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

6 months to
22 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 316 264 371
Rank change year-on-year -52 +107 +14
Contract jobs citing API Development 308 230 188
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.71% 0.92% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 1.01% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 163 138
10th Percentile £366 £351 £375
25th Percentile £413 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £469 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.94% -10.67% -8.70%
75th Percentile £580 £586 £608
90th Percentile £688 £685 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -7.89%
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 36,902 22,811 32,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.25% 91.37% 85.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,326 14,743 20,763
10th Percentile £325 £300 £303
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.04% -4.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,306 1,092 2,399
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.12 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £27.06 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +75.52% -29.01% +8.82%
75th Percentile £68.75 £55.25 £61.47
90th Percentile £82.25 £74.88 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +7.14%

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 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 22 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 -68 133 £523 +6.09% 35
North of England -3 106 £471 +17.33% 15
Yorkshire +2 65 £471 +10.71% 4
North West -32 30 £500 +24.69% 10
South East -62 22 £413 -8.33% 17
Midlands -67 13 £550 +26.44% 6
West Midlands -60 11 £600 +34.83%
North East - 11 £450 - 1
South West -33 10 £413 -21.43% 7
East of England -22 7 £600 +20.00% 3
East Midlands -28 2 £381 +9.17% 6
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 (7.14%) Confluence
2 7 (2.27%) Anypoint
2 7 (2.27%) Appian
2 7 (2.27%) Mule
3 6 (1.95%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.97%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.65%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.32%) CICS
6 1 (0.32%) CMS
6 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.32%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (1.62%) CPLEX
2 4 (1.30%) Navisworks
2 4 (1.30%) Revit
3 2 (0.65%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.30%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (0.97%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.32%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.32%) Odoo
3 1 (0.32%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.32%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 117 (37.99%) Azure
2 80 (25.97%) AWS
3 58 (18.83%) GCP
4 42 (13.64%) GitHub
5 37 (12.01%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (8.77%) Serverless
7 25 (8.12%) GitHub Actions
8 16 (5.19%) Power Platform
9 15 (4.87%) Azure Data Factory
10 14 (4.55%) Azure AI
11 11 (3.57%) Azure Functions
11 11 (3.57%) Azure Service Bus
11 11 (3.57%) Power Automate
12 10 (3.25%) AWS Lambda
12 10 (3.25%) Firebase
13 9 (2.92%) Azure AKS
14 8 (2.60%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 8 (2.60%) Apigee
14 8 (2.60%) Azure Key Vault
14 8 (2.60%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.65%) Reverse Proxy
1 2 (0.65%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.32%) BGP
2 1 (0.32%) Firewall
2 1 (0.32%) NaaS
2 1 (0.32%) Network Security
2 1 (0.32%) SSH
2 1 (0.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (15.26%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (9.74%) MongoDB
3 27 (8.77%) NoSQL
4 21 (6.82%) Relational Database
5 17 (5.52%) SQL Server
6 14 (4.55%) Power BI
7 10 (3.25%) MySQL
8 8 (2.60%) BigQuery
8 8 (2.60%) Pinecone
9 7 (2.27%) Redis
10 6 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (1.95%) Metadata
11 4 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (1.30%) DynamoDB
11 4 (1.30%) Geospatial Data
12 3 (0.97%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.65%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.65%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 56 (18.18%) Git
2 45 (14.61%) JIRA
3 41 (13.31%) Jenkins
4 17 (5.52%) GitLab
5 11 (3.57%) Gradle
6 10 (3.25%) fastlane
7 9 (2.92%) Mockito
8 8 (2.60%) JUnit
9 7 (2.27%) Bitbucket
9 7 (2.27%) MLflow
10 5 (1.62%) Android Studio
10 5 (1.62%) Crashlytics
10 5 (1.62%) Xcode
11 4 (1.30%) Cucumber
11 4 (1.30%) GoCD
12 3 (0.97%) MSI
12 3 (0.97%) Postman
12 3 (0.97%) Selenium
12 3 (0.97%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.65%) Cypress.io
General
1 72 (23.38%) Finance
2 58 (18.83%) Social Skills
3 46 (14.94%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (14.94%) Public Sector
4 19 (6.17%) Banking
5 14 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (1.30%) Investment Banking
6 4 (1.30%) Retail
7 3 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (0.97%) Financial Institution
7 3 (0.97%) Law
7 3 (0.97%) Manufacturing
7 3 (0.97%) Marketing
7 3 (0.97%) Publishing
7 3 (0.97%) Telecoms
8 2 (0.65%) Aerospace
8 2 (0.65%) Aviation
8 2 (0.65%) Billing
8 2 (0.65%) Front Office
