Azure API Management Job Trends

Microsoft Azure API Management (Azure APIM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Azure API Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 734 654 664
Rank change year-on-year -80 +10 +6
Permanent jobs citing Azure API Management 74 26 104
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.063% 0.052% 0.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.28% 0.17% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 62 25 43
10th Percentile £63,750 £54,000 -
25th Percentile £75,000 £62,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.92% - -16.13%
75th Percentile £103,125 £112,500 £68,875
90th Percentile £114,000 £129,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,750 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +19.62% - -6.40%

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

Azure API Management falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 26,705 15,573 23,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.65% 31.29% 32.12%
Number of salaries quoted 18,286 10,453 14,260
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,091 £38,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,186 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.60% -8.94% +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Azure API Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure API Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Azure API Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Azure API Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure API Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure API Management

Azure API Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure API Management over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure API Management in the UK

Azure API Management
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure API Management within the UK over the 6 months to 9 October 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 -86 72 £82,500 +17.86% 60
London -17 54 £87,500 -24.73% 38
Work from Home -16 21 £80,000 -15.79% 32
UK excluding London -134 19 £77,750 +19.62% 23
East of England - 9 £90,000 -
South East -55 6 £67,500 +3.85% 8
South West -75 2 £38,750 +1.31% 3
North West -23 1 £78,000 -22.00% 2
North of England -74 1 £78,000 +0.65% 6
Scotland - 1 £90,000 - 2

Azure 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 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.05%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.35%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 74 (100.00%) Azure
2 32 (43.24%) Azure Service Bus
3 28 (37.84%) Azure Logic Apps
4 26 (35.14%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (28.38%) Azure Functions
5 21 (28.38%) Serverless
6 18 (24.32%) Azure Monitor
7 16 (21.62%) Azure Key Vault
8 13 (17.57%) SaaS
9 11 (14.86%) Entra ID
10 10 (13.51%) Azure Event Grid
11 9 (12.16%) Azure AI
11 9 (12.16%) GitHub
11 9 (12.16%) PaaS
11 9 (12.16%) Power Platform
12 8 (10.81%) Azure AKS
13 5 (6.76%) Azure Storage
13 5 (6.76%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (6.76%) Power Automate
14 3 (4.05%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.81%) Firewall
2 2 (2.70%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (20.27%) SQL Server
2 12 (16.22%) Relational Database
3 5 (6.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (5.41%) Power BI
5 3 (4.05%) Metadata
6 2 (2.70%) Redis
6 2 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.35%) Apache Ignite
7 1 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (1.35%) Oracle Database
7 1 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (8.11%) Git
2 2 (2.70%) MSI
2 2 (2.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (29.73%) Finance
2 16 (21.62%) Legal
3 14 (18.92%) Social Skills
4 7 (9.46%) Law
5 6 (8.11%) Marketing
5 6 (8.11%) Public Sector
6 5 (6.76%) Police
7 3 (4.05%) Publishing
8 2 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.70%) Legal Technology
9 1 (1.35%) Advertising
9 1 (1.35%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.35%) Banking
9 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (39.19%) Architect
2 21 (28.38%) Senior
3 20 (27.03%) Azure Architect
4 17 (22.97%) Solutions Architect
5 14 (18.92%) Developer
6 11 (14.86%) Azure Engineer
7 8 (10.81%) DevOps Engineer
7 8 (10.81%) Senior Developer
8 7 (9.46%) Integration Developer
8 7 (9.46%) Integration Manager
8 7 (9.46%) Lead
8 7 (9.46%) Security Architect
8 7 (9.46%) Senior Architect
9 6 (8.11%) Azure Developer
9 6 (8.11%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 6 (8.11%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (8.11%) Senior Integration Developer
10 5 (6.76%) Platform Engineer
10 5 (6.76%) Senior DevOps
10 5 (6.76%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (41.89%) Terraform
2 15 (20.27%) REST
3 14 (18.92%) .NET
4 9 (12.16%) OAuth
5 8 (10.81%) OAuth2
6 5 (6.76%) RESTful
6 5 (6.76%) YAML
7 4 (5.41%) ASP.NET
8 3 (4.05%) JWT
8 3 (4.05%) Kafka
8 3 (4.05%) OpenID
9 2 (2.70%) .NET Core
9 2 (2.70%) .NET Framework
9 2 (2.70%) ADO
9 2 (2.70%) JSON
9 2 (2.70%) OpenAPI
9 2 (2.70%) OpenTofu
9 2 (2.70%) Swagger
9 2 (2.70%) XML
10 1 (1.35%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 26 (35.14%) Enterprise Software
2 11 (14.86%) Cloud Native
3 7 (9.46%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (6.76%) Management Information System
5 4 (5.41%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (4.05%) Onboarding
7 2 (2.70%) Low-Code
8 1 (1.35%) Data Structures
8 1 (1.35%) Distributed Applications
8 1 (1.35%) IoT
8 1 (1.35%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (1.35%) Machine to Machine
8 1 (1.35%) Media Streaming
8 1 (1.35%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.35%) NHS
8 1 (1.35%) PKI
8 1 (1.35%) Reference Data
8 1 (1.35%) Replication
8 1 (1.35%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (1.35%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (56.76%) API Management
1 42 (56.76%) DevOps
2 33 (44.59%) CI/CD
3 30 (40.54%) Infrastructure as Code
4 27 (36.49%) Integration Patterns
5 24 (32.43%) Event-Driven
6 23 (31.08%) Security Architecture
7 22 (29.73%) Agile
8 21 (28.38%) TOGAF
9 20 (27.03%) Data Integration
10 18 (24.32%) Roadmaps
11 17 (22.97%) Cloud Security
12 16 (21.62%) AI
12 16 (21.62%) Enterprise Architecture
13 15 (20.27%) API Design
13 15 (20.27%) Data Protection
14 14 (18.92%) Architectural Patterns
14 14 (18.92%) Cybersecurity
14 14 (18.92%) Observability
15 13 (17.57%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 17 (22.97%) C#
2 14 (18.92%) SQL
3 12 (16.22%) Bicep
4 6 (8.11%) JavaScript
4 6 (8.11%) PowerShell
4 6 (8.11%) TypeScript
5 4 (5.41%) Python
6 3 (4.05%) Bash
Qualifications
1 14 (18.92%) Azure Certification
2 11 (14.86%) TOGAF Certification
3 10 (13.51%) Degree
4 7 (9.46%) CISM
4 7 (9.46%) CISSP
4 7 (9.46%) Security Cleared
5 6 (8.11%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.46%) GDPR
1 7 (9.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (9.46%) NIST
2 2 (2.70%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.70%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 4 (5.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (10.81%) Grafana
2 7 (9.46%) CASB
3 3 (4.05%) Ansible
3 3 (4.05%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.70%) Argo
4 2 (2.70%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (44.59%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.46%) Foundry
2 7 (9.46%) Palo Alto
2 7 (9.46%) Zscaler
3 6 (8.11%) Aderant
3 6 (8.11%) Dynatrace
3 6 (8.11%) iManage
3 6 (8.11%) Intapp
4 5 (6.76%) HubSpot
5 4 (5.41%) MuleSoft
6 3 (4.05%) Salesforce
6 3 (4.05%) WSO2
7 1 (1.35%) Adobe
7 1 (1.35%) Automation Anywhere
7 1 (1.35%) Databricks
7 1 (1.35%) Google
7 1 (1.35%) Hyland
7 1 (1.35%) Kofax
7 1 (1.35%) OpenText
7 1 (1.35%) UiPath