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 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 508 412 523
Rank change year-on-year -96 +111 -52
Permanent jobs citing API Development 290 287 324
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.58% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.65% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 158 232 218
10th Percentile £45,875 £43,875 £43,375
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £76,875 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,875 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.61% - -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 77,301 44,356 67,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.63% 89.43% 81.01%
Number of salaries quoted 53,282 25,229 44,135
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -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 7 August 2026.

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 7 August 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 -110 223 £62,500 -10.71% 121
UK excluding London -47 197 £61,875 +7.61% 73
Work from Home -41 104 £59,283 +3.10% 57
London -53 86 £77,500 -1.59% 62
Northern Ireland -24 55 - - 1
North of England -61 48 £61,250 -5.77% 20
North West -22 29 £75,000 +30.43% 15
South East -25 29 £65,000 +30.00% 18
South West -51 27 £70,000 +40.00% 17
Midlands -29 19 £55,000 -5.17% 5
North East - 17 £47,000 - 1
West Midlands -32 12 £55,000 -10.20% 2
East of England -46 12 £45,000 -47.06% 6
East Midlands -22 7 £54,000 -6.90% 3
Scotland +19 6 £66,250 +18.83% 5
Yorkshire -39 2 £50,000 -28.57% 4
Wales -71 1 - - 3

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 11 (3.79%) Apache
2 7 (2.41%) nginx
3 6 (2.07%) CMS
3 6 (2.07%) IIS
4 5 (1.72%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.72%) Confluence
4 5 (1.72%) JBoss
5 2 (0.69%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.69%) Moodle
6 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.34%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.34%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (1.38%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.03%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.69%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 110 (37.93%) Azure
2 74 (25.52%) AWS
3 48 (16.55%) Azure DevOps
4 31 (10.69%) GCP
5 30 (10.34%) Serverless
6 20 (6.90%) LangSmith
7 16 (5.52%) GitHub
8 14 (4.83%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (4.48%) Firebase
9 13 (4.48%) Power Platform
10 11 (3.79%) Amazon EKS
11 10 (3.45%) Amazon S3
11 10 (3.45%) Azure Service Bus
11 10 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
12 9 (3.10%) OpenShift
13 8 (2.76%) Azure Functions
13 8 (2.76%) Datadog
13 8 (2.76%) SaaS
14 7 (2.41%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (2.41%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.72%) SSL
2 4 (1.38%) AMQP
2 4 (1.38%) Broadband
2 4 (1.38%) HTTP
3 3 (1.03%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.69%) DNS
5 1 (0.34%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (12.41%) MySQL
2 35 (12.07%) SQL Server
3 24 (8.28%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (6.21%) Relational Database
5 12 (4.14%) NoSQL
6 7 (2.41%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (2.07%) DynamoDB
8 5 (1.72%) Big Data
8 5 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.72%) Geospatial Data
9 4 (1.38%) Cloudera CDH
9 4 (1.38%) Hadoop
9 4 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.03%) Power BI
10 3 (1.03%) SQLite
11 2 (0.69%) Amazon Aurora
11 2 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.69%) Qlik Sense
12 1 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 48 (16.55%) Git
2 30 (10.34%) Jenkins
3 13 (4.48%) fastlane
4 9 (3.10%) GitLab
5 8 (2.76%) JIRA
6 7 (2.41%) Bitbucket
6 7 (2.41%) Xcode
7 6 (2.07%) Android Studio
7 6 (2.07%) Crashlytics
7 6 (2.07%) Gradle
7 6 (2.07%) Postman
8 5 (1.72%) JUnit
8 5 (1.72%) Mockito
8 5 (1.72%) MSI
9 4 (1.38%) SpecFlow
9 4 (1.38%) Subversion
10 3 (1.03%) CMake
10 3 (1.03%) Storybook
11 2 (0.69%) JMeter
11 2 (0.69%) NUnit
General
1 64 (22.07%) Legal
2 44 (15.17%) Finance
3 40 (13.79%) Social Skills
4 37 (12.76%) Law
5 29 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 28 (9.66%) Legal Technology
7 27 (9.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 21 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
9 20 (6.90%) Banking
10 17 (5.86%) Financial Institution
11 12 (4.14%) Retail
12 5 (1.72%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.38%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.38%) Front Office
14 3 (1.03%) Electronics
14 3 (1.03%) Marketing
15 2 (0.69%) Aviation
15 2 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.69%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 196 (67.59%) Developer
2 119 (41.03%) Senior
3 103 (35.52%) Senior Developer
4 35 (12.07%) Software Developer
5 31 (10.69%) Software Engineer
