API Design
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for API Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited API Design over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 641 620 404
Rank change year-on-year -21 -216 +102
Permanent jobs citing API Design 266 382 1,465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.38% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.40% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 212 277 323
10th Percentile £31,275 £47,500 £39,124
25th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £58,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.88% - +25.49%
75th Percentile £77,500 £91,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,750 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.36% +16.67% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,701 95,929 153,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.52% 95.60% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 59,701 56,502 82,944
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

API Design
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for API Design in the UK

API Design
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing API Design.

Salary trend for API Design in the UK

API Design
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing API Design over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for API Design in the UK

API Design
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing API Design within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -37 224 £65,000 -18.75% 54
UK excluding London +39 174 £55,750 -20.36% 33
Work from Home +31 112 £65,000 -13.33% 31
London -38 69 £77,500 -3.48% 16
West Midlands +34 42 £52,500 -30.00% 6
Midlands +26 42 £52,500 -31.15% 7
South East +9 40 £55,000 - 7
North of England +49 39 £70,000 -1.75% 12
North West +13 23 £70,000 +19.66% 8
Scotland -39 23 £32,500 -50.94% 3
South West -10 21 £55,125 -18.33% 1
Yorkshire +92 13 £100,000 +33.33% 3
East of England -11 9 £65,000 -25.71% 2
North East -4 3 £65,000 -18.75% 1
Wales - 2 - - 1

