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API Development freelancers:
What the market really pays and wants.

Demand and trends for API Development – calculated from 64 real project and job postings of the last 90 days. No survey, no guesswork without data.

As of: week 41/2026 · updated weekly
Listings (90 d)
64
Rank 262 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▼ 8 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
16 %
Rated for 64 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
94 %
43 % fully remote · stated in 77 % of postings
The jury's verdict on API Development

A shrinking market.

API Development sits at rank 262 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is falling (▼ 8 % vs. the 90 days before).

Solid demandRank 262 of 531 skills, 64 postings in 90 days.
Shrinking marketMarket share ▼ 8 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible94 % of postings allow remote work.
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What is API Development – and why do companies hire API Development freelancers?

The postings that mention API Development fall into these types of project (share of the classified postings):

New development33 %
Building new applications, platforms and products with API Development.
Integration27 %
Connecting systems and interfaces and exchanging data around API Development.
Data and AI17 %
Data platforms, analytics and AI solutions with API Development.
Infrastructure and operations17 %
Cloud, automation and platform operations with API Development.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are Backend Developer (47 %), Fullstack Developer (17 %), DevOps Engineer (13 %) and Data Scientist (10 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 70 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▼ 8 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 31 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
262 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for API Development are rising: from an average of 5 to 8 per week (+65 %). Volume is developing more weakly than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

Who wants API Development – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior70 %
Mid-level25 %

Senior dominates (70 %). Pure junior roles are rare (2 %).

Stated in 98 % of listings

Industries

it_software46 %
banking_finance17 %
energy8 %
public_sector8 %
manufacturing4 %

it_software leads (46 %).

Stated in 75 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance86 %
Permanent13 %

Freelance dominates (86 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Partly remote51 %
Fully remote43 %
On site6 %

Partly remote dominates (51 %). Anyone working fully remote only reaches 43 % of postings.

Stated in 77 % of listings

Project language

German73 %
English27 %

German dominates (73 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Current API Development projects

Frequently asked questions about API Development freelancing

How many API Development projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 64 projects and jobs mentioning API Development were posted. That is around 5 per week. The market share changed by ▼ 8 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is API Development still in demand for freelancers?

API Development ranks 262 of 531 skills.

Are API Development projects possible remotely?

94 % of API Development postings allow remote work. 43 % are fully remote.

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention API Development. Projects posted several times that are detected as duplicates count once; postings without an assignable IT category are missing, so the figures are a lower bound. The trend compares the share of all IT postings with the 90 days before and only appears with enough comparison data. We do not show figures based on fewer than 30 data points. The rating “must have” or “nice to have” comes from an AI analysis of the posting texts. Distributions only refer to postings that state the respective attribute; we state the coverage alongside. An AI assigns the project type and role of each posting from its title, category and skills; the shares are counted postings, not estimates, and only appear with enough classified postings.

Basis: 10,565 IT listings in the window

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