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 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 493 490 591
Rank change year-on-year -3 +101 +89
Permanent jobs citing API Management 178 183 231
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.39% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.32% 0.42% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 101 131 171
10th Percentile £46,750 £47,500 £52,101
25th Percentile £57,299 £62,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £73,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -1.36% -2.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £66,113 £62,500
% change year-on-year -1.68% +5.78% -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 55,198 43,957 67,041
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.83% 93.01% 88.40%
Number of salaries quoted 33,132 22,050 51,588
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,125 £29,490
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 28 February 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 28 February 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 +17 159 £75,000 - 29
London +64 92 £81,250 -13.33% 13
UK excluding London -33 80 £65,000 -1.68% 21
Work from Home +36 75 £65,383 -9.50% 19
Midlands +8 29 £70,000 -6.67% 7
West Midlands +19 25 £70,000 -6.67% 5
Scotland -4 15 £65,000 -23.53%
North of England -10 15 £76,642 +9.49% 4
North West +2 11 £70,383 +22.41% 4
South East -47 11 £62,500 -3.85% 8
South West -13 5 £65,000 -9.71% 2
East of England +9 4 £49,000 -27.41%
Yorkshire -36 4 £82,500 +1.94%
East Midlands - 4 £77,500 - 2
Wales - 1 £52,500 -

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 (5.62%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.37%) Appian
2 6 (3.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.25%) Apache Solr
4 3 (1.69%) Anypoint
4 3 (1.69%) Apache
4 3 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.69%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (1.69%) Confluence
4 3 (1.69%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (1.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 17 (9.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (5.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (2.25%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (1.12%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.12%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 127 (71.35%) Azure
2 59 (33.15%) Azure Logic Apps
3 49 (27.53%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (22.47%) Power Platform
5 39 (21.91%) PaaS
6 34 (19.10%) Azure Service Bus
7 33 (18.54%) AWS
7 33 (18.54%) Azure Event Grid
8 31 (17.42%) Azure Monitor
9 29 (16.29%) GitHub
10 26 (14.61%) Serverless
11 25 (14.04%) GitHub Actions
11 25 (14.04%) Microsoft 365
12 24 (13.48%) IaaS
13 22 (12.36%) SaaS
14 19 (10.67%) Power Automate
15 18 (10.11%) Dynamics 365
15 18 (10.11%) Entra ID
15 18 (10.11%) PowerApps
16 16 (8.99%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.49%) VPN
2 7 (3.93%) Firewall
3 6 (3.37%) BGP
3 6 (3.37%) TCP/IP
3 6 (3.37%) VLAN
4 4 (2.25%) WAN
5 3 (1.69%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (1.12%) DNS
7 1 (0.56%) DHCP
7 1 (0.56%) IPv4
7 1 (0.56%) IPv6
7 1 (0.56%) LAN
7 1 (0.56%) MPLS
7 1 (0.56%) Network Security
7 1 (0.56%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (11.80%) Power BI
2 15 (8.43%) SQL Server
3 9 (5.06%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (3.37%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (2.25%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (2.25%) Metadata
5 4 (2.25%) MySQL
5 4 (2.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.69%) Airbyte
6 3 (1.69%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.69%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.56%) Big Data
7 1 (0.56%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.56%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.56%) Redis
7 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (11.24%) Git
2 16 (8.99%) Visual Studio
3 5 (2.81%) GitLab
4 3 (1.69%) JIRA
4 3 (1.69%) Postman
4 3 (1.69%) Robot Framework
4 3 (1.69%) Selenium
4 3 (1.69%) Snyk
5 2 (1.12%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.56%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.56%) JUnit
6 1 (0.56%) NUnit
General
1 66 (37.08%) Finance
2 54 (30.34%) Social Skills
3 25 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (10.11%) Banking
4 18 (10.11%) Law
5 15 (8.43%) Retail
6 14 (7.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (6.74%) Back Office
7 12 (6.74%) Financial Institution
8 11 (6.18%) Legal
9 8 (4.49%) Telecoms
10 5 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.25%) Marketing
12 3 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.69%) Manufacturing
13 2 (1.12%) Health Technology
13 2 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.56%) Advertising
