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 7 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 327 278 385
Rank change year-on-year -49 +107 +21
Contract jobs citing API Development 310 243 175
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 0.91% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 1.01% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 173 128
10th Percentile £364 £356 £375
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.63% -9.52% -8.70%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £645 £688 £689
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £507
% change year-on-year +5.26% -6.31% -9.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £76.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £76.00 - £25.60

All Process & 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 37,874 24,162 31,847
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.36% 90.93% 85.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,840 15,529 20,666
10th Percentile £325 £300 £305
25th Percentile £419 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £517 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +2.28% -3.81% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,373 1,216 2,288
10th Percentile £15.32 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.95 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -4.70%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% -3.85%

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 7 July 2026.

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 7 July 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +12 119 £471 +17.04% 25
London -100 119 £525 +5.05% 44
Yorkshire +18 77 £471 +4.56% 10
North West -35 31 £500 +24.38% 11
South East -64 23 £413 -8.33% 18
South West -30 13 £413 -21.43% 22
Midlands -69 13 £550 +26.44% 7
North East - 12 £450 - 4
West Midlands -62 11 £600 +34.83% 3
East of England -30 5 £500 -8.26% 10
East Midlands -25 2 £381 +9.17% 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 27 (8.71%) Confluence
2 6 (1.94%) Anypoint
2 6 (1.94%) Mule
3 5 (1.61%) Appian
4 4 (1.29%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.29%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.32%) Apache
6 1 (0.32%) CICS
6 1 (0.32%) CMS
6 1 (0.32%) Luigi
6 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.32%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (1.61%) CPLEX
2 4 (1.29%) Navisworks
2 4 (1.29%) Revit
3 2 (0.65%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.97%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.32%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.32%) Odoo
3 1 (0.32%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.32%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 115 (37.10%) Azure
2 79 (25.48%) AWS
3 58 (18.71%) GCP
4 45 (14.52%) GitHub
5 38 (12.26%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (8.06%) GitHub Actions
7 23 (7.42%) Serverless
8 13 (4.19%) Azure Data Factory
9 12 (3.87%) Power Platform
10 10 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (3.23%) Azure AI
10 10 (3.23%) Firebase
11 9 (2.90%) Azure AKS
11 9 (2.90%) Azure Service Bus
12 8 (2.58%) Apigee
13 7 (2.26%) Azure Functions
13 7 (2.26%) Cloud Computing
13 7 (2.26%) Cloud Run
13 7 (2.26%) Kong
13 7 (2.26%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.65%) Reverse Proxy
1 2 (0.65%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.32%) BGP
2 1 (0.32%) Firewall
2 1 (0.32%) NaaS
2 1 (0.32%) Network Security
2 1 (0.32%) SSH
2 1 (0.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (15.48%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (10.32%) MongoDB
3 23 (7.42%) Relational Database
4 21 (6.77%) NoSQL
5 18 (5.81%) SQL Server
6 10 (3.23%) MySQL
6 10 (3.23%) Power BI
7 7 (2.26%) BigQuery
7 7 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (1.94%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (1.94%) Geospatial Data
8 6 (1.94%) Metadata
8 6 (1.94%) Pinecone
9 4 (1.29%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.29%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.29%) Redis
10 3 (0.97%) Big Data
10 3 (0.97%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.65%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.65%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 55 (17.74%) Git
2 51 (16.45%) JIRA
3 41 (13.23%) Jenkins
4 16 (5.16%) GitLab
5 12 (3.87%) Gradle
6 11 (3.55%) Mockito
7 10 (3.23%) fastlane
7 10 (3.23%) JUnit
8 9 (2.90%) Bitbucket
9 5 (1.61%) Android Studio
9 5 (1.61%) Crashlytics
9 5 (1.61%) MLflow
9 5 (1.61%) MSI
9 5 (1.61%) Xcode
10 4 (1.29%) Cucumber
10 4 (1.29%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.97%) Maven
11 3 (0.97%) Postman
11 3 (0.97%) Selenium
12 2 (0.65%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 75 (24.19%) Finance
2 58 (18.71%) Social Skills
3 49 (15.81%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (15.16%) Public Sector
5 20 (6.45%) Banking
6 14 (4.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.29%) Investment Banking
7 4 (1.29%) Retail
8 3 (0.97%) Aerospace
8 3 (0.97%) Financial Institution
8 3 (0.97%) Law
8 3 (0.97%) Manufacturing
8 3 (0.97%) Publishing
8 3 (0.97%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.65%) Billing
9 2 (0.65%) Front Office
9 2 (0.65%) Police
