API Integration Job Trends

API Integration
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring API Integration skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 356 350 474
Rank change year-on-year -6 +124 +127
Permanent jobs citing API Integration 325 461 244
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.58% 0.74% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.86% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 233 305 197
10th Percentile £42,100 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +12.90% -11.43%
75th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £100,000 £94,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £77,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +40.00% -8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

API Integration 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 47,424 53,892 47,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.09% 86.75% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 28,060 28,022 36,472
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -1.87%

API Integration
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing API Integration relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

API Integration job vacancy trend in the UK

API Integration
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing API Integration.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing API Integration

API Integration
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Integration over the 6 months to 7 December 2025.

Salary histogram for API Integration in the UK

API Integration
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 Integration within the UK over the 6 months to 7 December 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 -16 262 £67,500 -3.57% 620
UK excluding London -33 169 £55,000 -28.57% 610
Work from Home +97 153 £68,750 +19.57% 326
London +81 127 £75,000 +50.00% 72
Scotland +20 40 £66,250 +47.22% 25
North of England -6 38 £61,250 -2.00% 134
Midlands +9 32 £51,000 -21.54% 132
South East -35 32 £58,750 -26.56% 136
North West +18 21 £52,500 -8.70% 55
West Midlands +17 20 £47,500 - 69
Yorkshire -12 16 £88,750 +15.26% 66
South West +24 13 £55,000 +22.22% 63
East Midlands +5 12 £56,350 -26.82% 58
East of England -8 9 £45,000 -41.56% 102
Wales +7 5 £55,200 - 14
North East +4 1 £55,200 +10.40% 13

