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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 265 340
Rank change year-on-year -65 +75 +44
Contract jobs citing API Development 293 234 196
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.69% 0.95% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 1.04% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 168 145
10th Percentile £374 £357 £377
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £485 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.13% -11.82% -6.14%
75th Percentile £575 £603 £625
90th Percentile £681 £675 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £492 £550
% change year-on-year +1.63% -10.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £76.00 - -
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 36,315 22,393 32,018
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.15% 91.34% 85.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,987 14,479 20,805
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £414 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,273 1,020 2,369
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.80
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.64% -25.33% +5.63%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.21 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.56% -25.45% +4.20%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -79 125 £500 -9.09% 28
North of England -3 104 £465 +16.25% 9
Yorkshire -2 62 £471 +17.63% 3
North West -21 32 £500 +25.00% 5
South East -74 19 £413 -8.33% 17
Midlands -73 13 £550 +26.44% 3
West Midlands -60 11 £600 +37.93%
North East -25 10 £450 -18.18% 1
South West -24 9 £413 -21.43% 5
East of England -19 8 £600 +20.00% 3
East Midlands -30 2 £381 +6.42% 3
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 22 (7.51%) Confluence
2 8 (2.73%) Appian
3 7 (2.39%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.05%) Anypoint
4 6 (2.05%) Mule
5 3 (1.02%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.68%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.34%) CICS
7 1 (0.34%) CMS
7 1 (0.34%) JBoss
7 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.37%) CPLEX
1 4 (1.37%) Navisworks
1 4 (1.37%) Revit
2 2 (0.68%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.02%) Distributed Ledger
1 3 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (1.02%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.34%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.34%) Odoo
2 1 (0.34%) ResourceLink
2 1 (0.34%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 111 (37.88%) Azure
2 73 (24.91%) AWS
3 52 (17.75%) GCP
4 40 (13.65%) GitHub
5 32 (10.92%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (8.19%) GitHub Actions
6 24 (8.19%) Serverless
7 16 (5.46%) Azure Data Factory
7 16 (5.46%) Power Platform
8 15 (5.12%) Azure AI
9 12 (4.10%) Power Automate
10 10 (3.41%) AWS Lambda
10 10 (3.41%) Azure Functions
10 10 (3.41%) Azure Service Bus
11 9 (3.07%) Anthropic Claude
11 9 (3.07%) Azure Logic Apps
11 9 (3.07%) Firebase
12 8 (2.73%) Apigee
12 8 (2.73%) Azure AKS
12 8 (2.73%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.68%) Reverse Proxy
1 2 (0.68%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.34%) BGP
2 1 (0.34%) Firewall
2 1 (0.34%) Internet
2 1 (0.34%) NaaS
2 1 (0.34%) Network Security
2 1 (0.34%) SSH
2 1 (0.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (15.02%) PostgreSQL
2 28 (9.56%) MongoDB
3 27 (9.22%) NoSQL
4 20 (6.83%) Relational Database
5 17 (5.80%) SQL Server
6 14 (4.78%) Power BI
7 10 (3.41%) MySQL
8 8 (2.73%) BigQuery
8 8 (2.73%) Pinecone
9 6 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (2.05%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (2.05%) Metadata
9 6 (2.05%) Redis
10 4 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (1.37%) DynamoDB
11 3 (1.02%) Data Lake
11 3 (1.02%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.68%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 53 (18.09%) Git
2 45 (15.36%) JIRA
3 40 (13.65%) Jenkins
4 17 (5.80%) GitLab
5 12 (4.10%) Gradle
6 9 (3.07%) fastlane
6 9 (3.07%) Mockito
7 8 (2.73%) MLflow
8 7 (2.39%) Bitbucket
8 7 (2.39%) JUnit
9 5 (1.71%) Android Studio
9 5 (1.71%) Crashlytics
10 4 (1.37%) Cucumber
10 4 (1.37%) GoCD
10 4 (1.37%) Postman
10 4 (1.37%) Xcode
11 3 (1.02%) Maven
11 3 (1.02%) Selenium
11 3 (1.02%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.68%) Liquibase
General
1 66 (22.53%) Finance
2 61 (20.82%) Social Skills
3 47 (16.04%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (14.33%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.46%) Banking
6 13 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.02%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.02%) Front Office
8 3 (1.02%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.02%) Law
8 3 (1.02%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.02%) Marketing
8 3 (1.02%) Publishing
8 3 (1.02%) Retail
8 3 (1.02%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.68%) Aviation
9 2 (0.68%) Police
10 1 (0.34%) Advertising
10 1 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 165 (56.31%) Developer
