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

6 months to
15 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 419 432 504
Rank change year-on-year +13 +72 -102
Permanent jobs citing API Development 322 507 639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.59% 0.58% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.66% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 252 379 436
10th Percentile £43,875 £38,750 £46,000
25th Percentile £49,688 £48,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,250 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.42% -11.11% +3.85%
75th Percentile £88,125 £75,000 £85,313
90th Percentile £110,000 £93,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £56,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% -

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 51,094 76,717 106,265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.00% 87.74% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 25,702 56,130 62,837
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £34,481
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £45,300
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,984 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.24% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.00% -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 15 March 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 15 March 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 +4 281 £62,250 +3.75% 184
UK excluding London +21 201 £57,500 +1.77% 104
Work from Home +77 178 £55,000 -4.35% 116
London +45 102 £85,000 +9.68% 89
North of England +39 65 £57,500 - 40
North West +6 37 £55,000 -4.35% 29
Midlands +16 33 £60,000 +14.29% 10
South East +57 32 £55,000 -8.33% 27
West Midlands -15 29 £56,250 +7.14% 7
South West +53 28 £55,000 -4.35% 20
Yorkshire +58 24 £70,000 +21.74% 11
East of England +19 20 £45,000 - 9
Scotland +52 12 £45,000 +38.46%
Wales +49 11 £77,500 +40.91% 1
East Midlands +31 4 £60,000 +14.29% 3
North East - 4 £55,000 -

