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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 278 380
Rank change year-on-year -56 +102 +45
Contract jobs citing API Development 321 248 141
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 0.90% 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% 0.99% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 179 96
10th Percentile £381 £362 £377
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -10.31%
75th Percentile £589 £600 £623
90th Percentile £700 £688 £686
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £76.00 - -
75th Percentile £76.50 - -
90th Percentile £76.80 - -
UK median hourly rate £76.00 - £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 38,948 25,051 28,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 90.90% 86.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,873 15,912 17,703
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £648
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,701 1,483 1,330
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.65 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.73 £66.58
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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 -90 130 £550 +7.84% 166
North of England -32 92 £461 +5.19% 50
Yorkshire +13 60 £475 -5.10% 18
South East -52 28 £475 +5.56% 24
Midlands -40 24 £447 +21.47% 19
South West -28 22 £413 +10.00% 28
North West -67 18 £500 +17.65% 29
West Midlands -37 16 £925 +112.64% 12
North East -25 15 £450 - 3
East of England -29 9 £475 -9.09% 7
East Midlands -18 8 £402 +12.29% 7
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 43 (13.40%) Confluence
2 5 (1.56%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.93%) Anypoint
3 3 (0.93%) Mule
4 2 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.62%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.31%) Apache
5 1 (0.31%) CMS
5 1 (0.31%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.31%) Luigi
5 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.31%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (1.25%) CPLEX
1 4 (1.25%) Navisworks
1 4 (1.25%) Revit
2 2 (0.62%) Windchill
3 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.25%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.62%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.31%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.31%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.31%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 127 (39.56%) Azure
2 106 (33.02%) AWS
3 61 (19.00%) GCP
4 54 (16.82%) GitHub
5 43 (13.40%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (9.66%) GitHub Actions
7 26 (8.10%) Serverless
8 15 (4.67%) AWS Lambda
9 12 (3.74%) Azure AKS
10 11 (3.43%) Azure Service Bus
11 10 (3.12%) Amazon S3
11 10 (3.12%) Firebase
12 7 (2.18%) Azure Functions
12 7 (2.18%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (2.18%) Google Gemini
12 7 (2.18%) LangSmith
12 7 (2.18%) Power Platform
13 6 (1.87%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (1.87%) GitHub Copilot
13 6 (1.87%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.62%) CTI
1 2 (0.62%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.31%) 4G
2 1 (0.31%) 5G
2 1 (0.31%) DNS
2 1 (0.31%) Firewall
2 1 (0.31%) HTTP
2 1 (0.31%) Internet
2 1 (0.31%) Network Security
2 1 (0.31%) SSH
2 1 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (14.64%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (11.21%) Relational Database
3 29 (9.03%) MongoDB
4 21 (6.54%) SQL Server
5 16 (4.98%) NoSQL
6 9 (2.80%) DynamoDB
6 9 (2.80%) Geospatial Data
7 8 (2.49%) BigQuery
7 8 (2.49%) Redis
8 7 (2.18%) MySQL
8 7 (2.18%) Power BI
9 6 (1.87%) Metadata
10 5 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.25%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.93%) SQLite
13 2 (0.62%) Big Data
13 2 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.62%) Db2
14 1 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
14 1 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 82 (25.55%) Git
2 57 (17.76%) JIRA
3 49 (15.26%) Jenkins
4 19 (5.92%) JUnit
5 15 (4.67%) Maven
5 15 (4.67%) Mockito
6 14 (4.36%) GitLab
7 13 (4.05%) Bitbucket
7 13 (4.05%) Gradle
7 13 (4.05%) SonarQube
8 10 (3.12%) fastlane
9 9 (2.80%) MSI
10 5 (1.56%) Android Studio
10 5 (1.56%) Crashlytics
10 5 (1.56%) Xcode
11 4 (1.25%) git-flow
11 4 (1.25%) Selenium
12 3 (0.93%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.93%) Postman
12 3 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 76 (23.68%) Social Skills
2 69 (21.50%) Finance
3 59 (18.38%) Public Sector
4 48 (14.95%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (7.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (7.17%) Banking
7 7 (2.18%) Publishing
8 6 (1.87%) Investment Banking
8 6 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.56%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.25%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.25%) Retail
10 4 (1.25%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.62%) Automotive
11 2 (0.62%) Law
12 1 (0.31%) Advertising
