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 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
29 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 330 360
Rank change year-on-year +33 +30 +47
Contract jobs citing API Development 258 167 193
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.82% 0.59% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 0.67% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 123 144
10th Percentile £387 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £575 £558
Median % change year-on-year -11.52% +3.14% -7.08%
75th Percentile £600 £630 £646
90th Percentile £675 £685 £700
UK median daily rate £511 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -7.05% +0.92% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £70.43 £41.48 -
25th Percentile £71.07 £41.81 £36.25
Median hourly rate £72.13 £43.25 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.77% +15.33% -31.82%
75th Percentile £73.20 £45.31 £38.75
90th Percentile £73.83 £46.03 -
UK median hourly rate £72.13 £33.55 £37.50
% change year-on-year +114.99% -10.53% -31.82%

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 27,925 25,046 32,278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.53% 88.69% 88.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,779 15,429 21,914
10th Percentile £302 £311 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,785 824 1,417
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%
75th Percentile £56.69 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.71% +25.00%

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 29 December 2025.

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 29 December 2025. 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 +30 143 £510 -12.82% 77
North of England -6 62 £500 - 76
North West +7 30 £450 +12.50% 37
Yorkshire -35 25 £500 - 31
South East +1 21 £506 +3.85% 75
East of England -15 11 £625 +108.33% 40
Midlands -42 11 £424 -22.95% 60
North East -2 7 £575 +4.55% 8
West Midlands -32 7 £424 -22.95% 33
South West -9 4 - - 38
East Midlands - 4 £463 - 22
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 10 (3.88%) Confluence
2 5 (1.94%) Anypoint
3 4 (1.55%) nginx
4 3 (1.16%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.16%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.78%) Appian
5 2 (0.78%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.78%) CMS
5 2 (0.78%) JBoss
5 2 (0.78%) Mule
5 2 (0.78%) Mule ESB
5 2 (0.78%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.39%) CICS
6 1 (0.39%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.39%) Red Hat Fuse
6 1 (0.39%) Traefik
6 1 (0.39%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.39%) WebSphere
Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.78%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.78%) Remedy AR System
2 2 (0.78%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.39%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.39%) Cerner Millennium
3 1 (0.39%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.39%) SAP MRS
3 1 (0.39%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.39%) Shopify
3 1 (0.39%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 95 (36.82%) AWS
2 78 (30.23%) Azure
3 36 (13.95%) GCP
4 35 (13.57%) GitHub
5 27 (10.47%) Serverless
6 18 (6.98%) AWS Lambda
7 15 (5.81%) Power Platform
8 14 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (5.04%) Amazon EKS
10 12 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
11 11 (4.26%) SaaS
12 10 (3.88%) Azure AI
12 10 (3.88%) Azure Logic Apps
13 8 (3.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (3.10%) Copilot Studio
13 8 (3.10%) Microsoft Copilot
14 7 (2.71%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (2.71%) Azure Service Bus
15 6 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
15 6 (2.33%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.10%) HTTPS
2 7 (2.71%) SSL
3 5 (1.94%) HTTP
4 3 (1.16%) VPN
5 2 (0.78%) Firewall
5 2 (0.78%) Internet
6 1 (0.39%) DNS
6 1 (0.39%) FTP
6 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.39%) VoIP
6 1 (0.39%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (15.12%) NoSQL
2 30 (11.63%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (10.08%) Relational Database
4 24 (9.30%) SQL Server
5 15 (5.81%) MongoDB
6 12 (4.65%) Power BI
7 11 (4.26%) MySQL
8 6 (2.33%) Apache Cassandra
9 4 (1.55%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.55%) Big Data
9 4 (1.55%) BigQuery
9 4 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.55%) Pinecone
10 3 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.16%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.16%) Redis
10 3 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.78%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 45 (17.44%) Git
2 33 (12.79%) JIRA
3 21 (8.14%) GitLab
4 20 (7.75%) Jenkins
5 14 (5.43%) JUnit
6 7 (2.71%) Postman
7 6 (2.33%) Gradle
7 6 (2.33%) Mockito
8 5 (1.94%) Maven
8 5 (1.94%) SpecFlow
9 4 (1.55%) Bitbucket
9 4 (1.55%) Mocha
9 4 (1.55%) Storybook
10 3 (1.16%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.78%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.78%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.78%) MLflow
11 2 (0.78%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 88 (34.11%) Social Skills
2 78 (30.23%) Finance
3 34 (13.18%) Public Sector
4 23 (8.91%) Banking
5 19 (7.36%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.33%) Manufacturing
8 4 (1.55%) Digital Healthcare
8 4 (1.55%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.55%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.55%) Marketing
