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 6 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 388 491
Rank change year-on-year -150 +103 +6
Permanent jobs citing API Development 213 301 449
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.69% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.74% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 134 244 331
10th Percentile £45,000 £44,125 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,188 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +19.66% -16.43%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £108,875 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £63,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.80% +10.87% -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 67,549 40,838 86,137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.19% 92.97% 82.99%
Number of salaries quoted 45,324 21,582 61,408
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £29,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,967 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.01% +1.93% -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 6 June 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 6 June 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 -111 201 £60,000 -14.29% 109
UK excluding London -112 123 £57,500 -9.80% 60
London -33 83 £80,000 -3.03% 55
Work from Home -68 53 £52,500 -4.55% 64
North of England -53 39 £61,250 -12.50% 24
Midlands -8 33 £55,000 -2.22% 3
North West -7 27 £70,000 +7.69% 12
South East -37 21 £69,500 +39.00% 19
West Midlands -29 19 £55,000 +4.76%
South West -59 17 £58,750 +6.82% 7
East Midlands -16 14 £55,000 -8.33% 3
North East -32 10 £47,000 -10.48% 4
East of England -36 8 £45,000 -47.06% 4
Scotland +8 3 £62,500 +12.11%
Wales -52 2 £52,500 -30.00% 1
Yorkshire -61 2 £50,000 -28.57% 8

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 (5.16%) CMS
2 9 (4.23%) Apache
3 8 (3.76%) Appian
4 6 (2.82%) Apache Spark
5 5 (2.35%) nginx
6 4 (1.88%) IIS
7 3 (1.41%) Anypoint
7 3 (1.41%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.94%) Confluence
8 2 (0.94%) JBoss
8 2 (0.94%) Moodle
8 2 (0.94%) NServiceBus
8 2 (0.94%) WordPress
9 1 (0.47%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.47%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.88%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.94%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 91 (42.72%) Azure
2 73 (34.27%) AWS
3 37 (17.37%) GCP
4 33 (15.49%) Serverless
5 26 (12.21%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (11.74%) AWS Lambda
7 16 (7.51%) Amazon S3
7 16 (7.51%) GitHub
8 12 (5.63%) Anthropic Claude
8 12 (5.63%) Firebase
9 11 (5.16%) Azure Data Factory
10 10 (4.69%) Power Automate
11 9 (4.23%) Azure AI
11 9 (4.23%) Azure Monitor
11 9 (4.23%) GitHub Actions
11 9 (4.23%) LangSmith
12 8 (3.76%) Amazon EKS
12 8 (3.76%) Apigee
12 8 (3.76%) SaaS
13 7 (3.29%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.35%) AMQP
2 4 (1.88%) Broadband
3 3 (1.41%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.94%) DNS
4 2 (0.94%) HTTP
4 2 (0.94%) SSL
5 1 (0.47%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (15.96%) SQL Server
2 28 (13.15%) MySQL
3 17 (7.98%) Relational Database
4 15 (7.04%) NoSQL
5 12 (5.63%) Amazon Redshift
5 12 (5.63%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (4.23%) Pinecone
7 6 (2.82%) Big Data
7 6 (2.82%) MongoDB
8 5 (2.35%) Cloudera CDH
8 5 (2.35%) Hadoop
9 4 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.88%) Power BI
10 3 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.94%) Qlik Sense
12 1 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.47%) Metadata
12 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.47%) Tableau
12 1 (0.47%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 34 (15.96%) Git
2 28 (13.15%) Jenkins
3 12 (5.63%) fastlane
4 9 (4.23%) MLflow
5 7 (3.29%) Postman
5 7 (3.29%) Storybook
6 6 (2.82%) Android Studio
6 6 (2.82%) Crashlytics
6 6 (2.82%) Gradle
6 6 (2.82%) Xcode
7 5 (2.35%) Bitbucket
7 5 (2.35%) GitLab
8 4 (1.88%) JIRA
8 4 (1.88%) JUnit
8 4 (1.88%) Mockito
8 4 (1.88%) SpecFlow
8 4 (1.88%) Visual Studio
9 3 (1.41%) ESLint
10 2 (0.94%) Subversion
10 2 (0.94%) webpack
General
1 43 (20.19%) Social Skills
2 38 (17.84%) Finance
3 22 (10.33%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.86%) Public Sector
5 20 (9.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (7.51%) Banking
7 11 (5.16%) Financial Institution
8 8 (3.76%) Retail
9 5 (2.35%) Front Office
10 4 (1.88%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.88%) Law
11 3 (1.41%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.41%) Marketing
11 3 (1.41%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.47%) Advertising
13 1 (0.47%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.47%) Legal
