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

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 282 377
Rank change year-on-year -63 +95 +69
Contract jobs citing API Development 317 257 153
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.68% 0.92% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 1.01% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 186 102
10th Percentile £381 £363 £377
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £624
90th Percentile £700 £684 £685
UK median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.25
Median hourly rate £76.00 - £41.50
75th Percentile £76.50 - £41.75
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 39,218 25,382 28,205
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.59% 90.90% 86.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,880 16,110 17,293
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
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 2,852 1,550 1,234
10th Percentile £13.90 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.87 £20.26
Median hourly rate £41.03 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.14% -41.51% -2.27%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.41 £66.61
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.28 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £39.50 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +57.06% -40.82% -

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 27 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 27 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 -94 122 £568 +11.27% 113
North of England -31 95 £450 -10.00% 48
Yorkshire 0 65 £460 -8.00% 16
Midlands -23 29 £475 +30.85% 18
South East -64 26 £475 +5.56% 24
West Midlands -29 21 £613 +42.44% 13
South West -16 20 £413 +10.00% 21
North West -70 16 £500 +16.28% 31
North East -28 15 £450 -21.74% 1
East Midlands -17 8 £402 +12.29% 5
East of England -20 8 £400 -23.44% 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 41 (12.93%) Confluence
2 5 (1.58%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.95%) Anypoint
3 3 (0.95%) Mule
4 1 (0.32%) Apache
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.32%) CMS
4 1 (0.32%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.32%) Luigi
4 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.32%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 4 (1.26%) CPLEX
1 4 (1.26%) Navisworks
1 4 (1.26%) Revit
2 3 (0.95%) Windchill
3 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.32%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.32%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.32%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.32%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 119 (37.54%) Azure
2 105 (33.12%) AWS
3 64 (20.19%) GCP
4 51 (16.09%) GitHub
5 39 (12.30%) Azure DevOps
6 28 (8.83%) GitHub Actions
7 23 (7.26%) Serverless
8 14 (4.42%) AWS Lambda
9 10 (3.15%) Amazon S3
10 9 (2.84%) Cloud Run
11 8 (2.52%) Azure AKS
11 8 (2.52%) Azure Service Bus
11 8 (2.52%) Firebase
11 8 (2.52%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 8 (2.52%) Power Platform
12 7 (2.21%) Google Gemini
12 7 (2.21%) LangSmith
13 6 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (1.89%) GitHub Copilot
13 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.58%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.63%) CTI
2 2 (0.63%) HTTP
2 2 (0.63%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.32%) 4G
3 1 (0.32%) 5G
3 1 (0.32%) DNS
3 1 (0.32%) Firewall
3 1 (0.32%) Internet
3 1 (0.32%) Network Security
3 1 (0.32%) SSH
3 1 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (15.46%) PostgreSQL
2 35 (11.04%) Relational Database
3 29 (9.15%) MongoDB
4 21 (6.62%) SQL Server
5 14 (4.42%) NoSQL
6 9 (2.84%) DynamoDB
6 9 (2.84%) Geospatial Data
7 8 (2.52%) Power BI
7 8 (2.52%) Redis
8 7 (2.21%) BigQuery
9 6 (1.89%) Metadata
10 5 (1.58%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (1.58%) MySQL
11 4 (1.26%) RDBMS
12 3 (0.95%) SQLite
13 2 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.63%) Db2
14 1 (0.32%) Big Data
14 1 (0.32%) Couchbase
14 1 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 77 (24.29%) Git
2 57 (17.98%) JIRA
3 43 (13.56%) Jenkins
4 20 (6.31%) JUnit
5 16 (5.05%) Maven
5 16 (5.05%) Mockito
6 13 (4.10%) Bitbucket
6 13 (4.10%) GitLab
6 13 (4.10%) SonarQube
7 12 (3.79%) Gradle
8 9 (2.84%) MSI
9 8 (2.52%) fastlane
10 4 (1.26%) Android Studio
10 4 (1.26%) Crashlytics
10 4 (1.26%) git-flow
10 4 (1.26%) Postman
10 4 (1.26%) Xcode
11 3 (0.95%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.95%) Selenium
11 3 (0.95%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 82 (25.87%) Social Skills
2 66 (20.82%) Finance
3 56 (17.67%) Public Sector
4 52 (16.40%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (6.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (6.62%) Banking
7 6 (1.89%) Aerospace
7 6 (1.89%) Investment Banking
7 6 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.58%) Retail
9 4 (1.26%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.26%) Publishing
9 4 (1.26%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.63%) Automotive
10 2 (0.63%) Law
