API Development Jobs

API Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for API Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 502 517 450
Rank change year-on-year +15 -67 -105
Permanent jobs citing API Development 471 499 1,369
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.53% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.55% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 338 369 555
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,350 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.43% +12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £99,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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 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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for API Development in the UK

API Development
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for API Development in the UK

API Development
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +28 405 £60,000 -14.29% 123
UK excluding London +36 313 £57,500 -4.17% 65
Work from Home +3 200 £57,500 -11.54% 57
London +21 134 £77,500 -3.13% 64
North of England +49 65 £57,500 -17.86% 18
South West 0 62 £57,500 -8.73% 12
Midlands +27 60 £52,500 -4.55% 10
South East +21 55 £63,750 +4.08% 15
West Midlands +27 50 £51,250 +5.13% 6
North West +18 45 £57,500 -17.20% 11
Scotland -52 35 £36,250 -25.64% 9
East of England 0 26 £45,000 -25.00% 2
Yorkshire +57 20 £57,500 -17.86% 4
East Midlands -19 10 £52,500 -14.29% 4
Wales 0 5 £55,000 -15.38% 1
Northern Ireland -10 5 £57,500 +15.00%

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 42 (8.92%) IIS
2 34 (7.22%) Apache
3 30 (6.37%) Apache Spark
4 28 (5.94%) CMS
5 8 (1.70%) nginx
6 7 (1.49%) JBoss
7 5 (1.06%) Confluence
8 3 (0.64%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.42%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.42%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.42%) WordPress
10 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.21%) Apache Solr
10 1 (0.21%) Drupal
10 1 (0.21%) Mule
10 1 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.21%) Umbraco
Applications
1 19 (4.03%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 19 (4.03%) SDL Web 8
2 15 (3.18%) Payment Gateway
3 13 (2.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (1.06%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.21%) MIS ActiveH
Cloud Services
1 190 (40.34%) Azure
2 156 (33.12%) AWS
3 68 (14.44%) GCP
4 58 (12.31%) Serverless
5 46 (9.77%) AWS Lambda
6 34 (7.22%) OpenShift
7 29 (6.16%) Amazon EKS
7 29 (6.16%) AWS CloudFormation
8 28 (5.94%) Cloud Computing
9 27 (5.73%) SaaS
10 19 (4.03%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 19 (4.03%) NuGet
11 18 (3.82%) Power Platform
12 16 (3.40%) Boomi
13 15 (3.18%) Azure Functions
14 13 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
15 12 (2.55%) PaaS
16 11 (2.34%) Azure Service Bus
16 11 (2.34%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 29 (6.16%) AMQP
2 22 (4.67%) SSL
3 21 (4.46%) TCP/IP
4 19 (4.03%) DNS
4 19 (4.03%) Firewall
5 18 (3.82%) WAN
6 9 (1.91%) HTTP
7 6 (1.27%) MQTT
8 4 (0.85%) 5G
9 3 (0.64%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.64%) Internet
10 1 (0.21%) RNC
10 1 (0.21%) SGSN
10 1 (0.21%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 120 (25.48%) SQL Server
2 42 (8.92%) MySQL
3 41 (8.70%) NoSQL
4 29 (6.16%) Big Data
4 29 (6.16%) Cloudera CDH
4 29 (6.16%) Hadoop
5 26 (5.52%) PostgreSQL
6 17 (3.61%) Relational Database
7 14 (2.97%) MongoDB
8 9 (1.91%) DynamoDB
9 8 (1.70%) GIS
10 6 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (1.06%) Power BI
12 3 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.64%) DocumentDB
13 2 (0.42%) Neo4j
13 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.42%) Text Mining
Development Applications
1 82 (17.41%) Git
2 47 (9.98%) Visual Studio
3 38 (8.07%) JIRA
4 24 (5.10%) TeamCity
5 20 (4.25%) Moq
5 20 (4.25%) NUnit
5 20 (4.25%) Sourcetree
6 19 (4.03%) git-flow
6 19 (4.03%) GitLab
6 19 (4.03%) Octopus Deploy
6 19 (4.03%) SpecFlow
7 17 (3.61%) Jenkins
8 6 (1.27%) Bitbucket
8 6 (1.27%) Maven
8 6 (1.27%) webpack
9 4 (0.85%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.64%) JUnit
11 2 (0.42%) Snyk
11 2 (0.42%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 87 (18.47%) Social Skills
2 71 (15.07%) Finance
3 43 (9.13%) Marketing
4 41 (8.70%) Law
5 37 (7.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (6.58%) Aerospace
7 30 (6.37%) Retail
8 22 (4.67%) Legal
9 18 (3.82%) Public Sector
10 13 (2.76%) Analytical Skills
11 12 (2.55%) Manufacturing
12 10 (2.12%) Banking
13 9 (1.91%) Police
13 9 (1.91%) Tech for Good
14 7 (1.49%) Games
15 6 (1.27%) Telecoms
16 5 (1.06%) Digital Healthcare
17 2 (0.42%) Advertising
17 2 (0.42%) Automotive
