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 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 260 351
Rank change year-on-year -61 +91 +23
Contract jobs citing API Development 278 214 194
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.67% 0.89% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.98% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 157 143
10th Percentile £366 £354 £379
25th Percentile £413 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £498 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.01% -9.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £624
90th Percentile £638 £658 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £491 £550
% change year-on-year +1.78% -10.68% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £71.20 - -
25th Percentile £73.00 - -
Median hourly rate £76.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £76.00 - -

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 34,973 21,894 31,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 91.30% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,266 14,295 20,565
10th Percentile £325 £305 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,148 929 2,246
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.42 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £46.11 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.98% -20.55% -0.73%
75th Percentile £68.00 £62.24 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.44 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.18 £36.05
% change year-on-year +50.82% -21.82% +0.13%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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
London -59 124 £498 -9.55% 33
North of England -5 95 £458 +14.38% 20
Yorkshire -3 56 £475 +16.71% 4
North West -31 32 £478 +19.38% 12
South East -62 17 £413 -8.33% 18
Midlands -73 15 £531 +22.13%
West Midlands -55 13 £575 +32.18%
East of England -24 8 £625 +16.28%
North East -23 7 £450 -18.18% 4
South West -28 6 £575 -11.54% 8
East Midlands -30 2 £381 +9.17%
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 20 (7.19%) Confluence
2 8 (2.88%) Appian
3 7 (2.52%) Anypoint
3 7 (2.52%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.80%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.80%) Mule
5 2 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.72%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.36%) CICS
6 1 (0.36%) CMS
6 1 (0.36%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.36%) JBoss
6 1 (0.36%) Mule ESB
6 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
6 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.44%) Navisworks
1 4 (1.44%) Revit
2 3 (1.08%) CPLEX
3 2 (0.72%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.08%) Distributed Ledger
1 3 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.72%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.72%) Remedy AR System
2 2 (0.72%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.36%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.36%) Odoo
3 1 (0.36%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.36%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 101 (36.33%) Azure
2 73 (26.26%) AWS
3 48 (17.27%) GCP
4 37 (13.31%) GitHub
5 24 (8.63%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (8.27%) Serverless
7 20 (7.19%) GitHub Actions
8 17 (6.12%) Azure Data Factory
8 17 (6.12%) Power Platform
9 16 (5.76%) Azure AI
10 12 (4.32%) Power Automate
11 11 (3.96%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (3.60%) Azure Functions
12 10 (3.60%) Azure Service Bus
13 9 (3.24%) Anthropic Claude
13 9 (3.24%) Apigee
13 9 (3.24%) Azure Logic Apps
13 9 (3.24%) Copilot Studio
13 9 (3.24%) Kong
14 8 (2.88%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.08%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.72%) Firewall
2 2 (0.72%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.36%) BGP
3 1 (0.36%) DNS
3 1 (0.36%) HTTP
3 1 (0.36%) Internet
3 1 (0.36%) NaaS
3 1 (0.36%) Network Security
3 1 (0.36%) SSH
3 1 (0.36%) VPN
3 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (14.75%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (10.07%) NoSQL
3 25 (8.99%) MongoDB
4 22 (7.91%) Relational Database
5 18 (6.47%) SQL Server
6 14 (5.04%) Power BI
7 12 (4.32%) MySQL
8 8 (2.88%) BigQuery
8 8 (2.88%) Pinecone
9 7 (2.52%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (2.52%) Metadata
10 6 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.80%) Big Data
11 5 (1.80%) Redis
12 4 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (1.44%) DynamoDB
13 3 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
14 2 (0.72%) Neo4j
14 2 (0.72%) RDBMS
14 2 (0.72%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 45 (16.19%) Git
2 43 (15.47%) JIRA
3 39 (14.03%) Jenkins
4 19 (6.83%) GitLab
5 10 (3.60%) Gradle
6 9 (3.24%) Mockito
7 8 (2.88%) MLflow
8 7 (2.52%) fastlane
8 7 (2.52%) JUnit
9 6 (2.16%) Bitbucket
10 4 (1.44%) Android Studio
10 4 (1.44%) Cucumber
10 4 (1.44%) Postman
10 4 (1.44%) Xcode
11 3 (1.08%) Crashlytics
11 3 (1.08%) IntelliJ
11 3 (1.08%) Maven
11 3 (1.08%) Selenium
11 3 (1.08%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.72%) Mocha
General
1 62 (22.30%) Finance
2 59 (21.22%) Social Skills
3 48 (17.27%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (12.59%) Public Sector
5 15 (5.40%) Banking
6 8 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.44%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.44%) Law
9 3 (1.08%) Front Office
9 3 (1.08%) Publishing
10 2 (0.72%) Aviation
10 2 (0.72%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.72%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.72%) Marketing
10 2 (0.72%) Police
