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 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 586 503 561
Rank change year-on-year -83 +58 +15
Permanent jobs citing API Management 178 187 293
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.18% 0.38% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.42% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 126 104 128
10th Percentile £52,500 £50,375 £42,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £57,750 £52,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £67,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £90,000 £88,125 £95,000
90th Percentile - £105,000 £110,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £57,750
% change year-on-year +3.85% +12.55% -3.75%

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 74,263 44,137 73,415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.70% 89.84% 81.67%
Number of salaries quoted 51,228 24,998 49,763
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

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 25 July 2026.

Salary histogram for API Management in the UK

API Management
Top 14 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 25 July 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 -82 170 £80,000 +16.36% 62
UK excluding London -110 97 £67,500 +3.85% 36
London -13 71 £85,000 +17.24% 32
Work from Home -43 60 £71,250 +0.36% 22
South East -43 32 £57,500 -11.54% 17
Midlands -55 24 £85,000 +13.33% 2
West Midlands -27 22 £85,000 +13.33% 2
South West -62 16 £60,000 -16.66% 4
East of England -6 12 £80,000 +26.98% 1
North of England -44 11 £82,500 +26.92% 11
North West -21 10 £84,000 +29.23% 6
Scotland +15 2 £67,500 +3.85%
East Midlands -45 2 £77,500 -
Yorkshire -40 1 £82,500 +77.42% 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 17 (9.55%) Confluence
2 14 (7.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (5.62%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.12%) Cloud Foundry
Applications
1 10 (5.62%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (7.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (3.93%) Carpe Diem
2 7 (3.93%) Elite 3E
3 3 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.56%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 155 (87.08%) Azure
2 60 (33.71%) Azure Logic Apps
3 57 (32.02%) Azure DevOps
3 57 (32.02%) Serverless
4 55 (30.90%) Azure Service Bus
5 49 (27.53%) Power Platform
6 45 (25.28%) Azure Functions
7 44 (24.72%) PaaS
8 29 (16.29%) Azure Monitor
9 25 (14.04%) Azure Event Grid
10 23 (12.92%) AWS
11 22 (12.36%) Power Automate
12 21 (11.80%) Azure API Management
12 21 (11.80%) Azure Key Vault
12 21 (11.80%) Dynamics 365
12 21 (11.80%) GitHub
13 19 (10.67%) Entra ID
13 19 (10.67%) Microsoft 365
13 19 (10.67%) PowerApps
14 18 (10.11%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.87%) Firewall
2 13 (7.30%) VPN
3 6 (3.37%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (2.25%) WAN
5 2 (1.12%) DNS
5 2 (1.12%) Network Security
6 1 (0.56%) BGP
6 1 (0.56%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.56%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (21.91%) Azure SQL Database
2 25 (14.04%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (12.36%) Power BI
4 16 (8.99%) SQL Server
5 15 (8.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 10 (5.62%) Db2
6 10 (5.62%) DTS
7 6 (3.37%) DynamoDB
7 6 (3.37%) Relational Database
8 5 (2.81%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.69%) NoSQL
10 2 (1.12%) Delta Lake
10 2 (1.12%) InfluxDB
10 2 (1.12%) Metadata
11 1 (0.56%) MySQL
11 1 (0.56%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 47 (26.40%) Git
2 12 (6.74%) GitLab
3 7 (3.93%) JIRA
4 5 (2.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 5 (2.81%) Bitbucket
4 5 (2.81%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.69%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (1.12%) git-flow
6 2 (1.12%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.12%) JUnit
6 2 (1.12%) MSI
6 2 (1.12%) NUnit
6 2 (1.12%) Postman
6 2 (1.12%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.56%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.56%) Selenium
7 1 (0.56%) Snyk
7 1 (0.56%) SonarQube
General
1 79 (44.38%) Social Skills
2 53 (29.78%) Finance
3 22 (12.36%) Law
4 18 (10.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (8.99%) Legal
6 13 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (7.30%) Telecoms
7 7 (3.93%) Banking
8 6 (3.37%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.25%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.12%) Back Office
10 2 (1.12%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.12%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.12%) Retail
11 1 (0.56%) Advertising
11 1 (0.56%) Billing
11 1 (0.56%) Marketing
