API Development Contracts in England

API Development
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for API Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited API Development over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 355 378 418
Rank change year-on-year +23 +40 -77
Contract jobs citing API Development 192 271 414
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.52% 0.57% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 0.63% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 196 310
10th Percentile £377 £416 £419
25th Percentile £459 £500 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% -1.25% +20.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £688
90th Percentile £694 £738 £825
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £52.84
25th Percentile - - £56.42
Median hourly rate - - £61.45
75th Percentile - - £65.00
90th Percentile - - £65.38
UK median hourly rate - - £61.45
% change year-on-year - - +36.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

API Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,587 42,714 64,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.77% 89.96% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,623 29,972 45,670
10th Percentile £300 £325 £335
25th Percentile £413 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £543
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.38% +8.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £767 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,317 1,513 1,726
10th Percentile £12.85 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - +50.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.68
% change year-on-year -0.11% +42.29% +9.46%

API Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing API Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for API Development in England

API Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing API Development in England.

Daily rate trend for API Development in England

API Development
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing API Development in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for API Development in England

API Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing API Development in England.

Hourly rate trend for API Development in England

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 31 May 2024. 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 +9 98 £563 -6.25% 68
North of England +54 54 £550 -4.35% 17
Yorkshire +43 32 £550 +10.00% 4
North West +20 22 £550 -4.35% 10
South East +20 20 £450 -25.00% 14
Midlands +9 5 £500 +13.64% 9
South West +1 5 £749 +36.18% 14
West Midlands +6 3 £500 -16.67% 6
East Midlands +11 2 £474 +42.48% 3
API Development
UK