API Integration
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 15 (4.62%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 15 (4.62%) SharePoint
2 14 (4.31%) CMS
3 5 (1.54%) Appian
4 4 (1.23%) Apache Pulsar
4 4 (1.23%) Headless CMS
4 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.23%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.92%) Apache
5 3 (0.92%) Confluence
6 2 (0.62%) ColdFusion
6 2 (0.62%) JBoss
6 2 (0.62%) Mendix
6 2 (0.62%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.31%) SugarCRM
7 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (2.15%) Chatbot
2 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.92%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.31%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 33 (10.15%) Oracle ERP
2 11 (3.38%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.54%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.92%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (0.92%) Magento
4 3 (0.92%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.92%) Shopify
5 2 (0.62%) Endur
6 1 (0.31%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.31%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 159 (48.92%) Azure
2 88 (27.08%) AWS
3 60 (18.46%) Azure DevOps
4 53 (16.31%) Power Platform
5 52 (16.00%) GitHub
6 33 (10.15%) OCI
7 27 (8.31%) GCP
8 24 (7.38%) Entra ID
9 19 (5.85%) Power Automate
9 19 (5.85%) SaaS
10 15 (4.62%) Azure Data Factory
10 15 (4.62%) GitHub Copilot
11 14 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
12 13 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
12 13 (4.00%) PowerApps
13 9 (2.77%) Azure Service Bus
14 8 (2.46%) Azure AI
15 7 (2.15%) Boomi
15 7 (2.15%) OpenShift
15 7 (2.15%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.23%) IP Telephony
1 4 (1.23%) PSTN
1 4 (1.23%) VoIP
2 3 (0.92%) DNS
2 3 (0.92%) Intranet
3 2 (0.62%) DHCP
3 2 (0.62%) Firewall
3 2 (0.62%) HTTPS
3 2 (0.62%) MQTT
3 2 (0.62%) SSL
3 2 (0.62%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.62%) WAN
4 1 (0.31%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.31%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.31%) HTTP
4 1 (0.31%) iSCSI
4 1 (0.31%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.31%) Modbus
4 1 (0.31%) NGFW
4 1 (0.31%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (10.77%) SQL Server
2 33 (10.15%) Power BI
3 18 (5.54%) Tableau
4 16 (4.92%) Relational Database
5 13 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (3.69%) Data Lake
6 12 (3.69%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (3.69%) NoSQL
7 7 (2.15%) MongoDB
8 6 (1.85%) Big Data
8 6 (1.85%) Hadoop
9 5 (1.54%) MySQL
9 5 (1.54%) Neo4j
10 4 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (1.23%) Pinecone
11 3 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.92%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.92%) Qlik Sense
12 2 (0.62%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.62%) Redis
Development Applications
1 63 (19.38%) Git
2 40 (12.31%) Jenkins
3 34 (10.46%) JIRA
4 33 (10.15%) Oracle Forms
5 10 (3.08%) Postman
6 9 (2.77%) Cypress.io
6 9 (2.77%) Visual Studio
7 7 (2.15%) GitLab
8 6 (1.85%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.85%) JUnit
8 6 (1.85%) Selenium
8 6 (1.85%) Storybook
9 5 (1.54%) Visual Studio Code
10 4 (1.23%) MLflow
10 4 (1.23%) MSBuild
10 4 (1.23%) Octopus Deploy
10 4 (1.23%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (0.92%) webpack
12 2 (0.62%) Vite
13 1 (0.31%) gulp
General
1 98 (30.15%) Finance
2 89 (27.38%) Social Skills
3 41 (12.62%) Retail
4 29 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (5.54%) Marketing
6 16 (4.92%) Law
7 15 (4.62%) Games
8 12 (3.69%) Legal
9 11 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 11 (3.38%) Telecoms
10 10 (3.08%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.85%) Banking
12 5 (1.54%) Electronics
13 4 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.23%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.92%) Agriculture
14 3 (0.92%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.62%) Back Office
15 2 (0.62%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 114 (35.08%) Developer
2 74 (22.77%) Senior
3 36 (11.08%) Applications Engineer
3 36 (11.08%) Cloud Engineer
4 31 (9.54%) Lead
5 29 (8.92%) Architect
5 29 (8.92%) Senior Developer
6 18 (5.54%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 17 (5.23%) Data Engineer
8 16 (4.92%) Software Engineer
9 15 (4.62%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 12 (3.69%) .NET Developer
10 12 (3.69%) Analyst
10 12 (3.69%) Full-Stack Developer
10 12 (3.69%) Solutions Architect
10 12 (3.69%) Technical Architect
11 11 (3.38%) Software Developer
12 9 (2.77%) Applications Developer
13 8 (2.46%) Java Engineer
13 8 (2.46%) Senior Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (28.31%) RESTful
2 79 (24.31%) REST
3 53 (16.31%) React
4 51 (15.69%) CSS
5 45 (13.85%) HTML
5 45 (13.85%) JSON
6 41 (12.62%) SOAP
7 40 (12.31%) .NET
8 39 (12.00%) XML
9 31 (9.54%) OAuth
10 29 (8.92%) AngularJS
11 26 (8.00%) OAuth2
12 25 (7.69%) Node.js
13 23 (7.08%) Vue
14 20 (6.15%) Web Services
15 19 (5.85%) SAML
16 17 (5.23%) GraphQL
17 15 (4.62%) Middleware
18 14 (4.31%) Next.js
19 13 (4.00%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 48 (14.77%) Cloud Native
2 42 (12.92%) Enterprise Software
3 25 (7.69%) Low-Code
4 24 (7.38%) Onboarding
5 21 (6.46%) Legacy Systems
6 18 (5.54%) Data Structures
7 14 (4.31%) Product Ownership
8 12 (3.69%) Mobile App
9 11 (3.38%) Operational Technology
10 7 (2.15%) AI Agents
10 7 (2.15%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (1.85%) PKI
11 6 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
12 5 (1.54%) W3C
13 4 (1.23%) IVR
13 4 (1.23%) Legacy Code
13 4 (1.23%) Life Science
13 4 (1.23%) Management Information System
14 3 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.54%) Android
1 5 (1.54%) Linux
1 5 (1.54%) Windows
2 4 (1.23%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.62%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.31%) Solaris
4 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (43.69%) Agile
2 117 (36.00%) CI/CD
3 98 (30.15%) DevOps
4 77 (23.69%) AI
5 74 (22.77%) Problem-Solving
6 69 (21.23%) Mentoring
7 56 (17.23%) Analytics
8 54 (16.62%) Test Automation
9 51 (15.69%) Microservices
10 47 (14.46%) Coaching
11 44 (13.54%) Continuous Improvement
12 42 (12.92%) ERP
12 42 (12.92%) Migration
13 40 (12.31%) API Development
13 40 (12.31%) ETL
13 40 (12.31%) User Experience
14 39 (12.00%) Clean Code
15 38 (11.69%) Business Intelligence
16 37 (11.38%) Machine Learning
17 35 (10.77%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 123 (37.85%) SQL
2 113 (34.77%) Python
3 64 (19.69%) Java
4 63 (19.38%) JavaScript
5 36 (11.08%) PL/SQL
6 34 (10.46%) TypeScript
7 33 (10.15%) C#
7 33 (10.15%) Shell Script
8 15 (4.62%) PowerShell
9 10 (3.08%) PHP
10 6 (1.85%) Delphi
11 5 (1.54%) Apex Code
11 5 (1.54%) C++
11 5 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (1.54%) Go
12 3 (0.92%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.92%) Scala
12 3 (0.92%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.62%) Bash
14 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (7.38%) Degree
2 14 (4.31%) Security Cleared
3 13 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (3.08%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.54%) Master's Degree
5 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.92%) AWS Certification
6 3 (0.92%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.62%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.31%) CCIE
8 1 (0.31%) CCNP
8 1 (0.31%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.31%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.31%) MCITP
8 1 (0.31%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.77%) QA
2 21 (6.46%) GDPR
3 20 (6.15%) Accessibility
4 10 (3.08%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.85%) SLA
6 5 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.54%) PERC
7 4 (1.23%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.92%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.92%) WCAG
9 2 (0.62%) HL7
9 2 (0.62%) PMO
9 2 (0.62%) PSD2
9 2 (0.62%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.31%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.31%) NIST
10 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 36 (11.08%) Docker
2 20 (6.15%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 36 (11.08%) Terraform
2 35 (10.77%) Single Sign-On
3 27 (8.31%) Kubernetes
4 6 (1.85%) Grafana
5 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.62%) SCCM
7 1 (0.31%) Ansible
7 1 (0.31%) Backup Exec
7 1 (0.31%) QRadar
Vendors
1 61 (18.77%) Microsoft
2 53 (16.31%) Oracle
3 28 (8.62%) Salesforce
4 18 (5.54%) Okta
5 15 (4.62%) OpenAI
6 8 (2.46%) Databricks
7 7 (2.15%) MuleSoft
8 6 (1.85%) Cisco
8 6 (1.85%) UiPath
9 5 (1.54%) HubSpot
9 5 (1.54%) iManage
9 5 (1.54%) Intapp
9 5 (1.54%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.23%) Automation Anywhere
10 4 (1.23%) Avaya
10 4 (1.23%) Ericsson
10 4 (1.23%) Genesys
10 4 (1.23%) Mavenir
10 4 (1.23%) Nokia
10 4 (1.23%) Zoho