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 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 460 517 499
Rank change year-on-year +57 -18 +190
Permanent jobs citing API Management 187 213 192
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.32% 0.38% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.42% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 116 133 161
10th Percentile £46,500 £47,500 £48,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,225 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.13% -0.41% -10.00%
75th Percentile £81,348 £82,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £63,250
% change year-on-year - +2.77% -2.69%

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 48,853 50,492 45,409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.70% 89.69% 93.72%
Number of salaries quoted 28,653 25,437 34,822
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,000
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% - -2.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,979 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.95% +4.76% -2.78%

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 21 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 21 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 +53 162 £72,500 +3.57% 28
UK excluding London +19 91 £65,000 - 24
London +85 85 £75,000 -16.67% 11
Work from Home +28 71 £63,750 -1.92% 14
Midlands +32 31 £72,500 +31.82% 10
West Midlands +47 27 £72,500 +31.82% 10
North of England +6 18 £65,766 +5.23% 3
Scotland +16 16 £57,250 -21.03%
North West +43 14 £65,000 +6.12%
South East -15 13 £65,000 - 9
East of England +15 6 £55,000 -18.52%
South West +15 5 £42,500 -29.17% 1
East Midlands -9 4 £77,500 +86.75%
Yorkshire -9 4 £82,500 +29.92% 3
Wales - 2 £51,250 - 1