12 1 (0.31%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.31%) Front Office
12 1 (0.31%) Legal
12 1 (0.31%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 178 (55.45%) Developer
2 62 (19.31%) Senior
3 54 (16.82%) Java Developer
4 43 (13.40%) Python Developer
5 39 (12.15%) Lead
6 38 (11.84%) Senior Developer
7 26 (8.10%) Software Engineer
8 24 (7.48%) .NET Developer
9 20 (6.23%) Architect
9 20 (6.23%) Full-Stack Developer
10 14 (4.36%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 12 (3.74%) Senior Python Developer
11 12 (3.74%) Technical Leader
12 10 (3.12%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 10 (3.12%) Senior Java Developer
13 9 (2.80%) Backend Developer
13 9 (2.80%) C# Developer
13 9 (2.80%) Integration Architect
13 9 (2.80%) Java Engineer
13 9 (2.80%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (33.02%) RESTful
2 105 (32.71%) REST
3 69 (21.50%) .NET
4 57 (17.76%) React
5 56 (17.45%) Spring
6 54 (16.82%) Spring Boot
7 48 (14.95%) Terraform
8 46 (14.33%) AngularJS
9 35 (10.90%) Node.js
10 34 (10.59%) HTML
11 32 (9.97%) FastAPI
11 32 (9.97%) OAuth
12 30 (9.35%) OAuth2
13 28 (8.72%) Kafka
14 26 (8.10%) .NET Core
15 24 (7.48%) Django
16 23 (7.17%) .NET Framework
16 23 (7.17%) CSS
17 20 (6.23%) OpenID
18 19 (5.92%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 90 (28.04%) Cloud Native
2 31 (9.66%) Product Ownership
3 27 (8.41%) Distributed Systems
4 21 (6.54%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (5.61%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.74%) Data Protection Act
7 11 (3.43%) AI Agents
8 10 (3.12%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (3.12%) Mobile App
9 8 (2.49%) Algorithms
10 7 (2.18%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (2.18%) NHS
10 7 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.87%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.87%) Derivative
11 6 (1.87%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.56%) Fixed Income
12 5 (1.56%) Market Risk
13 4 (1.25%) Management Information System
13 4 (1.25%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.98%) Linux
2 12 (3.74%) Unix
2 12 (3.74%) Windows
3 5 (1.56%) Android
3 5 (1.56%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.62%) AIX
5 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.31%) VMS
5 1 (0.31%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (58.26%) CI/CD
2 140 (43.61%) Agile
3 138 (42.99%) Microservices
4 112 (34.89%) DevOps
5 96 (29.91%) Test Automation
6 90 (28.04%) Containerisation
7 71 (22.12%) Problem-Solving
8 64 (19.94%) Software Engineering
9 61 (19.00%) AI
9 61 (19.00%) Full-Stack Development
10 60 (18.69%) Code Quality
11 58 (18.07%) Event-Driven
12 53 (16.51%) Infrastructure as Code
13 52 (16.20%) Scrum
14 51 (15.89%) TDD
15 48 (14.95%) API Design
16 47 (14.64%) Observability
17 43 (13.40%) API Integration
18 42 (13.08%) Continuous Improvement
18 42 (13.08%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 132 (41.12%) Python
2 108 (33.64%) Java
3 69 (21.50%) SQL
4 62 (19.31%) JavaScript
5 57 (17.76%) TypeScript
6 53 (16.51%) C#
7 21 (6.54%) Kotlin
8 15 (4.67%) Go
9 13 (4.05%) Bicep
10 10 (3.12%) Rust
11 8 (2.49%) PowerShell
12 7 (2.18%) Scala
13 5 (1.56%) Shell Script
13 5 (1.56%) Swift
14 4 (1.25%) C++
15 3 (0.93%) Bash
16 2 (0.62%) Apex Code
16 2 (0.62%) PromQL
16 2 (0.62%) Ruby
17 1 (0.31%) DAML
Qualifications
1 74 (23.05%) Security Cleared
2 62 (19.31%) SC Cleared
3 20 (6.23%) Degree
4 15 (4.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.49%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.18%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.87%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.25%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 4 (1.25%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.93%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.93%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (13.08%) Accessibility
2 28 (8.72%) QA
3 26 (8.10%) WCAG
4 9 (2.80%) NCSC
5 8 (2.49%) GDPR
6 6 (1.87%) Data Quality
7 4 (1.25%) ISO 19650
8 3 (0.93%) HL7
9 2 (0.62%) IEC 62304
9 2 (0.62%) ISO 13485
9 2 (0.62%) MISRA
9 2 (0.62%) PSD2
9 2 (0.62%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.31%) NIST
10 1 (0.31%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 102 (31.78%) Docker
2 2 (0.62%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 103 (32.09%) Kubernetes
2 27 (8.41%) Prometheus
3 25 (7.79%) Grafana
4 10 (3.12%) Ansible
5 7 (2.18%) Control-M
6 6 (1.87%) IBM Guardium
6 6 (1.87%) Nessus
7 3 (0.93%) Argo
7 3 (0.93%) Kibana
8 2 (0.62%) Consul
8 2 (0.62%) Istio
8 2 (0.62%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 51 (15.89%) Microsoft
2 25 (7.79%) Google
3 16 (4.98%) Dynatrace
4 13 (4.05%) Oracle
5 9 (2.80%) Databricks
6 7 (2.18%) CyberArk
6 7 (2.18%) MuleSoft
7 6 (1.87%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.87%) Tenable
8 5 (1.56%) Apple
8 5 (1.56%) Foundry
8 5 (1.56%) Okta
8 5 (1.56%) Splunk
8 5 (1.56%) webMethods
9 4 (1.25%) Autodesk
9 4 (1.25%) IBM
9 4 (1.25%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.25%) SAP
10 3 (0.93%) OpenAI
11 2 (0.62%) Centrify