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 15 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 297 367
Rank change year-on-year -49 +70 +60
Contract jobs citing API Development 330 239 165
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 0.85% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 0.93% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 172 115
10th Percentile £388 £369 £376
25th Percentile £413 £413 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £589 £613 £634
90th Percentile £700 £688 £687
UK median daily rate £477 £500 £530
% change year-on-year -4.70% -5.73% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £76.00 - £41.25
Median hourly rate £76.50 - £41.50
75th Percentile £77.00 - £41.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £76.50 - £25.60
% change year-on-year - - -31.73%

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 39,799 25,590 27,763
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.96% 90.90% 86.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,011 16,250 16,937
10th Percentile £325 £294 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,071 1,598 1,107
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.53 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.87 £20.50
Median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +53.96% -40.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £67.25 £44.78 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.50 £74.18
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.11% -37.13% -10.11%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -74 136 £568 +11.00% 27
North of England -31 98 £450 -7.69% 11
Yorkshire +5 68 £460 -8.00% 5
Midlands -36 28 £472 +28.13% 8
South East -64 23 £475 +5.56% 11
West Midlands -27 20 £550 +22.22% 7
South West -23 19 £413 +10.00% 7
North West -60 17 £500 +17.65% 6
North East -28 14 £450 -21.74%
East Midlands -16 8 £402 +12.29% 1
East of England -28 7 £400 -26.61% 1
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 46 (13.94%) Confluence
2 4 (1.21%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.91%) Anypoint
3 3 (0.91%) Mule
4 2 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.30%) Apache
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.30%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.30%) Luigi
5 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.30%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 3 (0.91%) CPLEX
1 3 (0.91%) Windchill
2 2 (0.61%) Navisworks
2 2 (0.61%) Revit
3 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.61%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.30%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 126 (38.18%) Azure
2 113 (34.24%) AWS
3 64 (19.39%) GCP
4 56 (16.97%) GitHub
5 41 (12.42%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (7.58%) Serverless
7 24 (7.27%) GitHub Actions
8 15 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
9 11 (3.33%) Power Platform
10 10 (3.03%) Amazon S3
10 10 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
11 9 (2.73%) Azure Service Bus
11 9 (2.73%) Cloud Run
12 8 (2.42%) Azure AKS
12 8 (2.42%) Entra ID
12 8 (2.42%) Firebase
12 8 (2.42%) GitHub Copilot
12 8 (2.42%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 7 (2.12%) Amazon EKS
13 7 (2.12%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.52%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.61%) CTI
2 2 (0.61%) HTTP
2 2 (0.61%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.30%) 4G
3 1 (0.30%) 5G
3 1 (0.30%) DNS
3 1 (0.30%) Firewall
3 1 (0.30%) Internet
3 1 (0.30%) Network Security
3 1 (0.30%) SSH
3 1 (0.30%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (14.24%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (11.52%) Relational Database
3 28 (8.48%) MongoDB
4 23 (6.97%) SQL Server
5 14 (4.24%) NoSQL
6 10 (3.03%) Redis
7 9 (2.73%) DynamoDB
7 9 (2.73%) Geospatial Data
8 8 (2.42%) Power BI
9 5 (1.52%) Metadata
9 5 (1.52%) MySQL
10 4 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.21%) BigQuery
10 4 (1.21%) RDBMS
11 3 (0.91%) Delta Lake
11 3 (0.91%) SQLite
11 3 (0.91%) ZAP BI
12 2 (0.61%) Db2
12 2 (0.61%) Neo4j
13 1 (0.30%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 82 (24.85%) Git
2 65 (19.70%) JIRA
3 45 (13.64%) Jenkins
4 20 (6.06%) JUnit
5 19 (5.76%) Bitbucket
6 16 (4.85%) Maven
7 15 (4.55%) Mockito
8 13 (3.94%) SonarQube
9 12 (3.64%) GitLab
9 12 (3.64%) Gradle
10 9 (2.73%) MSI
11 8 (2.42%) fastlane
12 5 (1.52%) Cucumber
12 5 (1.52%) Postman
13 4 (1.21%) Android Studio
13 4 (1.21%) Crashlytics
13 4 (1.21%) git-flow
13 4 (1.21%) Xcode
14 3 (0.91%) Newman
14 3 (0.91%) REST Assured
General
1 86 (26.06%) Social Skills
2 77 (23.33%) Finance
3 54 (16.36%) Public Sector
4 52 (15.76%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (8.18%) Banking
6 24 (7.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (3.33%) Investment Banking
8 6 (1.82%) Aerospace
8 6 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.52%) Retail
10 4 (1.21%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.21%) Publishing
