API Management Job Trends

API Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring API Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 469 533 516
Rank change year-on-year +64 -17 +227
Permanent jobs citing API Management 187 216 199
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.35% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.40% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 119 133 165
10th Percentile £46,650 £47,500 £48,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £80,625 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,351
% change year-on-year - -0.54% +2.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

API Management 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 Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

API Management job vacancy trend in the UK

API Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing API Management

API Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Management over the 6 months to 11 December 2025.

Salary histogram for API Management in the UK

API Management
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing API Management within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 +68 165 £72,500 +7.85% 73
UK excluding London +48 93 £65,000 - 53
London +93 82 £75,000 -16.67% 30
Work from Home +47 68 £65,000 - 42
Midlands +48 28 £72,500 +74.70% 15
West Midlands +48 23 £72,500 +11.54% 14
North of England +21 21 £65,000 +4.00% 14
North West +53 17 £65,000 +6.12% 4
South East -6 16 £65,000 - 13
Scotland +13 14 £57,250 -21.03%
East of England +22 7 £55,000 -18.52% 4
South West +31 6 £53,750 -10.42% 4
East Midlands +13 5 £77,500 +96.20% 1
Yorkshire -11 4 £82,500 +29.92% 8
Wales - 1 £50,000 - 4

API Management
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 (6.95%) Apache Solr
2 9 (4.81%) Appian
3 8 (4.28%) SharePoint
4 6 (3.21%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (3.21%) CMS
5 5 (2.67%) Apache
6 4 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.60%) Anypoint
7 3 (1.60%) BizTalk Server
7 3 (1.60%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.53%) Confluence
8 1 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 23 (12.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (8.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (2.14%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 137 (73.26%) Azure
2 59 (31.55%) Azure Logic Apps
3 47 (25.13%) Power Platform
4 43 (22.99%) Azure DevOps
5 36 (19.25%) AWS
6 34 (18.18%) Azure Service Bus
7 31 (16.58%) PaaS
7 31 (16.58%) Power Automate
8 29 (15.51%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (14.44%) PowerApps
10 26 (13.90%) GitHub
11 24 (12.83%) Serverless
12 23 (12.30%) GitHub Actions
13 21 (11.23%) Azure Event Grid
14 19 (10.16%) Azure Monitor
14 19 (10.16%) IaaS
15 18 (9.63%) Azure Data Factory
16 17 (9.09%) SaaS
17 16 (8.56%) Azure AKS
18 15 (8.02%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.67%) VPN
2 3 (1.60%) BGP
2 3 (1.60%) Firewall
2 3 (1.60%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.60%) VLAN
3 2 (1.07%) DNS
4 1 (0.53%) DHCP
4 1 (0.53%) IPv4
4 1 (0.53%) IPv6
4 1 (0.53%) LAN
4 1 (0.53%) MPLS
4 1 (0.53%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (14.97%) Power BI
2 16 (8.56%) SQL Server
3 13 (6.95%) Elasticsearch
3 13 (6.95%) MySQL
4 8 (4.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (4.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (3.74%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.67%) Airbyte
7 3 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.60%) Metadata
8 2 (1.07%) SAP Data Services
9 1 (0.53%) Big Data
9 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.53%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.53%) Redis
Development Applications
1 34 (18.18%) Git
2 21 (11.23%) Visual Studio
3 6 (3.21%) Robot Framework
3 6 (3.21%) Selenium
3 6 (3.21%) Snyk
4 5 (2.67%) JIRA
5 2 (1.07%) MSTest
5 2 (1.07%) NUnit
6 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.53%) Postman
6 1 (0.53%) SonarQube
General
1 56 (29.95%) Social Skills
2 48 (25.67%) Finance
3 34 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.42%) Law
5 10 (5.35%) Banking
6 9 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (4.28%) Retail
8 7 (3.74%) Health Technology
9 6 (3.21%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (3.21%) Legal
9 6 (3.21%) Marketing
10 4 (2.14%) Back Office
10 4 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.60%) Financial Institution
11 3 (1.60%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.07%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.53%) Advertising
13 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.53%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 54 (28.88%) Architect
