Hybrid/Remote API Integration Job Trends

API Integration
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring API Integration skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 214 311 363
Rank change year-on-year +97 +52 +109
Permanent jobs citing API Integration 161 137 111
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.05% 0.78% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 0.84% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 111 96 97
10th Percentile £43,750 £37,566 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,400 £45,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% -4.17% -20.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £83,750 £88,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +16.67% -14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

API Integration 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 13,678 16,269 18,914
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 89.17% 92.44% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,770 9,885 15,216
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,500 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £61,387
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +1.81% -1.78%
75th Percentile £78,750 £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% - -1.93%

API Integration
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

API Integration job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

API Integration
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

API Integration
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing API Integration over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

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

API Integration
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 16 (9.94%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 5 (3.11%) Apache Pulsar
2 5 (3.11%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.86%) CMS
3 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.24%) JBoss
4 2 (1.24%) Mendix
4 2 (1.24%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.62%) Confluence
5 1 (0.62%) SugarCRM
5 1 (0.62%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.62%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (3.11%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.86%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 35 (21.74%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (3.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (2.48%) Magento
3 4 (2.48%) Shopify
4 3 (1.86%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.62%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 90 (55.90%) Azure
2 68 (42.24%) AWS
3 50 (31.06%) Azure DevOps
3 50 (31.06%) GitHub
4 35 (21.74%) OCI
5 28 (17.39%) Power Platform
6 23 (14.29%) Entra ID
7 16 (9.94%) GCP
7 16 (9.94%) GitHub Copilot
8 8 (4.97%) Azure Service Bus
9 7 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (3.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 6 (3.73%) OpenShift
10 6 (3.73%) Power Automate
10 6 (3.73%) SaaS
11 5 (3.11%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (3.11%) PowerApps
12 4 (2.48%) Serverless
13 3 (1.86%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (1.86%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.24%) IP Telephony
1 2 (1.24%) PSTN
1 2 (1.24%) VoIP
2 1 (0.62%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (13.04%) Power BI
2 16 (9.94%) SQL Server
2 16 (9.94%) Tableau
3 11 (6.83%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (4.35%) Data Lake
5 6 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (3.11%) MySQL
6 5 (3.11%) Relational Database
7 4 (2.48%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.86%) DynamoDB
8 3 (1.86%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.24%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.24%) Big Data
9 2 (1.24%) BigQuery
9 2 (1.24%) Delta Lake
9 2 (1.24%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.24%) MongoDB
9 2 (1.24%) Neo4j
9 2 (1.24%) Redis
10 1 (0.62%) Looker
Development Applications
1 41 (25.47%) Jenkins
2 39 (24.22%) Git
3 35 (21.74%) Oracle Forms
4 25 (15.53%) JIRA
5 6 (3.73%) Cucumber
5 6 (3.73%) GitLab
5 6 (3.73%) JUnit
5 6 (3.73%) Selenium
5 6 (3.73%) Storybook
6 4 (2.48%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.86%) MSBuild
7 3 (1.86%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (1.86%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (1.86%) Visual Studio
8 2 (1.24%) Vite
8 2 (1.24%) webpack
9 1 (0.62%) PHPUnit
9 1 (0.62%) Postman
General
1 55 (34.16%) Finance
2 30 (18.63%) Social Skills
3 15 (9.32%) Games
4 12 (7.45%) Retail
5 11 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.83%) Telecoms
6 9 (5.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (3.11%) Public Sector
8 4 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.86%) Agriculture
