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 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 328 286 343
Rank change year-on-year -42 +57 +30
Contract jobs citing API Development 275 191 210
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 0.79% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.87% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 143 163
10th Percentile £351 £363 £391
25th Percentile £413 £439 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £625
90th Percentile £675 £669 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -6.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £70.43 - -
25th Percentile £71.07 £43.50 -
Median hourly rate £72.13 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +60.29% - -
75th Percentile £73.20 £46.50 -
90th Percentile £73.83 - -
UK median hourly rate £72.13 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year +60.29% - -

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 32,391 22,052 32,754
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.35% 90.83% 86.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,759 14,493 21,652
10th Percentile £313 £312 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,980 839 2,155
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.56 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.25 £32.81 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% -0.58% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £75.44 £77.25 £71.89
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year - - -9.72%

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 25 March 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 25 March 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 -45 138 £525 -8.70% 25
North of England -17 75 £476 +5.25% 19
Yorkshire -30 42 £500 -6.98% 6
North West -12 31 £450 +12.50% 11
South East -49 17 £481 -3.51% 11
Midlands -69 17 £449 +3.16% 11
East of England -22 14 £625 -21.88% 5
West Midlands -54 13 £449 +0.84% 11
South West -21 7 £405 -31.15% 12
East Midlands -32 4 £455 +39.57%
North East -12 2 £439 -20.23% 2
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 11 (4.00%) Confluence
2 8 (2.91%) Anypoint
2 8 (2.91%) Appian
3 6 (2.18%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.82%) Mule
5 4 (1.45%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.09%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.73%) CMS
8 1 (0.36%) CICS
8 1 (0.36%) ColdFusion
8 1 (0.36%) JBoss
8 1 (0.36%) Mule ESB
8 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.36%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 5 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.09%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.73%) Remedy AR System
3 2 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.36%) Cerner Millennium
4 1 (0.36%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.36%) Odoo
4 1 (0.36%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.36%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 98 (35.64%) Azure
2 92 (33.45%) AWS
3 46 (16.73%) GCP
4 34 (12.36%) GitHub
5 32 (11.64%) Serverless
6 21 (7.64%) Azure AI
7 19 (6.91%) Power Platform
8 17 (6.18%) Azure Data Factory
8 17 (6.18%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (5.82%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (5.09%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (5.09%) Copilot Studio
11 13 (4.73%) Azure Service Bus
11 13 (4.73%) Microsoft Copilot
11 13 (4.73%) Power Automate
12 12 (4.36%) Azure Functions
12 12 (4.36%) Azure Logic Apps
13 10 (3.64%) Anthropic Claude
13 10 (3.64%) AWS CloudFormation
14 9 (3.27%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.09%) VPN
2 2 (0.73%) Firewall
2 2 (0.73%) HTTP
2 2 (0.73%) Internet
2 2 (0.73%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.73%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.36%) BGP
3 1 (0.36%) DNS
3 1 (0.36%) FTP
3 1 (0.36%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.36%) NaaS
3 1 (0.36%) SSH
3 1 (0.36%) SSL
3 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (16.00%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (14.18%) NoSQL
3 27 (9.82%) Relational Database
4 23 (8.36%) SQL Server
5 22 (8.00%) MongoDB
6 16 (5.82%) MySQL
7 15 (5.45%) Power BI
8 8 (2.91%) Pinecone
9 7 (2.55%) BigQuery
9 7 (2.55%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (2.18%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (2.18%) Big Data
10 6 (2.18%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (1.09%) Delta Lake
11 3 (1.09%) Metadata
11 3 (1.09%) Redis
11 3 (1.09%) Spark SQL
12 2 (0.73%) Amazon Aurora
12 2 (0.73%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.73%) Cloud Spanner
Development Applications
1 57 (20.73%) Git
2 36 (13.09%) Jenkins
3 33 (12.00%) JIRA
4 23 (8.36%) GitLab
5 12 (4.36%) JUnit
6 9 (3.27%) Mockito
7 8 (2.91%) Gradle
7 8 (2.91%) MLflow
8 6 (2.18%) Maven
9 4 (1.45%) Mocha
9 4 (1.45%) SonarQube
10 3 (1.09%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.09%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.09%) fastlane
10 3 (1.09%) Selenium
10 3 (1.09%) Storybook
11 2 (0.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.73%) GoCD
11 2 (0.73%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.73%) Xcode
General
1 77 (28.00%) Social Skills
2 73 (26.55%) Finance
3 34 (12.36%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (12.00%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.18%) Banking
6 10 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.82%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.82%) Marketing
7 5 (1.82%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.45%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.09%) Aviation