10 4 (1.21%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.91%) Billing
12 2 (0.61%) Advertising
12 2 (0.61%) Automotive
12 2 (0.61%) Law
12 2 (0.61%) Legal
13 1 (0.30%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.30%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 185 (56.06%) Developer
2 57 (17.27%) Senior
3 46 (13.94%) Python Developer
4 43 (13.03%) Java Developer
5 36 (10.91%) Lead
6 34 (10.30%) Senior Developer
7 27 (8.18%) .NET Developer
8 25 (7.58%) Software Engineer
9 24 (7.27%) Full-Stack Developer
10 19 (5.76%) Architect
11 13 (3.94%) C# Developer
12 12 (3.64%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 12 (3.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 12 (3.64%) Senior Python Developer
12 12 (3.64%) Technical Leader
13 11 (3.33%) Python Engineer
14 10 (3.03%) C# .NET Developer
14 10 (3.03%) Java Engineer
14 10 (3.03%) Senior Java Developer
15 9 (2.73%) Applications Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (33.03%) REST
2 105 (31.82%) RESTful
3 68 (20.61%) .NET
4 61 (18.48%) React
5 48 (14.55%) Spring
5 48 (14.55%) Terraform
6 47 (14.24%) Spring Boot
7 42 (12.73%) AngularJS
8 40 (12.12%) HTML
9 35 (10.61%) OAuth
10 33 (10.00%) FastAPI
11 32 (9.70%) Node.js
11 32 (9.70%) OAuth2
12 28 (8.48%) Kafka
13 25 (7.58%) CSS
13 25 (7.58%) Django
13 25 (7.58%) OpenID
14 24 (7.27%) .NET Core
15 22 (6.67%) Flask
16 21 (6.36%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 95 (28.79%) Cloud Native
2 34 (10.30%) Product Ownership
3 32 (9.70%) Distributed Systems
4 24 (7.27%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (6.36%) AI Agents
6 15 (4.55%) Onboarding
7 11 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (2.73%) Derivative
9 9 (2.73%) NHS
10 8 (2.42%) Market Risk
10 8 (2.42%) Mobile App
10 8 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (2.12%) Fixed Income
12 6 (1.82%) Algorithms
12 6 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
13 5 (1.52%) Data Structures
13 5 (1.52%) Virtual Team
14 4 (1.21%) Distributed Architecture
14 4 (1.21%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.76%) Linux
2 14 (4.24%) Unix
3 13 (3.94%) Windows
4 4 (1.21%) Android
4 4 (1.21%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.61%) AIX
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (59.09%) CI/CD
2 155 (46.97%) Agile
3 141 (42.73%) Microservices
4 121 (36.67%) DevOps
5 107 (32.42%) Test Automation
6 80 (24.24%) Containerisation
7 71 (21.52%) Event-Driven
7 71 (21.52%) Software Engineering
8 69 (20.91%) Full-Stack Development
9 68 (20.61%) AI
9 68 (20.61%) Problem-Solving
10 66 (20.00%) Code Quality
11 56 (16.97%) Infrastructure as Code
12 52 (15.76%) API Integration
13 51 (15.45%) Observability
14 50 (15.15%) TDD
15 49 (14.85%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 49 (14.85%) Scrum
16 48 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
17 46 (13.94%) API Design
Programming Languages
1 142 (43.03%) Python
2 97 (29.39%) Java
3 78 (23.64%) SQL
4 73 (22.12%) JavaScript
5 64 (19.39%) TypeScript
6 58 (17.58%) C#
7 24 (7.27%) Kotlin
8 22 (6.67%) Go
9 13 (3.94%) Bicep
10 11 (3.33%) Rust
10 11 (3.33%) Shell Script
11 9 (2.73%) PowerShell
11 9 (2.73%) Scala
12 5 (1.52%) Bash
13 4 (1.21%) C++
13 4 (1.21%) Swift
14 3 (0.91%) Ruby
15 2 (0.61%) ABAP
15 2 (0.61%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.61%) PromQL
Qualifications
1 70 (21.21%) Security Cleared
2 61 (18.48%) SC Cleared
3 23 (6.97%) Degree
4 16 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.82%) Master's Degree
6 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 5 (1.52%) DV Cleared
8 4 (1.21%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.91%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.91%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.61%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.30%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (13.03%) Accessibility
2 32 (9.70%) QA
3 24 (7.27%) WCAG
4 11 (3.33%) Data Quality
5 9 (2.73%) GDPR
5 9 (2.73%) NCSC
6 4 (1.21%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.21%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.91%) HL7
8 2 (0.61%) IEC 62304
8 2 (0.61%) ISO 13485
8 2 (0.61%) ISO 19650
8 2 (0.61%) MISRA
8 2 (0.61%) PSD2
8 2 (0.61%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 94 (28.48%) Docker
2 3 (0.91%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 93 (28.18%) Kubernetes
2 26 (7.88%) Grafana
3 22 (6.67%) Prometheus
4 9 (2.73%) Ansible
5 7 (2.12%) Control-M
6 6 (1.82%) IBM Guardium
6 6 (1.82%) Kibana
6 6 (1.82%) Nessus
7 3 (0.91%) Argo
8 2 (0.61%) Consul
8 2 (0.61%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 60 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 25 (7.58%) Google
3 14 (4.24%) Oracle
4 12 (3.64%) Databricks
5 11 (3.33%) Dynatrace
6 9 (2.73%) Okta
6 9 (2.73%) Splunk
7 8 (2.42%) CyberArk
7 8 (2.42%) MuleSoft
7 8 (2.42%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.12%) OpenAI
9 6 (1.82%) Foundry
9 6 (1.82%) Salesforce
9 6 (1.82%) Tenable
9 6 (1.82%) webMethods
10 5 (1.52%) IBM
10 5 (1.52%) Ping Identity
10 5 (1.52%) SAP
11 4 (1.21%) Apple
11 4 (1.21%) OutSystems