10 1 (0.32%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.32%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 176 (56.77%) Developer
2 58 (18.71%) Python Developer
3 54 (17.42%) Senior
4 42 (13.55%) Java Developer
5 29 (9.35%) Senior Developer
6 24 (7.74%) Lead
7 23 (7.42%) Architect
7 23 (7.42%) Software Engineer
8 19 (6.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 19 (6.13%) Full-Stack Developer
9 12 (3.87%) .NET Developer
10 11 (3.55%) Backend Developer
11 10 (3.23%) Senior Python Developer
12 9 (2.90%) Java Engineer
12 9 (2.90%) Software Developer
13 8 (2.58%) Data Engineer
13 8 (2.58%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 8 (2.58%) Integration Architect
14 7 (2.26%) Applications Developer
14 7 (2.26%) Senior Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (28.06%) RESTful
2 84 (27.10%) REST
3 49 (15.81%) .NET
3 49 (15.81%) React
4 47 (15.16%) Spring
5 46 (14.84%) Node.js
5 46 (14.84%) Spring Boot
6 45 (14.52%) FastAPI
7 33 (10.65%) OAuth
8 31 (10.00%) AngularJS
9 29 (9.35%) Kafka
10 25 (8.06%) OAuth2
11 23 (7.42%) JWT
11 23 (7.42%) Swagger
12 22 (7.10%) OpenAPI
13 21 (6.77%) Django
13 21 (6.77%) HTML
13 21 (6.77%) OpenTelemetry
14 20 (6.45%) Flask
15 19 (6.13%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 60 (19.35%) Cloud Native
2 37 (11.94%) Product Ownership
3 27 (8.71%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (4.84%) Data Protection Act
5 12 (3.87%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (3.87%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.23%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.90%) AI Agents
7 9 (2.90%) Data Structures
8 8 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.26%) Algorithms
9 7 (2.26%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (2.26%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.61%) Low-Code
10 5 (1.61%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.29%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.29%) NHS
12 3 (0.97%) Legacy Code
13 2 (0.65%) Legacy Applications
13 2 (0.65%) OTC Derivatives
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.19%) Linux
2 8 (2.58%) Unix
3 7 (2.26%) Windows
4 5 (1.61%) Android
4 5 (1.61%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.65%) AIX
5 2 (0.65%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.65%) VMS
6 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (56.45%) CI/CD
2 129 (41.61%) Agile
3 109 (35.16%) Microservices
4 104 (33.55%) DevOps
5 90 (29.03%) Containerisation
6 79 (25.48%) Test Automation
7 67 (21.61%) Problem-Solving
8 59 (19.03%) Full-Stack Development
9 53 (17.10%) Software Engineering
10 52 (16.77%) Event-Driven
10 52 (16.77%) Infrastructure as Code
11 49 (15.81%) API Design
11 49 (15.81%) Observability
12 48 (15.48%) AI
13 43 (13.87%) API Integration
14 38 (12.26%) Clean Code
14 38 (12.26%) TDD
15 37 (11.94%) Scrum
16 36 (11.61%) Deployment Automation
17 35 (11.29%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 139 (44.84%) Python
2 106 (34.19%) Java
3 76 (24.52%) SQL
4 46 (14.84%) JavaScript
5 42 (13.55%) C#
6 41 (13.23%) TypeScript
7 18 (5.81%) Kotlin
8 14 (4.52%) Go
9 9 (2.90%) PowerShell
10 8 (2.58%) Bicep
10 8 (2.58%) Rust
11 5 (1.61%) Swift
12 4 (1.29%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.97%) Bash
13 3 (0.97%) Scala
14 2 (0.65%) Groovy
14 2 (0.65%) PromQL
15 1 (0.32%) Gremlin
15 1 (0.32%) Ruby
15 1 (0.32%) XPath
Qualifications
1 63 (20.32%) Security Cleared
2 54 (17.42%) SC Cleared
3 21 (6.77%) Degree
4 16 (5.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (2.58%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.61%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.29%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.65%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.65%) CISSP
10 2 (0.65%) GIAC
11 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.32%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.71%) Accessibility
2 19 (6.13%) WCAG
3 15 (4.84%) QA
4 11 (3.55%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.26%) GDPR
6 5 (1.61%) NCSC
7 4 (1.29%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.29%) ISO 19650
8 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.65%) PSD2
8 2 (0.65%) SLA
8 2 (0.65%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.32%) NIST
9 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 97 (31.29%) Docker
2 2 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.32%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.32%) IAG
3 1 (0.32%) KVM
Systems Management
1 100 (32.26%) Kubernetes
2 50 (16.13%) Terraform
3 28 (9.03%) Prometheus
4 27 (8.71%) Grafana
5 18 (5.81%) Control-M
5 18 (5.81%) IBM Guardium
5 18 (5.81%) Nessus
6 12 (3.87%) Ansible
7 2 (0.65%) Consul
7 2 (0.65%) Istio
7 2 (0.65%) Zipkin
8 1 (0.32%) Amdocs OSS
8 1 (0.32%) CA Endevor
8 1 (0.32%) Kibana
8 1 (0.32%) Puppet
Vendors
1 41 (13.23%) Microsoft
2 30 (9.68%) Google
3 18 (5.81%) Tenable
4 15 (4.84%) Dynatrace
5 11 (3.55%) OpenAI
6 10 (3.23%) MuleSoft
7 9 (2.90%) Foundry
7 9 (2.90%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.58%) Oracle
8 8 (2.58%) ServiceNow
9 7 (2.26%) Okta
10 6 (1.94%) CyberArk
10 6 (1.94%) Databricks
11 5 (1.61%) Apple
11 5 (1.61%) Automation Anywhere
11 5 (1.61%) UiPath
12 4 (1.29%) Autodesk
12 4 (1.29%) Ping Identity
12 4 (1.29%) webMethods
13 3 (0.97%) Veracode