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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 315 290 348
Rank change year-on-year -25 +58 +34
Contract jobs citing API Development 290 202 195
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.72% 0.83% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.91% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 149 146
10th Percentile £362 £355 £394
25th Percentile £413 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £580 £600 £625
90th Percentile £688 £651 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £71.20 - -
25th Percentile £73.00 - -
Median hourly rate £76.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
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 34,330 22,247 32,169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.96% 91.17% 86.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,953 14,553 21,080
10th Percentile £318 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.05% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,133 913 2,254
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.67 £12.94
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £35.95
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -16.55% -4.13%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.97 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +43.29% -18.31% -2.53%

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 2 May 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 2 May 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 -54 135 £500 -9.09% 33
North of England +1 89 £470 +17.50% 17
Yorkshire -4 52 £470 +15.48% 6
North West -22 34 £478 +19.38% 11
South East -59 20 £441 -2.11% 20
Midlands -69 17 £531 +22.13% 6
West Midlands -59 16 £550 +26.44% 4
East of England -24 11 £625 +8.70% 1
South West -32 6 £490 -24.65% 5
North East -18 3 £400 -27.27%
East Midlands -37 1 £360 +10.43% 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 17 (5.86%) Confluence
2 8 (2.76%) Anypoint
2 8 (2.76%) Appian
2 8 (2.76%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.07%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.72%) Mule
5 3 (1.03%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.34%) CICS
7 1 (0.34%) CMS
7 1 (0.34%) ColdFusion
7 1 (0.34%) JBoss
7 1 (0.34%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.38%) Navisworks
1 4 (1.38%) Revit
2 2 (0.69%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.69%) CPLEX
2 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.03%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (1.03%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.69%) Remedy AR System
3 2 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.34%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.34%) Odoo
4 1 (0.34%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.34%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 105 (36.21%) Azure
2 89 (30.69%) AWS
3 52 (17.93%) GCP
4 35 (12.07%) GitHub
5 29 (10.00%) Serverless
6 21 (7.24%) Power Platform
7 19 (6.55%) Azure AI
7 19 (6.55%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (6.21%) GitHub Actions
9 17 (5.86%) Azure Data Factory
10 13 (4.48%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (4.48%) Azure Service Bus
10 13 (4.48%) Power Automate
11 12 (4.14%) Azure Functions
11 12 (4.14%) Copilot Studio
12 11 (3.79%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (3.79%) Azure Logic Apps
12 11 (3.79%) Microsoft Copilot
13 9 (3.10%) Apigee
13 9 (3.10%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.03%) Firewall
1 3 (1.03%) TCP/IP
1 3 (1.03%) VPN
2 2 (0.69%) HTTP
2 2 (0.69%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.34%) BGP
3 1 (0.34%) DNS
3 1 (0.34%) Internet
3 1 (0.34%) NaaS
3 1 (0.34%) Network Security
3 1 (0.34%) SSH
3 1 (0.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (15.52%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (10.00%) NoSQL
3 26 (8.97%) Relational Database
4 25 (8.62%) MongoDB
5 23 (7.93%) SQL Server
6 17 (5.86%) MySQL
6 17 (5.86%) Power BI
7 9 (3.10%) BigQuery
8 8 (2.76%) Metadata
8 8 (2.76%) Pinecone
9 7 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (2.41%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (2.07%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (2.07%) Big Data
11 5 (1.72%) Redis
12 3 (1.03%) Delta Lake
12 3 (1.03%) Spark SQL
13 2 (0.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.69%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 54 (18.62%) Git
2 38 (13.10%) Jenkins
2 38 (13.10%) JIRA
3 23 (7.93%) GitLab
4 9 (3.10%) Gradle
4 9 (3.10%) JUnit
4 9 (3.10%) Mockito
5 8 (2.76%) MLflow
6 6 (2.07%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.72%) Maven
8 4 (1.38%) Mocha
9 3 (1.03%) Cucumber
9 3 (1.03%) fastlane
9 3 (1.03%) Postman
9 3 (1.03%) Selenium
9 3 (1.03%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.69%) GoCD
10 2 (0.69%) IntelliJ
10 2 (0.69%) Storybook
10 2 (0.69%) Xcode
General
1 74 (25.52%) Finance
2 66 (22.76%) Social Skills
3 47 (16.21%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (13.79%) Public Sector
5 17 (5.86%) Banking
6 8 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.38%) Investment Banking
7 4 (1.38%) Marketing
7 4 (1.38%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.03%) Aviation
8 3 (1.03%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.03%) Front Office
8 3 (1.03%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.03%) Publishing
9 2 (0.69%) Electronics
9 2 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.69%) Law
