Hybrid/Remote API Design Job Trends

API Design
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring API Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 333 384 337
Rank change year-on-year +51 -47 +194
Permanent jobs citing API Design 42 62 159
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.28% 0.37% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.39% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 35 30 93
10th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £57,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,313 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -11.44% -14.45%
75th Percentile £107,500 £81,563 £72,433
90th Percentile £132,500 £98,474 £100,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £70,576
% change year-on-year +11.11% -4.36% -16.97%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

API Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,340 15,743 19,361
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 88.29% 93.10% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8,449 9,383 15,576
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £79,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

API Design
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing API Design and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

API Design job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

API Design
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing API Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing API Design

API Design
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing API Design over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

API Design salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

API Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 5 (11.90%) Apache Pulsar
2 3 (7.14%) Confluence
3 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.38%) Camunda
4 1 (2.38%) CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) NetSuite
1 1 (2.38%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 27 (64.29%) Azure
2 23 (54.76%) AWS
3 18 (42.86%) GCP
4 12 (28.57%) Azure Service Bus
5 8 (19.05%) GitHub
6 6 (14.29%) Serverless
7 5 (11.90%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (11.90%) Power Platform
8 4 (9.52%) Azure Functions
8 4 (9.52%) Power Automate
8 4 (9.52%) PowerApps
8 4 (9.52%) SaaS
9 3 (7.14%) Azure App Service
9 3 (7.14%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 3 (7.14%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (4.76%) Algolia
10 2 (4.76%) Cloud Functions
10 2 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (4.76%) Sentry
10 2 (4.76%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) Broadband
1 1 (2.38%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (23.81%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (21.43%) NoSQL
3 5 (11.90%) MySQL
3 5 (11.90%) Redis
4 4 (9.52%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (7.14%) BigQuery
5 3 (7.14%) Relational Database
6 1 (2.38%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (2.38%) DynamoDB
6 1 (2.38%) MariaDB
6 1 (2.38%) MongoDB
6 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (14.29%) Git
2 3 (7.14%) JIRA
2 3 (7.14%) JMeter
2 3 (7.14%) Postman
2 3 (7.14%) Selenium
2 3 (7.14%) Visual Studio
2 3 (7.14%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (4.76%) Storybook
4 1 (2.38%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (30.95%) Social Skills
2 10 (23.81%) Finance
3 8 (19.05%) Telecoms
4 6 (14.29%) Retail
5 5 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (7.14%) Legal
7 2 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.38%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.38%) Front Office
8 1 (2.38%) Games
8 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.38%) Military
8 1 (2.38%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (50.00%) Developer
2 17 (40.48%) Senior
3 7 (16.67%) Senior Developer
4 6 (14.29%) Full-Stack Developer
5 5 (11.90%) Architect
5 5 (11.90%) Azure Architect
5 5 (11.90%) Azure Developer
5 5 (11.90%) Lead
5 5 (11.90%) Security Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) Senior Security Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) .NET Developer
6 4 (9.52%) React Developer
7 3 (7.14%) Digital Developer
7 3 (7.14%) Django Developer
7 3 (7.14%) Integration Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Java Developer
7 3 (7.14%) Python/Django Developer
7 3 (7.14%) Senior React Developer
7 3 (7.14%) Software Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (42.86%) RESTful
2 16 (38.10%) Node.js
3 13 (30.95%) OAuth
3 13 (30.95%) React
4 10 (23.81%) Kafka
4 10 (23.81%) OAuth2
4 10 (23.81%) REST
5 9 (21.43%) CSS
5 9 (21.43%) HTML
6 8 (19.05%) .NET
7 6 (14.29%) GraphQL
8 5 (11.90%) .NET Core
8 5 (11.90%) AngularJS
8 5 (11.90%) Django
8 5 (11.90%) gRPC
8 5 (11.90%) JWT
8 5 (11.90%) OpenAPI
8 5 (11.90%) Swagger
8 5 (11.90%) Vue
9 4 (9.52%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 12 (28.57%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (26.19%) Cloud Native
3 5 (11.90%) Product Ownership
4 3 (7.14%) IoT
4 3 (7.14%) Mobile App
5 2 (4.76%) Data Structures
5 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
6 1 (2.38%) Virtual Team
6 1 (2.38%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.38%) Android
1 1 (2.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (57.14%) Microservices
2 20 (47.62%) DevOps
3 16 (38.10%) Agile
3 16 (38.10%) CI/CD
4 14 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (30.95%) AI
5 13 (30.95%) Full-Stack Development
5 13 (30.95%) SDLC
6 11 (26.19%) API Integration
6 11 (26.19%) Computer Science
6 11 (26.19%) Software Engineering
7 10 (23.81%) Information Security
7 10 (23.81%) Mentoring
8 9 (21.43%) Containerisation
8 9 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (21.43%) Test Automation
9 8 (19.05%) Event-Driven
9 8 (19.05%) Observability
9 8 (19.05%) Roadmaps
9 8 (19.05%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 13 (30.95%) Python
1 13 (30.95%) TypeScript
2 12 (28.57%) SQL
3 10 (23.81%) JavaScript
4 8 (19.05%) C#
4 8 (19.05%) Go
4 8 (19.05%) Java
5 2 (4.76%) C++
5 2 (4.76%) Kotlin
5 2 (4.76%) PHP
5 2 (4.76%) Shell Script
6 1 (2.38%) Groovy
6 1 (2.38%) PL/SQL
6 1 (2.38%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 12 (28.57%) Degree
2 11 (26.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (7.14%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (4.76%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.76%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.38%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (16.67%) Accessibility
2 6 (14.29%) QA
3 5 (11.90%) GDPR
3 5 (11.90%) WCAG
4 2 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (28.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (26.19%) Kubernetes
2 3 (7.14%) Grafana
2 3 (7.14%) Prometheus
3 2 (4.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.29%) Google
3 5 (11.90%) Ericsson
3 5 (11.90%) Mavenir
3 5 (11.90%) Nokia
4 3 (7.14%) Dynatrace
4 3 (7.14%) Oracle
5 2 (4.76%) Salesforce
5 2 (4.76%) SendGrid
6 1 (2.38%) Databricks
6 1 (2.38%) Foundry
6 1 (2.38%) Palantir