9 3 (1.86%) Back Office
9 3 (1.86%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.86%) Legal
10 2 (1.24%) Banking
10 2 (1.24%) Law
10 2 (1.24%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.24%) Marketing
10 2 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.62%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 55 (34.16%) Developer
2 50 (31.06%) Senior
3 37 (22.98%) Applications Engineer
3 37 (22.98%) Cloud Engineer
4 19 (11.80%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 13 (8.07%) Lead
6 12 (7.45%) Senior Developer
7 10 (6.21%) Software Engineer
8 9 (5.59%) Applications Developer
8 9 (5.59%) Architect
8 9 (5.59%) Software Developer
9 8 (4.97%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 8 (4.97%) Security Engineer
9 8 (4.97%) Senior Software Developer
10 7 (4.35%) Integration Engineer
10 7 (4.35%) Java Engineer
10 7 (4.35%) Senior Integration Engineer
10 7 (4.35%) Senior Security Engineer
11 6 (3.73%) Java Software Engineer
11 6 (3.73%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (42.24%) RESTful
2 36 (22.36%) REST
3 32 (19.88%) SOAP
4 31 (19.25%) XML
5 29 (18.01%) CSS
6 27 (16.77%) HTML
6 27 (16.77%) OAuth
7 26 (16.15%) OAuth2
7 26 (16.15%) React
8 25 (15.53%) .NET
9 24 (14.91%) JSON
10 19 (11.80%) SAML
11 11 (6.83%) Web Services
12 10 (6.21%) Node.js
12 10 (6.21%) Vue
13 9 (5.59%) Bootstrap
13 9 (5.59%) React Native
13 9 (5.59%) Spring
14 8 (4.97%) AngularJS
14 8 (4.97%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 41 (25.47%) Cloud Native
2 38 (23.60%) Enterprise Software
3 13 (8.07%) Mobile App
4 12 (7.45%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (4.35%) Low-Code
6 5 (3.11%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.48%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.86%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.86%) PKI
9 2 (1.24%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.24%) DataPower
9 2 (1.24%) IVR
9 2 (1.24%) W3C
10 1 (0.62%) Autonomous Agent
10 1 (0.62%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.62%) IoT
10 1 (0.62%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.62%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.11%) Android
2 4 (2.48%) Linux
3 1 (0.62%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.62%) Solaris
3 1 (0.62%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (54.04%) Agile
2 76 (47.20%) CI/CD
3 75 (46.58%) DevOps
4 48 (29.81%) Test Automation
5 47 (29.19%) Mentoring
6 45 (27.95%) AI
6 45 (27.95%) Coaching
7 40 (24.84%) ERP
7 40 (24.84%) Microservices
8 35 (21.74%) Asset Management
9 32 (19.88%) Clean Code
10 31 (19.25%) Migration
11 30 (18.63%) Analytics
12 28 (17.39%) Event-Driven
13 24 (14.91%) Data Governance
13 24 (14.91%) User Experience
14 23 (14.29%) Observability
14 23 (14.29%) Software Engineering
14 23 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
15 22 (13.66%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 67 (41.61%) Python
2 64 (39.75%) SQL
3 58 (36.02%) Java
4 36 (22.36%) PL/SQL
4 36 (22.36%) Shell Script
5 22 (13.66%) JavaScript
6 16 (9.94%) TypeScript
7 11 (6.83%) C#
8 6 (3.73%) C++
8 6 (3.73%) Delphi
8 6 (3.73%) PHP
9 5 (3.11%) Go
10 4 (2.48%) Kotlin
11 3 (1.86%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (1.86%) T-SQL
12 2 (1.24%) Bash
12 2 (1.24%) PowerShell
12 2 (1.24%) Scala
13 1 (0.62%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.62%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 15 (9.32%) Degree
2 11 (6.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (2.48%) Master's Degree
3 4 (2.48%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.48%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.24%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.24%) AWS Certified Developer
4 2 (1.24%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.94%) QA
2 9 (5.59%) Accessibility
2 9 (5.59%) GDPR
3 4 (2.48%) WCAG
4 3 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.86%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.24%) PMO
5 2 (1.24%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (14.29%) Docker
2 19 (11.80%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 36 (22.36%) Terraform
2 35 (21.74%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (9.32%) Kubernetes
4 6 (3.73%) Grafana
5 1 (0.62%) Ansible
5 1 (0.62%) QRadar
Vendors
1 47 (29.19%) Oracle
2 37 (22.98%) Microsoft
3 19 (11.80%) Okta
4 5 (3.11%) Ericsson
4 5 (3.11%) Mavenir
4 5 (3.11%) Nokia
5 3 (1.86%) ConnectWise
5 3 (1.86%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.86%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.86%) WooCommerce
6 2 (1.24%) Avaya
6 2 (1.24%) Cisco
6 2 (1.24%) Databricks
6 2 (1.24%) Genesys
6 2 (1.24%) Google
6 2 (1.24%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.24%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.24%) OutSystems
6 2 (1.24%) Talend
6 2 (1.24%) Zend