API Development Job Trends

API Development
UK

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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 513 373 470
Rank change year-on-year -140 +97 +15
Permanent jobs citing API Development 205 326 458
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.75% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.80% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 131 271 340
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £41,175
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £110,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.50% +4.35% -4.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 66,447 40,520 82,162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.89% 93.32% 85.21%
Number of salaries quoted 42,708 22,234 59,552
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -9.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,938 £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 Development
Job Vacancy Trend

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

API Development job vacancy trend in the UK

API Development
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing API Development

API Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Development over the 6 months to 13 May 2026.

Salary histogram for API Development in the UK

API Development
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 Development within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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 -112 188 £60,000 -11.11% 74
UK excluding London -139 112 £55,500 -7.50% 50
London -48 80 £77,500 -6.06% 29
Work from Home -77 54 £52,500 -4.55% 36
Midlands -23 35 £55,000 -8.33% 3
North of England -54 31 £61,875 +3.13% 19
North West -9 25 £65,000 +7.44% 11
West Midlands -26 19 £55,000 -2.22% 2
East Midlands -8 16 £55,000 -8.33% 1
South West -55 16 £60,000 +9.09% 7
South East -29 15 £65,000 +30.00% 18
East of England -36 8 £45,000 -30.77% 1
Scotland +1 4 £62,500 +38.89% 2
North East -36 4 £47,000 -12.56% 4
Wales -43 3 £52,500 -30.00%
Yorkshire -83 2 £50,000 -23.08% 4

