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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 384 476 481
Rank change year-on-year +92 +5 -56
Permanent jobs citing API Development 350 477 614
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.67% 0.48% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.56% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 291 348 417
10th Percentile £45,000 £39,000 £42,800
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -14.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £86,625 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -4.17% -

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 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -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 May 2025.

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 1 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
England +83 305 £63,500 +5.83% 286
UK excluding London +99 212 £57,500 - 198
Work from Home +168 177 £55,000 -4.35% 199
London +102 115 £82,500 +6.45% 136
North of England +84 69 £57,500 - 69
North West +22 38 £55,000 -4.35% 43
East of England +64 34 £62,500 +38.89% 10
South East +84 31 £50,000 -20.00% 64
Yorkshire +83 29 £60,000 +4.35% 24
Midlands +46 28 £60,000 +14.29% 14
South West +70 26 £53,750 -6.52% 27
West Midlands +22 26 £60,000 +14.29% 7
Wales +57 14 £75,000 +36.36% 7
Scotland +99 10 £45,000 +38.46% 11
East Midlands +42 2 £60,000 +14.29% 6
North East - 2 £53,750 - 2

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 13 (3.71%) CMS
2 11 (3.14%) Headless CMS
3 8 (2.29%) Confluence
4 3 (0.86%) OpenEdge
5 2 (0.57%) Apache
5 2 (0.57%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.57%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.29%) IIS
6 1 (0.29%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.29%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (1.14%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 14 (4.00%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (1.14%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.14%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.29%) Shopify
3 1 (0.29%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 153 (43.71%) Azure
2 140 (40.00%) AWS
3 72 (20.57%) Serverless
4 34 (9.71%) GCP
5 32 (9.14%) GitHub
6 28 (8.00%) SaaS
7 27 (7.71%) AWS Lambda
8 23 (6.57%) Cloud Computing
9 22 (6.29%) Power Platform
10 19 (5.43%) AWS Step Functions
10 19 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (4.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 16 (4.57%) Amazon EventBridge
12 16 (4.57%) Boomi
13 15 (4.29%) Amazon SQS
13 15 (4.29%) AWS CodePipeline
13 15 (4.29%) Azure Logic Apps
14 14 (4.00%) AWS CodeBuild
14 14 (4.00%) AWS CodeDeploy
15 13 (3.71%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.71%) MQTT
1 13 (3.71%) TCP/IP
2 12 (3.43%) HTTP
2 12 (3.43%) Modbus
2 12 (3.43%) Network Security
3 3 (0.86%) 3GPP
3 3 (0.86%) 5G
4 1 (0.29%) 4G
4 1 (0.29%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.29%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (0.29%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.29%) RS-232
4 1 (0.29%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (16.57%) SQL Server
2 48 (13.71%) NoSQL
3 40 (11.43%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (8.00%) MongoDB
5 27 (7.71%) Relational Database
6 22 (6.29%) MySQL
7 19 (5.43%) Big Data
8 16 (4.57%) Power BI
9 12 (3.43%) RDBMS
10 11 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (3.14%) DynamoDB
11 10 (2.86%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (2.00%) Tableau
13 5 (1.43%) Data Mining
14 4 (1.14%) BigQuery
15 3 (0.86%) Data Lake
15 3 (0.86%) Data Vault
15 3 (0.86%) Metadata
16 2 (0.57%) Oracle Database
16 2 (0.57%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 60 (17.14%) Git
2 29 (8.29%) JIRA
3 15 (4.29%) Visual Studio
4 14 (4.00%) Jenkins
5 10 (2.86%) Babel
5 10 (2.86%) GitLab
5 10 (2.86%) PowerBuilder
5 10 (2.86%) webpack
6 7 (2.00%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.71%) Gradle
7 6 (1.71%) Maven
7 6 (1.71%) Mocha
7 6 (1.71%) Postman
8 5 (1.43%) Storybook
9 4 (1.14%) JUnit
10 3 (0.86%) Mockito
10 3 (0.86%) Moq
10 3 (0.86%) Selenium
10 3 (0.86%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.57%) Artifactory
General
1 93 (26.57%) Finance
1 93 (26.57%) Social Skills
2 48 (13.71%) Banking
3 30 (8.57%) Retail
4 29 (8.29%) Public Sector
5 28 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (7.14%) Legal
7 22 (6.29%) Law
8 15 (4.29%) Marketing
9 9 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (2.57%) Investment Banking
10 8 (2.29%) Retail Banking
11 7 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.00%) Electronics
11 7 (2.00%) Games
11 7 (2.00%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.43%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.14%) Back Office
