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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 426 486 510
Rank change year-on-year +60 +24 -61
Permanent jobs citing API Development 306 467 543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.56% 0.47% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.55% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 247 334 388
10th Percentile £44,500 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% +12.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,500 £87,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -

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 51,236 85,141 94,313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.86% 85.08% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 25,106 59,815 55,546
10th Percentile £29,250 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -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 23 May 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 23 May 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 +61 271 £70,000 +16.67% 1,158
UK excluding London +67 179 £60,000 +4.35% 1,080
Work from Home +76 140 £55,000 -4.35% 847
London +87 108 £83,750 +8.06% 222
North of England +38 62 £65,000 +13.04% 244
North West -7 38 £60,500 +5.22% 118
South East +72 31 £50,000 -20.00% 292
East of England +40 27 £85,000 +88.89% 149
Yorkshire +64 23 £70,000 +21.74% 103
Midlands +32 21 £52,500 - 190
South West +66 20 £62,500 +8.70% 144
West Midlands +36 19 £52,500 - 99
Wales +45 13 £75,000 +36.36% 29
Scotland +87 5 £45,000 +38.46% 51
East Midlands +28 2 £60,000 +14.29% 78
North East - 1 £52,500 - 23

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 13 (4.25%) CMS
2 11 (3.59%) Headless CMS
3 10 (3.27%) Confluence
4 3 (0.98%) OpenEdge
5 2 (0.65%) IIS
5 2 (0.65%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.33%) Apache
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.33%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.33%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (1.31%) Chatbot
2 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (4.25%) Payment Gateway
2 4 (1.31%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (1.31%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.33%) Shopify
3 1 (0.33%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 142 (46.41%) Azure
2 123 (40.20%) AWS
3 63 (20.59%) Serverless
4 31 (10.13%) GCP
4 31 (10.13%) GitHub
5 24 (7.84%) Cloud Computing
5 24 (7.84%) SaaS
6 21 (6.86%) AWS Lambda
7 19 (6.21%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (5.56%) Power Platform
9 16 (5.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 16 (5.23%) AWS Step Functions
10 15 (4.90%) Amazon EventBridge
10 15 (4.90%) Boomi
11 14 (4.58%) Amazon SQS
11 14 (4.58%) AWS CodeBuild
11 14 (4.58%) AWS CodeDeploy
11 14 (4.58%) AWS CodePipeline
12 11 (3.59%) Azure Functions
13 10 (3.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.25%) HTTP
1 13 (4.25%) TCP/IP
2 12 (3.92%) Modbus
2 12 (3.92%) MQTT
2 12 (3.92%) Network Security
3 3 (0.98%) 3GPP
3 3 (0.98%) 5G
4 1 (0.33%) 4G
4 1 (0.33%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.33%) Diameter Protocol
4 1 (0.33%) RS-232
4 1 (0.33%) SCTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (17.97%) SQL Server
2 49 (16.01%) NoSQL
3 37 (12.09%) PostgreSQL
4 30 (9.80%) MongoDB
5 28 (9.15%) Relational Database
6 19 (6.21%) MySQL
7 18 (5.88%) Big Data
8 14 (4.58%) Power BI
9 12 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (3.92%) RDBMS
10 11 (3.59%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (2.29%) Tableau
12 6 (1.96%) DynamoDB
13 4 (1.31%) BigQuery
13 4 (1.31%) Data Vault
14 3 (0.98%) Data Lake
14 3 (0.98%) Data Mining
14 3 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
14 3 (0.98%) Metadata
15 2 (0.65%) Endeca
Development Applications
1 57 (18.63%) Git
2 30 (9.80%) JIRA
3 14 (4.58%) GitLab
4 13 (4.25%) Jenkins
4 13 (4.25%) Visual Studio
5 11 (3.59%) PowerBuilder
6 10 (3.27%) Babel
6 10 (3.27%) webpack
7 7 (2.29%) Selenium
8 6 (1.96%) Bitbucket
8 6 (1.96%) Mocha
8 6 (1.96%) Postman
9 5 (1.63%) Gradle
9 5 (1.63%) Maven
9 5 (1.63%) Storybook
10 4 (1.31%) Cucumber
10 4 (1.31%) JUnit
11 3 (0.98%) Mockito
11 3 (0.98%) Moq
11 3 (0.98%) SpecFlow
General
1 81 (26.47%) Social Skills
2 71 (23.20%) Finance
3 32 (10.46%) Banking
4 29 (9.48%) Public Sector
5 25 (8.17%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (8.17%) Retail
6 22 (7.19%) Law
7 15 (4.90%) Marketing
8 11 (3.59%) Legal
9 9 (2.94%) Investment Banking
10 8 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (2.61%) Retail Banking
11 7 (2.29%) Electronics
12 6 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.96%) Games
12 6 (1.96%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.63%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.31%) Back Office