API Development
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 14 (6.83%) CMS
2 11 (5.37%) Appian
3 9 (4.39%) Apache
4 5 (2.44%) Anypoint
4 5 (2.44%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.95%) Moodle
5 4 (1.95%) nginx
6 3 (1.46%) Confluence
6 3 (1.46%) Headless CMS
6 3 (1.46%) IIS
7 2 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.98%) ColdFusion
7 2 (0.98%) JBoss
7 2 (0.98%) NServiceBus
7 2 (0.98%) WordPress
8 1 (0.49%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (2.44%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.98%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 84 (40.98%) Azure
2 71 (34.63%) AWS
3 34 (16.59%) GCP
4 31 (15.12%) Serverless
5 26 (12.68%) AWS Lambda
6 19 (9.27%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (8.29%) Amazon S3
8 15 (7.32%) Anthropic Claude
8 15 (7.32%) GitHub
9 14 (6.83%) Power Automate
10 13 (6.34%) Azure Data Factory
11 12 (5.85%) Azure AI
12 10 (4.88%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (4.39%) SaaS
14 8 (3.90%) Azure Monitor
14 8 (3.90%) Figma
15 7 (3.41%) Apigee
15 7 (3.41%) Power Platform
16 6 (2.93%) Amazon EKS
16 6 (2.93%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.44%) AMQP
2 4 (1.95%) Broadband
3 2 (0.98%) DNS
3 2 (0.98%) HTTP
3 2 (0.98%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.98%) SSL
4 1 (0.49%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (19.02%) SQL Server
2 26 (12.68%) MySQL
3 13 (6.34%) Amazon Redshift
3 13 (6.34%) NoSQL
3 13 (6.34%) Relational Database
4 12 (5.85%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (5.37%) Pinecone
6 6 (2.93%) MongoDB
7 5 (2.44%) Big Data
7 5 (2.44%) Cloudera CDH
7 5 (2.44%) Hadoop
8 3 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.46%) Power BI
9 2 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.98%) DB2
9 2 (0.98%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.98%) Qlik Sense
10 1 (0.49%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.49%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.49%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 32 (15.61%) Git
2 21 (10.24%) Jenkins
3 12 (5.85%) MLflow
4 8 (3.90%) Storybook
5 7 (3.41%) Postman
6 6 (2.93%) Bitbucket
6 6 (2.93%) fastlane
7 5 (2.44%) JIRA
8 4 (1.95%) SpecFlow
8 4 (1.95%) Visual Studio
9 3 (1.46%) Android Studio
9 3 (1.46%) Crashlytics
9 3 (1.46%) ESLint
9 3 (1.46%) GitLab
9 3 (1.46%) Gradle
9 3 (1.46%) webpack
9 3 (1.46%) Xcode
10 2 (0.98%) Selenium
10 2 (0.98%) Subversion
10 2 (0.98%) TeamCity
General
1 40 (19.51%) Social Skills
2 34 (16.59%) Finance
3 26 (12.68%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (6.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (6.34%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.85%) Banking
6 10 (4.88%) Retail
7 7 (3.41%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.95%) Aerospace
8 4 (1.95%) Front Office
8 4 (1.95%) Law
9 3 (1.46%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.46%) Marketing
9 3 (1.46%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.49%) Advertising
11 1 (0.49%) Legal
11 1 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 121 (59.02%) Developer
2 50 (24.39%) Senior
3 42 (20.49%) Full-Stack Developer
4 38 (18.54%) Senior Developer
5 32 (15.61%) Lead
6 28 (13.66%) Software Developer
7 23 (11.22%) Software Engineer
8 21 (10.24%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 20 (9.76%) .NET Developer
10 15 (7.32%) C# Developer
11 14 (6.83%) Senior Software Developer
12 13 (6.34%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
13 12 (5.85%) Automation Engineer
13 12 (5.85%) Lead Developer
14 10 (4.88%) C# Software Developer
14 10 (4.88%) Senior C# Developer
14 10 (4.88%) Senior C# Software Developer
15 9 (4.39%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 8 (3.90%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
16 8 (3.90%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (28.29%) React
2 55 (26.83%) RESTful
3 54 (26.34%) Node.js
4 53 (25.85%) .NET
5 49 (23.90%) CSS
6 45 (21.95%) HTML
6 45 (21.95%) REST
7 32 (15.61%) AngularJS
8 28 (13.66%) OAuth
8 28 (13.66%) OpenAPI
8 28 (13.66%) Swagger
9 22 (10.73%) JWT
10 19 (9.27%) ASP.NET
11 18 (8.78%) .NET Core
11 18 (8.78%) Spring
11 18 (8.78%) Vue
12 17 (8.29%) Django
13 16 (7.80%) Spring Boot
14 14 (6.83%) FastAPI
14 14 (6.83%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 42 (20.49%) Cloud Native
2 18 (8.78%) Legacy Systems
2 18 (8.78%) Mobile App
3 17 (8.29%) Low-Code
4 12 (5.85%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (4.39%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (4.39%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.41%) AI Agents
7 5 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.44%) e-Learning
8 4 (1.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.46%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.98%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.98%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.49%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.49%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.34%) Linux
2 5 (2.44%) Android
2 5 (2.44%) CentOS
2 5 (2.44%) Debian
2 5 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 5 (2.44%) Ubuntu
3 3 (1.46%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.49%) Windows
4 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (44.39%) Agile
1 91 (44.39%) CI/CD
2 65 (31.71%) Full-Stack Development
3 63 (30.73%) AI
4 56 (27.32%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (26.34%) Containerisation
6 53 (25.85%) DevOps
7 50 (24.39%) Software Engineering
8 46 (22.44%) Mentoring
9 45 (21.95%) Test Automation
10 43 (20.98%) Microservices
11 42 (20.49%) API Integration
12 33 (16.10%) Clean Code
13 31 (15.12%) Continuous Improvement
14 30 (14.63%) LLM
15 27 (13.17%) Infrastructure as Code
15 27 (13.17%) Machine Learning
16 24 (11.71%) Scrum
17 23 (11.22%) Computer Science
18 22 (10.73%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 70 (34.15%) Python
2 68 (33.17%) C#
3 66 (32.20%) JavaScript
4 61 (29.76%) SQL
5 35 (17.07%) TypeScript
6 30 (14.63%) Java
7 17 (8.29%) PHP
8 4 (1.95%) Bicep
8 4 (1.95%) DataWeave
9 3 (1.46%) Bash
9 3 (1.46%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.46%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.46%) Swift
9 3 (1.46%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.98%) C++
10 2 (0.98%) RPG
10 2 (0.98%) Rust
11 1 (0.49%) Go
11 1 (0.49%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 26 (12.68%) Degree
2 18 (8.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 14 (6.83%) Security Cleared
4 9 (4.39%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.95%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.95%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.49%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (10.73%) Accessibility
2 14 (6.83%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.93%) WCAG
4 4 (1.95%) QA
5 2 (0.98%) GRC
System Software
1 74 (36.10%) Docker
2 4 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 53 (25.85%) Kubernetes
2 30 (14.63%) Terraform
3 5 (2.44%) Ansible
3 5 (2.44%) Puppet
3 5 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (0.98%) Nagios
5 1 (0.49%) Grafana
Vendors
1 28 (13.66%) Google
2 16 (7.80%) OpenAI
3 11 (5.37%) Automation Anywhere
3 11 (5.37%) Microsoft
3 11 (5.37%) UiPath
4 7 (3.41%) Atlassian
4 7 (3.41%) Red Hat
5 6 (2.93%) Dynatrace
6 5 (2.44%) MuleSoft
6 5 (2.44%) SaltStack
7 4 (1.95%) Oracle
7 4 (1.95%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.95%) Splunk
8 3 (1.46%) Apple
9 2 (0.98%) IBM
9 2 (0.98%) New Relic
9 2 (0.98%) Pega
9 2 (0.98%) Ping Identity
9 2 (0.98%) Trapeze
9 2 (0.98%) Xamarin