API management tenders and contracts
UK public sector, covering 600+ buyer sites
81 contracts awarded in the 24 months to 12 October 2026
Updated 12 October 2026 · compiled by BidSkim Limited · How we count
API management contracts ,
81 contracts across the UK, of any size
The latest API management contracts awarded
RDG AWS Gateway & API development and support and maintenance services
Azure Integration Team Augmentation
Enterprise Integration Systems: Platform Delivery and Support
Boomi Integration Platform - Licence Renewal
Softcat won the most API management contracts
Each dot is one contract, coloured by who bought it.
| Rank | Contractor | Contracts won, by buyer | Contracts | Value won | Buyers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Softcat London · See every contract | 9 | £10.9m | 8 | ||
| 2 | IBM London · See every contract | 6 | £13.6m | 4 | ||
| 3joint | Influential Software South East · SME · See every contract | 4 | £31.1m | 3 | ||
| 3joint | MANIFEST SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LTD London · SME · See every contract | 4 | £372k | 4 | ||
| 5joint | Phoenix Software North East · See every contract | 2 | £2.9m | 2 | ||
| 5joint | Insight Yorkshire and the Humber · See every contract | 2 | £1.8m | 2 | ||
| 5joint | Salesforce North East · See every contract | 2 | £1.2m | 2 | ||
| 5joint | Academia South East · See every contract | 2 | £693k | 2 | ||
| 5joint | Claria Ltd West Midlands · SME · See every contract | 2 | £545k | 2 | ||
| 5joint | Ricoh Wales · See every contract | 2 | £422k | 1 |
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54 buyers awarded API management contracts
Contracts with a published value in the last 24 months, from the type of buyer to the size of the contract.
15 buyers bought API management more than once in the last 24 months
Each dot is a buyer, by how many API management contracts it awarded in the last 24 months.
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Few and big, or many and small
Each dot is a buyer: how many API management contracts it awarded against what they were worth. The busiest and biggest are named.
Top buyers by contracts awarded
| Rank | Buyer | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS | 9 | £166m |
| 2 | Met Office | 4 | £522k |
| 3 | Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency | 3 | £5m |
| 4 | Financial Conduct Authority | 3 | £1.4m |
| 5 | Coventry University | 3 | £541k |
| 6 | Ministry of Defence | 2 | £7.3m |
| 7 | BANK OF ENGLAND | 2 | £7.2m |
| 8 | UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS) | 2 | £728k |
| 9 | NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership | 2 | £422k |
| 10 | University of Sheffield | 2 | £419k |
Half of API management contracts are worth less than £211k
Every contract with a published value, on a log scale, coloured by who bought it.
The 10 biggest contracts hold 89% of the money
Coloured by who bought it.
- H M REVENUE & CUSTOMSEqual Experts UK Limited · 7 Aug 2026
- H M REVENUE & CUSTOMSInfluential Software · 3 Jul 2026
- BANK OF ENGLANDIBM · 22 Dec 2025
- FCDO ServicesIBM · 22 Apr 2025
- Ministry of DefenceMonitor Intelligence Services · 24 Apr 2025
- H M REVENUE & CUSTOMSSoftcat · 20 Dec 2024
- Ministry of DefenceSoftcat · 27 Mar 2025
- Driver and Vehicle Licensing AgencyPhoenix Software · 17 Jan 2025
- Home OfficeSomerford Associates Limited · 31 Jul 2025
- The Insolvency ServicePROLIFICS INC · 5 Jan 2025
London awards the most API management contracts
Contracts by region and by month awarded. Click a region to filter the page.
See the regions as a table
| Region | Contracts | Value |
|---|---|---|
| London | 12 | £13.4m |
| South East | 11 | £17.7m |
| South West | 9 | £1.9m |
| Wales | 6 | £5.5m |
| North East | 5 | £1.4m |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 5 | £2.2m |
| West Midlands | 5 | £883k |
| North West | 4 | £1.2m |
| East of England | 2 | £918k |
| Scotland | 1 | £126k |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | Not published |
| East Midlands | 0 | Not published |
- 89%
of the money is in the 10 biggest API management contracts.
Of 76 contracts with a published value. - 35%
of API management contracts are won by SMEs.
As recorded by the buyer, on 72 award notices.
Questions
How many API management contracts does the UK public sector award?
81 in the 24 months to 12 October 2026, from 54 public buyers.
How much is a typical public sector API management contract worth?
The median is £211k, and 55% are worth less than £250k.
Who wins the most public sector API management contracts?
Softcat won the most (9).
What is included
Application integration middleware that connects systems in real time: integration platform as a service (iPaaS), enterprise service buses and API management gateways, with specialist consultancy to design and run them.
- IPaaS (IBM, MuleSoft, Boomi and similar)
- Enterprise service bus licences and development
- API management platforms (Apigee, Software AG and similar)
- Middleware specialist consultancy (Red Hat Fuse and JBoss)
What is not included
- HL7 and FHIR healthcare integration engines -> it.data.healthcare-integration-engines
- ETL, data quality and MDM -> it.data.data-integration-and-data-quality
- Bespoke point-to-point integrations -> it.dev.bespoke-software-development