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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 513 440 509
Rank change year-on-year -73 +69 -34
Permanent jobs citing API Development 292 277 326
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.55% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.62% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 155 223 220
10th Percentile £45,500 £44,000 £44,875
25th Percentile £49,375 £51,250 £48,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +12.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.70% - -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 78,044 44,596 67,662
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.46% 89.30% 81.10%
Number of salaries quoted 53,720 25,240 43,624
10th Percentile £30,773 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,237 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,773 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.13% -4.45% -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 13 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 13 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 -112 223 £62,620 -10.54% 241
UK excluding London -59 197 £62,500 +8.70% 112
Work from Home -34 104 £60,000 +4.35% 99
London -72 87 £77,500 - 143
Northern Ireland -22 56 - - 3
North of England -55 48 £61,250 -5.77% 37
South East -16 30 £65,000 +30.00% 24
North West -13 29 £75,000 +30.43% 27
South West -44 28 £70,000 +33.33% 21
North East - 17 £47,000 - 3
Midlands -34 16 £55,000 -5.17% 10
East of England -42 12 £45,000 -47.06% 10
West Midlands -26 11 £55,000 -10.20% 5
Scotland +18 6 £66,250 +18.83% 7
East Midlands -25 5 £54,000 -6.90% 5
Yorkshire -39 2 £50,000 -28.57% 7
Wales -68 1 - - 2

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 12 (4.11%) Apache
2 7 (2.40%) nginx
3 6 (2.05%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.05%) IIS
4 5 (1.71%) CMS
4 5 (1.71%) Confluence
4 5 (1.71%) JBoss
5 2 (0.68%) Anypoint
5 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.68%) 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 (1.37%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.03%) SAP Business One
2 2 (0.68%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 112 (38.36%) Azure
2 76 (26.03%) AWS
3 49 (16.78%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (11.30%) GCP
5 30 (10.27%) Serverless
6 21 (7.19%) LangSmith
7 16 (5.48%) GitHub
8 14 (4.79%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (4.45%) Firebase
9 13 (4.45%) Power Platform
10 12 (4.11%) Amazon EKS
11 10 (3.42%) Azure Service Bus
11 10 (3.42%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (3.42%) OpenShift
12 9 (3.08%) Amazon S3
13 8 (2.74%) AWS CloudFormation
13 8 (2.74%) Azure Functions
13 8 (2.74%) Datadog
13 8 (2.74%) SaaS
14 7 (2.40%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.71%) AMQP
1 5 (1.71%) SSL
2 4 (1.37%) Broadband
2 4 (1.37%) HTTP
3 3 (1.03%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.68%) DNS
5 1 (0.34%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (11.99%) MySQL
2 34 (11.64%) SQL Server
3 24 (8.22%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (6.16%) Relational Database
5 12 (4.11%) NoSQL
6 7 (2.40%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
7 6 (2.05%) Big Data
7 6 (2.05%) DynamoDB
8 5 (1.71%) Cloudera CDH
8 5 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.71%) Geospatial Data
8 5 (1.71%) Hadoop
9 4 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (1.03%) Power BI
10 3 (1.03%) SQLite
11 2 (0.68%) Amazon Aurora
11 2 (0.68%) Qlik Sense
12 1 (0.34%) Metadata
12 1 (0.34%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 48 (16.44%) Git
2 30 (10.27%) Jenkins
3 13 (4.45%) fastlane
4 9 (3.08%) GitLab
5 8 (2.74%) JIRA
6 7 (2.40%) Bitbucket
6 7 (2.40%) Xcode
7 6 (2.05%) Android Studio
7 6 (2.05%) Crashlytics
7 6 (2.05%) Gradle
7 6 (2.05%) Postman
8 5 (1.71%) JUnit
8 5 (1.71%) Mockito
8 5 (1.71%) MSI
9 4 (1.37%) SpecFlow
9 4 (1.37%) Subversion
10 3 (1.03%) CMake
10 3 (1.03%) Storybook
11 2 (0.68%) JMeter
11 2 (0.68%) NUnit
General
1 65 (22.26%) Legal
2 47 (16.10%) Finance
3 41 (14.04%) Social Skills
4 38 (13.01%) Law
5 31 (10.62%) Public Sector
6 28 (9.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 28 (9.59%) Legal Technology
7 20 (6.85%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (6.85%) Banking
8 18 (6.16%) Financial Institution
9 12 (4.11%) Retail
10 5 (1.71%) Aerospace
10 5 (1.71%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.37%) Front Office
12 3 (1.03%) Electronics
12 3 (1.03%) Marketing
13 2 (0.68%) Aviation
13 2 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.68%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 193 (66.10%) Developer
2 119 (40.75%) Senior
3 103 (35.27%) Senior Developer
4 34 (11.64%) Software Developer
5 33 (11.30%) Software Engineer
6 25 (8.56%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 23 (7.88%) C# Developer
