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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 506 492 462
Rank change year-on-year -14 -30 -7
Permanent jobs citing API Development 310 178 307
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.26% 0.36% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.40% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 153 134 169
10th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,016 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,800 £103,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.07% -3.33% +2.13%

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 86,418 43,977 59,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.19% 88.96% 82.26%
Number of salaries quoted 59,113 24,503 32,039
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -42 241 £68,750 -1.79% 310
UK excluding London -17 205 £65,000 +12.07% 137
Work from Home +4 126 £74,500 +24.17% 134
London -32 93 £77,500 +3.33% 186
Northern Ireland -27 58 - - 9
North of England -36 56 £62,500 -3.85% 40
South East -30 36 £75,000 +40.32% 22
North West -12 34 £75,000 +30.43% 25
South West -55 31 £70,000 +33.33% 20
North East - 21 £47,000 - 1
Midlands -36 15 £55,000 -10.20% 21
West Midlands -41 11 £55,000 -12.00% 17
East of England -39 7 £38,750 -53.03% 8
East Midlands -35 4 £54,000 -10.37% 4
Scotland +10 3 £70,000 -23.29% 14
Yorkshire -39 1 - - 14

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 13 (4.19%) Apache
2 11 (3.55%) Apache Spark
3 7 (2.26%) Confluence
3 7 (2.26%) nginx
4 6 (1.94%) IIS
5 5 (1.61%) JBoss
6 4 (1.29%) CMS
7 3 (0.97%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.32%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.32%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.32%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.97%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.97%) SAP Business One
2 1 (0.32%) Endur
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 132 (42.58%) Azure
2 80 (25.81%) AWS
3 51 (16.45%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (11.61%) GCP
5 34 (10.97%) Serverless
6 29 (9.35%) LangSmith
7 14 (4.52%) Amazon EKS
7 14 (4.52%) GitHub
7 14 (4.52%) OpenShift
8 12 (3.87%) AWS Lambda
8 12 (3.87%) BigCommerce
8 12 (3.87%) Power Platform
9 11 (3.55%) Azure Functions
9 11 (3.55%) Firebase
9 11 (3.55%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (3.23%) Azure Service Bus
11 9 (2.90%) AWS CloudFormation
12 8 (2.58%) Cloud Computing
12 8 (2.58%) Datadog
13 7 (2.26%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.26%) AMQP
2 5 (1.61%) SSL
3 3 (0.97%) HTTP
3 3 (0.97%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.32%) DNS
4 1 (0.32%) TETRA
4 1 (0.32%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.39%) PostgreSQL
2 23 (7.42%) SQL Server
3 21 (6.77%) MySQL
4 19 (6.13%) Relational Database
5 16 (5.16%) NoSQL
6 11 (3.55%) Big Data
7 8 (2.58%) Azure SQL Database
7 8 (2.58%) MongoDB
8 7 (2.26%) Cloudera CDH
8 7 (2.26%) Hadoop
9 6 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (1.94%) DynamoDB
10 5 (1.61%) Geospatial Data
10 5 (1.61%) Power BI
11 4 (1.29%) Metadata
11 4 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (1.29%) Tableau
12 3 (0.97%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.97%) Redis
12 3 (0.97%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 47 (15.16%) Git
2 26 (8.39%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.55%) fastlane
4 10 (3.23%) JIRA
5 9 (2.90%) GitLab
6 6 (1.94%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.94%) Xcode
7 5 (1.61%) Android Studio
7 5 (1.61%) Crashlytics
7 5 (1.61%) Gradle
7 5 (1.61%) MSI
8 4 (1.29%) Postman
8 4 (1.29%) Subversion
9 3 (0.97%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.97%) CMake
9 3 (0.97%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.97%) JUnit
9 3 (0.97%) Mockito
9 3 (0.97%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.65%) JMeter
General
1 67 (21.61%) Legal
2 60 (19.35%) Finance
3 51 (16.45%) Social Skills
4 37 (11.94%) Law
5 31 (10.00%) Public Sector
6 28 (9.03%) Legal Technology
7 25 (8.06%) Financial Institution
8 23 (7.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 22 (7.10%) Analytical Skills
10 21 (6.77%) Banking
11 10 (3.23%) Retail
12 8 (2.58%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.97%) Electronics
14 3 (0.97%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.65%) Aviation
15 2 (0.65%) Front Office
15 2 (0.65%) iGaming
15 2 (0.65%) Marketing
15 2 (0.65%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 193 (62.26%) Developer
2 127 (40.97%) Senior
3 105 (33.87%) Senior Developer
4 44 (14.19%) Software Engineer
5 33 (10.65%) Software Developer