9 3 (1.09%) Electronics
9 3 (1.09%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.73%) Front Office
10 2 (0.73%) Law
10 2 (0.73%) Police
11 1 (0.36%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.36%) Legal
Job Titles
1 150 (54.55%) Developer
2 46 (16.73%) Python Developer
3 45 (16.36%) Senior
4 32 (11.64%) Full-Stack Developer
5 24 (8.73%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 21 (7.64%) Java Developer
6 21 (7.64%) Senior Developer
7 20 (7.27%) Architect
8 19 (6.91%) Lead
9 14 (5.09%) Cloud Engineer
10 11 (4.00%) Software Engineer
11 10 (3.64%) Automation Engineer
11 10 (3.64%) Data Engineer
11 10 (3.64%) Integration Developer
12 9 (3.27%) Software Developer
13 8 (2.91%) Applications Developer
13 8 (2.91%) AWS Engineer
13 8 (2.91%) C# Developer
13 8 (2.91%) Java Engineer
13 8 (2.91%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (34.55%) RESTful
2 82 (29.82%) REST
3 42 (15.27%) React
4 39 (14.18%) FastAPI
4 39 (14.18%) Spring
5 38 (13.82%) Node.js
6 37 (13.45%) Spring Boot
7 36 (13.09%) .NET
8 29 (10.55%) AngularJS
9 27 (9.82%) OAuth
10 22 (8.00%) JWT
11 21 (7.64%) OpenAPI
12 20 (7.27%) JSON
12 20 (7.27%) Kafka
12 20 (7.27%) Swagger
13 19 (6.91%) Django
13 19 (6.91%) Flask
13 19 (6.91%) scikit-learn
14 18 (6.55%) PyTorch
14 18 (6.55%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.73%) Cloud Native
1 24 (8.73%) Product Ownership
2 15 (5.45%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (5.09%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (3.64%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (3.27%) Data Structures
6 8 (2.91%) Low-Code
7 7 (2.55%) AI Agents
7 7 (2.55%) Virtual Team
8 6 (2.18%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.82%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.82%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.82%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.45%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.45%) CMDB
10 4 (1.45%) Credit Risk
10 4 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.09%) Fixed Income
11 3 (1.09%) Market Risk
12 2 (0.73%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.55%) Linux
2 10 (3.64%) Unix
3 7 (2.55%) Windows
4 3 (1.09%) Android
5 2 (0.73%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.73%) VMS
6 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Embedded Compact
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.36%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (57.45%) CI/CD
2 105 (38.18%) Agile
3 97 (35.27%) DevOps
4 92 (33.45%) Microservices
5 70 (25.45%) Containerisation
6 63 (22.91%) Problem-Solving
7 57 (20.73%) Test Automation
8 49 (17.82%) Full-Stack Development
9 48 (17.45%) AI
10 46 (16.73%) API Integration
11 40 (14.55%) Infrastructure as Code
12 38 (13.82%) Code Quality
13 34 (12.36%) Machine Learning
14 32 (11.64%) LLM
14 32 (11.64%) Observability
15 31 (11.27%) API Design
15 31 (11.27%) TDD
16 30 (10.91%) Clean Code
17 29 (10.55%) Analytics
17 29 (10.55%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Programming Languages
1 127 (46.18%) Python
2 92 (33.45%) SQL
3 66 (24.00%) Java
4 47 (17.09%) JavaScript
5 41 (14.91%) C#
6 38 (13.82%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.55%) Bash
7 7 (2.55%) Shell Script
8 5 (1.82%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.45%) Apex Code
9 4 (1.45%) C++
9 4 (1.45%) Go
9 4 (1.45%) Kotlin
9 4 (1.45%) PL/SQL
9 4 (1.45%) Ruby
9 4 (1.45%) Scala
10 3 (1.09%) PHP
10 3 (1.09%) R
11 2 (0.73%) C
11 2 (0.73%) Swift
Qualifications
1 51 (18.55%) Security Cleared
2 40 (14.55%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.18%) Degree
4 12 (4.36%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.82%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.09%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.09%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.73%) CISSP
8 2 (0.73%) GIAC
9 1 (0.36%) CBAP
9 1 (0.36%) CSPO
9 1 (0.36%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.36%) OCP
9 1 (0.36%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.45%) QA
2 14 (5.09%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.55%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.45%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.09%) GDPR
5 3 (1.09%) SLA
6 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.73%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.73%) WCAG
7 1 (0.36%) HL7
7 1 (0.36%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.36%) NCSC
7 1 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 99 (36.00%) Docker
2 1 (0.36%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.36%) IAG
2 1 (0.36%) KVM
2 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 97 (35.27%) Kubernetes
2 43 (15.64%) Terraform
3 27 (9.82%) Grafana
4 25 (9.09%) Prometheus
5 16 (5.82%) Control-M
5 16 (5.82%) IBM Guardium
5 16 (5.82%) Nessus
6 8 (2.91%) Ansible
7 4 (1.45%) Puppet
8 3 (1.09%) Kibana
9 2 (0.73%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.73%) Istio
10 1 (0.36%) Amdocs OSS
10 1 (0.36%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.36%) Consul
10 1 (0.36%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.36%) logstash
10 1 (0.36%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 37 (13.45%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.73%) Google
3 21 (7.64%) OpenAI
4 16 (5.82%) Tenable
5 15 (5.45%) Foundry
6 13 (4.73%) MuleSoft
6 13 (4.73%) Salesforce
7 10 (3.64%) Ping Identity
8 8 (2.91%) Automation Anywhere
8 8 (2.91%) Databricks
8 8 (2.91%) Oracle
8 8 (2.91%) UiPath
9 6 (2.18%) Dynatrace
10 5 (1.82%) Adobe
10 5 (1.82%) ServiceNow
11 3 (1.09%) Axway
11 3 (1.09%) SAP
11 3 (1.09%) Splunk
11 3 (1.09%) Veracode
12 2 (0.73%) Concur