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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 288 350
Rank change year-on-year -44 +62 +34
Contract jobs citing API Development 273 190 213
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.73% 0.77% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.85% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 142 166
10th Percentile £351 £365 £394
25th Percentile £413 £450 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £580 £630 £625
90th Percentile £678 £669 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -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 32,413 22,389 32,764
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.42% 90.76% 86.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,785 14,611 21,658
10th Percentile £313 £310 £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 £615 £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 1,991 834 2,145
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +4.62% -13.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.41 £71.87
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -6.15% - -7.29%

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 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 22 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 -25 138 £525 -8.70% 25
North of England -24 75 £475 +4.40% 21
Yorkshire -28 42 £488 -9.30% 7
North West -2 31 £450 +12.50% 12
South East -52 17 £481 -3.51% 13
Midlands -59 17 £449 +0.84% 11
East of England -12 14 £625 -21.88% 7
West Midlands -68 13 £449 -1.37% 11
South West -36 5 - - 12
East Midlands -33 4 £455 +39.57%
North East -15 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 9 (3.30%) Confluence
2 8 (2.93%) Anypoint
2 8 (2.93%) Appian
3 5 (1.83%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.83%) Mule
4 4 (1.47%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.10%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.73%) CMS
7 1 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.37%) CICS
7 1 (0.37%) ColdFusion
7 1 (0.37%) JBoss
7 1 (0.37%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.37%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.37%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.37%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 5 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.10%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.73%) Remedy AR System
3 2 (0.73%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.37%) Cerner Millennium
4 1 (0.37%) Distributed Ledger
4 1 (0.37%) Odoo
4 1 (0.37%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.37%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 95 (34.80%) Azure
2 91 (33.33%) AWS
3 45 (16.48%) GCP
4 33 (12.09%) GitHub
5 32 (11.72%) Serverless
6 21 (7.69%) Azure AI
7 19 (6.96%) Power Platform
8 17 (6.23%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (5.86%) Azure Data Factory
10 15 (5.49%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (5.13%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (5.13%) Copilot Studio
12 13 (4.76%) Azure Service Bus
12 13 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
12 13 (4.76%) Power Automate
13 12 (4.40%) Azure Functions
13 12 (4.40%) Azure Logic Apps
14 10 (3.66%) Anthropic Claude
14 10 (3.66%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (3.30%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.10%) VPN
2 2 (0.73%) Firewall
2 2 (0.73%) HTTP
2 2 (0.73%) HTTPS
2 2 (0.73%) Internet
2 2 (0.73%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.73%) SSL
2 2 (0.73%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.37%) BGP
3 1 (0.37%) DNS
3 1 (0.37%) FTP
3 1 (0.37%) NaaS
3 1 (0.37%) SSH
3 1 (0.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (16.48%) PostgreSQL
2 40 (14.65%) NoSQL
3 27 (9.89%) Relational Database
4 23 (8.42%) SQL Server
5 22 (8.06%) MongoDB
6 15 (5.49%) MySQL
6 15 (5.49%) Power BI
7 8 (2.93%) Pinecone
8 7 (2.56%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (2.20%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (2.20%) BigQuery
9 6 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.83%) Big Data
11 3 (1.10%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (1.10%) Delta Lake
11 3 (1.10%) Metadata
11 3 (1.10%) Redis
11 3 (1.10%) Spark SQL
12 2 (0.73%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.73%) Cloud Spanner
Development Applications
1 55 (20.15%) Git
2 33 (12.09%) Jenkins
3 32 (11.72%) JIRA
4 22 (8.06%) GitLab
5 12 (4.40%) JUnit
6 9 (3.30%) Mockito
7 8 (2.93%) Gradle
7 8 (2.93%) MLflow
8 6 (2.20%) Maven
9 4 (1.47%) Mocha
9 4 (1.47%) SonarQube
10 3 (1.10%) Bitbucket
10 3 (1.10%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.10%) fastlane
10 3 (1.10%) Storybook
11 2 (0.73%) Android Studio
11 2 (0.73%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.73%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.73%) GoCD
11 2 (0.73%) Xcode
General
1 78 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 73 (26.74%) Finance
3 35 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (12.09%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.23%) Banking
6 10 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.83%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.83%) Marketing
7 5 (1.83%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.47%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.10%) Aviation
9 3 (1.10%) Electronics
9 3 (1.10%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.73%) Front Office
10 2 (0.73%) Law
11 1 (0.37%) Billing