2 51 (17.41%) Python Developer
3 44 (15.02%) Senior
4 41 (13.99%) Java Developer
5 25 (8.53%) Architect
6 23 (7.85%) Full-Stack Developer
6 23 (7.85%) Lead
6 23 (7.85%) Senior Developer
7 22 (7.51%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 21 (7.17%) Software Engineer
9 12 (4.10%) Software Developer
10 9 (3.07%) Applications Developer
10 9 (3.07%) Automation Engineer
11 8 (2.73%) Cloud Engineer
11 8 (2.73%) Integration Architect
12 7 (2.39%) Data Engineer
12 7 (2.39%) Integration Developer
12 7 (2.39%) Lead Developer
12 7 (2.39%) Senior Python Developer
12 7 (2.39%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (29.01%) RESTful
2 80 (27.30%) REST
3 49 (16.72%) React
4 44 (15.02%) Node.js
4 44 (15.02%) Spring
5 43 (14.68%) Spring Boot
6 42 (14.33%) .NET
6 42 (14.33%) FastAPI
7 35 (11.95%) OAuth
8 33 (11.26%) AngularJS
9 27 (9.22%) JWT
10 25 (8.53%) Swagger
11 24 (8.19%) OpenAPI
12 23 (7.85%) Django
12 23 (7.85%) Kafka
12 23 (7.85%) OAuth2
13 21 (7.17%) Flask
13 21 (7.17%) JSON
14 20 (6.83%) HTML
14 20 (6.83%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 48 (16.38%) Cloud Native
2 35 (11.95%) Product Ownership
3 21 (7.17%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (4.78%) Data Protection Act
5 12 (4.10%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (3.41%) AI Agents
7 9 (3.07%) Data Structures
7 9 (3.07%) Mobile App
8 8 (2.73%) Low-Code
8 8 (2.73%) Onboarding
9 7 (2.39%) Algorithms
9 7 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.39%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (2.39%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.71%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.37%) Management Information System
12 3 (1.02%) NHS
13 2 (0.68%) CMDB
13 2 (0.68%) Fixed Income
13 2 (0.68%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.44%) Linux
2 8 (2.73%) Unix
3 5 (1.71%) Android
4 4 (1.37%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.37%) Windows
5 2 (0.68%) AIX
5 2 (0.68%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.68%) VMS
6 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.34%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (55.97%) CI/CD
2 111 (37.88%) Agile
3 98 (33.45%) DevOps
3 98 (33.45%) Microservices
4 84 (28.67%) Containerisation
5 70 (23.89%) Test Automation
6 64 (21.84%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (18.09%) AI
7 53 (18.09%) Full-Stack Development
8 50 (17.06%) Infrastructure as Code
9 48 (16.38%) Observability
10 46 (15.70%) Software Engineering
11 42 (14.33%) API Design
12 41 (13.99%) Event-Driven
13 39 (13.31%) API Integration
14 37 (12.63%) Analytics
14 37 (12.63%) Clean Code
15 34 (11.60%) Deployment Automation
15 34 (11.60%) TDD
16 33 (11.26%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 130 (44.37%) Python
2 95 (32.42%) Java
3 77 (26.28%) SQL
4 48 (16.38%) JavaScript
5 41 (13.99%) C#
6 36 (12.29%) TypeScript
7 15 (5.12%) Kotlin
8 9 (3.07%) PowerShell
9 8 (2.73%) Go
10 5 (1.71%) Bicep
11 4 (1.37%) Rust
11 4 (1.37%) Swift
12 3 (1.02%) Apex Code
12 3 (1.02%) Bash
13 2 (0.68%) C++
13 2 (0.68%) Groovy
13 2 (0.68%) PromQL
13 2 (0.68%) Scala
13 2 (0.68%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.34%) Gremlin
Qualifications
1 56 (19.11%) Security Cleared
2 44 (15.02%) SC Cleared
3 21 (7.17%) Degree
4 16 (5.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.05%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.71%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.68%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.68%) CISSP
10 2 (0.68%) GIAC
11 1 (0.34%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.34%) CSPO
11 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.85%) Accessibility
2 16 (5.46%) QA
3 15 (5.12%) WCAG
4 13 (4.44%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.05%) GDPR
6 4 (1.37%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.37%) ISO 19650
7 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.68%) NCSC
7 2 (0.68%) SLA
7 2 (0.68%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.34%) NIST
8 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 93 (31.74%) Docker
2 2 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.34%) IAG
3 1 (0.34%) KVM
Systems Management
1 94 (32.08%) Kubernetes
2 49 (16.72%) Terraform
3 28 (9.56%) Prometheus
4 26 (8.87%) Grafana
5 17 (5.80%) Control-M
5 17 (5.80%) IBM Guardium
5 17 (5.80%) Nessus
6 10 (3.41%) Ansible
7 4 (1.37%) Istio
8 2 (0.68%) Consul
8 2 (0.68%) Zipkin
9 1 (0.34%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.34%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.34%) Kibana
9 1 (0.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 32 (10.92%) Microsoft
2 29 (9.90%) Google
3 17 (5.80%) Tenable
4 16 (5.46%) Dynatrace
4 16 (5.46%) OpenAI
5 11 (3.75%) Foundry
5 11 (3.75%) MuleSoft
6 8 (2.73%) Automation Anywhere
6 8 (2.73%) Oracle
6 8 (2.73%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.73%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.73%) UiPath
7 7 (2.39%) Okta
8 6 (2.05%) Databricks
9 4 (1.37%) Apple
9 4 (1.37%) Autodesk
9 4 (1.37%) Ping Identity
9 4 (1.37%) webMethods
10 3 (1.02%) CyberArk
10 3 (1.02%) Veracode