14 4 (1.31%) Front Office
14 4 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 148 (48.37%) Developer
2 79 (25.82%) Lead
3 66 (21.57%) Senior
4 47 (15.36%) Software Engineer
5 43 (14.05%) .NET Developer
6 41 (13.40%) Full-Stack Developer
7 27 (8.82%) Senior Developer
8 23 (7.52%) C# Developer
8 23 (7.52%) Senior Software Engineer
9 21 (6.86%) C# .NET Developer
10 20 (6.54%) Lead Developer
11 19 (6.21%) React Developer
12 17 (5.56%) Software Developer
13 16 (5.23%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 16 (5.23%) Technical Leader
14 15 (4.90%) Lead Software Engineer
15 13 (4.25%) JavaScript Developer
16 12 (3.92%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
17 11 (3.59%) Full-Stack C# Developer
18 10 (3.27%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (44.12%) .NET
2 103 (33.66%) RESTful
3 98 (32.03%) React
4 71 (23.20%) REST
5 52 (16.99%) AngularJS
6 43 (14.05%) GraphQL
7 40 (13.07%) CSS
7 40 (13.07%) HTML
8 37 (12.09%) .NET Core
9 35 (11.44%) Node.js
10 31 (10.13%) OAuth
11 28 (9.15%) Vue
12 27 (8.82%) Kafka
13 25 (8.17%) JWT
14 23 (7.52%) SOAP
15 20 (6.54%) .NET Framework
16 18 (5.88%) ASP.NET
17 17 (5.56%) Entity Framework
18 16 (5.23%) HTML5
19 14 (4.58%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 40 (13.07%) Cloud Native
2 32 (10.46%) Product Ownership
3 24 (7.84%) Mobile App
4 16 (5.23%) IoT
5 13 (4.25%) Algorithms
6 12 (3.92%) Device Driver
7 11 (3.59%) Greenfield Project
7 11 (3.59%) Reinsurance
8 10 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (3.27%) Private Cloud
9 9 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (2.61%) Management Information System
11 7 (2.29%) Educational Technology
12 6 (1.96%) Data Structures
13 5 (1.63%) Mobile Games
13 5 (1.63%) Public Cloud
14 4 (1.31%) Wiki
15 3 (0.98%) Hackathon
15 3 (0.98%) Learning Management System
15 3 (0.98%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 21 (6.86%) Windows
2 17 (5.56%) Linux
3 12 (3.92%) Unix
4 11 (3.59%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.29%) Android
6 1 (0.33%) Debian
6 1 (0.33%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (50.65%) CI/CD
2 136 (44.44%) DevOps
3 134 (43.79%) Agile
4 105 (34.31%) Microservices
5 103 (33.66%) Software Engineering
6 81 (26.47%) Problem-Solving
7 75 (24.51%) Containerisation
8 71 (23.20%) Full-Stack Development
9 64 (20.92%) Mentoring
10 52 (16.99%) API Integration
11 45 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
12 42 (13.73%) Technical Leadership
13 40 (13.07%) Front End Development
14 38 (12.42%) Coaching
15 37 (12.09%) Analytics
15 37 (12.09%) E-Commerce
15 37 (12.09%) User Experience
16 36 (11.76%) API Design
17 34 (11.11%) Roadmaps
18 33 (10.78%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 144 (47.06%) C#
2 97 (31.70%) SQL
3 94 (30.72%) JavaScript
4 91 (29.74%) Java
5 76 (24.84%) Python
6 48 (15.69%) TypeScript
7 24 (7.84%) C++
8 17 (5.56%) C
8 17 (5.56%) PowerShell
9 8 (2.61%) PHP
10 7 (2.29%) Go
11 5 (1.63%) Swift
12 4 (1.31%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.31%) Ruby
13 3 (0.98%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.98%) OpenEdge ABL
13 3 (0.98%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.98%) Progress 4GL
13 3 (0.98%) Rust
14 2 (0.65%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 38 (12.42%) Degree
2 28 (9.15%) Security Cleared
3 26 (8.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (3.92%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.94%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.61%) AWS Certification
6 8 (2.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (1.31%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.31%) PhD
8 2 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.65%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.46%) QA
2 18 (5.88%) Accessibility
3 6 (1.96%) GDPR
4 3 (0.98%) WCAG
5 2 (0.65%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.65%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.33%) CDISC
6 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 77 (25.16%) Docker
2 12 (3.92%) Firmware
3 1 (0.33%) Squid
Systems Management
1 72 (23.53%) Kubernetes
2 15 (4.90%) Grafana
2 15 (4.90%) Prometheus
3 9 (2.94%) Terraform
4 6 (1.96%) Argo
5 4 (1.31%) Ansible
5 4 (1.31%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.65%) Kibana
7 1 (0.33%) logstash
Vendors
1 61 (19.93%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.17%) Google
3 20 (6.54%) ServiceNow
4 19 (6.21%) Salesforce
5 18 (5.88%) MuleSoft
6 17 (5.56%) Databricks
7 14 (4.58%) Informatica
8 10 (3.27%) Oracle
9 6 (1.96%) New Relic
9 6 (1.96%) OpenAI
9 6 (1.96%) Telerik
10 4 (1.31%) Atlassian
10 4 (1.31%) Remedy
10 4 (1.31%) Splunk
11 3 (0.98%) IBM
11 3 (0.98%) Progress
11 3 (0.98%) SAP
12 2 (0.65%) CyberSource
12 2 (0.65%) HubSpot
12 2 (0.65%) Snow