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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 481 481 628
Rank change year-on-year 0 +147 -25
Permanent jobs citing API Design 241 170 266
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.39% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.42% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 168 126 212
10th Percentile £47,930 £56,250 £31,275
25th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £78,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +26.00% -21.88%
75th Percentile £93,750 £93,778 £77,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £113,125 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £74,870 £55,750
% change year-on-year -16.52% +34.30% -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 67,106 40,605 82,127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.79% 93.31% 85.17%
Number of salaries quoted 43,167 22,159 59,545
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £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 15 May 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 15 May 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 +18 224 £70,514 -11.86% 155
UK excluding London -42 119 £62,500 -16.52% 92
London +26 110 £87,500 +9.38% 84
Work from Home +43 94 £72,500 -3.33% 161
North of England -14 41 £67,500 -24.26% 25
North West +23 28 £70,000 -24.73% 21
South West -41 23 £42,500 -54.73% 15
Midlands -22 19 £67,500 +12.50% 11
South East -36 17 £60,000 -4.00% 24
West Midlands -23 13 £67,500 +12.50% 6
Yorkshire -59 12 £63,750 -25.22% 4
East of England -24 11 £68,750 -19.12% 8
Wales - 7 £57,500 - 7
East Midlands -16 6 £61,250 -31.94% 5
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
North East - 1 £45,000 -

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 (2.07%) CMS
2 3 (1.24%) Apache Airflow
2 3 (1.24%) Appian
3 2 (0.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 2 (0.83%) Apache Pulsar
3 2 (0.83%) Cloud Foundry
3 2 (0.83%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.41%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.41%) Camunda
4 1 (0.41%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.41%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.41%) nginx
Business Applications
1 4 (1.66%) SAP ERP
2 2 (0.83%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 126 (52.28%) AWS
2 120 (49.79%) Azure
3 36 (14.94%) Serverless
4 34 (14.11%) GCP
5 23 (9.54%) GitHub
6 17 (7.05%) SaaS
7 15 (6.22%) Amazon S3
7 15 (6.22%) AWS Lambda
8 14 (5.81%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (4.15%) Azure Service Bus
9 10 (4.15%) Power Platform
10 9 (3.73%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (3.32%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (3.32%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (3.32%) Anthropic Claude
11 8 (3.32%) Entra ID
11 8 (3.32%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (2.90%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (2.90%) PaaS
13 6 (2.49%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 23 (9.54%) Broadband
2 3 (1.24%) MQTT
2 3 (1.24%) Network Security
3 2 (0.83%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (22.41%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (12.45%) MongoDB
3 18 (7.47%) MySQL
3 18 (7.47%) Redis
4 15 (6.22%) DynamoDB
5 12 (4.98%) NoSQL
5 12 (4.98%) Relational Database
6 9 (3.73%) SQL Server
7 7 (2.90%) MariaDB
8 4 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (1.66%) Power BI
9 3 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.24%) Pinecone
9 3 (1.24%) TimescaleDB
9 3 (1.24%) Weaviate
10 2 (0.83%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.83%) Metadata
11 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.41%) InfluxDB
11 1 (0.41%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 16 (6.64%) Postman
2 15 (6.22%) Git
3 6 (2.49%) GitLab
4 5 (2.07%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.07%) JUnit
4 5 (2.07%) Mockito
5 4 (1.66%) Claude Code
5 4 (1.66%) NUnit
6 3 (1.24%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.24%) Gradle
6 3 (1.24%) JIRA
6 3 (1.24%) Maven
6 3 (1.24%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.83%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.83%) JMeter
7 2 (0.83%) Storybook
8 1 (0.41%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.41%) Oracle APEX
8 1 (0.41%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.41%) Vite
General
1 72 (29.88%) Social Skills
2 38 (15.77%) Finance
3 23 (9.54%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (9.54%) Games
4 18 (7.47%) Law
5 17 (7.05%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.73%) Front Office
7 8 (3.32%) Legal
8 6 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.49%) Retail
9 5 (2.07%) Banking
10 4 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.24%) Digital Health
