APIs jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, APIs appears in 10,225 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning APIs, with demand down 51% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is APIs in demand in 2026?
Yes. APIs appears in 10,225 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 51% vs the prior 4 weeks. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning APIs (24.3% of all postings mentioning APIs).
+What jobs require APIs?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning APIs are Technical Product Lead (97.5% of that role’s postings mention APIs), Technical Support Manager (45.5% of that role’s postings mention APIs), GTM Engineer (44.8% of that role’s postings mention APIs).
+What skills are commonly paired with APIs?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), APIs most often appears alongside Python, Distributed systems, observability, SQL, AWS.
+Where is APIs most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring APIs are San Francisco, New York City, London, Bengaluru, Singapore, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring APIs — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require APIs
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Technical Product Lead | 273 | 97.5% |
| Technical Support Manager | 10 | 45.5% |
| GTM Engineer | 52 | 44.8% |
| Lead Engineer | 32 | 44.4% |
| Technical Product Manager | 403 | 39.9% |
| Forward Deployment Engineer | 13 | 33.3% |
| AI Deployment Engineer | 16 | 32.7% |
| Solutions Engineer | 10 | 32.3% |
| Systems Analyst | 9 | 30.0% |
| AI Solution Engineer | 6 | 30.0% |
Roles with the most APIs postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 2,481 | 24.3% |
| Product Manager | 763 | 7.5% |
| Technical Product Manager | 403 | 3.9% |
| Technical Product Lead | 273 | 2.7% |
| AI Engineer | 263 | 2.6% |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | 237 | 2.3% |
| Backend Engineer | 236 | 2.3% |
| Engineering Manager | 215 | 2.1% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 171 | 1.7% |
| Data Engineer | 140 | 1.4% |
Top metros hiring for APIs
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 549 | 5.4% |
| New York City | 477 | 4.7% |
| London | 241 | 2.4% |
| Bengaluru | 179 | 1.8% |
| Singapore | 154 | 1.5% |
| Toronto | 151 | 1.5% |
| Boston | 125 | 1.2% |
| Berlin | 123 | 1.2% |
| Seattle | 115 | 1.1% |
Skills commonly paired with APIs
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning APIs by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s APIs postings by all APIs postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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