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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 329 280 381
Rank change year-on-year -49 +101 +52
Contract jobs citing API Development 323 259 146
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.70% 0.93% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 1.02% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 186 100
10th Percentile £382 £363 £377
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -9.71%
75th Percentile £588 £597 £614
90th Percentile £700 £688 £685
UK median daily rate £484 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.15% - -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 39,123 25,281 28,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.74% 90.90% 86.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,918 16,062 17,635
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 2,776 1,509 1,303
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.55
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% -1.91%

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 18 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 18 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 -86 129 £545 +6.60% 158
North of England -25 94 £452 +1.12% 44
Yorkshire +7 63 £471 +0.32% 16
South East -59 28 £475 +5.56% 30
Midlands -37 26 £500 +35.87% 18
South West -17 22 £413 +10.00% 25
West Midlands -33 18 £775 +78.16% 13
North West -66 17 £500 +16.96% 25
North East -32 15 £450 - 3
East Midlands -17 8 £402 +12.29% 5
East of England -29 8 £425 -18.66% 8
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 44 (13.62%) Confluence
2 5 (1.55%) 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 (1.24%) CPLEX
1 4 (1.24%) Navisworks
1 4 (1.24%) 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 (1.24%) 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%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 126 (39.01%) Azure
2 107 (33.13%) AWS
3 65 (20.12%) GCP
4 54 (16.72%) GitHub
5 42 (13.00%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (9.60%) GitHub Actions
7 23 (7.12%) Serverless
8 14 (4.33%) AWS Lambda
9 11 (3.41%) Azure AKS
10 10 (3.10%) Amazon S3
10 10 (3.10%) Firebase
11 8 (2.48%) Azure Service Bus
11 8 (2.48%) Power Platform
12 7 (2.17%) Cloud Run
12 7 (2.17%) Google Gemini
12 7 (2.17%) LangSmith
13 6 (1.86%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (1.86%) Azure Key Vault
13 6 (1.86%) GitHub Copilot
13 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.93%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.62%) CTI
2 2 (0.62%) HTTP
2 2 (0.62%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.31%) 4G
3 1 (0.31%) 5G
3 1 (0.31%) DNS
3 1 (0.31%) Firewall
3 1 (0.31%) Internet
3 1 (0.31%) Network Security
3 1 (0.31%) SSH
3 1 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (14.55%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (11.15%) Relational Database
3 28 (8.67%) MongoDB
4 20 (6.19%) SQL Server
5 16 (4.95%) NoSQL
6 9 (2.79%) DynamoDB
6 9 (2.79%) Geospatial Data
7 8 (2.48%) BigQuery
7 8 (2.48%) Power BI
7 8 (2.48%) Redis
8 7 (2.17%) MySQL
9 6 (1.86%) Metadata
10 5 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.24%) 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%) Apache Cassandra
14 1 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 81 (25.08%) Git
2 59 (18.27%) JIRA
3 49 (15.17%) Jenkins
4 19 (5.88%) JUnit
5 15 (4.64%) Maven
5 15 (4.64%) Mockito
6 14 (4.33%) GitLab
7 13 (4.02%) Bitbucket
7 13 (4.02%) Gradle
7 13 (4.02%) SonarQube
8 10 (3.10%) fastlane
9 9 (2.79%) MSI
10 5 (1.55%) Android Studio
10 5 (1.55%) Crashlytics
10 5 (1.55%) Xcode
11 4 (1.24%) git-flow
11 4 (1.24%) Postman
11 4 (1.24%) Selenium
12 3 (0.93%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 79 (24.46%) Social Skills
2 71 (21.98%) Finance
3 58 (17.96%) Public Sector
4 51 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (7.43%) Banking
5 24 (7.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (2.17%) Publishing
7 6 (1.86%) Investment Banking
7 6 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (1.55%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.24%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.24%) Retail
9 4 (1.24%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.62%) Automotive
10 2 (0.62%) Law
11 1 (0.31%) Advertising
11 1 (0.31%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.31%) Front Office
11 1 (0.31%) Legal
11 1 (0.31%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 179 (55.42%) Developer
2 61 (18.89%) Senior
3 53 (16.41%) Java Developer
4 42 (13.00%) Python Developer
5 40 (12.38%) Lead
6 37 (11.46%) Senior Developer