API Development
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (4.17%) Confluence
2 3 (1.56%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.56%) IIS
3 2 (1.04%) Apache
3 2 (1.04%) GeoServer
3 2 (1.04%) JBoss
4 1 (0.52%) CICS
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.52%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (3.65%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.56%) Maximo
3 1 (0.52%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.52%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 63 (32.81%) Azure
2 59 (30.73%) AWS
3 23 (11.98%) GCP
4 19 (9.90%) Azure DevOps
5 16 (8.33%) Amazon S3
5 16 (8.33%) Serverless
6 13 (6.77%) Amazon EC2
7 12 (6.25%) GitHub
7 12 (6.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 10 (5.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 9 (4.69%) Amazon ECR
9 9 (4.69%) Amazon EKS
9 9 (4.69%) Amazon SQS
9 9 (4.69%) Apigee
9 9 (4.69%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (4.69%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (4.69%) Route 53
10 7 (3.65%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (3.65%) Datadog
10 7 (3.65%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.21%) HTTP
2 9 (4.69%) DNS
2 9 (4.69%) TCP/IP
3 7 (3.65%) Firewall
3 7 (3.65%) Internet
4 6 (3.13%) VPN
5 4 (2.08%) DHCP
6 2 (1.04%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.52%) RNC
7 1 (0.52%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.94%) NoSQL
2 15 (7.81%) Elasticsearch
3 12 (6.25%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (3.65%) Relational Database
5 4 (2.08%) Data Lake
5 4 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.08%) DynamoDB
5 4 (2.08%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.08%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.56%) GIS
6 3 (1.56%) MySQL
6 3 (1.56%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.04%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (1.04%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.52%) Big Data
8 1 (0.52%) Couchbase
8 1 (0.52%) DB2
8 1 (0.52%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.52%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 37 (19.27%) Git
2 20 (10.42%) Jenkins
3 16 (8.33%) GitLab
4 12 (6.25%) JIRA
5 9 (4.69%) webpack
6 7 (3.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 7 (3.65%) CircleCI
7 6 (3.13%) Travis CI
8 5 (2.60%) Cypress.io
8 5 (2.60%) Selenium
9 4 (2.08%) Maven
10 3 (1.56%) JUnit
10 3 (1.56%) Subversion
10 3 (1.56%) Visual Studio
11 2 (1.04%) Android Studio
11 2 (1.04%) Bitbucket
11 2 (1.04%) Mockito
11 2 (1.04%) ScalaTest
11 2 (1.04%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 47 (24.48%) Social Skills
2 29 (15.10%) Finance
3 25 (13.02%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (6.25%) Banking
5 11 (5.73%) Public Sector
6 9 (4.69%) Retail
7 5 (2.60%) Financial Institution
7 5 (2.60%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.56%) Electronics
8 3 (1.56%) Law
8 3 (1.56%) Legal
8 3 (1.56%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.56%) Marketing
9 2 (1.04%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.52%) Advertising
10 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 97 (50.52%) Developer
2 18 (9.38%) Lead
2 18 (9.38%) Software Developer
3 17 (8.85%) Senior
3 17 (8.85%) Software Engineer
4 16 (8.33%) Architect
5 14 (7.29%) Python Developer
6 13 (6.77%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (6.25%) Java Engineer
8 11 (5.73%) Automation Engineer
8 11 (5.73%) Senior Java Engineer
9 9 (4.69%) Full Stack Developer
9 9 (4.69%) Java Developer
10 8 (4.17%) .NET Developer
10 8 (4.17%) Consultant
10 8 (4.17%) ServiceNow Consultant
11 7 (3.65%) Azure Developer
11 7 (3.65%) DevOps Engineer
11 7 (3.65%) Senior Software Engineer
11 7 (3.65%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (20.31%) RESTful
2 35 (18.23%) REST
3 25 (13.02%) Node.js
4 24 (12.50%) React
5 22 (11.46%) HTML
6 21 (10.94%) FastAPI
7 20 (10.42%) .NET
8 19 (9.90%) CSS
9 18 (9.38%) Spring
9 18 (9.38%) Spring Boot
10 17 (8.85%) JSON
10 17 (8.85%) Web Services
11 13 (6.77%) Redux
11 13 (6.77%) XML
12 12 (6.25%) AngularJS
13 11 (5.73%) Express.js
14 10 (5.21%) Elastic Stack
14 10 (5.21%) Flask
14 10 (5.21%) Java EE
15 9 (4.69%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.17%) Blockchain
1 8 (4.17%) Product Ownership
2 7 (3.65%) IoT
2 7 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.13%) Data Structures
3 6 (3.13%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (3.13%) Mainframe
4 5 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.56%) CBDC
5 3 (1.56%) Low-Code
5 3 (1.56%) Web3
6 2 (1.04%) Distributed Applications
6 2 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.52%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.52%) Distributed Computing
7 1 (0.52%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.52%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.13%) Unix
2 2 (1.04%) Android
2 2 (1.04%) Linux
2 2 (1.04%) Windows
2 2 (1.04%) zOS
3 1 (0.52%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (32.29%) CI/CD
2 52 (27.08%) DevOps
3 47 (24.48%) Agile
4 45 (23.44%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (22.92%) Containerisation
6 34 (17.71%) Microservices
7 29 (15.10%) API Design
7 29 (15.10%) Software Engineering
8 27 (14.06%) Test Automation
9 25 (13.02%) Scrum
10 24 (12.50%) Full Stack Development
11 20 (10.42%) API Integration
11 20 (10.42%) Front End Development
12 19 (9.90%) Continuous Integration
13 18 (9.38%) Asset Management
13 18 (9.38%) TDD
14 17 (8.85%) Continuous Improvement
14 17 (8.85%) End-to-End Testing
15 16 (8.33%) Unit Testing
16 15 (7.81%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 68 (35.42%) Python
2 54 (28.13%) Java
3 28 (14.58%) SQL
4 27 (14.06%) C#
4 27 (14.06%) JavaScript
5 17 (8.85%) PowerShell
6 12 (6.25%) TypeScript
7 9 (4.69%) Shell Script
8 6 (3.13%) Bash
9 4 (2.08%) PHP
9 4 (2.08%) T-SQL
9 4 (2.08%) X++
10 3 (1.56%) Go
10 3 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.56%) Scala
11 2 (1.04%) COBOL
11 2 (1.04%) Groovy
11 2 (1.04%) Perl
11 2 (1.04%) Ruby
12 1 (0.52%) C
Qualifications
1 43 (22.40%) Security Cleared
2 42 (21.88%) SC Cleared
3 14 (7.29%) Degree
4 9 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.56%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.56%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.42%) QA
2 7 (3.65%) GDPR
3 4 (2.08%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.04%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.04%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.04%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.52%) SEPA
5 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 44 (22.92%) Docker
2 6 (3.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 39 (20.31%) Kubernetes
2 16 (8.33%) Ansible
3 13 (6.77%) Puppet
3 13 (6.77%) Terraform
4 12 (6.25%) Grafana
5 11 (5.73%) Kibana
6 7 (3.65%) logstash
7 6 (3.13%) Docker Swarm
7 6 (3.13%) Progress Chef
7 6 (3.13%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (9.90%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.81%) ServiceNow
3 10 (5.21%) Google
4 8 (4.17%) OpenAI
5 7 (3.65%) Oracle
5 7 (3.65%) SAP
5 7 (3.65%) Splunk
6 5 (2.60%) IBM
7 4 (2.08%) Informatica
7 4 (2.08%) New Relic
8 3 (1.56%) Nintex
8 3 (1.56%) Pega
9 2 (1.04%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.04%) MuleSoft
9 2 (1.04%) Temenos
10 1 (0.52%) Databricks
10 1 (0.52%) Nokia
10 1 (0.52%) Virgin Media
10 1 (0.52%) Workday
10 1 (0.52%) Zuora