API Management Contracts

API Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for API Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited API Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 380 339 485
Rank change year-on-year -41 +146 -85
Contract jobs citing API Management 215 427 407
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.50% 0.74% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.82% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 285 294
10th Percentile £425 £421 £425
25th Percentile £463 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £586 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.28% -2.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £651 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £786
UK excluding London median daily rate £523 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -12.92% +4.35% +16.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £48.75
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - -33.33% +16.67%
75th Percentile - - £56.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £52.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

API Management 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,140 52,105 79,027
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.25% 89.83% 90.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,924 36,124 55,482
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,724 1,874
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.17 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

API Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing API Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for API Management in the UK

API Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for API Management in the UK

API Management
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing API Management over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for API Management in the UK

API Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for API Management in the UK

API Management
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing API Management within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England -3 188 £550 -6.58% 47
London +31 137 £550 -6.38% 19
Work from Home -4 74 £525 -10.41% 27
UK excluding London -27 58 £523 -12.92% 29
North of England +20 18 £505 -0.83% 8
North West +17 14 £533 +1.43% 3
South East -4 14 £513 -21.15% 8
Scotland +41 9 £675 +3.85% 3
Midlands +28 8 £561 -10.20% 6
West Midlands +16 6 £486 -7.38% 5
Wales -11 6 £500 -14.68% 1
Yorkshire +13 4 £434 -8.63% 4
South West +14 2 £635 +8.09% 4
East of England +8 1 £550 - 1

API Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 16 (7.44%) CMS
2 14 (6.51%) Anypoint
3 7 (3.26%) Mule
3 7 (3.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 5 (2.33%) Confluence
4 5 (2.33%) Mule ESB
5 3 (1.40%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (1.40%) IIS
6 2 (0.93%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.93%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.47%) Apache
7 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.47%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.47%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 10 (4.65%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 5 (2.33%) Temenos T24
2 4 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.40%) Maximo
3 3 (1.40%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.93%) BusinessWorks
4 2 (0.93%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (0.93%) SAP IBP
5 1 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.47%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.47%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.47%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 152 (70.70%) Azure
2 91 (42.33%) Azure Service Bus
3 84 (39.07%) Azure DevOps
4 58 (26.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 52 (24.19%) Azure API Management
6 47 (21.86%) Azure Monitor
7 45 (20.93%) Azure Logic Apps
8 44 (20.47%) AWS
9 42 (19.53%) Serverless
10 32 (14.88%) PaaS
11 29 (13.49%) Azure Functions
12 24 (11.16%) Entra ID
13 23 (10.70%) Azure Key Vault
14 22 (10.23%) SaaS
15 21 (9.77%) Apigee
16 20 (9.30%) Azure Data Factory
16 20 (9.30%) Azure Storage
17 18 (8.37%) Azure Pipelines
18 17 (7.91%) IaaS
19 12 (5.58%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.19%) Firewall
2 6 (2.79%) Network Security
3 4 (1.86%) SSL
3 4 (1.86%) VPN
4 3 (1.40%) HTTP
5 2 (0.93%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.93%) DNS
5 2 (0.93%) Internet
5 2 (0.93%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.47%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (26.98%) SQL Server
2 33 (15.35%) Azure SQL Database
3 17 (7.91%) NoSQL
4 12 (5.58%) Data Lake
4 12 (5.58%) OLTP
5 9 (4.19%) MongoDB
6 8 (3.72%) Big Data
6 8 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (3.26%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (2.33%) OLAP
8 5 (2.33%) Oracle Database
8 5 (2.33%) Oracle OLAP
9 3 (1.40%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (1.40%) GIS
9 3 (1.40%) MySQL
9 3 (1.40%) Power BI
9 3 (1.40%) Redis
10 2 (0.93%) DB2
10 2 (0.93%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.93%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 67 (31.16%) Git
2 18 (8.37%) Jenkins
3 14 (6.51%) Postman
4 13 (6.05%) JIRA
5 10 (4.65%) Visual Studio
6 7 (3.26%) TeamCity
6 7 (3.26%) Visual Studio Team System
7 6 (2.79%) Maven
8 4 (1.86%) SpecFlow
9 3 (1.40%) GitLab
9 3 (1.40%) gulp
9 3 (1.40%) Selenium
10 2 (0.93%) JMeter
11 1 (0.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 1 (0.47%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.47%) Hudson
11 1 (0.47%) NUnit
11 1 (0.47%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.47%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 59 (27.44%) Social Skills
2 30 (13.95%) Back Office
3 27 (12.56%) Finance
4 25 (11.63%) Public Sector
5 16 (7.44%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (6.05%) Banking
7 11 (5.12%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.26%) German Language
10 3 (1.40%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.40%) Retail
11 2 (0.93%) Arabic Language
11 2 (0.93%) French Language
11 2 (0.93%) Japanese Language
11 2 (0.93%) Korean Language
11 2 (0.93%) Local Government
11 2 (0.93%) Spanish Language
11 2 (0.93%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.47%) Marketing
12 1 (0.47%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 94 (43.72%) Developer
2 41 (19.07%) Architect
3 37 (17.21%) Senior
4 31 (14.42%) Senior Developer
5 24 (11.16%) Lead
6 21 (9.77%) Azure Developer
7 16 (7.44%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 15 (6.98%) Solutions Architect
9 14 (6.51%) Azure Engineer
9 14 (6.51%) MuleSoft Developer
10 13 (6.05%) AWS Architect
11 12 (5.58%) Azure Architect
12 11 (5.12%) .NET Developer
12 11 (5.12%) C# Developer
12 11 (5.12%) Data Engineer
12 11 (5.12%) Senior Front-End Developer
13 10 (4.65%) Python Developer
14 9 (4.19%) Backend Developer
14 9 (4.19%) Consultant
14 9 (4.19%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (40.93%) .NET
2 54 (25.12%) .NET Core
3 48 (22.33%) REST
4 42 (19.53%) SOAP
5 29 (13.49%) Web Services
6 25 (11.63%) YAML
7 23 (10.70%) Swagger
8 22 (10.23%) JSON
8 22 (10.23%) React
9 20 (9.30%) CSS
10 19 (8.84%) HTML
11 17 (7.91%) RESTful
12 16 (7.44%) jQuery
12 16 (7.44%) Node.js
12 16 (7.44%) XML
13 13 (6.05%) ASP.NET
14 12 (5.58%) ARM Templates
14 12 (5.58%) OpenAPI
14 12 (5.58%) Spring
15 11 (5.12%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.44%) Product Ownership
1 16 (7.44%) Public Cloud
2 8 (3.72%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (3.26%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.79%) NHS
5 5 (2.33%) DataPower
5 5 (2.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 3 (1.40%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.40%) IoT
6 3 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.40%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.40%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.93%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.93%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.93%) Wiki
8 1 (0.47%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.47%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.79%) Unix
2 5 (2.33%) Linux
3 3 (1.40%) Android
3 3 (1.40%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.40%) Windows
4 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (47.44%) DevOps
2 98 (45.58%) Agile
3 69 (32.09%) TDD
4 62 (28.84%) CI/CD
5 57 (26.51%) OO
6 44 (20.47%) OOD
7 40 (18.60%) Microservices
8 37 (17.21%) Clean Code
9 31 (14.42%) Software Engineering
10 30 (13.95%) Migration
11 25 (11.63%) Infrastructure as Code
11 25 (11.63%) SOA
12 21 (9.77%) Scrum
13 19 (8.84%) Continuous Deployment
13 19 (8.84%) Continuous Integration
13 19 (8.84%) Integration Patterns
13 19 (8.84%) Test Automation
14 18 (8.37%) Front End Development
15 17 (7.91%) Problem-Solving
16 16 (7.44%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 89 (41.40%) C#
2 58 (26.98%) SQL
3 44 (20.47%) Bicep
4 37 (17.21%) Java
5 36 (16.74%) Python
6 31 (14.42%) JavaScript
7 20 (9.30%) PowerShell
8 19 (8.84%) TypeScript
9 5 (2.33%) C++
9 5 (2.33%) Groovy
10 3 (1.40%) PHP
10 3 (1.40%) Ruby
11 2 (0.93%) XPath
12 1 (0.47%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 17 (7.91%) Degree
2 12 (5.58%) Azure Certification
2 12 (5.58%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.65%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (2.33%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.84%) Accessibility
1 19 (8.84%) WCAG
2 11 (5.12%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.33%) QA
4 2 (0.93%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 53 (24.65%) Active Directory
2 23 (10.70%) Docker
3 10 (4.65%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.40%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 34 (15.81%) Terraform
2 25 (11.63%) Kubernetes
3 11 (5.12%) Ansible
4 8 (3.72%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (3.26%) CloudHub
6 2 (0.93%) TIBCO Hawk
7 1 (0.47%) Grafana
7 1 (0.47%) Kibana
7 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 72 (33.49%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.84%) Oracle
3 18 (8.37%) SAP
4 16 (7.44%) MuleSoft
5 15 (6.98%) Google
5 15 (6.98%) Salesforce
6 12 (5.58%) WSO2
7 11 (5.12%) IBM
8 8 (3.72%) Databricks
9 5 (2.33%) TSYS
10 3 (1.40%) ESRI
10 3 (1.40%) Nintex
10 3 (1.40%) Okta
10 3 (1.40%) Pega
10 3 (1.40%) Ping Identity
10 3 (1.40%) VMware
11 2 (0.93%) Ariba
11 2 (0.93%) CA
11 2 (0.93%) Cisco
11 2 (0.93%) TIBCO