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 7 (2.17%) CMS
2 5 (1.55%) Confluence
2 5 (1.55%) Headless CMS
3 4 (1.24%) Apache
4 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.93%) OpenEdge
5 2 (0.62%) Jupyter
5 2 (0.62%) nginx
6 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.31%) IIS
6 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.31%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (0.62%) InDesign
2 2 (0.62%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 10 (3.11%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (1.24%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.31%) Magento
3 1 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.31%) Shopify
3 1 (0.31%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 149 (46.27%) Azure
2 113 (35.09%) AWS
3 48 (14.91%) Serverless
4 33 (10.25%) GitHub
5 27 (8.39%) GCP
6 21 (6.52%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (5.59%) Azure Functions
8 17 (5.28%) Power Platform
9 15 (4.66%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (4.35%) Azure Logic Apps
11 13 (4.04%) SaaS
12 12 (3.73%) Cloud Computing
13 11 (3.42%) Datadog
13 11 (3.42%) Power Automate
14 10 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
15 9 (2.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 8 (2.48%) Amazon S3
16 8 (2.48%) Entra ID
16 8 (2.48%) Snowflake
17 7 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.28%) MQTT
2 14 (4.35%) HTTP
3 13 (4.04%) TCP/IP
4 12 (3.73%) Modbus
4 12 (3.73%) Network Security
5 5 (1.55%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.93%) DHCP
6 3 (0.93%) DNS
6 3 (0.93%) Firewall
6 3 (0.93%) SMTP
6 3 (0.93%) SSL
7 1 (0.31%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.31%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (15.53%) SQL Server
2 42 (13.04%) NoSQL
3 39 (12.11%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (9.94%) Relational Database
5 24 (7.45%) MongoDB
5 24 (7.45%) MySQL
6 12 (3.73%) DynamoDB
6 12 (3.73%) RDBMS
7 11 (3.42%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (3.42%) Power BI
8 4 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.93%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (0.93%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.93%) DocumentDB
10 2 (0.62%) Big Data
10 2 (0.62%) BigQuery
10 2 (0.62%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.62%) Tableau
10 2 (0.62%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 64 (19.88%) Git
2 24 (7.45%) JIRA
3 16 (4.97%) webpack
4 14 (4.35%) Babel
4 14 (4.35%) Visual Studio
5 10 (3.11%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.86%) Gradle
6 6 (1.86%) Maven
6 6 (1.86%) Mocha
7 5 (1.55%) GitLab
7 5 (1.55%) Postman
8 4 (1.24%) PowerBuilder
9 3 (0.93%) ESLint
9 3 (0.93%) NUnit
10 2 (0.62%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.62%) Bower
10 2 (0.62%) git-flow
10 2 (0.62%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.62%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.62%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 102 (31.68%) Social Skills
2 82 (25.47%) Finance
3 43 (13.35%) Banking
4 36 (11.18%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (8.39%) Retail
6 21 (6.52%) Legal
7 9 (2.80%) Marketing
8 8 (2.48%) Law
8 8 (2.48%) Retail Banking
9 7 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (2.17%) Games
10 6 (1.86%) Electronics
10 6 (1.86%) Front Office
10 6 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.86%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.86%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.55%) Investment Banking
11 5 (1.55%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.24%) Back Office
13 3 (0.93%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 157 (48.76%) Developer
2 84 (26.09%) Senior
3 61 (18.94%) Software Engineer
4 51 (15.84%) Lead
5 45 (13.98%) Full-Stack Developer
6 40 (12.42%) Senior Developer
7 38 (11.80%) .NET Developer
8 27 (8.39%) Senior Software Engineer
9 22 (6.83%) React Developer
10 20 (6.21%) C# Developer
10 20 (6.21%) Software Developer
11 19 (5.90%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 18 (5.59%) C# .NET Developer
12 18 (5.59%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 18 (5.59%) Graduate
13 16 (4.97%) Python Developer
14 15 (4.66%) Lead Developer
15 14 (4.35%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
16 12 (3.73%) Lead Software Engineer
17 11 (3.42%) Full-Stack C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (44.10%) .NET
2 100 (31.06%) React
3 96 (29.81%) RESTful
4 56 (17.39%) REST
5 55 (17.08%) AngularJS
6 49 (15.22%) CSS
7 47 (14.60%) HTML
8 40 (12.42%) .NET Core
9 39 (12.11%) Node.js
10 27 (8.39%) GraphQL
10 27 (8.39%) Kafka
11 25 (7.76%) .NET Framework
12 21 (6.52%) HTML5
13 20 (6.21%) Entity Framework
13 20 (6.21%) Vue
14 17 (5.28%) ASP.NET Web API
15 16 (4.97%) ASP.NET
15 16 (4.97%) JSON
16 15 (4.66%) Elastic Stack
17 14 (4.35%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.63%) Cloud Native
2 25 (7.76%) Product Ownership
3 23 (7.14%) Mobile App
4 18 (5.59%) IoT
5 17 (5.28%) Greenfield Project
5 17 (5.28%) Hackathon
5 17 (5.28%) Learning Management System
6 16 (4.97%) Algorithms
7 15 (4.66%) Data Structures
8 14 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
9 13 (4.04%) Private Cloud
10 12 (3.73%) Device Driver
11 10 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (2.17%) Educational Technology
13 6 (1.86%) Derivative
13 6 (1.86%) Fixed Income
13 6 (1.86%) Mobile Games
14 5 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (1.55%) Virtual Team
15 4 (1.24%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 31 (9.63%) Linux
2 23 (7.14%) Windows
3 14 (4.35%) Unix
4 8 (2.48%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.55%) Android
6 3 (0.93%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.62%) CentOS
7 2 (0.62%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (45.65%) Agile
2 135 (41.93%) DevOps
3 134 (41.61%) Software Engineering
4 127 (39.44%) CI/CD
5 97 (30.12%) Problem-Solving
6 83 (25.78%) Full-Stack Development
7 82 (25.47%) Containerisation
8 81 (25.16%) Microservices
9 71 (22.05%) API Integration
10 61 (18.94%) Front End Development
11 54 (16.77%) Mentoring
12 45 (13.98%) Artificial Intelligence
13 40 (12.42%) API Design
14 39 (12.11%) Continuous Improvement
15 37 (11.49%) Technical Leadership
16 36 (11.18%) Computer Science
17 35 (10.87%) Test Automation
17 35 (10.87%) User Experience
18 34 (10.56%) Continuous Integration
19 32 (9.94%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 150 (46.58%) C#
2 108 (33.54%) Python
3 106 (32.92%) SQL
4 104 (32.30%) JavaScript
5 89 (27.64%) Java
6 52 (16.15%) TypeScript
7 21 (6.52%) Kotlin
7 21 (6.52%) PowerShell
8 19 (5.90%) C++
9 16 (4.97%) C
10 9 (2.80%) PHP
11 6 (1.86%) Bicep
12 5 (1.55%) Bash
12 5 (1.55%) Ruby
13 3 (0.93%) Go
13 3 (0.93%) MATLAB
13 3 (0.93%) OpenEdge ABL
13 3 (0.93%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.93%) Progress 4GL
13 3 (0.93%) Rust
Qualifications
1 56 (17.39%) Degree
2 27 (8.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 19 (5.90%) Master's Degree
4 18 (5.59%) PhD
5 17 (5.28%) Security Cleared
6 11 (3.42%) AWS Certification
7 9 (2.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 9 (2.80%) SC Cleared
8 5 (1.55%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.31%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (8.70%) QA
2 5 (1.55%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.93%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.31%) GDPR
System Software
1 86 (26.71%) Docker
2 12 (3.73%) Firmware
3 8 (2.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 74 (22.98%) Kubernetes
2 21 (6.52%) Terraform
3 17 (5.28%) Prometheus
4 16 (4.97%) Grafana
5 9 (2.80%) Argo
6 7 (2.17%) Ansible
7 4 (1.24%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.31%) Kibana
8 1 (0.31%) logstash
8 1 (0.31%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 89 (27.64%) Microsoft
2 34 (10.56%) Google
3 19 (5.90%) IBM
4 14 (4.35%) Databricks
5 12 (3.73%) Oracle
6 9 (2.80%) Telerik
7 6 (1.86%) New Relic
7 6 (1.86%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.24%) Adobe
8 4 (1.24%) OpenAI
8 4 (1.24%) Splunk
9 3 (0.93%) Progress
10 2 (0.62%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.62%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.62%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.62%) SAP
10 2 (0.62%) Snow
11 1 (0.31%) Optimizely
11 1 (0.31%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.31%) SnapLogic