13 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 122 (57.28%) Developer
2 48 (22.54%) Senior
3 39 (18.31%) Full-Stack Developer
4 35 (16.43%) Senior Developer
5 34 (15.96%) Lead
6 31 (14.55%) Software Developer
7 25 (11.74%) Software Engineer
8 22 (10.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 18 (8.45%) .NET Developer
9 18 (8.45%) C# Developer
10 17 (7.98%) Senior Software Developer
11 14 (6.57%) Lead Developer
12 13 (6.10%) C# Software Developer
12 13 (6.10%) Senior C# Developer
12 13 (6.10%) Senior C# Software Developer
13 10 (4.69%) Java Developer
14 9 (4.23%) Automation Engineer
14 9 (4.23%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
14 9 (4.23%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 8 (3.76%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (25.35%) RESTful
2 53 (24.88%) React
3 52 (24.41%) .NET
4 46 (21.60%) Node.js
5 43 (20.19%) REST
6 42 (19.72%) CSS
7 40 (18.78%) HTML
8 29 (13.62%) AngularJS
9 26 (12.21%) OpenAPI
9 26 (12.21%) Swagger
10 25 (11.74%) OAuth
11 21 (9.86%) Spring
12 20 (9.39%) JWT
13 19 (8.92%) .NET Core
14 18 (8.45%) ASP.NET
15 17 (7.98%) Spring Boot
15 17 (7.98%) Vue
16 15 (7.04%) Django
17 14 (6.57%) ASP.NET Web API
17 14 (6.57%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 51 (23.94%) Cloud Native
2 24 (11.27%) Mobile App
3 16 (7.51%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (7.51%) Product Ownership
4 14 (6.57%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (5.16%) AI Agents
5 11 (5.16%) Low-Code
6 9 (4.23%) e-Learning
7 7 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.41%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.94%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.94%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.47%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.47%) IoT
11 1 (0.47%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.04%) Linux
2 8 (3.76%) Android
3 6 (2.82%) Apple iOS
4 5 (2.35%) CentOS
4 5 (2.35%) Debian
4 5 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (2.35%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.47%) Windows
5 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (47.42%) Agile
2 95 (44.60%) CI/CD
3 67 (31.46%) Full-Stack Development
4 65 (30.52%) AI
4 65 (30.52%) DevOps
5 60 (28.17%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (24.88%) Containerisation
7 51 (23.94%) Software Engineering
8 49 (23.00%) Mentoring
9 48 (22.54%) Test Automation
10 45 (21.13%) API Integration
11 41 (19.25%) Microservices
12 39 (18.31%) Clean Code
13 34 (15.96%) LLM
13 34 (15.96%) Scrum
14 32 (15.02%) TDD
15 30 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
16 29 (13.62%) Computer Science
16 29 (13.62%) Machine Learning
17 26 (12.21%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 77 (36.15%) Python
2 69 (32.39%) C#
3 63 (29.58%) SQL
4 60 (28.17%) JavaScript
5 34 (15.96%) Java
6 32 (15.02%) TypeScript
7 17 (7.98%) PHP
8 6 (2.82%) Kotlin
8 6 (2.82%) Swift
9 4 (1.88%) Bash
9 4 (1.88%) Bicep
10 3 (1.41%) C++
10 3 (1.41%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.41%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.94%) DataWeave
11 2 (0.94%) Rust
11 2 (0.94%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.47%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.47%) Ruby
12 1 (0.47%) Scala
Qualifications
1 33 (15.49%) Degree
2 20 (9.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (7.51%) Security Cleared
4 12 (5.63%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.29%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.88%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.94%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.80%) Accessibility
2 12 (5.63%) Data Quality
2 12 (5.63%) WCAG
3 5 (2.35%) QA
4 2 (0.94%) GRC
5 1 (0.47%) GDPR
5 1 (0.47%) NIST
5 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 75 (35.21%) Docker
2 4 (1.88%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.94%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 56 (26.29%) Kubernetes
2 29 (13.62%) Terraform
3 6 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (2.35%) Ansible
4 5 (2.35%) Puppet
5 2 (0.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.94%) Kibana
5 2 (0.94%) Nagios
6 1 (0.47%) Grafana
Vendors
1 31 (14.55%) Google
2 14 (6.57%) Dynatrace
2 14 (6.57%) OpenAI
3 13 (6.10%) Microsoft
4 8 (3.76%) Automation Anywhere
4 8 (3.76%) UiPath
5 7 (3.29%) Red Hat
5 7 (3.29%) Splunk
6 6 (2.82%) Apple
6 6 (2.82%) Atlassian
6 6 (2.82%) Oracle
7 5 (2.35%) SaltStack
8 3 (1.41%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.94%) New Relic
9 2 (0.94%) Pega
9 2 (0.94%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.94%) Trapeze
9 2 (0.94%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.47%) Foundry
10 1 (0.47%) IBM