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

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 284 343
Rank change year-on-year -34 +59 +27
Contract jobs citing API Development 289 201 196
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.71% 0.82% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.90% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 148 146
10th Percentile £362 £356 £394
25th Percentile £413 £402 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £583 £600 £625
90th Percentile £689 £652 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -6.14%
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 34,370 22,228 32,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.91% 91.19% 86.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,972 14,556 21,057
10th Percentile £316 £309 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% - -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 2,137 921 2,257
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.70 £12.97
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -16.67% -3.59%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +43.29% -18.31% -1.39%

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 3 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 3 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 -46 135 £500 -9.09% 34
North of England -3 89 £470 +17.50% 17
Yorkshire -5 52 £470 +15.48% 5
North West -22 34 £478 +19.38% 12
South East -63 19 £413 -8.33% 21
Midlands -69 17 £531 +22.13% 7
West Midlands -56 16 £550 +26.44% 5
East of England -29 11 £625 +8.70% 1
South West -26 6 £490 -24.65% 5
North East -18 3 £400 -27.27%
East Midlands -35 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 (5.88%) Confluence
2 8 (2.77%) Anypoint
2 8 (2.77%) Appian
2 8 (2.77%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.08%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.73%) Mule
5 3 (1.04%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.35%) CICS
7 1 (0.35%) CMS
7 1 (0.35%) ColdFusion
7 1 (0.35%) JBoss
7 1 (0.35%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.35%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.35%) 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 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.04%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (1.04%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.69%) Remedy AR System
3 2 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.35%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.35%) Odoo
4 1 (0.35%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.35%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 104 (35.99%) Azure
2 88 (30.45%) AWS
3 51 (17.65%) GCP
4 34 (11.76%) GitHub
5 29 (10.03%) Serverless
6 21 (7.27%) Power Platform
7 19 (6.57%) Azure AI
7 19 (6.57%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
8 17 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (4.50%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (4.50%) Azure Service Bus
9 13 (4.50%) Power Automate
10 12 (4.15%) Azure Functions
10 12 (4.15%) Copilot Studio
11 11 (3.81%) AWS CloudFormation
11 11 (3.81%) Azure Logic Apps
11 11 (3.81%) Microsoft Copilot
12 9 (3.11%) Apigee
12 9 (3.11%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.04%) Firewall
1 3 (1.04%) TCP/IP
1 3 (1.04%) VPN
2 2 (0.69%) HTTP
2 2 (0.69%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.35%) BGP
3 1 (0.35%) DNS
3 1 (0.35%) Internet
3 1 (0.35%) NaaS
3 1 (0.35%) Network Security
3 1 (0.35%) SSH
3 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (15.22%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (10.03%) NoSQL
3 26 (9.00%) Relational Database
4 25 (8.65%) MongoDB
5 23 (7.96%) SQL Server
6 17 (5.88%) Power BI
7 16 (5.54%) MySQL
8 9 (3.11%) BigQuery
9 8 (2.77%) Metadata
9 8 (2.77%) Pinecone
10 7 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
10 7 (2.42%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (2.08%) Big Data
12 5 (1.73%) Redis
13 3 (1.04%) Delta Lake
13 3 (1.04%) Spark SQL
14 2 (0.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 2 (0.69%) Data Lake
14 2 (0.69%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 54 (18.69%) Git
2 38 (13.15%) JIRA
3 37 (12.80%) Jenkins
4 23 (7.96%) GitLab
5 9 (3.11%) Gradle
5 9 (3.11%) Mockito
6 8 (2.77%) JUnit
6 8 (2.77%) MLflow
7 6 (2.08%) Bitbucket
8 5 (1.73%) Maven
9 4 (1.38%) Mocha
10 3 (1.04%) Cucumber
10 3 (1.04%) fastlane
10 3 (1.04%) Postman
10 3 (1.04%) Selenium
10 3 (1.04%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.69%) Android Studio
11 2 (0.69%) GoCD
11 2 (0.69%) IntelliJ
11 2 (0.69%) Xcode
General
1 73 (25.26%) Finance
2 66 (22.84%) Social Skills
3 47 (16.26%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (13.49%) Public Sector
5 17 (5.88%) Banking
6 8 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.38%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.04%) Aviation
8 3 (1.04%) Financial Institution
8 3 (1.04%) Front Office
8 3 (1.04%) Marketing
8 3 (1.04%) Publishing
8 3 (1.04%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.69%) Law
9 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.69%) Police
