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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 461 512 514
Rank change year-on-year +51 +2 +188
Permanent jobs citing API Management 186 210 191
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.31% 0.38% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.42% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 118 130 159
10th Percentile £46,600 £47,500 £47,850
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,225 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.85% -0.41% -10.00%
75th Percentile £81,544 £84,375 £83,125
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,597 £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 48,537 49,891 46,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.05% 89.96% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 28,419 24,819 35,711
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,532 £45,000 £42,750
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% -4.34%

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 31 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 31 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 +36 161 £72,500 +3.57% 535
UK excluding London +7 88 £65,000 - 542
London +89 87 £75,000 -16.67% 51
Work from Home +42 72 £65,766 +1.18% 259
Midlands +44 32 £72,500 -3.33% 110
West Midlands +44 28 £72,500 +11.54% 60
Scotland +19 16 £57,250 -21.03% 37
North of England -3 16 £70,383 +17.31% 109
North West +30 12 £65,383 +6.75% 48
South East -25 11 £65,000 - 119
East of England +21 6 £55,000 -18.52% 86
South West +19 5 £42,500 -29.17% 65
East Midlands -4 4 £77,500 - 40
Yorkshire -10 4 £82,500 +32.00% 54
Wales - 2 £51,250 - 15

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 (5.38%) Apache Solr
2 9 (4.84%) Appian
3 8 (4.30%) SharePoint
4 6 (3.23%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (2.69%) Apache
6 4 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (1.61%) Anypoint
7 3 (1.61%) BizTalk Server
7 3 (1.61%) CMS
7 3 (1.61%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (1.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.54%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.54%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 23 (12.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (9.14%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (2.15%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (1.08%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (1.08%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 135 (72.58%) Azure
2 63 (33.87%) Azure Logic Apps
3 47 (25.27%) Power Platform
4 45 (24.19%) Azure DevOps
5 35 (18.82%) Azure Service Bus
6 32 (17.20%) PaaS
7 31 (16.67%) AWS
8 30 (16.13%) Power Automate
9 27 (14.52%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (14.52%) GitHub
9 27 (14.52%) PowerApps
9 27 (14.52%) Serverless
10 25 (13.44%) Azure Event Grid
11 24 (12.90%) GitHub Actions
12 23 (12.37%) Azure Monitor
13 20 (10.75%) IaaS
14 19 (10.22%) SaaS
15 18 (9.68%) Azure Data Factory
16 17 (9.14%) Azure AKS
17 16 (8.60%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.69%) VPN
2 3 (1.61%) BGP
2 3 (1.61%) Firewall
2 3 (1.61%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.61%) VLAN
3 2 (1.08%) DNS
4 1 (0.54%) DHCP
4 1 (0.54%) IPv4
4 1 (0.54%) IPv6
4 1 (0.54%) LAN
4 1 (0.54%) MPLS
4 1 (0.54%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.54%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (14.52%) Power BI
2 16 (8.60%) SQL Server
3 10 (5.38%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (5.38%) MySQL
4 8 (4.30%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (4.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (3.76%) NoSQL
6 5 (2.69%) Airbyte
7 3 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.61%) Metadata
8 2 (1.08%) SAP Data Services
9 1 (0.54%) Big Data
9 1 (0.54%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.54%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.54%) Redis
Development Applications
1 31 (16.67%) Git
2 22 (11.83%) Visual Studio
3 6 (3.23%) Robot Framework
3 6 (3.23%) Selenium
3 6 (3.23%) Snyk
4 2 (1.08%) JIRA
4 2 (1.08%) MSTest
4 2 (1.08%) NUnit
5 1 (0.54%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.54%) Postman
5 1 (0.54%) SonarQube
General
1 54 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 51 (27.42%) Finance
3 33 (17.74%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (5.91%) Law
5 9 (4.84%) Banking
5 9 (4.84%) Retail
6 7 (3.76%) Health Technology
6 7 (3.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (3.76%) Legal
7 5 (2.69%) Back Office
7 5 (2.69%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.69%) Marketing
7 5 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.08%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.08%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.54%) Advertising
