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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 277 380
Rank change year-on-year -67 +103 -2
Contract jobs citing API Development 299 245 167
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.66% 0.89% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.98% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 177 118
10th Percentile £381 £356 £372
25th Percentile £413 £400 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £469 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -6.20% -13.04%
75th Percentile £588 £585 £584
90th Percentile £698 £688 £640
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £76.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £76.00 - £25.60

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 38,425 24,898 29,471
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.24% 90.75% 85.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,067 15,953 19,300
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £424 £405 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £521 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.10% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,400 1,362 1,833
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.21 £13.69
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £17.69
Median hourly rate £46.90 £25.15 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +86.48% -37.63% -5.12%
75th Percentile £69.46 £51.65 £65.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -37.13% -5.88%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 -87 119 £550 +10.00% 29
North of England -9 101 £470 +10.65% 15
Yorkshire +17 69 £471 -0.95% 4
South East -66 27 £445 -1.11% 13
North West -50 22 £550 +32.53% 9
South West -23 20 £413 +3.13% 18
North East - 11 £450 - 2
Midlands -65 10 £550 +26.44% 4
West Midlands -56 8 £925 +112.64% 2
East of England -22 5 £413 -24.31% 7
East Midlands -22 2 £381 +9.17% 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 27 (9.03%) Confluence
2 5 (1.67%) Anypoint
2 5 (1.67%) Mule
3 4 (1.34%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.00%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.67%) Appian
6 1 (0.33%) Apache
6 1 (0.33%) CICS
6 1 (0.33%) CMS
6 1 (0.33%) Luigi
6 1 (0.33%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 5 (1.67%) CPLEX
2 4 (1.34%) Navisworks
2 4 (1.34%) Revit
3 2 (0.67%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (1.00%) Distributed Ledger
2 2 (0.67%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.33%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.33%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.33%) Odoo
3 1 (0.33%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 117 (39.13%) Azure
2 79 (26.42%) AWS
3 55 (18.39%) GCP
4 42 (14.05%) Azure DevOps
4 42 (14.05%) GitHub
5 25 (8.36%) Serverless
6 24 (8.03%) GitHub Actions
7 12 (4.01%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (3.68%) Azure AKS
9 10 (3.34%) Firebase
10 9 (3.01%) Azure Data Factory
10 9 (3.01%) Azure Service Bus
10 9 (3.01%) Power Platform
11 8 (2.68%) Azure Key Vault
12 7 (2.34%) Amazon S3
12 7 (2.34%) Apigee
12 7 (2.34%) AWS CloudFormation
12 7 (2.34%) Azure Functions
12 7 (2.34%) Kong
13 6 (2.01%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.67%) CTI
1 2 (0.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.33%) BGP
2 1 (0.33%) Firewall
2 1 (0.33%) NaaS
2 1 (0.33%) Network Security
2 1 (0.33%) SSH
2 1 (0.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (13.38%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (12.04%) MongoDB
3 19 (6.35%) SQL Server
4 16 (5.35%) NoSQL
4 16 (5.35%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.68%) Geospatial Data
5 8 (2.68%) Power BI
6 7 (2.34%) BigQuery
7 6 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (2.01%) DynamoDB
8 5 (1.67%) Metadata
8 5 (1.67%) MySQL
9 4 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.34%) Redis
10 3 (1.00%) Big Data
10 3 (1.00%) Data Lake
10 3 (1.00%) Db2
10 3 (1.00%) Pinecone
10 3 (1.00%) SQLite
11 2 (0.67%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 59 (19.73%) Git
2 46 (15.38%) JIRA
3 39 (13.04%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.68%) GitLab
4 11 (3.68%) Gradle
5 10 (3.34%) fastlane
6 9 (3.01%) Bitbucket
6 9 (3.01%) Mockito
7 8 (2.68%) JUnit
8 7 (2.34%) MSI
9 5 (1.67%) Android Studio
9 5 (1.67%) Crashlytics
9 5 (1.67%) Xcode
10 4 (1.34%) Cucumber
10 4 (1.34%) SonarQube
11 3 (1.00%) Maven
11 3 (1.00%) Postman
11 3 (1.00%) Selenium
12 2 (0.67%) MLflow
12 2 (0.67%) Vite
General
1 67 (22.41%) Finance
2 58 (19.40%) Social Skills
3 49 (16.39%) Public Sector
4 43 (14.38%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (7.69%) Banking
6 16 (5.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.01%) Investment Banking
8 4 (1.34%) Retail
9 3 (1.00%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.00%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.00%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.00%) Publishing
9 3 (1.00%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.67%) Billing
10 2 (0.67%) Front Office
10 2 (0.67%) Law
11 1 (0.33%) Advertising
