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 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 448 504 517
Rank change year-on-year +56 +13 +176
Permanent jobs citing API Management 189 209 193
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.38% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.42% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 119 129 160
10th Percentile £46,650 £47,500 £48,050
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,225 £66,778
Median % change year-on-year +7.85% +0.67% -10.96%
75th Percentile £82,071 £85,000 £82,813
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,695 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%

All Process & 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 48,456 49,466 47,350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.78% 90.03% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 28,392 24,433 36,177
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 2 January 2026.

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 2 January 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 +30 164 £73,750 +7.27% 54
London +80 90 £75,000 -16.67% 25
UK excluding London +5 88 £65,000 - 40
Work from Home +40 73 £65,766 +1.18% 22
Midlands +39 32 £72,500 -3.33% 7
West Midlands +41 28 £72,500 +11.54% 6
Scotland +11 16 £57,250 -21.03% 6
North of England +5 16 £70,383 +17.31% 5
North West +39 12 £65,383 +6.75% 1
South East -30 11 £65,000 - 14
East of England +25 6 £55,000 -18.52% 3
South West +18 5 £42,500 -29.17% 5
Yorkshire -12 4 £82,500 +32.00% 4
East Midlands -13 4 £77,500 -
Wales - 2 £51,250 -

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 10 (5.29%) Apache Solr
2 9 (4.76%) Appian
3 8 (4.23%) SharePoint
4 6 (3.17%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (2.65%) Apache
6 4 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.59%) Anypoint
7 3 (1.59%) BizTalk Server
7 3 (1.59%) CMS
7 3 (1.59%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (1.06%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 23 (12.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (8.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (2.12%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (1.06%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.06%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.06%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 137 (72.49%) Azure
2 63 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
3 47 (24.87%) Azure DevOps
3 47 (24.87%) Power Platform
4 35 (18.52%) Azure Service Bus
5 32 (16.93%) PaaS
6 31 (16.40%) AWS
7 30 (15.87%) Power Automate
8 28 (14.81%) Serverless
9 27 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (14.29%) GitHub
9 27 (14.29%) PowerApps
10 26 (13.76%) Azure Event Grid
11 25 (13.23%) Azure Monitor
12 24 (12.70%) GitHub Actions
13 20 (10.58%) IaaS
14 19 (10.05%) SaaS
15 18 (9.52%) Azure Data Factory
16 17 (8.99%) Azure AKS
17 16 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.65%) VPN
2 3 (1.59%) BGP
2 3 (1.59%) Firewall
2 3 (1.59%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.59%) VLAN
3 2 (1.06%) 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 27 (14.29%) Power BI
2 16 (8.47%) SQL Server
3 10 (5.29%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (5.29%) MySQL
4 9 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (4.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (3.70%) NoSQL
7 5 (2.65%) Airbyte
8 3 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.59%) Metadata
9 2 (1.06%) SAP Data Services
10 1 (0.53%) Big Data
10 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.53%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.53%) Redis
Development Applications
1 31 (16.40%) Git
2 23 (12.17%) Visual Studio
3 6 (3.17%) Robot Framework
3 6 (3.17%) Selenium
3 6 (3.17%) Snyk
4 2 (1.06%) JIRA
4 2 (1.06%) MSTest
4 2 (1.06%) NUnit
4 2 (1.06%) Postman
5 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.53%) SonarQube
General
1 54 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 53 (28.04%) Finance
3 33 (17.46%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.82%) Law
5 9 (4.76%) Banking
5 9 (4.76%) Retail
6 7 (3.70%) Health Technology
6 7 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.70%) Legal
7 5 (2.65%) Back Office
7 5 (2.65%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.65%) Marketing
7 5 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.06%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.06%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.06%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.53%) Advertising