11 3 (1.24%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.83%) Marketing
12 2 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.41%) Advertising
13 1 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 83 (34.44%) Developer
2 58 (24.07%) Senior
3 51 (21.16%) Architect
4 27 (11.20%) Lead
4 27 (11.20%) Software Engineer
5 22 (9.13%) Solutions Architect
6 18 (7.47%) Full-Stack Developer
7 16 (6.64%) Analyst
7 16 (6.64%) Senior Developer
8 15 (6.22%) Data Analyst
9 13 (5.39%) .NET Developer
9 13 (5.39%) Software Developer
10 12 (4.98%) Integration Architect
10 12 (4.98%) Lead Developer
10 12 (4.98%) Python Developer
11 11 (4.56%) Senior Architect
12 10 (4.15%) Backend Developer
12 10 (4.15%) Python Engineer
12 10 (4.15%) Senior Software Engineer
12 10 (4.15%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (41.08%) RESTful
2 60 (24.90%) REST
3 51 (21.16%) React
4 45 (18.67%) Node.js
5 35 (14.52%) .NET
6 28 (11.62%) OAuth
7 25 (10.37%) OAuth2
7 25 (10.37%) Spring
8 24 (9.96%) Spring Boot
9 23 (9.54%) JSON
10 22 (9.13%) JWT
10 22 (9.13%) Kafka
10 22 (9.13%) OpenAPI
11 21 (8.71%) Swagger
12 18 (7.47%) AngularJS
13 16 (6.64%) .NET Core
14 15 (6.22%) RabbitMQ
15 13 (5.39%) GraphQL
15 13 (5.39%) HTML
16 12 (4.98%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 60 (24.90%) Cloud Native
2 43 (17.84%) Distributed Systems
3 30 (12.45%) Low-Code
4 24 (9.96%) Product Ownership
5 22 (9.13%) Video\Live Streaming
6 18 (7.47%) Data Structures
7 9 (3.73%) Mobile App
8 8 (3.32%) Algorithms
8 8 (3.32%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.90%) Fixed Income
9 7 (2.90%) Onboarding
10 5 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (2.07%) Public Cloud
10 5 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.66%) PropTech
12 3 (1.24%) Hackathon
12 3 (1.24%) NHS
12 3 (1.24%) Operational Technology
12 3 (1.24%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.90%) Linux
2 3 (1.24%) Android
2 3 (1.24%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (51.87%) CI/CD
2 85 (35.27%) Software Engineering
3 80 (33.20%) DevOps
4 78 (32.37%) Microservices
5 74 (30.71%) Test Automation
6 71 (29.46%) Full-Stack Development
7 69 (28.63%) AI
8 64 (26.56%) Agile
9 60 (24.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 59 (24.48%) API Integration
11 56 (23.24%) Containerisation
12 55 (22.82%) Infrastructure as Code
13 52 (21.58%) Event-Driven
14 49 (20.33%) Observability
15 48 (19.92%) Integration Patterns
16 42 (17.43%) Problem-Solving
17 40 (16.60%) Mentoring
18 39 (16.18%) Decision-Making
19 38 (15.77%) Machine Learning
20 36 (14.94%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 93 (38.59%) Python
2 52 (21.58%) Java
3 49 (20.33%) JavaScript
4 48 (19.92%) TypeScript
5 46 (19.09%) SQL
6 33 (13.69%) C#
7 28 (11.62%) Go
8 8 (3.32%) PHP
8 8 (3.32%) Ruby
9 6 (2.49%) C++
9 6 (2.49%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.66%) Bicep
10 4 (1.66%) C
10 4 (1.66%) Rust
10 4 (1.66%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.66%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.83%) ActionScript
11 2 (0.83%) ActionScript 2.0
11 2 (0.83%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.83%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 36 (14.94%) Degree
2 33 (13.69%) Security Cleared
3 30 (12.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (6.22%) SC Cleared
5 8 (3.32%) CISSP
6 4 (1.66%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.24%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.83%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (0.83%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.83%) CCSP
8 2 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.83%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (10.79%) QA
2 11 (4.56%) GDPR
3 6 (2.49%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.07%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.24%) SLA
6 2 (0.83%) WCAG
7 1 (0.41%) HL7
7 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 60 (24.90%) Docker
2 6 (2.49%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 48 (19.92%) Kubernetes
2 25 (10.37%) Terraform
3 7 (2.90%) Ansible
3 7 (2.90%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.66%) Grafana
5 3 (1.24%) Nagios
5 3 (1.24%) Podman
5 3 (1.24%) Puppet
6 2 (0.83%) Kibana
7 1 (0.41%) Istio
Vendors
1 33 (13.69%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.39%) Google
2 13 (5.39%) SAP
3 10 (4.15%) Oracle
4 9 (3.73%) MuleSoft
4 9 (3.73%) OpenAI
5 7 (2.90%) Atlassian
5 7 (2.90%) Pega
6 6 (2.49%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.07%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.66%) DevExpress
8 4 (1.66%) Dynatrace
8 4 (1.66%) SendGrid
8 4 (1.66%) Workday
9 3 (1.24%) Foundry
9 3 (1.24%) NVIDIA
9 3 (1.24%) Tenable
10 2 (0.83%) Adobe
10 2 (0.83%) Dell
10 2 (0.83%) Splunk