11 1 (0.56%) Military
11 1 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (23.03%) Architect
2 29 (16.29%) Azure Engineer
3 27 (15.17%) Lead
4 26 (14.61%) Developer
5 25 (14.04%) Senior
6 23 (12.92%) Solutions Architect
7 17 (9.55%) DevOps Engineer
8 15 (8.43%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 13 (7.30%) Analyst
9 13 (7.30%) Integration Engineer
10 12 (6.74%) Applications Engineer
10 12 (6.74%) Infrastructure Analyst
10 12 (6.74%) Software Developer
11 11 (6.18%) Automation Engineer
11 11 (6.18%) Network Engineer
11 11 (6.18%) Telecoms Engineer
12 9 (5.06%) .NET Developer
12 9 (5.06%) .NET Software Developer
12 9 (5.06%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 9 (5.06%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (27.53%) .NET
2 32 (17.98%) REST
3 23 (12.92%) JSON
4 19 (10.67%) Node.js
4 19 (10.67%) YAML
5 18 (10.11%) Middleware
6 15 (8.43%) Spring
6 15 (8.43%) Spring Boot
7 13 (7.30%) OAuth
8 12 (6.74%) XML
9 11 (6.18%) Jinja
9 11 (6.18%) JWT
9 11 (6.18%) OAuth2
10 10 (5.62%) Kafka
10 10 (5.62%) SOAP
11 9 (5.06%) RESTful
12 8 (4.49%) React
13 7 (3.93%) GraphQL
14 6 (3.37%) Next.js
14 6 (3.37%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 40 (22.47%) Cloud Native
2 18 (10.11%) Legacy Systems
3 16 (8.99%) Product Ownership
4 13 (7.30%) Public Cloud
5 12 (6.74%) Podcast
5 12 (6.74%) Security Posture
5 12 (6.74%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (5.62%) EPoS
6 10 (5.62%) iSeries
7 8 (4.49%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (3.93%) Onboarding
9 6 (3.37%) AI Agents
10 5 (2.81%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (2.25%) Management Information System
12 3 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
13 2 (1.12%) Blog
13 2 (1.12%) Enterprise Cloud
13 2 (1.12%) IoT
13 2 (1.12%) Reference Data
14 1 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.43%) Windows
2 12 (6.74%) VMS
3 6 (3.37%) Linux
3 6 (3.37%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (54.49%) CI/CD
2 89 (50.00%) DevOps
3 70 (39.33%) Infrastructure as Code
4 60 (33.71%) Agile
5 51 (28.65%) Event-Driven
6 45 (25.28%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (24.16%) Roadmaps
8 39 (21.91%) Integration Patterns
9 35 (19.66%) AI
9 35 (19.66%) Microservices
10 32 (17.98%) Mentoring
11 31 (17.42%) Cloud Security
11 31 (17.42%) Observability
12 30 (16.85%) Computer Science
12 30 (16.85%) Containerisation
13 27 (15.17%) Continuous Improvement
14 26 (14.61%) Analytics
14 26 (14.61%) Performance Tuning
15 25 (14.04%) Technical Leadership
16 24 (13.48%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 75 (42.13%) SQL
2 54 (30.34%) C#
3 41 (23.03%) Python
4 21 (11.80%) PowerShell
5 19 (10.67%) Java
6 17 (9.55%) Bash
7 16 (8.99%) JavaScript
8 15 (8.43%) Bicep
9 12 (6.74%) Kusto Query Language
10 10 (5.62%) RPG
11 5 (2.81%) T-SQL
11 5 (2.81%) TypeScript
12 3 (1.69%) Go
13 2 (1.12%) X++
14 1 (0.56%) Lua
14 1 (0.56%) PHP
Qualifications
1 29 (16.29%) Azure Certification
2 24 (13.48%) Microsoft Certification
3 20 (11.24%) Degree
4 6 (3.37%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.81%) AWS Certification
5 5 (2.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 4 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.25%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (1.12%) CCSP
7 2 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.12%) CISSP
7 2 (1.12%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.56%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.56%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.56%) OCP
8 1 (0.56%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.43%) QA
2 12 (6.74%) GDPR
3 5 (2.81%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.69%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.12%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.56%) NIST
7 1 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (11.24%) Docker
2 19 (10.67%) Active Directory
3 12 (6.74%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (6.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (6.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 56 (31.46%) Terraform
2 17 (9.55%) Kubernetes
3 9 (5.06%) Grafana
4 7 (3.93%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.69%) Ansible
5 3 (1.69%) Scalr
6 2 (1.12%) Argo
7 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 87 (48.88%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.74%) Red Hat
2 12 (6.74%) ScienceLogic
2 12 (6.74%) VMware
3 11 (6.18%) Cisco
3 11 (6.18%) Oracle
4 10 (5.62%) IBM
5 7 (3.93%) Intapp
6 6 (3.37%) Concur
6 6 (3.37%) F5
6 6 (3.37%) Juniper
6 6 (3.37%) Palo Alto
7 5 (2.81%) Databricks
7 5 (2.81%) Google
7 5 (2.81%) Sage
7 5 (2.81%) Splunk
8 4 (2.25%) SAP
9 3 (1.69%) Aderant
9 3 (1.69%) iManage
9 3 (1.69%) Salesforce