10 1 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 54 (29.03%) Architect
2 46 (24.73%) Developer
3 34 (18.28%) Lead
4 21 (11.29%) Integration Developer
5 20 (10.75%) Solutions Architect
6 13 (6.99%) SAP Developer
7 12 (6.45%) Integration Manager
8 11 (5.91%) Azure Architect
8 11 (5.91%) Technical Architect
9 10 (5.38%) Integration Engineer
9 10 (5.38%) Support Engineer
10 8 (4.30%) Applications Architect
10 8 (4.30%) Development Engineer
10 8 (4.30%) Development Support Engineer
10 8 (4.30%) Integration Specialist
10 8 (4.30%) Lead Architect
11 7 (3.76%) Backend Developer
11 7 (3.76%) Delivery Manager
11 7 (3.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (3.76%) Lead Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (27.42%) REST
2 36 (19.35%) SOAP
3 29 (15.59%) OAuth
4 25 (13.44%) RESTful
5 21 (11.29%) Middleware
6 19 (10.22%) Web Services
7 18 (9.68%) JSON
8 14 (7.53%) OAuth2
8 14 (7.53%) SAML
9 13 (6.99%) BAPI
9 13 (6.99%) IBM Integration Bus
9 13 (6.99%) JMS
10 11 (5.91%) Node.js
11 10 (5.38%) .NET
12 9 (4.84%) AngularJS
12 9 (4.84%) React
13 7 (3.76%) FHIR
13 7 (3.76%) Vue
14 6 (3.23%) Apache NiFi
14 6 (3.23%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 36 (19.35%) Cloud Native
2 31 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
3 17 (9.14%) Low-Code
4 16 (8.60%) Management Information System
5 10 (5.38%) Product Ownership
6 8 (4.30%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (3.76%) NHS
8 6 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (3.23%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (3.23%) IoT
9 5 (2.69%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.61%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.08%) Blog
12 1 (0.54%) Algorithms
12 1 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.54%) AS400
12 1 (0.54%) Clustering
12 1 (0.54%) iSeries
12 1 (0.54%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.68%) Windows
2 16 (8.60%) Linux
3 11 (5.91%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.54%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (52.15%) CI/CD
2 83 (44.62%) DevOps
3 78 (41.94%) Agile
4 42 (22.58%) AI
5 41 (22.04%) Migration
6 39 (20.97%) Infrastructure as Code
7 38 (20.43%) Test Automation
8 35 (18.82%) CRM
8 35 (18.82%) Scrum
8 35 (18.82%) Technical Leadership
9 33 (17.74%) Enterprise Architecture
9 33 (17.74%) Event-Driven
9 33 (17.74%) Integration Patterns
9 33 (17.74%) Roadmaps
10 32 (17.20%) Microservices
11 31 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
11 31 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
12 30 (16.13%) Analytics
12 30 (16.13%) Data Pipeline
12 30 (16.13%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 30 (16.13%) Python
2 29 (15.59%) SQL
3 24 (12.90%) Bicep
3 24 (12.90%) JavaScript
4 16 (8.60%) C#
5 11 (5.91%) Java
6 8 (4.30%) PHP
6 8 (4.30%) PowerShell
7 7 (3.76%) ABAP
8 4 (2.15%) Bash
9 3 (1.61%) Go
9 3 (1.61%) PL/SQL
10 2 (1.08%) Groovy
10 2 (1.08%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.54%) Korn
11 1 (0.54%) Perl
Qualifications
1 13 (6.99%) Degree
1 13 (6.99%) Security Cleared
2 12 (6.45%) Azure Certification
3 10 (5.38%) TOGAF Certification
4 7 (3.76%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.61%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.61%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.54%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.60%) GDPR
2 13 (6.99%) QA
3 9 (4.84%) SLA
4 7 (3.76%) HL7
5 5 (2.69%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.69%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (1.08%) IFRS
8 1 (0.54%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.54%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.54%) NIST
System Software
1 21 (11.29%) Docker
2 6 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.08%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.54%) vCloud
5 1 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 41 (22.04%) Terraform
2 15 (8.06%) Ansible
3 10 (5.38%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.15%) logstash
5 3 (1.61%) Grafana
5 3 (1.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.08%) Kibana
7 1 (0.54%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.54%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 63 (33.87%) Microsoft
2 19 (10.22%) Oracle
3 18 (9.68%) SAP
4 15 (8.06%) IBM
5 14 (7.53%) Ab Initio
6 10 (5.38%) Informatica
7 8 (4.30%) VMware
8 6 (3.23%) BiZZdesign
8 6 (3.23%) Black Duck
8 6 (3.23%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (3.23%) Databricks
8 6 (3.23%) Fortinet
8 6 (3.23%) MuleSoft
8 6 (3.23%) Palo Alto
8 6 (3.23%) UiPath
9 5 (2.69%) Blue Prism
9 5 (2.69%) Coverity
9 5 (2.69%) webMethods
10 4 (2.15%) HubSpot
11 3 (1.61%) Salesforce