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

Demand and trends for API Integration – calculated from 68 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)
68
Rank 243 of 531 skills
Trend (90 d)
▲ 9 %
Market share compared with the 90 days before. IT postings overall: ▲ 42 %
Of which must-have
10 %
Rated for 68 postings (AI analysis), otherwise “nice to have”
Remote possible
92 %
56 % fully remote · stated in 76 % of postings
The jury's verdict on API Integration

Growing, but still small.

API Integration sits at rank 243 of 531, in the solid middle of demand. Its market share is rising (▲ 9 % vs. the 90 days before).

Solid demandRank 243 of 531 skills, 68 postings in 90 days.
Growing marketMarket share ▲ 9 % vs. the 90 days before.
Remote possible92 % of postings allow remote work.
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What is API Integration – and why do companies hire API Integration freelancers?

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

Data and AI31 %
Data platforms, analytics and AI solutions with API Integration.
New development29 %
Building new applications, platforms and products with API Integration.
Integration14 %
Connecting systems and interfaces and exchanging data around API Integration.
Infrastructure and operations14 %
Cloud, automation and platform operations with API Integration.

Typical roles

The roles hired most often are Backend Developer (29 %), DevOps Engineer (17 %), Data Engineer (14 %) and Data Scientist (11 %). Of the postings that state an experience level, 81 % explicitly ask for senior profiles.

Demand over the last 12 weeks

new listings per week
W29W40
▲ 9 %
Market share vs. previous quarter
▲ 55 %
Postings vs. previous quarter
243 / 531
Rank among all skills

Weekly postings for API Integration are rising: from an average of 5 to 8 per week (+68 %). Volume is developing better than the IT market overall (▲ 42 %).

Who wants API Integration – and under which conditions

Seniority

Senior81 %
Mid-level10 %

Senior dominates (81 %). Pure junior roles are rare (3 %).

Stated in 99 % of listings

Industries

it_software57 %
logistics11 %
energy9 %
telecommunications4 %
retail_ecommerce4 %

it_software dominates (57 %).

Stated in 69 % of listings

Contract type

Freelance87 %
Permanent13 %

Freelance dominates (87 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Workplace

Fully remote56 %
Partly remote37 %
On site8 %

Fully remote dominates (56 %).

Stated in 76 % of listings

Project language

German50 %
English50 %

German dominates (50 %).

Stated in 100 % of listings

Who posts API Integration projects

Darwin Recruitment10
Postings of the last 90 days.

Current API Integration projects

Frequently asked questions about API Integration freelancing

How many API Integration projects are there right now?

In the last 90 days, 68 projects and jobs mentioning API Integration were posted. That is around 5 per week. The market share changed by ▲ 9 % compared with the previous quarter.

Is API Integration still in demand for freelancers?

API Integration ranks 243 of 531 skills.

Are API Integration projects possible remotely?

92 % of API Integration postings allow remote work. 56 % are fully remote.

Who posts API Integration projects?

The most active recruiter accounts for 15 % of all API Integration postings of the last 90 days.

Methodology: We count IT postings of the last 90 days that mention API Integration. 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. Recruiters are the posters of the listing according to the source, only above a minimum number of postings. 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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