OpenAPI jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-10-29, OpenAPI appears in 910 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning OpenAPI, with demand share up 15.8% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-29

Postings · last 90 days
910
Demand vs prior month
up 15.8% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 34.2% of skill postings
Top hiring metro
Bengaluru

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Frequently asked questions about OpenAPI

+Is OpenAPI in demand in 2026?

Yes. OpenAPI appears in 910 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29. Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning OpenAPI (34.2% of all postings mentioning OpenAPI).

+What jobs require OpenAPI?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning OpenAPI are MuleSoft Developer (15.0% of that role’s postings mention OpenAPI), Developer Experience Engineer (12.0% of that role’s postings mention OpenAPI), Back-End Developer (9.7% of that role’s postings mention OpenAPI).

+What skills are commonly paired with OpenAPI?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-29), OpenAPI most often appears alongside Java, Swagger, TypeScript, CI/CD, Python.

+Where is OpenAPI most in demand?

As of 2026-10-29, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring OpenAPI are Bengaluru, Pune, San Francisco, New York City, London, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new OpenAPI content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning OpenAPI alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new OpenAPI content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after OpenAPI?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring OpenAPI — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around OpenAPI

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before OpenAPI

Before OpenAPIJava → OpenAPI: 8 observed employer moves with this skill pairpython → OpenAPI: 7 observed employer moves with this skill pairSpring Boot → OpenAPI: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairdocker → OpenAPI: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairMongoDB → OpenAPI: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairJenkins → OpenAPI: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairci/cd → OpenAPI: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairoracle → OpenAPI: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairOpenAPIJava: 8 movesJava8 movespython: 7 movespython7 movesSpring Boot: 4 movesSpring Boot4 movesdocker: 4 movesdocker4 movesMongoDB: 4 movesMongoDB4 movesJenkins: 4 movesJenkins4 movesci/cd: 3 movesci/cd3 movesoracle: 3 movesoracle3 moves

Skills after OpenAPI

After OpenAPIOpenAPI → Java: 6 observed employer moves with this skill pairOpenAPI → Spring Boot: 5 observed employer moves with this skill pairOpenAPI → React: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairOpenAPI → DynamoDB: 4 observed employer moves with this skill pairOpenAPI → JWT: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairOpenAPI → S3: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairOpenAPI → python: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairOpenAPI → Agile: 3 observed employer moves with this skill pairOpenAPIJava: 6 movesJava6 movesSpring Boot: 5 movesSpring Boot5 movesReact: 4 movesReact4 movesDynamoDB: 4 movesDynamoDB4 movesJWT: 3 movesJWT3 movesS3: 3 movesS33 movespython: 3 movespython3 movesAgile: 3 movesAgile3 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: Java8
Before: python7
Before: Spring Boot4
Before: docker4
Before: MongoDB4
Before: Jenkins4
Before: ci/cd3
Before: oracle3
After: Java6
After: Spring Boot5
After: React4
After: DynamoDB4
After: JWT3
After: S33
After: python3
After: Agile3

Roles most likely to require OpenAPI

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
MuleSoft Developer315.0%
Developer Experience Engineer312.0%
Back-End Developer39.7%
Back-end Engineer79.6%
Back End Developer29.1%
Product Architect27.4%
Front-end Developer27.1%
Java Backend Developer27.1%
Integration Developer47.0%
Technical Writer66.3%

Roles with the most OpenAPI postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Software Engineer31134.2%
Backend Engineer525.7%
Full Stack Engineer343.7%
Full Stack Developer212.3%
Engineering Manager161.8%
Full-Stack Engineer161.8%
Software Architect151.6%
Solution Architect141.5%
Solutions Architect141.5%
Backend Developer131.4%

Top companies posting jobs requiring OpenAPI

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring OpenAPI
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Cisco13
Mastercard12
Barclays12
Globalpr9
Toshibaglobalcommercesolutions9
CBA8
Mirantis8
Wise8
Encora8
Allstate8

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for OpenAPI

NamePostingsShare
Bengaluru252.7%
Pune232.5%
San Francisco182.0%
New York City111.2%
London101.1%
Amsterdam91.0%
Toronto91.0%
Austin80.9%
Paris80.9%

Skills commonly paired with OpenAPI

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How this was computed

Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-29. 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 OpenAPI by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s OpenAPI postings by all OpenAPI 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). Adjusted posting share: 0.3% to 0.3%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,482 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 and 2026-07-28 to 2026-10-26 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
762d3f7a6be8d838
data_as_of
2026-10-29
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index