9 2 (0.69%) Police
9 2 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.34%) Legal
Job Titles
1 164 (56.55%) Developer
2 47 (16.21%) Python Developer
3 43 (14.83%) Senior
4 37 (12.76%) Java Developer
5 26 (8.97%) Full-Stack Developer
6 24 (8.28%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 23 (7.93%) Architect
8 22 (7.59%) Lead
8 22 (7.59%) Senior Developer
9 13 (4.48%) Software Engineer
10 12 (4.14%) Cloud Engineer
10 12 (4.14%) Software Developer
11 10 (3.45%) Applications Developer
11 10 (3.45%) Automation Engineer
12 9 (3.10%) Data Engineer
13 8 (2.76%) .NET Developer
13 8 (2.76%) Integration Developer
14 7 (2.41%) Backend Developer
14 7 (2.41%) C# Developer
14 7 (2.41%) Integration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (27.59%) REST
1 80 (27.59%) RESTful
2 47 (16.21%) Spring
3 45 (15.52%) Spring Boot
4 42 (14.48%) React
5 40 (13.79%) .NET
6 38 (13.10%) FastAPI
6 38 (13.10%) Node.js
7 27 (9.31%) OAuth
8 25 (8.62%) JSON
9 24 (8.28%) AngularJS
9 24 (8.28%) JWT
10 23 (7.93%) Swagger
11 22 (7.59%) OpenAPI
12 21 (7.24%) Django
13 20 (6.90%) Kafka
13 20 (6.90%) OpenTelemetry
14 19 (6.55%) Flask
15 18 (6.21%) PyTorch
15 18 (6.21%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.69%) Cloud Native
2 26 (8.97%) Product Ownership
3 18 (6.21%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (4.83%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (4.48%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (3.45%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (3.10%) AI Agents
8 8 (2.76%) Data Structures
8 8 (2.76%) Low-Code
8 8 (2.76%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.07%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.07%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.38%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.38%) CMDB
10 4 (1.38%) Fixed Income
10 4 (1.38%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.38%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.03%) Credit Risk
11 3 (1.03%) Market Risk
12 2 (0.69%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.52%) Linux
2 10 (3.45%) Unix
3 6 (2.07%) Windows
4 2 (0.69%) AIX
4 2 (0.69%) Android
4 2 (0.69%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.69%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.69%) VMS
5 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.34%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (56.55%) CI/CD
2 108 (37.24%) Agile
3 102 (35.17%) Microservices
4 92 (31.72%) DevOps
5 84 (28.97%) Containerisation
6 62 (21.38%) Problem-Solving
7 60 (20.69%) Test Automation
8 52 (17.93%) AI
9 44 (15.17%) Full-Stack Development
10 43 (14.83%) Infrastructure as Code
11 42 (14.48%) Observability
12 38 (13.10%) API Integration
13 35 (12.07%) Machine Learning
14 33 (11.38%) API Design
15 32 (11.03%) LLM
16 31 (10.69%) Analytics
17 30 (10.34%) Clean Code
17 30 (10.34%) Generative AI
17 30 (10.34%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
17 30 (10.34%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 127 (43.79%) Python
2 94 (32.41%) SQL
3 87 (30.00%) Java
4 45 (15.52%) JavaScript
5 40 (13.79%) C#
6 33 (11.38%) TypeScript
7 8 (2.76%) Kotlin
8 7 (2.41%) Bash
9 6 (2.07%) PowerShell
9 6 (2.07%) Shell Script
10 4 (1.38%) Apex Code
10 4 (1.38%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.38%) Ruby
10 4 (1.38%) Scala
11 3 (1.03%) Go
11 3 (1.03%) PHP
11 3 (1.03%) R
12 2 (0.69%) C++
12 2 (0.69%) Swift
13 1 (0.34%) Gremlin
Qualifications
1 64 (22.07%) Security Cleared
2 50 (17.24%) SC Cleared
3 19 (6.55%) Degree
4 15 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.72%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.38%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.03%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.69%) CISSP
9 2 (0.69%) GIAC
10 1 (0.34%) CBAP
10 1 (0.34%) CSPO
10 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.34%) OCP
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.52%) QA
2 15 (5.17%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.14%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.38%) GDPR
4 4 (1.38%) HIPAA
4 4 (1.38%) ISO 19650
5 3 (1.03%) SLA
6 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.69%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.69%) WCAG
7 1 (0.34%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.34%) NCSC
7 1 (0.34%) NIST
7 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.34%) PMO
7 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 100 (34.48%) Docker
2 2 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.34%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.34%) IAG
3 1 (0.34%) KVM
Systems Management
1 102 (35.17%) Kubernetes
2 47 (16.21%) Terraform
3 29 (10.00%) Prometheus
4 28 (9.66%) Grafana
5 17 (5.86%) Control-M
5 17 (5.86%) IBM Guardium
5 17 (5.86%) Nessus
6 7 (2.41%) Ansible
7 4 (1.38%) Istio
8 3 (1.03%) Kibana
8 3 (1.03%) Puppet
9 2 (0.69%) CloudHub
10 1 (0.34%) Amdocs OSS
10 1 (0.34%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.34%) logstash
10 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 36 (12.41%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.28%) Google
3 19 (6.55%) OpenAI
4 17 (5.86%) Tenable
5 13 (4.48%) Foundry
5 13 (4.48%) MuleSoft
6 10 (3.45%) Salesforce
7 9 (3.10%) Dynatrace
7 9 (3.10%) Oracle
8 8 (2.76%) Automation Anywhere
8 8 (2.76%) Databricks
8 8 (2.76%) Ping Identity
8 8 (2.76%) ServiceNow
8 8 (2.76%) UiPath
9 6 (2.07%) Okta
10 4 (1.38%) Autodesk
10 4 (1.38%) webMethods
11 3 (1.03%) SAP
11 3 (1.03%) Veracode
12 2 (0.69%) Workday