7 26 (8.05%) Software Engineer
8 23 (7.12%) .NET Developer
9 21 (6.50%) Architect
10 20 (6.19%) Full-Stack Developer
11 14 (4.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 12 (3.72%) Senior Python Developer
12 12 (3.72%) Technical Leader
13 10 (3.10%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 10 (3.10%) Senior Java Developer
14 9 (2.79%) Backend Developer
14 9 (2.79%) C# Developer
14 9 (2.79%) Java Engineer
14 9 (2.79%) Python Engineer
15 8 (2.48%) Integration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (32.82%) REST
1 106 (32.82%) RESTful
2 66 (20.43%) .NET
3 59 (18.27%) React
4 56 (17.34%) Spring
5 54 (16.72%) Spring Boot
6 49 (15.17%) Terraform
7 45 (13.93%) AngularJS
8 37 (11.46%) Node.js
9 34 (10.53%) HTML
9 34 (10.53%) OAuth
10 32 (9.91%) OAuth2
11 31 (9.60%) FastAPI
12 27 (8.36%) Kafka
13 24 (7.43%) .NET Core
14 23 (7.12%) CSS
14 23 (7.12%) Django
14 23 (7.12%) OpenID
15 22 (6.81%) .NET Framework
16 20 (6.19%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 93 (28.79%) Cloud Native
2 31 (9.60%) Product Ownership
3 28 (8.67%) Distributed Systems
4 20 (6.19%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (5.57%) Onboarding
6 12 (3.72%) AI Agents
7 11 (3.41%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (3.10%) Mobile App
9 8 (2.48%) Algorithms
9 8 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (2.17%) NHS
11 6 (1.86%) Data Structures
11 6 (1.86%) Derivative
11 6 (1.86%) Virtual Team
12 5 (1.55%) Fixed Income
12 5 (1.55%) Market Risk
13 4 (1.24%) Management Information System
13 4 (1.24%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 16 (4.95%) Linux
2 12 (3.72%) Unix
2 12 (3.72%) Windows
3 5 (1.55%) Android
3 5 (1.55%) 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
1 189 (58.51%) CI/CD
2 144 (44.58%) Agile
3 140 (43.34%) Microservices
4 113 (34.98%) DevOps
5 98 (30.34%) Test Automation
6 92 (28.48%) Containerisation
7 72 (22.29%) Problem-Solving
8 65 (20.12%) Software Engineering
9 63 (19.50%) Full-Stack Development
10 61 (18.89%) AI
10 61 (18.89%) Code Quality
10 61 (18.89%) Event-Driven
11 54 (16.72%) Infrastructure as Code
12 52 (16.10%) Scrum
13 50 (15.48%) API Design
13 50 (15.48%) Observability
13 50 (15.48%) TDD
14 44 (13.62%) API Integration
14 44 (13.62%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 43 (13.31%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 135 (41.80%) Python
2 108 (33.44%) Java
3 70 (21.67%) SQL
4 63 (19.50%) JavaScript
5 59 (18.27%) TypeScript
6 52 (16.10%) C#
7 21 (6.50%) Kotlin
8 18 (5.57%) Go
9 13 (4.02%) Bicep
10 10 (3.10%) Rust
11 8 (2.48%) PowerShell
11 8 (2.48%) Scala
12 5 (1.55%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.55%) Swift
13 4 (1.24%) C++
14 3 (0.93%) Bash
15 2 (0.62%) Apex Code
15 2 (0.62%) PromQL
15 2 (0.62%) Ruby
16 1 (0.31%) DAML
Qualifications
1 74 (22.91%) Security Cleared
2 63 (19.50%) SC Cleared
3 22 (6.81%) Degree
4 17 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.48%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.86%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.24%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 4 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.93%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.93%) AWS Certified Developer
9 3 (0.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.93%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (13.31%) Accessibility
2 26 (8.05%) QA
2 26 (8.05%) WCAG
3 9 (2.79%) NCSC
4 8 (2.48%) GDPR
5 7 (2.17%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.24%) ISO 19650
7 3 (0.93%) HL7
8 2 (0.62%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.62%) IEC 62304
8 2 (0.62%) ISO 13485
8 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.62%) MISRA
8 2 (0.62%) PSD2
8 2 (0.62%) SNOMED CT
8 2 (0.62%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.31%) NIST
9 1 (0.31%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 102 (31.58%) Docker
2 2 (0.62%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 104 (32.20%) Kubernetes
2 27 (8.36%) Prometheus
3 25 (7.74%) Grafana
4 10 (3.10%) Ansible
5 7 (2.17%) Control-M
6 6 (1.86%) IBM Guardium
6 6 (1.86%) 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 52 (16.10%) Microsoft
2 28 (8.67%) Google
3 16 (4.95%) Dynatrace
4 13 (4.02%) Oracle
5 10 (3.10%) Databricks
6 9 (2.79%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.48%) Okta
8 7 (2.17%) CyberArk
8 7 (2.17%) MuleSoft
9 6 (1.86%) Tenable
10 5 (1.55%) Apple
10 5 (1.55%) Foundry
10 5 (1.55%) SAP
10 5 (1.55%) Splunk
10 5 (1.55%) webMethods
11 4 (1.24%) Autodesk
11 4 (1.24%) IBM
11 4 (1.24%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.93%) OpenAI
13 2 (0.62%) Centrify