10 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (29.10%) Architect
2 46 (24.34%) Developer
3 35 (18.52%) Lead
4 21 (11.11%) Integration Developer
5 20 (10.58%) Solutions Architect
6 13 (6.88%) SAP Developer
7 12 (6.35%) Integration Manager
8 11 (5.82%) Azure Architect
8 11 (5.82%) Support Engineer
8 11 (5.82%) Technical Architect
9 10 (5.29%) Integration Engineer
10 8 (4.23%) Applications Architect
10 8 (4.23%) Development Engineer
10 8 (4.23%) Development Support Engineer
10 8 (4.23%) Integration Specialist
10 8 (4.23%) Lead Architect
11 7 (3.70%) Backend Developer
11 7 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
11 7 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (3.70%) Lead Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (27.51%) REST
2 36 (19.05%) SOAP
3 30 (15.87%) OAuth
4 25 (13.23%) RESTful
5 21 (11.11%) Middleware
6 19 (10.05%) JSON
6 19 (10.05%) Web Services
7 15 (7.94%) SAML
8 14 (7.41%) OAuth2
9 13 (6.88%) BAPI
9 13 (6.88%) IBM Integration Bus
9 13 (6.88%) JMS
10 12 (6.35%) .NET
11 11 (5.82%) Node.js
12 9 (4.76%) AngularJS
12 9 (4.76%) React
13 7 (3.70%) FHIR
13 7 (3.70%) Vue
14 6 (3.17%) .NET Core
14 6 (3.17%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 36 (19.05%) Cloud Native
2 31 (16.40%) Enterprise Software
3 17 (8.99%) Low-Code
4 16 (8.47%) Management Information System
5 10 (5.29%) Product Ownership
6 8 (4.23%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (3.70%) NHS
8 6 (3.17%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (3.17%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (3.17%) IoT
9 5 (2.65%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.59%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.06%) Blog
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%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.05%) Windows
2 16 (8.47%) Linux
3 11 (5.82%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.53%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (52.91%) CI/CD
2 86 (45.50%) DevOps
3 78 (41.27%) Agile
4 42 (22.22%) AI
4 42 (22.22%) Migration
5 40 (21.16%) Infrastructure as Code
6 38 (20.11%) Test Automation
7 35 (18.52%) CRM
7 35 (18.52%) Microservices
7 35 (18.52%) Scrum
7 35 (18.52%) Technical Leadership
8 33 (17.46%) Enterprise Architecture
8 33 (17.46%) Event-Driven
8 33 (17.46%) Integration Patterns
8 33 (17.46%) Roadmaps
9 32 (16.93%) Analytics
9 32 (16.93%) Architectural Patterns
9 32 (16.93%) Problem-Solving
10 31 (16.40%) Data Pipeline
10 31 (16.40%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 30 (15.87%) Python
1 30 (15.87%) SQL
2 25 (13.23%) Bicep
2 25 (13.23%) JavaScript
3 18 (9.52%) C#
4 12 (6.35%) Java
5 9 (4.76%) PHP
6 8 (4.23%) PowerShell
7 7 (3.70%) ABAP
8 4 (2.12%) Bash
9 3 (1.59%) Go
9 3 (1.59%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.06%) Groovy
10 2 (1.06%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.53%) Korn
11 1 (0.53%) Perl
Qualifications
1 13 (6.88%) Azure Certification
1 13 (6.88%) Degree
1 13 (6.88%) Security Cleared
2 10 (5.29%) TOGAF Certification
3 7 (3.70%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.59%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.59%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.53%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.47%) GDPR
2 13 (6.88%) QA
3 9 (4.76%) SLA
4 7 (3.70%) HL7
5 5 (2.65%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.65%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.06%) IFRS
8 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.53%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.53%) NIST
System Software
1 23 (12.17%) Docker
2 6 (3.17%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.06%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.53%) vCloud
5 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 42 (22.22%) Terraform
2 15 (7.94%) Ansible
3 12 (6.35%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.12%) Grafana
4 4 (2.12%) logstash
5 3 (1.59%) Kibana
5 3 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.53%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
6 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 64 (33.86%) Microsoft
2 19 (10.05%) Oracle
3 18 (9.52%) SAP
4 15 (7.94%) IBM
5 14 (7.41%) Ab Initio
6 10 (5.29%) Informatica
7 8 (4.23%) VMware
8 6 (3.17%) BiZZdesign
8 6 (3.17%) Black Duck
8 6 (3.17%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (3.17%) Databricks
8 6 (3.17%) Fortinet
8 6 (3.17%) MuleSoft
8 6 (3.17%) Palo Alto
8 6 (3.17%) UiPath
9 5 (2.65%) Blue Prism
9 5 (2.65%) Coverity
9 5 (2.65%) webMethods
10 4 (2.12%) Google
10 4 (2.12%) HubSpot