6 29 (9.35%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 22 (7.10%) C# Developer
8 18 (5.81%) Lead
9 16 (5.16%) Full-Stack Developer
9 16 (5.16%) Python Developer
10 15 (4.84%) .NET Developer
10 15 (4.84%) Backend Developer
10 15 (4.84%) Senior C# Developer
10 15 (4.84%) Senior Software Developer
11 14 (4.52%) Applications Developer
11 14 (4.52%) C# Software Developer
11 14 (4.52%) Senior C# Software Developer
12 12 (3.87%) Analyst
12 12 (3.87%) Applications Support Analyst
12 12 (3.87%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (42.26%) .NET
2 60 (19.35%) RESTful
3 57 (18.39%) REST
4 48 (15.48%) React
5 36 (11.61%) Terraform
6 35 (11.29%) Node.js
7 31 (10.00%) LangChain
7 31 (10.00%) LlamaIndex
8 30 (9.68%) Model Context Protocol
9 29 (9.35%) .NET Framework
9 29 (9.35%) Langfuse
10 25 (8.06%) AngularJS
10 25 (8.06%) HTML
11 24 (7.74%) Spring
12 23 (7.42%) .NET Core
12 23 (7.42%) ASP.NET
12 23 (7.42%) CSS
13 20 (6.45%) Swagger
14 19 (6.13%) Entity Framework
15 18 (5.81%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 86 (27.74%) Cloud Native
2 35 (11.29%) Distributed Systems
3 34 (10.97%) AI Agents
4 32 (10.32%) Mobile App
5 25 (8.06%) e-Learning
6 24 (7.74%) Product Ownership
7 14 (4.52%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (4.19%) Onboarding
9 7 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.61%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.61%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (1.61%) Private Cloud
11 5 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.61%) Social Media
12 4 (1.29%) Algorithms
12 4 (1.29%) Low-Code
13 3 (0.97%) Blog
13 3 (0.97%) Mobile Wallet
13 3 (0.97%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.48%) Linux
2 11 (3.55%) Windows
3 8 (2.58%) Android
3 8 (2.58%) Apple iOS
3 8 (2.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (2.58%) Ubuntu
4 7 (2.26%) CentOS
4 7 (2.26%) Debian
5 3 (0.97%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (62.58%) Agile
2 171 (55.16%) CI/CD
3 135 (43.55%) Problem-Solving
4 126 (40.65%) Microservices
5 114 (36.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 111 (35.81%) Software Engineering
7 95 (30.65%) DevOps
8 86 (27.74%) AI
9 85 (27.42%) Full-Stack Development
10 80 (25.81%) Software Architecture
11 79 (25.48%) Architectural Patterns
12 74 (23.87%) Software Testing
13 73 (23.55%) Sprint Planning
14 72 (23.23%) Workflow
15 68 (21.94%) Enterprise Architecture
16 67 (21.61%) Data Governance
17 66 (21.29%) Acceptance Criteria
17 66 (21.29%) Sprint Retrospective
18 63 (20.32%) Information Security
18 63 (20.32%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 147 (47.42%) C#
2 99 (31.94%) Python
3 56 (18.06%) JavaScript
4 53 (17.10%) SQL
5 42 (13.55%) Java
6 35 (11.29%) TypeScript
7 8 (2.58%) Bicep
8 6 (1.94%) C++
8 6 (1.94%) Swift
9 5 (1.61%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.61%) PHP
9 5 (1.61%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.61%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.29%) Bash
10 4 (1.29%) Scala
11 3 (0.97%) Embedded C++
11 3 (0.97%) R
11 3 (0.97%) VB
11 3 (0.97%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.65%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 49 (15.81%) Security Cleared
2 45 (14.52%) Degree
3 38 (12.26%) SC Cleared
4 11 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 11 (3.55%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.94%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.65%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.65%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (25.48%) QA
2 20 (6.45%) Accessibility
3 17 (5.48%) WCAG
4 7 (2.26%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.26%) GDPR
5 5 (1.61%) NCSC
6 3 (0.97%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.97%) PSD2
7 1 (0.32%) NIST
7 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 73 (23.55%) Docker
2 5 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 61 (19.68%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.23%) Ansible
3 8 (2.58%) Puppet
4 7 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (1.61%) Grafana
5 5 (1.61%) Nagios
6 3 (0.97%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.65%) Kibana
8 1 (0.32%) Consul
8 1 (0.32%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 34 (10.97%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.77%) Google
3 13 (4.19%) Dynatrace
4 12 (3.87%) Red Hat
5 10 (3.23%) Databricks
5 10 (3.23%) Splunk
6 7 (2.26%) SaltStack
7 6 (1.94%) Apple
8 5 (1.61%) Atlassian
8 5 (1.61%) New Relic
8 5 (1.61%) Oracle
9 4 (1.29%) YouTube
10 3 (0.97%) SAP
11 2 (0.65%) WSO2
12 1 (0.32%) Bloomberg
12 1 (0.32%) Foundry
12 1 (0.32%) IFS
12 1 (0.32%) MarketAxess
12 1 (0.32%) Salesforce
12 1 (0.32%) Xamarin