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 (5.35%) Apache Solr
2 9 (4.81%) Appian
3 8 (4.28%) SharePoint
4 6 (3.21%) Apache Airflow
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%) CMS
7 3 (1.60%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (1.07%) 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 (12.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (8.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (2.14%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (1.07%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.07%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.07%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 139 (74.33%) Azure
2 63 (33.69%) Azure Logic Apps
3 47 (25.13%) Azure DevOps
3 47 (25.13%) Power Platform
4 36 (19.25%) Azure Service Bus
5 33 (17.65%) AWS
6 32 (17.11%) PaaS
7 30 (16.04%) Power Automate
8 29 (15.51%) Dynamics 365
8 29 (15.51%) GitHub
9 27 (14.44%) PowerApps
10 26 (13.90%) GitHub Actions
10 26 (13.90%) Serverless
11 24 (12.83%) Azure Event Grid
12 22 (11.76%) Azure Monitor
13 20 (10.70%) Azure Data Factory
13 20 (10.70%) IaaS
14 19 (10.16%) SaaS
15 17 (9.09%) Azure AKS
16 16 (8.56%) 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 27 (14.44%) Power BI
2 16 (8.56%) SQL Server
3 10 (5.35%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (5.35%) MySQL
4 9 (4.81%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (4.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (3.74%) NoSQL
7 5 (2.67%) Airbyte
8 3 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.60%) Metadata
9 2 (1.07%) 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 (16.58%) Git
2 21 (11.23%) Visual Studio
3 6 (3.21%) Robot Framework
3 6 (3.21%) Selenium
3 6 (3.21%) Snyk
4 4 (2.14%) JIRA
5 2 (1.07%) MSTest
5 2 (1.07%) NUnit
6 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.53%) SonarQube
General
1 55 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 51 (27.27%) Finance
3 33 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.88%) Law
5 10 (5.35%) Retail
6 9 (4.81%) Banking
7 7 (3.74%) Health Technology
7 7 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.74%) Legal
8 6 (3.21%) Marketing
9 5 (2.67%) Back Office
9 5 (2.67%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.07%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.07%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.53%) Advertising
11 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (29.41%) Architect
2 44 (23.53%) Developer
3 33 (17.65%) Lead
4 22 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
5 19 (10.16%) Integration Developer
6 13 (6.95%) Integration Manager
7 12 (6.42%) Azure Architect
8 11 (5.88%) SAP Developer
8 11 (5.88%) Technical Architect
9 10 (5.35%) Integration Engineer
10 9 (4.81%) Senior
10 9 (4.81%) Support Engineer
11 8 (4.28%) Applications Architect
11 8 (4.28%) Development Engineer
11 8 (4.28%) Development Support Engineer
11 8 (4.28%) Lead Architect
12 7 (3.74%) Azure Engineer
12 7 (3.74%) DevOps Engineer
12 7 (3.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (3.74%) Lead Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (26.20%) REST
2 34 (18.18%) SOAP
3 26 (13.90%) OAuth
4 25 (13.37%) RESTful
5 19 (10.16%) Middleware
5 19 (10.16%) Web Services
6 17 (9.09%) JSON
7 14 (7.49%) OAuth2
8 11 (5.88%) BAPI
8 11 (5.88%) IBM Integration Bus
8 11 (5.88%) JMS
8 11 (5.88%) Node.js
8 11 (5.88%) SAML
9 10 (5.35%) .NET
10 9 (4.81%) AngularJS
10 9 (4.81%) React
11 7 (3.74%) FHIR
11 7 (3.74%) Vue
12 6 (3.21%) Apache NiFi
12 6 (3.21%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 36 (19.25%) Cloud Native
2 29 (15.51%) Enterprise Software
3 17 (9.09%) Low-Code
3 17 (9.09%) Management Information System
4 10 (5.35%) Product Ownership
5 8 (4.28%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.74%) NHS
7 6 (3.21%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (3.21%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (3.21%) IoT
8 5 (2.67%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.60%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.07%) Blog
10 2 (1.07%) Marketing Technology
11 1 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.53%) AS400
11 1 (0.53%) iSeries
11 1 (0.53%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.53%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.09%) Windows
2 16 (8.56%) Linux
3 11 (5.88%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.53%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (51.87%) CI/CD
2 84 (44.92%) DevOps
3 83 (44.39%) Agile
4 42 (22.46%) AI
5 40 (21.39%) Test Automation
6 39 (20.86%) Migration
7 38 (20.32%) Infrastructure as Code
8 36 (19.25%) Scrum
9 35 (18.72%) CRM
9 35 (18.72%) Technical Leadership
10 34 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
11 33 (17.65%) Integration Patterns
11 33 (17.65%) Roadmaps
12 32 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
13 31 (16.58%) Event-Driven
14 30 (16.04%) Architectural Patterns
14 30 (16.04%) Microservices
15 29 (15.51%) Data Integration
15 29 (15.51%) Data Pipeline
15 29 (15.51%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 33 (17.65%) Python
2 30 (16.04%) SQL
3 23 (12.30%) Bicep
3 23 (12.30%) JavaScript
4 16 (8.56%) C#
5 11 (5.88%) Java
6 9 (4.81%) PowerShell
7 7 (3.74%) ABAP
7 7 (3.74%) PHP
8 5 (2.67%) Bash
9 3 (1.60%) Go
9 3 (1.60%) Groovy
9 3 (1.60%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.07%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.53%) Korn
11 1 (0.53%) Perl
Qualifications
1 14 (7.49%) Degree
2 13 (6.95%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.88%) Azure Certification
3 11 (5.88%) TOGAF Certification
4 7 (3.74%) SC Cleared
5 6 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.60%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.60%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.53%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.56%) GDPR
2 15 (8.02%) QA
3 9 (4.81%) SLA
4 7 (3.74%) HL7
5 5 (2.67%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.67%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.07%) IFRS
8 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.53%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.53%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (10.70%) Docker
2 6 (3.21%) 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 40 (21.39%) Terraform
2 15 (8.02%) Ansible
3 8 (4.28%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.14%) logstash
5 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.07%) Grafana
7 1 (0.53%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.53%) Kibana
7 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 65 (34.76%) Microsoft
2 19 (10.16%) Oracle
3 17 (9.09%) SAP
4 14 (7.49%) Ab Initio
5 13 (6.95%) IBM
6 12 (6.42%) Informatica
7 8 (4.28%) Databricks
7 8 (4.28%) VMware
8 6 (3.21%) BiZZdesign
8 6 (3.21%) Black Duck
8 6 (3.21%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (3.21%) Fortinet
8 6 (3.21%) MuleSoft
8 6 (3.21%) Palo Alto
8 6 (3.21%) UiPath
9 5 (2.67%) Blue Prism
9 5 (2.67%) Coverity
9 5 (2.67%) webMethods
10 4 (2.14%) HubSpot
11 3 (1.60%) Salesforce