API Management Jobs

API Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring API Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited API Management over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 543 586 627
Rank change year-on-year +43 +41 +237
Permanent jobs citing API Management 198 327 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.33% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.39% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 113 150 198
10th Percentile £51,850 £42,500 £44,362
25th Percentile £60,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £104,000 £110,000 £117,236
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -14.29%

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 53,944 82,826 80,895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 89.68% 82.49% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 28,417 56,101 51,969
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%
75th Percentile £73,886 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

API Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing API Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for API Management in the UK

API Management
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing API Management.

Salary trend for API Management in the UK

API Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Management over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

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 17 July 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 +39 185 £67,500 -10.00% 93
UK excluding London +79 137 £65,000 +8.33% 64
Work from Home +113 100 £70,000 -3.45% 52
London +57 50 £78,750 -7.35% 48
Midlands +99 41 £75,000 +55.44% 11
South East +9 41 £65,000 -13.33% 19
North of England +18 27 £65,000 +18.18% 11
West Midlands +74 25 £75,000 -16.67% 9
North West -24 21 £65,000 +18.18% 8
South West +103 16 £71,991 +69.39% 5
East Midlands +52 16 £77,500 +96.20% 2
East of England +29 7 £63,000 +5.00% 4
Yorkshire +39 6 £70,569 +12.91% 2
Scotland +92 5 £65,000 -35.00% 8

