API Development Contracts

API Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 363 371 418
Rank change year-on-year +8 +47 -92
Contract jobs citing API Development 221 352 521
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.63% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.70% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 256 371
10th Percentile £376 £419 £425
25th Percentile £457 £487 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +20.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £688
90th Percentile £694 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +15.61%
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 excluding London median hourly rate - - £65.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

API Development
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for API Development in the UK

API Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for API Development in the UK

API Development
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing API Development over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for API Development in the UK

API Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for API Development in the UK

API Development
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +16 193 £550 -6.78% 122
Work from Home +48 106 £525 -8.70% 58
London +13 98 £563 -6.25% 63
UK excluding London +31 88 £525 -4.55% 65
North of England +52 55 £550 -4.35% 17
Yorkshire +46 33 £550 +10.00% 4
North West +22 22 £550 -4.35% 10
South East +20 20 £450 -25.00% 15
Midlands +10 5 £500 +13.64% 11
South West -2 5 £749 +36.18% 12
Scotland +19 3 £434 -13.25% 9
West Midlands +4 3 £500 -16.67% 7
East Midlands +9 2 £474 +42.48% 4

API Development
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 11 (4.98%) Confluence
2 3 (1.36%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.36%) IIS
3 2 (0.90%) Apache
3 2 (0.90%) GeoServer
3 2 (0.90%) JBoss
4 1 (0.45%) CICS
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (3.17%) Distributed Ledger
2 3 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.36%) Maximo
3 1 (0.45%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.45%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 74 (33.48%) AWS
2 72 (32.58%) Azure
3 25 (11.31%) GCP
4 21 (9.50%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (7.69%) Amazon S3
5 17 (7.69%) Serverless
6 13 (5.88%) Amazon EC2
7 12 (5.43%) GitHub
7 12 (5.43%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 11 (4.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 9 (4.07%) Amazon ECR
9 9 (4.07%) Amazon EKS
9 9 (4.07%) Amazon SQS
9 9 (4.07%) Apigee
9 9 (4.07%) Azure Logic Apps
9 9 (4.07%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (4.07%) Route 53
10 8 (3.62%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (3.17%) Datadog
11 7 (3.17%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.52%) HTTP
2 9 (4.07%) DNS
2 9 (4.07%) TCP/IP
3 7 (3.17%) Firewall
3 7 (3.17%) Internet
4 6 (2.71%) VPN
5 4 (1.81%) DHCP
6 2 (0.90%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.45%) RNC
7 1 (0.45%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (13.57%) NoSQL
2 15 (6.79%) Elasticsearch
3 14 (6.33%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (3.62%) MySQL
4 8 (3.62%) SQL Server
5 7 (3.17%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.81%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.81%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.81%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.81%) RDBMS
7 3 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (1.36%) GIS
7 3 (1.36%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.90%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.45%) Big Data
9 1 (0.45%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.45%) DB2
9 1 (0.45%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.45%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 38 (17.19%) Git
2 20 (9.05%) Jenkins
3 16 (7.24%) GitLab
4 15 (6.79%) JIRA
5 9 (4.07%) webpack
6 7 (3.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 7 (3.17%) CircleCI
7 6 (2.71%) Travis CI
8 5 (2.26%) Cypress.io
8 5 (2.26%) Selenium
9 4 (1.81%) Maven
10 3 (1.36%) JUnit
10 3 (1.36%) Subversion
10 3 (1.36%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.90%) Android Studio
11 2 (0.90%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.90%) Mockito
11 2 (0.90%) ScalaTest
11 2 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 55 (24.89%) Social Skills
2 32 (14.48%) Finance
3 28 (12.67%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.79%) Public Sector
5 12 (5.43%) Banking
6 9 (4.07%) Retail
7 7 (3.17%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.26%) Electronics