11 1 (0.33%) Legal
11 1 (0.33%) Military
11 1 (0.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 173 (57.86%) Developer
2 57 (19.06%) Senior
3 55 (18.39%) Python Developer
4 40 (13.38%) Java Developer
5 32 (10.70%) Senior Developer
6 27 (9.03%) Lead
7 23 (7.69%) Architect
8 21 (7.02%) Software Engineer
9 19 (6.35%) .NET Developer
10 16 (5.35%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 16 (5.35%) Full-Stack Developer
11 12 (4.01%) Senior Python Developer
12 9 (3.01%) Backend Developer
13 8 (2.68%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 8 (2.68%) Integration Architect
13 8 (2.68%) Software Developer
14 7 (2.34%) C# Developer
14 7 (2.34%) Data Engineer
14 7 (2.34%) Senior Backend Developer
14 7 (2.34%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (28.76%) REST
2 79 (26.42%) RESTful
3 61 (20.40%) .NET
4 50 (16.72%) React
5 40 (13.38%) FastAPI
6 39 (13.04%) Node.js
7 38 (12.71%) Spring
8 37 (12.37%) Spring Boot
9 34 (11.37%) AngularJS
10 30 (10.03%) OAuth
11 26 (8.70%) Kafka
11 26 (8.70%) OAuth2
12 23 (7.69%) HTML
13 21 (7.02%) .NET Core
13 21 (7.02%) .NET Framework
13 21 (7.02%) Flask
14 19 (6.35%) Django
14 19 (6.35%) JSON
15 16 (5.35%) ASP.NET
15 16 (5.35%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 64 (21.40%) Cloud Native
2 28 (9.36%) Product Ownership
3 22 (7.36%) Distributed Systems
4 18 (6.02%) Data Protection Act
5 15 (5.02%) Onboarding
6 13 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (3.68%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (3.34%) Mobile App
9 8 (2.68%) AI Agents
9 8 (2.68%) Data Structures
10 7 (2.34%) Algorithms
10 7 (2.34%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (2.34%) Virtual Team
11 6 (2.01%) NHS
12 5 (1.67%) Derivative
12 5 (1.67%) Fixed Income
13 4 (1.34%) Management Information System
14 3 (1.00%) Legacy Code
14 3 (1.00%) Market Risk
14 3 (1.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.35%) Linux
2 11 (3.68%) Unix
3 8 (2.68%) Windows
4 5 (1.67%) Android
4 5 (1.67%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.67%) AIX
5 2 (0.67%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.67%) VMS
6 1 (0.33%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (54.85%) CI/CD
2 122 (40.80%) Agile
3 108 (36.12%) Microservices
4 101 (33.78%) DevOps
5 81 (27.09%) Containerisation
6 71 (23.75%) Test Automation
7 64 (21.40%) Problem-Solving
8 54 (18.06%) Full-Stack Development
9 51 (17.06%) AI
9 51 (17.06%) Infrastructure as Code
9 51 (17.06%) Software Engineering
10 49 (16.39%) API Design
11 47 (15.72%) Event-Driven
12 43 (14.38%) Observability
13 41 (13.71%) TDD
14 39 (13.04%) Analytics
15 37 (12.37%) Code Quality
16 36 (12.04%) API Integration
16 36 (12.04%) Scrum
17 33 (11.04%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 136 (45.48%) Python
2 89 (29.77%) Java
3 66 (22.07%) SQL
4 51 (17.06%) JavaScript
5 46 (15.38%) C#
6 44 (14.72%) TypeScript
7 18 (6.02%) Kotlin
8 13 (4.35%) Go
9 10 (3.34%) Bicep
10 8 (2.68%) PowerShell
10 8 (2.68%) Rust
11 5 (1.67%) Swift
12 4 (1.34%) Scala
13 3 (1.00%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.67%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.67%) Bash
14 2 (0.67%) Groovy
14 2 (0.67%) PromQL
15 1 (0.33%) Gremlin
15 1 (0.33%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 65 (21.74%) Security Cleared
2 55 (18.39%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.02%) Degree
4 13 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.68%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.00%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.00%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (1.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (1.00%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.00%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.67%) CISSP
9 2 (0.67%) GIAC
10 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (11.04%) Accessibility
2 21 (7.02%) WCAG
3 17 (5.69%) QA
4 7 (2.34%) Data Quality
4 7 (2.34%) GDPR
4 7 (2.34%) NCSC
5 4 (1.34%) ISO 19650
6 2 (0.67%) HL7
6 2 (0.67%) IEC 62304
6 2 (0.67%) ISO 13485
6 2 (0.67%) PSD2
6 2 (0.67%) SNOMED CT
7 1 (0.33%) NIST
7 1 (0.33%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 89 (29.77%) Docker
2 2 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.33%) IAG
3 1 (0.33%) KVM
Systems Management
1 93 (31.10%) Kubernetes
2 48 (16.05%) Terraform
3 25 (8.36%) Prometheus
4 22 (7.36%) Grafana
5 13 (4.35%) Control-M
5 13 (4.35%) IBM Guardium
5 13 (4.35%) Nessus
6 11 (3.68%) Ansible
7 3 (1.00%) Kibana
8 2 (0.67%) Argo
8 2 (0.67%) Consul
8 2 (0.67%) Istio
8 2 (0.67%) Zipkin
9 1 (0.33%) Amdocs OSS
9 1 (0.33%) CA Endevor
Vendors
1 45 (15.05%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.36%) Google
3 16 (5.35%) Dynatrace
4 13 (4.35%) Tenable
5 10 (3.34%) MuleSoft
6 7 (2.34%) Databricks
6 7 (2.34%) Oracle
7 6 (2.01%) CyberArk
7 6 (2.01%) Foundry
7 6 (2.01%) OpenAI
7 6 (2.01%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.67%) Apple
8 5 (1.67%) IBM
8 5 (1.67%) Okta
8 5 (1.67%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.34%) Autodesk
9 4 (1.34%) webMethods
10 2 (0.67%) Brio
10 2 (0.67%) SAP
10 2 (0.67%) VMware