11 1 (0.32%) Advertising
11 1 (0.32%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.32%) Front Office
11 1 (0.32%) Legal
11 1 (0.32%) Military
Job Titles
1 174 (54.89%) Developer
2 57 (17.98%) Senior
3 47 (14.83%) Java Developer
4 39 (12.30%) Lead
4 39 (12.30%) Python Developer
5 35 (11.04%) Senior Developer
6 25 (7.89%) .NET Developer
7 24 (7.57%) Software Engineer
8 20 (6.31%) Architect
8 20 (6.31%) Full-Stack Developer
9 13 (4.10%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 12 (3.79%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 12 (3.79%) Technical Leader
11 11 (3.47%) C# Developer
11 11 (3.47%) Senior Java Developer
12 10 (3.15%) Senior Python Developer
13 9 (2.84%) Applications Developer
13 9 (2.84%) Backend Developer
13 9 (2.84%) Java Engineer
13 9 (2.84%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (32.49%) RESTful
2 100 (31.55%) REST
3 63 (19.87%) .NET
4 58 (18.30%) React
5 50 (15.77%) Spring
6 48 (15.14%) Spring Boot
6 48 (15.14%) Terraform
7 40 (12.62%) AngularJS
8 36 (11.36%) OAuth
9 34 (10.73%) Node.js
9 34 (10.73%) OAuth2
10 33 (10.41%) HTML
11 31 (9.78%) FastAPI
12 26 (8.20%) Kafka
13 25 (7.89%) .NET Core
13 25 (7.89%) OpenID
14 22 (6.94%) .NET Framework
14 22 (6.94%) CSS
15 21 (6.62%) Django
15 21 (6.62%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 93 (29.34%) Cloud Native
2 31 (9.78%) Distributed Systems
2 31 (9.78%) Product Ownership
3 20 (6.31%) Enterprise Software
4 15 (4.73%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.79%) AI Agents
6 10 (3.15%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.52%) Algorithms
7 8 (2.52%) Greenfield Project
7 8 (2.52%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.52%) NHS
7 8 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.89%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.89%) Derivative
9 5 (1.58%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.58%) Market Risk
9 5 (1.58%) Virtual Team
10 4 (1.26%) Legacy Code
10 4 (1.26%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.05%) Linux
2 13 (4.10%) Windows
3 11 (3.47%) Unix
4 4 (1.26%) Android
4 4 (1.26%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.63%) AIX
6 1 (0.32%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (58.99%) CI/CD
2 144 (45.43%) Agile
3 141 (44.48%) Microservices
4 115 (36.28%) DevOps
5 94 (29.65%) Test Automation
6 89 (28.08%) Containerisation
7 70 (22.08%) Problem-Solving
8 64 (20.19%) Event-Driven
8 64 (20.19%) Full-Stack Development
9 62 (19.56%) Software Engineering
10 60 (18.93%) AI
11 58 (18.30%) Code Quality
12 54 (17.03%) Infrastructure as Code
13 50 (15.77%) TDD
14 49 (15.46%) Observability
15 48 (15.14%) API Design
16 47 (14.83%) Scrum
17 46 (14.51%) Event-Driven Architecture
18 44 (13.88%) Continuous Improvement
19 43 (13.56%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 132 (41.64%) Python
2 100 (31.55%) Java
3 67 (21.14%) SQL
4 63 (19.87%) JavaScript
5 58 (18.30%) TypeScript
6 51 (16.09%) C#
7 20 (6.31%) Go
8 19 (5.99%) Kotlin
9 13 (4.10%) Bicep
10 10 (3.15%) Rust
11 9 (2.84%) PowerShell
12 8 (2.52%) Scala
13 6 (1.89%) Shell Script
14 4 (1.26%) C++
14 4 (1.26%) Swift
15 3 (0.95%) Bash
16 2 (0.63%) ABAP
16 2 (0.63%) Apex Code
16 2 (0.63%) PromQL
16 2 (0.63%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 71 (22.40%) Security Cleared
2 60 (18.93%) SC Cleared
3 23 (7.26%) Degree
4 18 (5.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.84%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.21%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.58%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 4 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.95%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.95%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.95%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.32%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (13.25%) Accessibility
2 28 (8.83%) QA
3 24 (7.57%) WCAG
4 9 (2.84%) GDPR
4 9 (2.84%) NCSC
5 6 (1.89%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.26%) HIPAA
6 4 (1.26%) ISO 19650
6 4 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.26%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.95%) HL7
8 2 (0.63%) IEC 62304
8 2 (0.63%) ISO 13485
8 2 (0.63%) MISRA
8 2 (0.63%) PSD2
8 2 (0.63%) SNOMED CT
9 1 (0.32%) NIST
9 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 101 (31.86%) Docker
2 2 (0.63%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 101 (31.86%) Kubernetes
2 26 (8.20%) Prometheus
3 24 (7.57%) Grafana
4 9 (2.84%) Ansible
5 8 (2.52%) Control-M
6 7 (2.21%) IBM Guardium
6 7 (2.21%) Nessus
7 5 (1.58%) Kibana
8 3 (0.95%) Argo
9 2 (0.63%) Consul
9 2 (0.63%) Istio
9 2 (0.63%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 52 (16.40%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.52%) Google
3 14 (4.42%) Dynatrace
4 12 (3.79%) Oracle
5 10 (3.15%) Okta
6 9 (2.84%) ServiceNow
7 7 (2.21%) CyberArk
7 7 (2.21%) Databricks
7 7 (2.21%) MuleSoft
7 7 (2.21%) Tenable
8 6 (1.89%) SAP
8 6 (1.89%) Splunk
9 5 (1.58%) webMethods
10 4 (1.26%) Apple
10 4 (1.26%) Autodesk
10 4 (1.26%) Foundry
10 4 (1.26%) IBM
10 4 (1.26%) Ping Identity
10 4 (1.26%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.95%) OpenAI