8 4 (1.55%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.16%) Electronics
9 3 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.16%) Military
9 3 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.78%) Aviation
10 2 (0.78%) Front Office
10 2 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.39%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 137 (53.10%) Developer
2 52 (20.16%) Senior
3 31 (12.02%) Senior Developer
4 28 (10.85%) Java Developer
5 27 (10.47%) Full-Stack Developer
6 25 (9.69%) Python Developer
7 17 (6.59%) Software Engineer
8 15 (5.81%) Architect
9 14 (5.43%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 14 (5.43%) Senior Java Developer
10 13 (5.04%) Java Engineer
10 13 (5.04%) Lead
11 11 (4.26%) C# Developer
11 11 (4.26%) Cloud Engineer
12 10 (3.88%) Python Engineer
13 9 (3.49%) Full-Stack Python Developer
13 9 (3.49%) Node.js Developer
14 8 (3.10%) Angular Developer
15 7 (2.71%) AWS Engineer
15 7 (2.71%) Backend Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (39.53%) RESTful
2 62 (24.03%) REST
3 44 (17.05%) Spring
4 41 (15.89%) Spring Boot
5 39 (15.12%) React
6 33 (12.79%) AngularJS
7 30 (11.63%) Node.js
8 29 (11.24%) .NET
8 29 (11.24%) JSON
9 26 (10.08%) FastAPI
10 25 (9.69%) OAuth
11 24 (9.30%) SOAP
12 21 (8.14%) HTML
13 19 (7.36%) Kafka
14 17 (6.59%) XML
15 16 (6.20%) CSS
16 15 (5.81%) GraphQL
16 15 (5.81%) Jest
17 14 (5.43%) .NET Framework
17 14 (5.43%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 23 (8.91%) Cloud Native
2 19 (7.36%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (6.20%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.88%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.71%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.71%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.33%) Credit Risk
7 6 (2.33%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.55%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.55%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.16%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.16%) Fixed Income
9 3 (1.16%) Market Risk
9 3 (1.16%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.16%) Reinsurance
9 3 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.78%) Digital Currency
10 2 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.78%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.75%) Linux
2 8 (3.10%) Unix
2 8 (3.10%) Windows
3 2 (0.78%) Android
3 2 (0.78%) VMS
4 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.39%) Windows Embedded Compact
4 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (53.88%) CI/CD
2 119 (46.12%) Agile
3 102 (39.53%) Microservices
4 94 (36.43%) DevOps
5 75 (29.07%) Problem-Solving
6 71 (27.52%) Containerisation
7 43 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
8 42 (16.28%) Test Automation
9 41 (15.89%) Code Quality
10 34 (13.18%) AI
10 34 (13.18%) API Integration
11 32 (12.40%) Infrastructure as Code
11 32 (12.40%) Software Engineering
11 32 (12.40%) TDD
12 26 (10.08%) API Design
13 25 (9.69%) Deployment Automation
14 23 (8.91%) Event-Driven
14 23 (8.91%) Machine Learning
14 23 (8.91%) Observability
15 22 (8.53%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 96 (37.21%) Python
2 79 (30.62%) SQL
3 68 (26.36%) Java
4 40 (15.50%) JavaScript
4 40 (15.50%) TypeScript
5 39 (15.12%) C#
6 9 (3.49%) Go
7 8 (3.10%) PowerShell
8 7 (2.71%) Bash
9 6 (2.33%) PHP
9 6 (2.33%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.94%) C++
11 4 (1.55%) C
11 4 (1.55%) PL/SQL
12 3 (1.16%) Ruby
12 3 (1.16%) Scala
12 3 (1.16%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.78%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.78%) R
13 2 (0.78%) Rust
Qualifications
1 58 (22.48%) Security Cleared
2 50 (19.38%) SC Cleared
3 20 (7.75%) Degree
4 12 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.94%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.16%) MCP
8 2 (0.78%) OCP
8 2 (0.78%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.78%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.39%) CBAP
9 1 (0.39%) CSPO
9 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (10.47%) QA
2 9 (3.49%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.33%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.78%) GDPR
5 1 (0.39%) EU AI Act
5 1 (0.39%) HL7
5 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.39%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.39%) MiFID
5 1 (0.39%) NCSC
5 1 (0.39%) NIST
5 1 (0.39%) PMO
5 1 (0.39%) SLA
5 1 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 101 (39.15%) Docker
2 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 92 (35.66%) Kubernetes
2 36 (13.95%) Terraform
3 17 (6.59%) Grafana
4 14 (5.43%) Prometheus
5 11 (4.26%) Ansible
6 9 (3.49%) Control-M
6 9 (3.49%) IBM Guardium
6 9 (3.49%) Nessus
7 3 (1.16%) CloudHub
7 3 (1.16%) Kibana
7 3 (1.16%) Puppet
8 2 (0.78%) Istio
8 2 (0.78%) Proxmox
8 2 (0.78%) Rsyslog
8 2 (0.78%) Rundeck
8 2 (0.78%) Salt
8 2 (0.78%) SCOM
9 1 (0.39%) Argo
9 1 (0.39%) Cilium
9 1 (0.39%) Consul
Vendors
1 31 (12.02%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.53%) Google
3 12 (4.65%) OpenAI
4 11 (4.26%) MuleSoft
5 10 (3.88%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.49%) Axway
6 9 (3.49%) Tenable
7 8 (3.10%) Foundry
7 8 (3.10%) Oracle
8 6 (2.33%) Ping Identity
9 4 (1.55%) Adobe
9 4 (1.55%) Blue Prism
9 4 (1.55%) Pega
9 4 (1.55%) SAP
10 3 (1.16%) Databricks
10 3 (1.16%) Splunk
11 2 (0.78%) Automation Anywhere
11 2 (0.78%) Dynatrace
11 2 (0.78%) Guidewire
11 2 (0.78%) UiPath
365 API Development jobs in England