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 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
11 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 311 280 351
Rank change year-on-year -31 +71 +24
Contract jobs citing API Development 292 214 209
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.75% 0.88% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.87% 0.97% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 160 162
10th Percentile £355 £362 £390
25th Percentile £413 £418 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.24% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £625
90th Percentile £638 £657 £694
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -6.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £70.43 - -
25th Percentile £71.07 £43.50 -
Median hourly rate £72.13 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +60.29% - -
75th Percentile £73.20 £46.50 -
90th Percentile £73.83 - -
UK median hourly rate £72.13 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year +60.29% - -

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 33,512 22,139 32,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.65% 90.95% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,469 14,586 21,356
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,076 869 2,188
10th Percentile £15.44 £14.84 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.91 £18.87 £15.85
Median hourly rate £40.52 £32.05 £33.78
Median % change year-on-year +26.43% -5.11% -9.93%
75th Percentile £66.00 £64.52 £58.69
90th Percentile £78.50 £76.25 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £36.71 £31.04 £33.07
% change year-on-year +18.27% -6.12% -8.15%

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 11 April 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 11 April 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 -62 147 £500 -11.89% 26
North of England -16 81 £475 +14.73% 20
Yorkshire -19 44 £475 +4.40% 6
North West -9 34 £464 +15.94% 12
South East -56 19 £550 +22.22% 12
Midlands -64 16 £423 -2.87% 11
East of England -17 14 £625 +108.33% 6
West Midlands -61 14 £513 +17.82% 11
South West -31 7 £490 -16.64% 12
North East -16 3 £400 -27.27% 2
East Midlands -41 2 £341 +4.60%
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 13 (4.45%) Confluence
2 8 (2.74%) Anypoint
2 8 (2.74%) Appian
3 6 (2.05%) Apache Spark
3 6 (2.05%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.71%) Mule
5 3 (1.03%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.34%) CICS
7 1 (0.34%) ColdFusion
7 1 (0.34%) JBoss
7 1 (0.34%) Mule ESB
7 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.68%) Navisworks
1 2 (0.68%) Revit
2 1 (0.34%) CPLEX
Business Applications
1 5 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.03%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (1.03%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.68%) Remedy AR System
3 2 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.34%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.34%) Cerner Millennium
4 1 (0.34%) Odoo
4 1 (0.34%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.34%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 105 (35.96%) Azure
2 96 (32.88%) AWS
3 50 (17.12%) GCP
4 35 (11.99%) GitHub
5 32 (10.96%) Serverless
6 20 (6.85%) Azure AI
6 20 (6.85%) GitHub Actions
6 20 (6.85%) Power Platform
7 19 (6.51%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (5.82%) Azure Data Factory
9 15 (5.14%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (4.45%) Azure Service Bus
10 13 (4.45%) Copilot Studio
10 13 (4.45%) Power Automate
11 12 (4.11%) Azure Functions
11 12 (4.11%) Azure Logic Apps
11 12 (4.11%) Microsoft Copilot
12 11 (3.77%) AWS CloudFormation
13 10 (3.42%) Anthropic Claude
14 9 (3.08%) Amazon OpenSearch
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.03%) VPN
2 2 (0.68%) Firewall
2 2 (0.68%) HTTP
2 2 (0.68%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.68%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.34%) BGP
3 1 (0.34%) DNS
3 1 (0.34%) FTP
3 1 (0.34%) Internet
3 1 (0.34%) NaaS
3 1 (0.34%) SSH
3 1 (0.34%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (15.07%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (13.01%) NoSQL
3 27 (9.25%) Relational Database
4 23 (7.88%) MongoDB
4 23 (7.88%) SQL Server
5 18 (6.16%) MySQL
6 16 (5.48%) Power BI
7 10 (3.42%) BigQuery
8 8 (2.74%) Pinecone
9 7 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (2.40%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
10 6 (2.05%) Big Data
10 6 (2.05%) Metadata
11 5 (1.71%) Redis
12 3 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (1.03%) Delta Lake
12 3 (1.03%) Spark SQL
13 2 (0.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.68%) Cloud Spanner
Development Applications
1 57 (19.52%) Git
2 35 (11.99%) Jenkins
3 32 (10.96%) JIRA
4 23 (7.88%) GitLab
5 11 (3.77%) JUnit
6 10 (3.42%) Mockito
7 8 (2.74%) MLflow
8 7 (2.40%) Gradle
9 5 (1.71%) Maven
10 4 (1.37%) Mocha
10 4 (1.37%) Selenium
11 3 (1.03%) Cucumber
11 3 (1.03%) Cypress.io
11 3 (1.03%) fastlane
11 3 (1.03%) SonarQube
11 3 (1.03%) Storybook
12 2 (0.68%) Android Studio
12 2 (0.68%) Bitbucket
12 2 (0.68%) GoCD
12 2 (0.68%) Postman
General
1 74 (25.34%) Social Skills
2 73 (25.00%) Finance
3 39 (13.36%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (13.01%) Public Sector
5 15 (5.14%) Banking
6 9 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.71%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.71%) Marketing
7 5 (1.71%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.37%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.03%) Aviation
9 3 (1.03%) Electronics