6 24 (8.28%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 23 (7.93%) C# Developer
7 23 (7.93%) Lead
8 21 (7.24%) .NET Developer
9 18 (6.21%) Senior Software Developer
10 17 (5.86%) Full-Stack Developer
10 17 (5.86%) Python Developer
11 15 (5.17%) C# Software Developer
11 15 (5.17%) Senior C# Developer
11 15 (5.17%) Senior C# Software Developer
12 14 (4.83%) Backend Developer
13 10 (3.45%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 9 (3.10%) Java Developer
14 9 (3.10%) Lead Software Engineer
15 7 (2.41%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (45.17%) .NET
2 58 (20.00%) RESTful
3 50 (17.24%) REST
4 39 (13.45%) React
5 38 (13.10%) HTML
6 35 (12.07%) CSS
7 31 (10.69%) Node.js
8 30 (10.34%) .NET Framework
8 30 (10.34%) ASP.NET
9 27 (9.31%) AngularJS
10 25 (8.62%) Model Context Protocol
11 24 (8.28%) LangChain
11 24 (8.28%) LlamaIndex
12 23 (7.93%) .NET Core
13 21 (7.24%) OAuth
14 20 (6.90%) Langfuse
15 19 (6.55%) Entity Framework
16 18 (6.21%) OAuth2
16 18 (6.21%) Spring
17 17 (5.86%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 71 (24.48%) Cloud Native
2 32 (11.03%) Distributed Systems
3 24 (8.28%) Mobile App
4 22 (7.59%) AI Agents
5 18 (6.21%) Product Ownership
6 17 (5.86%) e-Learning
7 13 (4.48%) Onboarding
8 11 (3.79%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (2.41%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.72%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.72%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.72%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.72%) Social Media
12 4 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.38%) Legacy Applications
13 3 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 3 (1.03%) Mobile Wallet
13 3 (1.03%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.17%) Linux
2 11 (3.79%) Windows
3 8 (2.76%) Android
4 7 (2.41%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.38%) CentOS
6 4 (1.38%) Debian
6 4 (1.38%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.03%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (60.34%) Agile
2 160 (55.17%) CI/CD
3 119 (41.03%) Problem-Solving
4 107 (36.90%) Microservices
5 98 (33.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 96 (33.10%) Software Engineering
7 86 (29.66%) DevOps
8 80 (27.59%) Architectural Patterns
9 78 (26.90%) AI
10 74 (25.52%) Workflow
11 71 (24.48%) Full-Stack Development
12 70 (24.14%) Sprint Planning
13 69 (23.79%) Software Architecture
14 63 (21.72%) Enterprise Architecture
15 62 (21.38%) Software Testing
16 61 (21.03%) Sprint Retrospective
17 60 (20.69%) Acceptance Criteria
17 60 (20.69%) Data Governance
18 59 (20.34%) Information Security
18 59 (20.34%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 150 (51.72%) C#
2 88 (30.34%) Python
3 58 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 57 (19.66%) SQL
5 34 (11.72%) Java
6 32 (11.03%) TypeScript
7 8 (2.76%) PHP
8 7 (2.41%) Swift
9 6 (2.07%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.72%) Bash
10 5 (1.72%) Bicep
10 5 (1.72%) C++
10 5 (1.72%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.03%) Embedded C++
11 3 (1.03%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.03%) VB
11 3 (1.03%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.69%) DataWeave
12 2 (0.69%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 40 (13.79%) Degree
2 29 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 22 (7.59%) SC Cleared
4 15 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.76%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.03%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.69%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.69%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (24.48%) QA
2 27 (9.31%) Accessibility
3 19 (6.55%) WCAG
4 7 (2.41%) GDPR
5 5 (1.72%) NCSC
6 4 (1.38%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.03%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.03%) PSD2
8 2 (0.69%) GRC
9 1 (0.34%) NIST
9 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 63 (21.72%) Docker
2 5 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 46 (15.86%) Kubernetes
2 29 (10.00%) Terraform
3 8 (2.76%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (2.07%) Grafana
5 5 (1.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (1.72%) Ansible
5 5 (1.72%) Nagios
5 5 (1.72%) Puppet
6 3 (1.03%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.69%) Kibana
8 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 27 (9.31%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.28%) Google
3 15 (5.17%) Dynatrace
4 10 (3.45%) Splunk
5 9 (3.10%) Red Hat
6 7 (2.41%) Apple
7 5 (1.72%) Atlassian
7 5 (1.72%) New Relic
7 5 (1.72%) OpenAI
7 5 (1.72%) Oracle
8 4 (1.38%) Databricks
8 4 (1.38%) SaltStack
9 3 (1.03%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.03%) SAP
10 2 (0.69%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.69%) Pega
10 2 (0.69%) Trapeze
10 2 (0.69%) Xamarin
11 1 (0.34%) IFS
11 1 (0.34%) Refinitiv