14 1 (0.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 54 (30.34%) Architect
2 30 (16.85%) Developer
3 29 (16.29%) Lead
4 18 (10.11%) Solutions Architect
5 16 (8.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 13 (7.30%) AWS Engineer
6 13 (7.30%) Support Engineer
7 12 (6.74%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (6.74%) Integration Developer
7 12 (6.74%) Senior
8 11 (6.18%) Technical Architect
9 10 (5.62%) Azure Architect
9 10 (5.62%) Integration Engineer
10 8 (4.49%) Cloud Architect
11 7 (3.93%) Applications Engineer
11 7 (3.93%) Applications Support
11 7 (3.93%) Applications Support Engineer
11 7 (3.93%) DevOps Engineer
12 6 (3.37%) Development Support Engineer
12 6 (3.37%) Integration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (17.42%) REST
2 25 (14.04%) JSON
2 25 (14.04%) RESTful
3 24 (13.48%) OAuth
4 19 (10.67%) SOAP
5 17 (9.55%) .NET
6 16 (8.99%) Middleware
7 14 (7.87%) OAuth2
8 12 (6.74%) Web Services
9 9 (5.06%) Node.js
10 8 (4.49%) SAML
11 7 (3.93%) WPF
12 6 (3.37%) .NET Core
12 6 (3.37%) CSS
12 6 (3.37%) Swagger
13 5 (2.81%) Jinja
13 5 (2.81%) JMS
13 5 (2.81%) JWT
13 5 (2.81%) React
13 5 (2.81%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (25.84%) Cloud Native
2 28 (15.73%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (7.87%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (5.06%) Blog
4 9 (5.06%) Data Centre
4 9 (5.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (5.06%) Management Information System
5 8 (4.49%) Low-Code
6 6 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.81%) IoT
7 5 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.69%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.69%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.12%) NHS
9 2 (1.12%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.56%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.56%) AS400
10 1 (0.56%) Clustering
10 1 (0.56%) iSeries
10 1 (0.56%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 20 (11.24%) Windows
2 13 (7.30%) Linux
3 5 (2.81%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.69%) Unix
5 1 (0.56%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (53.37%) DevOps
2 94 (52.81%) CI/CD
3 67 (37.64%) Agile
4 54 (30.34%) Infrastructure as Code
5 42 (23.60%) Analytics
5 42 (23.60%) Observability
6 39 (21.91%) Integration Patterns
7 38 (21.35%) Migration
7 38 (21.35%) Roadmaps
8 35 (19.66%) AI
8 35 (19.66%) Microservices
8 35 (19.66%) Problem-Solving
9 32 (17.98%) Enterprise Architecture
9 32 (17.98%) Technical Leadership
10 31 (17.42%) CRM
11 30 (16.85%) Test Automation
12 29 (16.29%) Data Pipeline
13 28 (15.73%) Architectural Patterns
13 28 (15.73%) Event-Driven
14 27 (15.17%) Log Analytics
Programming Languages
1 30 (16.85%) Python
2 29 (16.29%) SQL
3 24 (13.48%) Bicep
4 20 (11.24%) C#
4 20 (11.24%) Java
4 20 (11.24%) JavaScript
5 10 (5.62%) PowerShell
6 7 (3.93%) Go
6 7 (3.93%) PHP
7 4 (2.25%) Bash
8 3 (1.69%) ABAP
8 3 (1.69%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.12%) VB
10 1 (0.56%) Groovy
10 1 (0.56%) Korn
10 1 (0.56%) Perl
10 1 (0.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (6.18%) Azure Certification
2 8 (4.49%) Degree
2 8 (4.49%) Security Cleared
3 6 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.69%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.69%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.69%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (1.12%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.99%) GDPR
2 12 (6.74%) PCI DSS
2 12 (6.74%) SOC 2
3 10 (5.62%) QA
4 4 (2.25%) SLA
5 3 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.12%) HL7
6 2 (1.12%) IFRS
7 1 (0.56%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.56%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.56%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (11.24%) Docker
2 11 (6.18%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.12%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.56%) vCloud
4 1 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 51 (28.65%) Terraform
2 18 (10.11%) Kubernetes
3 9 (5.06%) Ansible
4 8 (4.49%) Grafana
5 7 (3.93%) Kibana
6 4 (2.25%) logstash
7 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.56%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 1 (0.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 66 (37.08%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.24%) Oracle
3 14 (7.87%) Ab Initio
4 9 (5.06%) Informatica
4 9 (5.06%) Palo Alto
4 9 (5.06%) SAP
5 6 (3.37%) CrowdStrike
5 6 (3.37%) Fortinet
5 6 (3.37%) IBM
5 6 (3.37%) MuleSoft
6 5 (2.81%) Cisco
6 5 (2.81%) Databricks
6 5 (2.81%) Google
6 5 (2.81%) Red Hat
7 4 (2.25%) HubSpot
7 4 (2.25%) VMware
8 3 (1.69%) Sage
8 3 (1.69%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.69%) Software AG
8 3 (1.69%) webMethods