8 2 (0.65%) Police
Job Titles
1 171 (55.52%) Developer
2 56 (18.18%) Python Developer
3 49 (15.91%) Senior
4 41 (13.31%) Java Developer
5 26 (8.44%) Lead
5 26 (8.44%) Senior Developer
6 24 (7.79%) Architect
7 23 (7.47%) Software Engineer
8 22 (7.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 22 (7.14%) Full-Stack Developer
9 12 (3.90%) Software Developer
10 9 (2.92%) Backend Developer
10 9 (2.92%) Senior Python Developer
11 8 (2.60%) Automation Engineer
11 8 (2.60%) Cloud Engineer
11 8 (2.60%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 8 (2.60%) Integration Architect
11 8 (2.60%) Java Engineer
12 7 (2.27%) Applications Developer
12 7 (2.27%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (28.90%) RESTful
2 83 (26.95%) REST
3 53 (17.21%) React
4 48 (15.58%) Node.js
5 46 (14.94%) Spring
6 45 (14.61%) Spring Boot
7 44 (14.29%) .NET
7 44 (14.29%) FastAPI
8 35 (11.36%) OAuth
9 32 (10.39%) AngularJS
10 27 (8.77%) JWT
10 27 (8.77%) Swagger
11 26 (8.44%) OpenAPI
12 25 (8.12%) OAuth2
13 24 (7.79%) Kafka
14 23 (7.47%) Django
15 22 (7.14%) Flask
16 21 (6.82%) JSON
17 20 (6.49%) HTML
17 20 (6.49%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 57 (18.51%) Cloud Native
2 37 (12.01%) Product Ownership
3 24 (7.79%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (4.22%) Data Protection Act
5 12 (3.90%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (3.25%) AI Agents
6 10 (3.25%) Data Structures
6 10 (3.25%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.92%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.60%) Algorithms
9 7 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
9 7 (2.27%) Low-Code
9 7 (2.27%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.62%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.30%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.30%) NHS
12 2 (0.65%) CMDB
12 2 (0.65%) Fixed Income
12 2 (0.65%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.90%) Linux
2 7 (2.27%) Unix
3 5 (1.62%) Android
3 5 (1.62%) Apple iOS
3 5 (1.62%) Windows
4 2 (0.65%) AIX
4 2 (0.65%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.65%) VMS
5 1 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (57.47%) CI/CD
2 120 (38.96%) Agile
3 107 (34.74%) Microservices
4 105 (34.09%) DevOps
5 91 (29.55%) Containerisation
6 74 (24.03%) Test Automation
7 63 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
8 59 (19.16%) Full-Stack Development
9 56 (18.18%) AI
10 53 (17.21%) Infrastructure as Code
11 52 (16.88%) Software Engineering
12 49 (15.91%) Observability
13 48 (15.58%) Event-Driven
14 45 (14.61%) API Design
15 41 (13.31%) API Integration
16 39 (12.66%) Clean Code
17 38 (12.34%) Analytics
18 36 (11.69%) Deployment Automation
18 36 (11.69%) Scrum
18 36 (11.69%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 139 (45.13%) Python
2 99 (32.14%) Java
3 75 (24.35%) SQL
4 49 (15.91%) JavaScript
5 42 (13.64%) TypeScript
6 40 (12.99%) C#
7 16 (5.19%) Kotlin
8 12 (3.90%) Go
9 11 (3.57%) PowerShell
10 7 (2.27%) Rust
11 6 (1.95%) Bicep
12 5 (1.62%) Swift
13 3 (0.97%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.97%) Bash
14 2 (0.65%) Groovy
14 2 (0.65%) PromQL
14 2 (0.65%) Scala
15 1 (0.32%) Gremlin
15 1 (0.32%) R
15 1 (0.32%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 62 (20.13%) Security Cleared
2 49 (15.91%) SC Cleared
3 21 (6.82%) Degree
4 16 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.27%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.62%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.30%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.65%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.65%) CISSP
10 2 (0.65%) GIAC
11 1 (0.32%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.32%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.44%) Accessibility
2 17 (5.52%) WCAG
3 16 (5.19%) QA
4 12 (3.90%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.95%) GDPR
6 4 (1.30%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.30%) ISO 19650
7 3 (0.97%) NCSC
8 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.65%) PSD2
8 2 (0.65%) SLA
8 2 (0.65%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.32%) NIST
9 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 97 (31.49%) Docker
2 2 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.32%) IAG
3 1 (0.32%) KVM
Systems Management
1 99 (32.14%) Kubernetes
2 52 (16.88%) Terraform
3 28 (9.09%) Prometheus
4 26 (8.44%) Grafana
5 17 (5.52%) Control-M
5 17 (5.52%) IBM Guardium
5 17 (5.52%) Nessus
6 11 (3.57%) Ansible
7 4 (1.30%) Istio
8 2 (0.65%) Consul
8 2 (0.65%) Zipkin
9 1 (0.32%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.32%) CA Endevor
9 1 (0.32%) Kibana
9 1 (0.32%) Puppet
Vendors
1 38 (12.34%) Microsoft
2 31 (10.06%) Google
3 17 (5.52%) Dynatrace
3 17 (5.52%) Tenable
4 15 (4.87%) OpenAI
5 11 (3.57%) Foundry
5 11 (3.57%) MuleSoft
6 9 (2.92%) Salesforce
7 8 (2.60%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.27%) Automation Anywhere
8 7 (2.27%) Okta
8 7 (2.27%) Oracle
8 7 (2.27%) UiPath
9 6 (1.95%) Databricks
10 5 (1.62%) Apple
10 5 (1.62%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.30%) Autodesk
11 4 (1.30%) Ping Identity
11 4 (1.30%) webMethods
12 3 (0.97%) Veracode