11 1 (0.37%) Legal
11 1 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 150 (54.95%) Developer
2 47 (17.22%) Python Developer
3 44 (16.12%) Senior
4 33 (12.09%) Full-Stack Developer
5 23 (8.42%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 21 (7.69%) Architect
6 21 (7.69%) Senior Developer
7 20 (7.33%) Java Developer
8 18 (6.59%) Lead
9 14 (5.13%) Cloud Engineer
10 10 (3.66%) Automation Engineer
10 10 (3.66%) Integration Developer
10 10 (3.66%) Software Engineer
11 9 (3.30%) Data Engineer
12 8 (2.93%) Applications Developer
12 8 (2.93%) AWS Engineer
12 8 (2.93%) C# Developer
12 8 (2.93%) Python Engineer
12 8 (2.93%) React Developer
12 8 (2.93%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (35.16%) RESTful
2 81 (29.67%) REST
3 42 (15.38%) React
4 41 (15.02%) FastAPI
5 37 (13.55%) Node.js
5 37 (13.55%) Spring
6 35 (12.82%) Spring Boot
7 34 (12.45%) .NET
8 28 (10.26%) AngularJS
8 28 (10.26%) OAuth
9 22 (8.06%) JWT
10 21 (7.69%) OpenAPI
11 20 (7.33%) JSON
11 20 (7.33%) Swagger
12 19 (6.96%) Django
12 19 (6.96%) Flask
12 19 (6.96%) Kafka
12 19 (6.96%) OpenTelemetry
12 19 (6.96%) scikit-learn
13 18 (6.59%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.79%) Product Ownership
2 21 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 15 (5.49%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (5.13%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (3.66%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (3.30%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.93%) Low-Code
8 7 (2.56%) AI Agents
9 6 (2.20%) Mobile App
9 6 (2.20%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.83%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.83%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.47%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.47%) CMDB
11 4 (1.47%) Credit Risk
11 4 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (1.10%) Fixed Income
12 3 (1.10%) Market Risk
13 2 (0.73%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.96%) Linux
2 9 (3.30%) Unix
3 7 (2.56%) Windows
4 3 (1.10%) Android
5 2 (0.73%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.37%) VMS
6 1 (0.37%) Windows Embedded Compact
6 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.37%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (57.14%) CI/CD
2 103 (37.73%) Agile
3 96 (35.16%) DevOps
4 91 (33.33%) Microservices
5 72 (26.37%) Containerisation
6 64 (23.44%) Problem-Solving
7 55 (20.15%) Test Automation
8 49 (17.95%) Full-Stack Development
9 46 (16.85%) AI
9 46 (16.85%) API Integration
10 39 (14.29%) Code Quality
11 37 (13.55%) Infrastructure as Code
12 32 (11.72%) LLM
12 32 (11.72%) Machine Learning
12 32 (11.72%) Observability
12 32 (11.72%) TDD
13 31 (11.36%) API Design
14 29 (10.62%) Analytics
14 29 (10.62%) Clean Code
14 29 (10.62%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Programming Languages
1 128 (46.89%) Python
2 91 (33.33%) SQL
3 64 (23.44%) Java
4 47 (17.22%) JavaScript
5 40 (14.65%) C#
5 40 (14.65%) TypeScript
6 7 (2.56%) Bash
6 7 (2.56%) Shell Script
7 5 (1.83%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.47%) Apex Code
8 4 (1.47%) C++
8 4 (1.47%) Go
8 4 (1.47%) Kotlin
8 4 (1.47%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.47%) Ruby
8 4 (1.47%) Scala
9 3 (1.10%) PHP
9 3 (1.10%) R
10 2 (0.73%) C
10 2 (0.73%) Swift
Qualifications
1 50 (18.32%) Security Cleared
2 39 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 16 (5.86%) Degree
4 11 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (3.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.47%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.10%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.73%) CISSP
8 2 (0.73%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.73%) GIAC
9 1 (0.37%) CBAP
9 1 (0.37%) CSPO
9 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.37%) OCP
9 1 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.49%) QA
2 13 (4.76%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.56%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.47%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.10%) GDPR
5 3 (1.10%) SLA
6 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.73%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.73%) WCAG
7 1 (0.37%) HL7
7 1 (0.37%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.37%) NCSC
7 1 (0.37%) PMO
System Software
1 99 (36.26%) Docker
2 1 (0.37%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.37%) IAG
2 1 (0.37%) KVM
2 1 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 97 (35.53%) Kubernetes
2 40 (14.65%) Terraform
3 27 (9.89%) Grafana
4 25 (9.16%) Prometheus
5 17 (6.23%) Control-M
5 17 (6.23%) IBM Guardium
5 17 (6.23%) Nessus
6 7 (2.56%) Ansible
7 4 (1.47%) Puppet
8 3 (1.10%) Kibana
9 2 (0.73%) CloudHub
9 2 (0.73%) Istio
10 1 (0.37%) Amdocs OSS
10 1 (0.37%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.37%) Consul
10 1 (0.37%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.37%) logstash
10 1 (0.37%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.37%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 36 (13.19%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.42%) Google
3 21 (7.69%) OpenAI
4 17 (6.23%) Tenable
5 14 (5.13%) Foundry
6 13 (4.76%) MuleSoft
6 13 (4.76%) Salesforce
7 10 (3.66%) Ping Identity
8 8 (2.93%) Automation Anywhere
8 8 (2.93%) Databricks
8 8 (2.93%) Oracle
8 8 (2.93%) UiPath
9 6 (2.20%) Dynatrace
10 5 (1.83%) Adobe
10 5 (1.83%) ServiceNow
11 4 (1.47%) Axway
12 3 (1.10%) SAP
12 3 (1.10%) Splunk
12 3 (1.10%) Veracode
13 2 (0.73%) Concur