2 46 (24.60%) Developer
3 33 (17.65%) Lead
4 22 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
5 21 (11.23%) Integration Developer
6 13 (6.95%) Azure Architect
7 12 (6.42%) Integration Manager
7 12 (6.42%) Senior
8 11 (5.88%) SAP Developer
8 11 (5.88%) Technical Architect
9 9 (4.81%) DevOps Engineer
10 8 (4.28%) Applications Architect
10 8 (4.28%) Development Engineer
10 8 (4.28%) Development Support Engineer
10 8 (4.28%) Integration Engineer
10 8 (4.28%) Lead Architect
10 8 (4.28%) Support Engineer
11 7 (3.74%) Delivery Manager
11 7 (3.74%) Technical Manager
11 7 (3.74%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (25.67%) REST
2 36 (19.25%) SOAP
3 28 (14.97%) RESTful
4 25 (13.37%) OAuth
5 19 (10.16%) Web Services
6 18 (9.63%) Middleware
7 15 (8.02%) JSON
8 13 (6.95%) OAuth2
9 12 (6.42%) .NET
9 12 (6.42%) Node.js
10 11 (5.88%) BAPI
10 11 (5.88%) IBM Integration Bus
10 11 (5.88%) JMS
10 11 (5.88%) SAML
11 9 (4.81%) AngularJS
11 9 (4.81%) React
12 7 (3.74%) FHIR
12 7 (3.74%) Kafka
12 7 (3.74%) Vue
13 6 (3.21%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 34 (18.18%) Cloud Native
2 27 (14.44%) Enterprise Software
3 19 (10.16%) Management Information System
4 18 (9.63%) Low-Code
5 10 (5.35%) Product Ownership
6 8 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (3.74%) NHS
8 6 (3.21%) IoT
9 4 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.14%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.60%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.60%) Enterprise Cloud
11 2 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.07%) Marketing Technology
12 1 (0.53%) Algorithms
12 1 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.53%) AS400
12 1 (0.53%) Clustering
12 1 (0.53%) iSeries
12 1 (0.53%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.63%) Linux
1 18 (9.63%) Windows
2 14 (7.49%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.53%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (54.55%) CI/CD
2 86 (45.99%) Agile
3 83 (44.39%) DevOps
4 47 (25.13%) AI
5 38 (20.32%) Migration
6 36 (19.25%) Test Automation
7 35 (18.72%) Scrum
8 34 (18.18%) CRM
9 33 (17.65%) Infrastructure as Code
10 32 (17.11%) Enterprise Architecture
10 32 (17.11%) Technical Leadership
11 31 (16.58%) Problem-Solving
11 31 (16.58%) Roadmaps
12 30 (16.04%) Architectural Patterns
13 29 (15.51%) Microservices
14 28 (14.97%) Integration Patterns
15 27 (14.44%) Event-Driven
15 27 (14.44%) Machine Learning
15 27 (14.44%) SDLC
16 26 (13.90%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 38 (20.32%) Python
2 30 (16.04%) SQL
3 27 (14.44%) JavaScript
4 20 (10.70%) Bicep
5 18 (9.63%) C#
6 11 (5.88%) Java
7 9 (4.81%) PowerShell
8 7 (3.74%) ABAP
8 7 (3.74%) PHP
9 6 (3.21%) Go
10 5 (2.67%) Bash
11 3 (1.60%) Groovy
11 3 (1.60%) Lua
12 2 (1.07%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.53%) DataWeave
13 1 (0.53%) Perl
13 1 (0.53%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (6.95%) Security Cleared
2 12 (6.42%) Degree
2 12 (6.42%) TOGAF Certification
3 10 (5.35%) Azure Certification
4 7 (3.74%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.60%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.07%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.53%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.53%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.49%) GDPR
2 13 (6.95%) QA
3 9 (4.81%) SLA
4 7 (3.74%) HL7
5 3 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.60%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.60%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.53%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.53%) IFRS
6 1 (0.53%) NIST
System Software
1 24 (12.83%) Docker
2 5 (2.67%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.07%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.53%) vCloud
5 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 35 (18.72%) Terraform
2 15 (8.02%) Ansible
3 7 (3.74%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.60%) logstash
4 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.53%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.53%) Grafana
5 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 69 (36.90%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.09%) Oracle
2 17 (9.09%) SAP
3 13 (6.95%) IBM
4 12 (6.42%) Ab Initio
4 12 (6.42%) Informatica
5 10 (5.35%) Databricks
6 9 (4.81%) MuleSoft
7 8 (4.28%) VMware
8 6 (3.21%) BiZZdesign
8 6 (3.21%) Black Duck
8 6 (3.21%) Blue Prism
8 6 (3.21%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (3.21%) Fortinet
8 6 (3.21%) Palo Alto
8 6 (3.21%) UiPath
9 5 (2.67%) Coverity
9 5 (2.67%) webMethods
10 4 (2.14%) Google
10 4 (2.14%) HubSpot