API Development Contract Job Trends in England

API Development
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring API Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 364 398
Rank change year-on-year +61 +34 -1
Contract jobs citing API Development 266 153 173
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.88% 0.49% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 0.56% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 108 133
10th Percentile £390 £372 £378
25th Percentile £430 £499 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £560 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% +1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £688 £686 £690
UK median daily rate £510 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -7.27% +4.76% -7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £41.48 -
25th Percentile - £41.81 £36.25
Median hourly rate £74.26 £43.25 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +71.70% +15.33% -31.82%
75th Percentile - £45.31 £38.75
90th Percentile - £46.03 -
UK median hourly rate £74.26 £33.55 £37.50
% change year-on-year +121.34% -10.53% -31.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

API Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 27,211 27,167 34,832
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.94% 87.25% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,255 16,583 23,814
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £649 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.13% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,796 995 1,467
10th Percentile £14.92 £15.10 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.22 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.27% +25.43%

API Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing API Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

API Development job vacancy trend in England

API Development
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing API Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing API Development

API Development
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing API Development in England over the 6 months to 24 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for API Development in England

API Development
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing API Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing API Development

API Development
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing API Development within the England region over the 6 months to 24 November 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +50 145 £510 -12.82% 39
North of England +1 63 £500 - 19
North West 0 28 £458 +19.90% 15
Yorkshire -22 28 £500 -9.09% 2
South East +12 22 £500 -13.04% 30
Midlands -25 12 £423 -23.18% 17
East of England -9 11 £625 +108.33% 3
North East -1 7 £575 +4.55% 2
South West -2 6 £375 -16.67% 14
West Midlands -19 6 £425 -22.73% 13
East Midlands - 6 £349 - 4
API Development
UK

API Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 19 (7.14%) Confluence
2 4 (1.50%) Anypoint
2 4 (1.50%) nginx
3 2 (0.75%) CMS
3 2 (0.75%) Mule
3 2 (0.75%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.38%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.38%) CICS
4 1 (0.38%) JBoss
4 1 (0.38%) Mule ESB
4 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Fuse
4 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.38%) Traefik
4 1 (0.38%) Tuxedo
4 1 (0.38%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.38%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.38%) Cerner Millennium
2 1 (0.38%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.38%) Maximo
2 1 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.38%) SAP MRS
2 1 (0.38%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.38%) Shopify
2 1 (0.38%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 106 (39.85%) AWS
2 68 (25.56%) Azure
3 42 (15.79%) GitHub
4 28 (10.53%) Serverless
5 27 (10.15%) GCP
6 19 (7.14%) AWS Lambda
7 17 (6.39%) GitHub Actions
8 12 (4.51%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (4.14%) Amazon EKS
9 11 (4.14%) Power Platform
9 11 (4.14%) SaaS
10 9 (3.38%) AWS CloudFormation
11 8 (3.01%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 7 (2.63%) Amazon S3
13 6 (2.26%) Azure AI
13 6 (2.26%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (2.26%) Azure Service Bus
13 6 (2.26%) Copilot Studio
13 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Copilot
14 5 (1.88%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.01%) HTTPS
2 7 (2.63%) SSL
3 6 (2.26%) Firewall
3 6 (2.26%) HTTP
4 3 (1.13%) VPN
5 2 (0.75%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.75%) X.509
6 1 (0.38%) FTP
6 1 (0.38%) Internet
6 1 (0.38%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (12.03%) NoSQL
2 28 (10.53%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (9.40%) SQL Server
4 24 (9.02%) Relational Database
5 14 (5.26%) MongoDB
6 10 (3.76%) MySQL
7 9 (3.38%) Power BI
8 6 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (2.26%) Apache Cassandra
9 5 (1.88%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.50%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (1.13%) DynamoDB
11 3 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
12 2 (0.75%) Big Data
12 2 (0.75%) BigQuery
12 2 (0.75%) Cloud Spanner
12 2 (0.75%) DB2
12 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 44 (16.54%) Git
2 41 (15.41%) JIRA
3 23 (8.65%) Jenkins
4 22 (8.27%) GitLab
5 16 (6.02%) JUnit
6 8 (3.01%) Postman
6 8 (3.01%) SpecFlow
7 6 (2.26%) Mockito
8 5 (1.88%) Bitbucket
8 5 (1.88%) CircleCI
8 5 (1.88%) Maven
9 4 (1.50%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.50%) Mocha
9 4 (1.50%) Storybook
10 3 (1.13%) Artifactory
10 3 (1.13%) Cypress.io
10 3 (1.13%) Gradle
11 2 (0.75%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.75%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.38%) Eclipse
General
1 96 (36.09%) Social Skills
2 75 (28.20%) Finance
3 34 (12.78%) Public Sector
4 27 (10.15%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (9.77%) Banking
6 10 (3.76%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.26%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.88%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.50%) Digital Healthcare
9 4 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.50%) Military
9 4 (1.50%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.13%) Electronics
10 3 (1.13%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.13%) Marketing
11 2 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.38%) Back Office
12 1 (0.38%) Front Office
12 1 (0.38%) Publishing
12 1 (0.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 140 (52.63%) Developer
2 67 (25.19%) Senior
3 38 (14.29%) Senior Developer
4 35 (13.16%) Java Developer
5 28 (10.53%) Architect
6 24 (9.02%) Full-Stack Developer
7 23 (8.65%) Python Developer
8 18 (6.77%) Software Engineer
9 16 (6.02%) Senior Java Developer
10 12 (4.51%) Lead
11 11 (4.14%) Java Engineer
12 10 (3.76%) Angular Developer
12 10 (3.76%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 10 (3.76%) C# Developer
12 10 (3.76%) Full-Stack Python Developer
12 10 (3.76%) Python Engineer
12 10 (3.76%) Technical Architect
13 9 (3.38%) Cloud Engineer
13 9 (3.38%) Node.js Developer
14 8 (3.01%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (40.60%) RESTful
2 70 (26.32%) REST
3 49 (18.42%) React
4 47 (17.67%) Spring
5 44 (16.54%) AngularJS
6 43 (16.17%) Spring Boot
7 42 (15.79%) .NET
8 31 (11.65%) Node.js
9 27 (10.15%) SOAP
10 26 (9.77%) OAuth
11 25 (9.40%) JSON
12 24 (9.02%) FastAPI
13 23 (8.65%) Kafka
14 19 (7.14%) HTML
15 18 (6.77%) .NET Framework
16 17 (6.39%) OAuth2
17 15 (5.64%) Jest
17 15 (5.64%) XML
18 14 (5.26%) CSS
19 13 (4.89%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.15%) Cloud Native
2 21 (7.89%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (5.26%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.76%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (3.38%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.63%) Public Cloud
6 7 (2.63%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.26%) Credit Risk
7 6 (2.26%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.50%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.50%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.50%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.13%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.13%) Market Risk
9 3 (1.13%) Reinsurance
9 3 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.75%) Fixed Income
10 2 (0.75%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.77%) Linux
2 9 (3.38%) Windows
3 6 (2.26%) Unix
4 2 (0.75%) VMS
4 2 (0.75%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.38%) Android
5 1 (0.38%) CentOS
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.38%) SUSE
5 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Embedded Compact
5 1 (0.38%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (54.89%) CI/CD
2 136 (51.13%) Agile
3 111 (41.73%) Microservices
4 97 (36.47%) DevOps
5 87 (32.71%) Problem-Solving
6 62 (23.31%) Containerisation
7 42 (15.79%) Code Quality
7 42 (15.79%) Full-Stack Development
8 40 (15.04%) Test Automation
9 38 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
9 38 (14.29%) TDD
10 34 (12.78%) Software Engineering
11 32 (12.03%) API Design
12 31 (11.65%) API Integration
12 31 (11.65%) Scrum
13 30 (11.28%) Event-Driven
14 29 (10.90%) AI
15 28 (10.53%) Mentoring
16 25 (9.40%) Technical Leadership
17 24 (9.02%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 96 (36.09%) Python
2 87 (32.71%) Java
3 68 (25.56%) SQL
4 54 (20.30%) TypeScript
5 40 (15.04%) C#
5 40 (15.04%) JavaScript
6 9 (3.38%) Bash
6 9 (3.38%) Go
7 8 (3.01%) PowerShell
8 6 (2.26%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.88%) C
9 5 (1.88%) PHP
9 5 (1.88%) Ruby
10 4 (1.50%) C++
10 4 (1.50%) Shell Script
11 3 (1.13%) Scala
11 3 (1.13%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.75%) Rust
13 1 (0.38%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 64 (24.06%) Security Cleared
2 54 (20.30%) SC Cleared
3 22 (8.27%) Degree
4 12 (4.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.76%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.26%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (0.75%) CEH
7 2 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.75%) CISSP
7 2 (0.75%) OCP
7 2 (0.75%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (0.75%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.38%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.38%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.40%) QA
2 6 (2.26%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.88%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.13%) GDPR
5 2 (0.75%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.75%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.38%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.38%) HL7
6 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.38%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.38%) MiFID
6 1 (0.38%) NCSC
6 1 (0.38%) NIST
6 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 94 (35.34%) Docker
2 4 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.13%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.75%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 90 (33.83%) Kubernetes
2 39 (14.66%) Terraform
3 19 (7.14%) Grafana
4 17 (6.39%) Prometheus
5 12 (4.51%) Ansible
6 9 (3.38%) Control-M
6 9 (3.38%) IBM Guardium
6 9 (3.38%) Nessus
7 4 (1.50%) CloudHub
8 3 (1.13%) Puppet
8 3 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.75%) Kibana
9 2 (0.75%) Proxmox
9 2 (0.75%) Rsyslog
9 2 (0.75%) Rundeck
9 2 (0.75%) Salt
9 2 (0.75%) SCOM
10 1 (0.38%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.38%) Istio
10 1 (0.38%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 33 (12.41%) Microsoft
2 19 (7.14%) Google
3 11 (4.14%) Oracle
3 11 (4.14%) Salesforce
4 10 (3.76%) MuleSoft
5 9 (3.38%) Axway
5 9 (3.38%) OpenAI
5 9 (3.38%) ServiceNow
5 9 (3.38%) Tenable
6 6 (2.26%) Foundry
6 6 (2.26%) Ping Identity
7 5 (1.88%) Atlassian
8 4 (1.50%) Blue Prism
8 4 (1.50%) Pega
8 4 (1.50%) SAP
8 4 (1.50%) VMware
9 3 (1.13%) Adobe
9 3 (1.13%) ForgeRock
9 3 (1.13%) Workday
10 2 (0.75%) Databricks