17 2 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 256 (54.35%) Developer
2 117 (24.84%) Senior
3 100 (21.23%) Software Engineer
4 78 (16.56%) Full Stack Developer
5 71 (15.07%) Senior Developer
6 68 (14.44%) C# Developer
7 58 (12.31%) Lead
8 51 (10.83%) Full-Stack C# Developer
9 42 (8.92%) Senior Full Stack Developer
10 39 (8.28%) .NET Developer
11 35 (7.43%) Senior C# Developer
12 29 (6.16%) DV Cleared Software Engineer
13 27 (5.73%) Lead Developer
14 26 (5.52%) Azure Developer
14 26 (5.52%) C# .NET Developer
14 26 (5.52%) Java Engineer
14 26 (5.52%) PHP Developer
15 24 (5.10%) Integration Developer
15 24 (5.10%) Senior Software Engineer
16 23 (4.88%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (31.63%) .NET
2 129 (27.39%) React
3 113 (23.99%) CSS
4 107 (22.72%) HTML
5 95 (20.17%) RESTful
6 84 (17.83%) AngularJS
7 78 (16.56%) REST
8 62 (13.16%) Spring
9 61 (12.95%) ASP.NET
10 55 (11.68%) jQuery
10 55 (11.68%) Node.js
11 49 (10.40%) Vue
12 48 (10.19%) Spring Boot
13 46 (9.77%) .NET Framework
13 46 (9.77%) ASP.NET MVC
14 45 (9.55%) Swagger
15 43 (9.13%) RabbitMQ
15 43 (9.13%) Web Services
16 41 (8.70%) XML
17 38 (8.07%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 56 (11.89%) Cloud Native
2 41 (8.70%) Greenfield Project
3 33 (7.01%) Distributed Systems
3 33 (7.01%) Public Cloud
4 30 (6.37%) Product Ownership
5 22 (4.67%) Mobile App
6 20 (4.25%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (4.03%) Legacy Code
8 18 (3.82%) Clustering
9 13 (2.76%) Algorithms
10 7 (1.49%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.06%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.06%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.06%) Virtual Team
12 4 (0.85%) Client/Server
12 4 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
12 4 (0.85%) IoT
13 3 (0.64%) Cyberattack
13 3 (0.64%) Hackathon
13 3 (0.64%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 51 (10.83%) Linux
2 31 (6.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 30 (6.37%) Windows
4 29 (6.16%) CentOS
4 29 (6.16%) Debian
4 29 (6.16%) Ubuntu
5 14 (2.97%) Android
6 8 (1.70%) Unix
7 7 (1.49%) Apple iOS
8 5 (1.06%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (41.19%) Agile
2 153 (32.48%) Software Engineering
3 131 (27.81%) DevOps
4 130 (27.60%) Microservices
5 112 (23.78%) Problem-Solving
6 108 (22.93%) Full Stack Development
7 101 (21.44%) CI/CD
8 74 (15.71%) Scrum
9 71 (15.07%) MVC
10 70 (14.86%) API Design
10 70 (14.86%) Architectural Patterns
11 67 (14.23%) Computer Science
12 64 (13.59%) Infrastructure as Code
13 61 (12.95%) TDD
14 56 (11.89%) Artificial Intelligence
15 54 (11.46%) Containerisation
16 53 (11.25%) Design Patterns
17 51 (10.83%) OO
18 50 (10.62%) Test Automation
19 46 (9.77%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 178 (37.79%) C#
2 166 (35.24%) SQL
3 158 (33.55%) JavaScript
4 139 (29.51%) Java
5 109 (23.14%) Python
6 58 (12.31%) TypeScript
7 40 (8.49%) PHP
8 29 (6.16%) T-SQL
9 20 (4.25%) XAML
9 20 (4.25%) XPath
10 16 (3.40%) C
11 8 (1.70%) Go
12 6 (1.27%) Ada
12 6 (1.27%) Bash
12 6 (1.27%) C++
13 5 (1.06%) VB.NET
14 4 (0.85%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.64%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.64%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 70 (14.86%) Degree
2 69 (14.65%) Security Cleared
3 45 (9.55%) SC Cleared
4 36 (7.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 33 (7.01%) DV Cleared
6 13 (2.76%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.64%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.42%) ACCA
8 2 (0.42%) HND
8 2 (0.42%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.21%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.97%) GDPR
2 12 (2.55%) QA
3 7 (1.49%) HIPAA
4 5 (1.06%) SLA
5 2 (0.42%) SEPA
6 1 (0.21%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.21%) Data Quality
System Software
1 76 (16.14%) Docker
2 18 (3.82%) VMware NSX
3 6 (1.27%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 97 (20.59%) Kubernetes
2 53 (11.25%) Terraform
3 32 (6.79%) Ansible
4 31 (6.58%) Puppet
5 4 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.64%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (0.64%) logstash
6 3 (0.64%) Nagios
7 2 (0.42%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.21%) Grafana
8 1 (0.21%) Kibana
8 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 46 (9.77%) Google
2 36 (7.64%) Microsoft
3 31 (6.58%) Red Hat
4 29 (6.16%) SaltStack
5 21 (4.46%) Adobe
6 19 (4.03%) Cognizant
7 18 (3.82%) VMware
8 15 (3.18%) Xamarin
9 12 (2.55%) OpenAI
9 12 (2.55%) Oracle
10 10 (2.12%) Talend
11 9 (1.91%) Jitterbit
11 9 (1.91%) webMethods
12 8 (1.70%) MuleSoft
13 6 (1.27%) Salesforce
14 5 (1.06%) Temenos
15 4 (0.85%) Facebook
16 3 (0.64%) CrowdStrike
16 3 (0.64%) Databricks
16 3 (0.64%) Telerik