14 4 (1.14%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 155 (44.29%) Developer
2 82 (23.43%) Lead
3 77 (22.00%) Senior
4 57 (16.29%) Software Engineer
5 44 (12.57%) Full-Stack Developer
6 43 (12.29%) .NET Developer
7 30 (8.57%) Senior Developer
8 26 (7.43%) Senior Software Engineer
9 25 (7.14%) C# Developer
10 22 (6.29%) C# .NET Developer
11 20 (5.71%) Lead Developer
12 19 (5.43%) React Developer
12 19 (5.43%) Software Developer
13 17 (4.86%) Graduate
14 16 (4.57%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 16 (4.57%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 16 (4.57%) Lead Software Engineer
15 15 (4.29%) Technical Leader
16 13 (3.71%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 13 (3.71%) JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (41.43%) .NET
2 116 (33.14%) RESTful
3 105 (30.00%) React
4 70 (20.00%) REST
5 57 (16.29%) AngularJS
6 44 (12.57%) Node.js
7 43 (12.29%) GraphQL
8 42 (12.00%) .NET Core
8 42 (12.00%) CSS
8 42 (12.00%) HTML
9 32 (9.14%) OAuth
10 28 (8.00%) Vue
11 27 (7.71%) SOAP
12 25 (7.14%) JWT
12 25 (7.14%) Kafka
13 22 (6.29%) .NET Framework
14 18 (5.14%) Entity Framework
15 15 (4.29%) ASP.NET Web API
15 15 (4.29%) Elastic Stack
15 15 (4.29%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.57%) Cloud Native
2 38 (10.86%) Mobile App
3 34 (9.71%) Product Ownership
4 17 (4.86%) Hackathon
4 17 (4.86%) Learning Management System
5 16 (4.57%) IoT
6 13 (3.71%) Algorithms
6 13 (3.71%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (3.43%) Device Driver
7 12 (3.43%) Distributed Systems
7 12 (3.43%) Private Cloud
8 11 (3.14%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (2.86%) Reinsurance
10 7 (2.00%) Educational Technology
10 7 (2.00%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.71%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.71%) Mobile Games
12 5 (1.43%) Low-Code
13 3 (0.86%) Public Cloud
13 3 (0.86%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.71%) Windows
2 18 (5.14%) Linux
3 12 (3.43%) Unix
4 11 (3.14%) Apple iOS
5 8 (2.29%) Android
6 1 (0.29%) Debian
6 1 (0.29%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (47.43%) CI/CD
2 159 (45.43%) Agile
3 158 (45.14%) DevOps
4 131 (37.43%) Software Engineering
5 109 (31.14%) Microservices
6 93 (26.57%) Problem-Solving
7 91 (26.00%) Containerisation
8 77 (22.00%) Full-Stack Development
9 72 (20.57%) API Integration
10 67 (19.14%) Mentoring
11 51 (14.57%) API Design
12 49 (14.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 48 (13.71%) Technical Leadership
14 44 (12.57%) Front End Development
15 42 (12.00%) Artificial Intelligence
16 39 (11.14%) Analytics
16 39 (11.14%) Coaching
17 38 (10.86%) Computer Science
17 38 (10.86%) E-Commerce
18 35 (10.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 170 (48.57%) C#
2 113 (32.29%) Java
3 112 (32.00%) JavaScript
4 103 (29.43%) SQL
5 99 (28.29%) Python
6 57 (16.29%) TypeScript
7 24 (6.86%) C++
8 20 (5.71%) PowerShell
9 19 (5.43%) Kotlin
10 17 (4.86%) C
11 8 (2.29%) PHP
12 7 (2.00%) Go
13 5 (1.43%) Swift
14 4 (1.14%) Ruby
14 4 (1.14%) Rust
15 3 (0.86%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.86%) OpenEdge ABL
15 3 (0.86%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.86%) Progress 4GL
16 2 (0.57%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 59 (16.86%) Degree
2 32 (9.14%) Security Cleared
3 31 (8.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 22 (6.29%) Master's Degree
5 18 (5.14%) PhD
6 16 (4.57%) SC Cleared
7 10 (2.86%) AWS Certification
8 9 (2.57%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (1.71%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.57%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.29%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (9.43%) QA
2 17 (4.86%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.43%) GDPR
4 3 (0.86%) WCAG
5 2 (0.57%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.29%) CDISC
6 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 80 (22.86%) Docker
2 12 (3.43%) Firmware
3 2 (0.57%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.29%) Squid
Systems Management
1 72 (20.57%) Kubernetes
2 17 (4.86%) Prometheus
3 16 (4.57%) Grafana
4 11 (3.14%) Terraform
5 9 (2.57%) Argo
6 4 (1.14%) Ansible
6 4 (1.14%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.57%) Kibana
8 1 (0.29%) logstash
Vendors
1 83 (23.71%) Microsoft
2 41 (11.71%) Google
3 23 (6.57%) ServiceNow
4 19 (5.43%) IBM
4 19 (5.43%) MuleSoft
4 19 (5.43%) Salesforce
5 15 (4.29%) Databricks
6 14 (4.00%) Informatica
6 14 (4.00%) Oracle
7 8 (2.29%) Telerik
8 7 (2.00%) New Relic
9 6 (1.71%) OpenAI
10 5 (1.43%) Atlassian
11 4 (1.14%) Remedy
11 4 (1.14%) Splunk
12 3 (0.86%) Progress
12 3 (0.86%) SAP
13 2 (0.57%) CyberSource
13 2 (0.57%) HubSpot
13 2 (0.57%) Snow