8 5 (2.26%) Financial Institution
8 5 (2.26%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.26%) Marketing
9 3 (1.36%) Law
9 3 (1.36%) Legal
10 2 (0.90%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.45%) Advertising
11 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 118 (53.39%) Developer
2 23 (10.41%) Software Developer
3 21 (9.50%) Python Developer
4 20 (9.05%) Lead
5 19 (8.60%) Senior
6 17 (7.69%) Software Engineer
7 16 (7.24%) Architect
8 13 (5.88%) .NET Developer
8 13 (5.88%) Full Stack Developer
8 13 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
9 12 (5.43%) Java Developer
9 12 (5.43%) Java Engineer
10 11 (4.98%) Automation Engineer
10 11 (4.98%) Senior Java Engineer
11 8 (3.62%) Azure Developer
11 8 (3.62%) Azure Engineer
11 8 (3.62%) Consultant
11 8 (3.62%) DevOps Engineer
11 8 (3.62%) Senior Developer
11 8 (3.62%) ServiceNow Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (26.24%) RESTful
2 42 (19.00%) REST
3 32 (14.48%) React
4 30 (13.57%) Node.js
5 29 (13.12%) HTML
6 28 (12.67%) FastAPI
7 26 (11.76%) .NET
7 26 (11.76%) CSS
8 21 (9.50%) Spring Boot
9 20 (9.05%) AngularJS
10 19 (8.60%) Spring
11 17 (7.69%) JSON
11 17 (7.69%) Web Services
12 15 (6.79%) WebSockets
13 13 (5.88%) Redux
13 13 (5.88%) XML
14 12 (5.43%) Swagger
15 11 (4.98%) Express.js
15 11 (4.98%) OpenAPI
16 10 (4.52%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (3.62%) Blockchain
2 8 (3.62%) Product Ownership
3 7 (3.17%) IoT
4 6 (2.71%) Data Structures
4 6 (2.71%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (2.71%) Mainframe
5 5 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (2.26%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.36%) CBDC
6 3 (1.36%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.36%) Web3
7 2 (0.90%) Distributed Applications
7 2 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.45%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.45%) Distributed Computing
8 1 (0.45%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.45%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.71%) Unix
2 2 (0.90%) Android
2 2 (0.90%) Linux
2 2 (0.90%) Windows
2 2 (0.90%) zOS
3 1 (0.45%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (29.86%) CI/CD
2 60 (27.15%) DevOps
3 58 (26.24%) Agile
4 53 (23.98%) Problem-Solving
5 45 (20.36%) Containerisation
6 37 (16.74%) Software Engineering
7 36 (16.29%) Microservices
8 35 (15.84%) API Design
9 34 (15.38%) Full Stack Development
10 30 (13.57%) Test Automation
11 27 (12.22%) API Integration
11 27 (12.22%) Scrum
12 25 (11.31%) Continuous Improvement
13 23 (10.41%) End-to-End Testing
14 22 (9.95%) TDD
14 22 (9.95%) Unit Testing
15 21 (9.50%) Front End Development
15 21 (9.50%) LLM
16 20 (9.05%) Continuous Integration
17 18 (8.14%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 81 (36.65%) Python
2 60 (27.15%) Java
3 39 (17.65%) SQL
4 36 (16.29%) JavaScript
5 29 (13.12%) C#
6 19 (8.60%) PowerShell
7 13 (5.88%) TypeScript
8 9 (4.07%) Shell Script
9 6 (2.71%) Bash
10 5 (2.26%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (1.81%) PHP
11 4 (1.81%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.81%) X++
12 3 (1.36%) Go
12 3 (1.36%) Ruby
12 3 (1.36%) Scala
13 2 (0.90%) COBOL
13 2 (0.90%) Groovy
13 2 (0.90%) Perl
14 1 (0.45%) C
Qualifications
1 52 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 50 (22.62%) SC Cleared
3 16 (7.24%) Degree
4 11 (4.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (1.81%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.36%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.45%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (12.67%) QA
2 8 (3.62%) GDPR
3 7 (3.17%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.26%) HIPAA
5 2 (0.90%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.90%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.45%) SEPA
6 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 45 (20.36%) Docker
2 6 (2.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 40 (18.10%) Kubernetes
2 16 (7.24%) Ansible
3 13 (5.88%) Puppet
3 13 (5.88%) Terraform
4 12 (5.43%) Grafana
5 11 (4.98%) Kibana
6 7 (3.17%) logstash
7 6 (2.71%) Docker Swarm
7 6 (2.71%) Progress Chef
7 6 (2.71%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (8.60%) Microsoft
2 17 (7.69%) OpenAI
3 15 (6.79%) ServiceNow
4 11 (4.98%) Google
5 9 (4.07%) SAP
6 7 (3.17%) Oracle
6 7 (3.17%) Splunk
7 5 (2.26%) Atlassian
7 5 (2.26%) IBM
8 4 (1.81%) Informatica
8 4 (1.81%) New Relic
9 3 (1.36%) Nintex
9 3 (1.36%) Pega
10 2 (0.90%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.90%) Temenos
10 2 (0.90%) Virgin Media
11 1 (0.45%) Databricks
11 1 (0.45%) Nokia
11 1 (0.45%) Workday
11 1 (0.45%) Zuora