API Development Jobs

API Development
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 442 516 505
Rank change year-on-year +74 -11 -33
Permanent jobs citing API Development 308 448 473
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 0.42% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.50% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 250 322 363
10th Percentile £43,750 £41,375 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £95,000 £101,185
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% +9.09%

All Process and 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 53,012 89,076 85,371
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 91.30% 82.54% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 27,252 61,390 52,814
10th Percentile £27,250 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,331
Median % change year-on-year - -8.84% +0.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

API Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing API Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for API Development in the UK

API Development
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing API Development.

Salary trend for API Development in the UK

API Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Development over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Salary histogram for API Development in the UK

API Development
Top 17 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 1 July 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
England +70 279 £70,000 +16.67% 1,149
UK excluding London +96 185 £62,500 +8.70% 824
Work from Home +75 141 £55,000 -4.35% 780
London +84 110 £77,500 - 414
North of England +63 66 £67,500 +17.39% 230
North West +13 39 £61,250 +6.52% 152
South East +57 34 £50,000 -23.08% 223
East of England +46 30 £85,000 +88.89% 98
Yorkshire +61 26 £70,000 +21.74% 71
South West +73 23 £58,750 +2.17% 91
Wales +53 15 £70,000 +27.27% 18
Midlands +35 14 £55,250 +5.24% 109
West Midlands +39 13 £52,500 +5.00% 56
Scotland +74 2 £55,750 -14.23% 45
Northern Ireland +42 1 - - 18
East Midlands +32 1 £58,000 +10.48% 49
North East - 1 £52,500 - 9

API Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 15 (4.87%) CMS
2 10 (3.25%) Confluence
2 10 (3.25%) Headless CMS
3 3 (0.97%) Apache Solr
3 3 (0.97%) IIS
3 3 (0.97%) OpenEdge
4 2 (0.65%) NServiceBus
4 2 (0.65%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.32%) Apache
5 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.32%) JBoss
5 1 (0.32%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.32%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (1.30%) Chatbot
1 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (3.57%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (1.30%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.30%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.65%) Shopify
4 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 143 (46.43%) Azure
2 117 (37.99%) AWS
3 57 (18.51%) Serverless
4 30 (9.74%) GCP
5 29 (9.42%) SaaS
6 28 (9.09%) GitHub
7 22 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
7 22 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
8 18 (5.84%) AWS Lambda
9 17 (5.52%) Power Platform
10 16 (5.19%) AWS Step Functions
10 16 (5.19%) Boomi
11 15 (4.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 15 (4.87%) Amazon SQS
12 14 (4.55%) Amazon EventBridge
12 14 (4.55%) AWS CodeBuild
12 14 (4.55%) AWS CodeDeploy
12 14 (4.55%) AWS CodePipeline
13 13 (4.22%) Azure Functions
14 11 (3.57%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.87%) TCP/IP
2 14 (4.55%) HTTP
2 14 (4.55%) Modbus
2 14 (4.55%) MQTT
2 14 (4.55%) Network Security
3 3 (0.97%) 3GPP
3 3 (0.97%) 5G
4 1 (0.32%) 4G
4 1 (0.32%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.32%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (0.32%) RS-232
4 1 (0.32%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (17.86%) SQL Server
2 53 (17.21%) NoSQL
3 37 (12.01%) PostgreSQL
4 29 (9.42%) MongoDB
5 24 (7.79%) Relational Database
6 17 (5.52%) Big Data
7 15 (4.87%) MySQL
7 15 (4.87%) Power BI
8 12 (3.90%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (3.90%) RDBMS
9 10 (3.25%) Azure SQL Database
10 8 (2.60%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (2.27%) BigQuery
11 7 (2.27%) Tableau
12 5 (1.62%) Data Mining
12 5 (1.62%) Data Vault
13 3 (0.97%) Data Lake
13 3 (0.97%) Looker
13 3 (0.97%) Metadata
14 2 (0.65%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 57 (18.51%) Git
2 27 (8.77%) JIRA
3 16 (5.19%) GitLab
4 14 (4.55%) Jenkins
5 11 (3.57%) PowerBuilder
6 10 (3.25%) Visual Studio
7 9 (2.92%) Selenium
8 6 (1.95%) Bitbucket
8 6 (1.95%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.95%) Postman
8 6 (1.95%) Storybook
9 5 (1.62%) JUnit
10 4 (1.30%) Gradle
10 4 (1.30%) Maven
10 4 (1.30%) Mocha
10 4 (1.30%) NUnit
11 3 (0.97%) Mockito
11 3 (0.97%) Moq
11 3 (0.97%) SpecFlow
11 3 (0.97%) TeamCity
General
1 88 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 67 (21.75%) Finance
3 31 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (8.77%) Public Sector
5 25 (8.12%) Banking
6 24 (7.79%) Retail
7 21 (6.82%) Law
8 15 (4.87%) Marketing
9 10 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.60%) Legal
10 8 (2.60%) Pharmaceutical
11 7 (2.27%) Electronics
11 7 (2.27%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.95%) Games
12 6 (1.95%) Retail Banking
12 6 (1.95%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.62%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.30%) Front Office
14 4 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 147 (47.73%) Developer
2 79 (25.65%) Lead
3 58 (18.83%) Senior
4 45 (14.61%) Full-Stack Developer
5 43 (13.96%) Software Engineer
6 35 (11.36%) .NET Developer
7 24 (7.79%) Senior Developer
8 22 (7.14%) Lead Developer
8 22 (7.14%) Senior Software Engineer
9 21 (6.82%) C# Developer
10 19 (6.17%) C# .NET Developer
11 17 (5.52%) Technical Leader
12 15 (4.87%) Architect
13 14 (4.55%) Software Developer
14 13 (4.22%) Lead Software Engineer
15 12 (3.90%) Java Developer
15 12 (3.90%) Python Developer
16 11 (3.57%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 11 (3.57%) JavaScript Developer
16 11 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (41.88%) .NET
2 93 (30.19%) RESTful
3 82 (26.62%) React
4 74 (24.03%) REST
5 53 (17.21%) AngularJS
6 43 (13.96%) GraphQL
7 34 (11.04%) .NET Core
8 33 (10.71%) CSS
8 33 (10.71%) HTML
8 33 (10.71%) Vue
9 28 (9.09%) OAuth
10 27 (8.77%) Node.js
11 25 (8.12%) SOAP
12 23 (7.47%) JWT
12 23 (7.47%) Kafka
13 22 (7.14%) ASP.NET
14 18 (5.84%) .NET Framework
15 16 (5.19%) Spring
16 15 (4.87%) Entity Framework
17 14 (4.55%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.69%) Cloud Native
2 33 (10.71%) Product Ownership
3 22 (7.14%) Mobile App
4 21 (6.82%) IoT
5 14 (4.55%) Device Driver
6 11 (3.57%) Algorithms
6 11 (3.57%) Reinsurance
7 9 (2.92%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (2.92%) Private Cloud
8 8 (2.60%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.95%) Wiki
11 5 (1.62%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.30%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.97%) Low-Code
13 3 (0.97%) YARA
14 2 (0.65%) Educational Technology
14 2 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
14 2 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.77%) Windows
2 21 (6.82%) Linux
3 15 (4.87%) Unix
4 9 (2.92%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.95%) Android
6 3 (0.97%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.32%) Debian
7 1 (0.32%) Robot Operating System
7 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (51.95%) CI/CD
2 137 (44.48%) DevOps
3 126 (40.91%) Agile
4 111 (36.04%) Microservices
5 95 (30.84%) Software Engineering
6 87 (28.25%) Problem-Solving
7 73 (23.70%) Containerisation
8 71 (23.05%) Full-Stack Development
9 68 (22.08%) Mentoring
10 53 (17.21%) API Integration
11 40 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
12 39 (12.66%) E-Commerce
13 37 (12.01%) Coaching
13 37 (12.01%) Technical Leadership
14 36 (11.69%) Roadmaps
15 35 (11.36%) API Design
15 35 (11.36%) User Experience
16 32 (10.39%) Analytics
17 29 (9.42%) Migration
17 29 (9.42%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 141 (45.78%) C#
2 93 (30.19%) SQL
3 87 (28.25%) Java
4 86 (27.92%) JavaScript
5 83 (26.95%) Python
6 48 (15.58%) TypeScript
7 25 (8.12%) C++
8 20 (6.49%) C
9 17 (5.52%) PowerShell
10 15 (4.87%) PHP
11 7 (2.27%) Go
12 4 (1.30%) Swift
13 3 (0.97%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.97%) OpenEdge ABL
13 3 (0.97%) Progress 4GL
13 3 (0.97%) Ruby
13 3 (0.97%) Rust
14 2 (0.65%) MATLAB
14 2 (0.65%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (10.06%) Degree
2 28 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 21 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (3.90%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.62%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.30%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (1.30%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.65%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.65%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.65%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.42%) QA
2 20 (6.49%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.60%) GDPR
4 3 (0.97%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.97%) WCAG
5 2 (0.65%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.32%) CDISC
6 1 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 75 (24.35%) Docker
2 14 (4.55%) Firmware
3 2 (0.65%) Squid
Systems Management
1 65 (21.10%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.25%) Grafana
3 9 (2.92%) Prometheus
4 8 (2.60%) Terraform
5 3 (0.97%) Kibana
6 2 (0.65%) Ansible
6 2 (0.65%) Argo
6 2 (0.65%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.32%) logstash
Vendors
1 49 (15.91%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.49%) MuleSoft
3 19 (6.17%) Salesforce
3 19 (6.17%) ServiceNow
4 17 (5.52%) Google
5 16 (5.19%) Databricks
6 14 (4.55%) Informatica
7 11 (3.57%) Oracle
8 6 (1.95%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.30%) New Relic
9 4 (1.30%) Remedy
9 4 (1.30%) SnapLogic
10 3 (0.97%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.97%) Progress
10 3 (0.97%) SAP
10 3 (0.97%) Telerik
11 2 (0.65%) CyberSource
11 2 (0.65%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.65%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.65%) Splunk