7 23 (7.88%) Lead
8 20 (6.85%) .NET Developer
9 18 (6.16%) Senior Software Developer
10 17 (5.82%) Python Developer
11 15 (5.14%) C# Software Developer
11 15 (5.14%) Full-Stack Developer
11 15 (5.14%) Senior C# Developer
11 15 (5.14%) Senior C# Software Developer
12 14 (4.79%) Backend Developer
13 10 (3.42%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 9 (3.08%) Java Developer
14 9 (3.08%) Lead Software Engineer
15 8 (2.74%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (44.86%) .NET
2 57 (19.52%) RESTful
3 50 (17.12%) REST
4 40 (13.70%) React
5 35 (11.99%) HTML
6 32 (10.96%) CSS
6 32 (10.96%) Node.js
7 30 (10.27%) .NET Framework
7 30 (10.27%) ASP.NET
8 26 (8.90%) AngularJS
8 26 (8.90%) Model Context Protocol
9 25 (8.56%) LangChain
9 25 (8.56%) LlamaIndex
10 24 (8.22%) .NET Core
11 21 (7.19%) Langfuse
11 21 (7.19%) OAuth
11 21 (7.19%) Spring
12 20 (6.85%) Entity Framework
13 18 (6.16%) OAuth2
14 17 (5.82%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 74 (25.34%) Cloud Native
2 33 (11.30%) Distributed Systems
3 24 (8.22%) Mobile App
4 23 (7.88%) AI Agents
5 18 (6.16%) e-Learning
5 18 (6.16%) Product Ownership
6 13 (4.45%) Onboarding
7 11 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (2.40%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.71%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.71%) Data Centre
10 5 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.71%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.71%) Social Media
11 4 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.37%) Legacy Applications
12 3 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 3 (1.03%) Mobile Wallet
12 3 (1.03%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.48%) Linux
2 11 (3.77%) Windows
3 8 (2.74%) Android
4 7 (2.40%) Apple iOS
5 6 (2.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (1.71%) CentOS
6 5 (1.71%) Debian
6 5 (1.71%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.03%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (61.30%) Agile
2 163 (55.82%) CI/CD
3 121 (41.44%) Problem-Solving
4 111 (38.01%) Microservices
5 100 (34.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 98 (33.56%) Software Engineering
7 88 (30.14%) DevOps
8 82 (28.08%) Architectural Patterns
9 81 (27.74%) AI
10 75 (25.68%) Workflow
11 72 (24.66%) Sprint Planning
12 71 (24.32%) Full-Stack Development
12 71 (24.32%) Software Architecture
13 65 (22.26%) Enterprise Architecture
14 63 (21.58%) Software Testing
14 63 (21.58%) Sprint Retrospective
15 61 (20.89%) Acceptance Criteria
15 61 (20.89%) Data Governance
16 60 (20.55%) Information Security
16 60 (20.55%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 150 (51.37%) C#
2 91 (31.16%) Python
3 57 (19.52%) JavaScript
4 56 (19.18%) SQL
5 37 (12.67%) Java
6 31 (10.62%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.40%) PHP
7 7 (2.40%) Swift
8 6 (2.05%) Bash
8 6 (2.05%) Bicep
8 6 (2.05%) C++
8 6 (2.05%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.71%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.37%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.03%) Embedded C++
11 3 (1.03%) VB
11 3 (1.03%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.68%) DataWeave
12 2 (0.68%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.34%) Scala
Qualifications
1 41 (14.04%) Degree
2 33 (11.30%) Security Cleared
3 24 (8.22%) SC Cleared
4 14 (4.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.08%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.03%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.68%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.68%) 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 73 (25.00%) QA
2 28 (9.59%) Accessibility
3 19 (6.51%) WCAG
4 7 (2.40%) GDPR
5 5 (1.71%) NCSC
6 4 (1.37%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.03%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.03%) PSD2
8 2 (0.68%) GRC
9 1 (0.34%) NIST
9 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 64 (21.92%) Docker
2 5 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 48 (16.44%) Kubernetes
2 31 (10.62%) Terraform
3 8 (2.74%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (2.05%) Ansible
4 6 (2.05%) Grafana
4 6 (2.05%) Puppet
5 5 (1.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (1.71%) Nagios
6 3 (1.03%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.68%) Kibana
8 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 28 (9.59%) Microsoft
2 26 (8.90%) Google
3 15 (5.14%) Dynatrace
4 10 (3.42%) Red Hat
4 10 (3.42%) Splunk
5 7 (2.40%) Apple
6 5 (1.71%) Atlassian
6 5 (1.71%) Databricks
6 5 (1.71%) New Relic
6 5 (1.71%) OpenAI
6 5 (1.71%) Oracle
6 5 (1.71%) SaltStack
7 3 (1.03%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.03%) SAP
8 2 (0.68%) MuleSoft
8 2 (0.68%) Pega
8 2 (0.68%) Trapeze
8 2 (0.68%) Xamarin
9 1 (0.34%) IFS
9 1 (0.34%) Refinitiv