9 3 (1.03%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.03%) Front Office
9 3 (1.03%) Publishing
10 2 (0.68%) Law
10 2 (0.68%) Police
10 2 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.34%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 160 (54.79%) Developer
2 47 (16.10%) Python Developer
3 45 (15.41%) Senior
4 32 (10.96%) Full-Stack Developer
5 31 (10.62%) Java Developer
6 26 (8.90%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 23 (7.88%) Architect
7 23 (7.88%) Lead
8 22 (7.53%) Senior Developer
9 15 (5.14%) Cloud Engineer
10 12 (4.11%) Software Engineer
11 10 (3.42%) Automation Engineer
11 10 (3.42%) Data Engineer
11 10 (3.42%) Integration Developer
11 10 (3.42%) Software Developer
12 8 (2.74%) .NET Developer
12 8 (2.74%) Applications Developer
12 8 (2.74%) C# Developer
12 8 (2.74%) Java Engineer
12 8 (2.74%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (31.85%) RESTful
2 86 (29.45%) REST
3 48 (16.44%) React
4 47 (16.10%) Spring
5 45 (15.41%) Spring Boot
6 42 (14.38%) Node.js
7 40 (13.70%) .NET
7 40 (13.70%) FastAPI
8 29 (9.93%) OAuth
9 27 (9.25%) AngularJS
10 26 (8.90%) JWT
11 22 (7.53%) OpenAPI
11 22 (7.53%) Swagger
12 21 (7.19%) JSON
12 21 (7.19%) Kafka
13 20 (6.85%) Django
13 20 (6.85%) Flask
13 20 (6.85%) PyTorch
13 20 (6.85%) TensorFlow
14 19 (6.51%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.25%) Product Ownership
2 26 (8.90%) Cloud Native
3 16 (5.48%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (4.79%) Legacy Systems
5 11 (3.77%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (3.08%) Data Structures
7 8 (2.74%) AI Agents
7 8 (2.74%) Low-Code
8 7 (2.40%) Greenfield Project
8 7 (2.40%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.71%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.71%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.37%) CMDB
11 4 (1.37%) Credit Risk
11 4 (1.37%) Fixed Income
11 4 (1.37%) Public Cloud
12 3 (1.03%) Market Risk
13 2 (0.68%) Management Information System
13 2 (0.68%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.82%) Linux
2 12 (4.11%) Unix
3 6 (2.05%) Windows
4 2 (0.68%) Android
4 2 (0.68%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.68%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.68%) VMS
5 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.34%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.34%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (57.19%) CI/CD
2 110 (37.67%) Agile
3 103 (35.27%) Microservices
4 98 (33.56%) DevOps
5 79 (27.05%) Containerisation
6 66 (22.60%) Problem-Solving
7 59 (20.21%) Test Automation
8 53 (18.15%) AI
9 49 (16.78%) Full-Stack Development
10 46 (15.75%) API Integration
11 41 (14.04%) Infrastructure as Code
12 37 (12.67%) Machine Learning
13 36 (12.33%) Observability
14 34 (11.64%) API Design
14 34 (11.64%) Code Quality
14 34 (11.64%) LLM
15 32 (10.96%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
15 32 (10.96%) TDD
16 31 (10.62%) Analytics
16 31 (10.62%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 134 (45.89%) Python
2 95 (32.53%) SQL
3 85 (29.11%) Java
4 50 (17.12%) JavaScript
5 42 (14.38%) C#
6 41 (14.04%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.40%) Shell Script
8 6 (2.05%) Bash
9 5 (1.71%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.37%) Apex Code
10 4 (1.37%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.37%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.37%) Ruby
10 4 (1.37%) Scala
11 3 (1.03%) C++
11 3 (1.03%) Go
11 3 (1.03%) PHP
11 3 (1.03%) R
12 2 (0.68%) Swift
13 1 (0.34%) Gremlin
Qualifications
1 60 (20.55%) Security Cleared
2 46 (15.75%) SC Cleared
3 18 (6.16%) Degree
4 14 (4.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.37%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.37%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.03%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.68%) CISSP
8 2 (0.68%) GIAC
8 2 (0.68%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.34%) CBAP
9 1 (0.34%) CSPO
9 1 (0.34%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.34%) OCP
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.82%) QA
2 15 (5.14%) Data Quality
3 9 (3.08%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.37%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.03%) GDPR
5 3 (1.03%) SLA
6 2 (0.68%) ISO 19650
6 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.68%) SOC 2
6 2 (0.68%) WCAG
7 1 (0.34%) HL7
7 1 (0.34%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.34%) NCSC
7 1 (0.34%) NIST
7 1 (0.34%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 102 (34.93%) Docker
2 1 (0.34%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.34%) IAG
2 1 (0.34%) KVM
2 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 103 (35.27%) Kubernetes
2 45 (15.41%) Terraform
3 26 (8.90%) Prometheus
4 25 (8.56%) Grafana
5 14 (4.79%) Control-M
5 14 (4.79%) IBM Guardium
5 14 (4.79%) Nessus
6 6 (2.05%) Ansible
7 4 (1.37%) Istio
8 3 (1.03%) Kibana
8 3 (1.03%) Puppet
9 2 (0.68%) CloudHub
10 1 (0.34%) Amdocs OSS
10 1 (0.34%) CA Endevor
10 1 (0.34%) Consul
10 1 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.34%) logstash
10 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 35 (11.99%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.56%) Google
3 20 (6.85%) OpenAI
4 14 (4.79%) Foundry
4 14 (4.79%) Tenable
5 13 (4.45%) MuleSoft
5 13 (4.45%) Salesforce
6 10 (3.42%) Ping Identity
7 9 (3.08%) Dynatrace
7 9 (3.08%) Oracle
8 8 (2.74%) Automation Anywhere
8 8 (2.74%) Databricks
8 8 (2.74%) ServiceNow
8 8 (2.74%) UiPath
9 5 (1.71%) Adobe
10 4 (1.37%) Okta
11 3 (1.03%) SAP
11 3 (1.03%) Veracode
12 2 (0.68%) BMC
12 2 (0.68%) Remedy
82 API Development jobs in England