API Design
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 23 (8.65%) IIS
2 15 (5.64%) Confluence
3 5 (1.88%) Anypoint
4 4 (1.50%) CMS
4 4 (1.50%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.75%) Apache
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.38%) nginx
6 1 (0.38%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 8 (3.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.75%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 104 (39.10%) Azure
2 80 (30.08%) AWS
3 44 (16.54%) SaaS
4 37 (13.91%) Cloud Computing
5 23 (8.65%) GCP
6 18 (6.77%) Serverless
7 15 (5.64%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (4.14%) Google Play
9 10 (3.76%) Power Platform
10 9 (3.38%) Boomi
10 9 (3.38%) iPaaS
11 8 (3.01%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (3.01%) Slack
12 7 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (2.26%) Amazon SQS
14 5 (1.88%) AWS Step Functions
14 5 (1.88%) Kong
15 4 (1.50%) Amazon S3
15 4 (1.50%) Azure API Management
15 4 (1.50%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.27%) WAN
2 9 (3.38%) Firewall
3 5 (1.88%) HTTP
4 3 (1.13%) MQTT
5 2 (0.75%) DSL
5 2 (0.75%) Internet
6 1 (0.38%) DHCP
6 1 (0.38%) DNS
6 1 (0.38%) Network Security
6 1 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (24.81%) NoSQL
2 56 (21.05%) SQL Server
3 21 (7.89%) MongoDB
4 20 (7.52%) MySQL
5 19 (7.14%) Redis
6 18 (6.77%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (4.51%) Relational Database
8 9 (3.38%) Big Data
9 8 (3.01%) Amazon Aurora
9 8 (3.01%) CockroachDB
9 8 (3.01%) Data Lake
9 8 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (3.01%) DynamoDB
10 5 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (1.50%) RDBMS
12 3 (1.13%) MariaDB
13 2 (0.75%) GIS
14 1 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
14 1 (0.38%) Firebird
14 1 (0.38%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 66 (24.81%) Git
2 39 (14.66%) Jenkins
3 15 (5.64%) JIRA
3 15 (5.64%) Octopus Deploy
4 13 (4.89%) GitLab
5 11 (4.14%) Cucumber
6 10 (3.76%) Appium
6 10 (3.76%) JUnit
7 9 (3.38%) Selenium
8 8 (3.01%) CircleCI
8 8 (3.01%) Jaeger
8 8 (3.01%) Sonatype Nexus
9 6 (2.26%) NUnit
10 5 (1.88%) Visual Studio
11 4 (1.50%) Jasmine
12 2 (0.75%) Maven
12 2 (0.75%) Postman
12 2 (0.75%) Snyk
12 2 (0.75%) SonarQube
13 1 (0.38%) webpack
General
1 86 (32.33%) Social Skills
2 66 (24.81%) Finance
3 24 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (8.27%) Banking
5 20 (7.52%) Retail
6 19 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (4.14%) Legal
8 10 (3.76%) Billing
8 10 (3.76%) Law
9 8 (3.01%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.50%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.50%) Public Sector
11 3 (1.13%) Front Office
12 2 (0.75%) Aviation
12 2 (0.75%) Police
13 1 (0.38%) Electronics
13 1 (0.38%) Marketing
13 1 (0.38%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 105 (39.47%) Developer
2 72 (27.07%) Architect
3 33 (12.41%) Lead
3 33 (12.41%) Senior
4 29 (10.90%) Solutions Architect
4 29 (10.90%) Technical Architect
5 28 (10.53%) Software Engineer
6 22 (8.27%) Systems Engineer
7 20 (7.52%) C# Developer
8 19 (7.14%) Senior Developer
9 18 (6.77%) .NET Developer
10 17 (6.39%) C# .NET Developer
10 17 (6.39%) Web Developer
11 13 (4.89%) Full Stack Developer
12 11 (4.14%) Integration Developer
12 11 (4.14%) Principal Architect
13 10 (3.76%) .NET Software Engineer
13 10 (3.76%) Android Developer
13 10 (3.76%) Principal Solutions Architect
13 10 (3.76%) Senior Android Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (23.68%) .NET
2 62 (23.31%) REST
3 51 (19.17%) RESTful
4 35 (13.16%) CSS
4 35 (13.16%) HTML
5 33 (12.41%) React
6 31 (11.65%) Node.js
7 30 (11.28%) JSON
8 24 (9.02%) Kafka
9 23 (8.65%) Spring Boot
10 20 (7.52%) RabbitMQ
11 19 (7.14%) .NET Core
12 18 (6.77%) ASP.NET Web API
13 17 (6.39%) .NET Framework
13 17 (6.39%) Spring
14 16 (6.02%) AngularJS
15 15 (5.64%) MSMQ
16 14 (5.26%) XML
17 13 (4.89%) Vue
18 12 (4.51%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 38 (14.29%) Distributed Systems
2 24 (9.02%) Cloud Native
2 24 (9.02%) Product Ownership
3 22 (8.27%) Clustering
3 22 (8.27%) Public Cloud
4 18 (6.77%) Enterprise Software
5 17 (6.39%) Mobile App
6 13 (4.89%) Blockchain
7 9 (3.38%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (3.38%) Robotics
8 8 (3.01%) Data Structures
8 8 (3.01%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.88%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.50%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 3 (1.13%) FMCG
12 2 (0.75%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (0.75%) Educational Technology
12 2 (0.75%) IoT
12 2 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.77%) Linux
2 13 (4.89%) Android
3 9 (3.38%) Windows
4 3 (1.13%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.75%) VMS
6 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (45.49%) Agile
2 119 (44.74%) Microservices
3 102 (38.35%) CI/CD
4 84 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
5 76 (28.57%) API Development
6 74 (27.82%) DevOps
7 70 (26.32%) TDD
8 61 (22.93%) Mentoring
9 58 (21.80%) Software Engineering
10 55 (20.68%) Design Patterns
11 42 (15.79%) Software Testing
11 42 (15.79%) Unit Testing
12 41 (15.41%) Coaching
12 41 (15.41%) MVC
13 38 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
14 37 (13.91%) Architectural Patterns
14 37 (13.91%) Roadmaps
15 36 (13.53%) Continuous Improvement
16 35 (13.16%) Test Automation
17 33 (12.41%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 103 (38.72%) SQL
2 80 (30.08%) Java
3 76 (28.57%) C#
4 73 (27.44%) JavaScript
5 30 (11.28%) Python
6 24 (9.02%) TypeScript
7 16 (6.02%) PHP
8 15 (5.64%) T-SQL
9 14 (5.26%) Go
10 10 (3.76%) Kotlin
11 8 (3.01%) VB.NET
12 7 (2.63%) C
13 5 (1.88%) C++
14 4 (1.50%) Rust
15 2 (0.75%) Bash
15 2 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.75%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.75%) PowerShell
16 1 (0.38%) DataWeave
16 1 (0.38%) XAML
Qualifications
1 28 (10.53%) Degree
1 28 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 18 (6.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.26%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.75%) HND
6 1 (0.38%) ACCA
6 1 (0.38%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.38%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.38%) CISSP
6 1 (0.38%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.40%) QA
2 8 (3.01%) GDPR
2 8 (3.01%) PSD2
3 4 (1.50%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.50%) SEPA
4 3 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.75%) ISO 9000
5 2 (0.75%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.38%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.38%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.38%) SLA
6 1 (0.38%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 60 (22.56%) Docker
2 22 (8.27%) VMware NSX
3 3 (1.13%) Firmware
4 1 (0.38%) OpenAM
Systems Management
1 56 (21.05%) Kubernetes
2 14 (5.26%) Terraform
3 10 (3.76%) Ansible
4 8 (3.01%) Kiali
5 4 (1.50%) Istio
6 2 (0.75%) Grafana
6 2 (0.75%) Kibana
6 2 (0.75%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.38%) Consul
7 1 (0.38%) Kustomize
7 1 (0.38%) Packer
Vendors
1 66 (24.81%) Microsoft
2 30 (11.28%) Google
3 22 (8.27%) VMware
4 20 (7.52%) MuleSoft
5 10 (3.76%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.38%) Jitterbit
6 9 (3.38%) Talend
7 8 (3.01%) AppDynamics
7 8 (3.01%) Duck Creek
7 8 (3.01%) Splunk
8 4 (1.50%) Oracle
9 2 (0.75%) Okta
10 1 (0.38%) Apple
10 1 (0.38%) Cisco
10 1 (0.38%) Mapbox
10 1 (0.38%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.38%) Sitecore