9 2 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.35%) Electronics
10 1 (0.35%) Legal
Job Titles
1 163 (56.40%) Developer
2 47 (16.26%) Python Developer
3 43 (14.88%) Senior
4 37 (12.80%) Java Developer
5 25 (8.65%) Full-Stack Developer
6 24 (8.30%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 23 (7.96%) Architect
8 22 (7.61%) Lead
8 22 (7.61%) Senior Developer
9 13 (4.50%) Software Engineer
10 12 (4.15%) Cloud Engineer
10 12 (4.15%) Software Developer
11 10 (3.46%) Applications Developer
11 10 (3.46%) Automation Engineer
12 9 (3.11%) Data Engineer
13 8 (2.77%) .NET Developer
13 8 (2.77%) Integration Developer
14 7 (2.42%) C# Developer
14 7 (2.42%) Integration Architect
14 7 (2.42%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (27.68%) REST
2 79 (27.34%) RESTful
3 46 (15.92%) Spring
4 44 (15.22%) Spring Boot
5 41 (14.19%) React
6 40 (13.84%) .NET
7 38 (13.15%) FastAPI
7 38 (13.15%) Node.js
8 27 (9.34%) OAuth
9 25 (8.65%) JSON
10 24 (8.30%) AngularJS
10 24 (8.30%) JWT
11 23 (7.96%) Swagger
12 22 (7.61%) OpenAPI
13 21 (7.27%) Django
14 20 (6.92%) Kafka
14 20 (6.92%) OpenTelemetry
15 19 (6.57%) Flask
16 18 (6.23%) PyTorch
16 18 (6.23%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.73%) Cloud Native
2 26 (9.00%) Product Ownership
3 18 (6.23%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (4.84%) Legacy Systems
5 13 (4.50%) Data Protection Act
6 10 (3.46%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (3.11%) AI Agents
8 8 (2.77%) Data Structures
8 8 (2.77%) Low-Code
8 8 (2.77%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.08%) 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 (1.04%) Credit Risk
11 3 (1.04%) Market Risk
12 2 (0.69%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.54%) Linux
2 10 (3.46%) Unix
3 6 (2.08%) 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 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.35%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (56.40%) CI/CD
2 107 (37.02%) Agile
3 101 (34.95%) Microservices
4 91 (31.49%) DevOps
5 84 (29.07%) Containerisation
6 62 (21.45%) Problem-Solving
7 60 (20.76%) Test Automation
8 51 (17.65%) AI
9 43 (14.88%) Full-Stack Development
9 43 (14.88%) Infrastructure as Code
10 42 (14.53%) Observability
11 38 (13.15%) API Integration
12 35 (12.11%) Machine Learning
13 33 (11.42%) API Design
14 32 (11.07%) LLM
15 31 (10.73%) Analytics
16 30 (10.38%) Clean Code
16 30 (10.38%) Generative AI
16 30 (10.38%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
16 30 (10.38%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 127 (43.94%) Python
2 93 (32.18%) SQL
3 86 (29.76%) Java
4 44 (15.22%) JavaScript
5 40 (13.84%) C#
6 32 (11.07%) TypeScript
7 8 (2.77%) Kotlin
8 7 (2.42%) Bash
9 6 (2.08%) PowerShell
9 6 (2.08%) 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 (1.04%) Go
11 3 (1.04%) PHP
11 3 (1.04%) R
12 2 (0.69%) C++
12 2 (0.69%) Swift
13 1 (0.35%) Rust
Qualifications
1 63 (21.80%) Security Cleared
2 49 (16.96%) SC Cleared
3 19 (6.57%) Degree
4 15 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (3.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.73%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.38%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.38%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.04%) 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 (0.35%) CBAP
10 1 (0.35%) CSPO
10 1 (0.35%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.35%) OCP
10 1 (0.35%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.54%) QA
2 15 (5.19%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.15%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.38%) GDPR
4 4 (1.38%) HIPAA
4 4 (1.38%) ISO 19650
5 3 (1.04%) SLA
6 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.69%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.69%) WCAG
7 1 (0.35%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.35%) NCSC
7 1 (0.35%) NIST
7 1 (0.35%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.35%) PMO
7 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 100 (34.60%) Docker
2 2 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.35%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.35%) IAG
3 1 (0.35%) KVM
Systems Management
1 102 (35.29%) Kubernetes
2 47 (16.26%) Terraform
3 29 (10.03%) Prometheus
4 28 (9.69%) Grafana
5 17 (5.88%) Control-M
5 17 (5.88%) IBM Guardium
5 17 (5.88%) Nessus
6 7 (2.42%) Ansible
7 4 (1.38%) Istio
8 3 (1.04%) Kibana
8 3 (1.04%) Puppet
9 2 (0.69%) CloudHub
10 1 (0.35%) Amdocs OSS
10 1 (0.35%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.35%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.35%) logstash
10 1 (0.35%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 36 (12.46%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.30%) Google
3 19 (6.57%) OpenAI
4 17 (5.88%) Tenable
5 13 (4.50%) Foundry
5 13 (4.50%) MuleSoft
6 10 (3.46%) Salesforce
7 9 (3.11%) Dynatrace
7 9 (3.11%) Oracle
8 8 (2.77%) Automation Anywhere
8 8 (2.77%) Databricks
8 8 (2.77%) Ping Identity
8 8 (2.77%) ServiceNow
8 8 (2.77%) UiPath
9 6 (2.08%) Okta
10 4 (1.38%) Autodesk
10 4 (1.38%) webMethods
11 3 (1.04%) Veracode
12 2 (0.69%) Remedy
12 2 (0.69%) Workday