API Management
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 (6.57%) CMS
2 9 (4.55%) Apache Solr
3 8 (4.04%) Apache Airflow
3 8 (4.04%) Appian
4 6 (3.03%) SharePoint
5 5 (2.53%) Apache Spark
6 3 (1.52%) Apache
6 3 (1.52%) SAS
7 2 (1.01%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.51%) Mule
Business Applications
1 16 (8.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (4.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (2.53%) NetSuite
4 3 (1.52%) Elite 3E
5 2 (1.01%) Carpe Diem
Cloud Services
1 141 (71.21%) Azure
2 59 (29.80%) Azure DevOps
3 52 (26.26%) AWS
3 52 (26.26%) Azure Service Bus
3 52 (26.26%) Power Platform
4 33 (16.67%) Azure Logic Apps
5 29 (14.65%) Azure API Management
5 29 (14.65%) Power Automate
6 26 (13.13%) Azure Monitor
6 26 (13.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 25 (12.63%) PaaS
8 19 (9.60%) Azure Key Vault
8 19 (9.60%) Entra ID
8 19 (9.60%) Serverless
9 18 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
9 18 (9.09%) IaaS
9 18 (9.09%) SaaS
10 16 (8.08%) Apigee
10 16 (8.08%) Azure AI
10 16 (8.08%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.59%) Firewall
2 16 (8.08%) DNS
2 16 (8.08%) SD-WAN
2 16 (8.08%) VPN
2 16 (8.08%) WAN
3 2 (1.01%) HTTP
4 1 (0.51%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (15.15%) Power BI
2 25 (12.63%) MySQL
3 21 (10.61%) Data Lake
4 12 (6.06%) Elasticsearch
5 11 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (4.55%) SQL Server
7 7 (3.54%) NoSQL
8 5 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
9 4 (2.02%) MongoDB
9 4 (2.02%) Relational Database
9 4 (2.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (1.52%) Airbyte
10 3 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (1.01%) Big Data
12 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.51%) Oracle Database
12 1 (0.51%) Parquet
12 1 (0.51%) SSDT
12 1 (0.51%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 31 (15.66%) Git
2 9 (4.55%) Selenium
2 9 (4.55%) Snyk
3 8 (4.04%) Jenkins
3 8 (4.04%) Robot Framework
4 6 (3.03%) Postman
5 5 (2.53%) Visual Studio
6 4 (2.02%) Fiddler
6 4 (2.02%) GitLab
6 4 (2.02%) TeamCity
7 3 (1.52%) JIRA
8 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
General
1 63 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 36 (18.18%) Finance
3 34 (17.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 27 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (12.12%) Banking
6 20 (10.10%) Public Sector
7 16 (8.08%) Law
8 7 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.02%) Legal
9 4 (2.02%) Retail
10 2 (1.01%) Back Office
11 1 (0.51%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.51%) Electronics
11 1 (0.51%) Games
11 1 (0.51%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.51%) Marketing
11 1 (0.51%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.51%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 69 (34.85%) Architect
2 37 (18.69%) Developer
3 28 (14.14%) Solutions Architect
4 25 (12.63%) Software Engineer
5 24 (12.12%) Senior
6 21 (10.61%) Cloud Architect
7 20 (10.10%) Lead
8 19 (9.60%) Integration Developer
9 18 (9.09%) Consultant
10 16 (8.08%) Integration Consultant
11 15 (7.58%) Oracle Consultant
11 15 (7.58%) Oracle Technical Consultant
11 15 (7.58%) Technical Consultant
12 10 (5.05%) DevOps Engineer
12 10 (5.05%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 10 (5.05%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
12 10 (5.05%) Web Manager
13 9 (4.55%) Data Engineer
14 8 (4.04%) Applications Architect
14 8 (4.04%) SAP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (25.25%) .NET
2 37 (18.69%) REST
3 33 (16.67%) Middleware
4 24 (12.12%) SOAP
5 23 (11.62%) RESTful
6 20 (10.10%) Web Services
7 15 (7.58%) JSON
8 14 (7.07%) React
8 14 (7.07%) Swagger
9 13 (6.57%) .NET Core
9 13 (6.57%) OAuth
10 11 (5.56%) React Native
11 10 (5.05%) SAML
12 9 (4.55%) BAPI
12 9 (4.55%) HTML
12 9 (4.55%) IBM Integration Bus
12 9 (4.55%) JMS
12 9 (4.55%) Kafka
12 9 (4.55%) OpenAPI
13 8 (4.04%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 25 (12.63%) Cloud Native
2 22 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 17 (8.59%) Enterprise Software
4 16 (8.08%) Data Centre
4 16 (8.08%) NHS
5 15 (7.58%) e-Learning
5 15 (7.58%) Hybrid Cloud
6 14 (7.07%) Product Ownership
7 11 (5.56%) Low-Code
8 8 (4.04%) Data Structures
9 6 (3.03%) DataPower
10 5 (2.53%) IoT
11 3 (1.52%) AS400
11 3 (1.52%) Credit Risk
11 3 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (1.52%) Market Risk
12 2 (1.01%) Marketing Technology
13 1 (0.51%) Legacy Applications
13 1 (0.51%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.56%) Windows
2 9 (4.55%) Linux
2 9 (4.55%) Windows Server
3 8 (4.04%) Android
3 8 (4.04%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (53.03%) Agile
2 95 (47.98%) CI/CD
3 79 (39.90%) DevOps
4 57 (28.79%) Artificial Intelligence
5 47 (23.74%) Software Engineering
6 41 (20.71%) Migration
7 39 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (19.19%) Data Integration
9 36 (18.18%) Microservices
10 33 (16.67%) Containerisation
11 32 (16.16%) Roadmaps
12 31 (15.66%) Infrastructure as Code
13 30 (15.15%) B2B
14 28 (14.14%) Analytics
15 27 (13.64%) SDLC
16 25 (12.63%) Continuous Improvement
16 25 (12.63%) TOGAF
17 23 (11.62%) Mentoring
18 22 (11.11%) Use Case
19 21 (10.61%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 74 (37.37%) SQL
2 51 (25.76%) C#
3 47 (23.74%) Python
4 24 (12.12%) Java
4 24 (12.12%) PowerShell
5 23 (11.62%) JavaScript
6 20 (10.10%) Bicep
7 10 (5.05%) Go
8 9 (4.55%) Lua
9 7 (3.54%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.52%) Bash
10 3 (1.52%) R
11 2 (1.01%) PHP
12 1 (0.51%) ABAP
12 1 (0.51%) DataWeave
12 1 (0.51%) Groovy
12 1 (0.51%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (10.10%) Azure Certification
2 17 (8.59%) DBS Check
3 14 (7.07%) Degree
4 11 (5.56%) Security Cleared
5 9 (4.55%) TOGAF Certification
6 7 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (3.54%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.53%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.53%) SAP Certification
8 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.02%) SC Cleared
9 2 (1.01%) AWS Certification
9 2 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.51%) PhD
10 1 (0.51%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.55%) QA
2 5 (2.53%) GDPR
3 3 (1.52%) Basel II
3 3 (1.52%) Basel III
3 3 (1.52%) Dodd-Frank
3 3 (1.52%) IFRS
3 3 (1.52%) IFRS 9
3 3 (1.52%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.01%) NIST
4 2 (1.01%) SOC 2
System Software
1 20 (10.10%) Docker
2 18 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (8.08%) Single Sign-On
2 9 (4.55%) Terraform
3 8 (4.04%) Ansible
3 8 (4.04%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.51%) Grafana
4 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 72 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 43 (21.72%) Databricks
3 31 (15.66%) IBM
4 21 (10.61%) Oracle
5 20 (10.10%) SAP
6 16 (8.08%) Meraki
7 15 (7.58%) Red Hat
8 11 (5.56%) MuleSoft
9 9 (4.55%) Google
9 9 (4.55%) MKS
9 9 (4.55%) VMware
10 8 (4.04%) Apple
10 8 (4.04%) BiZZdesign
10 8 (4.04%) Black Duck
10 8 (4.04%) UiPath
11 4 (2.02%) Blue Prism
11 4 (2.02%) Workday
12 3 (1.52%) Atlassian
12 3 (1.52%) Coverity
12 3 (1.52%) Intapp