API Design Contracts in the North West

API Design
England > North West

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 146 165
Rank change year-on-year +20 +19 -29
Contract jobs citing API Design 9 5 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.33% 0.16% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.18% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 3 10
10th Percentile - £433 £388
25th Percentile £445 £500 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £566
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +10.44% -10.88%
75th Percentile £763 £669 £676
90th Percentile £888 £688 £690
England median daily rate £550 £675 £625
% change year-on-year -18.52% +8.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £35.00 £65.76
% change year-on-year +64.29% -46.78% +19.56%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

API Design 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 the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,330 2,732 3,596
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 85.07% 89.66% 88.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,452 1,918 2,617
10th Percentile £308 £313 £240
25th Percentile £401 £413 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.50%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 142 158
10th Percentile £11.00 £16.02 £10.63
25th Percentile £14.00 £21.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £26.66 £35.00 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -23.83% +50.72% +29.34%
75th Percentile £46.18 £45.90 £52.67
90th Percentile £66.61 £65.98 £75.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%

API Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing API Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for API Design in the North West

API Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing API Design in the North West.

Daily rate trend for API Design in the North West

API Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing API Design in the North West over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for API Design in the North West

API Design
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing API Design within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Manchester +16 5 £875 +32.08% 8
Cheshire - 4 £445 -
API Design
England

API Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) AWS
2 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) DB2
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Terragrunt
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Automotive
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Architect
2 4 (44.44%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Head of Engineering
3 2 (22.22%) Mobile Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) .NET
1 3 (33.33%) React
2 2 (22.22%) Node.js
2 2 (22.22%) React Native
3 1 (11.11%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (33.33%) Mainframe
1 3 (33.33%) Public Cloud
2 2 (22.22%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Android
1 5 (55.56%) Apple iOS
2 2 (22.22%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Agile
2 6 (66.67%) Microservices
3 4 (44.44%) Project Management
4 3 (33.33%) Architectural Design
4 3 (33.33%) Containerisation
4 3 (33.33%) Domain-Driven Design
4 3 (33.33%) SDLC
4 3 (33.33%) Waterfall
5 2 (22.22%) Budget Management
5 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
5 2 (22.22%) Cost Optimisation
5 2 (22.22%) DevOps
5 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
5 2 (22.22%) Platform Engineering
5 2 (22.22%) Security Architecture
5 2 (22.22%) Zero Trust
6 1 (11.11%) Data Integration
6 1 (11.11%) Software Architecture
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) C
1 3 (33.33%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) Kotlin
3 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
2 1 (11.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) MuleSoft