2 46 (15.92%) MongoDB
3 22 (7.61%) MySQL
4 21 (7.27%) Redis
5 14 (4.84%) DynamoDB
5 14 (4.84%) NoSQL
5 14 (4.84%) Relational Database
6 12 (4.15%) SQL Server
7 8 (2.77%) MariaDB
8 5 (1.73%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.38%) Power BI
10 3 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.69%) Metadata
11 2 (0.69%) TimescaleDB
12 1 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.35%) Delta Lake
12 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 22 (7.61%) Git
2 14 (4.84%) Postman
3 10 (3.46%) Claude Code
4 7 (2.42%) JIRA
5 6 (2.08%) GitLab
6 5 (1.73%) Jenkins
6 5 (1.73%) JUnit
6 5 (1.73%) Mockito
6 5 (1.73%) NUnit
7 3 (1.04%) Bitbucket
7 3 (1.04%) Gradle
7 3 (1.04%) Maven
7 3 (1.04%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.69%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.69%) JMeter
9 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.35%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.35%) MSI
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle APEX
9 1 (0.35%) SpecFlow
General
1 89 (30.80%) Social Skills
2 39 (13.49%) Finance
3 32 (11.07%) Games
4 29 (10.03%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.61%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.54%) Law
7 9 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.11%) Retail
8 8 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.77%) Front Office
9 7 (2.42%) Legal
10 6 (2.08%) Marketing
11 4 (1.38%) Banking
12 3 (1.04%) Digital Health
12 3 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.69%) Tech for Good
14 1 (0.35%) Billing
14 1 (0.35%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.35%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 106 (36.68%) Developer
2 75 (25.95%) Senior
3 55 (19.03%) Architect
4 43 (14.88%) Lead
5 35 (12.11%) Software Engineer
6 26 (9.00%) Senior Developer
7 22 (7.61%) Solutions Architect
8 21 (7.27%) Full-Stack Developer
9 18 (6.23%) Python Developer
10 16 (5.54%) .NET Developer
11 15 (5.19%) Lead Developer
12 14 (4.84%) Analyst
12 14 (4.84%) Senior Architect
12 14 (4.84%) Senior Python Developer
12 14 (4.84%) Software Developer
12 14 (4.84%) Technical Leader
13 13 (4.50%) Data Analyst
13 13 (4.50%) Integration Architect
13 13 (4.50%) Senior Software Engineer
14 12 (4.15%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (44.64%) RESTful
2 63 (21.80%) REST
3 51 (17.65%) Node.js
4 49 (16.96%) React
5 46 (15.92%) .NET
6 42 (14.53%) Spring
7 41 (14.19%) Spring Boot
8 33 (11.42%) OAuth
9 30 (10.38%) OAuth2
10 29 (10.03%) JSON
11 27 (9.34%) Kafka
12 26 (9.00%) OpenAPI
13 24 (8.30%) JWT
13 24 (8.30%) Swagger
14 22 (7.61%) AngularJS
15 20 (6.92%) .NET Core
15 20 (6.92%) RabbitMQ
16 17 (5.88%) HTML
17 15 (5.19%) CSS
18 13 (4.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 91 (31.49%) Cloud Native
2 57 (19.72%) Distributed Systems
3 39 (13.49%) Low-Code
4 31 (10.73%) Video\Live Streaming
5 26 (9.00%) Product Ownership
6 14 (4.84%) Data Structures
7 13 (4.50%) Onboarding
8 10 (3.46%) Mobile App
9 7 (2.42%) Algorithms
9 7 (2.42%) Fixed Income
9 7 (2.42%) Management Information System
10 6 (2.08%) Marketing Technology
11 5 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.73%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.73%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.38%) PropTech
12 4 (1.38%) Virtual Team
13 3 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
13 3 (1.04%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.77%) Linux
2 3 (1.04%) Android
2 3 (1.04%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (56.40%) CI/CD
2 106 (36.68%) Software Engineering
3 100 (34.60%) Microservices
4 97 (33.56%) Agile
4 97 (33.56%) Test Automation
5 93 (32.18%) AI
5 93 (32.18%) DevOps
6 87 (30.10%) Full-Stack Development
7 84 (29.07%) Containerisation
8 81 (28.03%) Continuous Improvement
9 77 (26.64%) Event-Driven
10 75 (25.95%) Infrastructure as Code
11 69 (23.88%) Integration Patterns
12 66 (22.84%) Observability
13 61 (21.11%) API Integration
14 56 (19.38%) Mentoring
15 48 (16.61%) Machine Learning
15 48 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
15 48 (16.61%) Validation
16 44 (15.22%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 116 (40.14%) Python
2 68 (23.53%) Java
3 64 (22.15%) JavaScript
4 54 (18.69%) SQL
5 52 (17.99%) TypeScript
6 47 (16.26%) C#
7 32 (11.07%) Go
8 13 (4.50%) Ruby
9 9 (3.11%) PHP
10 7 (2.42%) Bicep
11 6 (2.08%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.38%) Rust
12 4 (1.38%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.04%) C
13 3 (1.04%) C++
13 3 (1.04%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.04%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.69%) ActionScript 2.0
14 2 (0.69%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.69%) R
Qualifications
1 40 (13.84%) Degree
2 34 (11.76%) Security Cleared
3 31 (10.73%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (5.54%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.77%) CISSP
6 6 (2.08%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.73%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (0.69%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.69%) CCSP
8 2 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.35%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.35%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (13.15%) QA
2 11 (3.81%) GDPR
3 8 (2.77%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.42%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.69%) NCSC
6 2 (0.69%) WCAG
7 1 (0.35%) HL7
7 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 83 (28.72%) Docker
2 6 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 64 (22.15%) Kubernetes
2 29 (10.03%) Terraform
3 7 (2.42%) Prometheus
4 5 (1.73%) Ansible
4 5 (1.73%) Grafana
5 3 (1.04%) Podman
5 3 (1.04%) Puppet
6 2 (0.69%) Kibana
6 2 (0.69%) Nagios
7 1 (0.35%) Istio
Vendors
1 44 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.19%) SAP
3 13 (4.50%) Google
4 11 (3.81%) SendGrid
5 9 (3.11%) OpenAI
5 9 (3.11%) Oracle
6 8 (2.77%) MuleSoft
7 7 (2.42%) Atlassian
8 6 (2.08%) Adobe
8 6 (2.08%) Pega
8 6 (2.08%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.73%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.73%) Workday
10 4 (1.38%) DevExpress
10 4 (1.38%) Dynatrace
11 3 (1.04%) Databricks
11 3 (1.04%) Foundry
11 3 (1.04%) NVIDIA
11 3 (1.04%) Splunk
11 3 (1.04%) Tenable