10 2 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.72%) Retail
10 2 (0.72%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.36%) Billing
Job Titles
1 157 (56.47%) Developer
2 49 (17.63%) Python Developer
3 37 (13.31%) Java Developer
3 37 (13.31%) Senior
4 23 (8.27%) Architect
4 23 (8.27%) Full-Stack Developer
5 22 (7.91%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 21 (7.55%) Lead
7 19 (6.83%) Senior Developer
8 18 (6.47%) Software Engineer
9 12 (4.32%) Software Developer
10 10 (3.60%) Applications Developer
10 10 (3.60%) Automation Engineer
11 9 (3.24%) Cloud Engineer
11 9 (3.24%) Data Engineer
12 8 (2.88%) Integration Developer
13 7 (2.52%) Backend Developer
13 7 (2.52%) Integration Architect
13 7 (2.52%) Java Engineer
13 7 (2.52%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (26.98%) RESTful
2 74 (26.62%) REST
3 45 (16.19%) React
4 43 (15.47%) Spring
5 42 (15.11%) Spring Boot
6 40 (14.39%) FastAPI
7 39 (14.03%) Node.js
8 36 (12.95%) .NET
9 31 (11.15%) OAuth
10 27 (9.71%) AngularJS
11 25 (8.99%) JWT
12 24 (8.63%) OpenAPI
12 24 (8.63%) Swagger
13 22 (7.91%) Django
13 22 (7.91%) JSON
13 22 (7.91%) OpenTelemetry
14 21 (7.55%) Flask
15 19 (6.83%) Kafka
15 19 (6.83%) OAuth2
16 17 (6.12%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 37 (13.31%) Cloud Native
2 30 (10.79%) Product Ownership
3 18 (6.47%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (4.68%) Data Protection Act
5 10 (3.60%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (3.60%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (3.24%) AI Agents
6 9 (3.24%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.88%) Low-Code
8 7 (2.52%) Virtual Team
9 6 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.16%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.80%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.80%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.44%) CMDB
11 4 (1.44%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.44%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.08%) Fixed Income
13 2 (0.72%) NHS
13 2 (0.72%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.76%) Linux
2 10 (3.60%) Unix
3 4 (1.44%) Android
3 4 (1.44%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.72%) AIX
4 2 (0.72%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.72%) VMS
4 2 (0.72%) Windows
5 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.36%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (54.68%) CI/CD
2 103 (37.05%) Agile
3 88 (31.65%) DevOps
3 88 (31.65%) Microservices
4 81 (29.14%) Containerisation
5 61 (21.94%) Test Automation
6 59 (21.22%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (16.55%) AI
7 46 (16.55%) Full-Stack Development
8 44 (15.83%) Observability
9 42 (15.11%) Infrastructure as Code
10 38 (13.67%) Software Engineering
11 37 (13.31%) API Integration
12 35 (12.59%) API Design
13 34 (12.23%) Event-Driven
14 33 (11.87%) Analytics
14 33 (11.87%) Clean Code
15 31 (11.15%) Machine Learning
15 31 (11.15%) TDD
16 30 (10.79%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 123 (44.24%) Python
2 90 (32.37%) Java
3 85 (30.58%) SQL
4 43 (15.47%) JavaScript
5 36 (12.95%) C#
6 30 (10.79%) TypeScript
7 12 (4.32%) Kotlin
8 9 (3.24%) PowerShell
9 6 (2.16%) Go
10 5 (1.80%) Bash
11 4 (1.44%) Rust
11 4 (1.44%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.44%) Swift
12 3 (1.08%) Apex Code
12 3 (1.08%) PHP
12 3 (1.08%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.08%) Scala
13 2 (0.72%) Bicep
13 2 (0.72%) C++
13 2 (0.72%) R
Qualifications
1 55 (19.78%) Security Cleared
2 43 (15.47%) SC Cleared
3 19 (6.83%) Degree
4 15 (5.40%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.16%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.44%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (0.72%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.72%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.72%) CISSP
8 2 (0.72%) GIAC
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.36%) CBAP
9 1 (0.36%) CSPO
9 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.47%) QA
2 15 (5.40%) Accessibility
3 14 (5.04%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.16%) WCAG
5 4 (1.44%) GDPR
5 4 (1.44%) HIPAA
5 4 (1.44%) ISO 19650
6 3 (1.08%) SLA
7 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.72%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.36%) NIST
8 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.36%) PMO
8 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 90 (32.37%) Docker
2 2 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.36%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.36%) IAG
3 1 (0.36%) KVM
Systems Management
1 92 (33.09%) Kubernetes
2 42 (15.11%) Terraform
3 29 (10.43%) Grafana
3 29 (10.43%) Prometheus
4 17 (6.12%) Control-M
4 17 (6.12%) IBM Guardium
4 17 (6.12%) Nessus
5 8 (2.88%) Ansible
6 4 (1.44%) Istio
7 3 (1.08%) Puppet
8 2 (0.72%) Consul
8 2 (0.72%) Kibana
8 2 (0.72%) Zipkin
9 1 (0.36%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.36%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.36%) CloudHub
9 1 (0.36%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.36%) logstash
9 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 30 (10.79%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.27%) Google
3 17 (6.12%) OpenAI
3 17 (6.12%) Tenable
4 13 (4.68%) Dynatrace
5 12 (4.32%) Foundry
5 12 (4.32%) MuleSoft
6 8 (2.88%) Automation Anywhere
6 8 (2.88%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.88%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.88%) UiPath
7 7 (2.52%) Databricks
7 7 (2.52%) Oracle
8 6 (2.16%) Okta
9 4 (1.44%) Autodesk
9 4 (1.44%) Ping Identity
9 4 (1.44%) webMethods
10 3 (1.08%) Apple
10 3 (1.08%) Veracode
11 2 (0.72%) Brio